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Articles about the future of libraries
Libraries of the Future: 8 technologies we would love to see
Libraries lead the way to digital citizenship. They should be the first places where most advanced technologies are implemented.Today, libraries are not only about lending books. They are creative spaces, not only for individuals, but also teams. They are economic incubators and learning hubs.
Most of all, the libraries are the entry points to the digital world. They are the way to embrace technology and avoid digital exclusion.Therefore, to improve technological literacy of local communities, libraries should be equipped with relevant technologies.
Libraries of the future are going to change in some unexpected ways
According to David Pescovitz, co-editor at Boing Boing and research director at the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto-based collective that makes forecasts about our world, it’s likely in the coming decades that society’s traditional understanding of a library will get completely upended.
The Future of Libraries
A recent contest sponsored by the Knight Foundation awarded shares of a $1.6 million prize to 14 winners who came up with the best, most innovative ideas for helping libraries better serve their changing communities. Here is a list of some of the most innovative ideas from the contest, along with several other examples of ways libraries are changing with the times.
Institute wide task force on the future of libraries (MIT) Preliminary Report
In October 2015, MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt asked Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, to convene and lead an Ad Hoc Task Force on the Future of Libraries. The Task Force was charged with seeking broad input from the MIT community and from domain experts on how the MIT Libraries ought to evolve to best advance the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge, and to serve as a leader in the reinvention of research libraries. These are the resulting recommendations.
What will become of the library: How it will evolve as the world goes digital
An excellent article that places the concerns and fears for the future of libraries into perspective not with resignation but a pragmatic approach to the challenges ahead. The article ends with: In the end, it’s up to us—scholars, makers, and artists, seekers of community, access, and safe haven, and above all, readers in the old, human sense of the word—to rise to the level of these monuments we’ve built.
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Home » Boston » South Boston
Manager at waterfront club loses job after he let guy who'd just sexually attacked a server stay for more drinks with his pals
By adamg on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 12:23pm
When a server at the Grand on Northern Avenue reported that one of the men at a table she was hosting had grabbed her buttocks and inserted a finger in her, her manager did not call the police or even kick them out. Instead, police detectives testified today - and the club acknowledged - the man said he would give the men "another chance" and let them stay and enjoy the Grey Goose vodka they'd ordered.
The attacker, one of a group of Irishmen who entered the bar shortly after midnight on Oct. 13, is likely back in his home country, and remains unidentified, Amy Boudreau, a detective in the BPD sexual-assault unit told the Boston Licensing Board at a hearing this morning.
The manager who let the men stay, however, was first suspended and then fired because of the incident, the bar's attorney, Kristen Scanlon, told the board.
The attacker, described as having a thick Irish accent and jelled back hair, had been sitting at a table-service table with several other men, all apparently from Ireland, for about 20 minutes when he "reached behind [the server], grabbed her buttocks and digitally penetrated her anus," Lt. Det. Stephen Meade said. He said the server immediately pulled away and demanded to see her boss. But when she told her manager what had just happened, Meade said, he told her "I'm giving them another chance" and did nothing. Instead, she walked out of the bar - and then reported the incident at the A-1 station downtown later that morning.
Chares Kane, director of security for Big Night Entertainment Group, which owns the Grand, said he was not notified about the incident until about the same time as the server was talking to a detective.
But he and Scanlon said the group took immediate steps: The manager in question was suspended and the company had a series of meetings to ensure something like this would never happen again. Managers were "reeducated" on not letting customers get away with that, while female workers had their own meeting with managers to get reassurances that the company "is 100% behind them," Scanlon said.
After a review of the night, they added, the manager who let the guys stay for another 15 minutes was fired. He had worked with the company for about five months.
But when Kane and Scanlon said the company told managers that any inappropriate conduct towards workers is grounds for immediate patron ejection, board member Liam Curran expressed frustration.
"The appropriate move here is to call police," he said. "I don't think ejection serves anything. This is not words. This is physical contact. That's a bright line: It's time to call police."
"I totally agree with you," Kane responded. He added that while the manager no longer has a job with Big Night Entertainment, the server remains employed at the Grand.
The board could decide Thursday whether the incident warrants any action against the club and if so, what. Possible actions range from finding no violation to issuing a warrant to suspending the club's liquor license for a specific number of days.
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What is the significance to
By anon on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 12:42pm.
What is the significance to explaining the pervert was Irish?
By adamg on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 12:48pm.
It's the main link the cops have. They also described the shirt he was wearing, but I was too busy writing something else down to write that (it was a button-down is all I remember).
Yes, if he had been British, or Peruvian or whatever, I would've noted that as well.
Sorry to say that I am intrigued
By GoSoxGo on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 3:13pm.
by "jelled back hair." How did they know? =)
The victim got a look at him and described him to police
By adamg on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 4:02pm.
I mean, how do you think they knew?
Sorry, play on words
By GoSoxGo on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 8:13am.
wasn't clear.
Instead of reading it as the suspect's hair contained gel, my warped mind pictured back hair that was gelled.
Yeah, I was bored. :)
It's more the fact that he
By dd808 on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 3:15pm.
It's more the fact that he was probably from Ireland and trying to catch him now isn't gonna be that easy if at all.
It reinforces the greater point
By Will LaTulippe on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 1:06pm.
That airplanes can fly over walls. The bad hombre got in and sexually assaulted our citizen.
I've been in there
Gross, loud, and overpriced.
Also, Liam Curran, they didn't call the cops because they know that's an automatic hearing. I know you're newer to the board, but, yeah, try to temper your expectations for a person who lets his customers (expletive) his employees to want to come and participate in a civilized legal hearing setting.
I'm siding with the board. Nail him to the (expletive) wall.
Somehow, other places manage to call the police
Even though they know they get an automatic hearing before the board, if only because they know that if they don't call the police, it's just going to be even harder on them when the police find out anyway.
But, yeah, this was, well, it was all sorts of extra horrible, and I sat there, amazed, that in 2018, this woman could be made to suffer twice like this - first by being physically attacked (we're talking a felony here), then again, if not physically, by somebody who's supposed to be looking out for her safety. I guess my gender is showing, though - I suspect a woman would have been equally horrified, but not really all that shocked, if at all.
Woman here to say your last
By C on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 1:42pm.
Woman here to say your last bit about your gender is showing is true, this is horrifying but not surprising. I'd say that I hope the club gets royally effed over this, except then I have no doubt the woman would lose her job, ultimately from being sexually assaulted at work.
Nobody...
By lbb on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 3:26pm.
...said this guy was smart.
I guess my gender is showing, though - I suspect a woman would have been equally horrified, but not really all that shocked, if at all.
Not even a bit.
Nope... not surprised at all.
By anon on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 3:40pm.
Nope... not surprised at all. As women we are used to seeing, hearing or experiencing being treated like this...all.the.time.
By cybah on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 1:39pm.
But what is
digitally penetrated her anus,
What's digitally? Did he stick his phone up there
its awful what happened but I'm lost on the word digital,
By Allstonian on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 1:46pm.
Really? Digits = fingers.
By TrophyWifeLinda on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 1:49pm.
Do we tolerate this behavior?
She should sue her employer, I hope she does.
Completely not acceptable.
see, here's your problem
if you're attempting to make a serious point or add a sincere voice to the conversation, it's ruined by your unfunny schtick.
pick a lane.
Pick a handle
By Will LaTulippe on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 12:24am.
M*A*S*H endeavored to be both funny and serious.
By anon on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 2:18pm.
what on earth does MASH have to do with this? how do you suppose they are at all similar?
one was a thoughtfully and carefully crafted socio-political satire, the other is a random internet person who one minute produces truly incomprehensible walls of text that s/he intends, apparently, to be funny (??? no one knows), then the other attempts to make a sincere contribution (??? again, it's not clear).
Sure, it's a tenuous analogy
By Will LaTulippe on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 3:39pm.
What I really endeavored to do was to kick you around for being an anon and going after somebody with a handle.
By lbb on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 6:41pm.
Doesn't matter what handle or lack of one you use: the shtick got old a while back.
I'm in IT
I'm in IT and the word "Digital" means something very different. Typically it means something NOT physical,.
So you're saying
By Sock_Puppet on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 2:14pm.
Back in your day penetration was analog?
It was physical, not digital.
Don't have my OED handy -- in fact,
By MC Slim JB on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 2:45pm.
my two-volume copy was destroyed in a Southie basement flood a few years ago -- but I expect that the use of the word "digital" referring to "pertaining to digits (fingers or toes)" predates the modern sense of "non-analog" by centuries. Its mathematical use (referring to the symbols of number systems, like our counting-on-our-digits-derived Base 10, but later to other numbering systems like binary), probably falls between the two.
It's a hideous story, regardless, the kind of thing that makes me want to shun this group's other properties as well.
Yes, this would have been a
By Not Logged In on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 2:29pm.
Yes, this would have been a fine time for cybah to skip the pedantry and use contextual clues that they may do well googling what other meaning the term could have than to diminish a horrific experience by feigning ignorance at best and playing up the chuckle factor at worst.
No more Red Lantern for you. You'll have to stage your remake of Goodfellas elsewhere.
You have lost the original meaning of the word.
By perruptor on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 5:24pm.
The name "digit" comes from the fact that the ten digits (Latin digiti meaning fingers)[1] of the hands correspond to the ten symbols of the common base 10 numeral system, i.e. the decimal (ancient Latin adjective decem meaning ten)[2] digits.
I'm in IT too
By Miaow on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 7:22am.
And I understand that "digital" has more than one meaning.
You kids and your internet...
You do realize I turn 43 this year?
Not really a kid any more. :-)
It is called rape
The bar should permanently loose its license for the cover up of this sexual assault.
Manager should be considered an accessory
By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 8:39pm.
Guy no doubt told them all to pay in cash before they left, keeping their names off the record.
By GFN on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 8:59pm.
a whopper of an assumption.
They have the credit-card info for the guy who paid for the table.
How does he remain unidentified
By anon on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 7:49am.
if they have his credit card information?
The guy who paid for the drinks ...
By adamg on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 9:57am.
Isn't the guy who attacked the server. I'm guessing he's also back in Ireland and has been a bit reluctant to answer queries from Boston.
He/they are definitely gone?
Is it known for sure that the rapist is gone, or is this just uhub speculation?
By ECG (nli) on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 10:01am.
Great! I was coming back to this today (saw it yesterday and it really stuck with me and infuriated me!) to ask if there wasn't a credit card trail to lead back to the sexual assaulter. And about the strong Irish accent--a huge number of people from other countries live, work, study and do business here on a regular basis. Let's not be so quick to dismiss the idea that this rapist is long gone and will never return. I want him hunted down if he's still in the country or grabbed at immigration next time he tries to set his filthy self back in this country.
Like I always say: It's an emigration problem, not an immigration problem. Kicking people out doesn't do jack (expletive) if you don't send them to the Mariana Trench.
Another scenario...
By Neal on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 11:42am.
Let's not be so quick to dismiss the idea that this rapist is long gone and will never return. I want him hunted down if he's still in the country or grabbed at immigration next time he tries to set his filthy self back in this country.
There's a chance that Boston Police have relayed whatever they have on the alleged perp to the Gardai who will have this information should he get in trouble in at home.
By mplo on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 7:39pm.
Why the hell didn't the manager just oust the guy who'd just attacked and molested his server and then told him not to come back or he'd be arrested, instead of letting him stay for more drinks with his buddies? That's what he should've done. It sounds like the manager deserved to lose his job.
Uh no
By lbb on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 10:00am.
He should have called the cops, and damn the consequences.
Kick him out, tell him not to
By Lady on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 1:59pm.
Kick him out, tell him not to come back? That sounds like doing the guy another solid.
How about calling the police if your employee reports being sexually assaulted.
He shouldn't have been kicked out. He should've been held down until the cops came.
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Sports Brings Out Different Side in Middle School Athlete
December 10, 2015 /in Columbus Valley, Rising Star /by Columbus Valley
Ask anyone who knows KeAndre’ Harper to describe the Arnold Middle School eighth-grader, and words like “easy going”, “respectful”, “articulate”, and “polite” top a long list of positive expressions. The 13-year-old is a church usher, a member of the National Junior Honor Society, has been named to the Principal’s List every year since sixth grade, and is a participant with Young Men of Distinction and a representative of his school in the Science Olympiad.
A four-sport athlete at Arnold, Harper started off the school year playing soccer for the first time. His favorite aspect of the game was making contact without using hands. Football was next on the schedule. Again, Harper says the big contact plays on the Rams’ defense were a thrill for him. Basketball comes up right after football season. The fast pace and close contact with opponents is what he likes the most about playing in the paint.
There seems to be a pattern in Harper’s sports life that contrasts with his personal life. The aggressive competitive nature on the field and court is vastly different from the reserved and studious side seen at other times. Harper knows this and actually works to use these qualities to his advantage.
“I kind of have a different personality when I play sports. I am not the nice person people know because I really like the contact of sports. I start out being quiet and calm and because that’s what the opponent sees, I then get into the other me,” says Harper, laughing.
The 5’10” athlete with the warm and personable manner has played sports since the age of 5 when he started out with Upward Basketball and graduated to American Amateur Union (AAU) play. When he came to Arnold Middle School in the sixth grade, he played both basketball and football. He added track in the seventh grade.
Although Harper doesn’t get to make contact as a track and field participant, he gets a lot of satisfaction from being a discus and shot put thrower. Both of those events require strength, and a little aggression works to help him there, too.
Harper just finished his time on the gridiron and is looking to basketball season. He played his last games of the football season with the same enthusiasm he has had since he first experienced the sport at the age of six years old. Playing three years with the Columbus Youth Football League sent him to the Peanut Bowl three different times. An incident that occurred at one of those bowl appearances made a lasting impression on the young athlete.
“I got hurt on a play. Cam Newton was there. I don’t know why, but it was when he was at Auburn. When I came out after that play, he spoke to me. He told me he thought I was doing a good job. I was just speechless. I didn’t really say anything because I couldn’t believe Cam Newton was talking to me,” says Harper with a big smile.
That encounter kind of sealed the deal on his love of football. Harper has played everywhere on the line and seen time at tight end with the Arnold Rams. His intelligent, logical mind is always at work, even while playing sports. Harper is always thinking about what he is doing and how he can do it better. That type of brain activity led him this football season to make a change in his position on the field.
“I kept watching other players and went to a four-point stance,” he says. “I acquired a four-point stance because it allows me to get off the ball quicker. It gives me leverage. I can get into the backfield quicker.”
Now, his focus is on basketball. Harper is usually the center and power forward for his basketball team, but he hopes to play small forward in high school. With that in mind, he has been working a lot on his outside game.
“A small forward has to do a lot of dribbling,” he says. “I know that in high school, that will be expected of me; I am preparing for it now.”
When he moves to track and field this spring, Harper would like to participate in two more events besides shot put and discus: the long jump and 800-meter race. He wants to master those before his last year in middle school ends.
Harper always seems to be thinking ahead, so he has given some thought to next year. He would like to play football and basketball. Where he actually does that hasn’t been decided. Carver High School is close to the top of the list since his mother is a math teacher at the school. Harper said his father was a high school athlete, but neither of his parents has pushed him about playing sports or where he should attend high school.
Going a little deeper in his playbook, Harper is interested in attending one of four colleges: Georgia, Georgia Tech, Florida State, or Duke. Maybe even as a collegiate athlete.
It’s a good plan; one that will hopefully satisfy every part of his personality.
Harper’s younger brother, Kalen, also played on Arnold’s soccer team and football team this year. How did that work out?
“It was very exciting and funny,” Harper says. “The competition between us is pretty strong.”
Columbus Valley/Rising Star/December 2015
KeAndre’ Harper
By Beth Welch
Photos by Jerry Christenson
Tags: Arnold Middle School, Basketball, Columbus Valley, KeAndre Harper, Multi-Sport Athlete
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Notes From a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stern (Knopf, $26.00, 271 pages)
There were moments when I felt like I was being called the N-word with no one actually saying it. No one had to and maybe they were too smart to. So it was left to me to decide whether it was because I was black or because I was just me…
Anyone who has read and enjoyed the classic Kitchen Confidential by the late Anthony Bourdain may enjoy the memoir, Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Ounwuachi. Like Bourdain, Onwuachi is an interesting mix of confidence and uncertainty. While struggling with numerous aspects of working in the restaurant industry, Onwuachi can come off as bombastic and arrogant as when he writes that “my arrival (in the District of Columbia) was greeted with a lot of excitement and anticipation.” Perhaps so, but it did not result in enough people visiting Shaw Bijou, Onwuachi’s signature restaurant, for it to remain in business.
The key reason Shaw Bijou failed likely goes to the base cover charge – sold as an admission ticket, of $185 per person, not including tip and drinks. The flaw in this account by a talented young chef is that he attributes most of his stumbles and unforced errors to racism, even when the reader sees other factors in play. Still, Onwuachi has gone on to earn the title of “The most important chef in America” from the San Francisco Chronicle. You will need to read the sometimes surreal Notes – an entertaining, imperfect story – to find out why.
Recommended for foodies and those interested in what it takes to run a successful restaurant and why restaurants fail.
A review copy was provided by Alfred A. Knopf. This book, which includes thirteen recipes, was released on April 9, 2019.
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No One Ever Asked: A Novel by Katie Ganshert (Waterbrook, $14.99, 368 pages)
Sometimes a promising novel is destroyed by the story telling structure selected by the author. I found this to be the case with No One Ever Asked. The fictional tale, about racism and socio-economic differences that affect two public school districts in Missouri, is a worthwhile one. Ganshert well illustrates how racism impacts everyone – rich and poor, majority race or minority – whether it is overt, covert, deliberately hurtful, or inadvertent. And this would have been a relevant read for these times if only she had written the tale in standard chronological form. She did not.
No One starts with a dramatic event. The event covered in the Prologue – something a novel almost never needs, takes place near the end of the events covered in this book. Thus, the next 300 or more pages take the reader back in time to see what preceded the climactic event. The reader’s patience might not have been tried if Ganshert had taken 10, 20 or even 30 pages to “set up” the non-linear story in this unexpected way. Unfortunately, and regrettably, she used 300 or more pages to do so. Not only this, she often refers to events that, in legal terms, “are not in evidence.” For example, an incident that occurred in a boy’s high school locker room is referenced multiple times. But the reader is never informed, until near the very end of the telling, as to what exactly was involved in this incident.
Hiding the ball from the reader in this fashion builds up fatigue and frustration. I was ready to put the book down many times, for good.
There’s also the distressing fact that No One has so many characters – white and black, prosperous and poor, that you would need to keep a spread sheet in order to keep track of them. And the author’s style is not only confusing and sometimes bewildering, but often choppy.
By the end of No One Ever Asked, I realized that Ganshert had written a decent story which might have been enjoyable had she simply kept it straight (chronological) and simple. She did not. I am hopeful that an editor will advise her to follow the common path of storytelling in her next effort. Cleverness for its own sake is rarely a reward for the reader.
No One Ever Asked was published on April 3, 2018.
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He’s taught in his school/From the start by the rule/That the laws are with him/To protect his white skin… Bob Dylan, “Only a Pawn in Their Game”
Under One Roof: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor’s Battle to Integrate Spring Training by Adam Henig (Wise Ink, $9.95, 146 pages)
Much has been written and passed on about Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in major league baseball and the history of the Negro Leagues. However, that single act was only the beginning of a long struggle for equality in major league baseball and society. Those that followed suffered significant abuse and hardship all to often. Hank Aaron was the target of vile, despicable hatred when he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record. That, too, has been chronicled in great detail. The travails of African American baseball players during spring training received far less scrutiny, as has their journey through minor league cities in the south during the 50s, 60s, and beyond.
Adam Henig shines a light on the subject in Under One Roof. It is more of a flashlight than a spotlight, as had he chosen he could have expanded his tale to include a more substantial account of the travails of these athletes and the social mores of the time. As it stands, he confined his story to the efforts of civil rights activist, Dr. Ralph Wimbish and his work to integrate the community of St. Petersburg, Florida.
In the early 60s, St. Petersburg was the spring training home of both the Cardinals and the Yankees. Pitcher Bob Gibson of the Cardinals and catcher Elston Howard of the Yankees were among the prominent black players on those teams. At that time they and their other black teammates were not allowed to stay at the same hotel as their white counterparts. Instead, separate housing arrangements were made in segregated parts of town. Special transportation and other provisions were secured to accommodate these players.
Henig seems to be interested in telling a story more than creating an historical record which, in the end, likely serves the same purpose. Although it is a good read, and while there is research, interviews, and other supporting documentation, this is a very important topic and – had he chosen to do so, he could have gone into greater depth. The actual text runs 100 pages and the book is accessible to younger readers, which is a good thing, and would make excellent reading for middle school students and/or other classes.
My former high school coach, Ron Herr, was a phenomenal pitcher who came within a sliver of making the big leagues. He later briefly served as a coach with the Atlanta Braves. He often told us stories of the inhuman treatment that Rico Carty, Aaron, and other were subject to – buses pulling over when players needed to use a restroom and the inevitable conflict to follow, as well as predictable stories involving restaurants, housing, and fan behavior.
Gladly, my children live in (and to their credit espouse) a more tolerant and accepting society than previous generations. We are certainly not there yet, as is evidenced by recent tragedies in Ferguson, MO, Charleston, SC, and daily chaos in the south and west sides of Chicago that will likely break records for shootings and fatalities. I applaud Henig for keeping these stories alive for younger generations, who were not around to know just how tumultuous a time this was in our country’s history. If there is any criticism of the book, it would be that he only scratched the surface.
Here’s hoping for a better tomorrow.
A review copy was received from the author. Adam Henig is also the author of Alex Haley’s Roots: An Author’s Odyssey.
This book was released on April 25, 2016.
Dave Moyer is an educator, former baseball player and coach, and the author of Life and Life Only: A Novel.
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The Pitcher
The Pitcher: A Novel by William Hazelgrove (Koehlerbooks, $15.95, 241 pages)
“I had a friend who was a big baseball player back in high school/ He could through that speedball by you/ Make you look like a fool, boy…/ Glory days, they’ll pass you by….” Bruce Springsteen, “Glory Days”
The Pitcher is Jack Langford, a 25-year major league baseball veteran, whose existence consists of watching games on television in his garage and drinking Good Times beer. Ricky, who lives across the street from Jack, is an aspiring pitcher on the cusp of high school with much more arm than control. Ricky’s mother is a noble soul, trying to raise her son and advance his future in the midst of racism, poverty, and violence.
The writing flows smoothly, the characters are interesting, and the story itself is intriguing. The Pitcher is clearly an enjoyable read, particularly well suited for young adult males. Its only detractors are those baseball purists who like everything in their baseball literature to 100% accurately reflect the game down to the smallest minutiae. From strictly a baseball standpoint, there are some technical inaccuracies (e.g., when Jack finally agrees to give lessons to Ricky and help him make the team, they are nothing like what pitching lessons would actually consist of). There are some others as well, such as description of the interactions between umpires and coaches, coaches and players, etc. However, this is fiction, and in all fiction one must be willing to suspend disbelief. If the baseball fanatic can get past some of that, there is much for them to enjoy here. The story will bring back feelings like hope or joy or disappointment for those who once played the game.
The premise of The Pitcher is strong. This reviewer cannot help but speculate how the major issues dealt with in the book (racism, immigration reform, how to live when one’s dreams seem to be over, domestic violence, access to health care, etc.) would have translated to a larger audience if not confined to a first-person telling by Ricky, whose 8th grade maturity level and vocabulary do not always do them justice.
All of that being said, The Pitcher is a worthy rendering of the age old theme of a boy, a ball, and a dream.
A review copy was provided by the author. Dave Moyer is an education administrator and a former college baseball player. He is also the author of Life and Life Only, a novel about baseball and Bob Dylan.
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I Hear The Laughter
Is an entire season of TV comedy on one DVD too much or not enough?
DVD Review: Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution, Season 2
People pay up to $75 and $80 a seat to see Gabriel Iglesias (AKA Fluffy) perform his comedy in places like Lake Tahoe and Reno. So paying $19.99 for a video disc of his comedy seems, at first glance, like a bargain. However, here Iglesias and his very funny Master of Ceremonies, Martin Moreno, basically serve as the introducers of new comedy talent – some of it average, some of it excellent. There are twelve separate upcoming comedians who come on stage in south Florida, doing a quick – and sometimes not-so-quick – run-through of their nightly act. This disc presents the entire second season of Comedy Central’s show Stand-Up Revolution and some may wish that there was less here rather than more.
With two exceptions, the comedians featured in this compilation are either Hispanic or African or African-American. They might have placed an advisory sticker on the DVD reading, “This is intended for audiences that love ethnic humor. It may not be appropriate for all viewers.” The audiences present during the taping sessions were virtually all Hispanic, and they clearly enjoyed the jabs at their own cultural mores and those of other minority groups.
Trevor Noah, the first of the many comedians, is a mixed race comedian from Africa. He noted that his father was black and his white mother was from Switzerland, as “The Swiss love chocolate.” Noah seems like a nice guy, but not a terribly funny one. Dov Davidoff is the Anglo comedian who appears next and warns the audience to “lower your expectations.” He’s a comedian who tries to pretend that he’s not funny, but he is as he jokes about the economy being so bad that people now watch reality TV to see other people working.
Nick Guerra from south Texas does a pretty average routine about males being dumb and disgusting. It seems like this territory has been well-covered before. Gina Yashere, a black woman from England, is truly funny as when she alerts the audience to the fact that, “Black people are not indigenous to England.” Her set about her return visit to her native Nigeria is pretty much worth the price of admission.
Dillon Garcia is a chubby white-Mexican comedian who tells some good jokes about food and personal relationships. Garcia is followed by Will Sylvince from Haiti. Sylvince will have your sides aching from laughing. His act is almost indescribable – it needs to be seen to be appreciated.
The seventh comedian on stage, Dustin Ybarra, relies on drug and bathroom humor. We’ve heard all this before. Fast forward to Thai Rivera, a gay Mexican-American from Arizona. Yes, that’s right, he’s gay and from the state of Arizona – “I’m not racist. I’m just from Arizona.” Ybarra’s unique digs at his own culture are close to priceless. When told that he doesn’t look Mexican he responds, “Oh, I’m sorry, I left my leaf blower at home.”
Alfred Robles of East Los Angeles is interesting, if not much more, and African-American Tony Baker also revisits some old comic territory. Ian Bagg arrives to save the day with some truly outrageous and funny comedy, before the baton is passed to the final performer, Pablo Francisco. Francisco does nothing memorable.
Big fans of the big comedian Gabriel Iglesias may be disappointed because he only makes brief appearances between the dozen comedians that he and Moreno bring on stage. If you’re a huge fan of Fluffy, you might want to wait for an “all-Iglesias” DVD or save up for one of those costly tickets to see him live and in person.
Recommended, for select audiences.
A review copy of the DVD was provided by a publicist. This article originally appeared on the Blogcritics Video (TV/Film) site: http://blogcritics.org/video/article/dvd-review-gabriel-iglesias-presents-stand/
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You’ve Got Your Troubles
The Neighbors are Watching: A Novel by Debra Ginsberg (Crown; $23.99; 325 pages)
“It was as if Gloria was sabotaging herself, Sam thought. Well, they were both sabotaging themselves, just going about it from opposite directions.”
Debra Ginsberg has populated her latest novel with a score of self-sabotaging and dysfunctional characters. This is the story of Diana, a young pregnant woman who is thrown out of her mother’s home and forced to live with the father she’s never known. Dad Joe lives in the suburbs of San Diego near the ocean with his second wife, Allison. Joe made Allison abort her only pregnancy years earlier, and Allison knows nothing about the existence of Diana. Therefore, when she appears on Joe’s driveway the marriage is suddenly in serious trouble.
But it turns out that everyone in the neighborhood is in trouble as the fires of late October and early November 2007 approach. Fourteen people died and at least 70 were injured when a half-million acres burned. One million San Diego County residents were evacuated, the largest evacuation in California history. This is the not-so-pleasant back-drop for Ginsberg’s troubled tale.
It appears that all of the neighbors in Joe’s suburban community have their serious quirks and troubles. There’s a sometimes-happy and sometimes-bickering lesbian couple, Sam and Gloria, and a heterosexual married couple, the Werners, whose son Kevin is a lazy weed smoker with no intellectual or athletic skills. This is a ‘hood that is seemingly over-populated with drug users and abusers. One has to wonder how accurate a reflection this is of America’s Finest City and its residents.
The one exception to the group of losers is an Asian couple, whose quiet son shoots hoops and practices the piano for hours on end. This is a stereotype of sorts, although it’s one that was likely not meant to be offensive. However, Ginsberg includes a highly troubling reference to Diana, who happens to be half African-American. Early on, Kevin’s mother refers to Diana as “an uppity pregnant girl who had no business even being in the neighborhood in the first place.” This is offensive on two counts – first, in using a term that is knowingly offensive to African-Americans, and also in the implication that there’s a “place” within which people of a certain color are not welcome.
Perhaps Ginsberg intended this non-P.C. reference to serve as a reminder of the destructiveness of racism, but she could and should have adopted a more subtle and temperate way of expressing that notion. Another flaw with the telling is that Ginsberg chooses the rather unfortunate name of Joe Montana for Diana’s father, which makes it seem like some kind of inside joke. “Joe Montana, like the football player?” Yes.
One of the key problems with Neighbors is that the story is made needlessly complex. When Diana surfaces with disastrous consequences for her father’s and stepmother’s marriage, the storyline seems logical. But then Ginsberg takes it further – Joe suddenly has an affair with a young neighbor and Diana hooks up with Kevin, the worst possible choice for her. More is not always better.
There’s this dividing line… A dividing line between the fictional account which feels to a reader like real life, and the feeling that it’s a good effort but there’s a sense of magic that’s lacking. Ginsberg produced a fine attempt in this novel but it struck this reader as a manuscript rather than as a fully developed work. It needed some editing, trimming and rethinking. All in all, the author seemed to be sabotaging herself like the characters in her dysfunctional fictional neighborhood.
This review was written by Joseph Arellano. A review copy was provided by the publisher.
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Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum - The Satmarer Rebbe
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Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum began his rabbinic career in Krooly, a small town in Hungary. In 1929, the Rav of the Orthodox community in Satmar, a larger and more prestigious community, passed away, and Rabbi Teitelbaum was invited for a Shabbos tryout. The Rav displayed exceptional knowledge of Talmud, far above the prevailing image of a Chassidic rabbi, who was expected to be more of an expert in Kabbalah and prayer. He was retained by the community, which prospered under his leadership, and began attracting students to its yeshiva from all over Hungary.
As the War approached, the Satmarer Rav was smuggled out of harms way, first into Switzerland, where he remained throughout the War, and afterwards in 1946, into Israel. On a fund-raising mission to the United States, he met many people from his former community who urged him to stay in America and help them recover from the trauma of the War. Rabbi Teitelbaums decision to stay in America was historic, in that it set in place the foundation for the growth of the Satmar community. After only a short time, the transplanted Yetiv Lev Congregation emerged upon American soil, with Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum at the helm.
In 1948, he drew worldwide attention when he became the only Jewish leader to denounce the newly founded Jewish state. He based his Anti-Zionist position on a gemara in Ketubot 111a, that derives from the triple mention in Shir HaShirim of the verse, I have bound you in oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, that HaShem bound the Jewish People and the nations of the world with three oaths:
1. shelo yaalu bachoma that the Jews should not forcibly breach the wall, and enter Eretz Yisrael
2. that the Jews should not rebel against the nations of the world
3. that the nations of the world should not oppress the Jewish People excessively during the Exile
The gemara concludes with the threat that if the Jews would violate these oaths, HaShem would bring upon them great harm and physical destruction. Rabbi Teitelbaum claimed that the Zionist movement had brought the Holocaust upon the Jewish People by violating the oaths incumbent upon them.
(Two of the arguments raised against the above are that by the Balfour Declaration the nations of the world gave permission to the Jews to return to Israel. Another is that the oaths would apply to the Jewish People only if the nations of the world did not excessively mistreat them during the Galut. Centuries of massacre and pogrom certainly testify otherwise as to the behavior of the nations of the world. If the nations have violated their oath, the oaths upon the Jewish People are null and void.)
In the 1950s, the Satmar community continued to blossom. Williamsburg became the scene of many inspiring Chassidic gatherings and public tefilos, such as would occur annually on Hoshanah Rabbah, when the Satmar synagogue was a sea of lulavim and esrogim.
By the 1960s, the Satmar community in Brooklyn had grown rapidly and the rebbe had gained many new adherents from immigration to the United States, and his opinions and blessings were sought by thousands.
In the 1970s, the rebbe bought land in Monroe, NY, and founded Kiryas Yoel, where a large branch of the Satmar community now lives.
Tens of thousands of his Hasidim attended his funeral in Kiryat Yoel. None of his children survived him, as all three of his daughters passed away during his lifetime. The Satmar community grieved at the tremendous loss of their rebbe, who had led his followers according to uncompromising principles, in which he deeply believed.
Sources: Orthodox Union
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Election Security Measures We Need - NOW.
Hand marked paper ballots.
The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, recently told the Democratic Republic of Congo not to use electronic voting:
“These elections must be held by paper ballots so there is no question by the Congolese people about the results. The U.S. has no appetite to support an electronic voting system.”
[35] Americans also deserve trustworthy elections. Thus, hand marked paper ballots must be available to all voters in time for the 2018 midterm elections, with assistive devices provided for those who are unable to hand mark their ballots.
Hand counting.
A return to paper ballots means replacing DREs with optical scanners or hand counting. Jurisdictions may claim they can’t afford new scanners to count the paper ballots. If so, point out that some counties in Virginia leased scanners to ensure the integrity of Virginia’s last election.[36] Other jurisdictions can do the same.
If states still refuse to buy or lease optical scanners, then demand that they publicly hand count the paper ballots instead. This is not asking too much. Spurred by serious concerns about transparency and security, most Western democracies — including Germany, France, Canada (for federal elections), Norway, and the Netherlands — have rejected voting machines in favor of publicly hand-counted elections.[37] Although U.S. ballots tend to be more complex than in countries that hand count, most county election boards already have emergency hand-count protocols that can be implemented. Manual counting, if completed on Election Night, would not present the chain-of-custody problems that arise when we rely on next-day, or even-longer-delayed, manual audits to ensure the integrity of computerized election systems.
Many counties in New Hampshire already conduct publicly hand-counted elections as a matter of course. According to the manual linked here,[38] the ballots include on average 15 races and yet are fully hand counted within several hours on Election Night.
Risk-limiting audits, or modified hand-count audits, for every race in 2018.
Audits spot-check check to make sure the votes have been counted accurately. Recounts perform the same counting that happened on election night, over again.
Risk-limiting Audits (“RLAs”) increase the number of ballots checked as the margin of victory decreases. These are the robust audits we need, and they are endorsed by Verified Voting, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, the American Statistical Association, and others.[39] As of February 2018, only two states, Colorado and Rhode Island, have currently enacted laws mandating risk-limiting audits in all elections.
Full hand-count Audits hand-count all ballots under bi- or multi-partisan supervision after then have been run through optical scanners.[40]
Modified full hand-count Audits, the type of audit already conducted in Columbia County, NY, are the same, but they exclude uncontested races.
All audits must be open to the media and the public. Elections must not be certified until the auditing process is complete and the audit results have either confirmed the accuracy of the initial vote count or led to a full manual count (the results of which will be dispositive).
The chain of custody must be transparent and demonstrably secure.
Post-election audits and recounts depend on a demonstrably secure chain of custody between Election Night and the audit (or recount), the period in which the public loses sight of the ballots.[41] The chain of custody procedures must also be transparent or public confidence in the audit result will falter. During the 2004 presidential recount, ballots were “marked or altered, apparently to ensure that the hand recount would equal the machine count.”[42] And in 2016, paper ballots were destroyed before they could be recounted in the Wasserman-Schultz/Canova U.S. House race.[43] This can’t happen ever again in any election.
Ballot images must be preserved.
States must also follow federal law and protect election transparency by preserving ballot images as public records.[44]
Precinct results must be posted.
Where precinct counting is done, precincts must post results to the public before transmitting them to the tabulators. This transparency measure would allow citizens to detect and deter any tampering or error that might occur after the results leave the precincts.
Vendor Transparency
To provide a measure of transparency, election equipment and software vendors and contractors must publicly (a) disclose the names of each of their officers, directors, and owners; (b) disclose the names of each of their parent companies, as well as the parent companies’ respective officers, directors, and owners; and (c) warrant that no one affiliated with the company or with a parent company (as officer, director, owner, employee, contractor, or consultant) has been convicted of a felony.
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Home Topics Elections Costa Rica: is the far right poised for victory?
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Costa Rica: is the far right poised for victory?
In an unprecedented political atmosphere, Costa Ricans will vote for a new president on February 4th. The country has become famous for its wonderful natural beauty – home to nearly 6 per cent of the world’s biodiversity – and receives approximately 3 million tourists every year.
So it may surprise many visitors that a candidate who promises to open the country to oil drilling and mining, could become the next president. His contender offers a similar proposal, opening up natural protected areas and reserves to exploitation. Even worse, all three leading candidates vow to fight gay marriage.
Photo-montage: TicoTimes
After four years of the center-leaning Solis government that broke with decades of a two-party system by promising change, this year’s contest is led by three right-wing candidates. Juan Diego Castro – a media figure who has served as minister – is favorite to win. He promises to crack down on crime and end corruption, posing as an ‘outsider’ figure that will fight the system. Antonio Alvarez, from the traditional PLN party, promises to increase employment, solve the country’s public debt and, more recently, to stop gay marriage. The third leading candidate is Fabricio Alvarado, an evangelical singer-songwriter who served the past four years as a deputy for the religious National Restoration party (PRN). He has wooed the conservative vote and enjoyed a stellar surge at the polls.
Gay marriage tops the agenda
Before and during the presidential campaign, the ‘cementazo’ corruption scandal had dominated media attention, involving the little-known but well-connected entrepreneur Juan Carlos Bolaños. The scandal broke when lawmakers discovered that Bolaños’ company, had been awarded a US$50 million credit for his cement-importing firm by a state-owned bank, with little or no security (an in-depth explanation here).
The Assembly set up a commission to investigate the case. Gradually the wide network of corruption that facilitated the loan to Bolaños – involving current and former officials, opposition deputies, judges and the head of the secret police – was made public. Similar cases involving further loans have been shadowed by the media, with the commission promising to look into them after the election.
Equally significant had been gay rights, with a large conservative backlash sparked by the announcement of the implementation of sexual education in public schools. Government programs which recognized the existence of different sexual preferences and gender identity, became the target of fundamentalist religious groups, who organised arguably the largest conservative march witnessed in Costa Rica’s modern history.
A parody made of the most infamous Facebook video posted by Juan Diego Castro. In the aftermath of a horrendous triple murder, Castro held a knife throughout his video rant, while criticizing authorities for their reaction in the case.
A new record high in homicides also took center stage during the campaign, with candidate Juan Diego Castro profiting from his strongman rhetoric. Absent from the discussion of security, however, has been the worrying wave of femicides in recent years. In addition, the ongoing unemployment rate, which has stagnated between 8 and 10 per cent since 2011, and a looming public debt crisis have been major concerns of Costa Ricans.
However, the game-changer came on 9 January, when the Inter American Court of Human Rights, after being consulted by the Costa Rican government, issued a legal opinion mandating states to guarantee same-sex marriage and gender identity. The opinion, which is binding under article 7 of the Constitution, has become the focus of conservative anger.
This helps to explain the rapid rise of Fabricio Alvarado, whose polling figures have shot up from less than 5% to 17% in a recent poll, making him a possible contender in the runoff vote in April. His only experience in politics is his 4 years as deputy, but this has not put off thousands of religious Costa Ricans who believe gay marriage is more important than any other issue.
The fact is that, in their radical approach, they [LGBT activists] are intolerant, because they don’t let anyone think differently –Fabricio Alvarado
Conservativism and anger are re-defining this election, even if they represent reactions to very particular and immediate issues.
The frontrunners
Out of the 13 candidates standing for the presidency, none has been able to top 20 per cent in opinion polls. To win in the first round, a candidate needs 40 per cent of the votes or more. Only three of the candidates can be located on the left or center-left.
Juan Diego Castro
Juan Diego Castro is leading the polls. He served as minister of Justice and Security during Jose Maria Figueres Olsen’s presidency, and has become a media personality through his role as a media pundit. Castro vows to end corruption, which he says would alleviate the increasing public debt, and promises to pursue crime relentlessly. He says he will open up the country to oil drilling and mining, and promises to fight environmental activists – who he describes as ‘ecoterrorists.’
Antonio Álvarez. Photo: Source: Semanario Universidad
Antonio Álvarez is a multimillionaire entrepreneur whose career is full of contradictions. He left the PLN in 2006, accusing the party of being corrupt, and decided to create his own party, only to come back to the PLN in 2008. He became campaign manager for the mayor of San José, Johnny Araya, in his disastrous 2014 bid for the presidency.
Álvarez has a land ownership dispute pending with the state of Panama, where he is accused of illegally appropriating protected indigenous lands. Despite branding himself as a progressive social-democrat, and a few months ago supporting gay marriage, Álvarez has changed his tune in the lead-up to the election, with a conservative discourse becoming more prominent in his campaign strategy. Just recently, in a naked appeal to the conservative voter, he issued a leaflet promising to review sexual education programs, oppose abortion and stop gay marriage.
Despite his best efforts to portray himself as a true conservative, Álvarez is regarded by most as representative of the business elite and the traditional two-party system.
Fabricio Alvarado. Photo: Semanario Universidad
Fabricio Alvarado is perhaps the most divisive of the leading candidates. An evangelical singer-songwriter, Alvarado studied – but did not finish – journalism and worked for some of the main TV stations in the country. Alvarado has promised to take Costa Rica out of the San José pact – however contradictory that may sound –which established the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He claims that the court’s opinion on gay marriage and gender identity violates Costa Rica’s ‘sovereignty’ and that the country’s legislative assembly should have the final word on human rights issues. His government program chillingly states that opponents of his brand of religious extremism are ‘Nazis and fascists’.
Democracy in shambles
Despite being counted as the longest-lasting democracy in Latin America, Costa Rica has experienced significant problems with its institutional framework. The 2014 elections were plagued by a fierce campaign against the left-leaning Frente Amplio party; at the time, the Electoral Tribunal (TSE) silently stood by while an alliance of businessmen directed their members to ‘inform’ their employees that candidate José María Villalta was a threat to the country. Foreign intervention, admittedly aimed at stopping FA’s momentum and sowing fear amongst the electorate, was also permitted with impunity. The TSE has allowed religious parties to sprout – in some cases directly linked with evangelist and Christian churches – even though the electoral law (art 136) and the Constitution (art 28) prohibit politicians from using religious sentiment or imagery. Most recently, the TSE said it would not be able to resolve 99 complaints against the evangelical candidate Fabricio Alvarado before the elections.
No wonder then that, despite Costa Rican’s trust in the democratic system, Juan Diego Castro has repeatedly claimed (with no evidence) that an electoral fraud is being planned against him. His accusations are directed to the PLN, and aim to further mobilize popular discontent with the political elite.
The media has played an important role, dedicating extensive air time to the sexual education programs and the subsequent backlash. Throughout the Solis administration, Costa Rica’s right-leaning press has had a poisonous relationship with the government, creating controversy over the name of a bridge, criticizing the government’s foreign policy, and magnifying every blunder.
In a highly concentrated media market such as Costa Rica’s – an issue the Solis administration didn’t address –, bad publicity has significant repercussions. It is no wonder that the official candidate, Carlos Álvarado, with his promise of continuity, enjoys a mere 5% in the opinion.
Undecided voters are still a significant force (between 20%-30% in opinion polls) and could still turn the election upside down.
Nevertheless, deeper issues, including the country’s institutional flaws, are likely to remain in the background. With a right-wing media landscape dominating the agenda, a resistance to modify the country’s position on religion in schools, the desperate need of improvements in public education and an electoral tribunal paralyzed by the weakness of its legal powers, this election is likely to mark a new chapter in Costa Rica’s political history.
Perhaps the best illustration of the current scenario is a clip of the candidates wearing Burger King cardboard crowns while playing football and eating Whoppers. And yes, that actually happened.
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Emory Holmes II
Emory Holmes II is a Los Angeles–based novelist, children’s story writer, and journalist. His stories on American crime and the arts have appeared on the pages of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Sentinel, The Los Angeles Daily News, The New York Amsterdam News, Los Angeles Magazine, Essence, CODE, the R&B Report, Written By magazine, American Legacy, The Root, The New York Times wire service, and other publications. His 3-hour radio documentary on the Civil Rights Movement, “King from Atlanta to the Mountaintop,” has been re-broadcast nationally since 1985, as it was this year on the MLK holiday.
He has been writing crime fiction since 2005. His first crime story, “aka Moises Rockafella,” was published that year by Akashic books in The Cocaine Chronicles anthology and republished by Houghton Mifflin in The Best American Mystery Stories 2006. His short story “Dangerous Days,” first appeared in Los Angeles Noir in 2007, and was translated into French and republished by Asphalte books in 2010. Additionally, in 2014, the stories from both anthologies, The Cocaine Chronicles and Los Angeles Noir were dramatized and republished as Audible books for Amazon. Emory Holmes II has just completed “Dangerous Dayz,” a two-part murder story focusing on race and age in L.A.
On Finks, Nobles, Snoops, Spies, Guards, and Ops
John Walton charts the historical origins of the crime story and the private eye....
Turning Noir’s Racism on Its Head: Woody Haut’s Latest
Woody Haut, Noir, Race, and Genre...
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Senator Larissa Waters, Greens co-Deputy Leader and democracy spokesperson, said “Confidence in Australia’s democratic systems is at an all time low, and no wonder when governments are working for their corporate donor mates and and ignoring the people who elect them. It’s critically important that we work to earn back trust, and giving people a real voice in decision-making is central to that.”
“The Greens have been leading the political debate for many years on getting the influence of big money from corporate donations out of politics, closing the revolving door of lobbyists and MPs and setting up a federal anti-corruption commission,” Senator Waters said.
“This election, we are taking that commitment further, with plans to not just get corporate money out of politics but also create paths to bring the people back in.
“We’ve just seen an enormous petition with 1.4 million signatures calling for Fraser Anning to be booted from the parliament which was tabled by Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi, but what many people don’t realise is the petition is never actually debated by federal politicians. We think that’s wrong and petitions that reach a threshold of 100,000 people – the equivalent size of a lower house electorate – should be allocated time during parliamentary sittings for debate and to be voted on so the signatories know where their representatives stand."
Greens candidate for the new seat of Canberra, Tim Hollo, who has been running a series of participatory democracy meetings across the electorate, said “On climate change, refugees, planning, and so much more, our politics has been failing us, because governments are listening to their corporate backers instead of the people. We absolutely have to turn that around, and fast."
“Involving a broad range of people in decision-making, and giving them space and support to discuss the ideas, consistently leads to better decisions,” he said.
“What’s even better is that people love the opportunity to get involved. At our community meetings, people have been having a great time, and really appreciate that their views and ideas are being taken seriously.
“We need our politics to work for people and planet, not just profits, and to do that we have to get corporate money out and bring the people back in.
The Greens policy will:
legislate to require a formal and meaningful parliamentary debate on issues for which a petition reaches a threshold of 100,000 signatures;
work with the government to select a mutually agreed key issue on which to run a national Citizens’ Jury and a trial of participatory budgeting; and
legislate to ensure that government decision-making bodies include citizens in a meaningful way.
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Stream ‘Journey’s End,’ the New Song and Short Film From Queen’s Roger Taylor
Queen drummer Roger Taylor has sprung a surprise on fans with the sudden release of a new song and short film titled "Journey's End."
As pointed out in the press release announcing the project, "Journey's End" follows his 2013 LP Fun on Earth — yet it's a creative about face from that album, presenting a side of Taylor's musical personality that's "symphonic in scale and autumnal in mood." You can watch it above.
"It's a 'piece,'" Taylor explains of the song, which clocks in at nearly seven minutes. "Which is why there is a long solo in it. I've just let it take its own course. I just didn't want to make it quick, edit it. I wanted it to be fairly contemplative, fairly dreamlike, a mood piece."
That "autumnal mood" described is reflective of the song's look at mortality — Taylor's admission that, as the press release puts it, "eternity is not an option."
"It is a sort of acceptance of the fact that this a journey, and that journey will come to an end," he adds. "Even the bass sequence, which is almost random, is a plodding footstep kind of thing. A journey towards the tail end, the September of one's years."
Those feelings, Taylor admits, are partly the aftereffect of a "dreadful year" in which Queen lost two members of its extended family through the deaths of David Bowie and George Michael. Yet even as he looks back on what he's lost — and contemplates the end of his own personal journey — he remains committed to the future of the band.
"This has been an incredible journey — our career, our band Queen, which we thought was over with the death of Freddie, it just seems to continue, almost with a life of its own," concludes Taylor. "And as long as people want to see us, we will be happy to indulge them."
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MH370 search ends – not pilot suicide but the most successful state hijacking ever
So the “official” private search has ended.
A privately funded search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has drawn to a close. US-based company Ocean Infinity had been using a deep-sea vessel to conduct a 90-day survey of a vast area of the southern Indian Ocean.
But it found nothing and Malaysia’s government says it has no plans to begin any new searches. The plane disappeared on 8 March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. There are still fierce debates over how the flight ended.
The hunt for the missing plane formed one of the largest surface and underwater searches in aviation history, covering more than 120,000 sq km (46,300 miles) of the Indian Ocean.
A few weeks ago the disinformation machine tried to pin the blame on a suicidal pilot – but it was all speculation and fairly idle speculation at that. The most credible explanation – which is still fairly incredulous remains the one I posted on April 13th, 2014 about 5 weeks after the event – that this was the most successful state-sponsored hijacking event ever.
MH370: The most successful, state-sponsored hijacking ever?
This was no accident!
The most parsimonious explanation is that this vanishing trick was the deliberate and intended result of an operation which was spectacularly and successfully implemented.
Who then and why?
There were 20 Chinese software experts on board. They had been working for Freescale Technology in Texas on technology which could convert ordinary aircraft into “stealth” aircraft. Patents had been applied for but have not yet been granted. MH 370 was carrying a “large” package as a Chinese diplomatic package and was therefore not subject to any search or security procedures. The speculative, uncorroborated but plausible and most parsimonious explanation becomes:
The Chinese software engineers “stole” technology on behalf of the Chinese government from Freescale.
Freescale was slow in picking up the theft and alerting the authorities.
US intelligence and security agencies were unable to prevent the engineers and their package from reaching Malaysia.
They were also unable to prevent the engineers boarding MH370 bound for Beijing or the precious cargo from being loaded as diplomatic cargo.
The operational arm of a US Security Agency took the decision – without recourse to their political masters – to prevent the engineers and their cargo from reaching Beijing, at any cost.
Since collateral damage would be high it was imperative that all evidence be obliterated.
With the probable assistance of Boeing, and soon after take-off, the in-flight computer was remotely re-programmed.
The auto-pilot was remotely put into uninterruptible mode.
The Malaysian military was “persuaded” – without the knowledge of their political masters – to ignore the plane’s turn-back and flight westwards over Malaysia for a few critical hours.
The passengers and crew were all “executed” by the excursion up to 45,000 feet implemented by the autopilot.
The remainder of the flight path was to get the plane and it’s cargo into an as inaccessible a location as possible.
The aircraft was allowed to run out of fuel such that the auto-pilot made as soft a ditching as possible in as remote a place as possible. This increased the probability of the plane sinking intact with little or no debris.
The location was deliberately chosen to be over deep ocean so that any black-box evidence would be almost impossible to come by.
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Zaha Hadid – Architect and Badass
This video always makes me smile.
That video gave me a chuckle. I love how confident she is going against the stereotypes that society puts on her field. I think this really calls into question what direction we are going with gender equality. It has definitely improved in certain ways throughout the past couple years, but there is still the underlying problem that society does not want to change their previously held beliefs. Even though the English language does not have gendered nouns like French, for example, we still gender our pronouns (which is not a universal practice) and believe that certain objects and occupations are inherently masculine or feminine. Architecture is one of those fields of work and study that people generally associate with masculinity. This comes without much basis for an argument, and it is only the case because society simply refuses to let old assumptions die with the past.
Yes. Zaha Hadid was a badass, and hilarious in her sarcasm. We could certainly go on about feminist insights and tendencies in her work, and this would most likely generate some real insights about her politics. However, I don’t imagine Hadid would ever talk at any length about these concerns. I believe she would imagine that agonizing over cultural minutia and perceived slights and injustices would reveal a pathological mindset and fall beneath her dignity. To reference an Instagram account I follow, she strikes me as numbered among the “women who don’t give a fuck”. Again, this is not to say she was not a feminist. Rather, it is to say that there is no one official feminism, but rather multiple feminisms, as de Beauvoir says about women themselves. Feminism is recalcitrantly diverse. Some feminists champion nurturing maternal values, others the meticulous tabulation of offenses against women, others the indefatigable pursuit of political and social equality. Meanwhile, Hadid’s arrestingly unperturbed character seems to lead her to play hardball with any men who can handle her – no apologies or explanations offered.
Theater In The ’80s – A Lecture By Artist/Architect Vito Acconci
More Culture Wars – The Classroom as Battleground
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Conflicts arose between the brothers. At the end of 1886 Theo found living with Vincent to be "almost unbearable".[108] By early 1887, they were again at peace, and Vincent had moved to Asnières, a northwestern suburb of Paris, where he got to know Signac. He adopted elements of Pointillism, a technique in which a multitude of small coloured dots are applied to the canvas so that when seen from a distance they create an optical blend of hues. The style stresses the ability of complementary colours – including blue and orange – to form vibrant contrasts.[87][108]
There was interest from a dealer in Paris early in 1885.[86] Theo asked Vincent if he had paintings ready to exhibit.[87] In May, Van Gogh responded with his first major work, The Potato Eaters, and a series of "peasant character studies" which were the culmination of several years of work.[88] When he complained that Theo was not making enough effort to sell his paintings in Paris, his brother responded that they were too dark, and not in keeping with the bright style of Impressionism.[85] In August his work was publicly exhibited for the first time, in the shop windows of the dealer Leurs in The Hague. One of his young peasant sitters became pregnant in September 1885; Van Gogh was accused of forcing himself upon her, and the village priest forbade parishioners to model for him.[89]
I am extremely unhappy with the service I was provided. My wife and I just moved, and are on a tight budget. We were in need of a mattress due to having to leave the old one at our old place. After sleeping on an air mattress for a few months we decided it was time to bite the bullet and buy a real one. We went to art van and got a cheaper mattress (due to the tight budget) and told it was not in stock at their location but it was at their Dearborn location, and they would have it shuttled and we could pick it up in 1-2 business days. After they took our card information and charged us they informed us that the mattress wouldn't be ready until February, and we are now going to have to wait 3 weeks.
The name of van Gogh was virtually unknown when he killed himself: only one article about him had appeared during his lifetime. He had exhibited a few canvases at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris between 1888 and 1890 and in Brussels in 1890; both salons showed small commemorative groups of his work in 1891. One-man shows of his work did not occur until 1892.
Those of you who have followed this saga and supported my efforts with your countless emails will understand when I say that regardless of money, ethics, William Morris Agents and their lawyers, and anyone else who has the guts to call this project their own, I can honestly say that I am sitting here in my apartment in New York City SMILING BIG SMILES because I know in my heart (and so does EVERYONE ELSE) that this whole bloody thing...and all of your happiness....was because of something I did.
On March 16, 1966, at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California, brothers Paul Van Doren and James Van Doren and Gordon C. Lee opened the first Vans store under the name The Van Doren Rubber Company.[5] The business manufactured shoes and sold them directly to the public. On that first morning, twelve customers purchased Vans deck shoes, which are now known as "Authentic". The company displayed three styles of shoes, which were priced between US$2.49 and US$4.99, but on the opening day, the company had only manufactured display models without any inventory ready to sell—the store rack boxes were actually empty.[6]
As an a cappella enthusiast, he has sung in a group called "Dick Van Dyke and The Vantastix" since September 2000. The quartet has performed several times in Los Angeles as well as on Larry King Live, The First Annual TV Land Awards, and sang the national anthem at three Los Angeles Lakers games including a nationally televised NBA Finals performance on NBC. Van Dyke was made an honorary member of the Barbershop Harmony Society in 1999.[43]
Gogh, Vincent van: Bouquet of Flowers in a VaseBouquet of Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, c. 1889–90; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. 65.1 × 54 cm.Photograph by Trevor Little. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1993, bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1993.400.4)
Many of the late paintings are sombre but essentially optimistic and, right up to the time of Van Gogh's death, reflect his desire to return to lucid mental health. Yet some of his final works reflect his deepening concerns.[257][258] Writing in July 1890, from Auvers, Van Gogh said that he had become absorbed "in the immense plain against the hills, boundless as the sea, delicate yellow".[181]
I must have had this wrong for years. When you find something on CLEARANCE I've always taken that to mean it's an item that the store is no longer going to carry, it's an older model and they are making space for newer or it's flawed in someway. These items have always been cash and carry anywhere I've ever shopped and also generally a non refundable sale which is fine. I was proven wrong on all counts today. Enter the Lansing store, was followed around by a creeper sales associate (which I hate. but just ignored him and headed strait for the department I needed. He followed). I've been looking for a particular item that I just have not been able to find. ECSTATIC that not only did I find what i was looking for but also found the color I was looking for AND BONUS it was on CLEARANCE. Creeper sales associate caught up to us and of course wanted to draw our attention to a full priced item after noticing just what we were looking for. What he showed us was not the right color and not what I wanted. Took him over to the one I wanted to get and that's where things got interesting. Not only was I told I could NOT purchase that item today but was told it would have to be ordered. And the best part of all, it would arrive SOMETIME in February!!!! What???? We looked at ordering it online while in the store and there it was. Available, also at the sale price but again would not arrive until sometime in February and to save the $99.00 to have it sent to our home we would have to return there to pick it up. How is this even classified as clearance then? Needless to say, chock up a very disappointing day. And, said creeper sales associate, bye bye commission on that lost sale. Oh, and if you are going to have a recliner in clearance that the handle is busted and won't even recline then a $249.00 price tag seems a bit excessive. This was not the one we were wanting to get it was a different one. It was reassuring(?) however when the sales associate stated they would get someone onto fixing it. Good luck to the poor customer that gets that one. A zero star rating. Sorry. (It would not let me leave zero stars selected so I guess it gets a sympathy one star.
The police found van Gogh in his room the next morning, and admitted him to the Hôtel-Dieu hospital. Theo arrived on Christmas Day to see van Gogh, who was weak from blood loss and having violent seizures. The doctors assured Theo that his brother would live and would be taken good care of, and on January 7, 1889, van Gogh was released from the hospital.
Van Dyke made headlines again in April 2013, this time for an incident of a much different kind—one posing a threat to the actor's life, not celebrating it the way the prestigious event had just weeks earlier. The legendary performer announced that he was suffering from an "undiagnosed neurological disorder," posting on his Twitter page: "My head bangs every time I lay down. I've had every test come back that I'm perfectly healthy. Anybody got any ideas?" The famed TV personality was reportedly advised by his doctor to avoid plane travel and rest until further tests could be conducted to pinpoint the direct cause of his head pain.
Born in Missouri, entertainer Dick Van Dyke was raised in Danville, Illinois, where repeated viewings of Laurel & Hardy comedies at his local movie palace inspired him to go into show business. Active in high school and community plays in his teens, Van Dyke briefly put his theatrical aspirations aside upon reaching college age. He toyed with the idea of becoming a Presbyterian minister; then, after serving in the Air Force during World War II, opened up a Danville advertising agency. When this venture failed, it was back to show biz, first as a radio announcer for local station WDAN, and later as half of a record-pantomime act called The Merry Mutes (the other half was a fellow named Philip Erickson). While hosting a TV morning show in New Orleans, Van Dyke was signed to a contract by the CBS network. He spent most of his time subbing for other CBS personalities and emceeing such forgotten endeavors as Cartoon Theatre. After making his acting debut as a hayseed baseball player on The Phil Silvers Show, Van Dyke left CBS to free-lance. He hosted a few TV game shows before his career breakthrough as co-star of the 1959 Broadway review The Girls Against the Boys. The following year, he starred in the musical comedy Bye Bye Birdie, winning a Tony Award for his portrayal of mother-dominated songwriter Albert Peterson (it would be his last Broadway show until the short-lived 1980 revival of The Music Man). In 1961, he was cast as comedy writer Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, which after a shaky start lasted five seasons and earned its star three Emmies.He made his movie bow in the 1963 filmization of Bye Bye Birdie, then entered into a flexible arrangement with Walt Disney Studios. His best known films from that era include Mary Poppins (1964), Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN and The Comic, in which he played an amalgam of several self-destructive silent movie comedians. His TV specials remained popular in the ratings, and it was this fact that led to the debut of The New Dick Van Dyke Show in 1971. Despite the creative input of the earlier Dick Van Dyke Show's maven Carl Reiner, the later series never caught on, and petered out after three seasons. A chronic "people pleaser," Van Dyke was loath to display anger or frustration around his co-workers or fans, so he began taking solace in liquor; by 1972, he had become a full-fledged alcoholic. Rather than lie to his admirers or himself any longer, he underwent treatment and publicly admitted his alcoholism -- one of the first major TV stars ever to do so. Van Dyke's public confession did little to hurt his "nice guy" public image, and, now fully and permanently sober, he continued to be sought out for guest-star assignments and talk shows. In 1974, he starred in the TV movie The Morning After, playing an ad executive who destroys his reputation, his marriage and his life thanks to booze. After that Van Dyke, further proved his versatility when he began accepting villainous roles, ranging from a cold-blooded wife murderer in a 1975 Columbo episode to the corrupt district attorney in the 1990 film Dick Tracy. He also made several stabs at returning to weekly television, none of which panned out--until 1993, when he starred as Dr. Mark Sloan in the popular mystery series Diagnosis Murder. He made a few more movie appearances after Diagnosis Murder came to an end, most notably as a retired security guard in the hit family film Night at the Museum. As gifted at writing and illustrating as he is at singing, dancing and clowning, Van Dyke has penned two books, Faith, Hope and Hilarity and Those Funny Kids. From 1992 to 1994, he served as chairman of the Nickelodeon cable service, which was then sweeping the ratings by running Dick Van Dyke Show reruns in prime time. Van Dyke is the brother of award-winning TV personality Jerry Van Dyke, and the father of actor Barry Van Dyke.
After Van Gogh's first exhibitions in the late 1880s, his reputation grew steadily among artists, art critics, dealers and collectors.[262] In 1887 André Antoine hung Van Gogh's alongside works of Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, at the Théâtre Libre in Paris; some were acquired by Julien Tanguy.[263] In 1889 his work was described in the journal Le Moderniste Illustré by Albert Aurier as characterised by "fire, intensity, sunshine".[264] Ten paintings were shown at the Société des Artistes Indépendants, in Brussels in January 1890.[265] French president Marie François Sadi Carnot was said to have been impressed by Van Gogh's work.[266]
Just purchased a entertainment center from Art Van and my experience was decent. Didn't like the idea of $100 delivery fee to deliver around the corner with a piece of furniture I still had to put together myself. Didn't make much sense there so I just picked it up and the warehouse guys were cool. Sales staff wasn't good for much to be honest with you but the girls in the office helped with 98% of what I needed.
I think it's such a shame that [Walt Disney] didn't live to see computer animation, because he would have had a good time with it . . . In those days it was before the blue screen. They used what was called yellow sulphur lighting--the screen was yellow, and we worked with that all day, and by the time the day was over you couldn't see anything . . . It was just an empty soundstage. And sometimes we didn't even have the music--we would just dance to a click rhythm. But I think technically it holds up today just as well as anything.
Friends with: Shirley Jones, Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Florence Henderson, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Danny Thomas, Buddy Ebsen, Bill Cullen, Wink Martindale, Michele Lee, Hope Lange, Larry Hagman, Pernell Roberts, Robert Fuller, Angie Dickinson, Debbie Reynolds, James Garner, Andy Griffith, Michael Landon, Dick Van Patten, and wife Pat Van Patten, his brother Jerry Van Dyke, Carl Reiner, Maureen Stapleton, Betsy Palmer, Piper Laurie, Mickey Rooney, Rose Marie, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Mary Tyler Moore, Julie Andrews, Richard Deacon, Morey Amsterdam, Warren Beatty, Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove, Joyce Burditt, Christian I. Nyby II, Sheldon Leonard, Richard M. Sherman, Betty White, William Shatner, Dick Martin, Jean Stapleton, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, Bill Cosby, Robert Wagner, Don Rickles, Rosie O'Donnell and Jerry Paris.
Van Gogh entered the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum on 8 May 1889, accompanied by his carer, Frédéric Salles, a Protestant clergyman. Saint-Paul was a former monastery in Saint-Rémy, located less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Arles, and was run by a former naval doctor, Théophile Peyron. Van Gogh had two cells with barred windows, one of which he used as a studio.[162] The clinic and its garden became the main subjects of his paintings. He made several studies of the hospital's interiors, such as Vestibule of the Asylum and Saint-Rémy (September 1889). Some of his works from this time are characterised by swirls, such as The Starry Night. He was allowed short supervised walks, during which time he painted cypresses and olive trees, including Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background 1889, Cypresses 1889, Cornfield with Cypresses (1889), Country road in Provence by Night (1890). In September 1889 he produced two further versions of Bedroom in Arles.[163]
In his younger years, Van Dyke considered becoming a minister. He abandoned this ambition, however, after joining high high school's drama club, and developing his singing and dancing skills in school musicals. His classmates included actor Donald O'Connor and entertainer Bobby Short. Around this time, Van Dyke landed his first professional job, working part-time at a local radio station.
In the best of all worlds the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they're putting out. Unfortunately, they don't. And then I-- they keep saying we can't have our First Amendment rights abridged and we can't have censorship. Well we had it back in the Hays days [Production Code Administration, headed by 'Will H. Hays', the official Hollywood censor office], in the Johnson office days. And I think they should--maybe the American people might bring it back if things get bad enough.
Van Gogh made several painting excursions during visits to the landscape around Arles. He made paintings of harvests, wheat fields and other rural landmarks of the area, including The Old Mill (1888); a good example of a picturesque structure bordering the wheat fields beyond.[116] At various points, Van Gogh painted the view from his window – at The Hague, Antwerp, and Paris. These works culminated in The Wheat Field series, which depicted the view from his cells in the asylum at Saint-Rémy.[256]
There have been numerous debates as to the nature of Van Gogh's illness and its effect on his work, and many retrospective diagnoses have been proposed. The consensus is that Van Gogh had an episodic condition with periods of normal functioning.[195] Perry was the first to suggest bipolar disorder in 1947,[196] and this has been supported by the psychiatrists Hemphill and Blumer.[197][198] Biochemist Wilfred Arnold has countered that the symptoms are more consistent with acute intermittent porphyria, noting that the popular link between bipolar disorder and creativity might be spurious.[195] Temporal lobe epilepsy with bouts of depression has also been suggested.[198] Whatever the diagnosis, his condition was likely worsened by malnutrition, overwork, insomnia and alcohol.[198]
After the altercation with Gauguin, Van Gogh returned to his room, where he was assaulted by voices and severed his left ear with a razor (either wholly or in part; accounts differ),[note 9] causing severe bleeding.[142] He bandaged the wound, wrapped the ear in paper, and delivered the package to a woman at a brothel Van Gogh and Gauguin both frequented.[142] Van Gogh was found unconscious the next morning by a policeman and taken to hospital,[145][146] where Félix Rey, a young doctor still in training, treated him. The ear was delivered to the hospital, but Rey did not attempt to reattach it as too much time had passed.[140]
In 1942, Van Dyke enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, and ended up in the special services unit. There, he performed in shows and hosted a radio show. After being discharged from the service in 1945, Van Dyke tried his hand at advertising, but after realizing that the business wasn't a good match for him, he joined novelty lip-synching act the "Merry Mutes" and moved to California.
In these series, Van Gogh was not preoccupied by his usual interest in filling his paintings with subjectivity and emotion; rather the two series are intended to display his technical skill and working methods to Gauguin,[134] who was about to visit. The 1888 paintings were created during a rare period of optimism for the artist. Vincent wrote to Theo in August 1888, "I'm painting with the gusto of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which won't surprise you when it's a question of painting large sunflowers ... If I carry out this plan there'll be a dozen or so panels. The whole thing will therefore be a symphony in blue and yellow. I work on it all these mornings, from sunrise. Because the flowers wilt quickly and it's a matter of doing the whole thing in one go."[243]
Van Dyke grew up in Danville, Illinois, with his parents Loren and Hazel and younger brother, Jerry, who also became an actor. "Danville was a town of 30,000 people, and it felt as if most of them were relatives," Van Dyke later wrote in his autobiography, My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business. His father, Loren, was often away from the family, working as a traveling salesman for the Sunshine Cookie Company.
People in the UK love to rib me about my accent, I will never live it down. They ask what part of England I was meant to be from and I say it was a little shire in the north where most of the people were from Ohio. I was working with an entire English cast and nobody said a word, not Julie, not anybody said I needed to work on it so I thought I was alright.
Van Dyke began his film career by playing the role of Albert J. Peterson in the film version of Bye Bye Birdie (1963). Despite his unhappiness with the adaptation—its focus differed from the stage version in that the story now centered on a previously supporting character[32]—the film was a success. That same year, Van Dyke was cast in two roles: as the chimney sweep Bert, and as bank chairman Mr. Dawes Senior, in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). For his scenes as the chairman, he was heavily costumed to look much older and was credited in that role as "Navckid Keyd" (at the end of the credits, the letters unscramble into "Dick Van Dyke"). Van Dyke's attempt at a cockney accent has been lambasted as one of the worst accents in film history, cited by actors since as an example of how not to sound. In a 2003 poll by Empire magazine of the worst-ever accents in film, he came in second (to Sean Connery in The Untouchables, despite Connery winning an Academy Award for that performance).[33][34] According to Van Dyke, his accent coach was Irish, who "didn't do an accent any better than I did", and that no one alerted him to how bad it was during the production.[35][36][37] Still, Mary Poppins was successful on release and its appeal has endured. "Chim Chim Cher-ee", one of the songs that Van Dyke performed in Mary Poppins, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the Sherman Brothers, the film's songwriting duo.
Gogh, Vincent van: Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant)Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant), oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. 73.66 × 92.07 cm.Photograph by Jenny O'Donnell. Indianapolis Museum of Art, gift of Mrs James W. Fesler in memory of Daniel W. and Elizabeth C. Marmon, 44.74
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In July 1869 Van Gogh's uncle Cent obtained a position for him at the art dealers Goupil & Cie in The Hague.[32] After completing his training in 1873, he was transferred to Goupil's London branch at Southampton Street, and took lodgings at 87 Hackford Road, Stockwell.[33] This was a happy time for Van Gogh; he was successful at work, and at 20 was earning more than his father. Theo's wife later remarked that this was the best year of Vincent's life. He became infatuated with his landlady's daughter, Eugénie Loyer, but was rejected after confessing his feelings; she was secretly engaged to a former lodger. He grew more isolated, and religiously fervent. His father and uncle arranged a transfer to Paris in 1875, where he became resentful of issues such as the degree to which the firm commodified art, and was dismissed a year later.[34]
Van Gogh wrote that with The Night Café he tried "to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime".[124] When he visited Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in June, he gave lessons to a Zouave second lieutenant – Paul-Eugène Milliet[125] – and painted boats on the sea and the village.[126] MacKnight introduced Van Gogh to Eugène Boch, a Belgian painter who sometimes stayed in Fontvieille, and the two exchanged visits in July.[125]
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After Van Gogh's death, memorial exhibitions were held in Brussels, Paris, The Hague and Antwerp. His work was shown in several high-profile exhibitions, including six works at Les XX; in 1891 there was a retrospective exhibition in Brussels.[265] In 1892 Octave Mirbeau wrote that Van Gogh's suicide was an "infinitely sadder loss for art ... even though the populace has not crowded to a magnificent funeral, and poor Vincent van Gogh, whose demise means the extinction of a beautiful flame of genius, has gone to his death as obscure and neglected as he lived."[263]
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The self-portraits reflect an unusually high degree of self-scrutiny.[233] Often they were intended to mark important periods in his life, for example the mid-1887 Paris series were painted at the point where he became aware of Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne and Signac.[234] In Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, heavy strains of paint spread outwards across the canvas. It is one of his most renowned self-portraits of that period, "with its highly organized rhythmic brushstrokes, and the novel halo derived from the Neo-impressionist repertoire was what Van Gogh himself called a 'purposeful' canvas".[235]
Van Gogh's mother came from a prosperous family in The Hague,[19] and his father was the youngest son of a minister.[20] The two met when Anna's younger sister, Cornelia, married Theodorus's older brother Vincent (Cent). Van Gogh's parents married in May 1851 and moved to Zundert.[21] His brother Theo was born on 1 May 1857. There was another brother, Cor, and three sisters: Elisabeth, Anna, and Willemina (known as "Wil"). In later life Van Gogh remained in touch only with Willemina and Theo.[22] Van Gogh's mother was a rigid and religious woman who emphasised the importance of family to the point of claustrophobia for those around her.[23] Theodorus's salary was modest, but the Church supplied the family with a house, a maid, two cooks, a gardener, a carriage and horse, and Anna instilled in the children a duty to uphold the family's high social position.[24]
Despite being a relatively unknown actor, Van Dyke got starring billing in his breakthrough 1961 TV series, The Dick Van Dyke Show. The now-classic comedy series was created by Carl Reiner, formerly a writer and performer on Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. Van Dyke drew from his own life for the show, which centered around the lives of TV writer Rob Petrie and his wife, Laura (played by Mary Tyler Moore). Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam played Petrie's friends and co-workers on the program.
Van Gogh learned about Fernand Cormon's atelier from Theo.[107] He worked at the studio in April and May 1886,[108] where he frequented the circle of the Australian artist John Peter Russell, who painted his portrait in 1886.[109] Van Gogh also met fellow students Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec – who painted a portrait of him in pastel. They met at Julien "Père" Tanguy's paint shop,[108] (which was, at that time, the only place where Paul Cézanne's paintings were displayed). In 1886, two large exhibitions were staged there, showing Pointillism and Neo-impressionism for the first time, and bringing attention to Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. Theo kept a stock of Impressionist paintings in his gallery on boulevard Montmartre, but Van Gogh was slow to acknowledge the new developments in art.[110]
What particularly struck me when I saw the old Dutch paintings again is that they were usually painted quickly. That these great masters like Hals, Rembrandt, Ruisdael – so many others – as far as possible just put it straight down – and didn't come back to it so very much. And – this, too, please – that if it worked, they left it alone. Above all I admired hands by Rembrandt and Hals – hands that lived, but were not finished in the sense that people want to enforce nowadays ... In the winter I'm going to explore various things regarding manner that I noticed in the old paintings. I saw a great deal that I needed. But this above all things – what they call – dashing off – you see that's what the old Dutch painters did famously. That – dashing off – with a few brushstrokes, they won't hear of it now – but how true the results are.
Despite a pessimistic diagnosis, Van Gogh recovered and returned to the Yellow House on 7 January 1889.[155] He spent the following month between hospital and home, suffering from hallucinations and delusions of poisoning.[156] In March, the police closed his house after a petition by 30 townspeople (including the Ginoux family) who described him as "le fou roux" (the redheaded madman);[149] Van Gogh returned to hospital. Paul Signac visited him twice in March;[157] in April Van Gogh moved into rooms owned by Dr Rey after floods damaged paintings in his own home.[158] Two months later, he left Arles and voluntarily entered an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Around this time, he wrote, "Sometimes moods of indescribable anguish, sometimes moments when the veil of time and fatality of circumstances seemed to be torn apart for an instant."[159]
Van Gogh worked for Goupil in London from 1873 to May 1875 and in Paris from that date until April 1876. Daily contact with works of art aroused his artistic sensibility, and he soon formed a taste for Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and other Dutch masters, although his preference was for two contemporary French painters, Jean-François Millet and Camille Corot, whose influence was to last throughout his life. Van Gogh disliked art dealing. Moreover, his approach to life darkened when his love was rejected by a London girl in 1874. His burning desire for human affection thwarted, he became increasingly solitary. He worked as a language teacher and lay preacher in England and, in 1877, worked for a bookseller in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Impelled by a longing to serve humanity, he envisaged entering the ministry and took up theology; however, he abandoned this project in 1878 for short-term training as an evangelist in Brussels. A conflict with authority ensued when he disputed the orthodox doctrinal approach. Failing to get an appointment after three months, he left to do missionary work among the impoverished population of the Borinage, a coal-mining region in southwestern Belgium. There, in the winter of 1879–80, he experienced the first great spiritual crisis of his life. Living among the poor, he gave away all his worldly goods in an impassioned moment; he was thereupon dismissed by church authorities for a too-literal interpretation of Christian teaching.
Van Gogh returned to Cuesmes in August 1880, where he lodged with a miner until October.[52] He became interested in the people and scenes around him, and recorded them in drawings after Theo's suggestion that he take up art in earnest. He travelled to Brussels later in the year, to follow Theo's recommendation that he study with the Dutch artist Willem Roelofs, who persuaded him – in spite of his dislike of formal schools of art – to attend the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. He registered at the Académie in November 1880, where he studied anatomy and the standard rules of modelling and perspective.[53]
Van Gogh's stylistic developments are usually linked to the periods he spent living in different places across Europe. He was inclined to immerse himself in local cultures and lighting conditions, although he maintained a highly individual visual outlook throughout. His evolution as an artist was slow, and he was aware of his painterly limitations. He moved home often, perhaps to expose himself to new visual stimuli, and through exposure develop his technical skill.[224] Art historian Melissa McQuillan believes the moves also reflect later stylistic changes, and that Van Gogh used the moves to avoid conflict, and as a coping mechanism for when the idealistic artist was faced with the realities of his then current situation.[225]
In Paris in 1901 a large Van Gogh retrospective was held at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which excited André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck, and contributed to the emergence of Fauvism.[269] Important group exhibitions took place with the Sonderbund artists in Cologne in 1912, the Armory Show, New York in 1913, and Berlin in 1914.[273] Henk Bremmer was instrumental in teaching and talking about Van Gogh,[274] and introduced Helene Kröller-Müller to Van Gogh's art; she became an avid collector of his work.[275] The early figures in German Expressionism such as Emil Nolde acknowledged a debt to Van Gogh's work.[276] Bremmer assisted Jacob Baart de la Faille, whose catalogue raisonné L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh appeared in 1928.[277][note 15]
Van Gogh moved to Paris in March 1886 where he shared Theo's rue Laval apartment in Montmartre, and studied at Fernand Cormon's studio. In June the brothers took a larger flat at 54 rue Lepic.[102] In Paris, Vincent painted portraits of friends and acquaintances, still life paintings, views of Le Moulin de la Galette, scenes in Montmartre, Asnières and along the Seine. In 1885 in Antwerp he had become interested in Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and had used them to decorate the walls of his studio; while in Paris he collected hundreds of them. He tried his hand at Japonaiserie, tracing a figure from a reproduction on the cover of the magazine Paris Illustre, The Courtesan or Oiran (1887), after Keisai Eisen, which he then graphically enlarged in a painting.[103]
Van Gogh drew, and painted with watercolours while at school, but only a few examples survive and the authorship of some has been challenged.[199] When he took up art as an adult, he began at an elementary level. In early 1882, his uncle, Cornelis Marinus, owner of a well-known gallery of contemporary art in Amsterdam, asked for drawings of The Hague. Van Gogh's work did not live up to expectations. Marinus offered a second commission, specifying the subject matter in detail, but was again disappointed with the result. Van Gogh persevered; he experimented with lighting in his studio using variable shutters, and with different drawing materials. For more than a year he worked on single figures – highly elaborate studies in black and white,[note 11] which at the time gained him only criticism. Later, they were recognised as early masterpieces.[201]
Poverty may have pushed Sien back into prostitution; the home became less happy and Van Gogh may have felt family life was irreconcilable with his artistic development. Sien gave her daughter to her mother, and baby Willem to her brother.[78] Willem remembered visiting Rotterdam when he was about 12, when an uncle tried to persuade Sien to marry to legitimise the child.[79] He believed Van Gogh was his father, but the timing of his birth makes this unlikely.[80] Sien drowned herself in the River Scheldt in 1904.[81]
From 1971 to 1974, Van Dyke starred in an unrelated sitcom called The New Dick Van Dyke Show in which he portrayed a local television talk show host. Although the series was developed by Carl Reiner and starred Hope Lange as his wife, and he received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance, the show was less successful than its predecessor,[24] and Van Dyke pulled the plug on the show after just three seasons.[25] In 1973, Van Dyke voiced his animated likeness for the October 27, 1973 installment of Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Scooby-Doo Meets Dick Van Dyke," the series' final first-run episode. The following year, he received an Emmy Award nomination for his role as an alcoholic businessman in the television movie The Morning After (1974). Van Dyke revealed after its release that he had recently overcome a real-life drinking problem. He admits he was an alcoholic for 25 years.[26] That same year he guest-starred as a murderous photographer on an episode of Columbo, Negative Reaction. Van Dyke returned to comedy in 1976 with the sketch comedy show Van Dyke and Company, which co-starred Andy Kaufman[27] and Super Dave Osborne. Despite being canceled after three months, the show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Series.[23] After a few guest appearances on the long-running comedy-variety series The Carol Burnett Show, Van Dyke became a regular on the show, in the fall of 1977. However, he only appeared in half of the episodes of the final season. For the next decade he appeared mostly in TV movies. One atypical role was as a murdering judge on the second episode of the TV series Matlock in 1986 starring Andy Griffith. In 1987, he guest-starred in an episode of Airwolf, with his son Barry Van Dyke, who was the lead star of the show's fourth and final season on USA Network. In 1989, he guest-starred on the NBC comedy series The Golden Girls portraying a lover of Beatrice Arthur's character. This role earned him his first Emmy Award nomination since 1977.[28]
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Features – Ground Zero: Will You Survive the Internet Explosion? One Firm’s Story
By John Hokkanen, 19 Apr 1999
John Hokkanen , Chief Knowledge Counsel, heads the Knowledge Services Department at Alston & Bird in Atlanta, Georgia, and has acted as chief architect of the firm’s intranet and extranet applications. You may obtain a copy of his informational CD-ROM “Law Offices and the Internet” (which has a full copy of Pure Oxygen) by using the on-line form at http://www.hokkanen.com/cdorder .
(Archived May 17, 1999)
W hen an organization adopts a new technology, the implications may not be understood or appreciated for a few years. Atlanta’s Alston & Bird learned this firsthand. The firm committed resources very early to Internet technologies, including intranets and extranets. It was an ongoing education.
This article analyzes the firm’s experience in two parts. The first half discusses the path the firm took, beginning with its first database-driven intranet application in 1995, and how these systems have proved themselves numerous times with lawyers who are not technology-oriented. The second half reflects on the experience and discusses the larger significance of this technology investment particularly the opportunities that can be pursued now that a sound foundation is in place.
Database Driven
“WE ONLY HAD AN INKLING OF WHERE WE WERE GOING.”
A&B’s initial foray into intranets did not begin with publishing firm policies or creating links to valuable Internet resources. Instead, the firm sought to solve an everyday problem. Its lawyers needed to create a work product retrieval system-one that was user-friendly-and to focus their technology investment on understanding the processes involved rather than on expensive software licensing.
Result: a Web-enabled, full-text database containing a half million documents. The system was easily usable with its point-and-click browser interface. It even had online, computer-based videos and documents for training.
The successful creation of this important legal practice system was fortuitous for the firm. By 1996, it had laid to rest a number of important issues:
Internet-based systems could be robust and were ready for prime time;
Internet middleware packages (e.g., Cold Fusion) could help an organization tap into major back-end capabilities;
The systems were easy to deploy because there was nothing to do on the PC but equip it with a browser;
Intranets could be an inexpensive dream come true for a cost-conscious enterprise;
The focus of the intranet systems should be the development of legal practice systems for lawyers.
In short, success with a hard system had paved the way for additional substantive work. Alston & Bird has transformed its practice with a database-driven Web authoring application focused on collaboration within the legal environment. From intranets to client-centered extranets, it’s about serving clients in the 21st century.
THE INTERNET PUBLISHING DILEMMA.
In 1996, the firm had put into place a robust set of static Web pages for its intranet. However, it had become clear that too much time and energy was required to maintain these pages. In addition, updates were being forwarded to the technology people, who understood how to craft HTML. This was a problem for several reasons. First, the technology people’s time is valuable, and coding HTML is not the best use of a Web applications developer. Second, an information bottleneck had been created. Third, there was no effective way to assess the varying needs of different practice groups; the work was done on a first-come, first-served basis.
By the close of 1996, it had become clear the intranet publishing dilemma must be solved, and quickly. It was not going to be cost-effective to train people in the use of FrontPage or other HTML editing tools. Not only were those tools at the time cryptic; it was simply ridiculous to think any significant number of lawyers would have the time or interest to learn them. It also was clear the kind of information on the firm’s Web pages actually comprised a fairly short list of objects: text, URL links, pictures and documents. In short, lawyers, paralegals and staff needed an easier way to add these elements to a page-not another application to learn. They wanted to collaborate, not become gurus in Internet protocols.
It also had become obvious to the software architects that the firm should not focus its efforts solely on the intranet. Of course, extranets in 1996 were unknown to most law firms. No such project was even on the horizon for Alston & Bird. Nevertheless, the goal had become to create a database-driven Web authoring application focused on collaboration within the legal environment. A database and Web-based forms would let lawyers, paraprofessionals and staff easily create new pages and maintain information objects on these pages. Full-text search technology would allow easy location of anything within the intranet/extranet, and simple security would allow any given page to be owned and edited by a specified group of users. Thus, it was envisioned that such a system could be left internal as an intranet or be ported to an external server to act as an extranet.
Pure Oxygen, Pure Collaboration, Extreme Growth
“AGGRESSIVE PUBLISHING.”
In January 1997, the application (code-named “Pure Oxygen”) was demoed at Price Waterhouse Cooper’s New York LegalTech. (The name was metaphorical of its intended purposes; the oxygen atom always appears in collaboration with another oxygen atom, and oxygen acts as an important ingredient in biological organisms for physical work.) By summer, all static HTML pages were gone; every page of the intranet was being driven from databases.
The new tool liberated both the technology personnel and those holding the content. Each practice group had its own page (with subpages) and easily could maintain the content within the pages.
According to Fran Pughsley, director of library services, it “allowed the library to move aggressively into the realm of publishing on the intranet.” Instead of merely finding valuable resources, “the library could now move forward on its own without any reliance on MIS, publishing its legal resource links, library newsletters and online catalog.”
For the library, the focus became the publishing of information, not a bunch of technical how-PTO’s.
Enter Knowledge Services
“THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT.”
After four Internet-years, one might think that the firm’s needs for these technologies could be waning. Not so, according to Nill Toulme, the firm’s technology partner. “There is absolutely no end in sight to the applications we will create. The internal demand and the needs of our clients have become so extreme that we have spun off the Web team into an entire department titled ‘Knowledge Services.’ By mid-1999, we expect to have six Web developers on staff.”
Over the four years, the firm’s intranet has grown dramatically. Applications have included a help desk tracking/routing process, a summer associate work request/evaluation system, the InfoFinder” search tool, an expert witness profile/testimony application, a foreign counsel tracking system, an investment banker database application, an audit letter routing/tracking groupware procedure, niche case/matter tracking applications, and numerous Pure Oxygen sites (example: the firm’s paralegal site). These systems have increased the skills of the firm’s technology personnel, paving the way for even more complex and demanding groupware applications with imaging and mail enabling features.
Today, more intranet applications are in development, like an online conference room/visiting attorney office scheduler and a robust employee directory application.
Interestingly, while the intranet was growing rapidly, the firm’s Web site project had stalled. By pulling the project back in house and bringing in graphics design talent, the firm was able to implement a graphically pleasant site with robust database-driven capabilities. This experience showed that project management for a Web technology project did not differ from any other kind of technology project. Managing the content production was just as important as developing the technological back end. Bringing it inside allowed consistent project management.
Know Your Net: A List of Terms
Black-box – Equipment that requires very little effort to set-up and has a well-defined human interface; it is called a black box because one need not know anything about the internals within the box. The TV and telephone are good examples.
Cold Fusion – An excellent example of a middleware development environment. See http://www.allaire.com.
Database-driven intranet – The use of databases to store information rather than capturing it within static documents. Database-driven intranets automatically can have searching and sorting capabilities through leveraging of the database.
Extranet – The creation of a private site for interaction between a law offices and an external entity. Depending upon the specific being exchanged, security measures may be extreme or lax.
Full-text database – Full text databases have special capabilities where large volumes of text are stored. Their usual hallmark is unstructured, natural language searches, though structured Boolean queries can also be used. In past years, Verity, Fulcrum, Excalibur, etc. were the only databases to provide such capabilities; now Oracle, Informix, and SQL Server have limited, if not robust, full text capabilities.
Groupware – Software that is used by a group for collaborative purposes. Email, Lotus Notes, and Groupwise are examples. Intranets may or may not contain groupware capabilities.
HTML – Hyper Text Mark-up Language. This is the formatting language that is used to create documents that are readable by a web browser like Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Explorer.
Intranet – The use of Internet technologies (usually web pages and related technologies) for internal purposes within an organization.
Middleware – This is a programming environment that allows one to “connect” web pages to databases, mail servers, and other “back-end” facilities.
Multi-media applications – Applications go beyond text and may present information in graphical form, audio, or video.
Network Effects – The result where “critical mass” of a technology is achieved and the use and growth of the technology becomes self-sustaining.
Portal Site – A web site that becomes a primary resource to an individual and one that acts as a jumping off place for all sorts of resources.
URL Link – Links are unique references to materials on an intranet, extranet, or Internet site (e.g., http://www.abanet.org).
Web Server – A PC that has software on it that allows the machine to be accessed by other machines running a web browser. Web server software can run on even desk-top PCs running Windows 95/98.
Client-Centered Extranets Build and Expand Relationships
“TECHNOLOGY IS THE CURRENCY OF TOMORROW.”
By summer 1997, the firm had begun to demonstrate its technology to a few clients. The purpose was to initiate client-related extranets. The clients were very enthusiastic-and those sentiments have grown.
Today, the firm has about a dozen extranets. They range from transactional nets focusing on the exchange of deal documents to litigation extranets where the firm acts as coordinating counsel for a number of other law firms. By mid-1998, the firm had begun developing applications to be hosted within these extranets, including client-specific database and multimedia apps.
Anne Rampacek, a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group, says “the efficiencies that extranets can bring to a client relationship make it obvious why clients are excited about them. Simply having a shared file cabinet is a great opportunity to extend the relationship between the firm and the client.”
Ben Johnson, Alston’s managing partner, points out the firm’s commitment to these technologies goes beyond a mere return on technology investment. “We are convinced that our intranets and extranets have been good short-term investments of limited technology dollars. But, more importantly, we find that our clients are excited about the vision we offer them in how these technologies can better serve the attorney-client relationship. Technology is the currency of tomorrow, and those firms that understand how to meld today’s and tomorrow’s technologies into their practice can simply serve their clients better.”
Johnson says client service, technology and law practice all converge in the use of client-centered extranets.
What Do These Technologies Really Mean to Law Firms?
“THIS TIDAL WAVE IS HUGE”
Four years of development, implementation and reflection have yielded insights into what these technologies can mean for law firms.
Actual use is the real metric. To begin with, Alston & Bird learned, putting the technology infrastructure in place so everyone can get online should be an initial objective. But actual use, not just capability, is the real metric. It involves at least a casual-and hopefully a daily-use of a Web browser.
Lawyers must have good reasons to go online. Providing them with pointers to relevant content on the Internet, the use of Web-based third party resources and the publication of internal and client-related content on an intranet provide such reasons. A firm must solve this chicken-and-egg problem before it can take substantial advantage of its newfound capabilities.
Network effects. Once the firm’s members are using the Web, the “network effects” can kick in. Network effects are exemplified when an entire enterprise has reliable e-mail and everyone in the organization becomes familiar with it. Initial usage is low, but once the effects of this new, networked technology are felt, those who refuse to take advantage of it are quickly out of the loop. The flip side to the network effects is that the value of the technology to the organization rises dramatically with usage (value=users² ). This is because the enterprise can leverage this interconnectedness in new ways.
After four years with the Internet, intranets and extranets, all A&B lawyers and staff definitely know how to use their Web browsers. This foundation enables the firm to deploy all new applications with the same technologies, bringing to bear the cost and training savings that the technologies afford. It also means a client team can move forward with an extranet without worrying about whether all the lawyers on the team can or will participate.
In short, the firm has built a foundation of usage and understanding, of technology personnel and infrastructure, and of successes, failures and expertise. Now, the firm its ready to engage clients with these technologies in evermore interesting, powerful ways. What do Internet technologies really mean to a law firm?
Huge opportunities for firms that focus on adding value to the client relationship.
Discuss the issues presented in this article and other articles within the committees thinking through the firm’s long term business strategy.
Attend the ABA’s Techshow™ or PricewaterhouseCooper’s LegalTech technology conferences to meet others who have implemented intranets and extranets.
Read some of the articles at the following web sites: The Law Practice Technology Center(www.lptc.com), Intranet Journal (www.intranetjournal.com), and the Law Librarian Resource Exchange (www.llrx.com).
Read and discuss books like Intranets: What’s the Bottom Line by Randy Hinrichs (Prentice Hall, 1997) and Leading Change by John Kotter (Harvard Business School Press, 1996).
Setup a web server internally or purchase some web server space at a commercial hosting company in order to begin using web development/middleware systems.
If you cannot develop the expertise internally in the short-term, hire a web consultant to get your project jump-started.
Use web technologies to implement a system to meet one of the most pressing needs for your attorneys.
The New Electronic Environments
“THIS IS ABOUT SERVING CLIENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.”
Many law offices want to frame the intranet/extranet/Internet discussion as a technology investment. Although technology components must be budgeted, a law office will make a grave mistake if it frames the project in these terms.
To begin with, implementing these technologies is not about money. Inexpensive Internet technologies are available. An office raising the cost spectrum is simply hiding other issues. The bottom line is that a firm can set up a static intranet on an existing file server without additional investment. Even a standalone Web server can be set up for a few thousand dollars. Indeed, a firm can outsource the cost of hosting an intranet to an external provider. At an absolute minimum, a firm can put in place a standalone, inexpensive PC with a dial-up Internet account for anyone to access.
Arguably, the important issues are not technology issues. With the advent of “black box” implementations (at the lowest level, WebTV exemplifies this approach), the barriers to using these technologies are de minimis. Clients, competitors and America’s children are using the Internet for countless purposes. Children from different cities, states and countries are learning to play cooperatively through virtual games. Consequently, making technology implementation the primary issue is misleading. Indeed, this is no longer even a question about the human/machine interface, since users can learn to use a Web browser in an hour or less.
Years of experience show that the only proper framing of the issues is to focus on human factors, firm culture and the ability and willingness of lawyers and staff to embrace the realities of the 21st-century economy. At the core, these technologies are about creating collaborative electronic workspaces, decentralizing and transferring information and knowledge, and developing extra-organizational teams. These new electronic environments raise issues of collective action within the context of the new media. Law offices now must address issues that might have been avoided in the past. Will we draw arbitrary lines about who will or will not use technology? Will we impose hurdles to Internet use by our staff, fearing they will “fool around” on the Internet? Can the office culture accept that it must decentralize content ownership to make the new electronic venture successful? Has the organization established a climate of collaboration and information sharing? Is the firm secure enough in its strategic position that it can permit the inevitable knowledge transfer among extra-organizational teams collaborating in extranets? Has the firm reconciled itself with the fact that electronic workspaces are becoming surrogates for personal contact and that this means personnel will become more “glued to the computer screen?”
Law practice long has stressed individual expertise, knowledge and relationships. While advanced business degrees focus on group projects, law programs evaluate on the basis of more solitary activities. If the 21st century will involve long-term partnering between organizations, not individuals, then the electronic corollary becomes important. There will be increasing knowledge and expertise transfers on behalf of corporate clients.
At the same time, the spin-offs from these technologies offer huge opportunities for a law firm. Firms that combine legal expertise with technology to create and offer legal products and services through the Internet can help existing and new clients across the planet.
The issue confronting law firms is not one of technology or money but of innovation and the grasping of these opportunities. Understanding how to create, for example, the “portal site” on labor compliance issues is one thing; executing this understanding is another. It can mean bringing together not only technology and legal experts, but also Internet marketing and extra-organizational entities (e.g., consultants) with whom the law firm may not even have a relationship.
Organizations that focus on “How can we add value to the client relationship?” will do fabulously well in the next century. Firms that do not may find themselves increasingly marginalized in the new economy, with growth opportunities dwindling. This is what Internet technologies really mean to a law firm.
First published in the March 1999 issue (Volume 25, No. 2)
of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management magazine.
Copyright John Hokkanen, 1999. All Rights Reserved.
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News February 3, 2016
Reinhold Niebuhr, Barack Obama, and the sense of a reality that “judges yet forgives”
Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics
By Edmund N. Santurri
Professor of Religion and Philosophy, St. Olaf College
This past November, in an exchange with Library of America publisher Max Rudin, I mentioned incidentally that I was planning to assign the LOA’s Reinhold Niebuhr volume in my spring 2016 St. Olaf College course “Obama’s Theologian.” Max asked whether I might write an LOA blog post explaining “why the course, why the book, and [my] passion for Niebuhr.” Here goes.
Why the course?
In a well-known 2007 interview conducted by New York Times columnist David Brooks, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama revealed his admiration for the twentieth-century American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. Since that interview and throughout Obama’s presidency, commentary on Niebuhr as “Obama’s theologian” has become a growth industry.
Those who think the Obama-Niebuhr association spot-on argue that Niebuhr’s vision of a “fallen” political world haunted by ideals compromised in concession to political reality—but a world also leavened by reasonable hope for redemptive moments that mitigate moral tragedy and curb Machiavellian temptations—is a vision that distinctively marks Obama’s career as politician and statesman. A commonly cited case in point is Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, which acknowledged the tragic necessity of waging war to combat real evil in the world, but which denied that this was “a call to cynicism.” In preparation for the speech, Obama’s advisors compiled a set of readings that included selections from Niebuhr’s works.
Other commentators challenge the Obama-Niebuhr association as misleading, wrongheaded, superficial, or overdrawn since Obama has sometimes embraced perspectives (e.g., classical just-war theory) that Niebuhr had criticized. Whatever one’s views on that matter, the assertion that Niebuhr’s “Christian realism” significantly explains Obama’s political outlook and practice turns out to be an engaging and pedagogically fruitful point of departure for college students encountering Niebuhr’s theology, ethics, and political thought for the first time.
Besides: to study Niebuhr is to study a writer who is arguably the most significant American Christian thinker of the twentieth century, a theologian whose influence extended well beyond theological circles. Onetime ambassador to the Soviet Union and renowned “political realist” George Kennan is reported to have said that Niebuhr “is the father of us all.”
Why the book?
The LOA’s Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics is exceedingly useful for my course because it brings together for the first time in one volume four of Niebuhr’s most important works in their entirety: Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic (1929), Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932), The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944), and The Irony of American History (1952). These texts, along with another of Niebuhr’s greatest works, An Interpretation of Christian Ethics (1935), form the course’s intellectual infrastructure. But the LOA Niebuhr volume also includes a rich selection of extracts from other published works, sermons, lectures, prayers, and journalistic pieces written by Niebuhr in response to important political events from 1925 to 1967. Indeed, I think a strong case can be made that his occasional political essays show Niebuhr at his literary best, combining exquisite clarity, expressive economy, pungent rhetorical power, and profound theological substance. The political essays are also inviting and accessible, less formidable than the formal political and theological treatises—and thus especially useful for teaching purposes.
Reinhold Niebuhr in 1955. (Alfred Eisenstaedt/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
My passion for Niebuhr
For me the principal attraction of Niebuhr’s work is its anthropological vision. That vision is traditionally Pauline or Augustinian in casting the world as fallen, but it’s also one that Niebuhr imaginatively rearticulated in trenchant observations of signature twentieth-century political events. According to Niebuhr, human beings generally are confronted with two persistent temptations: (1) the temptation to overreach, to ignore human limits, to indulge in Messianic delusions—what Niebuhr calls the sin of pride, and (2) the temptation to underachieve, to surrender prematurely, to evade responsibility for action in the world—what Niebuhr calls the sin of sensuality. This condition marks international as well as personal relations:
Nations, as individuals, may be assailed by contradictory temptations. They may be tempted to flee the responsibilities of their power or refuse to develop their potentialities. But they may also refuse to recognize the limits of their possibilities and seek greater power than is given to mortals (page 561).
In different historical moments one or the other temptation may predominate. Thus, for Niebuhr, in March 1941 the principal American temptation was to avoid the “terrible ordeal” of a war against Hitler despite its moral necessity, a temptation buttressed by “delirious dreams of a health which is not in the realm of possibilities” (p. 624). In 1952, on the other hand, as it looked toward a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union, the United States faced the very real
temptation to become impatient and defiant of the slow and sometimes contradictory processes of history. We may be too secure in both our sense of power and our sense of virtue to be ready to engage in a patient chess game with the recalcitrant forces of historic destiny. We could bring calamity upon ourselves and the world by forgetting that even the most powerful nations and even the wisest planners of the future remain themselves creatures as well as creators of the historical process. (p. 561)
For Niebuhr, even when such temptations are resisted, final decisions are nonetheless filled with risk, uncertainty, moral ambiguity, and residual wrongdoing. “There is no escape from guilt in history. This is the religious fact that St. Paul understood so well and that is so frequently not understood by moralistic versions of the Christian faith” (p. 655). So Niebuhr wrote in defense of the allied bombing of German cities and civilians in World War II.
And here it is difficult not to think in association: Obama, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Russia, China, Al Qaeda, ISIS, drone warfare, non-combatant death, Guantanamo—the list goes on. About these and similar matters it’s hard not to feel as Niebuhr undoubtedly would have felt. The temptations are enormous. Even the best decisions carry the burdens of risk, uncertainty, moral ambiguity, and residual wrongdoing. And with Niebuhr it’s hard not to feel that if there is any redemption in our circumstances it is intimately tied to an attitude of profound humility fostered by a sense of reality beyond human making or control, a reality that judges yet forgives our inevitable mistakes and transgressions:
There is, in short, even in a conflict with a foe with whom we have little in common the possibility and necessity of living in a dimension of meaning in which the urgencies of the struggle are subordinated to a sense of awe before the vastness of the historical drama in which we are jointly involved; to a sense of modesty about the virtue, wisdom and power available to us for the resolution of its perplexities; to a sense of contrition about the common frailties and foibles which lie at the foundation of both the enemy’s demonry and our vanities; and to a sense of gratitude for the divine mercies which are promised to those who humble themselves. (p. 589)
Edmund N. Santurri is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and member of the Advisory Committee for the college’s Institute for Freedom and Community. He also authored the Introduction to the recent Westminster John Knox Press reissue of Reinhold Niebuhr’s An Interpretation of Christian Ethics.
Reinhold Niebuhr combined “tough-minded political realism with a sympathetic understanding of society’s injustices”
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Related Volumes: Reinhold Niebuhr: Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic (LOA eBook Classic) Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics
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News April 21, 2016
All the New World’s a stage for 2016’s major Shakespeare anniversary
Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now
This Saturday, April 23, is the 400th anniversary of the death of a certain well-regarded English writer.
Library of America is marking the occasion with the paperback release of Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now, a collection that traces how Americans made Shakespeare their own, through examples from a broad array of genres—poetry, fiction, essays, plays, memoirs, songs, speeches, letters, movie reviews, and comedy routines. Edited by Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, the book marshals a remarkable roster of contributors ranging from Emerson, Hawthorne, and Melville to James Agee, John Berryman, Pauline Kael, Isaac Asimov, Adrienne Rich, and Jane Smiley.
Lest anyone dismiss the idea of claiming the Bard for this side of the pond as simple cultural appropriation, a recent article in the the London-based Guardian newspaper bore the headline William Shakespeare: a quintessentially American author and asked, in its subhead, “how did this icon of Englishness become a US phenomenon?” The article’s author, Robert McCrum, considers the roots of America’s Shakespeare mania in the eighteenth century and examines how the phenomenon slowly built from there. The first recorded performance of a Shakespeare play in America is Romeo and Juliet in New York City, in 1730; more than two centuries later, the same play would form, in McCrum’s words, “the apotheosis of the marriage between Shakespeare and the new world” when it was adapted as the musical West Side Story.
Silver Creek [NY] Shakespeare Club, circa 1890. (Courtesy University of Buffalo Libraries website)
Another Guardian article presents a collection of U.S.-based commemorations of Saturday’s anniversary. Following are just a few highlights:
• A natural complement to the Library of America volume is Shakespeare’s Star Turn in America, an exhibition on view at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts through May 27. Engravings and photographs document the look of Shakespeare productions over centuries, supplemented by costumes, pieces of stage sets, prompt scripts used by the likes of Edwin Booth and Katharine Hepburn, and much other arcana.
• The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC is sponsoring a nationwide tour of the First Folio, the mighty 1623 publication that gathered all of Shakespeare’s plays in print for the first time.
• The city of Chicago goes big with Shakespeare 400 Chicago, a festival running through 2016 that pays tribute through performances, visual art exhibitions, concerts, video games, and food.
• Groundlings hoping for a more participatory experience can try We Are Shakespeare, an interactive collaboration between the Shakespeare Theatre Association and the University of Notre Dame that invites users to submit YouTube videos of their own Shakespearean performances, testimonials about what the plays mean to them, and other forms of homage.
Taken cumulatively, these events validate the words of Stephen Greenblatt in a recent New York Review of Books piece, where he characterized Shakespeare as “a global artist” whose works “continue to circulate precisely because they are so amenable to metamorphosis. They have left his world, passed into ours, and become part of us.”
James Shapiro on how American attitudes toward Shakespeare keep changing
Story of the Week: The Hiartville Shakespeare Club
Related Volumes: Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now (paperback)
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News » Whistler
Public sector conferences converge on Whistler
Whistler 2020 program, Olympics helping draw thousands of delegates to five conferences
by Andrew Mitchell
In what promises to provide a major economic boost to Whistler during the spring shoulder season, coming on the heels of a very difficult winter, five public/private sector conferences are taking place in the next month.
Although there are many reasons why the conference organizers chose Whistler, the Olympics and the Whistler 2020 program have helped to tip the scales, according to the Resort Municipality of Whistler and the Whistler Centre for Sustainability.
First off is the 2009 B.C. Land Summit Conference, which takes place May 20-22 at the Telus Whistler Conference Centre. The conference will bring over 800 delegates to Whistler, with workshops on land planning, landscape architecture, land conservation, agriculture, real estate and land valuation and urban design. The keynote speaker is Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently appeared in Whistler as a guest of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment.
While the B.C. Land Summit Conference is organized by private organizations, notably the Real Estate Foundation of B.C., the provincial government is a partner and various ministries are presenting workshops. As well, Whistler will be presenting its official community plan, while offering tours of the Cheakamus Crossing neighbourhood and the run-of-river power project on Fitzsimmons Creek.
The Recycling Council of B.C. is hosting its ECOnomics: The Green Economy Summit in Whistler from May 27 to 29. Like the Land Summit conference, the event is hosted by a mix of private and public agencies.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Jeffrey Morris of Sound Resource Management, David Suzuki Foundation CEO Peter Robinson, and UBC Ecological Economist Tom Green.
As well, the Whistler Centre for Sustainability will make a presentation on how Whistler is becoming a sustainable community.
During the Recycling Council's conference Whistler is also hosting the B.C. Recreation and Parks Association conference from May 27 to 29. The theme of the conference is "Strength in Community" and the workshops encompass everything from playground safety to community gardens. The event features trips to Olympic venues, including the speed skating oval in Richmond.
Most of the participants in the conference will be representatives of local governments, although there is a trade show that will feature private companies.
Next up, from June 1 to June 3, Whistler will host the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators, with top municipal administrators from across Canada taking part. The theme of the conference is "Embracing Sustainability: Rising to the challenge through leadership."
Last - but not the least by a wide margin - Whistler will play host to the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference, which will bring more than 2,000 delegates to town from June 5 to 7. The largest conference ever hosted in Whistler, the FCM conference represents the largest annual gathering of municipal officials from across Canada. The theme of the conference is "Partnering for Success," and Whistler 2020 will be prominently featured.
Cheeying Ho, the executive director for the Whistler Centre for Sustainability said the Whistler 2020 program was an integral part in drawing most of the conferences to Whistler, and will be a focus at every conference through tours, workshops and presentations.
"I can't say the Whistler Centre for Sustainability is responsible because we're fairly new, we just got staffed in January. But we're now managing the whole Whistler 2020 plan and process and I can definitely say the Whistler 2020 process was a factor in having these conferences that focus around local government and administration," Ho said.
"People around Canada and around the world are hearing more about Whistler's sustainability practices and the Whistler 2020 plan. We've won a couple of dozen awards... and they want to see it first-hand."
The exception was the FCM conference, which Whistler bid for eight years ago. However, she said the centre will play a large role in the conference itself.
In a release from the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Mayor Ken Melamed also gave credit to Whistler 2020 and the Games.
"It is no coincidence that organizations are gathering here to discuss best planning and reasonable business practices; our community's vision and strategies for moving towards a sustainable future are being recognized across the country. With the increased attention brought by being the Host Mountain Resort of the 2010 Winter Games, Whistler has only strengthened its reputation as a leader in sustainability and an ideal place to hold conferences."
Municipal staff will be among the presenters, as will groups like the Whistler Housing Authority, which is the only affordable housing organization of its kind in Canada.
It's unknown what the total financial benefit for Whistler will be, but the five conferences will generate millions in revenues for hotels, restaurants, retailers, Tourism Whistler, tour operators and others.
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Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC bought a new stake in AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 139,907 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,078,000.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of AMC Entertainment by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,990 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,000 after purchasing an additional 908 shares during the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management boosted its stake in shares of AMC Entertainment by 10.9% in the 1st quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 11,251 shares of the company’s stock valued at $167,000 after purchasing an additional 1,103 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in shares of AMC Entertainment by 16.0% in the 4th quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 9,306 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,000 after purchasing an additional 1,287 shares during the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of AMC Entertainment in the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its stake in shares of AMC Entertainment by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 78,634 shares of the company’s stock valued at $965,000 after purchasing an additional 1,757 shares during the last quarter. 49.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
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Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of AMC Entertainment from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 14th. TheStreet lowered shares of AMC Entertainment from a “c” rating to a “d+” rating in a research note on Friday, May 10th. Benchmark reduced their target price on shares of AMC Entertainment from $20.00 to $17.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 13th. ValuEngine raised shares of AMC Entertainment from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. Finally, MKM Partners reduced their target price on shares of AMC Entertainment from $17.00 to $16.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. AMC Entertainment currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $18.78.
Shares of NYSE:AMC traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $10.96. The stock had a trading volume of 1,510,199 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,926,398. The company has a current ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.43. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc has a twelve month low of $10.63 and a twelve month high of $21.45.
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The company reported ($1.25) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.51) by ($0.74). The firm had revenue of $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.19 billion. AMC Entertainment had a negative net margin of 0.72% and a negative return on equity of 11.59%. The business’s revenue was down 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.14 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts predict that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc will post -0.55 EPS for the current year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 24th. Investors of record on Monday, June 10th will be given a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 7th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.30%. AMC Entertainment’s dividend payout ratio is 615.38%.
In other news, Director Raymond C. Stachowiak purchased 160,559 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $2.73 per share, for a total transaction of $438,326.07. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.
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Rivi Frankle.
The End of the Rivi Era
Rivi Frankle, who has retired after 39 years at U of T, forged friendships with countless U of T grads
December 8, 2010 | By Cynthia Macdonald
When Rivi Frankle retired this past September, U of T lost one of its most passionate promoters. During her 39-year career, Frankle – whose final title was assistant vice-president (alumni and stakeholder relations) – made indelible contributions to the field of university advancement, while acting as a cherished mentor to many in the profession.
A longtime director of the Career Centre, Frankle (BA 1968 UC) switched to alumni affairs in 1988. As assistant vice-president of alumni and development, she played a significant role in the university’s Great Minds campaign, which raised $1.1 billion – an amount that remains unrivalled in Canadian fundraising history. But Frankle didn’t consider herself primarily a fundraiser; her job, she says, was creating relationships. “One of the things I set out to do was to make contact personal for alumni and friends of the university,” says Frankle. “I did that by putting my name on everything, so that everyone knew there was someone here they could get in touch with.”
In the words of President David Naylor, Frankle “made a career out of recognizing and thanking others for their contributions.” This was best exemplified through her creation of the Arbor Awards in 1989, a celebration of alumni volunteers. An enthusiastic volunteer herself, Frankle chaired U of T’s United Way campaign for almost 30 years, supervised U of T Day (the university’s annual open house) throughout the 1990s and supported initiatives related to Pride Toronto and Black History Month.
Frankle also forged links with alumni who might otherwise have felt far from U of T, geographically or otherwise. She opened the Hong Kong office in 1993, which established the university as a pioneer in international advancement. And, in 2007, she brainstormed the perfect event to commemorate Convocation Hall’s 100th anniversary: a special ceremony for 33 veterans who, for reasons of military service, hadn’t been able to receive their degrees during the Second World War. “It was the most amazing ceremony ever,” she recalls. “We were all in tears.”
With creativity and consummate people skills, Frankle made alumni feel consistently valued. “People love her – pure and simple,” says Jon Dellandrea, who worked with her for 11 years in his capacity as U of T vice-president and chief advancement officer. His successor David Palmer echoed that sentiment in a recent message to his staff. “There are very few who can say they have served an institution so faithfully for so long,” he wrote, “and made so many friends.”
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Sonja Rasula: The Unique Empire
In 2008, Sonja Rasula, risked her entire 401k savings to start UNIQUE LA, a popup marketplace that features over 300 independent artists and designers. Over the years she has worked with thousands of artisans and entrepreneurs, and she built an agency to work with brands to develop content and social strategy. Her ambitions have expanded to a conference for entrepreneurs and a co-working space in Downtown LA. I was curious if she had tips for brands and manufacturers based on her years of working with her vendors, and she shares great advice for connecting with customers to build your business. We talk about the future of retail and how to use social media and technology to build loyalty. She shares the story of starting UNIQUE LA when everyone thought she was crazy. And she also cracks the lid on two big new projects she has cooking that she hasn’t announced yet.
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About Sonja Rasula
Driven by the idea that creativity can change the world and by the Martin Luther King Jr. quote, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is What are you doing for others?,” Sonja has dedicated herself to creating businesses that foster entrepreneurship, spread creative thinking, and grow community. She was recently named ‘1 of 30 Women Entrepreneurs Changing the World’ by fashion mogul Eileen Fisher, and Los Angeles Magazine honored her as one of LA’s Top 10 Inspiring Women. In 2008 Sonja risked her entire 401k savings to start UNIQUE LA, a popup marketplace that features over 300 independent artists and designers, and never looked back. The marketplace has held events in NYC and SF, and continues to be a driving force of community and local economic prosperity in Los Angeles. Fueled by her passion for helping people grow, Sonja then launched CAMP, a creative business conference. Then in 2013 Sonja decided to create a permanent place for entrepreneurs and creative thinkers… And so The Unique Space was born – an 18,000 sq ft building in downtown LA’s Arts District that houses 18 private offices and an event space.
As a motivational speaker and consultant, Sonja has worked with a variety of organizations including Redbull, Nike, Square, Soho House, Disney Imagineers group, Adobe, and West Elm. She speaks around the country every year at conferences such as SXSW, HOW Design Live, Martha Stewart’s American Made. Sonja also sits on the Board of non-profit 826LA. Her diverse media background before becoming an entrepreneur includes being a former interior designer and star on HGTV, an online content director, and a personality on television (ABC, CBS, HGTV, MuchMusic).
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By Anne-Laure Le Cunff Features, Wellness 4 mins ago
Indie makers often boast about how much more fulfilling their lives feel compared to when they were only focusing on a full-time job at a company, whether big or small. Working on one’s own projects has so many benefits that even big companies such as Google have tried to emulate it by letting their employees work on their own side projects. But working on projects and building products without the support and additional expertise a team brings to the table can also be anxiety-inducing. So we wondered: how happy indie makers really are?
In this survey, which received 45 answers, we used the 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5), a tool that measures people’s subjective quality of life. It’s a short self-reported survey looking at different areas relevant to overall well-being, such as positive mood (good spirits, relaxation), vitality (being active and waking up fresh and rested), and general interest (being interested in things).
The WHO-5 consists of five statements, which people rate according to the following scale:
5 = All of the time
4 = Most of the time
3 = More than half of the time
2 = Less than half of the time
1 = Some of the time
0 = At no time
The total raw score, ranging from 0 to 25, is multiplied by 4 to give the final score, with 0 representing the worst imaginable well-being and 100 representing the best imaginable well-being.
“I have felt cheerful and in good spirits.”
The average score for this question was 3.38/5, with 80% of makers reporting to feel cheerful and in good spirits more than half of the time.
“Over the past year being a maker has been both one of the most rewarding things I’ve done and also one of the most lonely. It’s a lifestyle that very few of my friends share, so finding the right communities to be a part of has been crucial” said one anonymous indie maker.
“I have felt calm and relaxed.”
When it comes to relaxation, the average score was much lower, at 2.73/5, denoting that many makers feel stressed. Only 55% of the them reported feeling calm and relaxed more than half of the time.
“I have felt active and vigorous.”
Being active has been linked by many studies to mental and physical well-being, so it’s no wonder the World Health Organization included this question. While the average score was 3.27/5, 75% of indie makers reported feeling active and vigorous. This may question the idea of indie makers spending all their time sitting in front of a computer screen.
“I woke up feeling fresh and rested.”
Quality of sleep is where indie makers fared most poorly. The average score was 2.62/5, and only 51% of indie makers reported waking up feeling fresh and rested.
“I definitely don’t sleep enough” said Luke Chadwick, founder of GraphQL 360. “Some nights I’m messaging people in other time zones till 1am, I then get woken up by the phone buzzing at 5:30am. I’ve just today made a commitment to myself that I will turn the phone off at 11pm.”
“My daily life has been filled with things that interest me.”
With 3.87/5 on average, this score is one of the highest in the survey. A whopping 93% of makers reported having a daily life filled with things that interest them.
The overall Makers Well-Being Index is 63/100, indicating that indie makers are a fairly happy bunch. Areas of improvement include stress and quality of sleep, where respondents are fairing more poorly than in other categories.
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Anne-Laure Le Cunff is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and community builder. After working at Google in San Francisco, where she managed global marketing for digital health products, she moved to London to start Ness Labs, a venture studio developing products focused on wellness, creativity, and culture. Her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, and more.
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Jennifer Reeves: "Girls daydream about Hollywood"
By Microscope Gallery (other events)
Friday, September 21 2018 7:30 PM — 10:00 PM
Microscope is very pleased to present an evening of 16mm films by Jennifer Reeves spanning two and a half decades from her first film “Elations in Negative” (1990) to her latest “Color Neutral” (2014), including the rarely shown dual superimposition projection work “He Walked Away” (2006).
The Sri Lanka-born, New York based artist's works have shown extensively worldwide - including at MoMA and The Whitney Museum of American Art as well as at major film festivals including Sundance, Berlin, London, Toronto and others - however rarely have they been grouped in more concentrated programs that offer the chance to get a better sense of the breath and trajectory of the artist’s work over time.
Reeves’ body of work may be divided into two seemingly distinct and unrelated thematics. Many of the earlier works are very personal, anecdotal and even narrative, relating to the artist’s interest in the body, her own as well as others and as affected by external factors such as early traumas and addressing themes ranging from gender and sexuality in youth, memory, feminism, and mental health. Perhaps one of the harshest, most timely and symbolically relevant of these works is her 1992 “Girls daydream about Hollywood”, in which a girl’s dream of becoming a movie star is torn to pieces by sexual abuse and the realization of herself as nothing but a disposable body.
Other works as “Fear of Blushing” (2001) and “Color Neutral” (2014) are more formal, abstract and interested in the materiality of the film itself. Among this group of works are animations and others made by directly altering the physical film itself through hand-painting, hand-processing, burial, and erosion of the filmstrip’s emulsion, among others.
Reeves will be in attendance and available for a Q&A following the screening.
Jennifer Reeves (b. 1971, Sri Lanka) is a New York-based film artist who has been making 16mm films since 1990. Her films have shown extensively, from the Berlin, London, Sundance, and Hong Kong Film Festivals to many MicroCinemas in the US and Canada, the Robert Flaherty Seminar, and the Museum of Modern Art. Multi-screening retrospectives of her work have been held at Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, Kino Arsenal in Berlin, Anthology Film Archives in New York, and San Francisco Cinematheque. In November 2018, she will be presenting a full retrospective of her work in Vilnius, Lithuania. Reeves was named one of the “Best 50 Filmmakers Under 50” in the film journal Cinema Scope.
Since 2003 Reeves has worked with some of the finest composer/ performers, including Marc Ribot, Skúli Sverrisson, Elliott Sharp, Zeena Parkins, Anthony Burr and Eyvind Kang. As the daughter of a trumpeter, gravitating toward film and music collaborations was quite natural for Reeves. Her most ambitious film and music performance, the feature-length double-projection WHEN IT WAS BLUE (2008), premiered at Toronto International Film Festival with live music by composer/collaborator Skúli Sverrisson. Her multiple-projection films with live music have been performed internationally, from the Sydney Opera House and the Berlinale to RedCat in Los Angeles and the Wexner Center in Ohio.
Reeves and Composer/Performer Marc Ribot premiered their film/live music collaboration at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York. Ribot and Ikue Mori perform a live score to Reeves' SHADOWS CHOOSE THEIR HORRORS, LANDFILL 16, and HE WALKED AWAY. Ribot has performed the program internationally at a variety of venues, most recently at The Drawing Center (The Stone series) and at The New School in 2018.
Reeves has also made a number of experimental narratives, including her highly acclaimed feature THE TIME WE KILLED, which won the FIPRESCI International Critic’s Prize at the Berlin Film Festival and several other awards. The 2005 Village Voice Film Critic’s poll honored THE TIME WE KILLED with votes from six film critics for categories including: Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Performance. It was also nominated for an Independent Spirit award.
Reeves is currently editing an experimental essay-documentary mini-series call CELIA, DID YOU KNOW, funded by the Princess Grace Foundation. She shot the primary footage in Cuba in 1996, 2017 and 2018, and in New York in the 1990s.
Microscope Gallery
www.microscopegallery.com
1329 Willoughby Avenue, #2B Brooklyn, NY 11237
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Visit Hamlin Lake in Ludington, Michigan this summer
The Ludington area is a popular spot during the busy travel season. The downtown is full of quaint shoppes and eateries. There’s a nice craft beer scene. The S.S. Badger sails out of the harbor daily during peak season taking passengers and their vehicles across Lake Michigan to Manitowac, Wisconsin. There’s also a lot of fun to be had on the area’s inland lakes, including the large Hamlin Lake located just north of downtown.
On a recent visit to the area, we stayed at Suable Resort, which is located on the east side of Lower Hamlin Lake. The western part of Hamlin Lake is bordered by the Ludington State Park as is the north shore of Upper Hamlin Lake.
We were there in the off-season, visiting while my kids were on their spring break and things were very quiet and laid back. It was actually snowing during our trip, which was pretty unexpected (at least to me) in April and kept us inside a little more than we had planned.
The resort has a number of cottages to accommodate different size groups. We stayed in cottage #6 - the Chalet - which sleeps up to 10 and was very comfortable for our group of five. It had two downstairs bedrooms with queen beds, two bathrooms, a kitchen and living room and an upstairs loft area with two double beds and two twin beds. Sauble Resort’s cottages range from one to four bedrooms and the resort stays open all year.
The Chalet - which sleeps 10 and has two bathrooms.
On the resort are tennis courts, basketball hoops, a playground, a heated outdoor pool and pontoon and jet ski rentals. Boat rental rates for luxury pontoons range from $200 for 2 hours to $1250 for six days (discounted to $900 for resort guests). Deluxe luxury pontoons are available for 2 hours at $250 up to a day at $510. Cottages are rented by the week and it’s a lovely area to make your home base for a week and spend time together connecting as a family, fishing, boating and exploring the area and the Ludington State Park.
Photo: Sauble Resort Facebook Page
For more information on the resort, visit saubleresort.com. Hamlin Lake and the Sauble Resort are just about a ten minute drive from downtown Ludington. For more information on the Ludington area, visit pureludington.com.
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SMU Meadows School of The Arts Cocktail/Dinner Party Hosted By John & Amy Phelan
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 2, 2011 -- SMU | Meadows School of The Arts Cocktail/Dinner Party Hosted By John & Amy Phelan on Wednesday November 2, 2011 at Le Charlot 19 E. 69th Street (between Madison & Park Avenues), New York, 10021 (Tel: +1 (212) 794-6419) PHOTO CREDIT: Copyright © 2011 Manhattan Society.com by Gregory Partanio |tel:718.614.7740 | e-mail: PrinceGregory@manhattansociety.com****************************More ID's Coming shortly**********************
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Forsyth Park, SCAD, and Zunzi's.
48 Hour City Guides
Created by Roadtrippers - April 7th 2016
Savannah is a city so steeped in history and Southern lore that you can sense it oozing from every brick in each historical home, and from every Spanish moss-draped oak branch. With inspiringly gorgeous antebellum architecture everywhere, it's no wonder that the city has a reputation for being artsy...and for being super haunted. The ghosts of pirates, Civil War soldiers, Southern belles and more allegedly prowl the streets of the city. If that's a little too spooky for you, eat and drink your fears away: parts of the city lack open container laws, making it a fun place for a late night. End your 48 hour adventure in Savannah with a big Southern-style brunch.
Lady and Sons
The restaurant that introduced Paula Deen and her decadent Southern style of cooking to the world is Lady and Sons. Located in an old, historic building and serving up down-home classics like fried chicken, fried green tomatoes, fried okra (okay, not everything is fried here, but you get the idea). Go all in and get the Southern buffet so you can load up on mashed potatoes, collards, chicken, and banana pudding and cobbler for dessert.
Forsyth Park
There's no place where the city's charm is more apparent than at Forsyth Park, the city's historic community green space. It dates back to the 1840's, and since Savannah was one of America's first planned cities, the park benefitted from the decision to design the city's layout. It's remained one of Savannah's most-visited spots ever since...no surprise, since it's 30 acres of pure old-school beauty, and it's put to good use with farmer's markets and other awesome community events.
The park is so iconic to Savannah and it really exemplifies the charm and beauty of the city, and it's even been featured in movies that are set in the city. Two big ones are "Cape Fear" and "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." BONUS: Fans of the movie "Forrest Gump" can head to Chippewa Square, a few short blocks away, to see where our hero sat as he told his incredible life story. The bench was just a movie prop and isn't actually located in the park...but you can see it at the Savannah History Museum!
Mercer-Williams House
Before coming to Savannah, it helps to watch or read "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," which tells the story of the murder of Danny Hansford, a local male prostitute by his lover, antiques dealer Jim Williams. The shooting took place in the 1980's in this very building, the Mercer-Williams House which was originally built in the 1860's. The house itself is a beautiful example of the antebellum style of architecture you see throughout the city, and it houses an impressive art collection as well.
The Olde Pink House Restaurant
Make sure to snag a reservation at this iconic Savannah eatery. Located in an old Colonial home (which is, of course, very pink colored and hard to miss). The inventive Southern cuisine here (sweet potato ravioli with pecan cream sauce, black vinegar BBQ glazed duck, cornbread fried oysters, etc.) is just as elegant and quirky as the building itself.
Green Truck Pub
Head to the Green Truck Pub to enjoy the impressive beer and wine list at this neighborhood bar. They feature beers from smaller breweries across the country; try and find something from Georgia to keep it local!
Weird decor, retro video games set into the tables, and lots of live shows and rocking music make The Jinx a popular spot for the college crowd from SCAD. Enjoy a drink and the people-watching!
Azalea Inn
With its central location, one wouldn't expect to find gardens and pools at the Azalea Inn, but it does an excellent job of providing the comforts of seclusion in a convenient spot downtown. They also offer cottage rentals for a different kind of experience, but either way, expect Southern hospitality and charm!
Huey's
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, that makes brunch pretty important, too. Fill up at Huey's, a Cajun eatery, with great eggs Benedicts, N'awlins-style French toast, Creole omelettes, parmesan garlic grits, and tons of other mouthwatering meals.
SCAD Museum Of Art
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is one of the top art schools in the country, and since the contemporary and modern Scad Museum of Art is run by the institution, you can be sure that the exhibits, which rotate quarterly, are well-curated and pretty inspiring.
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
The William Scarborough House and Gardens might seem like another beautiful old Savannah home, but the fact that it's home to the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum makes it extra-worth visiting. It's a collection of meticulously-detailed model ships, unlike any you've ever seen before. There's no better way to immerse yourself in the city's interesting seafaring history than here!
Zunzi's
Zunzi's is a South African-fusion sandwich shop that's a local favorite, and once you take a bite of The Godfather (chicken, South African sausage, and three kinds of sauce) you'll know why. They also make sweet South African tea to wash it all down while you enjoy your food on the patio.
The Savannah Walks
Thanks to its history as one of America's first "planned cities," plus the generally good weather and gorgeous scenery, Savannah is a super walkable town, and because it's so loaded with interesting things to see, walking tours are a popular tourist activity. The Savannah Walks is a company that offers a walking tour for pretty much everyone. Daytime strolls cover topics ranging from a basic beginners' guide to the city to a Civil War history tour to landscaping and garden or an historic home-focused experience, and they also do nighttime walking tours of haunted pubs and other spooky spots.
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
If you weren't a Girl Scout (or maybe even if you were) then you might not be too familiar with Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of America, but even if you aren't a girl (or weren't a scout) it's still worth it to visit the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace. The amount of guts it took to be so progressive as to start an outdoor/education-focused program for young girls back in 1912 (before women could even vote) was pretty admirable, especially in the conservative South. From hiking and swimming to learning new languages and astronomy (they even played basketball...shocking!) the first Girl Scouts were pretty cool.
Colonial Park Cemetery
Yes, taking a stroll through a cemetery might seem morbid, but the graveyards in Savannah are also exceptionally pretty, with the Spanish moss and ornate statuary. Colonial Park is one of the city's oldest, and is the final resting place of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, victims of a yellow fever epidemic, duelers and more.
Garibaldi Cafe
Savannah does more than just good Southern cookin'. Case in point: the novel Italian-inspired cuisine at Garibaldi Cafe. Located in a restored firehouse, the menu features lots of seafood, lots of pasta, and lots of wine. Go for the clams and linguine!
Jen's and Friends
Jen's and Friends is a martini bar, but if you're not used to martinis, don't write this place off. Their "thing" is that they offer hundreds of different flavors, from fruity to spicy. Name your favorite candy bar or dessert: yep, they have a martini for that. From Heath bars to Rice Krispie treats and everything in between, there's a martini for everyone.
And just so you don't leave thinking that Savannah doesn't know how to hang loose, follow up that nice dinner and those martinis with a $5 Forty Ounce of beer served in a paper bag, it's the specialty drink of beloved dive bar, The Rail Pub. The drinks are cheap, the snacks are appropriately divey. Add in a chill crowd, great bartenders, and live music, and you've got a recipe for a fun night.
The best time of a year for a 48-hour Savannah adventure: Springs and summers in Savannah are hot and humid, but because it's conveniently located on the shore, it's not hard to find a beach where you can cool off. Early fall is the sweet spot for great prices, less crowds, and good weather. Savannah is a gorgeous place to spend the holidays as well, with its mild weather, and it happens to be one of the more festive places to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
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Trio win Nobel medicine prize for brain's 'GPS' (Update)
by Peter Harmsen
British-American researcher John O'Keefe on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize with a Norwegian couple, May-Britt and Edvard Moser, for discovering an "inner GPS" that helps the brain navigate.
They earned the coveted prize for identifying brain cells enabling people to orient themselves in space, with implications for diseases such as Alzheimer's, the jury said.
"The discoveries of John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have solved a problem that has occupied philosophers and scientists for centuries," it said.
"How does the brain create a map of the space surrounding us and how can we navigate our way through a complex environment?"
In 1971, O'Keefe discovered the first component of the system, finding that in lab rats, specific cells in the hippocampus were triggered when the animal was at a certain location in a room.
Other nerve cells were activated when the rat was at different places, leading O'Keefe to conclude these "place cells" formed a map of the room.
More than three decades later, in 2005, May-Britt and Edvard Moser found another piece of the invisible positioning system.
They identified "grid cells"—nerve cells which generate a coordinate system, rather like longitude and latitude, and allow the brain to make precise positioning and pathfinding.
Research into grid cells may give insights into how memories are created—and explain why when we recall events, we so often have to picture the location in our minds.
The jury noted that sufferers of Alzheimer's disease often lose their way and cannot recognise the environment.
A part of the brain where grid cells are located, called the entorhinal cortex, is closely linked to Alzheimer's, said Torkel Klingberg, a professor of cognitive neuroscience and member of the Nobel Assembly.
Images of the winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Medicine, U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian husband and wife Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser are projected on a screen during the announcement in Stockholm Monday Oct. 6, 2014.(AP Photo/Bertil Ericson)
"That's one of the first places that are affected, so what these discoveries could lead to is the understanding of the symptoms in Alzheimer's and other diseases," he told AFP.
Prizewinner 'in shock'
May-Britt Moser told the Nobel Foundation that she was "in shock."
"We have the same vision, we love to understand and we do that by talking to each other, talking to other people and then try to address the questions we are interested in, the best way we can think of," she said.
"And to be able to discuss this when you get an idea on the spot instead of (having to) plan a meeting in one or two or three weeks—that makes a huge difference."
Her husband was on a plane to Munich when the announcement came, TT news agency said.
He only learnt of the award when he stepped off the flight and was welcomed with flowers by airport officials—and discovered he had had "about 120 missed calls."
John O'Keefe told the Nobel Foundation that he was "hiding out" at home.
"It has been 43 years and at the beginning most people were quite sceptical with the idea that you could go deep inside the brain and find things which corresponded to aspects of the environment," he said.
"Now the field has blossomed and I think the prize actually is as much for the field as myself and the Mosers."
The jury said the work had led to a "paradigm shift" in understanding how groups of specialised cells work together in the brain.
The question of place and navigation has occupied philosophers for centuries and was a central problem for German thinker Immanuel Kant, it said.
In comments, Andrew King, a professor of neurophysiology at the University of Oxford, said O'Keefe had "revolutionised our understanding" of how the brain makes sense of space.
Jeremy Farrar, director of Britain's Wellcome Trust for medical research, hailed O'Keefe as "a world leader who has inspired a generation of neuroscientists."
O'Keefe, a professor at University College London, was born in 1939. May-Britt Moser, born in 1963, and her husband Edvard Moser, born 1962, are slightly younger than the average age of Nobel Medicine laureates of 58. Both are at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
The winners will share the prize sum of eight million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million, 881,000 euros), with one half going to O'Keefe.
Last year, the honour went to James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Suedhof, all of the United States, for their work on how the cell organises its transport system.
In line with tradition, the laureates will receive their prize at a formal ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel's death in 1896.
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Ozzy Osbourne Teases 2018 Ozzfest
Chad Childers
Ross Halfin
Ozzfest may start a new chapter in 2018. The festival brand, which started out as a touring festival built on Ozzy Osbourne's name, has become a destination event in recent years, most recently combining with Knotfest for Ozzfest Meets Knotfest music weekends in California. But a tweet from Osbourne himself hints at a new iteration of the festival, this time, based in New York.
Osbourne teased the possibility with the question, "Who would like to see @TheOzzfest happen in the New York area this year?" and a directive to send responses to his Facebook posting on the matter.
It's worth mentioning that Osbourne already has a few area gigs booked, including at the Jones Beach Amphitheater in Long Island on September 8 (about 40 miles outside of New York City), and at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel New Jersey on September 10 (that's also about 40 miles outside of New York City).
Ozzfest has existed in many forms over the years, starting off as a two-day tour in Arizona and California in 1996. From there, it evolved to a touring festival that traveled both the U.S. and the U.K. Some years Ozzy headlined solo, other years Black Sabbath led the festival and in 2006, Osbourne only played select dates, allowing for the possibility of additional headliners. In 2008, Ozzfest became a single weekend destination event, taking place in Frisco, Texas. In 2010, it returned with only a handful of dates worldwide. 2013 saw the birth of Ozzfest Japan. And Ozzfest returned stateside in 2016 with the first of two years of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest shows.
The last few years, the destination Ozzfest bills have taken place in the later portion of fall, but with it potentially being held in New York this year, it might have to come earlier in the year if the plan is for an outdoor performance. With Osbourne on the "No More Tours 2" trek, it should make for an interesting bill as the demand by peers to take part in what could be one of Osbourne's final appearances at an Ozzfest would likely be higher than usual. Stay tuned to see what Ozzfest has in store for 2018.
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Poly APoly(A)-Binding ProteinsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesPoly CPoly UPoly I-CPoly(A)-Binding Protein ICarrier ProteinsPoly dA-dTPoly A-UPoly Adenosine Diphosphate RibosePoly GPoly IMolecular Sequence DataTacrolimus Binding ProteinsProtein BindingPoly(A)-Binding Protein IIBase SequenceAmino Acid SequencePoly TRNA-Binding ProteinsInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerPolydeoxyribonucleotidesBinding SitesFatty Acid-Binding ProteinsPolynucleotide AdenylyltransferaseCell LineInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Transcription FactorsPolyribonucleotidesPeriplasmic Binding ProteinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsDNACloning, MolecularTranscription, GeneticTacrolimus Binding Protein 1ANuclear ProteinsLatent TGF-beta Binding ProteinsHeLa CellsMolecular WeightSequence Homology, Amino AcidKineticsInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2TATA-Box Binding ProteinRecombinant ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BiosynthesisGene Expression RegulationInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinMutationRetinol-Binding ProteinsCell NucleusPolyadenylationS100 Calcium Binding Protein GCREB-Binding ProteinPolyestersEscherichia coliRecombinant Fusion ProteinsHeterogeneous-Nuclear RibonucleoproteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryCells, CulturedElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsVitamin D-Binding ProteinPolymersTransfectionInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4RibonucleoproteinsRNAInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5Blotting, WesternBacterial ProteinsPolynucleotidesSequence AlignmentSterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1Nucleic Acid ConformationBinding, CompetitiveDNA, ComplementaryModels, MolecularInsulin-Like Growth Factor IRepressor ProteinsMaltose-Binding ProteinsPolyglycolic AcidNucleoside Diphosphate SugarsCattleTwo-Hybrid System TechniquesmRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation FactorsPlasmidsGene ExpressionPhosphorylationRNA StabilityChromatography, AffinityDNA, Single-StrandedDNA Primers3' Untranslated RegionsCytoplasmMembrane ProteinsLiverPolyethylene GlycolsSignal TransductionSomatomedinsNerve Tissue ProteinsRetinol-Binding Proteins, CellularRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalSaccharomyces cerevisiaeProtein ConformationReceptors, Cell SurfaceMyelin P2 ProteinBlotting, NorthernRabbitsProteinsImmunophilinsTumor Cells, CulturedTrans-ActivatorsCell Line, TumorReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionNeoplasm ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4GTranscriptional ActivationDiazepam Binding InhibitorRetinol-Binding Proteins, PlasmaCircular DichroismCalciumSubstrate SpecificityStructure-Activity RelationshipSterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2Folate Receptors, GPI-AnchoredModels, BiologicalLigandsPrecipitin TestsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alphaPolyribosomesMacromolecular SubstancesMatrix Attachment Region Binding ProteinsProtein IsoformsRNA CapsCOS CellsPeptidesMutagenesis, Site-DirectedViral ProteinsSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidChromatography, GelAmino Acid MotifsImmunoblottingOligodeoxyribonucleotidesCell MembraneRibonucleasesInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 6S100 ProteinsTime FactorsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaApoptosisCross-Linking ReagentsPolylysineInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayPhosphoproteinsInterferon InducersIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingCalbindinsGenes, ReporterMicrofilament ProteinsSterol Regulatory Element Binding ProteinsPeptide Initiation FactorsExoribonucleasesConserved SequencePeptide FragmentsRNA InterferenceTranscobalaminsCell DifferentiationImmunoprecipitationMice, Inbred C57BLEscherichia coli ProteinsTemperatureCytosolMice, KnockoutRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidSequence DeletionMethyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2ImmunohistochemistryY-Box-Binding Protein 1FibroblastsNucleic Acid HybridizationHistonesPolymerase Chain ReactionAcute-Phase ProteinsPlant ProteinsBiological TransportEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4EConsensus SequenceCalsequestrinRNA PrecursorsTissue DistributionChickens
Poly A: A group of adenine ribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each adenine ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties.Poly(A)-Binding Proteins: Proteins that bind to the 3' polyadenylated region of MRNA. When complexed with RNA the proteins serve an array of functions such as stabilizing the 3' end of RNA, promoting poly(A) synthesis and stimulating mRNA translation.Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases: Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of multiple ADP-RIBOSE groups from nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD) onto protein targets, thus building up a linear or branched homopolymer of repeating ADP-ribose units i.e., POLY ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE.Poly C: A group of cytosine ribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each cytosine ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties.Poly U: A group of uridine ribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each uridine ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties.Poly I-C: Interferon inducer consisting of a synthetic, mismatched double-stranded RNA. The polymer is made of one strand each of polyinosinic acid and polycytidylic acid.Poly(A)-Binding Protein I: A poly(A) binding protein that has a variety of functions such as mRNA stabilization and protection of RNA from nuclease activity. Although poly(A) binding protein I is considered a major cytoplasmic RNA-binding protein it is also found in the CELL NUCLEUS and may be involved in transport of mRNP particles.Carrier Proteins: Transport proteins that carry specific substances in the blood or across cell membranes.Poly dA-dT: Polydeoxyribonucleotides made up of deoxyadenine nucleotides and thymine nucleotides. Present in DNA preparations isolated from crab species. Synthetic preparations have been used extensively in the study of DNA.Poly A-U: A double-stranded polyribonucleotide comprising polyadenylic and polyuridylic acids.Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose: A polynucleotide formed from the ADP-RIBOSE moiety of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD) by POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES.Poly G: A group of guanine ribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each guanine ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties.Poly I: A group of inosine ribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each inosine ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties.Molecular Sequence Data: Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.Tacrolimus Binding Proteins: A family of immunophilin proteins that bind to the immunosuppressive drugs TACROLIMUS (also known as FK506) and SIROLIMUS. EC 5.2.1.-Protein Binding: The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments.Poly(A)-Binding Protein II: A poly(A) binding protein that is involved in promoting the extension of the poly A tails of MRNA. The protein requires a minimum of ten ADENOSINE nucleotides in order for binding to mRNA. Once bound it works in conjunction with CLEAVAGE AND POLYADENYLATION SPECIFICITY FACTOR to stimulate the rate of poly A synthesis by POLY A POLYMERASE. Once poly-A tails reach around 250 nucleotides in length poly(A) binding protein II no longer stimulates POLYADENYLATION. Mutations within a GCG repeat region in the gene for poly(A) binding protein II have been shown to cause the disease MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, OCULOPHARYNGEAL.Base Sequence: The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence.Amino Acid Sequence: The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION.Poly T: A group of thymine nucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each thymine nucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the deoxyribose moieties.RNA-Binding Proteins: Proteins that bind to RNA molecules. Included here are RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS and other proteins whose function is to bind specifically to RNA.Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins: A family of soluble proteins that bind insulin-like growth factors and modulate their biological actions at the cellular level. (Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1992;39(1):3-9)DNA-Binding Proteins: Proteins which bind to DNA. The family includes proteins which bind to both double- and single-stranded DNA and also includes specific DNA binding proteins in serum which can be used as markers for malignant diseases.RNA, Messenger: RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm.Polydeoxyribonucleotides: A group of 13 or more deoxyribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each deoxyribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the deoxyribose moieties.Binding Sites: The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule.Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins: Intracellular proteins that reversibly bind hydrophobic ligands including: saturated and unsaturated FATTY ACIDS; EICOSANOIDS; and RETINOIDS. They are considered a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed family of proteins that may play a role in the metabolism of LIPIDS.Polynucleotide Adenylyltransferase: An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of polyadenylic acid from ATP. May be due to the action of RNA polymerase (EC 2.7.7.6) or polynucleotide adenylyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.19). EC 2.7.7.19.Cell Line: Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely.Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3: One of the six homologous soluble proteins that bind insulin-like growth factors (SOMATOMEDINS) and modulate their mitogenic and metabolic actions at the cellular level.Transcription Factors: Endogenous substances, usually proteins, which are effective in the initiation, stimulation, or termination of the genetic transcription process.Polyribonucleotides: A group of 13 or more ribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties.Periplasmic Binding Proteins: Periplasmic proteins that scavenge or sense diverse nutrients. In the bacterial environment they usually couple to transporters or chemotaxis receptors on the inner bacterial membrane.Calcium-Binding Proteins: Proteins to which calcium ions are bound. They can act as transport proteins, regulator proteins, or activator proteins. They typically contain EF HAND MOTIFS.DNA: A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).Cloning, Molecular: The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells.Transcription, Genetic: The biosynthesis of RNA carried out on a template of DNA. The biosynthesis of DNA from an RNA template is called REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION.Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A: A 12-KDa tacrolimus binding protein that is found associated with and may modulate the function of calcium release channels. It is a peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase which is inhibited by both tacrolimus (commonly called FK506) and SIROLIMUS.Nuclear Proteins: Proteins found in the nucleus of a cell. Do not confuse with NUCLEOPROTEINS which are proteins conjugated with nucleic acids, that are not necessarily present in the nucleus.Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins: A family of secreted multidomain proteins that were originally identified by their association with the latent form of TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS. They interact with a variety of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS and may play a role in the regulation of TGB-beta bioavailability.HeLa Cells: The first continuously cultured human malignant CELL LINE, derived from the cervical carcinoma of Henrietta Lacks. These cells are used for VIRUS CULTIVATION and antitumor drug screening assays.Molecular Weight: The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule.Sequence Homology, Amino Acid: The degree of similarity between sequences of amino acids. This information is useful for the analyzing genetic relatedness of proteins and species.Kinetics: The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2: One of the six homologous soluble proteins that bind insulin-like growth factors (SOMATOMEDINS) and modulate their mitogenic and metabolic actions at the cellular level.TATA-Box Binding Protein: A general transcription factor that plays a major role in the activation of eukaryotic genes transcribed by RNA POLYMERASES. It binds specifically to the TATA BOX promoter element, which lies close to the position of transcription initiation in RNA transcribed by RNA POLYMERASE II. Although considered a principal component of TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID it also takes part in general transcription factor complexes involved in RNA POLYMERASE I and RNA POLYMERASE III transcription.Recombinant Proteins: Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology.Promoter Regions, Genetic: DNA sequences which are recognized (directly or indirectly) and bound by a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase during the initiation of transcription. Highly conserved sequences within the promoter include the Pribnow box in bacteria and the TATA BOX in eukaryotes.Protein Biosynthesis: The biosynthesis of PEPTIDES and PROTEINS on RIBOSOMES, directed by MESSENGER RNA, via TRANSFER RNA that is charged with standard proteinogenic AMINO ACIDS.Gene Expression Regulation: Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control (induction or repression) of gene action at the level of transcription or translation.Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1: One of the six homologous proteins that specifically bind insulin-like growth factors (SOMATOMEDINS) and modulate their mitogenic and metabolic actions. The function of this protein is not completely defined. However, several studies demonstrate that it inhibits IGF binding to cell surface receptors and thereby inhibits IGF-mediated mitogenic and cell metabolic actions. (Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1993;204(1):4-29)Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein: A protein that has been shown to function as a calcium-regulated transcription factor as well as a substrate for depolarization-activated CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES. This protein functions to integrate both calcium and cAMP signals.Mutation: Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations.Retinol-Binding Proteins: Proteins which bind with RETINOL. The retinol-binding protein found in plasma has an alpha-1 mobility on electrophoresis and a molecular weight of about 21 kDa. The retinol-protein complex (MW=80-90 kDa) circulates in plasma in the form of a protein-protein complex with prealbumin. The retinol-binding protein found in tissue has a molecular weight of 14 kDa and carries retinol as a non-covalently-bound ligand.Cell Nucleus: Within a eukaryotic cell, a membrane-limited body which contains chromosomes and one or more nucleoli (CELL NUCLEOLUS). The nuclear membrane consists of a double unit-type membrane which is perforated by a number of pores; the outermost membrane is continuous with the ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM. A cell may contain more than one nucleus. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)Polyadenylation: The addition of a tail of polyadenylic acid (POLY A) to the 3' end of mRNA (RNA, MESSENGER). Polyadenylation involves recognizing the processing site signal, (AAUAAA), and cleaving of the mRNA to create a 3' OH terminal end to which poly A polymerase (POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE) adds 60-200 adenylate residues. The 3' end processing of some messenger RNAs, such as histone mRNA, is carried out by a different process that does not include the addition of poly A as described here.S100 Calcium Binding Protein G: A calbindin protein found in many mammalian tissues, including the UTERUS, PLACENTA, BONE, PITUITARY GLAND, and KIDNEYS. In intestinal ENTEROCYTES it mediates intracellular calcium transport from apical to basolateral membranes via calcium binding at two EF-HAND MOTIFS. Expression is regulated in some tissues by VITAMIN D.CREB-Binding Protein: A member of the p300-CBP transcription factor family that was initially identified as a binding partner for CAMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN. Mutations in CREB-binding protein are associated with RUBINSTEIN-TAYBI SYNDROME.Polyesters: Polymers of organic acids and alcohols, with ester linkages--usually polyethylene terephthalate; can be cured into hard plastic, films or tapes, or fibers which can be woven into fabrics, meshes or velours.Escherichia coli: A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc.Recombinant Fusion Proteins: Recombinant proteins produced by the GENETIC TRANSLATION of fused genes formed by the combination of NUCLEIC ACID REGULATORY SEQUENCES of one or more genes with the protein coding sequences of one or more genes.Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins: A family of ribonucleoproteins that were originally found as proteins bound to nascent RNA transcripts in the form of ribonucleoprotein particles. Although considered ribonucleoproteins they are primarily classified by their protein component. They are involved in a variety of processes such as packaging of RNA and RNA TRANSPORT within the nucleus. A subset of heterogeneous-nuclear ribonucleoproteins are involved in additional functions such as nucleocytoplasmic transport (ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS) of RNA and mRNA stability in the CYTOPLASM.Protein Structure, Tertiary: The level of protein structure in which combinations of secondary protein structures (alpha helices, beta sheets, loop regions, and motifs) pack together to form folded shapes called domains. Disulfide bridges between cysteines in two different parts of the polypeptide chain along with other interactions between the chains play a role in the formation and stabilization of tertiary structure. Small proteins usually consist of only one domain but larger proteins may contain a number of domains connected by segments of polypeptide chain which lack regular secondary structure.Cells, Cultured: Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others.Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel: Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium.Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein: A RNA-binding protein that binds to polypyriminidine rich regions in the INTRONS of messenger RNAs. Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein may be involved in regulating the ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of mRNAs since its presence on an intronic RNA region that is upstream of an EXON inhibits the splicing of the exon into the final mRNA product.CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins: A class of proteins that were originally identified by their ability to bind the DNA sequence CCAAT. The typical CCAAT-enhancer binding protein forms dimers and consists of an activation domain, a DNA-binding basic region, and a leucine-rich dimerization domain (LEUCINE ZIPPERS). CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR is structurally distinct type of CCAAT-enhancer binding protein consisting of a trimer of three different subunits.Vitamin D-Binding Protein: An alpha-globulin found in the plasma of man and other vertebrates. It is apparently synthesized in the liver and carries vitamin D and its metabolites through the circulation and mediates the response of tissue. It is also known as group-specific component (Gc). Gc subtypes are used to determine specific phenotypes and gene frequencies. These data are employed in the classification of population groups, paternity investigations, and in forensic medicine.Polymers: Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds. These compounds often form large macromolecules (e.g., BIOPOLYMERS; PLASTICS).Transfection: The uptake of naked or purified DNA by CELLS, usually meaning the process as it occurs in eukaryotic cells. It is analogous to bacterial transformation (TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL) and both are routinely employed in GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES.Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4: One of the six homologous soluble proteins that bind insulin-like growth factors (SOMATOMEDINS) and modulate their mitogenic and metabolic actions at the cellular level.Ribonucleoproteins: Complexes of RNA-binding proteins with ribonucleic acids (RNA).RNA: A polynucleotide consisting essentially of chains with a repeating backbone of phosphate and ribose units to which nitrogenous bases are attached. RNA is unique among biological macromolecules in that it can encode genetic information, serve as an abundant structural component of cells, and also possesses catalytic activity. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5: One of the six homologous soluble proteins that bind insulin-like growth factors (SOMATOMEDINS) and modulate their mitogenic and metabolic actions at the cellular level.Blotting, Western: Identification of proteins or peptides that have been electrophoretically separated by blot transferring from the electrophoresis gel to strips of nitrocellulose paper, followed by labeling with antibody probes.Bacterial Proteins: Proteins found in any species of bacterium.PolynucleotidesSequence Alignment: The arrangement of two or more amino acid or base sequences from an organism or organisms in such a way as to align areas of the sequences sharing common properties. The degree of relatedness or homology between the sequences is predicted computationally or statistically based on weights assigned to the elements aligned between the sequences. This in turn can serve as a potential indicator of the genetic relatedness between the organisms.Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1: A sterol regulatory element binding protein that regulates expression of GENES involved in FATTY ACIDS metabolism and LIPOGENESIS. Two major isoforms of the protein exist due to ALTERNATIVE SPLICING.Nucleic Acid Conformation: The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a nucleic acid or polynucleotide that results in its characteristic 3-dimensional shape.Binding, Competitive: The interaction of two or more substrates or ligands with the same binding site. The displacement of one by the other is used in quantitative and selective affinity measurements.DNA, Complementary: Single-stranded complementary DNA synthesized from an RNA template by the action of RNA-dependent DNA polymerase. cDNA (i.e., complementary DNA, not circular DNA, not C-DNA) is used in a variety of molecular cloning experiments as well as serving as a specific hybridization probe.Models, Molecular: Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures.Insulin-Like Growth Factor I: A well-characterized basic peptide believed to be secreted by the liver and to circulate in the blood. It has growth-regulating, insulin-like, and mitogenic activities. This growth factor has a major, but not absolute, dependence on GROWTH HORMONE. It is believed to be mainly active in adults in contrast to INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II, which is a major fetal growth factor.Repressor Proteins: Proteins which maintain the transcriptional quiescence of specific GENES or OPERONS. Classical repressor proteins are DNA-binding proteins that are normally bound to the OPERATOR REGION of an operon, or the ENHANCER SEQUENCES of a gene until a signal occurs that causes their release.Maltose-Binding Proteins: Periplasmic proteins that bind MALTOSE and maltodextrin. They take part in the maltose transport system of BACTERIA.Polyglycolic Acid: A biocompatible polymer used as a surgical suture material.Nucleoside Diphosphate SugarsCattle: Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor.Two-Hybrid System Techniques: Screening techniques first developed in yeast to identify genes encoding interacting proteins. Variations are used to evaluate interplay between proteins and other molecules. Two-hybrid techniques refer to analysis for protein-protein interactions, one-hybrid for DNA-protein interactions, three-hybrid interactions for RNA-protein interactions or ligand-based interactions. Reverse n-hybrid techniques refer to analysis for mutations or other small molecules that dissociate known interactions.mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors: Factors that are involved in directing the cleavage and POLYADENYLATION of the of MESSENGER RNA near the site of the RNA 3' POLYADENYLATION SIGNALS.Plasmids: Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS.Gene Expression: The phenotypic manifestation of a gene or genes by the processes of GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION and GENETIC TRANSLATION.Phosphorylation: The introduction of a phosphoryl group into a compound through the formation of an ester bond between the compound and a phosphorus moiety.RNA Stability: The extent to which an RNA molecule retains its structural integrity and resists degradation by RNASE, and base-catalyzed HYDROLYSIS, under changing in vivo or in vitro conditions.Chromatography, Affinity: A chromatographic technique that utilizes the ability of biological molecules to bind to certain ligands specifically and reversibly. It is used in protein biochemistry. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)DNA, Single-Stranded: A single chain of deoxyribonucleotides that occurs in some bacteria and viruses. It usually exists as a covalently closed circle.DNA Primers: Short sequences (generally about 10 base pairs) of DNA that are complementary to sequences of messenger RNA and allow reverse transcriptases to start copying the adjacent sequences of mRNA. Primers are used extensively in genetic and molecular biology techniques.3' Untranslated Regions: The sequence at the 3' end of messenger RNA that does not code for product. This region contains transcription and translation regulating sequences.Cytoplasm: The part of a cell that contains the CYTOSOL and small structures excluding the CELL NUCLEUS; MITOCHONDRIA; and large VACUOLES. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990)Membrane Proteins: Proteins which are found in membranes including cellular and intracellular membranes. They consist of two types, peripheral and integral proteins. They include most membrane-associated enzymes, antigenic proteins, transport proteins, and drug, hormone, and lectin receptors.Liver: A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances.Polyethylene Glycols: Polymers of ETHYLENE OXIDE and water, and their ethers. They vary in consistency from liquid to solid depending on the molecular weight indicated by a number following the name. They are used as SURFACTANTS, dispersing agents, solvents, ointment and suppository bases, vehicles, and tablet excipients. Some specific groups are NONOXYNOLS, OCTOXYNOLS, and POLOXAMERS.Signal Transduction: The intracellular transfer of information (biological activation/inhibition) through a signal pathway. In each signal transduction system, an activation/inhibition signal from a biologically active molecule (hormone, neurotransmitter) is mediated via the coupling of a receptor/enzyme to a second messenger system or to an ion channel. Signal transduction plays an important role in activating cellular functions, cell differentiation, and cell proliferation. Examples of signal transduction systems are the GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID-postsynaptic receptor-calcium ion channel system, the receptor-mediated T-cell activation pathway, and the receptor-mediated activation of phospholipases. Those coupled to membrane depolarization or intracellular release of calcium include the receptor-mediated activation of cytotoxic functions in granulocytes and the synaptic potentiation of protein kinase activation. Some signal transduction pathways may be part of larger signal transduction pathways; for example, protein kinase activation is part of the platelet activation signal pathway.Somatomedins: Insulin-like polypeptides made by the liver and some fibroblasts and released into the blood when stimulated by SOMATOTROPIN. They cause sulfate incorporation into collagen, RNA, and DNA synthesis, which are prerequisites to cell division and growth of the organism.Nerve Tissue ProteinsRetinol-Binding Proteins, Cellular: A subclass of retinol-binding proteins that take part in the intracellular storage and transport of RETINOL. They are both functionally and structurally distinct from PLASMA RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS.RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional: Post-transcriptional biological modification of messenger, transfer, or ribosomal RNAs or their precursors. It includes cleavage, methylation, thiolation, isopentenylation, pseudouridine formation, conformational changes, and association with ribosomal protein.Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A species of the genus SACCHAROMYCES, family Saccharomycetaceae, order Saccharomycetales, known as "baker's" or "brewer's" yeast. The dried form is used as a dietary supplement.Protein Conformation: The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).Receptors, Cell Surface: Cell surface proteins that bind signalling molecules external to the cell with high affinity and convert this extracellular event into one or more intracellular signals that alter the behavior of the target cell (From Alberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, pp693-5). Cell surface receptors, unlike enzymes, do not chemically alter their ligands.Myelin P2 Protein: A positively charged protein found in peripheral nervous system MYELIN. Sensitive immunological techniques have demonstrated that P2 is expressed in small amounts of central nervous system myelin sheaths of some species. It is an antigen for experimental allergic neuritis (NEURITIS, EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC), the peripheral nervous system counterpart of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. (From Siegel et al., Basic Neurochemistry, 5th ed, p133)Blotting, Northern: Detection of RNA that has been electrophoretically separated and immobilized by blotting on nitrocellulose or other type of paper or nylon membrane followed by hybridization with labeled NUCLEIC ACID PROBES.Rabbits: The species Oryctolagus cuniculus, in the family Leporidae, order LAGOMORPHA. Rabbits are born in burrows, furless, and with eyes and ears closed. In contrast with HARES, rabbits have 22 chromosome pairs.Proteins: Linear POLYPEPTIDES that are synthesized on RIBOSOMES and may be further modified, crosslinked, cleaved, or assembled into complex proteins with several subunits. The specific sequence of AMINO ACIDS determines the shape the polypeptide will take, during PROTEIN FOLDING, and the function of the protein.Immunophilins: Members of a family of highly conserved proteins which are all cis-trans peptidyl-prolyl isomerases (PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE). They bind the immunosuppressant drugs CYCLOSPORINE; TACROLIMUS and SIROLIMUS. They possess rotamase activity, which is inhibited by the immunosuppressant drugs that bind to them.Tumor Cells, Cultured: Cells grown in vitro from neoplastic tissue. If they can be established as a TUMOR CELL LINE, they can be propagated in cell culture indefinitely.Trans-Activators: Diffusible gene products that act on homologous or heterologous molecules of viral or cellular DNA to regulate the expression of proteins.Cell Line, Tumor: A cell line derived from cultured tumor cells.Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction: A variation of the PCR technique in which cDNA is made from RNA via reverse transcription. The resultant cDNA is then amplified using standard PCR protocols.Neoplasm Proteins: Proteins whose abnormal expression (gain or loss) are associated with the development, growth, or progression of NEOPLASMS. Some neoplasm proteins are tumor antigens (ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM), i.e. they induce an immune reaction to their tumor. Many neoplasm proteins have been characterized and are used as tumor markers (BIOMARKERS, TUMOR) when they are detectable in cells and body fluids as monitors for the presence or growth of tumors. Abnormal expression of ONCOGENE PROTEINS is involved in neoplastic transformation, whereas the loss of expression of TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS is involved with the loss of growth control and progression of the neoplasm.Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins: Proteins obtained from the species SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE. The function of specific proteins from this organism are the subject of intense scientific interest and have been used to derive basic understanding of the functioning similar proteins in higher eukaryotes.Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G: A component of eukaryotic initiation factor-4F that is involved in multiple protein interactions at the site of translation initiation. Thus it may serve a role in bringing together various initiation factors at the site of translation initiation.Transcriptional Activation: Processes that stimulate the GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION of a gene or set of genes.Diazepam Binding Inhibitor: An 86-amino acid polypeptide, found in central and peripheral tissues, that displaces diazepam from the benzodiazepine recognition site on the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor (RECEPTORS, GABA). It also binds medium- and long-chain acyl-CoA esters and serves as an acyl-CoA transporter. This peptide regulates lipid metabolism.Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma: Retinol binding proteins that circulate in the PLASMA. They are members of the lipocalin family of proteins and play a role in the transport of RETINOL from the LIVER to the peripheral tissues. The proteins are usually found in association with TRANSTHYRETIN.Circular Dichroism: A change from planar to elliptic polarization when an initially plane-polarized light wave traverses an optically active medium. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)Calcium: A basic element found in nearly all organized tissues. It is a member of the alkaline earth family of metals with the atomic symbol Ca, atomic number 20, and atomic weight 40. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body and combines with phosphorus to form calcium phosphate in the bones and teeth. It is essential for the normal functioning of nerves and muscles and plays a role in blood coagulation (as factor IV) and in many enzymatic processes.Substrate Specificity: A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts.Structure-Activity Relationship: The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups.Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2: A sterol regulatory element binding protein that regulates GENES involved in CHOLESTEROL synthesis and uptake.Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored: Cell surface receptors that bind to and transport FOLIC ACID, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and a variety of folic acid derivatives. The receptors are essential for normal NEURAL TUBE development and transport folic acid via receptor-mediated endocytosis.Models, Biological: Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of biological processes or diseases. For disease models in living animals, DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL is available. Biological models include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment.Ligands: A molecule that binds to another molecule, used especially to refer to a small molecule that binds specifically to a larger molecule, e.g., an antigen binding to an antibody, a hormone or neurotransmitter binding to a receptor, or a substrate or allosteric effector binding to an enzyme. Ligands are also molecules that donate or accept a pair of electrons to form a coordinate covalent bond with the central metal atom of a coordination complex. (From Dorland, 27th ed)Precipitin Tests: Serologic tests in which a positive reaction manifested by visible CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION occurs when a soluble ANTIGEN reacts with its precipitins, i.e., ANTIBODIES that can form a precipitate.CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha: A CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein found in LIVER; ADIPOSE TISSUE; INTESTINES; LUNG; ADRENAL GLANDS; PLACENTA; OVARY and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR). Experiments with knock-out mice have demonstrated that CCAAT-enhancer binding protein-alpha is essential for the functioning and differentiation of HEPATOCYTES and ADIPOCYTES.Polyribosomes: A multiribosomal structure representing a linear array of RIBOSOMES held together by messenger RNA; (RNA, MESSENGER); They represent the active complexes in cellular protein synthesis and are able to incorporate amino acids into polypeptides both in vivo and in vitro. (From Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)Macromolecular Substances: Compounds and molecular complexes that consist of very large numbers of atoms and are generally over 500 kDa in size. In biological systems macromolecular substances usually can be visualized using ELECTRON MICROSCOPY and are distinguished from ORGANELLES by the lack of a membrane structure.Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins: Proteins that bind to the MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS of DNA.Protein Isoforms: Different forms of a protein that may be produced from different GENES, or from the same gene by ALTERNATIVE SPLICING.RNA Caps: Nucleic acid structures found on the 5' end of eukaryotic cellular and viral messenger RNA and some heterogeneous nuclear RNAs. These structures, which are positively charged, protect the above specified RNAs at their termini against attack by phosphatases and other nucleases and promote mRNA function at the level of initiation of translation. Analogs of the RNA caps (RNA CAP ANALOGS), which lack the positive charge, inhibit the initiation of protein synthesis.COS Cells: CELL LINES derived from the CV-1 cell line by transformation with a replication origin defective mutant of SV40 VIRUS, which codes for wild type large T antigen (ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING). They are used for transfection and cloning. (The CV-1 cell line was derived from the kidney of an adult male African green monkey (CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS).)Peptides: Members of the class of compounds composed of AMINO ACIDS joined together by peptide bonds between adjacent amino acids into linear, branched or cyclical structures. OLIGOPEPTIDES are composed of approximately 2-12 amino acids. Polypeptides are composed of approximately 13 or more amino acids. PROTEINS are linear polypeptides that are normally synthesized on RIBOSOMES.Mutagenesis, Site-Directed: Genetically engineered MUTAGENESIS at a specific site in the DNA molecule that introduces a base substitution, or an insertion or deletion.Viral Proteins: Proteins found in any species of virus.Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid: The sequential correspondence of nucleotides in one nucleic acid molecule with those of another nucleic acid molecule. Sequence homology is an indication of the genetic relatedness of different organisms and gene function.Chromatography, Gel: Chromatography on non-ionic gels without regard to the mechanism of solute discrimination.Amino Acid Motifs: Commonly observed structural components of proteins formed by simple combinations of adjacent secondary structures. A commonly observed structure may be composed of a CONSERVED SEQUENCE which can be represented by a CONSENSUS SEQUENCE.Immunoblotting: Immunologic method used for detecting or quantifying immunoreactive substances. The substance is identified by first immobilizing it by blotting onto a membrane and then tagging it with labeled antibodies.Oligodeoxyribonucleotides: A group of deoxyribonucleotides (up to 12) in which the phosphate residues of each deoxyribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the deoxyribose moieties.Cell Membrane: The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.Ribonucleases: Enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ester bonds within RNA. EC 3.1.-.Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 6: One of the six homologous soluble proteins that bind insulin-like growth factors (SOMATOMEDINS) and modulate their mitogenic and metabolic actions at the cellular level.S100 Proteins: A family of highly acidic calcium-binding proteins found in large concentration in the brain and believed to be glial in origin. They are also found in other organs in the body. They have in common the EF-hand motif (EF HAND MOTIFS) found on a number of calcium binding proteins. The name of this family derives from the property of being soluble in a 100% saturated ammonium sulfate solution.Time Factors: Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta: A CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein found in LIVER; INTESTINES; LUNG and ADIPOSE TISSUE. It is an important mediator of INTERLEUKIN-6 signaling.Apoptosis: One of the mechanisms by which CELL DEATH occurs (compare with NECROSIS and AUTOPHAGOCYTOSIS). Apoptosis is the mechanism responsible for the physiological deletion of cells and appears to be intrinsically programmed. It is characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, chromatin cleavage at regularly spaced sites, and the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA; (DNA FRAGMENTATION); at internucleosomal sites. This mode of cell death serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth.Cross-Linking Reagents: Reagents with two reactive groups, usually at opposite ends of the molecule, that are capable of reacting with and thereby forming bridges between side chains of amino acids in proteins; the locations of naturally reactive areas within proteins can thereby be identified; may also be used for other macromolecules, like glycoproteins, nucleic acids, or other.Polylysine: A peptide which is a homopolymer of lysine.Insulin-Like Growth Factor II: A well-characterized neutral peptide believed to be secreted by the LIVER and to circulate in the BLOOD. It has growth-regulating, insulin-like and mitogenic activities. The growth factor has a major, but not absolute, dependence on SOMATOTROPIN. It is believed to be a major fetal growth factor in contrast to INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I, which is a major growth factor in adults.Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing: A broad category of carrier proteins that play a role in SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION. They generally contain several modular domains, each of which having its own binding activity, and act by forming complexes with other intracellular-signaling molecules. Signal-transducing adaptor proteins lack enzyme activity, however their activity can be modulated by other signal-transducing enzymesElectrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay: An electrophoretic technique for assaying the binding of one compound to another. Typically one compound is labeled to follow its mobility during electrophoresis. If the labeled compound is bound by the other compound, then the mobility of the labeled compound through the electrophoretic medium will be retarded.PhosphoproteinsInterferon Inducers: Agents that promote the production and release of interferons. They include mitogens, lipopolysaccharides, and the synthetic polymers Poly A-U and Poly I-C. Viruses, bacteria, and protozoa have been also known to induce interferons.Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins: Proteins and peptides that are involved in SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION within the cell. Included here are peptides and proteins that regulate the activity of TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS and cellular processes in response to signals from CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS. Intracellular signaling peptide and proteins may be part of an enzymatic signaling cascade or act through binding to and modifying the action of other signaling factors.RNA, Small Interfering: Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs (21-31 nucleotides) involved in GENE SILENCING functions, especially RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAi). Endogenously, siRNAs are generated from dsRNAs (RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED) by the same ribonuclease, Dicer, that generates miRNAs (MICRORNAS). The perfect match of the siRNAs' antisense strand to their target RNAs mediates RNAi by siRNA-guided RNA cleavage. siRNAs fall into different classes including trans-acting siRNA (tasiRNA), repeat-associated RNA (rasiRNA), small-scan RNA (scnRNA), and Piwi protein-interacting RNA (piRNA) and have different specific gene silencing functions.Calbindins: Calcium-binding proteins that are found in DISTAL KIDNEY TUBULES, INTESTINES, BRAIN, and other tissues where they bind, buffer and transport cytoplasmic calcium. Calbindins possess a variable number of EF-HAND MOTIFS which contain calcium-binding sites. Some isoforms are regulated by VITAMIN D.Genes, Reporter: Genes whose expression is easily detectable and therefore used to study promoter activity at many positions in a target genome. In recombinant DNA technology, these genes may be attached to a promoter region of interest.Microfilament Proteins: Monomeric subunits of primarily globular ACTIN and found in the cytoplasmic matrix of almost all cells. They are often associated with microtubules and may play a role in cytoskeletal function and/or mediate movement of the cell or the organelles within the cell.Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Proteins: Sterol regulatory element binding proteins are basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factors that bind the sterol regulatory element TCACNCCAC. They are synthesized as precursors that are threaded into the MEMBRANES of the ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM.Peptide Initiation Factors: Protein factors uniquely required during the initiation phase of protein synthesis in GENETIC TRANSLATION.Exoribonucleases: A family of enzymes that catalyze the exonucleolytic cleavage of RNA. It includes EC 3.1.13.-, EC 3.1.14.-, EC 3.1.15.-, and EC 3.1.16.-. EC 3.1.-Conserved Sequence: A sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide or of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is similar across multiple species. A known set of conserved sequences is represented by a CONSENSUS SEQUENCE. AMINO ACID MOTIFS are often composed of conserved sequences.Peptide Fragments: Partial proteins formed by partial hydrolysis of complete proteins or generated through PROTEIN ENGINEERING techniques.RNA Interference: A gene silencing phenomenon whereby specific dsRNAs (RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED) trigger the degradation of homologous mRNA (RNA, MESSENGER). The specific dsRNAs are processed into SMALL INTERFERING RNA (siRNA) which serves as a guide for cleavage of the homologous mRNA in the RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX. DNA METHYLATION may also be triggered during this process.Transcobalamins: A group of carrier proteins which bind with VITAMIN B12 in the BLOOD and aid in its transport. Transcobalamin I migrates electrophoretically as a beta-globulin, while transcobalamins II and III migrate as alpha-globulins.Cell Differentiation: Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs.Immunoprecipitation: The aggregation of soluble ANTIGENS with ANTIBODIES, alone or with antibody binding factors such as ANTI-ANTIBODIES or STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A, into complexes large enough to fall out of solution.Mice, Inbred C57BLEscherichia coli Proteins: Proteins obtained from ESCHERICHIA COLI.Temperature: The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.Cytosol: Intracellular fluid from the cytoplasm after removal of ORGANELLES and other insoluble cytoplasmic components.Mice, Knockout: Strains of mice in which certain GENES of their GENOMES have been disrupted, or "knocked-out". To produce knockouts, using RECOMBINANT DNA technology, the normal DNA sequence of the gene being studied is altered to prevent synthesis of a normal gene product. Cloned cells in which this DNA alteration is successful are then injected into mouse EMBRYOS to produce chimeric mice. The chimeric mice are then bred to yield a strain in which all the cells of the mouse contain the disrupted gene. Knockout mice are used as EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS for diseases (DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL) and to clarify the functions of the genes.Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid: Nucleic acid sequences involved in regulating the expression of genes.Sequence Deletion: Deletion of sequences of nucleic acids from the genetic material of an individual.Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2: A DNA-binding protein that interacts with methylated CPG ISLANDS. It plays a role in repressing GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION and is frequently mutated in RETT SYNDROME.Immunohistochemistry: Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents.Y-Box-Binding Protein 1: Y-box-binding protein 1 was originally identified as a DNA-binding protein that interacts with Y-box PROMOTER REGIONS of MHC CLASS II GENES. It is a highly conserved transcription factor that regulates expression of a wide variety of GENES.Fibroblasts: Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules.Nucleic Acid Hybridization: Widely used technique which exploits the ability of complementary sequences in single-stranded DNAs or RNAs to pair with each other to form a double helix. Hybridization can take place between two complimentary DNA sequences, between a single-stranded DNA and a complementary RNA, or between two RNA sequences. The technique is used to detect and isolate specific sequences, measure homology, or define other characteristics of one or both strands. (Kendrew, Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, 1994, p503)Histones: Small chromosomal proteins (approx 12-20 kD) possessing an open, unfolded structure and attached to the DNA in cell nuclei by ionic linkages. Classification into the various types (designated histone I, histone II, etc.) is based on the relative amounts of arginine and lysine in each.Polymerase Chain Reaction: In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships.Acute-Phase Proteins: Proteins that are secreted into the blood in increased or decreased quantities by hepatocytes in response to trauma, inflammation, or disease. These proteins can serve as inhibitors or mediators of the inflammatory processes. Certain acute-phase proteins have been used to diagnose and follow the course of diseases or as tumor markers.Plant Proteins: Proteins found in plants (flowers, herbs, shrubs, trees, etc.). The concept does not include proteins found in vegetables for which VEGETABLE PROTEINS is available.Biological Transport: The movement of materials (including biochemical substances and drugs) through a biological system at the cellular level. The transport can be across cell membranes and epithelial layers. It also can occur within intracellular compartments and extracellular compartments.Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E: A peptide initiation factor that binds specifically to the 5' MRNA CAP STRUCTURE of MRNA in the CYTOPLASM. It is a component of the trimeric complex EIF4F.Consensus Sequence: A theoretical representative nucleotide or amino acid sequence in which each nucleotide or amino acid is the one which occurs most frequently at that site in the different sequences which occur in nature. The phrase also refers to an actual sequence which approximates the theoretical consensus. A known CONSERVED SEQUENCE set is represented by a consensus sequence. Commonly observed supersecondary protein structures (AMINO ACID MOTIFS) are often formed by conserved sequences.Calsequestrin: Acidic protein found in SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM that binds calcium to the extent of 700-900 nmoles/mg. It plays the role of sequestering calcium transported to the interior of the intracellular vesicle.RNA Precursors: RNA transcripts of the DNA that are in some unfinished stage of post-transcriptional processing (RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL) required for function. RNA precursors may undergo several steps of RNA SPLICING during which the phosphodiester bonds at exon-intron boundaries are cleaved and the introns are excised. Consequently a new bond is formed between the ends of the exons. Resulting mature RNAs can then be used; for example, mature mRNA (RNA, MESSENGER) is used as a template for protein production.Tissue Distribution: Accumulation of a drug or chemical substance in various organs (including those not relevant to its pharmacologic or therapeutic action). This distribution depends on the blood flow or perfusion rate of the organ, the ability of the drug to penetrate organ membranes, tissue specificity, protein binding. The distribution is usually expressed as tissue to plasma ratios.Chickens: Common name for the species Gallus gallus, the domestic fowl, in the family Phasianidae, order GALLIFORMES. It is descended from the red jungle fowl of SOUTHEAST ASIA.
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Spindle Apparatus
Centrosome
3T3 Cells
HCT116 Cells
Cell Line, Transformed
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Oocytes
Embryo, Mammalian
Schizosaccharomyces
Caulobacter crescentus
Life Cycle Stages
Caulobacter
Mice, Nude
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Breast Neoplasms
Cyclins
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
Retinoblastoma Protein
CDC2 Protein Kinase
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2
Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
Cyclin E
Cyclin A
Cyclin B
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
CDC2-CDC28 Kinases
cdc25 Phosphatases
E2F Transcription Factors
Cyclin B1
Cyclin D
Bromodeoxyuridine
E2F1 Transcription Factor
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteins
Fungal Proteins
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
Microtubule-Associated Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Hydroxyurea
Transcription Factor DP1
Mimosine
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes
Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome
Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
Nocodazole
Cyclin A2
CDC28 Protein Kinase, S cerevisiae
Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
Checkpoint Kinase 2
S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins
Thymidine
Aphidicolin
Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
Cyclin G
Growth Inhibitors
Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
Kinetin
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2
DNA, Fungal
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Drosophila Proteins
Oncogene Proteins
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
Geminin
Ki-67 Antigen
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Gene Knockdown Techniques
Mitotic Index
G1 Phase
S Phase
G2 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints
Genes, cdc
Estrous Cycle
S Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints
Down-Regulation
M Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
Genes, Fungal
Genes, p53
Ultraviolet Rays
Cell Size
Gene Silencing
Cell Growth Processes
Chemicals and DrugsPhenomena and Processes
Cell CycleOxidative StressCell DeathHydrogen PeroxideAntioxidantsReactive Oxygen SpeciesLipid PeroxidationCell Cycle ProteinsCell SurvivalOxidation-ReductionCell Cycle CheckpointsG1 PhaseS PhaseMitosisCyclinsCell DivisionMenstrual CycleG2 PhaseCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21ApoptosisCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Retinoblastoma ProteinCell ProliferationG2 Phase Cell Cycle CheckpointsG0 Phase
The inflammatory condition of malignant tumors continually exposes cancer cells to reactive oxygen species, an oxidizing condition that leads to the activation of the antioxidant defense system. (hindawi.com)
Studies have demonstrated that radiation may generate oxygen free radicals, resulting in the generation of excessive reactive oxygen species that induce oxidative stress in cells and tissues [ 13 ]. (hindawi.com)
The chemotherapy induced gastrointestinal mucositis involves not only the direct injury to intestinal basal stem cells, but also a consequence of complex biological events, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, immune cells infiltration, and proinflammatory cytokines oversecretion [ 14 ]. (hindawi.com)
Mouse Mafg gene is induced by oxidative stresses (e.g. reactive oxygen species and electrophilic compounds) or the presence of bile acids. (wikipedia.org)
This is done by the generation of reactive oxygen intermediates such as hydrogen peroxide and superoxide which cause oxidative stress by damaging DNA directly or alternatively targeting other constituents of the cell cycle such as DNA recombination and repair machinery. (wikipedia.org)
The radiosensitivity of satellite cells: cell cycle regulation, apoptosis and oxidative stress. (biomedsearch.com)
The main objective of this study was to examine the effects of clinically relevant doses of γ radiation on satellite cell survival and proliferation, cell cycle regulation, apoptosis, DNA double-strand break repair, oxidative stress and NO production. (biomedsearch.com)
Overall, our findings demonstrate that doses of γ radiation ≥5 Gy reduced satellite cell numbers by at least 70% due in part to elevated apoptosis and the inhibition of cell cycle progression. (biomedsearch.com)
The combination treatment triggered apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells by activating the intrinsic pathway and causing S phase arrest during cell cycle progression. (hindawi.com)
The reduction in CD11b+ macrophages and IFN-γ-producing T cells was due to reduced proliferative expansion and not to enhanced apoptosis or to altered distribution of these cells between spleen, blood, and the lymphatic system. (jci.org)
It was found that the cell viability of H9c2 cells exposed to X-ray radiation was significantly decreased in a dose-dependent manner and was associated with cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase as well as apoptosis. (hindawi.com)
STS treatment significantly reversed the morphological changes, attenuated radiation-induced apoptosis, and improved the antioxidant activity in the H9c2 cells. (hindawi.com)
STS could protect the cells from X-ray-induced cell cycle arrest, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. (hindawi.com)
Neurons subject to loss of synaptic connections, chronic exposure to oxidative stress or stress hormones like glucocorticoids will exit G0 and reenter into a cell cycle that is abortive and leads to cell death through apoptosis. (wikipedia.org)
Since the cell is unable to complete the cell cycle, it dies via apoptosis (Meikrantz et al. (wikipedia.org)
2007). Other aberrations in cell cycle dynamics influence cell senescence, oxidative stress, and misregulated apoptosis (Franco et al. (wikipedia.org)
However, in the AD brain, neurons do not show signs of apoptosis as would be expected under conditions of acute oxidative stress (Perry et al. (wikipedia.org)
1998). Instead, it is proposed that after being subjected to oxidative injury, AD neurons possess genetic defects which allow them to enter and stay in G1 instead of proceeding towards apoptosis. (wikipedia.org)
This adaptive response produces an "oxidative steady state" in the AD neuron, characterized by relatively low intracellular concentrations of oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide which explains the reduced levels of neuronal apoptosis (Wiese et al. (wikipedia.org)
Depending on this modified state, FOXO4 binding affinity for DNA is altered, allowing for FOXO4 to regulate many cellular pathways including oxidative stress signaling, longevity, insulin signaling, cell cycle progression, and apoptosis. (wikipedia.org)
To receive news and publication updates for Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, enter your email address in the box below. (hindawi.com)
However, when their concentrations exceed normal physiological levels they damage cellular macromolecules and cause oxidative stress. (embopress.org)
In the case of the formation of COX products, particularly prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ) and PGD 2 , humans have evolved two sets of biosynthetic enzymes that differ not only in their cell- and tissue-specific localization, but also in their subcellular localization and requirement for reduced glutathione, a cellular defense against oxidative damage. (jci.org)
Second, the potential cellular oxidative damage that is produced as a by-product of the use of oxygen and lipid substrates is examined. (jci.org)
Further this research involves a variety of techniques including histology, state of the art molecular and cell biology and cellular and animal models of disease that are directed toward diagnostic, mechanistic, and therapeutic strategies. (wikipedia.org)
The proteasomal degradation pathway is essential for many cellular processes, including the cell cycle, the regulation of gene expression, and responses to oxidative stress. (wikipedia.org)
The ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione within cells is often used as a measure of cellular oxidative stress. (wikipedia.org)
This oxidant condition enables tumor cells to maintain the energy required for growth, proliferation, and evasion of cell death. (hindawi.com)
The knock out and rescued cells were rigorously characterized by analyzing morphology, proliferation, colony forming abilities and responses to oxidative stress and chemotherapeutic agents. (biomedcentral.com)
The knock out cells had increased proliferation and colony forming abilities compared to wild type cells, consistent with clinical observations indicating that PAX6 functions as a tumor-suppressor. (biomedcentral.com)
It does this by causing cell cycle arrest between the Go and S phases, preventing cell proliferation, as well as by inhibiting metastasis by downregulating vimentin. (wikipedia.org)
These glutamate receptors are suggested to play a role in modulating gene expression in glial cells, both during the proliferation and differentiation of glial precursor cells in brain development and in mature glial cells. (wikipedia.org)
The cell cycle can be disturbed by the action of pyocyanin as well as hinder the proliferation of lymphocytes. (wikipedia.org)
Boyd-Kimball D, Sultana R, Mohammad HA, Butterfield DA (2005) γ-Glutamylcysteine ethyl ester-induced up-regulation of glutathione protects neurons against Aβ(1-42)-mediated oxidative stress and neurotoxicity: implications for Alzheimer's disease. (springer.com)
Cells make glutathione in two adenosine triphosphate-dependent steps: First, gamma-glutamylcysteine is synthesized from L-glutamate and cysteine via the enzyme gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (glutamate cysteine ligase, GCL). (wikipedia.org)
While all animal cells are capable of synthesizing glutathione, glutathione synthesis in the liver has been shown to be essential. (wikipedia.org)
Such a reaction is probable due to the relatively high concentration of glutathione in cells (up to 7 mM in the liver). (wikipedia.org)
induce
Acute oxidative injury in most mature neurons will induce the neurons to enter G1 along an apoptotic pathway. (wikipedia.org)
At six months post-radiation, increased T cells were observed in the adipose tissues. (mdpi.com)
The age estimator was developed using 8,000 samples from 82 Illumina DNA methylation array datasets, encompassing 51 healthy tissues and cell types. (wikipedia.org)
Salient features of Horvath's epigenetic clock include its high accuracy and its applicability to a broad spectrum of tissues and cell types. (wikipedia.org)
In addition, antiquitin plays a role in protecting cells and tissues from the damaging effects of osmotic stress, presumably through the generation of osmolytes. (wikipedia.org)
Three sMaf genes are widely expressed in various cell types and tissues under differential transcriptional regulation. (wikipedia.org)
LDH is expressed extensively in body tissues, such as blood cells and heart muscle. (wikipedia.org)
The aim of the present study was to develop a PAX6 knock out cell line as a tool for molecular studies of the roles PAX6 have in attenuating glioblastoma tumor progression. (biomedcentral.com)
The U251 N PAX6 knock out cell lines generated can be used as a tool to study the molecular functions and mechanisms of PAX6 as a tumor suppressor with regard to tumor progression and treatment of glioblastoma. (biomedcentral.com)
Antiquitin function and subcellular localization are closely linked, as it functions in detoxification in the cytosol, lysine catabolism in the mitochondrion, and cell cycle progression in the nucleus. (wikipedia.org)
In the present study, the neuroprotective properties of TQ were investigated by studying its anti-apoptotic potential to diminish β-amyloid peptide 1-40 sequence (Aβ 1-40 )-induced neuronal cell death in primary cultured cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs). (springer.com)
Neurons typically remain in G0, a nondividing, nonreplicating phase of the cell cycle. (wikipedia.org)
2005). Thus, the cell-cycle hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease considers AD as a disease of deregulation of the cell cycle in neurons. (wikipedia.org)
Cell cycle markers cyclin D, Cdk4, and Ki67 are found in elevated levels in AD neurons, signifying the transition to G1 (McShea et al. (wikipedia.org)
1995). Persistent oxidative stress in pre-AD and AD cases may result in an irreversible oxidative steady state, in which neurons which have neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) can survive for decades (Morsch et al. (wikipedia.org)
1999). AD NFT-bearing neurons have been shown to under or over-expression of over 225 genes which have protein products involved in oxidative stress (Dunckley et al. (wikipedia.org)
Research shows that glutamate receptors are present in CNS glial cells as well as neurons. (wikipedia.org)
The importance of proteolytic degradation inside cells and the role of ubiquitin in proteolytic pathways was acknowledged in the award of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose. (wikipedia.org)
Pathways which are affected by pyocyanin include the electron transport chain, vesicular transport, and cell growth. (wikipedia.org)
Eukaryotic organisms (animals, plants, fungi and protists) store most of their DNA inside the cell nucleus and some of their DNA in organelles, such as mitochondria or chloroplasts. (wikipedia.org)
Mitochondria play a huge role in the cycling of pyocyanin between its redox states. (wikipedia.org)
Cells react to increased oxidant levels by arresting in the cell cycle, adjusting metabolism and through induction of antioxidant proteins. (embopress.org)
This duality is typified by signaling cascade that (a) prevents the activation of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) in resting cells and (b) results in the formation and release of leukotrienes (LTs), which requires the sequential activation and interaction of at least eight different proteins. (jci.org)
Proteasomes are part of a major mechanism by which cells regulate the concentration of particular proteins and degrade misfolded proteins. (wikipedia.org)
Before the discovery of the ubiquitin proteasome system, protein degradation in cells was thought to rely mainly on lysosomes, membrane-bound organelles with acidic and protease-filled interiors that can degrade and then recycle exogenous proteins and aged or damaged organelles. (wikipedia.org)
An enhanced susceptibility to pyocyanin is seen in cells which have mutation in certain proteins or complexes. (wikipedia.org)
Vacuolar- ATPase in yeast cells is a particularly potent target as it is the main non-mitochondrial producer of ATP but also has numerous other functions such as calcium homeostatic control, the facilitation of receptor-mediated endocytosis and the degradation of proteins. (wikipedia.org)
In simple terms, the protein produced by the ATM gene recognizes that there is a break in DNA, recruits other proteins to fix the break, and stops the cell from making new DNA until the repair is complete. (wikipedia.org)
tumor cells
In HER-2 positive tumor cells, increasing FOXO4 activity reduces tumor size. (wikipedia.org)
Glutamate receptors are synaptic receptors located primarily on the membranes of neuronal cells. (wikipedia.org)
These receptors can be found on the dendrites of postsynaptic cells and bind to glutamate released into the synaptic cleft by presynaptic cells. (wikipedia.org)
neuronal cell
1995). In the past decade, research has shown that neuronal cell cycle reentry plays a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of AD. (wikipedia.org)
These gene lists proved to be partly overlapping and encompassed genes related to neurotransmission, lipid metabolism, neuronal development, insulin secretion, oxidative damage and DNA repair. (biomedcentral.com)
This secondary source of ROS generation is sustained due to activation of the transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) signaling pathway, which is known to upregulate NOX4 expression and downregulate antioxidant genes through the activation of transcription factors and epigenetic remodeling in fibroblast cells [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. (mdpi.com)
chemotherapeutic agents
Cell cycle distribution and sensitivity to H 2 O 2 induced oxidative stress were further studied, as well as the effect of different chemotherapeutic agents. (biomedcentral.com)
Chemotherapy treatment is known to generate oxidative stress, hence the effect of several chemotherapeutic agents were tested. (biomedcentral.com)
Most chemotherapeutic agents target rapidly dividing cells indiscriminately, either malignant or healthy, including intestinal basal stem cells in crypts [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
The localization of the human Aß epitope within mature neuroectodermally differentiated embryonal carcinoma (P19) cells, stably transfected with the cDNA coding for a wild form human amyloid ß-protein precursor (AßPP 751) was investigated. (iospress.com)
Antiquitin may also play a protective role for DNA in cell growth, as the protein is found to be up-regulated during the G1-S phase transition, which undergoes the highest degree of oxidative stress in the cell cycle. (wikipedia.org)
Many different kinds of cancers have been observed to contain mutations that promote AKT phosphorylation, and thus the inactivation of FOXOs, effectively preventing proper cell cycle regulation. (wikipedia.org)
Glutamate receptors are responsible for the glutamate-mediated postsynaptic excitation of neural cells, and are important for neural communication, memory formation, learning, and regulation. (wikipedia.org)
Cells counteract oxidative stress by altering metabolism, cell cycle and gene expression. (embopress.org)
Interestingly, PAX6 knock out cells were more resilient to H 2 O 2 induced oxidative stress than wild type cells. (biomedcentral.com)
Cell Adhesion & Migration. (wikipedia.org)
Skeletal muscles are the organ of movement, and their growth, regeneration and maintenance are dependent in large part on a population of myogenic stem cells known as satellite cells. (biomedsearch.com)
Skeletal muscles and these resident myogenic stem cells (i.e., satellite cells) are commonly exposed to significant doses of radiation during diagnostic procedures and/or during the radiotherapeutic management of cancer. (biomedsearch.com)
Stem Cells. (wikipedia.org)
FOXO4 activates the cell cycle dependent kinase inhibitor, P27, which in turn prevents tumors from progressing into G1. (wikipedia.org)
glial
Malignant gliomas are tumors of glial cell origin. (biomedcentral.com)
We believe that one of the reasons MnTE-2-PyP is a potent radioprotector is due to its protection of multiple cell types from radiation damage. (mdpi.com)
Babazadeh B, Sadeghnia HR, Kapurchal ES, Parsaee H, Nasri S, Zahra TN (2012) Protective effect of Nigella sativa and thymoquinone on serum/glucose deprivation-induced DNA damage in PC12 cells. (springer.com)
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. (wikipedia.org)
We discovered interesting differences in the sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs (Temozolomide, Withaferin A and Sulforaphane) between the PAX6 expressing and non-expressing cells. (biomedcentral.com)
The intracellular accumulation of highly phosphorylated tau is linked to the cell cycle and cell cycle dependent kinases (McShea et al. (wikipedia.org)
Bone marrow: An extra-pancreatic hideout for the elusive pancreatic stem cell? (jci.org)
The yeast scERV1 gene had been found to be essential for oxidative phosphorylation, the maintenance of mitochondrial genomes, and the cell division cycle. (wikipedia.org)
We found that MV-infected mice were more susceptible to infection with Listeria and that this corresponded with significantly decreased numbers of macrophages and neutrophils in the spleen and substantial defects in IFN-γ production by CD4+ T cells. (jci.org)
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells (animals, plants, and prokaryotes). (wikipedia.org)
oxidant
Moreover, Tpo1 determines a cell cycle delay during adaptation to increased oxidant levels, and affects H 2 O 2 tolerance. (embopress.org)
Thus, rapidly proliferating cells, for example, cancer cells or infective bacterial cells, have to compensate increased oxidant amounts, rendering them sensitive to pro‐oxidant therapies [ 6 , 7 ]. (embopress.org)
The results show that the combination of a prooxidant/antioxidant had a cytotoxic effect on HuH7 and HepG2 liver cancer cells, but not on either of two normal human epithelial cell lines or on primary hepatocytes. (hindawi.com)
It converts pyruvate, the final product of glycolysis, to lactate when oxygen is absent or in short supply, and it performs the reverse reaction during the Cori cycle in the liver. (wikipedia.org)
Eukaryotic
Within eukaryotic cells DNA is organized into long structures called chromosomes. (wikipedia.org)
Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. (wikipedia.org)
The cell-cycle hypothesis of AD proposes a 2-hit hypothesis that results in neuron "immortality," and continual production of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles to cause AD. (wikipedia.org)
An epigenetic clock is a type of DNA clock based on measuring natural DNA methylation levels to estimate the biological age of a tissue, cell type or organ. (wikipedia.org)
Organismal growth (and concomitant cell division) leads to a high ticking rate of the epigenetic clock that slows down to a constant ticking rate (linear dependence) after adulthood (age 20). (wikipedia.org)
Radiation also resulted in changes to T cells. (mdpi.com)
Thus, MnTE-2-PyP treatment maintains normal fibroblast function and T cell immunity months after radiation exposure. (mdpi.com)
The present study was designed to elucidate the key parameters associated with X-ray radiation induced oxidative stress and the effects of STS on X-ray-induced toxicity in H9c2 cardiomyocytes. (hindawi.com)
STS significantly increased the Bcl-2 and Bcl-2/Bax levels and decreased the Bax and caspase-3 levels, compared with the cells treated with radiation alone. (hindawi.com)
Viral transduction of a doxycycline inducible EGFP-PAX6 expression vector was used to re-introduce (rescue) PAX6 expression in the PAX6 knock out cells. (biomedcentral.com)
Generally, interactions between GSH and other molecules with higher relative electrophilicity deplete GSH levels within the cell. (wikipedia.org)
In high concentrations, the organic molecule diethyl maleate fully depleted GSH levels in cells. (wikipedia.org)
phase of the cell cycle
For the PAX6 knock out cells, the percentage of cells in G2/M phase increased compared to PAX6 control cells, indicating that PAX6 keeps U251 N cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. (biomedcentral.com)
controlling oxidative stress
In the Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine (March, 2014) the research findings indicate the ability of royal jelly to help maintain blood sugar levels while controlling oxidative stress. (halalfoodmaster.com)
Air pollutants like particulate matter (PM), ozone (O3), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and lead (Pb) can affect the lung in numerous ways like inflammation, oxidative stress, and cell cycle death. (indianexpress.com)
Background Cardiac stress may trigger production of the 40\kDa peptide fragment produced from the amino terminus from the cardiac myosin\binding protein C. function, cell viability, hypertrophy, or possibility of success. (biomasswars.com)
Oikawa S, Kawanishi S. Site-specific DNA damage at GGG sequence by oxidative stress may accelerate telomere shortening. (springer.com)
Overall, this systems approach serves to explain a number of apparent paradoxes of serum ferritin, including (i) why it correlates with biomarkers of cell damage, (ii) why it correlates with biomarkers of hydroxyl radical formation (and oxidative stress) and (iii) therefore why it correlates with the presence and/or severity of numerous diseases. (rsc.org)
This leads to suggestions for how one might exploit the corollaries of the recognition that serum ferritin levels mainly represent a consequence of cell stress and damage. (rsc.org)
Acts as an antioxidant by reducing oxidative stress. (teaology.co.nz)
As an antioxidant, curcumin protects normal lung cells from oxidative stress and also aids in terminating lung cancer cells. (turmericforhealth.com)
al have proven that curcumin causes apoptosis or cell death in lung adenocarcinoma cells and this was accompanied by changes in oxidative stress levels (balance between prooxidant and antioxidant agents). (turmericforhealth.com)
This pathway normally regulates stress-induced cell death. (wikipedia.org)
It was shown that Daxx associates with Pml only when exposed to high oxidative stress or UV-irradiation. (wikipedia.org)
Amino acids also contribute to cellular energy metabolism by providing a carbon source for entry into the citric acid cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle), especially when a primary source of energy, such as glucose, is scarce, or when cells undergo metabolic stress. (wikipedia.org)
The ABL1 proto-oncogene encodes a cytoplasmic and nuclear protein tyrosine kinase that has been implicated in processes of cell differentiation, cell division, cell adhesion, and stress response. (wikipedia.org)
citation needed] In September 2007, the New York Academy of Sciences held a conference in honor of Dr. Blass, 'Mitochondria and Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Disorders', which was also a satellite meeting of the International Society of Neurochemistry. (wikipedia.org)
and examining the possible role of the pigment in protecting the cell from oxidative stress damage. (wikipedia.org)
β-carotene and lycopene are the precursors of vitamin A and play a significant role in the inhibition of oxidative stress. (wikipedia.org)
C. albicans has a parasexual cycle that appears to be stimulated by environmental stress. (wikipedia.org)
In order to survive in the hostile intracellular environment of the macrophage, one of the responses of C. neoformans is to upregulate genes employed in responses to oxidative stress. (wikipedia.org)
tricarboxylic acid
In addition to the Warburg effect, glioblastoma tumor cells also utilize the tricarboxylic acid cycle/oxidative phosphorylation in a different capacity than normal tissue. (pitt.edu)
Evans MD, Cooke MS. Factors contributing to the outcome of oxidative damage to nucleic acids. (springer.com)
Metabolism is usually divided into two categories: catabolism, the breaking down of organic matter for example, the breaking down of glucose to pyruvate, by cellular respiration, and anabolism, the building up of components of cells such as proteins and nucleic acids. (wikipedia.org)
For example, the set of carboxylic acids that are best known as the intermediates in the citric acid cycle are present in all known organisms, being found in species as diverse as the unicellular bacterium Escherichia coli and huge multicellular organisms like elephants. (wikipedia.org)
In non-photosynthetic eukaryotes such as animals, insects, fungi, and protozoa, as well as the α-proteobacteria group of bacteria, the committed step for porphyrin biosynthesis is the formation of δ-aminolevulinic acid (δ-ALA, 5-ALA or dALA) by the reaction of the amino acid glycine with succinyl-CoA from the citric acid cycle. (wikipedia.org)
The isoforms IDH1 and IDH2 catalyze the same reaction outside the context of the citric acid cycle and use NADP+ as a cofactor instead of NAD+. (wikipedia.org)
The IDH step of the citric acid cycle, due to its large negative free energy change, is one of the irreversible reactions in the citric acid cycle, and, therefore, must be carefully regulated to avoid unnecessary depletion of isocitrate (and therefore an accumulation of alpha-ketoglutarate). (wikipedia.org)
The reaction is stimulated by the simple mechanisms of substrate availability (isocitrate, NAD+ or NADP+, Mg2+ / Mn2+ ), product inhibition (by NADH (or NADPH outside the citric acid cycle) and alpha-ketoglutarate), and competitive feedback inhibition (by ATP). (wikipedia.org)
Within the citric acid cycle, isocitrate, produced from the isomerization of citrate, undergoes both oxidation and decarboxylation. (wikipedia.org)
mitochondrial
The metabolic shift towards aerobic glycolysis with reprogramming of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, regardless of oxygen availability, is a phenomenon known as the Warburg effect. (pitt.edu)
Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA are thought to be of separate evolutionary origin, with the mtDNA being derived from the circular genomes of the bacteria that were engulfed by the early ancestors of today's eukaryotic cells. (wikipedia.org)
In general, diatomic gases only bind to the reduced heme, as ferrous Fe(II) while most peroxidases cycle between Fe(III) and Fe(IV) and hemeproteins involved in mitochondrial redox, oxidation-reduction, cycle between Fe(II) and Fe(III). (wikipedia.org)
Exogenous PUFA and a TRPC3 antagonist regularly attenuated breasts cancer tumor cell proliferation and migration, recommending a mechanism where PUFA restrains the breasts cancer partially via its inhibition of TRPC stations. (cancercurehere.com)
These studies reveal diverse responses of TF to oxidative damage in promoters that can have either no effect, induce a full or partial inhibition or, in some cases, actually enhance binding depending on the particular TF-promoter system under investigation and the location of the damage within the promoter element. (springer.com)
Serum ferritin is also a well known inflammatory marker, but it is unclear whether serum ferritin reflects or causes inflammation, or whether it is involved in an inflammatory cycle. (rsc.org)
15-d-Δ12,14-PGJ2, Δ12-PGJ2, and PGJ2 share a common mono-unsaturated cyclopentenone structure as well as a set of similar biological activities including the ability to suppress inflammation responses and the growth as well as survival of cells, particularly those of cancerous or neurological origin. (wikipedia.org)
of TRPC decreased the cell routine S stage and cell migration, implicating an operating function for TRP-mediated Ca2+ entrance in cell proliferation and invasion. (cancercurehere.com)
Ca2+ entrance via turned on TRPC was improved when PUFA had been absent, recommending a double-gating system for Danshensu TRPC which may be involved with MCF breasts cancer tumor cell proliferation and invasion. (cancercurehere.com)
Another study also proves that curcuminoid prevents the proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma cells by inducing formation of reactive oxygen species and damaging cancer cells. (turmericforhealth.com)
TGF-β regulates a variety of different cellular developmental processes including growth, differentiation, proliferation, and cell death. (wikipedia.org)
Ectopic expression of the embryonic transcription factor, NANOG, is shown to reverse senescence and restore the proliferation and differentiation potential of senescent stem cells. (wikipedia.org)
Found in the nucleus of every cell, building blocks from which every organism is built, gene information, & can act as receptors for drug molecules. (cram.com)
Free radicals have extra electrons around them that bombard the molecules of cell membranes which leads to cell damage. (teaology.co.nz)
At the level of the cell, Daxx is found in the cytoplasm, interacting with Fas-receptor or other cytoplasmic molecules, as well as in the nucleus, where it is interacting with some subnuclear structures. (wikipedia.org)
As these molecules are vital for life, metabolic reactions either focus on making these molecules during the construction of cells and tissues, or by breaking them down and using them as a source of energy, by their digestion. (wikipedia.org)
The invading C. neoformans cells may be killed by the release of oxidative and nitrosative molecules by these macrophages. (wikipedia.org)
Curcumin derivatives are also found to sensitize lung cancer cells to chemotherapy due to their antioxidant property and reduces drug resistance. (turmericforhealth.com)
As an antioxidant curcumin helps destroy lung cancer cells and also reverses drug resistance. (turmericforhealth.com)
Cells can also be induced to senesce via DNA damage in response to elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS), activation of oncogenes and cell-cell fusion, independent of telomere length. (wikipedia.org)
reactive oxygen
Studies have shown that hyperandrogenism could be caused by a reaction between ovarian theca cells and reactive oxygen species. (wikipedia.org)
Proteins are also important in cell signaling, immune responses, cell adhesion, active transport across membranes, and the cell cycle. (wikipedia.org)
Additionally, our outcomes also claim that TRPC3 shows up as a fresh mediator of breasts cancer tumor cell migration/invasion and represents a potential focus on for a fresh course of anticancer agent. (cancercurehere.com)
Within this research, we discovered the functional appearance of TRPC3 in individual MCF-7 breasts cancer tumor cell-mediated Ca2+ entrance. (cancercurehere.com)
Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) (EC 1.1.1.42) and (EC 1.1.1.41) is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate, producing alpha-ketoglutarate (α-ketoglutarate) and CO2. (wikipedia.org)
enzyme activators bind to enzymes and increase their enzymatic activity, while enzyme substrates bind and are converted to products in the normal catalytic cycle of the enzyme. (wikipedia.org)
ASK1 will be transported to the nucleus when UV-irradiation is used to treat the cell. (wikipedia.org)
The nucleus of senescent cells is characterized by senescence-associated heterochromatin foci (SAHF) and DNA segments with chromatin alterations reinforcing senescence (DNA-SCARS). (wikipedia.org)
most of the DNA can be found in the cell nucleus and, in plants and algae, also in plastids such as chloroplasts. (wikipedia.org)
Algal
Results showed that there are special proteins (lectins) present on the zeospheres of the fungi which recognize specific sugar moieties upon the algal cell wall. (wikipedia.org)
One of the best-known families of porphyrin complexes is heme, the pigment in red blood cells, a cofactor of the protein hemoglobin. (wikipedia.org)
The production of this pigment in Haematococcus Pluvialis is enhanced due to various environmental stresses which limit the growth of the cell under light conditions. (wikipedia.org)
It highly promotes tissue growth, muscle and cell regeneration. (halalfoodmaster.com)
Primary lung cancer is when cancer starts in the lung cells and tissue while Secondary lung cancer is when cancer occurs in another part of the body and spreads to the lungs. (turmericforhealth.com)
Thus, in a population of cells comprising a tissue with replicating cells, mutant cells will tend to be lost. (wikipedia.org)
However, infrequent mutations that provide a survival advantage will tend to clonally expand at the expense of neighboring cells in the tissue. (wikipedia.org)
cellular senescence
Cellular senescence is the phenomenon by which normal diploid cells cease to divide. (wikipedia.org)
As such, cellular senescence represents a change in "cell state" rather than a cell becoming "aged" as the name confusingly suggests. (wikipedia.org)
Johnson DG, Ohtani K, Nevins JR. Autoregulatory control of E2F1 expression in response to positive and negative regulators of cell cycle progression. (springer.com)
Their main structural uses are as part of biological membranes both internal and external, such as the cell membrane, or as a source of energy. (wikipedia.org)
Lung cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the lungs. (turmericforhealth.com)
Lung cancer cells interfere in this function of the lungs. (turmericforhealth.com)
Non small cell lung cancer is the most common type and it has subtypes depending on the cell affected. (turmericforhealth.com)
Small cell lung cancer accounts for 10-15% of lung cancers and spreads quickly. (turmericforhealth.com)
Research shows that curcumin induces cell death in both non small cell lung cancer as well as small cell lung cancer. (turmericforhealth.com)
Infecting C. neoformans cells are usually phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages in the lung. (wikipedia.org)
encodes
This new fusion gene, BCR-ABL, encodes an unregulated, cytoplasm-targeted tyrosine kinase that allows the cells to proliferate without being regulated by cytokines. (wikipedia.org)
mammalian
Holliday R. Mutations and epimutations in mammalian cells. (springer.com)
Glycine-induced activation of strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors may also result in hyper- or depolarising reactions of the prospective cells with regards to the intracellular Cl? (biomasswars.com)
The word metabolism can also refer to the sum of all chemical reactions that occur in living organisms, including digestion and the transport of substances into and between different cells, in which case the set of reactions within the cells is called intermediary metabolism or intermediate metabolism. (wikipedia.org)
The DNA-binding activity of the ubiquitously expressed ABL1 tyrosine kinase is regulated by CDC2-mediated phosphorylation, suggesting a cell cycle function for ABL1. (wikipedia.org)
In addition, there are cardiopulmonary and vascular changes, including a significant decrease in red blood cell mass, that affect skeletal muscle function. (wikipedia.org)
Mutations are replicated when the cell replicates. (wikipedia.org)
In the case of mucosal candidiasis, the cells that produce cytokine IL-17 are extremely important in maintaining innate immunity. (wikipedia.org)
embryonic
Other studies showed that lack of Daxx gene caused a higher apoptotic rate in embryonic stem cells. (wikipedia.org)
Senescent cells affect tumour suppression, wound healing and possibly embryonic/placental development and a pathological role in age-related diseases. (wikipedia.org)
cancerous
This, in turn, allows the cell to become cancerous. (wikipedia.org)
Rich in estradiol, a major estrogen functioning as the primary female sex hormone, it is commonly known to be effective in treating women who have problems with their menstruation such as abnormal cycle, pain, discomfort, and fatigue. (halalfoodmaster.com)
Organisms of some taxonomic groups, including some animals, experience chronological decrease in mortality, for all or part of their life cycle. (wikipedia.org)
In humans, via white adipocytes (fat cells), production of the hormone leptin (an adipokine) acts on the hypothalamus where reproductive hormone Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is produced. (wikipedia.org)
Phagocytes gobble up pathogens like foreign particles, bacteria, and dead cells so they need to be able to move freely in order to do their job. (biotoxinjourney.com)
More recent applications of titanium dioxide are those that exploit its photocatalytic activity, i.e. its capacity to generate, by the action of ultra-violet light, radical species able to catalyse the oxidative degradation of noxious or toxic substances such as benzene, dioxane and other organic pollutants, and also of unpleasant and infectious substances such as moulds and bacteria. (google.com)
What patient types is the DNA open (cell replication is rapidly occuring)? (cram.com)
Replication may also be blocked and/or the cell may die. (wikipedia.org)
On the other hand, in rapidly dividing cells, unrepaired DNA damages that do not kill the cell by blocking replication will tend to cause replication errors and thus mutation. (wikipedia.org)
Outcomes had been gathered from 3 different batches of MCF-7 cells. (cancercurehere.com)
As these two different sex types produce TSA, they sense sexually complimentary cells and form gametangia. (wikipedia.org)
Altered DNA methylation at various CpG sites was associated with exposure to mercury, lead or BPA, providing candidates to be investigated using a larger study sample, as the results may reflect an independently associated predictor (e.g. socioeconomic status, diet, genetic variants, altered blood cell composition). (pubmedcentralcanada.ca)
The reason for this is that Cytokines stimulate white blood cells to produce MMP9. (biotoxinjourney.com)
These holes allow special blood cells called phagocytes to penetrate into all parts of the body. (biotoxinjourney.com)
One such inhibitor is imatinib mesylate, which occupies the tyrosine kinase domain and inhibits BCR-ABL's influence on the cell cycle. (wikipedia.org)
When the cell is treated with TGF-β, HIPK2, a nuclear kinase, phosphorylates Daxx and the activated Daxx in turn activates the JNK pathway (see "The Daxx Pathway" figure). (wikipedia.org)
Metabolism (from Greek: μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of organisms. (wikipedia.org)
However some C. neoformans cells may survive within the macrophages. (wikipedia.org)
In a population of cells, mutant cells will increase or decrease in frequency according to the effects of the mutation on the ability of the cell to survive and reproduce. (wikipedia.org)
Components and strategies Cell lifestyle MCF-7 cells had been grown up in DMEM moderate filled with 10% fetal leg serum and 1% penicillin/streptomycin serum as defined (9). (cancercurehere.com)
It is also essential for development of nerval system by programmed cell death. (wikipedia.org)
Another important cell death-property of Daxx is the association with PML-NB. (wikipedia.org)
According to recent studies, insulin-sensitiser drugs are the main type of therapy for women with irregular cycles that want to improve their fertility, although weight loss is normally the first step in overweight patients with PCOS. (wikipedia.org)
mainly
This partnership is found mainly in the S-phase of the cell cycle. (wikipedia.org)
This type of negative feedback slows the production line when products begin to build up and is an important way to maintain homeostasis in a cell. (wikipedia.org)
At the beginning of the sexual reproduction cycle of B. trispora, the initial step is the production of carotenes from carotenoids. (wikipedia.org)
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Cunninghamia lanceolata
China Fir
Cunninghamia (kun-ing-HAM-ee-uh) – named for James Cunningham (? - 1709), East India Company surgeon in China and collector of plants from there
lanceolata (lan-see-oh-LAY-tuh) – spear-shaped
Gymnosperm
Cupressaceae, though some taxonomists have, at times, put it in Pinaceae and Taxodiaceae
China, Taiwan
China Fir is a coniferous evergreen that runs in the range of 30 to 70 feet in height with a spread of 10 to 25 feet. It has a symmetrical pyramidal to conical shape with a dense canopy. It has a tendency to sucker and will often be multi-trunked, though it can be trained as a single trunk by removing suckers. Branch tips may weep slightly. It has a moderate to fast growth rate.
Leaves are evergreen needles, linear to lanceolate in shape with a sharp point, spiral in arrangement (though appearing as if in two rows), 1 ½ to 3 inches long with two narrow white bands, stiff, and simple. The foliage is green to blue/green in color. Needles may turn bronzy in cold temperatures. Needles that have browned will persist on the tree for a long time. It has parallel veins.
Trunk has vertical fissures and is brown in color. Outer bark will sometimes peel and reveal reddish-brown inner bark.
It is monoecious with the male cones being cylindrical, yellow-brown, and appearing in terminal clusters. Female cones are oval to round in shape, about 1 ½ inch in diameter, yellow-green and aging to brown, and are borne in terminal clusters of 1 to 3.
It is hardy in USDA zones 7 to 9.
Poor Salt Spray Tolerance – it’s risky for this plant to be put in a coastal area as it has minimal tolerance
It will grow on a wide variety of well-drained soils in a preferred pH range of 6.0 to 7.0.
It has good drought tolerance once established, so minimal watering is needed for survival in dry spells. As with most plants, though, ample irrigation in droughts keeps it healthier and looking better.
Seed; cuttings with rooting hormone
Pruning is rarely done as the natural pyramidal shape is usually desired. Prune out suckers to keep a single trunk.
Spider Mites
Specimen tree for parks or larger acreage areas; considered a good tree for timber in China
A search of California Poison Control, ASPCA, Texas A&M University, Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System, University of Wisconsin, Poisonous Houseplants and Ornamentals - Merck Vet Manual, Purdue University - Guide to Toxic Plants in Forages, Poisonous Plants of the Southeastern United States - Alabama Cooperative Extension, Florida Poison Control, University of California, North Carolina State University, and The Cat Fanciers Association did not show this plant on any of their lists.
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Peter Hook: Hacienda Classical – interview
Written by Benjamin Francis Cassidy25 June, 2019
LTW writer Benjamin Francis Cassidy managed to snatch a moment in Peter Hook’s hectic schedule to chat about the forthcoming Hacienda Classical tour and the considerable weight of the iconic Madchester legacy it’s continuing to keep alive
When people mention the Hacienda, images of all-night raves, substance-fuelled antics and cutting-edge music spring to mind. All this, despite the fact most of that aspect played out 25-30 years ago. Before that it was the venue in which many acts of the day (mid 80s) served their apprenticeship. Whatever else happened or however many wild claims there have been and will be, it was the music that it was ultimately about. Nostalgia, and the distance from events which create it, is a funny thing. Few people ten years ago, if asked, would conjure up the image of an orchestra, delicately re-creating the sounds that they strutted their stuff to and spent nights they’d either never forget or be able to fully remember – usually one and the same thing.
Fast forward to now – as well as those who were there at the time, an entirely new generation do associate dance music and classical as not just compatible, but an ideal partnership. The success of the Hacienda Classical is testament to this; a collaboration of Hacienda-era artists, DJs, producers and the Manchester Camerata Orchestra. If nothing else, music has the power to break down boundaries and barriers, bringing people together in ways that nothing else can in quite the same way. Whilst there’ll be some that say the set-up is a mismatch, or is refusing to let go of the past, the concept is forward thinking, with innovation at the heart of what they do. A busy and active outfit, Hacienda Classical are currently touring and the good news is there’s tickets to be had, for the upcoming gig at the iconic Royal Albert Hall show in London.
This summer has been a busy one already, with the outfit’s Scarborough concert played at an open-air theatre, seeing them perform to a massive crowd of revellers old and new. Though built on collaboration, anything that truly manages to capture the essence of The Hacienda will always benefit greatly from one of its heroes being present; someone who knows better than most the unique atmosphere being evoked. With that in mind Louder Than War spoke with Peter Hook, who recently headed up Hacienda Classical’s set at the Isle of Wight Festival 2019, stoking the fires of an already scintillating crowd, ready as ever to party. He’s helping keep the summer vibes flowing too; luckily it’s not too late to get your dose of this incredible experience. Get booking your ticket (they’ll surely go soon) for your chance to be part of things at the Royal Albert Hall gig on Saturday 6th July 2019. Whilst that show has the benefit of guaranteeing you’ll not get rained on, many will likely be soaking anyway in sweat, at the end of an evening’s shape-throwing antics – just as Hooky likes it.
Louder Than War: Before Hacienda Classical had you ever worked with an orchestra?
Peter Hook: Only once, with a full orchestra: a Manchester vs Cancer gig, alongside James who were there that year too. I didn’t realise the discipline involved in that style of performing. When the score stops so does the orchestra – there’s no improvisation or jamming with an orchestra. Not that that’s any type of criticism, that’s just how it is. At first you feel a bit of a fraud, even as a professional musician, like you’re winging it. Very few musicians I know – and I know a few – can read music. They’re just different styles, and I really realised quite how much; saying that, not so much that they can’t do well together, as proven. I do love a challenge.
As a producer, as well as a recording artist, what do you feel this set-up has brought to already classic tunes?
I think it’s given them a great platform to actually be performed live. So many of those songs were one hit-wonders; massive tunes, don’t get me wrong, but hardly anyone got to see them played. So this set up lets that happen for a whole new generation, as well as the older lot. It means they’re kept alive this way, and celebrated by loads of people enjoying them, dancing to them. That’s why they were made, after all; it’s nice to see them all these years later.
How did the idea first come about?
Paul Fletcher. He’d seen the concept happening other places a Hacienda one, in America. I think he thought that if they could, we could; so we went for it. I think the sheer scale of it made me think twice – the technical parts of producing it too. After chatting to Graeme Park he was mad keen on the idea, really determined it could work.
Did any of you think would take off so well?
Not at all. Trying to synchronise an orchestra to records being played live! Not just that, also I wasn’t sure people would go for it, though I’m bloody glad they did, it helps keep me in work. There’s a sensitivity to this music, the history and culture created by Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton – especially in Manchester. It belongs to everyone, so you have to take that into account – well, I do, anyway. I was there at the start and in the group, but it’s bigger than any of us. That’s even more the case with the Joy Division Orchestrated project. It draws a lot of scrutiny, understandably so.
The logistics of preparing for a gig, all of those instruments, must be immense?
Yeah. To be fair the conductor of Manchester Camerata, Adi Brett, has her work cut out. She does a hard and phenomenal job; writing the score, selecting who is going to play, and arranging everything. Whoever is playing travels with their instruments, and the rest – if there’s a piano or anything big – will be handled by the road crew. A lot goes into it, like you say
With the successes of the live-shows and critical acclaim, are their plans for another album?
The problem is funding. Albums aren’t cheap to make. Paying all the musicians alone takes a huge chunk. Times that by 35 or so, or whatever, and it’s just not financially viable. Sony backed us for the first one, which is great. But with music as it is today, you’d never recoup enough on Spotify or whatever. That’s just how it is. I think we just have to be grateful we got the one out we did. It’s well worth watching the videos though, you really see how much people love it – the one in Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, they’re going absolutely apeshit, it’s amazing to see!
Are you a fan of classical music yourself, Hooky, or have your eyes and ears been opened?
Yeah. More so now – I think it’s always been there, though, the influence. As a producer, bringing in strings or a big brass section is sort of always a trump card. You can hear that in Blue Monday, and other records. I think people respond to things that make them feel, fundamentally. Classical music definitely has that power. It’s very beautiful music, really emotive. I actually play it most nights, to calm my dogs down. It works really well.
Was the Manchester Camerata Orchestra the obvious choice? With such a people-focused ethos and attitude, did they buy in to the idea straight away?
Yes. I knew about them and their reputation for innovation and being forward-thinking. I loved that idea and thought if it’s going to work (which I still wasn’t convinced at the time, like I said earlier) then surely they can play a big part in trying to make sure it does. Musically, they’re a very disciplined bunch and again, to repeat myself, don’t entertain improvisation. As people though they’re like most of us; have a drink and (some of the older bunch) memories of being off their heads back in the day at the Hacienda. They do great charity work, and them being a Manchester organisation was a big deal too. Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton created social history and world-renowned culture with Factory and the Hacienda. I like to think that Hacienda Classical carries that on, and the spirit of it all. As long as the crowds keep coming (Manchester loves a good party, right) we’ll keep doing it. Long may it continue.
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Home > Economics > Global economy > How your fridge could bring down the internet
How your fridge could bring down the internet
By: Chris Carter 28/10/2016
Internet-enabled devices have exploded in popularity
Last Friday, some of the internet’s most popular websites – think Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify – were disrupted due to a massive hacking attack. There was nothing particularly new in the hackers’ method. Creating an overwhelming surge in traffic is known as a “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attack, and has been around for years. Nor was there a huge amount of surprise that it had happened. Cybersecurity experts had warned for years that it was coming. What was noticeable, however, was the attack’s use of the so-called “Internet of Things”.
In recent years, the popularity of internet-enabled devices, such as kettles, fridges, thermostats, baby monitors, lightbulbs and webcams, has exploded. But often these devices come with a default password, which is rarely changed and can be guessed at from trawling the internet. Once inside, the hackers installed a malicious software program called Mirai, which enabled at least 100,000 devices to be banded together in a sort of “zombie army”, known as a “botnet”, explains Laura Hautala on tech site Cnet.
This zombie army then overwhelmed one of the internet’s biggest “phonebooks”, Dyn, a domain-name services company that translates a website’s internet address into an IP address read by computers. When Dyn went down, so did the websites that rely on it for its services. The identity of the hackers is so far a mystery.
By 2020, there are estimated to be around 20 billion internet-enabled devices in play, with consumers spending $1.5trn on the Internet of Things, according to researchers Gartner in the Financial Times. Around a quarter of online attacks will come from these devices. But regulating the industry is a challenge, since the devices from televisions to medical devices, fall into so many categories. If a hacker was able to gain access to a pacemaker, say, or a car, the result could be fatal.
Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology, a Chinese manufacturer, has recalled up to 10,000 of its webcams, which had been particularly susceptible to the attack. “It is going to take a number of events like this where it starts to become a profit motive for all the companies involved in this where they say, ‘we can’t ignore this any longer,’”, cybersecurity expert Matthew Cook tells MarketWatch. “Companies need to realise that they should invest in security, not just because it is the right thing to do — and it is — but because it is the more profitable thing to do as well.”
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Chris Spain Vice Chair
chris.spain@cushwake.com
Chris Spain co-founded The Apartment Group LLC in 1992, which was acquired by Cushman & Wakefield in 2001 to establish the flagship office of C&W’s new Multifamily Brokerage Services division. With more than 25 years of multi-family experience, Chris has played a crucial role in the national expansion of this C&W investment sales division.
Chris has been instrumental in the Atlanta team’s $6 billion total sales volume since 2003, and has personally sold in excess of $7.7 billion in apartment assets during his career. Chris won the Atlanta Board of Realtors Top Producer Award each year from 2000 through 2004.
Prior to forming The Apartment Group, Chris specialized in multifamily sales at Merrill Lynch Commercial Real Estate and Johnstown American Commercial Real Estate.
Josh Goldfarb Vice Chair
josh.goldfarb@cushwake.com
Josh Goldfarb joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group in 2016 when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA). Along with partner Marc Robinson, they co-founded MHA in 2002 and developed the practice into a strong regional brokerage firm with over $6 Billion in sales volume, representing more than 140,000 units and 850 transactions.
As a Vice Chair, Josh serves as national spokesperson for C&W’s apartment brokerage practices, jointly leading the growth platform with Marc Robinson. He also continues to service his multifamily clients throughout the metro Atlanta region and within the Professional Equity product type.
Prior to his brokerage career, Josh worked as an acquisitions manager for United Dominion Realty Trust (NYSE:UDRT), an apartment REIT, acquiring apartment assets in markets throughout the Southeast.
Mike Kemether Vice Chair
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Mike Kemether joined the Cushman & Wakefield team in 2006, bringing years of experience in development, rehabilitation, acquisitions, and dispositions of multifamily assets. Since joining C&W’s Atlanta multifamily investment sales team, Mike has played a crucial role in their $6 billion volume since 2003.
Previously, Mike served as Associate VP of Transactions for Archstone-Smith, a S&P 500, publicly-traded REIT with a market capitalization exceeding $20 billion. There, he oversaw, managed, and participated in over $5.4 billion in acquisitions and dispositions. Mike assisted in due diligence and other aspects of acquisitions while managing dispositions for Archstone’s Eastern Region, and managed development activities in Washington D.C., Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Florida.
Mike also performed all aspects of the firm’s Atlanta development, including site sourcing, underwriting, securing board approval, zoning/entitlements, and revenue management during lease-up and stabilization.
Robert Stickel Vice Chair
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Robert Stickel joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group as a Vice Chair in the Atlanta office when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) in 2016. Robert leads the firm’s brokerage activities on Institutional multifamily investments for the primary markets in Georgia and Tennessee, specifically Atlanta and Nashville. He and his dedicated deal team have closed more than 200 transactions totaling over 50,000 units and over $7B in sales volume.
With a track record of strong sales results and growing team resources, recent client work includes New Developments, Core, Core Plus, and Value-Add opportunities while serving a variety of investor profiles throughout the region. Robert was named a CoStar Power Broker in 2015, 2016, and 2017 as well as a Top 100 Broker in the Americas by the Wall Street Journal in 2016 and 2017. He holds a BBA in Management and was a football letterman at the University of Georgia.
Tyler Averitt Vice Chair
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Tyler Averitt joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group as a Vice Chair in the Atlanta office when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) in 2016. His responsibilities include overseeing the Georgia team and spearheading the execution of all of the firm’s brokerage activities in the Atlanta MSA, particularly within the Private Capital product type.
Tyler has been directly involved in the sale of over 300 multifamily assets totaling over 55,000 units during his tenure. He began his career in 2007 as an Analyst at MHA, and now manages the Atlanta Private Capital team. Due to his impressive results, Tyler was recognized as Real Estate Forum’s Tomorrow’s Leaders in the Southeast in 2014. Tyler holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia.
Nathan Swenson Managing Director
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Nathan Swenson joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group in 1999 as a Financial Analyst and joined the sales team in 2005. Since then, Nathan has personally sold more than 130 multifamily assets representing over 35,000 units and over $2.2 billion in sales volume. Licensed in five states, Nathan has played a significant role in expanding the team’s regional platform with key transactions in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and the Carolinas. He has been instrumental in building the Southeast team volume to over $19 billion.
Nathan previously worked for the Affordable Housing Disposition Group, where he focused on feasibility studies and acquisition of workforce housing, with focus on LIHTC and Section 8 programs. Nathan has been named a CoStar Power Broker since 2009. He graduated from Emory University with BAs in Philosophy and Religion.
Alex Brown Managing Director
alex.brown@cushwake.com
Alex Brown joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group in 2010, serving as a Managing Director on the Southeast Institutional Team. Over the course of his career at C&W, Alex has participated in more than 400 transactions totaling over $8 billion in sales volume. His primary responsibility is providing transactional services for institutional grade assets throughout the Southeast. Alex works jointly with market leads across the 8-state platform, pairing a regional institutional perspective with deep local market knowledge.
Prior to working for Cushman & Wakefield, Alex worked in an acquisitions role for Olympus Capital, where he oversaw equity investments and helped in the development of the Midland-Olympus Value-Add Fund, an opportunistic retail fund. Alex was a recipient of the Charter Scholarship at the University of Georgia, where he graduated with a BA in Real Estate. Alex resides in Atlanta and enjoys fly fishing and hiking with his dog, Charlie.
Travis Presnell Director
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Travis Presnell joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group in 2012, helping expand the firm’s presence in Alabama and Mississippi. Over the course of his career at C&W, Travis has participated in more than 250 transactions totaling over $5 billion in sales volume. Beginning in 2016, his primary responsibility is providing transactional services for professional equity grade assets throughout the Atlanta MSA.
Prior to working for Cushman & Wakefield, Travis worked as a leasing consultant for Equity One, a real estate investment trust that owns/manages/acquires/develops shopping centers. He graduated from the University of Georgia.
Taylor Bird Director
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Taylor Bird joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group as a Director in the Atlanta office when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) in 2016. He leads the firm's brokerage activities in secondary and tertiary markets throughout Georgia.
Since 2012, Taylor has been involved in selling over 150 apartment communities with a total of over 26,500 units and an aggregate value in excess of $2.1 billion. Taylor holds a BBA in Real Estate from the University of Georgia.
Nelson Abels Senior Associate
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Nelson Abels joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group as a Senior Associate in the Atlanta office when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) in 2016. His responsibilities include supporting all of the firm's brokerage activities focused in secondary and tertiary markets throughout Central to Coastal Georgia.
Since 2014, Nelson has been directly involved in the sale of over 22,200 units and an aggregate value in excess of $1.6 billion. Nelson holds a BBA in Economics from the University of Georgia.
Christopher Lyon Associate
christopher.lyon@cushwake.com
Christopher Lyon joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) in 2016. His responsibilities include supporting all of the firm’s brokerage activities in the Atlanta MSA and Central to Coastal Georgia markets, particularly within the Private Capital product type.
Since joining the firm in 2015, Christopher has been directly involved in the sale of over 120 multifamily assets totaling over 22,500 units with an aggregate sales volume in excess of $1.7 billion. Christopher holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Alabama.
John Carr Associate
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John Carr joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group in 2014, helping expand the firms presence in South Carolina and North Carolina in addition to supporting all brokerage activities in Atlanta. Over the course of his career at C&W, John has participated in more than 220 transactions totaling over $4.5B in sales volume. Beginning in 2017, John has focused on Institutional transactions throughout the Atlanta MSA while contributing to regional pursuits in this space.
Prior to Cushman &Wakefield, John acquired development experience working for national developer Alliance Residential, focusing on the firms’ projects in primary Southeastern markets. He graduated with a BBA in Real Estate from George State University.
Wesley Kenney Associate
wesley.kenney@cushwake.com
Wesley Kenney joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group in 2016. His responsibilities include supporting all of the firm’s brokerage activities in the Atlanta MSA and Central to Coastal Georgia markets, particularly within the Private Capital product type.
Since joining the firm in 2016, Wesley has been involved in the sale of over 4,500 unit with an aggregate sales volume in excess of $800 million. Wesley holds a BBA in Investment Finance from the University of South Carolina.
Deborah LW Rogers Marketing Manager
deborah.rogers@cushwake.com
Deborah LW Rogers joined the Cushman & Wakefield Multifamily Advisory Group as the Marketing Manager when C&W acquired Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) in 2016. She is responsible for developing and executing general marketing strategies, implementing company initiatives, managing public relations, and coordinating special events. In addition to overseeing all marketing platforms, she also provides training and support to team members throughout the firm.
Prior to joining MHA/C&W, Deborah worked at Colliers International for nearly five years. Deborah's experience at Colliers, where she served as Facilities Coordinator and Brokerage Assistant in the Office Services Division, provided an excellent foundation for her day-to-day responsibilities at MHA. Deborah holds a Master of Science in Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Florida.
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Gig Guides
Book a Comedian
Mikey Robins
Starting out as part of iconic Australian sketch group Castanet Club and subject of the 1991 cult film of the same name, Mikey Robins made the transition to radio and television to become one of Australia’s best-loved, intelligent and in-demand entertainers on the strength of his clever observations, quick one-liners and brilliant, biting banter.
Mikey spent seven years behind the microphone as much-loved host of triple j’s national breakfast show with Helen Razer before becoming an audience favourite as team leader on the hugely popular, high rating Good News Week and its various franchises.
Mikey has also worked for ABC radio, Vega, and Triple M and where he co-hosted Merrick… and Australia weekly with Merrick Watts in 2016 – 2017. His numerous regular television appearances include Co-Host of Studio 10, You Have Been Watching, regular guest spots on Sunrise, Spicks and Specks, The Fat and Today.
ABCTV featured Mikey in an episode of Australian Story, and thanks to Mikey’s tremendous popularity amongst TV audiences the episode went on to become one the highest rating episodes of this high quality program. The episode dealt with Mikey’s health and weight loss issues in a frank and very personal account. You can view the full episode HERE.
In 2016 Mikey was invited back for the very Australian Story 30 years on air celebration special, and that same year also joined the on-air celebrations for iconic childrens’ TV show Play School’s 50th anniversary. Mikey has devised and hosted a series of documentaries about Australians and their favourite pubs for Channel 10 – leading to episodes being filmed overseas – and fronted shows for the Foxtel network.
Mikey’s co-authored the books Three Beers and a Chinese Meal (with Helen Razer) and Big Man’s World (with Tony Squires and The Sandman) and written columns for The Daily Telegraph, GQ and Men’s Style.
With performing stand-up comedy now included in Mikey’s long list of talents and achievements, he’s performed successful seasons at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals, regularly performs at Australia’s comedy clubs and cruise ships, and as well as being a highly in-demand corporate entertainer Mikey has traveled to Afghanistan to entertain Australian troops. The latter was a moving experience which he recounted in a special piece for Australia’s Number One men’s fashion magazine, Men’s Style.
An expert facilitator who has extensive experience in the corporate and the public sectors, Mikey is well known for his ability to coordinate workshops, strategic planning sessions and team-building exercises. With his academic background Mikey is able to understand and present to diverse teams.
Mikey was given the honour of being chosen to perform Master of Ceremonies duties for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet’s public talk at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The day-long celebration was attended by luminaries such as Cate Blanchett and has been a highpoint in both Mikey’s personal life and career.
Mikey’s third book, ‘Seven Deadly Sins and One Very Naughty Fruit‘ a fascinating, funny and downright bizarre survey of culinary oddities will be published by Simon & Schuster in November 2018.
Mikey comes to his own on the live stage, where he is able to bring an audience to its feet, its senses, and its knees – comedically speaking, of course – whether serving as an MC, public speaker, debater or comic.
“Mikey was absolutely hysterical and his presence was thoroughly enjoyed by all. He was a really great guy and I am very happy to have had him apart of our night”. Chemist Warehouse Group
“Mikey was absolutely fabulous and everyone had a great time. We cannot thank you and Mikey enough for helping us out on such short notice, Mikey definitely made the evening.” Gadens Lawyers
“A wit and raconteur wrapped in a very likeable bloke.” Sydney Morning Herald
“Mikey’s wit, timing and professionalism is fantastic!” Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
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Bach Hits Back
The Swingle Singers
21 songs (53 minutes)
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BVW 302 (from "Four-Part Chorales", BWV 250-438)
The Swingle Singers/Helen Massey/Deryn Edwards/Linda Stevens/Heather Cairncross/Andrew Busher/Jonathan Rathbone/Ben Parry/David Porter Thomas
Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 (Excerpt, Fugue)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893: Prelude and Fugue in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 887 (Excerpt, Prelude)
Cantate "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", BWV 140: No. 4, Chorale "Zion hört die Wächter singen" (Sung in English)
Cantate "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", BWV 140: No. 7, Chorale "Gloria sei dir gesungen" (Chorus)
The Swingle Singers/Linda Stevens/Heather Cairncross/Ben Parry/David Porter Thomas/Helen Massey/Deryn Edwards/Jonathan Rathbone/Andrew Busher
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Choral Prelude), BWV 731
The Swingle Singers/Linda Stevens/Heather Cairncross/Ben Parry/David Porter Thomas/Helen Massey/Deryn Edwards/Andrew Busher/Jonathan Rathbone
In dulci jubilo - Chorale prelude BWV608 [preceded by solo carol; both sung in Latin/English]
Chorale: in dulci jubilo, BWV 368
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. (without tempo indication)
Cantata "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd", BWV 208: No. 9, Aria "Schafe können sicher weiden" (Arr. for Chorus)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893: Prelude and Fugue in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 (Excerpt, Fugue)
15 Sinfonias, BWV 787-801: No. 11, Sinfonia in G Minor, BWV 797 (Arr. for Chorus)
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: III. Credo, (f) Et resurrexit (Chorus)
Bist du bei mir BWV 508
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: Aria "Blute nur, du liebes Herz" (Soprano)
Fuga alla Giga in G Major, BWV 577
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578
Cantate "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort", BWV 60: No. 5, Chorale "Es ist genung" (Chorus)
℗ 1994 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Virgin Classics/EMI Records Ltd © 1994 Virgin Classics/EMI Records Ltd
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Where does CARPENETTI rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
CARPENETTI is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
CARPENETTI ranks # 129619 in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
CARPENETTI had 121 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, CARPENETTI would occur an average of 0.04 times.
For the last name of CARPENETTI the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
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Where does PALOMAR rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
PALOMAR is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
PALOMAR ranks # 24146 in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
PALOMAR had 974 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, PALOMAR would occur an average of 0.36 times.
For the last name of PALOMAR the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
6.88 percent, or 67 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
1.03 percent, or 10 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
82.03 percent, or 799 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin"
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Where does WHITEHEART rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
WHITEHEART is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
WHITEHEART ranks # 130443 in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
WHITEHEART had 120 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, WHITEHEART would occur an average of 0.04 times.
For the last name of WHITEHEART the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
99 percent, or 119 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
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Green New Deal Mythbusting – Defending cows
Robyn Smith
Oregon Cattlemen Association
On February 7, freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced a Green New Deal resolution highlighting hopes and dreams for accomplishing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within a 10-year time frame. A picturesque conception of creating millions of high-wage jobs, investing in infrastructure and industry, and promoting justice for “vulnerable communities,” all while meeting 100 percent power demand through zero-emission energy sources – sounds pretty good on paper. The Green New Deal fails to state how the government will realistically enact, enforce or accomplish those goals.
Agricultural communities are in alarm. Similar to Oregon’s proposed Cap & Trade bill, family owned farms and ranches would be negatively and disproportionately impacted by the Green New Deal. In regard to agriculture, the resolution outlines removing greenhouse gases completely from the sector, creating soil carbon reduction, furthering land preservation, and decreasing wildfires – the number one contributor to carbon emissions.
Proponents of this resolution, such as Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both signing on in support, must recognize that the agricultural community is already tackling those issues and they are champions of environmental stewardship. Cattle in particular, should be seen as an answer and not the enemy when it comes to climate change.
Cattle are responsible for less than 2 percent of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions – the total of all agricultural emissions amounts to 9 percent. Colin Woodall, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Vice President, notes beef producers have made substantial progress in environmental concerns over the years, such as producing the same amount of beef with 33% fewer cattle, compared to 1970.
Yet, an official statement from Ocasio-Cortez’s office said, “We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.” – though humorous, make no mistake, this is a glimpse of the attack on this nation’s cattle industry.
Cattle are natural stewards of the land. Grazing cattle sequester carbon by capturing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the ground through the grazing of foliage. Environmental activists searching for soil carbon storage to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should look no further than a herd of cattle. Grazing cattle produce food and fiber for healthy soil, provide nutrient storage, erosion prevention, and improved water quality.
The resolution mentions the concern of wildfires. Ranchers own grazing allotments and obtain permits to graze their cattle on public lands, and in doing so, cattle reduce fire fuels. When rangelands are overgrown or mismanaged there is an increase in fires and the rate at which they spread; cattle grazing suppresses wildfire growth.
Last year, wildfires devastated over 800,000 acres of land in Oregon – the wildfire season in California alone this past year emitted 68 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. “One large Oregon wildfire produces more carbon in the air than Portland can produce in one year,” said Executive Director of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association Jerome Rosa, “meaningful change for carbon emissions should start with forest management and wildfire control.”
Last year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) selected two Oregon ranches, among 11 total in the country, to test a new process for livestock grazing on public lands. Known as outcome based grazing authorizations – ranchers can operate with fewer restrictions while maintaining habitat and vegetation goals. “Farmers and ranchers know the wildlife and the land they work better than anyone; it only makes sense that we would enlist them in conservation efforts,” said Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in an interview with KDRV.
“While a full analysis of the Green New Deal has not been completed, the sheer scale and cost to implement such a proposal could have potentially devastating consequences on our national debt and on our economy. One initial estimate calculated that if the U.S. were to transition to 100 percent renewable electricity production – it would require at least $5.7 trillion in expenditures. A bill ultimately picked up by the American taxpayers,” Oregon’s republican Senator Greg Walden released in a statement.
Think of how increased taxes and regulations on agriculture will impact the everyday citizen – grocery bills will skyrocket. Food scarcity and job loss may be an inevitable result if the cost of farming and ranching outweighs the benefit. In Oregon, 1 in 12 jobs are connected to the agriculture industry and each farmer in the state on average produces enough food in a year for 130 people, allowing 98% of the population to do something other than worry about food production.
The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association does not support the Green New Deal and encourages everyone to research and educate themselves on the economic and social impact this resolution would have on American citizens, farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
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About Lagos
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Keith Boyfield
Keith is the founder of Keith Boyfield Associates Limited, (www.keithboyfieldassociates.com) a consulting firm which brings together specialist Associates based across the globe.
Keith is an internationally recognised economist and the author of over one hundred publications on public policy and planning issues, economic development and regulatory policy. Most recently, Keith has co-authored a series of publications on housing. The latest – Garden Cities in Africa – was co-authored with Oni Oviri and has been published by the International Garden Cities Institute, where he is a founding partner (see www.gardencitiesinstitute.com/news/garden-cities-in-africa).
An alumni of the London School of Economic (LSE), Keith has been an adviser to the European Commission; he has also acted as a consultant to some of the world’s largest companies and financial institutions, including the global risk management specialist, Aon; the BBC; the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA); The Crown Estate; KPMG; Mott MacDonald Ltd; the Government of Sarawak; the Swiss Bankers’ Association; and Thomson Reuters plc.
Keith has contributed to The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, City AM, The Yorkshire Post and La Razon in Madrid. He is a frequent commentator on Al Jazeera , the BBC and Radio France Internationale (RFI).
Keith has built up a strong relationship with many leading think tanks, notably the Centre for Policy Studies where he is a Research Fellow; the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) where he is Regulation Fellow; and the Initiative for Free Trade. He is a Senior Fellow of both the Adam Smith Institute and of the Euro Gulf Information Centre (EGIC), based in Rome.
Keith visits Sub Saharan Africa regularly and has a long standing commitment to Nigeria.
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Choszczno – church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
church plan according to J.Pilch, S.Kowalski, Leksykon zabytków Pomorza Zachodniego, 2012
The church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Choszczno was built by the Knights Hospitaller in the first half of the 14th century on the site of an earlier, granite church from the 13th century. This is confirmed by the document of margrave Waldemar from 1309, in which he gave the Knights Hospitaller the right of patronage. The construction completion date remains unknown, however the document from 1350 refers to the foundation for the church of the new altar. Therefore, it should be assumed that the construction of the chancel and the nave was completed at this time or significantly advanced. At the same time, the now-defunct sacristy was built, adjacent to the northern wall of the choir. The church tower was built on plinths of the first church. Its construction was completed around 1400. The church has been destroyed many times by fires and military operations, including the last time during the Second World War. From 1956 reconstruction works began, which restored the original gothic appearance to the temple.
The church was built of brick in the monk bond, using granite quares in the pedestal part, probably from the demolition of the older temple. It consists of a three-nave, four-span hall structure, (what is characteristic founded on a plan similar to a square) a four-span lower and extended chancel, ended on the east by a polygon and a four-sided western tower with five storeys. From the south to the chancel the sacristy was added. The church is covered with gable roofs and hip roof above the tower. In the body of the church all its elements are clearly visible, composed on the basis of gradation: from the low chancel, through a slightly higher naves to the tower towering above all.
The external façades were mainly separated by vertical accents. In the presbytery and naves, these are ogival windows separated by buttresses. The tower is divided into cornices and decorated with ogival blendes. The exception is the ground floor in which the portal was only placed from the west. This store is crowned with a frieze made of ceramic segments arranged in an openwork strip of triangles and diamonds. The highest storey was distinguished by a richer decoration in which the blendes were replaced by opennings in three-stage frames. The eastern gable of the corpus was divided by stepped ogival blendes and a small circular blende in the finial.
The interior of the church is covered with a brick vault, which rests on three pairs of octagonal pillars. They carry together with ancillary columns profiled arches of arcades. In the naves there is a stellar vault, similar ones were also placed in the presbytery, while in the sacristy, a cross vault was used. Unfortunately, there is no vault in the tower. In a characteristic manner, the articulation of interior walls was solved, using a system of two-storey niches, separated by rectangular pilaster strips acting as internal buttresses. The lower storey of the plinth was treated as a massive wall in which semicircular niches were created. Similar ones were created in the parish church in Gryfice, but here gallery was not placed above and the wall pillars were not pierced.
The church is one of the most monumental examples of a group of three-nave hall buildings with compact corpus and elongated chancel (Dobigniew, Drawsko, Recz, collegiate in Kołobrzeg). Nineteenth-century renovations contributed to the addition of turrets in the western corners of the naves. Also the stellar vault of the interior of the naves is a post-war reconstruction of the nineteenth-century vault, which in turn was based on the traces preserved in the north-eastern corner of the central nave. During the regothisation, windows tracery were also made, and the presbytery ancillary columns were extended to the floor. The oldest monuments inside the church include the epitaphs from the fifteenth century and the most valuable monument of the church – Jesse’s Tree from the fourteenth century, that is, an artistic representation of the genealogical tree of Christ in the form of a ceramic bas-relief in the niche in the southern wall of the presbytery.
church from the north-west, photo H.E. Ciszewska-Czyż, Wikimedia Commons
west facade, photo: J.N.Piotrowski, Wikimedia Commons
church from the south, photo: M.Kuna, Wikimedia Commons
interior of the nave towards the chancel, photo: M.Kuna, Wikimedia Commons
west portal, photo source Wikimedia Commons
Jesse’s Tree from the 14th century, photo: M.Kuna, Wikimedia Commons
Jarzewicz J., Architektura średniowieczna Pomorza Zachodniego, Poznań 2019.
Pilch J., Kowalski S., Leksykon zabytków Pomorza Zachodniego i ziemi lubuskiej, Warszawa 2012.
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How to call police when you can’t speak down the phone
Chris CaulfieldSunday 4 Jun 2017 1:26 pm
Armed Police officers on London Bridge (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
Advice has been re-issued by police about what to do if you find yourself in a terror attack, after seven people were killed last night in an atrocity on London Bridge.
The guidance explains what you can do if you’re in a situation where you can’t speak out loud on the phone, for fear of your safety.
If you’re hiding from an attacker and can’t talk, there is a way you can let the emergency services know you need help.
It’s known as silent solution 55.
The process allows calls to be made to police or other emergency services, even though it may not be safe to talk aloud or make a noise.
When a 999 call is made, an operator will ask what emergency service you need before switching the call.
Police officers guard the approach to Southwark Bridge (Picture: REUTERS/Neil Hall TPX)
If the caller does not talk, the operator should then ask them to cough or make another audible sound. However it is not always safe, particularly if it alerts a potential attacker to a caller’s whereabouts.
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Emergency services do not have the resources to investigate every silent call made to 999 so to signal it is genuine, you dial 55.
The procedure is called Silent Solutions and was created to allow emergency calls to be made in dangerous situations.
After you dial 999, and have been unable to audibly signal to the operator, your call will be forwarded to an operating system.
If you’re in danger, dial 55 otherwise the call will be terminated.
People leaving the area (Picture: Reuters)
Alternatively this EmergencySMS procedure is a silent text service that alerts emergency services to an urgent situation.
The ‘55’ Silent Solution protocol has been in place for more than a decade, although police have recently issued a reminder.
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A police spokesman said: ‘Please do not think that just because you dial 999 that police will attend.
‘We totally understand that sometimes people are unable or too afraid to talk, however it must be clear that we will not routinely attend a silent 999 call.
‘There must be some indication that the call has not been misdialed.’
Everything we know about the London Bridge terror attack so far
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A van ploughed into pedestrians enjoying a night out in London Bridge, before attackers went from bar to bar stabbing people around Borough Market.
The horrific, brutal attack was been officially declared a terrorist incident.
Eight people were killed and 48 seriously injured in the attack. Out of those, 21 are in a critical condition.
Here is everything we know so far.
The emergency services were first called to reports of a white van driving into several people on London Bridge at 10.08pm on Saturday.
The entire area and nearby railway stations were closed, including London Bridge.
Witnesses reported seeing the van driving at around 50mph, mounting the pavement and swerving into a number of people.
Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time, said: 'A white van driver came speeding - probably about 50mph - veered off into the crowds of people who were walking along the pavement.
'He swerved right round me and then hit about five or six people.'
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The van, which had been driving from north of the river, then drove towards Borough Market - which was especially busy because it was Saturday night.
When it arrived, the suspects stabbed several people in a crowded area. They then went from bar to bar, attacking people with 12-inch hunting knives.
Shots were then heard in the area, which was later confirmed to have been police officers shooting the suspects dead.
Met Police later confirmed that seven people had died and at least 48 were hospitalised. In addition, the three suspected attackers were shot dead - within eight minutes of first responders arriving on the scene.
Two police officers were seriously injured in the attack - one Met officer, and another from the British Transport Police. One of the officers, who was first on the scene of the attack, took on the three armed terrorists with nothing but his baton.
A third police unit was sent to the Vauxhall area after reports of a stabbing, but this was later confirmed to not be connected to the attacks in London Bridge and Borough Market.
Eight people died in the attack.
London Ambulance Service said it had taken at least 48 injured people to five different London hospitals, while those described as 'walking wounded' were treated at the Andaz Hotel near Liverpool Street, where there were paramedics and more armed officers. Later, it was confirmed that 21 people were in a critical condition.
A British Transport Police officer who was left 'seriously injured' was reportedly stabbed in the face, head, and leg.
Police boats searched the River Thames for anyone who may have fallen from the bridge during the attack.
Canadian national Chrissy Archibald was the first victim confirmed as having tragically passed away in the attack.
Businessman James McMullan was also confirmed dead, after his bank card was found by police on one of the bodies.
Xavier Thomas, 45, was thrown into the Thames by the rented van.
Australian nanny Sara Zelenak was confirmed dead after she was missing for several days.
Ignacio Echeverria, 39, was killed trying to fight the terrorists using his skateboard.
French national Alexandre Pigeard, 27, was stabbed while working as a waiter at Boro Bistro.
Kirsty Boden, a 28-year-old nurse from Australia, was killed 'as she ran towards danger' trying to help.
Sebastien Belanger, a French chef, is also thought to have died in the attack.
Who can you call if you're concerned about loved ones
Anyone concerned about friends or relatives can call the Met Police's Casualty Bureau, which remains open.
Call 0800 096 1233 and 020 7158 0197.
The attackers
The three attackers, Khuram Butt, Yousef Zaghba and Rachid Redouane, were shot dead by police.
Police said the men were shot within eight minutes of officers receiving the first reports of the attack.
Witnesses described seeing them getting out of the van after it crashed just south of London Bridge.
A photographer at the scene, outside the Wheatsheaf pub, took a photo of one of the suspects wearing a vest with canisters strapped to themselves. The vests later turned out to be fake.
The person who took the photo said he then saw the attackers being shot by police.
On Sunday afternoon, police raided a property in Barking. They made 12 arrests in connection to Saturday night's attack - six men and six women.
However, all were released without charge.
What's happening now
(Picture: Getty Images)
The ongoing investigation is being led by the Counter Terrorism Command.
Police say they believe they've caught all of the attackers, which is why the country's terrorism threat level was not raised to 'critical', as it was in the wake of the Manchester atrocity.
What the Met Police said
In a statement released on Sunday night at 10pm, the Met Police's Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said: 'We would like to thank the media for their continued support, restraint and understanding in not speculating as to who the suspects are in this fast moving investigation.
'I would like to assure them and the public that this is directly assisting the progression of the investigation and confirm we will release the identities of the three men directly responsible for the attacks yesterday, Saturday, 3 June, as soon as operationally possible.
'Officers have been working tirelessly to process the crime scenes and release the cordons. We are hopeful that some of the cordons around London Bridge station will be released during the course of tomorrow morning but consult TFL website before you set out on your journey’s into and around London tomorrow.
'The public can expect to see additional police – both armed and unarmed officers - across the Capital as you would expect in these circumstances. And our security and policing plans for events are being reviewed, the public will also see increased physical measures on London’s bridges to keep the public safe.'
After the attack London Bridge, Borough, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street stations were all completely closed.
However, Borough station reopened on Sunday evening, and all other stations reopened on Monday morning.
The Thames was briefly closed, but reopened to boats on Sunday morning.
Guy's Hospital, which is in the London Bridge area, was placed on lockdown as a precaution to keep staff and patients safe. St Thomas' and the Evelina Children's Hospital a mile away were also put on lockdown. This has however now been lifted.
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Taylor Releases Village of Buchtel Audit
Athens County -
Auditor of State Mary Taylor released the audit of the village of Buchtel for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 today. The audit revealed concerns with the accounting practices of the mayor’s court, including charging incorrect fees to those making court appearances.
“The recommendations made in the audit report will help Buchtel officials improve accountability in the management of public funds and reduce the potential for fraud or theft of taxpayer dollars,” Taylor said.
In 2003, the state legislature increased court costs charged in mayor’s courts from $11 to $15. The audit indicates that the village of Buchtel never implemented the change, resulting in $2,996 owed to the state treasurer that was not originally collected. That amount was paid from the village’s general fund once the error was discovered by auditors.
The audit also reveals that the mayor’s court clerk:
Routinely collected significant amounts of cash but made deposits only once or twice a month
Maintained a checking account for the office but never balanced it with monthly bank statements
The Ohio Auditor of State’s Office is one of the largest accounting offices in the nation. The office strives to ensure that all public funds are spent legally and appropriately and works aggressively to root out fraud, waste and abuse in public spending. Taylor encourages anyone suspecting fraud or misspending of public dollars to contact her office toll free at 1-866-FRAUD-OH (1-866-372-8364).
A full copy of the audit is available online at www.auditor.state.oh.us.
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The Epigraphic Survey
Archaeological Fieldwork /
Epigraphic Survey /
The 'Chicago House Method'
Eastern Badia Archaeological Project
Epigraphic Survey
Chicago House History
Conservation Program
Digital Epigraphic Recording
Galilee Prehistory Project
Nippur Expedition
Tell Edfu Project
Tell Keisan Excavations
Türkmen-Karahöyük Intensive Survey Project
Founder James Henry Breasted committed the Epigraphic Survey to the preservation of Egypt's cultural heritage by non-destructive means: through documentation so precise it could stand alone as a replacement in the absence of the original monument. Large-format photography (8x10, 5x7, and 4x5 inch negatives) is an essential tool in this process, and one of the first goals of Chicago House was to create a photographic archive of as many of Egypt's accessible standing monuments as possible, photographed inside and out. Breasted understood, however, that photographs alone cannot always capture all the details of the often damaged or modified wall scenes of individual monuments, since the light source that illuminates also casts shadows that obscure details. To supplement and clarify the photographic record, precise line drawings are produced at Chicago House that combine the skills of the photographer, artist, and Egyptologist.
First the wall surface is carefully photographed with a large-format camera whose lens is positioned exactly parallel to the wall to eliminate distortion. From these negatives, which are digitally scanned and duplicated, photographic enlargements up to 20x24 inches are produced, printed on a special matt-surface paper with an emulsion coating that can take pencil and ink lines. An artist takes this enlarged photographic print mounted on a drawing board to the wall itself, and pencils directly onto the photograph all of the carved detail that is visible on the wall surface, adding those details that are not visible or clear on the photograph. Then, in the studio, the penciled lines are carefully inked with a series of weighted line conventions to show the three dimensions of the relief, and damage that interrupts the carved line is rendered with thin, broken lines that imitate the nature of the break. This can now also be accomplished digitally (see below). In the case of hard-copy drawings, when the inking is complete, the entire photograph is immersed in an iodine bath that dissolves away the photographic image, leaving just the ink drawing. The drawing is then blueprinted, the blueprint is cut into sections and each section is mounted on a sheet of stiff white paper. These "collation sheets" are taken back to the wall where the inked details on the blueprint are thoroughly examined by two Egyptologist epigraphers, one after the other. These epigraphers pencil corrections and refinements on the blueprint itself with explanations and instructions to the artist written in the margins. The collation sheets are then returned to the artist, who in turn takes them back to the wall and carefully checks the epigraphers' corrections, one by one. When everyone is in agreement, the corrections are added to the inked drawing back in the studio, the transferred corrections are checked for accuracy by the epigraphers, and the drawing receives a final review by the field director back at the original wall.
Consultations between artist, epigraphers, and field director, the consensus of all skill sets combined, ensures a finished facsimile drawing that is faithful to what is preserved on the wall in every detail. This is the essence of what is generally referred to as the "Chicago House Method." The corrected ink drawings, photographs, scans, text translations, commentary, glossaries, and duplicate negatives are then taken back to Chicago for processing and publication in large folio volumes for distribution worldwide. These publications are available for sale in hard copy and now also for free distribution in electronic format, part of a new program recently inaugurated by the Oriental Institute, and generously funded by OI Visiting Committee Members Lewis and Misty Gruber.
In some instances, it is not possible to photograph the surface that is being recorded, or to observe it directly, since the stone in question is masked by an adjoining architectural feature. For such cases we have developed a special method of recording by indirect observation. Sheets of aluminum foil are inserted into the interstice and used to make rubbings of the carved surface, a labor-intensive process that results in the extraction of enormous amounts of completely hidden carved information. The impressions thus produced on the foil are then slipped beneath sheets of clear diacetate and traced as if they were the original surface of the block. Once a field drawing on diacetate is completed, the artist copies the original tracing onto another piece of diacetate in the studio in order to refine the ink lines of the original. At this stage the drawing, still at one-to-one scale and thus potentially rather unwieldy in size, is submitted to the photographer, who makes digital photographs of the drawings at a high enough resolution to ensure clear reduced printouts. These printouts are used by the epigraphers as collation sheets. In addition to collations of the drawings, the epigraphers also make notes on the content and condition of the reliefs, as well as measured isometric drawings of the blocks on which they occur. After the collation is completed, the epigraphers and the artist examine the block together to consider the suggested corrections and to reach an agreement regarding the changes to be effected on the drawing. In the last step of the field process, the field director makes a final on-site check of the corrected drawing. The diacetate is then scanned, reduced to scale, and overlaid with vellum, on which the lines of the inscription and other features are inked using the normal Chicago House drawing conventions. This method produces the most accurate possible copies of inscribed surfaces that cannot be seen by eye or camera, and would otherwise escape documentation.
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Reservist, wife have big plans for prize
Julio Ochoa
When Kevin Minner made a donation to the United Way of Weld County in August, he knew it would go to help needy children.
What he didn’t know was that his simple paycheck deduction could lead to him helping an orphan in China who may not even be born yet.
But Minner is a charitable person, so when his donation won him a $10,000 savings bond from Cache Bank and Trust, he knew he had to use it in a charitable way.
Though he and his wife already have
two children, they had always talked about adopting an orphan from China. The $8,000-$12,000 cost, however, was too much for the young family to pay.
“There are so many kids in this world who don’t have parents to call their own,” said Minner, 27. “I believe I’m called on as a Christian to help others.”
When he was told he was one of 15 finalists for the savings bond, the couple didn’t have to think to hard about how to spend it.
And when his number was pulled, he felt like it was destiny.
“Everything fell into place,” Minner said. “I really felt that God wanted me to do something with this.”
In a way, it was unusual that Minner was even eligible for the drawing, which is only open to new donors or those who had not donated in the past year.
Minner, now a vice president of FirstBank of Greeley, had donated to the United Way every year since 2000. But in 2003 the Army Reserve called on him to serve in Iraq.
He spent the year stationed in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, Iraq, a hot spot on the north side of the Sunni Triangle.
Minner was in the 244th Engineers Battalion attached to the 4th Infantry Division. He renovated schools, repaired roads and highways, built bunkers to protect troops and guarded convoys.
The work was dangerous, he said, referring to the experience as the hardest thing he’s had to do in his life.
“Nobody’s safe over there,” he said. “Going from a job as a banker to being a soldier in the Middle East is an eye-opening experience.”
After working to rebuild Iraq, Minner didn’t hesitate to donate to United Way of Weld County when he returned home.
“The United Way is so good because you can see the dollars that you’re donating work every day,” he said.
He plans to cash out the savings bond, which is worth $5,000 now, in about a year or so.
That will give him and his wife time to save the rest of the money and work on the adoption papers.
“I always believed that God has blessed me with so much that I have to give back to people who are less fortunate,” he said. “I have a lot of love to give, and I love kids.”
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U.S. Virgin Islands locals: Epstein property shrouded in secrecy
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UPDATED 7:02 AM PT – Thursday, July 11, 2019
Residents of the Caribbean islands are suspicious of what Jeffrey Epstein used his property for. The Little Saint James Island, owned by Epstein, is shrouded in secrecy amid speculation over the so-called “Lolita Express” operation there.
Residents say former employees on the Epstein property were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements. The island also featured tight security and limited access to the territory owned by Epstein.
This Tuesday, July 9, 2019 photo shows a structure on Little Saint James Island, in the U. S. Virgin Islands. Locals recalled seeing Jeffery Epstein’s black helicopter flying back and forth from the international airport in St. Thomas to his helipad on Little St. James Island, where he built a cream colored mansion with a bright turquoise roof surrounded by several other structures including the maids’ quarters and a massive, square-shaped white building on one end of the island that some say is a music room fitted with acoustic walls. (AP Photo/Gianfranco Gaglione)
Locals say Epstein used a black helicopter to fly between the island and the international airport in Saint Thomas.
“Well I mean it will have some kind of notoriety yes, but I mean it’s not as indicative as a place. He is a person who owns an island in the Virgin Islands, but that’s not us; that’s not the Virgin Islands people.”
— Vernon Morgan, taxi driver – U.S. Virgin Islands
Victims of Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring have also claimed former President Bill Clinton was a frequent guest to the island.
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Learning history on the fly
Some of us procrastinate. Some of us avoid procrastination—that’s Cate LiaBraaten ՚12. This accomplished history grad (graduated cum laude) attributes One Course At A Time for her ability to focus.
Cate LiaBraaten ’12 pictured with her husband, Tim Bingham ’13.
“[One Course] taught me how to manage my time and to not be overwhelmed by large amounts of material,” LiaBraaten says. “It also taught me flexibility and helped me develop the mindset necessary to learn new skills on the fly.”
LiaBraaten is a published and award-winning academic within the field of history. (You can view her list of publications and awards online.) She earned her master’s degree in historical administration from Eastern Illinois University (graduating with distinction) and began a career as a museum professional. Currently, she is working on her Ph.D. at Loyola University Chicago in a dual Ph.D. program in U.S. history and public history. She is the Vickie Burke Intern for Women’s History at the Evanston Women’s History Project and is a teaching assistant at Loyola.
One of the reasons LiaBraaten chose Cornell was for the opportunity to travel and those blocks she spent abroad are some of her favorite memories along with her involvement in Performing Arts and Activities Council (PAAC) and making new friends—like Tim Bingham ՚12, who is now her husband.
“I’m a first-generation college student, and Cornell can be intimidating for students like me, but thanks to many lovely people I met there I was able to make it a second home,” says LiaBraaten.
She says Cornell is a very special place and has some advice for the new class of students coming to the Hilltop.
“Take advantage of the fact that it’s easy to get absorbed in the community and make the Hilltop your home,” LiaBraaten says. “However, Cornell is not the only special place! Explore nearby towns and take advantage of opportunities to leave campus when you can.”
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Otzi the Iceman's final meal was meat-rich and included fern leaves
Almost half the stomach contents have been identified as the body fat of an ibex - a wild goat that still lives in the Alps.
Friday 13 July 2018 14:24, UK
Image: Otzi is the world's oldest mummy
Scientists have discovered the last meal eaten by a frozen hunter who died 5,300 years ago in the Alps.
The stomach contents of the world's oldest mummy, known as Otzi the Iceman, provide a glimpse of what ancient Europeans ate more than five millennia ago, researchers said.
The stomach contained the fat and meat of a wild goat, red deer meat and wholewheat seeds, the journal Current Biology said.
Traces of fern leaves and spores were also discovered in Otzi's stomach.
Scientists say he may have swallowed the plant unintentionally or as a medicine for parasites that were previously found in his gut.
Lead author and microbiologist at the Institute for Mummy Studies in Bolzano, Italy, Frank Maixner said: "It was very impressive. We could see chunks and pieces of food with the naked eye."
Although researchers had previously examined Otzi's intestines, this was the first time they could look into his stomach because following his death, the organ moved upwards.
Image: The discovery provides a glimpse of what people at at the time
It was not until 2009, 18 years after his remains were discovered near the Italy-Austria border, that a radiologist detected it behind the rib cage.
After defrosting the body, the team took samples and rehydrated them.
Almost half the stomach contents were identified as the body fat of an ibex - a wild goat that still lives in the Alps.
Mr Maixner said: "It's a harsh environment. They had to be prepared. They had to have food that gave them the necessary energy to survive."
Albina Hulda Palsdottir, an archaeozoologist from the University of Oslo, believes the findings are very valuable.
She said: "They're trying to use all the methods in the toolbox to answer this really important question of what people were really eating back then."
The research team are now hoping to reconstruct the composition of bacteria and other micro-organisms that lived in the Iceman's gut to see how it differs from what modern people show.
Otzi was discovered in 1991 in the Italian Schnal Valley.
Based on three-dimensional images of the mummy's skeleton, a model of how Otzi would look was created by experts.
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Aldabra giant tortoise
The Aldabra giant tortoise, sometimes called just the Aldabra tortoise, is a large reptile living on islands off the coast of Africa. One of the places this animal lives is on the Aldabra atoll, a small atoll about 250 miles (402 km) north of Madagascar and about the same distance east of Africa. This atoll gives the Aldabra tortoises their name.
Aldabra tortoises, as with many large tortoises, have large legs and large, flat feet. This helps them keep from sinking in the sand that is abundant where these animals live. Unlike many wild animals, Aldabra giant tortoises are not afraid of humans, and they seem to be indifferent to the presence of humans.
As their name suggests, Aldabra giant tortoises are very big. They are, in fact, the second largest land tortoises in the world, smaller only than the Galapagos giant tortoise. Males are larger than females, but the females are sill quite large. Males normally weigh about 550 pounds (250 kg), while the females average about 350 pounds (159 kg). From the tail end of the shell to the head of the shell, males are usually about four feet (122 cm) long. Females are about 35 inches (91 cm) in the same dimension.
Some individuals can be much larger than the sizes just mentioned. One male at Fort Worth Zoological park weighed in at over 793 pounds (360 kg). This is over FOUR TIMES the weight of the average adult male human! Who would have thought that a tortoise could weight four times as much as an adult human!
Aldabra tortoises are omnivores, eating both plants and animals. These animals are grazers, much like cows. They eat whenever they are hungry and are not picky eaters. They can extend their neck to allow them to reach food that is over three feet (.9 m) above the ground! Sometimes these tortoises will supplement their diet with insects and even carrion. Unlike some reptiles, Aldabra giant tortoises are unable to obtain all of their water through their food, so they must drink water regularly. In captivity they eat mainly vegetation, and in the winter when vegetation is not as common, they eat hay and kale. If fed an improper diet in captivity, Aldabra tortoises may develop bone and/or kidney disease.
The Aldabra giant tortoise is not picky about its habitat as long as it is the right climate and has enough vegetation. Scrub forests, swamps, beaches, and plains are all home to these reptiles.
The IUCN lists the Aldabra tortoise as vulnerable. During the 1600s to 1800s, sailors exploring the Indian Ocean would use these tortoises as an important food source, killing them and storing their meat in the ship’s hold for later use.
Today, threats to these reptiles include habitat destruction, predators, and competition for food. The two main predators for Aldabra giant tortoises are rats and cats. You may wonder how such a large animal could fall prey to animals so much smaller that it, but remember that tortoises cannot move very fast. Goats, while not predators of these tortoises, are threats to them because they take away the tortoises’ food. Because of these threats, Aldabra giant tortoises are the only wild giant tortoises left in the area.
Mating, eggs, and young
The breeding season of Aldabra tortoises is from February to May. Mating only occurs during the early morning and late evening, which is when these animals are more active. After mating, the females lay from four to fourteen rubbery eggs in a shallow nest. Only about half of these eggs are fertilized. In captivity, the clutch size increases, ranging from nine to twenty-five eggs. In healthy populations, females may lay two clutches each breeding season.
The length of the incubation period depends largely on the temperature of the place where the tortoises are living. When the temperature is warmer, the incubation period lasts around 110 days, but in cooler climates, this period can last for up to 250 days!
Young Aldabra giant tortoises have a shiny black shell, unlike the dull gray shell that adults have. Maturity is determined by size instead of age, and these tortoises start mating when they have grown to half of their size. This is usually about twenty-five years. Research shows that as Aldabra tortoises get older, their growth rate slows.
Age is hard to measure in any animal, especially one that lives a long time. In the wild, their maximum age is unknown, but it is estimated to be around 100 years and maybe even 150! Since these tortoises outlive most researchers, it is hard to find conclusive data. One zoo estimates one of their living tortoises to be 176 years old! One Aldabra giant tortoise named Adwaita was thought to be brought to a British officer as a gift in the 1700s. She lived in the Calcutta Zoo from 1875 to 2006. Adwaita was estimated to have been born in 1750, making her 255 years old when she died. If this estimate was correct, Adwaita when she died would be older that the United States is now!
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Until recently, all we had were rumors that Chevrolet was developing the 8th-gen of the Corvette which has been informally named 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8. However, spy photographers recently captured shots which we believe are of a new mid-engine supercar thus confirming that Chevrolet is really working on a new Corvette. Although the photographs show a heavily camouflaged car, they give us a glimpse of the car’s design and also give credibility to the CAD renderings that surfaced last month on the internet. The switch from front-engine to mid-engine platform means the Corvette will gain a new look, a new personality and offer drivers a new driving experience. The car which was expected for the 2019 model year will delay until the 2020 model year; in the meantime, Chevrolet will release a revamped Corvette C7 for the 2019 model year.
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2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Exterior and Interior Styling
According to rumors, the Corvette C8 will ride on a new platform known as the GM Y2. The platform will be exclusive to the Corvette C8. The change to mid-engine layout will result in a change of the Corvette’s dynamics, styling, performance and driving experience. This rear, mid-engine configuration is used by other supercars such as the Porsche 911, Ford GT and Audi R8, models that the C8 will compete with. The configuration also facilitates ideal front-rear weight distribution and optimal power delivery.
Spy Photo
When it finally shows its face, we expect to see the C8 in coupe and convertible bodies. Due to the change of engine layout, the new Corvette will look different than past generations which had a front-engine, rear-drive layout. The past generations of the C8 were characterized by a long engine hood and short rear deck but the new model will likely have a shorter engine hood and an extended rear deck just like the Audi R8 and Ford GT. The decision to switch to this layout is to enable the Corvette to reach a higher performance level.
From the prototypes we have seen doing test runs, their wheels were the most exposed features; the units feature five spokes and are finished in black. The rear wheels have a two-caliper braking system and the calipers seem to be integrated to steel rotors. The exhaust tips are also exposed and look identical to units on the current model, the Corvette C7. The roof has a seam line in front of the B-pillar which hints that the models doing test runs has a removable roof. The model’s side-mirrors stretch further than those of the current model, a common feature with mid-engine supercars.
There is no information about the interior of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 as of this writing. Due to the change of the engine configuration, the cabin layout will be definitely overhauled.
As of this writing, little is known about powertrain that GM is planning for the Corvette C8 but we know the unit will be new. According to the CAD drawings, the unit will likely be a twin-turbocharged DOHC V-8 whose displacement could range from 4.2 liters to 5.5 liters. The engine is expected to produce around 700 hp or more as the larger twin-turbocharged 5.5 L, DOHC mill is good for up to 850 hp. As for transmission choices, the model will likely feature either a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic sourced from Tremec or the GM’s own 10-speed automatic gearbox that was developed in partnership with Ford. Our engineers argue that the current winter tests of the C8 prototype are actually validation tests of the vehicle on its new engine platform to ensure the engine is viable for all weather conditions.
All this is pure speculation at this point; we have to wait for Chevrolet to shed more light regarding the coming of the new-generation Corvette.
The C8 is expected to be more expensive than the current C7 which has a starting price of around $60,000. The Corvette C8 will have a starting price of over $70,000; the premium is due to the more premium exterior look, more powerful engine as well as a better cabin. Adding optional features will hike the price even further.
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Foundations, Individual Giving
Billionaire Philanthropists and Their New York Booty
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October 23, 2012; Source: Forbes
John Paulson makes good use of Central Park, running or cycling there on many days, and in appreciation, he has pledged $100 million to the Central Park Conservancy. If fulfilled, it will be the largest contribution ever to a public park and the largest contribution that Paulson, a billionaire hedge fund manager, has ever made to anything. Paulson says that he wants his gift to help maintain the park as an “urban oasis.”
The New York Times reports that Paulson, who sits on the board of the Conservancy, has a lifelong relationship with the park and quotes him on his motivation for the pledge: “Walking through the park in different seasons, it kept coming back that in my mind Central Park is the most deserving of all of New York’s cultural institutions. And I wanted the amount to make a difference. The park is very large, and its endowment is relatively small.” A former parks commissioner commented that the gift will help see to it that the park is not, as the Times puts it, “loved to death” by its 40 million annual visitors.
Paulson made much of his money by betting on the collapse of the real estate market.
In New York, a gift of this size to a public institution is large but not unprecedented. In 2008, Stephan Schwarzman, founder and CEO of The Blackstone Group, made a $100 million donation to the New York Public Library. In 2011, James Simons, founder of Renaissance Technologies, gave $150 million to Stony Brook University, which is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. That contribution will support “medical research, 35 new endowed professorships, undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and the construction of a new life sciences research building,” according to Forbes, which also reports that Simons has given away more than $1.15 billion overall (which nonetheless pales in the shadow of fellow hedge fund honcho George Soros, who has given away more than $8.5 billion).
The Paulson Family Foundation needs to make some big gifts. It was founded in 2008 with a $100 million contribution, and it has since grown its asset base to $565 million, according to Forbes, but grants from the Foundation in its first three years totaled less than $8 million. Soros, of course, is committed to spending down all of his assets, but if Paulson is to pay out the required five percent this year, spending will have to be stepped up significantly in comparison to those first three years.
Meanwhile, other New York parks have not been doing so badly with the rich set lately, according to the New York Times. The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation recently pledged $20 million to the High Line Park on top of two previous gifts totaling $15 million. And Joshua P. Rechnitz pledged $40 million to create an enclosed speed cycling track at the Brooklyn Bridge Park. –Ruth McCambridge
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Excerpts From The Book: History As Mystery — Michael Parenti | Third World Traveler
Posted by Norman Pilon in History, Marxist Theory
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Excerpts From The Book: History As Mystery, by Michael Parenti, City Lights Books, 1999
Sourced from: Third World Traveler
Prologue – page xv
A dissenting view invites us to test the prevailing explanations and open ourselves to neglected ones. Through this clash of viewpoints we have a better chance of moving toward a closer approximation of historical truth.
Dissidents (or revisionists, as they have been called) are not drifting with the mainstream but swimming against it, struggling against the prevailing range of respectable opinion. They are deprived of what Alvin Gouldner called “the background assumptions,” the implicit, unexamined. but commonly embraced notions that invite self-confirming acceptance because of their conformity to what is already accepted as properly true. This established familiarity and unanimity of bias is frequently treated as “objectivity.” For this reason dissidents are constantly having to defend themselves and argue closely from the evidence.
In contrast, orthodoxy can rest on its own unstated axioms and mystifications, remaining heedless of marginalized critics who are denied a means of reaching mass audiences. Orthodoxy promotes its views through the unexamined repetition that comes with monopoly control of the major communication and educational systems. In sum, while dissidents can make mistakes of their own, they are less likely to go unchallenged for it. Not so with orthodoxy. It remains the most insidious form of ideology for it parades the dominant view as the objective one, the only plausible and credible one.
… it is a matter of public record that a tiny portion of the population controls the lion’s share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing, banking, investment, publishing, higher education, philanthropy, and media. And while not totally immune to popular pressures, these individuals exercise a preponderant influence over what is passed off as public information and democratic discourse.
The ruling class is the politically active component of the owning class, the top captains of finance and policy who set the standards for investment and concentration of capital at home and abroad. They play a dominant role in determining the wage scales and working conditions of millions. They strip away employee benefits and downsize whole workforces, while warring tirelessly against organized labor. They set rates of interest and they control the money supply, including the national currency itself. They enjoy oligarchic control of the principal technologies of industrial production and mass communication. They and their adjuncts populate the boards of directors (or trustees or regents) of corporations, universities, and foundations. They repeatedly commit serious corporate crimes but almost never go to prison. They raid the public treasury for corporate welfare subsidies, for risk capital, bailout capital, export capital, research and development capital, promotional capital, and equity capital. They plunder the public domain, dominating the airwaves, destroying ancient forests, polluting lands and waters with industrial effluent, depleting the ozone layer, and putting the planet’s entire ecology at risk for the sake of quick profits. At home and abroad, they are faithfully served by the national security state with all its covert and repressive apparatus. Their faithful acolytes occupy the more powerful security agency positions and cabinet posts regardless of what party or personality controls the White House. They create international agreements like NAFTA and GATT that circumvent the democratic protections of sovereign states and undermine the ability of popular government to develop public-sector services for anyone other than these powerful interests. Their overall economic domination and their campaign contributions, media monopoly, high-paid lobbyists, and public relations experts regularly predetermine who will be treated as major political candidates and which policy parameters will prevail. These ruling elites are neither omnipotent nor infallible. They suffer confusions and setbacks, and have differences among themselves. They sometimes grope for ways to secure and advance their interests in the face of changing circumstances, learning by trial and error. Through all this, their capital accumulation continues unabated. Though relatively few in number they get the most of what there is to get. Their wealth serves their power, and their power serves their wealth.
It is remarkable the things that most of us never learn in school about our own history, the topics and inquiries we are never introduced to. Consider this incomplete listing:
Why were human beings held in slavery through a good part of U.S. history? Why were they not given any land to till after their emancipation? Why were Native American Indians systematically massacred time and again?
What is property in the context of American civilization? What is wealth? How have large concentrations of capital been accumulated? Is there a causal relationship between wealth for the few and poverty for the many?
What role has government played in the formation of great fortunes and giant corporations? What effect has this had on the democratic process?
Why in past generations did people work twelve hours a day or longer, six and seven days a week? Where did the weekend and the eight-hour day come from? Why were labor unions considered unconstitutional through much of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century?
Who were the Wobblies, the Knights of Labor, the Populists, and the Progressives? Why did tens of thousands of Americans consider themselves anarchists, socialists, or communists? Why did hundreds of thousands vote for radical candidates?
How did poor children get to go to public schools? How did communities get public libraries? What role has social class played in education and in American life in general?
How did we get laws on behalf of occupational safety, minimum wage, environmental protection, and retirement and disability benefits? How effective have they been? Who still opposes them and why?
What historic role has corporate America played in advancing or retarding the conditions of workers, women, African Americans, Native Americans, and various other ethnic groups? Why are most corporate decisions regarding investments, jobs, use of resources, and markets considered to be private?
Why have U.S. military forces intervened directly or indirectly in so many countries over the last century?
Why have U.S. leaders opposed revolutionary and even reformist governments, and supported right-wing autocracies around the world?
Questions of this sort are seldom asked in our media, schools, or textbooks.
To say that schools fail to produce an informed, critically minded, democratic citizenry is to overlook the fact that schools were never intended for that purpose. Their mission is to turn out loyal subjects who do not challenge the existing corporate-dominated social order. That the school has pretty much fulfilled its system-sustaining role is no accident. The educational system is both a purveyor of the dominant political culture and a product of it.
Those who celebrate Christianity’s contributions to Western civilization might want to remind themselves of one of the church’s most appalling gifts to human tyranny, the Inquisition, a heresy hunt ordained by the papacy that wreaked misery upon Europe from the early thirteenth century until well into the eighteenth. Endowed with nearly limitless authority, shrouded in secrecy, and freed from all accountability, the inquisitors indulged in unfettered butchery and rapacity, taking lives and confiscating property, growing rich in the process, treating the accused as having no rights, and treating everyone, from the meanest to the highest, as potentially suspect.
The victim’s guilt was assumed in advance and confession was to be extracted by guile or ordeal. One’s regular church attendance and generous oblations, one’s verbal professions of strict devotion to orthodox doctrine, one’s willingness to subscribe to whatever was demanded by the tribune-all were as naught. For the accused might still be nursing a secret heresy. The Inquisition had to uncover the impossible: the unspoken thoughts in a person’s head. But luckily, the task was made easier by the procedure itself. The victim need not be proven guilty; suspicion alone was enough to bring on the fatal judgment. The inquiry almost always ended in execution or, less frequently, life incarceration in a dark dungeon.
Along with its judges, the Inquisition had its armed retainers, extortionists, spies, and of course, torturers and executioners. Lea writes that, except among the Visigoths, torture had been “unknown among the barbarians who founded the commonwealths of Europe, and their system of jurisprudence had grown up free from its contamination.” Not until the thirteenth century did it begin to be employed “sparingly and hesitatingly” in judicial proceedings, after which it rapidly won its way into the Inquisition, administered at first only by secular authorities- on command from the Inquisitional tribune. In 1252, church canons prohibited ecclesiastics from being present when torture was administered, perhaps an implicit admission that the procedure was morally tainted. Yet within a few years, inquisitors and their servitors were absolving each other of “irregularities” under the papal bull so that they might directly supervise torture sessions.
Those who confessed were burned as admitted heretics. Those who withstood all pain and mutilation and did not confess were burned as unrepentent heretics. Heresy itself retained a conveniently vague and elastic meaning. Prisoners who confessed under torture were tortured again to gain information about other evil-doers among their own family and friends, then tortured again if they subsequently recanted any of the coerced testimony-after which they were burned at the stake. Witnesses too were sometimes tortured in order to extract properly damning testimony. Anyone who showed sympathy or support for the accused, who dared to question the relentlessly self-confirming process, was doomed to meet the same fate.
In 1484 German princes were reluctant to give the Roman Inquisition entry into Germany. The Inquisition loomed as a rival authority, one inclined to go into business for itself, condemning not only the poor but some of the rich and well born and expropriating their estates. But the grave anxiety occasioned by peasant insurrections made the princes more tractable. The Inquisition opportunely arrived upon the scene, in Michelet’s words, “to terrorize the country and break down rebellious spirits, burning as Sorcerers today the very men who would likely enough tomorrow have been insurgents,” channeling popular restiveness away from the ruling interests and against witches and demons…
Some historians actually have apologetic words for the Inquisition. Ignoring all evidence to the contrary, Carlton Hayes and his associates claim that the Inquisition’s most frequent penalty was a mere fine and confiscation of property, with imprisonment reserved only for the “more severe cases.” And some suspects were required to undertake expensive pilgrimages, or “wear distinctive markings on their clothes.” Hayes makes no mention of torture, and claims that the death penalty was applied only to the “relatively few” who refused to recant their heresy or who relapsed after recantation. The inquisitors, it seems, did not burn heretics but conscientiously strove to save their immortal souls through conversion.
A different summation of the Inquisition is offered by Lea, who has done the monumental study of this subject: “Fanatic zeal, arbitrary cruelty, and insatiable cupidity . . . it was a system which might well seem the invention of demons.” In fact, it was the invention of the Christian church of that day. A religion is not something entirely apart from the crimes committed in its name. The church’s war against heresy began in the first generation of its existence and continued without stint for more than sixteen hundred years. Centuries of Christianity’s meanspirited, violent propagation of a monopoly faith created the fertile soil upon which the Inquisition took root and flourished…
In California and the Caribbean, the [Christian] missions were centers for enslaving indigenous populations, forcing the natives to work under conditions that amounted to slave labor. Normally healthy and vigorous people, the Indians sickened and died in great numbers once they were confined to mission compounds.
For centuries, the church was itself the largest slaveholder in Europe. As late as the sixteenth century in Spain, Christians were still debating whether African slaves had souls or were subhuman animal creations. Well into the nineteenth century, in the United States, while some clergy joined the abolitionist ranks, many more remained vigorous apologists for slavery, writing almost half of all defenses on its behalf, often citing the Bible as their authority. Prominent proslavery clergy could be found in the North as well as the South.
It cannot be held that Christians preached one thing on Sunday and practiced another the rest of the week. In respect to slavery, preachment and practice coincided all too well. Whether during the late Roman Empire or in the antebellum United States, Christian teaching offered an ideological justification for the worldly interests of a ruthless slaveholding class, and Christians themselves were among the leading slaveowners. Few of us were taught such things in Sunday school or any, other school.
U.S. leaders point with pride to the free flow of information in our supposedly open society. Yet these same leaders regularly withhold or destroy official materials, thereby seriously distorting the historical record at the point of origin…
Perhaps the most famous disclosure controversy in recent U.S. history concerns the study that became known as the Pentagon Papers, an extensive top-secret history of U.S. involvement in Indochina from World War II to May 1968. The report was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and compiled by thirty-six anonymous historians, mostly academicians who worked for the State Department and Defense Department. It revealed how for two decades officials deceived the Congress and the U.S. public while pursuing a war of aggression and attrition in Indochina. A Department of Defense consultant, Daniel Ellsberg, risking prison and sacrificing his government career, managed to copy the papers and get them into the hands of the New York Times and the Washington Post with a commitment to publish. In the interests of “national security,” President Nixon’s Justice Department went to court to get prior judicial restraints placed upon publication of the documents. In its final decision, the Supreme Court decided that the newspapers could continue publishing the documents-an unusual instance in which judicial action rescued a fragment of history from official suppression. By exposing the deceptive and criminal methods of the war waged in Indochina, the Pentagon Papers did not harm national security, as some officials claimed, but it did raise troublesome questions about the legitimacy of U.S. policy in Indochina, and that was the real cause for concern…
The CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies have had a ‘ close collaboration with Guatemalan military and paramilitary forces, dating back to the U.S.-sponsored overthrow of the democratically elected reformist government in Guatemala in 1954. These U.S. agencies have extensive files on the more than 200,000 murders and disappearances in Guatemala. Under pressure from the CIA, President Clinton retreated from earlier commitments to release the files. In 1996, after much protest by critics of U.S. policy, the Clinton administration declassified thousands of documents concerning human rights abuses, mostly relating to cases in which U.S. citizens in Guatemala had been raped, tortured, and killed. Guatemalan officials hoped that the papers might reveal useful information about the longstanding links between the CIA and the Guatemalan military, which was accused of committing most of the crimes. But the documents that arrived were so thoroughly excised as to contain little that was not already known. ”[N]ot one of these documents has any value at all in a judicial proceeding…. These are not declassified documents; they are censored documents,” announced Julio Arango Escobar, head of the special prosecution team appointed by the Guatemalan government. Guatemala’s leading newspaper, Prensa Libra, complained that, as in the past, “all that became known was what the CIA wanted.” And Helen Mack, a human rights campaigner whose sister was killed by the Guatemalan military, pointed out that Washington continued to cover up its knowledge of abuses by exempting the CIA and the Defense Department from public disclosure. In sum, much of the terrible history of U.S.-sponsored political murder in Guatemala was suppressed by the very agencies that participated in the deeds.
After several more years of pressure, enough pertinent information was finally released for the Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission to report that the Guatamalan military had committed “acts of genocide” against the Mayans during the thirty-six-year war against the poor. The declassified documents revealed how the United States government gave money and training to the Guatamalan military, and along with U.S. private companies “exercised pressure to maintain the country’s archaic and unjust socio-economic structure.” In addition, the U.S. government and its various agencies, including the CIA, lent direct and indirect support to illicit state operations, many of which were carried out “without respect for any legal principles or the most elemental ethical and religious values, and in this way completely lost any semblance of human morals.
The Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] “allows the [CIA] to be exceedingly stingy in responding to requests from historians, journalists and citizens for documents.” Confronted with an FOIA lawsuit regarding its role in the 1954 coup in Guatemala, the CIA released barely 1,400 of 180,000 relevant pages, nearly half a century after the events. The agency reportedly destroyed most of its files on other covert actions in the 1950s and 1960s, including all records relating to its role in the overthrow of reformist prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran in 1953.54 A volume of State Department papers on Iran, published in 1990, omitted any mention of the CIA’s part in that coup. In protest, Warren I. Cohen, a historian at Michigan State, resigned his post as chair of the State Department’s advisory committee on historical diplomatic documentation, complaining that “the State Department is playing games with history.” This expurgated Foreign Relations of the United States volume now sits authoritatively on thousands of library shelves.
The CIA promised that it would release documents on the 1953 coup in Iran, the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, its covert operations supporting political interests in France and Italy in the 1940s and 1950s, insurgencies in Indonesia and Tibet in the 1950s and 1960s, insurrections in the Belgian Congo and the Dominican Republic in the 1960s, and secret actions in North Korea and Laos. But little has been forthcoming. The agency did not mention releasing materials about CIA involvement in the brutal wars of attrition it waged against revolutionary governments in Nicaragua, Mozambique, Angola, and Afghanistan during the 1980s, which resulted in millions of deaths and laid waste to all four countries. Nor was there any mention of its support for the death squads that have killed hundreds of thousands of peasants, trade unionists, students, clergy, and others throughout Latin America and parts of Asia and Africa…
After landing in Haiti in 1994, ostensibly to restore stability l and democracy to that battered country, U.S. troops seized more than 150,000 pages of documents and photographs from the headquarters of the Haitian military and from FRAPH, the previous regime’s most feared paramilitary group. Officials of the democratically elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said that the return of the documents was indispensable to their efforts to disarm and prosecute human rights violators connected with the previous military regime. Human rights groups in Haiti blamed FRAPH for most of the three thousand people killed in the 1991-1994 period, along with thousands of other incidents of rape, torture, beatings, and arson. But Washington continued to stall because, in the view of one Aristide adviser, the purloined records were likely to contain data about the finances and activities of U.S.-supported Haitian death squads, as well as information about the location of arms caches hidden around the country by rightist groups. Washington, the adviser noted, did not want to see the assassins and torturers go on trial in Haiti and “have it emerge that they were paid and supported by American intelligence…
All over the United States monuments pay homage to military figures who participated in unjust wars, including the defense of the southern slavocracy and the slaughter of Native Americans, Mexicans, Spaniards, Filipinos, and others. Far fewer are the monuments to abolitionists, pacifists, anarchists, socialists, labor radicals, civil libertarians, and other champions of egalitarianism whose efforts have afforded us the modicum of democracy and social justice we possess today. In the entire United States there exists not a single monument to the heroic volunteer veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who fought fascism in Spain during the Spanish civil war (1936-1939), save one obscure memorial plaque at the City College of New York to the fallen students who served in the brigade.
For over thirty years the corporate-owned press and other mainstream opinion makers have ignored the many unsettling revelations about the Kennedy assassination unearthed by independent investigators. Such research points to a conspiracy to assassinate the president and a conspiracy to hide the crime. At the very least, the investigators raise enough serious questions as to leave us unwilling to accept the Warren Commission’s official version of blaming Lee Harvey Oswald for the killing of President Kennedy.
An end run around the media blackout was achieved by Oliver Stone’s film JFK Released in late 1991, the movie exposed millions of viewers to the many disturbing aspects of the assassination. JFK was repeatedly attacked seven months before it was released, in just about every major print and broadcast outlet, usually in the most caustic and general terms. The media’s ideological gatekeepers poured invective upon Stone, while avoiding the more difficult task of rebutting the substantive points made in his film, and without ever coming to grips with the critical historical literature upon which the movie drew. A full exposure of the assassination conspiracy, that might unearth CIA or military intelligence involvement, would cast serious discredit upon the nation’s major institutions.
Oliver Stone’s JFK continued to be attacked years after its initial run. Stone was pilloried as a “ranting maniac” and a “dangerous fellow,” guilty of “near-pathological monkeying with history.” The idea of a conspiracy in high places was ridiculed as a fanciful scenario that sprang from the imagination of a filmmaker. Like the Warren Commission, the press assumed a priori that Oswald was the lone killer. In 1978, when a House Select Committee concluded that there was more than one assassin involved in the Kennedy shooting, the Washington Post editorialized that there still probably was no conspiracy, but possibly “three or four societal outcasts” who acted independently of each other spontaneously and simultaneously to shoot the president. Instead of a conspiracy theory the Post created a coincidence theory that might be the most fanciful explanation of all.
Meanwhile, in answer to the question, Did Oswald act alone? most independent investigators concluded that he did not act at all. He was not one of the people who shot Kennedy, although he was involved in another way, in his own words as “a patsy,” concluded the critics.
Most of the evil in history is perpetrated not by lunatics or monsters but by individuals of responsibility and commitment, whose most unsettling aspect is the apparent normality of their deportment.
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Norton Introduces D.C. Statehood Bill with Record Number of Original Cosponsors, Announces House Oversight Committee Will Hold Hearing and Markup This Year
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51) to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, her first bill of the 116th Congress. She introduced the bill with 155 original cosponsors, a new record, up from the previous record Norton set in the 115th Congress (116). Norton also announced that the Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), has committed to holding a hearing and markup in 2019 on H.R. 51.
“We are gratified by the overwhelming support from my Democratic colleagues as we seize this new moment for statehood and press our bill in the 116th Congress with unprecedented momentum,” said Congresswoman Norton. “I am particularly grateful to Chairman Cummings for his support of H.R. 51 and his commitment to holding a hearing and markup in 2019, the first such House hearing or markup since 1993, when I got the first-ever House floor vote on it. A hearing and markup will provide a prime opportunity to inform and remind Americans that over 700,000 of their fellow citizens who live in the nation’s capital are denied their basic democratic rights.”
“We must protect the rights of everyone across the country, including the hundreds of thousands of American citizens who live in our nation’s capital,” said Chairman Cummings. “Congresswoman Norton has been a strong advocate for her constituents for many years, and now is the time to take action. I plan to schedule a hearing and markup this year in the Oversight Committee on her bill, H.R. 51, and I will work closely with our leadership to move this legislation onto the House floor.”
Norton’s bill would create a state from the eight hometown wards of the District. The 51st state would have no jurisdiction over the federal territory or enclave that now consists of the Washington that Members of Congress and visitors associate with the nation’s capital. The U.S. Capitol premises, the principal federal monuments, federal buildings and grounds, the National Mall and other federal property here would remain under federal jurisdiction. Norton’s bill provides that the State of Washington, D.C. would be equal to the other 50 states in all respects, as is always required for states, and the residents of the state of Washington, D.C. would have all the rights of citizenship as taxpaying American citizens, including two senators and, initially, one House member.
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A vacation in paradise for some is a warm, sunny destination, turquoise waters, fine white sandy beaches, and endless drinks with pink umbrellas. For others, it’s ancient ruins and castles, exploring narrow, cobble-stoned alleys in some of the oldest cities in Europe. Regardless of what paradise is, for members of the LGBT community, that escape from reality can be dangerous.
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Seventy-two countries and territories worldwide have outlawed same-sex relationships, criminalizing them. Amongst that number include 45 which specifically forbid sexual relationships between woman. In eight of those countries, homosexuality can ead to a death penalty, with dozens more where homosexual acts will result in a prison sentence. Recently, travel insurance provider WorldNomads.com released a color-coded map of tolerant and intolerant countries.
Jamaica and southern neighbor Trinidad are the only red islands in the Caribbean
Closer to home, Jamaica is coded red, which means homosexuality is illegal and the death penalty may apply. The country has laws that criminalize homosexual acts and several rights groups have warned that LGBT people face frequent discrimination. Transgender citizens are not lawfully allowed to change their legal name and gender, which could undermine their privacy and open them up to discrimination and harassment. Despite the law, Jamaica celebrated its third annual Pride celebration last year. Of the Caribbean destinations, Jamaica and southern neighbor Trinidad and Tobago are the only red islands.
Popular tourist destination Mexico — with hot spots Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta on the west coast, Cancun and Riviera Maya on the east coast — are coded green (legal with some protections). Same-sex marriages are allowed at the resorts lining both coasts, making the country appealing for destination weddings and honeymoons. The Dominican Republic, coded yellow and another popular destination wedding spot, does not recognize same-sex marriage. Any same-sex couples wishing to marry in Punta Cana, Bavaro, or Puerto Plata, will only be able to have a symbolic ceremony.
Russia is Europe’s second least LGBT-friendly country
This summer marks the first time Russia has hosted the World Cup, international soccer’s biggest event, and a huge tourism draw. Not surprisingly, Russia was coded yellow by WorldNomads.com, meaning homosexuality is legal but it is not protected by law and members of the LGBT community often face hostility from the public. Hate crimes against LGBT people in Russia have doubled since the country banned the spreading of “propaganda for non-traditional sexual relations” in 2013. The ‘gay propaganda’ law has been used to stop Pride marches and to detain gay rights activists. This makes Russia Europe’s second least LGBT-friendly country.
Overall, the majority of European countries are coded blue or purple, meaning they have legalized homosexuality and have a wide range of protections in place (blue) or they have legalized and recognize same-sex marriages and offer a wide array of protections (purple). The United Kingdom, Ireland, and Iceland are coded purple, along with mainland neighbors the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal. Central European nations Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Italy, and Greece are coded blue.
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Budapest has a small and thriving nightlife for LGBT travelers
Hungary, which has stringent hate crime laws, allows homosexual activity for both men and women. Though Hungary legalized gay marriage in 2009, well ahead of America, Hungarian Prime Minister and right wing conservative Viktor Orban gladly welcomed the 11th World Congress of Families summit meeting to Budapest last year. The WFS has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center because of its role in pushing through Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law. Despite the current government’s conservative stances, Hungary’s capital Budapest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, welcomes all travelers and has a small and thriving nightlife for LGBT travelers.
The majority of Europe’s larger cities offer plenty for the LGBT wanderer. They range from festivals to nightlife. London has a section on their Visit London home page dedicated to all things LGBT to see and do in the city. Across the English Channel, Paris also has a section for LGBT interests on its official Convention and Visitors Bureau web site. The legendary friendliness and nightlife of Ireland is on full display in Dublin. The compact nature of Ireland’s capital makes it easy to navigate its city center and find an LGBT friendly venue. In Germany, Berlin’s gay history goes back to the 1920’s as being a major draw for artists and thinkers, something that continues today. Gay-friendly eateries and bars are found throughout the sprawling city, with the Schwules Museum dedicated to Berlin’s LGBT history.
The Netherlands was the first country to legalize gay marriage in 2001
Amsterdam also has a long history supporting its LGBT citizens, openly promoting gay rights since decriminalizing homosexuality in 1811. The first gay bar opened there in 1927 and the COC, one of the world’s first gay rights organizations, was founded there in 1946. In 1987, the city unveiled the first-ever ‘Homomonument’ as tribute to the gays and lesbians who were killed during World War II. The Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize gay marriage in 2001 — the mayor of Amsterdam officiated the first legal marriages there.
LGBT travelers looking for a more exotic, further flung destination should definitely exercise caution in large portions of Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. With the exception of South Africa, nearly all of the African continent is flagged red, with a handful of countries coded orange and fewer still showing yellow.
In Asia, Vietnam has seen a surge of tourism with the rise in popularity of river cruises through the country. It has no laws against homosexuality but is considered to be largely intolerant of LGBT people. Indonesia is largely yellow for now, with the Aceh Province having outlawed homosexuality. Deliberations in further outlawing of homosexual practices are taking place.
Middle Eastern countries are considered dangerous for LGBTs
In the Middle East, homosexuality is punishable by public canings or all the way up to stoning, an archaic death sentence.
Travel guides, such as those published by Lonely Planet and Frommers, are excellent resources for those seeking adventure and relaxation. Both publishers do include sections and recommendations for LGBT-friendly areas and venues. It is advisable to read up on a potential destination, to see what is tolerated and what is not before digging out the passport and packing that bag.
What the color codes mean:
RED: Homosexuality is illegal, severe punishments and even death penalties (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea)
ORANGE: No laws against homosexuality but attitudes are intolerant, no protections exist (Vietnam, Madagascar, Venezuela)
YELLOW: Homosexuality is legal, attitudes moderately intolerant, no other protections exist (China, Dominican Republic, Russia, Turkey, Indonesia, Panama)
GREEN: Homosexual acts are legal, some legal protections such as anti-discrimination laws exist (Mexico, Thailand, Japan, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Nepal)
BLUE: Homosexuality is legalized and a wide range of protections are in place (Italy, Poland, Greece, Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania)
PURPLE: Same-sex marriage is allowed, homosexuality is legal, offer a full compliment of protection of rights ( United States, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands)
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Home / Reports / Buildings demolished in Qalqiliya district, 26 more to be demolished
Buildings demolished in Qalqiliya district, 26 more to be demolished
in Reports May 27, 2006
by IWPS, 24 May 2006, Hares (Salfit)
On the 24.5.06 at approximately 7:45 a.m. the Israeli army came to the village of Funduq, Qalqilya district, with several military vehicles and three bulldozers / drills. Within minutes, they started to demolish one house and several agricultural structures between the villages of Funduq and Hajja.
The house was under construction and planned to house a family. The owner, Salim Odeh, had already spent about 6000 JD on the house. He stopped building after receiving a demolition order and fulfilled all the requirements to get a permit for the house, but he was told there is no way to “legalize” it and his appeal against the demolition order was subsequently rejected by the court.
All structures were on privately owned land, and the owners tried in vain to get permits to build on their own land. The Israeli authorities block the expansion of the villages in the area, which is slated as “Area C” under the Oslo Accords, thus preventing people from earning a living or building houses to ease the crowded living conditions inside the village.
Today’s demolitions are part of a larger campaign of house demolitions in the villages of Funduq, Hajja and Jinsafut. Another 30 houses, including up to 20-year-old houses inhabited by families with children, houses that are still under construction, agricultural barracks and structures, a well, a gas station and work shops, are currently under threat of demolition.
On February 22nd 2006 a house under construction that was planned to contain agricultural facilities as well as several family apartments was demolished. The owner, who had invested about 200 000 NIS, received a demolition order in April 2005 and was in contact with lawyers and the Israeli Military Administration. He was in the process of filing a petition against the
demolition order, but was preempted by the demolition. Some agricultural structures were demolished on the same day.
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Laura Dern on the Power of True Crime in Trial by Fire and Big Little Lies Season 2
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Big Little Lies star Laura Dern, 52, returns for season two of HBO’s hit series in June, but first she’s on the big screen in the based-on-a-true-story Trial by Fire (May 17). She plays Elizabeth Gilbert, a Houston playwright who formed an unlikely bond with a death row inmate, Cameron Todd Willingham (Jack O’Connell), accused of killing his three children by arson in 1991.
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Why did Elizabeth get involved in trying to save Todd?
He didn’t have anyone to communicate with, or to walk through this heartbreak with, let alone to try to prove his innocence, until one woman on a random day made a perfunctory choice to write a letter [as part of a prison pen pal program]. Elizabeth is a great heroine in that way, reminding us to consider other people and to take a minute.
Elizabeth’s kindness also had bigger ramifications, changing fire science.
This man was going to be long-forgotten and [without Elizabeth’s intervention] the science never would have been discovered that ended up saving someone else’s life, who was on death row, only months later.
There is no doubt that Trial by Fire is an anti–death penalty film.
In the case of this amazing article that David Grann wrote for The New Yorker, the true evidence is clear. The state of Texas killed an innocent man. That’s now proven and clear. So what do we do with that information? If it were just one case, not thousands like it, what do we do with that? Are we going to be a country that still defends that choice? Or, like most of the rest of the world, are we going to finally come to terms with the fact that it’s not our choice to make, especially if we can’t guarantee someone’s guilt or innocence? So why are we killing people? We’re putting them to death because we say killing is a sin, and yet we’re killing them. It’s insane thinking.
Europe made it illegal and there was a moratorium on the death penalty many years ago, but if you look stateside, you see that in Utah, you can still have death by firing squad. It’s been an amazing education for me, who has had very strong and challenged feelings like everybody around this issue. Once I got inside the movie, it educated me more and, therefore, the film itself and the experience working on it made me that much more passionate.
Did you talk to Elizabeth about the special connection that she and Todd had?
I did. She was very available to us. We had many in-depth conversations, emails, and she shared their letters, which we were very lucky to read to get to know their connection. It was amazing. In any intimacy or connection, it is amazing when you strip away need, like a need for somebody to believe you’re one thing or another, a need to connect, a need to like the person, a need for the relationship to fit into a certain box; it had none of that. It was just about somebody writing a letter and somebody writing back, and sharing your life with a stranger.
For those of us who’ve had that in our lives, it’s such an extraordinary gift to note, to attempt at connecting with someone you truly don’t know. I’ve had experiences like that with social justice work. I’ve had experiences like that in a brutal layover because of weather. You start to know another human being in a completely different light without an agenda involved. I think that offered an opening up that is very different than you have even perhaps with your own family. It was a really remarkable friendship.
When Big Little Lies returns in June, how will your character, Renata, have changed?
She gets to be more a part of the tribe, but there are definitely habits—as with all the characters—that are hard to break. You think you know a person and then discover so many other sides to them, particularly someone as tough and intense as Renata.
Related: When Big Little Lies Season 2 Returns, Will the Lie Take on a Life of Its Own?
What can you tease about the second season of Big Little Lies and the Monterey Five?
We’re all saying to ourselves and each other, “We’re the most boring interview possible,” because we were sworn to secrecy. What is fair to say is, now, we’ve gotten to know these women in terms of the event that surrounded their lives, and perhaps because of that, there can be a deepening to what they’re walking through, which we all found very interesting.
We fell in love with these characters, and we so love deeply not only working together in general, but also having a tribe of women working together and diving into female relationships, friendships and challenges. It’s so amazing.
So, as opposed to a first season where you’re having to have a beginning, middle and end that involves this narrative of the book and the cliffhanger—it was a lot for David Kelley to mine and honor—now there can be more of an emotional component in terms of taking time to get to know these women and what they’re walking through in a different way. And you probably heard there is a pretty decent actress who’s joined us this year.
You mean Meryl Streep, of course.
Yes. It’s the most extraordinary gift, to be with this group, the Monterey Five, and have the experience of being around Meryl as a woman, as a mother, as a fierce protector of the planet, as an artist and now as a friend. I mean, my God, what a gift.
You also have a passion project. You’re raising funds for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Is it because you come from a Hollywood background [mom is Diane Ladd, dad is Bruce Dern] that you have this passion for the history of movies?
It mostly is because I was raised by actors—my godmother, Shelley Winters, was an actor—and I wanted to learn about film, and discover the various crafts and aspects to film. Even though I grew up on movie sets, there was so much I didn’t know, and, literally, the only place to go, or bring friends who would visit Los Angeles and want to learn about movies, was the wax museum. There was literally nothing.
The archive has so many artists that have been available to the academy. It just seems like the greatest gift in the world to have this international, extraordinary space and community to build not only the film lover a love story with cinema, but for the next generations to come, to not only fall in love with film and have conversations around film, but to get to know the various artisans and collaborators that come together to tell one’s story, because you can turn people on to crafts they didn’t know were part of filmmaking. It doesn’t have to be you’re going to be an actor or you’re going to be a director.
There’s so much to do and so many gifts to discover. But also, trying to work diligently to make sure that the museum, when people walk into it, and when children walk into it, they see themselves reflected in the story—who has had representation in cinema, and who didn’t, who the outliers were and who the pioneers were—to make sure that all voices were heard. That’s a really important story to tell as well. I’m someone who’s excited about it, and as homage to my parents and other generations who worked so hard to try to be groundbreakers, it moves me a lot as well.
You’re so busy at this point in your career, they’ve coined a term for you on the internet and are calling it the Dern-aissance.
Oh, my God, that’s so sweet. That’s so funny to me and so great. I could make fun of me a lot, which is great.
Related: Big Little Lies Actress Laura Dern on Star Wars, Her Favorite Memory of Carrie Fisher and Women in Film
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PIFB/S and Little League Band Together To Help Kids In Puerto Rico Play Ball Again
July 10, 2018 | Featured Partners Project Highlights
Founded in 2005, PIFB/S’ very first projects were with two Little League programs in Biloxi, Mississippi that lost everything during Hurricane Katrina. We helped rebuild dozens of leagues across the Gulf Coast, giving hundreds of children the chance to escape the loss and sadness through baseball. Disaster relief programs are ingrained into Pitch In For Baseball & Softball’s fabric and continue to be our most rewarding and impactful efforts. Baseball and softball is an effective tool for emotional therapy, giving children a chance to be kids while bringing communities together and providing some temporary relief for parents and caregivers. Over the past 12+ years, we have helped hundreds of leagues and thousands of children get back on the field following a natural disaster. We have seen firsthand the impact the game has on children and believe in its ability to restore a sense of normalcy in times of tragedy.
In August 2017, the Atlantic Ocean saw some of the worst hurricanes in history. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria slammed into islands in the Caribbean and the southeastern part of the United States leaving in their paths massive destruction and flooding. One of the islands that was hit the hardest was Puerto Rico. I n addition to the island being left without power for months and people being displaced from their homes, baseball and softball fields and equipment were wiped away with the storm. This was particularly devastating for the people and children of Puerto Rico who hold the games of baseball and softball so near and dear to their heats. Deeply woven into the fabric of the culture in Puerto Rico, baseball and softball give kids an opportunity to not only learn the game, but to experience all of the life lessons that come along with it. It was important to us here at Pitch In For Baseball & Softball to ensure that the children of Puerto Rico could get back on the field again as quickly as possible to restore a sense of normalcy in their lives and to help them begin healing through baseball.
Following Hurricane Maria, Pitch In For Baseball & Softball reached out to partners to offer assistance and begin to gather information to assess the need. We found that more than 10,000 children who were previously registered in an organized baseball/softball program, with the majority playing on a Little League team. Despite the fact that much of the country did not have electricity and Hurricane Maria destroyed most fields leaving in its wake mud and grass, there was a clear determination to start playing ball and “get back to normal” as soon as possible. Baseball truly is the heart of the Puerto Rican people and a life without it is unfathomable. We wanted to help keep that heart beating, traditions alive, and to help the children of Puerto Rico heal through baseball.
With more than 10,000 kids playing baseball and softball in Puerto Rico, we knew that we would need lots of financial resources and dependable partners to help kids get back on the field. For a project of this size, we knew we would need considerable resources and raised approximately $100,000 to help as many of the leagues in Puerto Rico get back on the field.
With the help of several of our partners including Wilson Sporting Goods, Puerto Rico sporting goods retailer Deportes Salvador Colom, and Under Armour, PIFB/S and a team of Little League volunteers packed 175 baseball/softball team kits. We were able to help rebuild 100% of the softball teams on the island. Each team kit included a team bag packed with gloves, helmets, bats, catcher’s gear, and baseballs/softballs In addition to the team kits, each league was presented with enough pants and arm sleeves for each child.
Organizationally, this was one of the most rewarding projects we have completed and certainly the single largest project in the history of Pitch In For Baseball & Softball. We are so grateful to our partners Little League International, Wilson Sporting Goods, Easton Sporting Goods, Franklin, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Deportes Salvador Colom for helping make it possible.
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Bryan Palmer, Leo Panitch, Chris Cutrone
Platypus Review 99 | September 2017
On April 8, 2017, for the closing plenary of its 9th Annual International Convention, the Platypus Affiliated Society organized a panel discussion, 1917–2017, at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Tasked with reflecting on the historical significance of 1917 for the Left, the panel brought together Bryan Palmer, Chair of the Canadian Studies Department at Trent University and author of numerous histories of the Left; Leo Panitch, Professor of Political Science at York University, author, and co-editor of the Socialist Register; and Chris Cutrone, President of the Platypus Affiliated Society. Pamela Nogales, of Platypus, moderated. What follows is an edited transcript of their discussion.
Bryan Palmer: I’ll begin with a very modest proposal: In a non-revolutionary period, which is certainly what we live in now, the main task is to cultivate socialist consciousness within the working class, but also within society more broadly. The question of exactly what forms, organizations, and institutions should then arise from those efforts can be suspended for the moment. Right now, a certain humility is necessary in terms of the tasks that are required.
I want to address the distinctive heritage of 1917. “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism,” Marx famously wrote in 1848. This was a statement guided by optimism of the will. Over the next half-century, socialists were forced increasingly to adopt a pessimism of the intellect. Chartism faded as a mass mobilization of working people in the late 1850s; the insurrectionary substance of the movement disappeared from view under the dark clouds, though perhaps silver lined, of incremental legislation such as the 1867 Reform Act. The Communards of Paris promised a realization of Marx and Engels’ prediction of the inevitable abolition of class rule, only to be drowned in blood. With the massacre of revolutionaries in 1871, the Left could no longer harbor illusions of peaceful transition to socialism. William Morris polemicized against his Fabian opponents in the late 1880s, insisting that a gradual, peaceful, and parliamentary transition to social democracy through extension of the franchise, as was advocated by socialists such as George Bernard Shaw, was little more than an illusion.
In the United States—where Engels predicted in 1886 that a vibrant workers movement would soon shake society to its very foundations—the country’s first Red Scare demonized anarcho-communism, sending revolutionaries to prison and the gallows in the aftermath of the Haymarket events. A decisive working-class defeat, such as the Homestead Strike of 1892, also played a part in driving labor’s great upheaval in the late 1880s into retreat and consolidated a somewhat tepid and inward-looking craft unionism. Revolutionary socialism’s pessimism deepened with the fracturing of social democracy on the outbreak of World War I. Formed in 1889, the Second International continued the work of Marx and Engels’s First International, uniting socialists and labor parties. Anti-militarist from its conception, the Second International opposed capitalist war and endorsed the necessity of class war, but, as World War I tested the organization, social democratic leadership lapsed into social patriotism. Separate, nationally organized socialist parties failed to maintain the united front against the war, opting instead to align with their respective national bourgeoisies. The Second International consequently dissolved in 1916. A socialist future seemed unlikely indeed.
Then, suddenly, the demoralizing pessimism of the intellect lifted. Revolutionary Russia, under the leadership of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, catapulted revolutionaries into power, displacing Tsarism and proclaiming the world’s first proletarian state. This successful revolution contradicted the evolutionary thinking of many European socialists, fixated as they were on the logic of capitalist development as the decisive material factor in revolution. A rigid and economistic Second International Marxism could not grasp the revolutionary possibilities, the transformative dialectic inherent in global capitalism’s contradictory character. The Bolshevik Revolution, conceptually orchestrated by Lenin and Trotsky’s deft application of Marxism, linked the analysis of capitalism in Russia with the rule of working-class leadership in a backward, peasant-dominated economy, thus rewriting the script of revolutionary possibility. It shocked the least imaginative and the most mechanical among the world’s socialists into rethinking the boundaries of revolutionary possibility, in which the prerequisites of revolution, and understandings of how such revolution would be made, had previously been far too restrictive.
Forged at the weakest link of capitalism’s combined and uneven development, the Soviet Workers’ Republic was thus a world-historic victory for the possible realization of socialism and the probable emancipation of labor that would follow in its wake. It fused Marxist understandings of capitalist development and overthrowing its exploitative regime of accumulation, with lessons of socialism; it wrestled with the crucial recognition of addressing state power, and linked struggles in the political sphere to the militant, often syndicalist wars of position within the productive arena. It stressed the importance of sustaining organization, reflected in the building of a class struggle party, and ultimately a Communist International, upon which sympathetic traditional sections of revolutionaries could build. With the revolution of 1917, communism then became more than a spectre—it now haunted the world, not as a threatening phantom, but as an actual alternative.
“I belong to the generation tied by an almost unbreakable umbilical cord to the hope of the world revolution, and of its original home, the October Revolution,” wrote Eric Hobsbawm in his autobiography, Interesting Times: A 20th Century Life.[1] No generation, then, of revolutionary Leftists has confronted so starkly the possibilities posed by the revolution of 1917, and the limitations of its considerable promise, more than our own. As Geoff Eley writes in the preface to his substantial history of the Left in Europe, “Revolutions no longer receive a good press. The calamity of Stalinism and the ignominious demise of the Soviet Union have been allowed to erase almost entirely the Russian Revolution’s emancipatory effects.”[2] For much of the Left today, the failures of 1917 loomed large, to the point that they perhaps dwarf its tremendous transformative accomplishments.
Well before 1917, in the 1880s, William Morris captured something of what I want to address tonight in his defense of revolution. His agitational forays into the making of socialists always entailed a refusal to collapse the container of popular antagonisms and revolutionary aspirations into a restrictively small time or space. He wrote,
I see it as the plain duty of those who believe in the necessity of social revolution, quite irrespective of any date they may have to give to the event, first to express their own discontent and hope when and where they can, striving to impress it upon others. Secondly, to learn from books, and writing, and from living people who are willing to teach them, in as much detail as possible, what are the ends and the hopes of social revolution. And thirdly, to join any body of men which is honestly striving to give means of expression to that discontent and that hope, and to teach people the details and aims of the constructive revolution.[3]
It was Morris’s purpose, whether he addressed audiences large or small—and more often he addressed handfuls of people, rather than rooms like this—to stir them up, to inspire them not to be contented with too little. Insisting that those who were satisfied with what small offerings capitalism claimed it could offer never managed to get even the crumbs, Morris told his audiences that they can either struggle to be free, or remain mired in enslavement. I stress this because in the defeats on the Left in recent decades—which have been marching in seven league boots, to borrow the metaphor from Marx—the idea of revolution is itself drawing fewer and fewer adherents. The notion that it is possible to have a revolutionary transformation, that the very idea could be on the agenda, is something that much of the Left has lost sight of. When you lose your grip on that, you will be contented with too little.
The year 1917 inaugurated a revolution that was, in the end, thwarted by capitalist containment and suffocation, and betrayed by Stalinism to the point that its legacies are now pilloried. It is repudiated by most of today’s leftist critics of inequality. And yet, the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a world-historic event that made a decisive impact on modern history, directly facilitating many of the events and developments of the 20th century. However one may view it, one has to attend to it. From the class mobilizations and anti-capitalist struggles of the 1920s and 1930s, through World War II and the anti-colonial movements of the 1960s and beyond, to the global upheavals of 1968, the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 has had a determinative influence, the meanings of which demand our attention. If I had two hours, as Morris often did, I would then speak to you about the particulars of this. About, for instance, class struggle initiatives, about the cultural developments in the arts, about the women’s question, about race and struggles against inequality, about the anti-colonial struggles—all of which, from the time of the revolution of 1917 through the later 20th century, had been advanced by addressing the revolution and its meanings. But also, all of which were in many ways stifled by the revolution’s Stalinist denouement.
All of the above set the stage for the arrival of the New Left, the birth of which, whether in Britain, America, or elsewhere, was inseparable from the structures of the Cold War and the rigid oppositional blocs that defined the post-WWII period: Soviet Stalinized communism versus corporate capitalism. These blocs were further riven by the antagonism of almost every revolutionary movement, and particularly by the colonial revolutionary movements, of the post-WWII period. The Vietnam imbroglio, with its pressures on both the ethical, moral standing of the state and on the Keynesian balance on guns or butter, propelled the domestic American political economy towards crisis. The United States was impaled on the horns of youthful protests, inner-city black insurgencies, and a war across the world that it could not win.
For the first time since the mass industrial union struggles that reached from the late 1930s into the 1940s, young workers exploded in rebellious antagonism in this period, upping the decibel level of class struggle in articulations of alienation that echoed even in the pages of Life, Fortune, and the New York Review of Books. Journalistic commentary noted a troublesome blue-collar blues that convulsed pivotal industries. The Fordist dream of the post-war settlement was turning into a nightmare of class antagonism. Capital and the state awoke to a maelstrom of shock and convulsions, growing over the 1960s and peaking from 1969 to 1972. All of this looked too much like the demonized campus uprisings and the anti-war mobilizations of 1968. Isaac Deutscher, for one—an Old Left figure attractive to the New Left—recognized revolution’s ongoing significance, stressing that in spite of Stalinization and ostensible de-Stalinization, “Whatever may be the malaise,” he wrote, “the heart searchings and gropings of the post-Stalinist era testify in their own way to the continuity of the revolutionary epoch.”[4] For Deutscher, decades of totalitarian rule inside the Soviet Union had robbed the people of their capacity for self-expression, spontaneous action, and self-organization. That said, Deutscher acknowledged that even Trotsky, in the last year of his exile, just before his assassination by a Stalinist agent, insisted that the revolution had not come to an end. His deportation from the Soviet Union notwithstanding, he concluded, “the great divide of 1917 still looms as large as ever in the consciousness of mankind.”[5]
Now, how do we assess the revolution’s currency in our own particular moment? It’s difficult, of course, not to accent the contradictory nature of recent developments. To be sure, there are abundant signs that the revolutionary left and its attachment to the legacies of 1917 are on the decline. This has been evident not only with respect to the fortunes of socialist feminism, but in terms of the general waning influence of revolutionaries and leftists of all stripes in the labor movement. Aside from pockets of entrenched influence, Marxism in the academy has become something of a marginalized voice, whereas it once had more of a purchase with students in the aftermath of the 1960s. The implosion and decline of revolutionary organizations of the New Communist and Trotskyist kind, first evident in the 1970s, has continued over the next decades. Moreover, we have witnessed the collapse of actually existing socialism in the Soviet Union and its satellites, throughout once-Soviet Central and Eastern Europe, now largely incorporated into the European Union. In the outposts of the planned economy that remain, such as China and Cuba, the drift to capitalist restoration is discernible. The experiment of African socialism, in which so much hope was invested in the 1960s, has slowly spiraled downward, the arc of its politics tending toward authoritarianism.
More recently, the long march of the Brazilian left to power and the subsequent reckoning by right-wing terror and military dictatorship, stalled in the morass of populism, concessions to austerity, and corruption, was a development hardly unique throughout Latin America. The promise of the Arab Spring, so electrifying in 2011, is in an undeniable blackout. Mike Davis, writing amidst the hopes and dreams unleashed in Tahrir Square, asked, “Will an Islamic majority government ensure the right of the new left and independent unions to organize and campaign openly? This will be the litmus test of Egyptian democracy.”[6] The answer, now apparent, is anything but comforting for the Left. In the context of an unstable European Union, Greece’s SYRIZA suffered subordination at the hands of large national capitalist power brokers headed by Germany. Even at the point of resistance, the mercurial politics of anarchist-inflected anti-globalization struggles that erupted in the eventful years reaching from the Battle of Seattle in 1998 to the Occupy Wall Street mobilizations of 2011, fit uneasily with the legacies of 1917 in theory and practice. Moreover, their concrete achievements have been ambiguous at best.
This, however, is not the sum total of what needs to be addressed, analyzed, and acted upon. For all the downside of this sober accounting, there are other considerations. Even as events suggest a troubling reality, there are indications of openings through which the politics of revolution can find new and invigorated life, for capitalism will inevitably push people toward resistance. Crisis after crisis appear to be accelerating the time frame. The 20th century was generally hailed as capitalism’s ultimate triumph. However, if you look at the crises over this period, which have been and are being managed in large part because there is not a revolutionary opposition, they are increasingly squeezed into shorter and shorter periods. The pressures, then, on the working class are consequently greater. This will, I would argue, inevitably create resistance, and that resistance will be driven to look back to 1917 and its meanings.
Bringing revolution back into the theory and practice of the Left in a more frontal way, reconnecting current thinking and struggles with the legacies of 1917 in the longue durée, is just one component of the contemporary challenge of our times. With the ideologues of the marketplace and acquisitive individualism so ascendant, a foundational continuity with the present of the Left and its pasts has not only been broken, but has been in some measure even been forgotten. Recovery and resuscitation become small but important acts in the renewal and rebirth of the Left. This does not mean, of course, repeating the mistakes and shortcomings of the past, or arguing that we live in the same conditions and must follow the same trajectories of past revolutions. But we must nonetheless maintain that commitment to the revolutionary alternative in all of its meanings. Revolution’s present, like its past, is necessarily subject to the same expansive understandings that have always animated the concrete struggles of those who, like William Morris—and, yes, like Lenin, Luxemburg, and Trotsky—imagine their purpose as revolutionaries to be to stir the people up, and not to be contented with too little. Amidst the determined structure of limitation of our current situation we need a new spectre of agency—one that will haunt the globe amidst the ravages of late, decaying capitalism, and turn the tides of change in entirely new and socialist directions.
Long Live the Worldwide Socialist Revolution!
Leo Panitch: There’s a certain irony that at meetings like this, a quarter of a century after the demise of communism, we should be talking about 1917 and the Russian Revolution. But to get beyond irony, indeed to validate why it is important to redeem something from 1917, I think we have to begin at least a quarter-century before 1917. We have to begin with the remarkable development that, almost forty years after the Communist Manifesto, mass socialist parties emerged across a range of countries as permanent organizations of the subordinate class. In this period it looked like it might happen in the United States, too. In the 1880s, the American working class was by far the most militant.
There have always been bread riots, there have always been slave revolts, but these permanent organizations of the subordinate class formed in the late 1800s and early 1900s were a new phenomenon. Of course, that had to do with the nature of capitalism. There was a material base for it. Freedom of association gave scope to these new parties, although that freedom was not simply provided, and was not strictly required. People tend to forget that the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), which was treated, including by Lenin, as the model party, remarkably managed to build itself through the 1880s in spite of legal proscription. Some 1,300 newspapers and magazines were shut down in those years, while 1,500 activists were jailed and over 300 trade unions associated with the Social Democrats were dissolved by the state. So, even though the repeal of anti-socialist laws in 1890 was a boon, the emergence of these organizations was not entirely dependent upon the freedom of assembly.
As I mentioned, the Russian revolutionaries modeled the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party on the German SPD. Lenin’s discussion in 1895 of party program is explicitly related to the Germans’ Erfurt Program of 1891. What Lenin articulated is that the task of the party is class consciousness, which means pushing beyond trade-union consciousness, and I think this is how most social democrats understood their work at this time. Lenin clarified that class consciousness is not just something you add on to trade-union consciousness; it requires the active intervention by socialists in order to drive a politics of class formation.
Today, more than two decades after the demise of Communism, things appear very different from how they seemed in the immediate aftermath of 1991. Remember, in 1992 Bill Clinton was elected promising universal health insurance, saying during the campaign, “It’s the economy, stupid!” Here it is important to point out that there is no real difference between the Democratic Party in the U.S., European social democratic parties, or the Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP). Have no illusions. There are the same linkages with the union bureaucracies, the same orientation to policy, the same understanding of the state as simply a policy machine neutral to whoever happens to get elected, and none of the branches of these parties are engaged in developing the capacities of the working class. In 1990, the NDP, our social democratic party, is elected for the first time in the largest province in Canada, under the leadership of Bob Rae. By 1995, most countries in the developed world are run by some variety of party claiming to be social democrats. Around this time, what you constantly hear from political science departments, especially in America, is, “Well look at the European variety of capitalism. Look at the social democratic variety of capitalism. We may be mired in Anglo-American neoliberalism, but that’s viable.”
Where are we a quarter-century after that? It is apparent that there were two failures: a historic and general failure of social democracy alongside the historical failure of the Communist parties. That failure is so deep, so great, that in 2016, working-class constituencies and communities that traditionally voted Communist or social democratic, are now voting for scoundrels who appealed directly to the working class, in class terms, but on the basis of xenophobic attacks on immigrant communities. Where have we ended up, from the creation of those remarkable parties, to their very class constituency being open to this? This isn’t just a matter of the U.S. and Trump. Brexit in the United Kingdom reflects this, with the most deeply embedded Labour voters, constituencies that have voted Labour continually since 1924, supporting Brexit. I am not a proponent of the neoliberal institutions of the European Union, but voting for Brexit on xenophobic grounds, mobilized by racist appeals, is a reflection of the failure of social democracy, not only the failure of communism. We are seeing something similar in France, with Le Pen rallying an enormous working-class base as the Socialist Party trails in the polls.
In my view, neoliberalism as an ideology was never that popular amongst the working classes. When Perry Anderson said in 2000 that neoliberalism is the most successful ideology in world history, I think he was wrong. People forget the fierce opposition to NAFTA, and free trade more generally, from 1992 to 1994. People forget the mobilization of Indian peasants in 1995 against free trade. People forget Seattle, for heaven’s sake, when “Teamsters and Turtles” came together. So it was never all that popular ideologically. The problem is that there was not a vehicle for those discontents, apart from the very negative and to some extent racist way that, say, the AFL-CIO wanted China out of the World Trade Organization. Rather than putting resources into building independent trade unions in China, as they did in Poland, they were largely engaged in a kind of Yellow Peril appeal.
What we have seen in the present juncture is not a delegitimization of neoliberal ideology, but a delegitimization of neoliberalism’s institutions. That includes not only the party institutions of social democracy—for which, clearly, many long-embedded contradictions of neoliberal “social democracy” are coming home to roost—but also institutions like the European Union. In that context, we have seen a remarkable development, with a shift from protest to politics. The emphasis appears to have moved away from anti-neoliberal protest and returned to the question of political parties and the importance of entering the state. With Occupy, we had protests that were class-focused, as seen in the slogan of the “99 percent” against the “1 percent,” but not class-rooted. The shift since then from protest to politics has taken different forms, from the Indignados and Podemos to the occupations in Syntagma Square in Athens and the solidarity networks of SYRIZA. However, even with this new emphasis on class-focused politics, these formations still are not class-rooted, in the sense that the social democratic and communist parties once were, with deep roots, organizationally and culturally, in the working class. Those roots are absent, including in recent developments in the old parties, such as the Corbyn and Momentum insurrection inside the Labour Party, or the Bernie Sanders phenomenon.
As we consider the revolutionary legacy in light of where we are now, it is important that we not look back from the point of view of nostalgia. Simone Signoret, the great French communist actress, wrote a great memoir in the 1970s, Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used To Be, in which, among other things, she recounts her affiliation with the Communist Party. We also should not look back the way Enzo Traverso describes in his book, Left-Wing Melancholia, about Benjamin, Adorno, and Daniel Bensaïd, all of whom, he argues, were haunted by the defeated revolutions of the past. My generation, the generation of the 1960s, did not become socialists because of the example of the Soviet Union. We became socialists against that example. However, a good portion of us looked to 1917 and the Bolsheviks as the common point of departure of our politics. What we needed to reclaim was the audacity and the strategic brilliance of the Bolsheviks.
In my view, which has been further confirmed as the years have passed, the attempt to build a new and better Leninist party in the post-1968 period was a failure because the language of Bolshevism was arcane by 1970. Would you go around today trying to express your revolutionary ambitions in terms of a “workers’ state” and the debate with the Mensheviks? It is not that the politics were sectarian because the people were innately sectarian. Rather, their sectarianism was a product of their isolation, which resulted in turn from taking the Bolshevik Revolution as the departure point and the endpoint of their politics.
Others have attempted to revive the educational, pedagogical, and developmental aspect of social democratic parties, including in the U.S. The Shachtmanites and other socialists were heavily involved in the New Politics movement inside the Democratic Party from 1968 to 1972. They ran up against the trade-union bureaucracy that accused them of being middle-class kids who were attacking the class basis of the Democratic Party. Ultimately you ended up with Clinton and Gore putting the last nail in the coffin of achieving democratic reforms through the Democrats. The same thing happened in the United Kingdom with the Bennite movement, the Greater London Council, and the campaign for Labour Party democracy, out of which Corbyn comes. Part of the problem there, as with those trying to create a better Leninism, was self-delusion. The Bennites said, “We are returning the Labour Party to its original social democratic roots. We are returning the Labour Party to socialism.”—Bullshit! The Labour Party was never socialist in the sense of class struggle, and those who controlled the Labor Party had as much right to claim that their vision of the party was closer to its legacy than Tony Benn’s.
As we see socialist parties evolve through the course of the 21st century, a few things need to be observed. The first is that capitalism is not doomed to collapse. Two, socialism is a marathon, not a sprint. We are not going to get there through insurrection in a country like this, given how the military is controlled and organized. Three, because of the time we need to develop socialist parties and build our capacities, liberal democracy is crucial. Without freedom of association, we will not have the political space to do this. Four, capitalist contradictions today, including the tendency toward crisis, but not only that, are likely to be closing the space for liberal democracy, which poses a difficult dilemma. Do we combine in alliances and popular fronts with anybody to the left of the authoritarians in order to preserve liberal democracy? If we do that, however, we limit our ability to articulate socialist politics independently. That is a major dilemma at the current conjuncture. I do not think we should in any way be dissuaded from trying to build socialist parties anew, but it will be a major problem if the authoritarian tendencies of capitalism come to the fore in the coming years.
Soviet poster dramatizes the burning of the local peasants' barns and crops by the White Army
Chris Cutrone: The Frankfurt School approached the problem of the political failure of socialism in terms of the revolutionary subject, namely, the masses in the democratic revolution and the political party for socialism. However, in the failure of socialism, the masses had led to fascism and the party had led to Stalinism. What was liquidated between them was Marxism, or proletarian socialism; what was liquidated was the working class politically constituted as such, or, the class struggle of the working class—which for Marxists required the goal of socialism. The revolutionary political goal of socialism was required for the class struggle or even the working class per se to exist at all. For Marxism, the proletariat was a Hegelian concept: It aimed at fulfillment through self-abolition. Without the struggle for socialism, capitalism led the masses to fascism and led the political party to Stalinism. The failure of socialism thus conditioned the 20th century.
The legacy of the Russian Revolution of 1917 is a decidedly mixed one. This variable character of 1917’s legacy can be divided between its actors—the masses and the party—and between the dates, February and October 1917.
The February 1917 revolution is usually regarded as the democratic revolution and the spontaneous action of the masses. By contrast, the October Revolution is usually regarded as the socialist revolution and the action of the party. But this distorts the history—the events as well as the actors involved. What drops out is the specific role of the working class, as distinct from the masses or the party. The soviets or workers’ and soldiers’ councils were the agencies of the masses in revolution. The party was the agency of the working class struggling for socialism. The party was meant to be the political agency facilitating the broader working class’s and the masses’ social revolution—the transformation of society—overcoming capitalism. This eliding of the distinction of the masses, the working class and the political party goes so far as to call the October Revolution the “Bolshevik Revolution”—an anti-Communist slander that Stalinism was complicit in perpetuating. The Bolsheviks participated in but were not responsible for the revolution.
As Trotsky observed on the 20th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution in his 1937 article on “Stalinism and Bolshevism”—where he asserted that Stalinism was the “antithesis” of Bolshevism—the Bolsheviks did not identify themselves directly with either the masses, the working class, the revolution, or the ostensibly “revolutionary” state issuing from the revolution. As Trotsky wrote in his 1930 book, History of the Russian Revolution, the entrance of the masses onto the stage of history was something Marxism had to reckon with, for good or for ill. How had Marxists done so?
Marx had observed in the failure of the revolutions of 1848 that the result was “Bonapartism,” namely, the rule of the state claiming to act on behalf of society as a whole and especially for the masses. Louis Bonaparte, who we must remember was himself a Saint-Simonian Utopian Socialist, claimed to be acting on behalf of the oppressed masses, the workers and peasants, against the capitalists and their corrupt—including avowedly “liberal”—politicians. Louis Bonaparte benefited from the resentment of the masses towards the liberals who had put down so bloodily the rising of the workers of Paris in June 1848. He exploited the masses’ discontent.
One key reason why, for Trotsky, Stalinism was the antithesis of Bolshevism—that is to say, the antithesis of Marxism—was that Stalinism, unlike Bolshevism, identified itself with the state, with the working class, and indeed with the masses. But this was for Trotsky the liquidation of Marxism. It was the concession of Stalinism to Bonapartism. Trotsky considered Stalin to be a Bonapartist, not out of personal failing, but out of historical conditions of necessity, due to the failure of world socialist revolution. Stalinism, as a ruling ideology of the USSR as a “revolutionary state,” exhibited the contradictions issuing out of the failure of the revolution.
In Marxist terms, socialism would no longer require either a socialist party or a socialist state. By identifying the results of the revolution—the one-party state dictatorship—as “socialism,” Stalinism liquidated the actual task of socialism and thus betrayed it. Claiming to govern “democratic republics” or “people’s republics,” Stalinism confessed its failure to struggle for socialism. Stalinism was an attempted holding action, but as such undermined itself as any kind of socialist politics. Indeed, the degree to which Stalinism did not identify itself with the society it sought to rule, this was in the form of its perpetual civil-war footing, in which the party was at war with society’s spontaneous tendency towards capitalism, and indeed the party was constantly at war with its own members as potential if not actual traitors to the avowed socialist mission. As such, Stalinism confessed not merely to the on-going continuation of the “revolution” short of its success, but indeed its—socialism’s—infinite deferral. Stalinism was what became of Marxism as it was swallowed up by the historical inertia of on-going capitalism.
So we must disentangle the revolution from its results. Does 1917 have a legacy other than its results? Did it express an unfulfilled potential, beyond its failure?
The usual treatment of 1917 distorts the history. First of all, we would need to account for what Lenin called the “spontaneity of spontaneity,” that is, the prior conditions for the masses’ apparently spontaneous action. In the February Revolution, one obvious point is that it manifested on the official political socialist party holiday of International Working Women’s Day, which was a relatively recent invention by Marxists in the Socialist or Second International. So, the longstanding existence of a workers’ movement for socialism and of the international political party of that struggle for socialism was a prior condition of the apparently spontaneous outbreak of revolution in 1917. This much was obvious. What was significant, of course, was how in 1917 the masses seized the socialist holiday for revolution to topple the Tsar.
The October Revolution was not merely the planned coup d’état by the Bolshevik Party—not alone, but in alliance, however, we must always remember, with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries or SRs. This is best illustrated by what took place between February and October, namely the July Days of 1917, in which the masses spontaneously attempted to overthrow the Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks considered that action premature, both in terms of lack of preparation and, more importantly, in terms of the Provisional Government not yet having completely exhausted itself politically. But the Bolsheviks stood in solidarity with the masses in July, while warning them of the problems and dangers of their action. The July uprising was put down by the Provisional Government, and indeed the Bolsheviks were suppressed, with many of their leading members arrested. Lenin went into hiding—and wrote his pamphlet The State and Revolution in his time underground. The Bolsheviks actually played a conservative role in the July Days of 1917, in the sense of seeking to conserve the forces of the working class and broader masses from the dangers of the Provisional Government’s repression of their premature—but legitimate—rising.
The October Revolution was prepared by the Bolsheviks—in league with the Left SRs—after the attempted coup against the Provisional Government by General Kornilov, which the masses had successfully resisted. Kornilov had planned his coup in response to the July uprising by the masses, which to him showed the weakness and dangers of the Provisional Government. As Lenin had put it at the time, explaining the Bolsheviks’ participation in the defense of the Provisional Government against Kornilov, it was a matter of “supporting in the way a rope supports a hanged man.” Once the Provisional Government had revealed that its crucial base of support was the masses that it was otherwise suppressing, this indicated that the time for overthrowing the Provisional Government had come.
But the October Revolution was not a socialist revolution, because the February Revolution had not been a democratic revolution. The old Tsarist state remained in place, with only a regime change, the removal of the Tsar and his ministers and their replacement with liberals and moderate “socialists,” namely the Right Socialist Revolutionaries, of whom Kerensky, who rose to the head of the Provisional Government, was a member. To put it in Lenin’s terms, the February Revolution was only a regime change—the Provisional Government was merely a “government” in the narrow sense of the word—and had not smashed the state: the “special bodies of armed men” remained in place.
The October Revolution was the beginning of the process of smashing the state—replacing the previously established (Tsarist, capitalist) “special bodies of armed men” with the organized workers, soldiers, and peasants through the “soviet” councils as executive bodies of the revolution, to constitute a new revolutionary, radical-democratic state, the dictatorship of the proletariat.
From Lenin and the Bolsheviks’ perspective, the October Revolution was merely the beginning of the democratic revolution. Looking back several years later, Lenin judged the results of the revolution in such terms, acknowledging the lack of socialism and recognizing the progress of the revolution—or lack thereof—in democratic terms. Lenin understood that an avowedly “revolutionary” regime does not an actual revolution make. The events of 1917 exhibited this on a mass scale.
Most of the Bolsheviks’ political opponents claimed to be “revolutionary” and indeed many of them professed to be “socialist” and even “Marxist,” for instance the Mensheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries.
The Bolsheviks’ former allies and junior partners in the October 1917 Revolution, the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, broke with the Bolsheviks in 1918 over the terms of the peace the Bolsheviks had negotiated with Germany. They called for overthrowing the Bolsheviks in a “third revolution”: for soviets, or workers’, soldiers’, and peasants’ councils, “without parties,” that is, without the Bolsheviks. As Engels had correctly observed, opposition to the dictatorship of the proletariat was mounted on the basis of so-called “pure democracy.” But, to Lenin and the Bolsheviks, their opponents did not in fact represent a “democratic” opposition, but rather the threatened liquidation of the revolutionary democratic state and its replacement by a White dictatorship. This could come about “democratically” in the sense of Bonapartism. The opponents of the Bolsheviks thus represented not merely the undoing of the struggle for socialism, but of the democratic revolution itself. What had failed in 1848 and threatened to do so again in 1917 was democracy.
Marx had commented that his only original contribution was discovering the necessity of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The dictatorship of the proletariat was meant by Marxists to meet the necessity in capitalism that Bonapartism otherwise expressed. It was meant to turn the political crisis of capitalism indicated by Bonapartism into the struggle for socialism.
The issue of the dictatorship of the proletariat, that is, the political rule of the working class in the struggle to overcome capitalism and achieve socialism, is a vexed one, on many levels. Not only does the dictatorship of the proletariat not mean a “dictatorship” in the conventional sense of an undemocratic state, but, for Marxism, the dictatorship of the proletariat, as the social as well as political rule of the working class in struggling for socialism and overcoming capitalism, could be achieved only at a global scale, that is, as a function of working-class rule in at least several advanced capitalist countries, but with a preponderant political force affecting the entire world. This was what was meant by “world socialist revolution.” Nothing near this was achieved by the Russian Revolution of 1917. But the Bolsheviks and their international comrades, such as Rosa Luxemburg in Germany, thought that it was practically possible.
The Bolsheviks had predicated their leading the October Revolution in Russia on the expectation of an imminent European workers’ revolution for socialism. For instance, the strike wave in Germany of 1916 that had split the Social-Democratic Party there, as well as the waves of mutinies among soldiers of various countries at the front in the World War, had indicated the impending character of revolution throughout Europe, and indeed throughout the world, for instance in the vast colonial empires held by the European powers.
This had not happened—but it looked like a real, tangible possibility at the time. It was the program that had organized millions of workers for several decades prior to 1917.
So what had the October Revolution accomplished, if not “socialism” or even the “dictatorship of the proletariat”? What do we make of the collapse of the 1917 revolution into Stalinism?
As Leo Panitch remarked at a public forum panel discussion that Platypus held in Halifax on “What is Political Party for the Left?” in January 2015,[7] the period from the 1870s to the 1920s saw the first as well as the as-yet only time in history in which the subaltern class organized itself into a political force. This was the period of the growth of the mass socialist parties, around the world, of the Second International. The highest and perhaps the only result of this self-organization of the international working class as a political force was the October Revolution in Russia of 1917. The working class, or at least the political party it had constituted, took power, if however under very disadvantageous circumstances and with decidedly mixed results. The working class ultimately failed to retain power, and the party they had organized for this revolution transformed itself into the institutionalized force of that failure. This was also true of the role played by the Social-Democratic Party in Germany in suppressing the revolution there in 1918–19.
But the Bolsheviks had taken power, and they had done so after having organized for several decades with the self-conscious goal of socialism, and with a high degree of awareness, through Marxism, of what struggling towards that goal meant as a function of capitalism. This was no utopian project.
The October 1917 Revolution has not been repeated, but the February 1917 Revolution and the July Days of 1917 have been repeated, several times, in the century since then.
In this sense, from a Marxist perspective what has been repeated—and continued—was not really 1917 but rather 1848, the democratic revolution under conditions of capitalism that has led to its failure. For Marx, the Paris Commune of 1871 had been the repetition of 1848 that had however pointed beyond it. The Paris Commune indicated both democracy and the dictatorship of the proletariat, or, as Marx had put it, the possibility for the “revolution in permanence.” 1871 re-attained 1848 and indicated possibilities beyond it.
In this sense, 1917 has a similar legacy to 1871, but with the further paradox—actually, the contradiction—that the political agency, the political party or parties, that had been missing, from a Marxist perspective, leading to the failure of the Paris Commune, which in the meantime had been built by the working class in the decades that followed, had, after 1917, transformed itself into an institutionalization of the failure of the struggle for socialism, in the failure of the world revolution. That institutionalization of failure in Stalinism was itself a process—taking place in the 1920s and continuing up to today—that moreover was expressed through an obscure transformation of “Marxism” itself: avowed “Marxists” (ab)used and distorted “Marxism” to justify this institutionalization of failure. It is only in this self-contradictory sense that Marxism led to Stalinism—through its own failure. But only Marxism could overcome this failure and self-distortion of Marxism. Why? Because Marxism is itself an ideological expression of capitalism, and capitalism must be overcome on its own basis. The only basis for socialism is capitalism. Marxism, as distinct from other forms of socialism, is the recognition of this dialectic of capitalism and the potential for socialism. Capitalism is nothing other than the failure of the socialist revolution.
So the legacy of 1917, as uniquely distinct from other revolutions in the era of capitalism, beginning at least as early as in 1848 and continuing henceforth up to today, is actually the legacy of Marxism. Marxism had its origins in taking stock of the failed revolutions of 1848. 1917 was the only political success of Marxism in the classical sense of the Marxism of Marx and Engels themselves, and their best followers in the Socialist or Second International such as Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg and Trotsky, but it was a very limited and qualified “success”—from Lenin and his comrades’ own perspective. And that limited success was distorted to cover over and obscure its failure, and so ended up obscuring its success as well. The indelible linking of Marxism with 1917 exhibits the paradox that its failure was the same as in 1848, but 1917 and so Marxism are important only insofar as they might point beyond that failure. Otherwise, Marxism is insignificant, and we may as well be liberals, anarchists, Utopian Socialists, or any other species of democratic revolutionaries. Which is what everyone today is—at best—anyway.
1917 needs to be remembered not as a model to be followed but in terms of an unfulfilled task that was revealed in historical struggle, a potential that was expressed, however briefly and provisionally, but was ultimately betrayed. Its legacy has disappeared with the disappearance of the struggle for socialism. Its problems and its limitations as well as its positive lessons await a resumed struggle for socialism to be able to properly judge. Otherwise they remain abstract and cryptic, lifeless and dogmatic and a matter of thought-taboos and empty ritual—including both ritual worship and ritual condemnation.
In 1918, Rosa Luxemburg remarked that 70 years of the workers’ struggle for socialism had achieved only the return to the moment of 1848, with the task of making it right and so redeeming that history. In Results and Prospects, on the 1905 Revolution in Russia, Trotsky had observed that it was only because of Marxism that the 19th century had not passed in vain.
Marx’s concept of Bonapartism resonates today because it depicts politics and society absent the working-class struggle for socialism. The masses remain, but the working class and its political party for socialism are missing. The “spectre” not of proletarian socialism but of the petite bourgeoisie’s and lumpenproletariat’s Bonapartism is what haunts the world today, a century after the failure of 1917—just as it did after the failure of 1848.
Today, in 2017, on its hundredth anniversary, we must recognize, rather, just how and why we are so very far from being able to judge properly the legacy of 1917: It no longer belongs to us. We must work our way back towards and reattain the moment of 1917. That task is 1917’s legacy for us.
BP: To Leo, I would raise the question of just how successful was the appeal to the working class on xenophobic grounds. Certainly one could point to empirical examples of this, but what I don’t think has been established is that those appeals were actually decisive in the Brexit or the Trump victories. I am not sure the working-class vote in either campaign was the decisive factor. Regarding Brexit, many voters were not attracted to the xenophobia so much as they were striking out against the austerity program of the EU. The liberal media was very happy to peg the Trump victory on the working class, but to me there is more of a question mark over that issue.
LP: Let me take up the question of what the legacy of 1917 is, to what extent it embodies Marx and Engels, and whether it does so in a positive way. You say there was good reason to think a revolution would happen in Germany. This was in fact the product of a very understandable tendency in any mortal to want to see socialism in his or her lifetime. That was true of Marx and the way he looked at the 1857–58 crisis, but at other points in his life he precisely made the argument that we need the time to develop capacities. Engels, by 1896, is not pointing to the Paris Commune as the way forward—Lenin comes back to that, but Engels does not—and says, in these societies, what we did in 1848 and even in 1870 is no longer possible. Now, you can say that was not the case with Russia precisely because of the brittle nature of the Tsarist regime, the peasant nature of the society, and so on. But to have expected that the capitalist train had run its course around the world—which was, after all, Lenin’s argument in Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism—involved not looking at what Gramsci so quickly said to the Leninists: “This isn’t going happen so easily in the West,” by which he meant, in those societies where the state is deeply embedded in society. So, it was not just a case of, “It might have happened.” It was a product of a teleology in Marxist thought that we have to overcome, which is that capitalism was about to have reached the limits of its productive capacity. We need to overcome that teleological viewpoint, rather than inherit it.
Rosa Luxemburg and Trotsky were pointing to the problems in the Bolshevik Party by 1907, namely, the problems of operating as an underground vanguard and what that meant in terms of party democracy and the development of class capacities. One should try to understand why the Bolsheviks adopted those tactics, but we should be wary of validating them. I say that without, in any sense, wanting to suggest that Stalin was present in Lenin or in Trotsky. I do not believe that for a moment. But there were elements in the Bolshevik Party and the Russian situation that did lead, very quickly, to the banishment all opposition parties. As Deutscher pointed out, as soon as they did that, they would inevitably need to banish factions inside the Communist Party, which—right through the Civil War, in fact—were not flourishing. The factions needed to be banished, precisely because the same political forces that could no longer find expression in other parties then sought influence in the only place they could, as factions in the Bolshevik Party. How does Lenin respond to that? With the Conditions of Admission to the Communist International.[8] I urge you to go read them and see how fundamentally anti-democratic they are. They are not Stalinist in the totalitarian bureaucratic sense—they are about the party, and the activists in the party. They are not an image for society at large. But, for heaven’s sake, there are many elements there that we do not want to emulate.
Leon Trotsky addresses the Red Guards in 1918
CC: I will come back to a theme that Bryan raised, the idea of revolution and whether it has been disenchanted. What’s remarkable, of course, is that while the idea of revolution may have been disenchanted on the Left, it is not disenchanted in general. The Arab Spring was not so long ago, and today you even see capitalist politicians calling what they do “revolution,” whether it is Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, or whoever.
When we talk about the allegedly teleological view of Marxism in Lenin, Luxemburg, and Trotsky’s time, and the limits of capitalism, I would say that their understanding of “limits” was not so much predicated on an idea of economic limits, but political limits. Those political limits had already been clearly exposed in 1848, even if they had not yet been fully reached. In other words, the necessity of the dictatorship of the proletariat—Marx’s one original idea—is about the limits that capitalism places politically on society and on the democratic revolution. That’s why I raise the issue of Bonapartism. If we look at Trotsky and his analysis of Stalinism, fascism, and the New Deal, he places these different configurations on a spectrum of Bonapartism. The U.S. could afford to be Bonapartist in a “soft” way whereas Germany and Russia could not. Whether or not that is a very good analysis of what was going on in the 1930s by Trotsky, it certainly was in keeping with Marx’s observation that a certain political crisis in the history of capitalism and of modern democracy, as revealed by 1848. That is, the revolutions of 1848 had a different kind of fallout than those of 1776, 1789, or 1830. In the aftermath of 1848, you could no longer look at the bourgeois revolution as an arc of progress, liberalization, and democratization. Capitalism had created a situation, as Marx put it, in which the bourgeoisie could no longer rule in the old way—that is, in terms of leading civil society—while the working class could not yet rule.
Today, even in the most advanced and liberal countries, we still see different varieties of state capitalism that contradict the ideals of classic liberalism and liberal democracy of the late 18th and early 19th century. When we are talking about the limits of capitalism, the economic limits of capitalism may be boundless—they might be infinite, in the sense that there might be new forms of value extraction always available in a concrete reconfiguration of political economy. However, the political limits have been shown long ago. The issue of the party, therefore, is really about meeting the challenge of those political limits.
Various political scientists have remarked on the fact that in the 20th century, capitalist parties started to exhibit Stalinist features. In other words, Stalinism had a kind of echo as a political form—party discipline and a certain kind of authoritarianism became a necessity, politically, even in ostensibly liberal, democratic states. So I would pose that question: Are we talking about limits that are economic, or are we talking about political limits? I would prefer to address the question of socialism as a matter of politics.
The narrative that has been presented by Bryan, and to some extent by Leo, is that in the 1960s and 1970s there was a new generation that revived the Left. Looking back over the last hundred years, I do not think you could consider the post-war period, even the 1960s and ’70s, as such a radical moment. Civil rights, while obviously a progressive movement, did not hold the potential to threaten the global capitalist order in the sense that the New Left thought at the time. So too with decolonization. The New Left profoundly misjudged its own moment and could in many respects be considered a disaster for the Left. It seems to me that the memory of 1968 is, in some way, an obstacle to the memory of 1917.
LP: That’s a good point, but 1968 was embedded in trying to revive the memory of 1917—and there were limits to that, as well. In my opening remarks, I was trying to point out the limitations of those within the political New Left, in particular the various Trotskyist groups, who tried to found new Leninist parties. At the same time, those who came out of ’68 and moved into social democratic parties were also engaged in a futile and limited project. In both cases, they attempted to sink roots into the class. It was as true of Benn and Corbyn as it was of the Trotskyist industrial organizers. As it turned out, that did not succeed. Our generation of socialists, in that sense, failed. Then, on top of that, there was the “activist-ism” that took off in ’68 and led to the kind of protest “movementism” that we have today, the problems of which are very clear. Most protests are not even oriented to winning universal collective benefits—like the universal right to women’s reproduction services—but to making tepid demands for meritocracy. That is the antithesis, it seems to me, of a socialist ideology. We want to develop everybody’s capacities. It’s not a matter of plucking a few bright people out of the working class and bringing them into the university or making them CEOs.
BP: I respond more positively towards the New Left. We should remember there were different “New Lefts” in the U.S., Canada, Britain, and Germany. However, in general, I would say that the New Left on the whole was grappling with capitalism and its crises in various forms, on the one hand, and with the failure of the Stalinist Communist International, on the other. The relationship of these New Lefts to Marxism was complicated and shifted over time. But what came out of 1968, and the debates around these questions, did, in fact, further the development of the Left and involved an engagement with the legacies of 1917. It seems to me that the New Left did move, after fragmentations and disillusionment, out of 1968 and into addressing these questions. So, I do not think that there is a memory of 1968. I think there is a fragmented set of different memories. Whatever you would say about the Trotskyist or New Communist movements of the 1970s, they were trying to address the point that Leo was focused on: creating a consciousness within the working class. They failed. Their failures are worth grappling with and interrogating, but I do not think their legacy should be seen as simply an obstacle. Because it was out of those groups that much of the memory—again, in various reconfigured ways—of 1917 was translated to our times.
CC: I do think the 1970s were significant as a turn from protest to politics, if you will, and as a regroupment and party-building decade. However, the 1970s were conditioned by a number of rather unfortunate influences. Obviously Maoism was a major force, and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution as a model complicated things a great deal, because “proletarianization” was understood in terms of the self-criticism of intellectuals in China—in other words, sending intellectuals to the countryside and making them learn from the people. I like to think of the arc of the 1960s and 1970s as a kind of “Neo-Narodnism.” The “back to the people” proletarian turn of the 1970s on the Left had a kind of a “pre-Marxist” or even non-Marxist flavor to it. The question of party building is vexed by this history.
Earlier, I cited Leo’s comment about the period of the 1870s to the 1920s being the first and only time in history that the subalterns had organized themselves as a political force—never before and never since. But the models for party building inherited by the New Left were and are filtered through the experience of Stalinism in the 1930s and 1940s. I am sympathetic to Trotsky’s perspective, which held that the expansion of the Communist parties in the 1920s and ’30s was actually their political liquidation. In other words, their growth and apparent success actually indicated that they were becoming reformist and abandoning the goal of socialism. In this, they mirrored the trajectory that social democracy took after World War I. This is an obscure point, perhaps, but an important one. It is why Trotsky thought that there was really no difference between what remained of the old Second International and what became of the new Third International in the 1930s. From that perspective one could justify the “French turn” as well as Trotskyists’ joining the Socialist Party of America.
In light of this history, it is important for us to reconsider what party building meant before World War I. It had a different character than what came later, in the 1970s, which was a weak echo of the 1930s and had more in common with liberalism. In other words, the “vanguard party” idea got completely distorted. The earlier idea was that the party was not simply identical with the self-organization of the working class. Rather, the party served a crucial role in facilitating the self-organization of the working class, while also serving a function beyond the membership of the party and even beyond the working class as such. For the party also took up the lead in various democratic struggles in civil society, and thereby led the petite bourgeoisie. It also strove to provide all sorts of social services to people. The party did not just aim at state power, but was the school of revolution—meaning that it was teaching people how they, themselves, could exercise state power after the revolution. That was the party in its original conception and practice. I don’t think that Lenin was ever guilty of “substitutionalism,” of saying that the party is going to make revolution, rather than the workers or the masses.
LP: What was Lenin doing, then?
CC: Well, the Civil War and the loss of the SRs as allies in the government are really tragic turns. Nonetheless I think that the model of the SPD, which Lenin and the Bolsheviks followed, was a model of building up the working class so that, as Lenin put it, “Any cook could govern.” That was the sincere intention and I do not think there was anything particular to the party organization that prevented it. Rather, there were external circumstances that impinged upon the party. The 21 Conditions that Leo mentioned earlier were meant to distinguish the Communists from the Social Democrats. They had a polemical character and the ban on factions was, precisely, a ban on factions because the party had taken over the state. The assumption was that state bureaucrats would be the ones forming the factions. It was not aimed at the workers who wanted to form factional oppositions politically, but in response to the fact that the party was being taken over by the state bureaucracy. That is what the ban on factions was really about. However, what should have been a temporary measure became a virtue. A necessity was made into a virtue, with disastrous results.
LP: I would not be as hard and fast as Chris in saying that the party ceases to be a positive example or model in the 1920s. As Bryan has shown so well, what the Communists, including the Trotskyists, were doing in the 1930s was very creative and achieved successes in terms of class formation. We can look at the CIO unions, for instance. Of course, they ultimately undermined themselves thanks to their slavish following of Stalinism and, then, because of their alliance with the Democratic Party during and after World War II. Nevertheless, that was a remarkable instance of class formation. The repression of those communist organizers after World War II was a crucial factor in making American trade unionism such a weak and non-radical force today.
Since I have the opportunity, I would like to say, Chris, that it is very dangerous to present the development of liberal democracy after 1848 as a soft form of Bonapartism or fascism. Of course, Marx is correct that we need to overcome liberalism in order to realize full democracy. But there are enormous differences between liberal democracy and authoritarian regimes. Not just in terms of human rights, generally, but also freedom of association, which provides a necessary space in which the working class develops politically.
Leo, in a different panel earlier in the afternoon, you mentioned rereading Luxemburg’s Reform or Revolution. I was wondering if you could elaborate on what you agree and disagree with Luxemburg about?
LP: As I said in that panel, Luxemburg nailed Bernstein on his statement, “The movement is everything, the end is nothing,” in two major respects. First, she argued that the SPD is trying to engage in class formation; that is the movement, ultimately. But she also very presciently argued against how his understanding of the reform struggle called for an alliance with state bureaucrats and bourgeois representatives—indeed, even feudal representatives. Thus, you would inevitably end up with reforms conceived and implemented so as to foreclose further, more transformative changes. Now, here’s what I think Luxemburg got wrong. Chris may say, “I want to focus on the political limits.” However, Luxemburg’s critique of Bernstein’s teleology—“socialization of capitalism will slip into socialism of its own accord”—was entirely economic. For example, the credit system, which Bernstein argues is a form of socialization, is for Luxemburg an instance of capitalism running into its limits. Her critique of Bernstein is based in the idea that the productive forces no longer have room to expand—in 1898! It is absurd.
My question touches on something else often discussed on the Left in relation to 1917: imperialism. Lenin’s slogan was, “Turn the imperialist war into a Civil War.” Do we still live in imperialism—the highest stage of capitalism? What does that mean today? Can we recover the speculative optimism of the way in which Lenin addressed imperialism—monopoly capitalism—as a transitional phase to a superior social form?
LP: I think how Lenin understood imperialism, as inter-imperial rivalry leading to war amongst the great powers, was unique to that time. It is dangerous to try to make that relevant to the form of empire we have today. In the course of the 20th century, those rival empires were absorbed as subordinate states within the American empire in the post-1945 period. We will have to see whether, with the “Trumpization” of the American state, the U.S. can continue to play that role and how difficult it will be to absorb a capitalist Russia or a capitalist China. But I also think the very term “monopoly capitalism” is full of problems. In Lenin’s case he swallowed hook, line, and sinker Hilferding’s “Trustification” thesis, which only applied to the United States between 1898 and 1902. The American financial system was, in fact, highly decentralized. You didn’t get bank control of companies. Companies went to the market—a much more diffuse capital market—throughout the 20th century. “Monopoly capitalism” is a less apt term today than ever. The dominant corporations are extremely powerful, but there’s enormous competition amongst them over rates of profit. Lenin’s Imperialism seems to imagine that the state has been captured by a few all-knowing capitalists who, in effect, form the executive committee of the bourgeoisie outside the state, and then tell the state what to do. The very notion of the state as an instrument, which has been one of the major premises of the Marxist critique of liberal theory—even though it is not what Marx himself said—is extremely problematic.
BP: But is that to say that imperialism, in a general sense, is over? No. Clearly, imperialism still exists, albeit in forms that differ from 1911. Surely, it would be dangerous to eliminate imperialism as a category of analysis.
LP: Yes, we do need to reclaim it.
BP: And build struggles around it in the era of globalization. Looking at imperialist aggressions around the world will always be an important component of the Left. We must deal with the possibility that a war in some small state becomes a flashpoint for large-scale conflict, with incredibly destructive and destabilizing consequences.
CC: That the imperialist era is the “highest stage of capitalism” is a broader idea of the Second International. It underpins Luxemburg’s critique of Bernstein in Reform or Revolution, for instance. (Interestingly enough, Hilferding was Bernsteinian.) Lenin’s pamphlet Imperialism is tricky with respect to how it develops an immanent critique of both Hilferding and Hobson. So we need to keep Hobson in the mix. Lenin was saying, “Well, what about the liberal project, articulated by Hobson, that we can dismantle empire, cut down the financial oligarchy and the credit system, achieve a new kind of ‘Little England-ism,’ and return to pre-monopoly capitalism?” Lenin’s issue with that is, even if it is possible, you would only end up reproducing the dynamic that got us here to begin with. One is therefore obligated to turn monopoly capital into a pre-condition for socialism, to treat it as an opportunity, rather than as a mistake or a dead-end from which we must retreat. What comes out of World War I and, later, the Great Depression both falsifies and confirms Hilferding and Hobson, in different ways. This is why it is so difficult to read Lenin’s pamphlet in its proper register.
Going back to Luxemburg, when she writes about capitalism reaching its limits, as exhibited by credit, financialization, etc., we must keep in mind that, for her, “limit” means “contradictions.” Bernstein thinks capitalism will gradually become socialism, but Luxemburg does not simply oppose this by saying, “capitalism is reaching its limits,” period. Rather, her real argument with Bernstein is about whether and how this is a contradictory phenomenon. Luxemburg accuses Bernstein of treating phenomenon like financialization and the extension of credit to the working class as “un-contradictory,” whereas she wants to uphold the dialectical view that these kinds of socialization through capitalism exacerbate, rather than ameliorate, contradiction. That is to say, we are tasked as socialists to treat it as an opportunity.
German and Russian soldiers dance in celebration of the December 1917 Armistice that led to the signing of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty the following year
Leo, you were talking about the apparent political “success” of social democracy in the 1990s. I was wondering if you considered the ultimate failure of social democracy—which happened alongside the failure of the communist parties—to be a necessary failure? What was the relationship between the communist project and the social democratic parties, after 1914? Was this supposed “success” of social democracy by the 1990s the necessary outcome of that split?
LP: No, it was not a necessary outcome. I was using the word “success” by the 1990s as an index of failure in terms of the project for socialism. But they were having electoral success. By the time we get to the 1990s, many people around the world were saying, “Okay, communism’s gone, but social democracy can ride the wave of neoliberalism, achieving universal healthcare and sustaining the welfare state.” Of course, social democracy could not actually do that, and this is especially clear in 2016.
Speaking of 2016, I hope people have not mistaken me to be blaming the white working class for the events of this past year. I blame social democracy for abandoning not only the white working class but also, for instance, the Asian working class—which voted for Brexit, by the way. It is one of the illusions of politically correct identity politics to think there is not racism within and among people of color. For heaven’s sake, look at Latin America! Of course a good number of Latino workers are open to xenophobic appeals, which points to a failure on our part, insofar as they had previously been open to politicization by the Left or by labor-oriented institutions, but were not sustainably mobilized or organized by them.
Why do you think we can study 1917 any better than those before us? Is there a greater opportunity for us to understand or recover 1917 because we are further from it? Or is that more of a liability for us?
CC: I could put a finer point on what I was getting at in my opening remarks. The paradox of 1917 is that failure and success are mixed together in its legacy. Therefore, the fact that 1917 is becoming more obscure is an opportunity as well as a liability. We are tasked not only with understanding the opportunity, but also with trying to make the liability into an asset. The various ways in which 1917 is falsely claimed, in a positive sense—we can call that “Stalinism,” we can call it all sorts of things—has dissipated. We have to try to make use of that. What has faded is not the revolution, perhaps, but the counter-revolution. In other words, while not entirely gone, the stigmatization of 1917 throughout the 20th century and the horror at the outcome of revolution—these are fading. In that way we might be able to disentangle the success and the failure differently than it has been attempted in the past.
LP: Perhaps so, but let’s not go back to the attempts by various Trotskyist groups to stand outside of plants with their newspaper, thinking that they are going to attract workers through a debate over the nature of the USSR, about “state capitalism” and “deformed” versus “degenerate” workers’ states. I wish we were not discussing 1917. I wish we were discussing 2015, during which a radical left party, SYRIZA, came into government. Bryan put it very well. SYRIZA did not capitulate so much as it was subordinated by powerful interests in Europe, led, above all, by Germany. The question was if Greece, as the weakest link in the European Union, broke away, would others follow their example and leave the EU, thus provoking a general crisis of neoliberalism in Europe? SYRIZA decided that was not going to happen. I wish we were talking about the dilemmas and failures of SYRIZA. There were people in SYRIZA who saw their main task being to bring greater resources to the solidarity networks, providing alternative forms of production and consumption. They were marginalized when SYRIZA came to power, however, as the main concern instead became finding well-trained people to go into this corrupt state and actually run an efficient bureaucracy. That, too, reflected an inability to transform the state. I wish we were talking about that, rather than the much more arcane language of Russia in 1917.
BP: I agree with Chris that there are two sides to our distance from 1917. I would offer this warning, however. In the great separation between 1917 and our period, there is the danger that the revolution’s accomplishments become abstractions. We can then very easily forget the great historical accomplishment of 1917 and what that meant to the masses of workers around the world who were inspired by it. We can also forget the repression undertaken by numerous capitalist nations that basically fought World War I on the Russian front. We can forget how that stifled and suffocated the revolution. Without wanting to give excuses, those conditions did play a large part in the undemocratic procedures that came about after 1917.
CC: In 1917 the working class had been organized to take state power and to reconstitute the state, but conditions militated against it. Nonetheless, there was a real achievement in terms of advancing possibilities. However, those possibilities were translated in various paradoxical ways as a function of subsequent history. We could consider the increasing power and rule of the bureaucracy in the USSR, for instance. In some ways it was the resurrection of the old Tsarist bureaucracy, in other ways it was a kind of petty-bourgeois importation into the state—and yet it was the working class, organized for revolution, that created the new bureaucracy. That is an achievement of sorts, but an extremely paradoxical achievement. I think what the revolution of 1917 meant to workers around the world was, “We can do this.” And that is profound.
BP: Yes. Regarding Leo’s point about the “deformed or degenerate workers’ state” debates at the factory gates, there were many workers in the 1930s who understood that debate and wanted to have it. That seems very strange to us, today, because we have lost something due to our distance from that time period. This distance may give us an opportunity, but we must try to recover what was lost, first, and then deal with the more nuanced analysis.
In 1956, Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno had a discussion about rewriting the Communist Manifesto. Horkheimer pointed out that the Soviet Union was under the rule of bureaucracy, whose authoritarian governance shared characteristics with fascism. But they both also said the USSR, even in 1956, nonetheless stood for something more important or even better than the Western world. Today, in reflecting on 1917, does it help us or hurt us that the Soviet Union no longer exists?
BP: Although Stalinism is repugnant to revolutionary socialists, because it has soured socialism in the mouths of millions of people around the world, nevertheless the demise of the Soviet Union is a tremendous setback. It is a tremendous setback in the sense that it has destabilized the world and given undiluted power to the U.S. as a global empire. So I cannot see much in the way of positives to the fact that the Soviet Union no longer exists. But grappling with that question brings forth a whole series of other issues that are far more complicated.
LP: As more time passes since the fall of the Soviet Union, I think our distance from it allows the terms “socialism” and even “communism” to be recovered in the 21st century. We saw that with the Sanders phenomenon. His idea of socialism may have just meant, “Denmark,” but people were hearing the word “socialism” and were attracted, or at least not repelled, by it. In that sense there is a positive side to the fall of the USSR. However, Bryan’s point on this is well taken. Breakthroughs in particular countries in the 20th century were facilitated because the Soviet Union gave them breathing room in an imperialist world. Of course, what came with that was the very heavy imposition of the Soviet model, both politically and economically. Still, we are not better off now that the USSR no longer offers a kind of buffer geopolitically.
What is positive about the current moment is that it is, or could be, the graveyard of the “Third Way,” of Blairism and Clintonism. It is also the graveyard of the claim that, liberated from the Soviet Union, Eastern European nation states will all develop into wonderful bourgeois democracies. What we have seen instead is the recrudescence of fascism. We need to hammer that fact home. What you see in Hungary, Poland, and above all in the Ukraine is the revival of the political forces that killed my relatives, who were not shot by German soldiers, but by Ukrainian nationalists.
In the face of all that, it is incumbent on us to improve Marxism. I am very suspicious about going back to the classics if we are not trying to discover and move beyond their limitations. It is extremely “un-materialist” to do that, of course. It involves an idealistic reading. So it is really important that we see ourselves as developers of Marxism—as people trying to make it better, rather than simply going back to it. What we can and need to take from the classics is how to become organizers. Maybe if there is a massive precariat the younger generation will find they have no alternative but to become organizers. The material base might be developing for that. Young leftists will not find cushy jobs in the university the way that many in the 1960s and 1970s generation did. Perhaps they will have to become revolutionary organizers and develop Marxism.
CC: The USSR collapsed. Whether it is good or bad, it happened—we have to reckon with it. The real question is whether conditions for the Left outside the USSR were better when it existed. I would connect that question to the mixed legacy of the 1990s: the “New World Order,” the triumphalism, and the hope that, freed of the exigencies of the Cold War, you could have “capitalism with a human face” (as opposed to the slogan of Prague in 1968, “socialism with a human face”). The illusion of the Third Way was that we would not be blackmailed into the kind of “mean capitalism” necessitated by the Cold War. But, of course, the 1990s ended, and with it that boom, or “bubble,” of optimism also ended.
The first time that I read the 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Marx, I was struck not so much by what he said about Bonaparte or the working class, but what was said about the lumpenproletariat and the peasants. Being from a working class background, I observed the effects of the 1970s downturn on my immediate milieu—my family, my neighborhood, and so on. What Marx said about the “sack of potatoes,” the “walking dead,” the “Lazarus layer of the working class,” all rang true. The kinds of social pathology that were offered as explanations for Trump—the opioid epidemic, increased death rates among white people, middle-aged men who should be working but are instead dependent on disability benefits—all that stuff was there in the 1970s. What Marx said about the ambient social circumstances of capitalism, as opposed to just the working class per se, has really stuck with me. So, later on, when I heard these terms like “precariat,” I just thought, “Where have you been?” That had already been my life, for thirty years or more!
Bringing it back around to Bonapartism, I would like to connect that to something Leo brought up, about whether struggles for reforms provide opportunities for the self-organization of the working class, or whether they are just ways of deferring political responsibility to the state. That question is encoded in the loaded term, “Bonapartism,” which among other things can help us think about how the working class goes from being aspiring social subjects to being objects of policy—objects of government administration—and therefore objects of politics, but only in a very debased way. Really, the working class becomes objects of pseudo-politics and demagogy. We need to recognize how that is built into this language of Bonapartism; otherwise, its connotation becomes too particular and narrow. What happens when the working class is defeated? What does society start to look like? And why do the petite bourgeoisie and the lumpenproletariat, rather than working class rule, become the “spectre” haunting politics? That is already there in the classics. Going back to the writings of Marx and Engels, one finds this whole penumbra of meaning. |P
Transcribed by Matt Cavagrotti and Audrey Crescenti
[1] Eric Hobsbawm, Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life (New York: Pantheon, 2003), 218.
[2] See the foreword to Geoff Eley, Forging History: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850–2000 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
[3] Quoted in William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary, by E. P. Thompson and Peter Linebaugh (Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2011), 305.
[4] See Isaac Deutscher, “The Unfinished Revolution 1917–1967,” New Left Review I/43 (May–June 1967).
[5] See Deutscher, “The Unfinished Revolution 1917–1967.”
[6] See Mike Davis’s editorial, “Spring Confronts Winter,” in New Left Review 72 (November–December 2011). Available online at <newleftreview.org/II/72/mike-davis-spring-confronts-winter>.
[7] An edited transcript of this panel discussion was published by Platypus. See “What is Political Party for the Left?” in Platypus Review 74 (March 2015). Available online at <https://platypus1917.org/2015/03/01/political-party-left-2/>.
[8] See Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International,” first published in 1921. Available online at <https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/jul/x01.htm>.
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The UEFA Regions' Cup brings together the best amateur teams in the continent.
A tournament for amateur sides was first suggested by the UEFA Amateur Committee in February 1965, and was approved by the UEFA Executive committee and launched the same year as the UEFA Amateur Cup. However, due to the difficulty in defining what constituted an amateur player, only 12 of the 33 UEFA nations of the time submitted teams.
The original tournament remit insisted that only associations with a professional or non-amateur top division could enter the competition. Thus, the former Eastern Bloc countries – where top sportsmen were still classed as amateurs – and Scandinavian nations, whose top divisions were still amateur, were excluded.
Undeterred, the 12 teams involved played each other home and away in four three-team qualifying groups between February and December 1966 leading to a four-team final tournament in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, with Austria beating their Scottish counterparts 2-1 on 18 June 1967 to take the title.
Spain triumphed at the second Amateur Cup finals in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, in 1970, while the 1974 final was to prove – literally – a non-event, as West Germany and Yugoslavia agreed to share the title rather than play a final.
Yugoslavia would go on to take sole command of the title, winning the 1978 edition in Greece. With only ten nations having entered the qualifiers; that was to prove the last final until the newly-formed UEFA Committee for Amateur Football decided to resurrect the idea of a continental amateur competition in 1996. This time, with no more Eastern Bloc or Scandinavian problems, the tournament has proved much more successful.
With the UEFA Regions' Cup being contested primarily on a regional rather than national basis, Italian representatives Veneto won the inaugural competition on home territory in 1999. The Czech Republic's Central Moravia won the second edition as hosts in 2001, with Italy's Piemonte Valle d'Aosta taking the 2003 crown in Germany.
A team representing Spain's Basque Country won the 2005 tournament in Poland, while it was the latter nation's Dolny Śląsk who prevailed in Bulgaria in 2007. Castilla y León won in Croatia in 2009, home side Braga triumphed in 2011, and Veneto became the first side to win the competition twice when they played host to the 2013 finals.
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Oumuamua (1I) and Vega
Last year saw the first out of Solar System object zoom by. Some said it was obviously an extraterrestrial starship considering its shape and speed and origin:
https://patriceayme.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/science-and-philosophy-two-aspects-of-the-same-thing-why-they-are-separated/
The subject of planets around other stars is as philosophical as philosophical can be: Giordano Bruno was tortured for 7 years, and burned alive, after mutilations, just for claiming there were other star systems, with planets… (that offended the Jesus myth… Did each inhabited planet come with its own little green Jesus?)
We need hope, a wider perspective: the cosmos provides them, even if we don’t get there, we can dream of it… Dreaming leads. Good dreams do best…. And displace nightmares… Loving the cosmos displaces hating neighbors…
Planetary formation is a subject in formation… and crucial, for giving us humans cosmic hope and purpose, an arrow for civilization…. Seems to me Dr. Ian Miller is saying that HABITABILITY, usually interpreted as the zone in a Solar System where liquid water can be found on the surface, also influences planetary formation crucially. I like it, a lot.
My own original idea on life creating planets is that they need to be in the radioactive belt… Habitability is a different notion:
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Oumuamua is a small asteroidal object somewhere between 100 – 1000 meters long and is considerably longer than it is broad. Basically, it looks like a slab of rock, and is currently passing through the solar system on its way to wherever. It is our first observation of an interstellar object hence the bracketed formal name: 1 for first, I for interstellar. How do we know it came from interstellar space? Its orbit has been mapped, and its eccentricity determined. The eccentricity of a circular orbit is zero; an eccentricity greater than zero but less than one means the object is in an elliptical orbit, and the larger the eccentricity, the bigger the difference between closest and furthest approach to the sun. Oumuamua was found to have an eccentricity of 1.1995, which means, being greater than 1, it is on a hyperbolic orbit. It started somewhere where the sun’s gravity…
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Re: life needing to be in a radiation zone (could be EM) see Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier’s incredible experiment on the spontaneous creation of DNA under EM radiation. The general view represented here is that manifest reality is ordered by extra-reality “guide field.” Also, some believe human consciousness affects earth events, weather, etc. The Russians are into this stuff, starting with Kosyrev.
Kozyrev:…. “Started by the accusations of a disgruntled graduate student, most of the observatory staff died as a result. Kozyrev was arrested in November 1936 and sentenced to 10 years for counterrevolutionary activity. In January 1941, he was given another 10-year sentence for “hostile propaganda”. While incarcerated, he was allowed to work in engineering-type jobs. Due to the lobbying by his colleagues, he won an early release from detention in December 1946.[1] As a result of his imprisonment he was mentioned in The Gulag Archipelago by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.[2]
During his imprisonment, Kozyrev attempted to continue working on purely theoretical physics. He considered the problem of the energy source of stars and formulated a theory. But in his isolation, he was unaware of the discovery of atomic energy. After his release, Kozyrev refused to believe the theory that stars are powered by atomic fusion.”
So well…. One can fall off science… But I agree with you radiation is important… Red Dwarves have plenty of that, BTW… And I said more:
on February 12, 2019 at 12:56 am:
Not quite, Patrice. What I am saying is there are three temperature profiles at different times that are important. During stellar accretion, there is an important temperature around 1550 degrees C, where iron melts and certain aluminosilicates phase separate. This cools, and in the immediate aftermath of stellar accretion the rocky planets form. The critical temperature now is about current temperature, where the aluminosilicates can absorb water. (Venus failed here because ti was too hot, and never absorbed much water.) The third temperature is the habitability zone, which seems to be roughly the same as the second zone. Fort a successful planet to have life, all three have to be at about the same distance from the star. It seems as if number 2 & 3 are likely to coincide, but not with 1 except for G and heavy K stars. Red Dwarfs should have the first stage too close to the star, most of the time, but there are some further variables, such as the amount of dust and how fast the star accretes, so a general rule is difficult. The bad news is that once the system is formed, knowledge of the early stages is removed.
pshakkottai Says:
“The subject of planets around other stars is as philosophical as philosophical can be: Giordano Bruno was tortured for 7 years, and burned alive…” This philosophy is much older than commonly thought. See https://patriceayme.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/creative-thought-is-all-over-the-place-and-out-of-this-world-or-is-not/#comment-71513
Partha
G Max Says:
Philosophy of space… we always had it, didn’t we… WE HUMANS
You are uncharacteristically silent Are you OK?
Just lost my mom, and I am on the other side of the planet with spouse and child sick, so I couldn’t go… Thus not in an excellent mood. Still got a little essay out today
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Why We Are Still Seeking Spygate Answers — The Patriot Post
June 26, 2019 PatriotsNews Hillary Clinton, News 0
When The Patriot Post team last looked at Spygate, Attorney General William Barr had appointed a tough prosecutor to look into the matter. This is a good start. The problem is that we need a lot of answers, and quickly.
Put it this way: The counterintelligence resources of the FBI and other parts of the intelligence community were turned on the presidential campaign of an opposition party to counter “collusion” that did not exist. Let’s say this again: There was NO collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
Many of the same people who condemned George W. Bush for the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime because we didn’t find stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction are now demanding that Barack Obama be given the benefit of the doubt. Umm, it seems like they are comparing apples and T-bone steaks here.
Whether or not you believe Operation Iraqi Freedom was a big mistake, it involved action against a hostile regime that sponsored terrorism and was refusing to demonstrate compliance with UN resolutions. In the aftermath of 9/11, Saddam’s removal was a prudent action, and Bush’s failure to adequately defend it was a mistake on par with his failure to rebuild and expand America’s military. Hussein did not have rights to due process from the United States government.
But the use by Obama of counterintelligence assets on domestic political opponents is a very different matter. There has to be a very high bar to be cleared with the use of clear and convincing evidence. From what we know, there wasn’t. Instead, it seems that the major source was a DNC-funded dossier from a retired British intelligence officer. Worse, we have the texts between illicit FBI lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, which are akin to the infamous Fuhrman tapes that emerged in OJ Simpson’s murder trial in terms of casting doubt on the integrity of the investigators. We won’t even even touch the IRS scandal.
Had this pattern happened in Putin’s Russia, Erdogan’s Turkey, or Maduro’s Venezuela, we would recognize it for what it was: Hallmarks of an election that was not free and fair. We’d demand that the State Department issue harsh releases, and we’d never hear the end of it from the mainstream media. But because this was done by the Obama administration, we hear crickets. We’re told to just be quiet because there was no corruption at the IRS.
One of two things seems to be going on: Either there was a massive screw-up with no ill intentions toward Americans exercising their constitutional rights, or there was and is deliberate targeting of those who disagreed with “progressives” on political issues.
Take a long, hard look at the John Doe investigations — particularly the compelling coverage by National Review’s David French — efforts to use RICO against so-called “climate deniers”, and Andrew Cuomo’s actions against the NRA. Do those look like innocent mistakes, or were bureaucrats and government officials stepping beyond their boundaries?
The sheer weight of this tilts the preponderance of the evidence toward a misuse of power for political ends. This is why we need to come down on Spygate, find answers, and hold to account those responsible. If this isn’t halted, everything else becomes a theoretical discussion.
America Deserves Spygate Answers — The Patriot Post
GOP Calling for Special Counsel to Investigate Obama…
Gowdy and Rubio Affirm 'Crossfire Hurricane'…
Lock Her Up
Broken Arrow – National Nuclear Emergency Alert – Little Rock Arkansas – Veterans Today
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Home PRESS RELEASES British human rights lawyer denied entry to Israel
British human rights lawyer denied entry to Israel
British human rights lawyer, Kate Maynard, has been denied entry to Israel – faced with a claim that she presents a security threat to the state. Despite a court ruling Ms Maynard has been deported and future access to her clients remains in the hands of the Israeli security establishment.
Kate Maynard, a UK based lawyer with London solicitors and human rights specialists Hickman & Rose (H&R), was invited to speak at an international legal conference organised by Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF)[1] in al Ram, near Jerusalem.
However, after being questioned by Israeli officials at Heathrow airport, on arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, on the evening of 24 May 2006, she was immediately detained by security officials from the Israeli Ministry of Defence.
Ms Maynard was subjected to intensive and intrusive questioning – she was unable to answer many of the questions, as to do so would have breached professional privilege (i.e. the duty of confidentiality she owes to her clients). The officials were not satisfied with her answers – and their questions revealed that they were disturbed by her involvement in obtaining an arrest warrant last September against alleged war criminal Maj. Gen. Doron Almog[2] and collecting evidence against other high ranking Israeli officials.
Ms Maynard was then denied entry to Israel and detained overnight pending deportation on a return flight to London. Ms Maynard, assisted by ASF and her colleagues in London, instructed an Israeli lawyer, Smadar Ben Nathan, to apply to the Tel-Aviv district court to prevent her deportation and obtain her release from custody so she could speak at the conference and carry out her legitimate legal work for Palestinian clients.
At approximately 7.30am local time on 25 May, Judge Avraham Tal ordered the Israeli authorities to lift the prohibition on Ms Maynard’s entry to Israel, but directed that she be admitted to the country for a limited period of time, cutting her visit short by almost three days. Effectively, however, the judicial system followed the usual pattern of facilitating the demands of the security establishment.
Under Israeli law deportation can only be justified if a person is a threat to the security of the state. Despite this, the judicial decision arbitrarily curtailed Ms Maynard’s visit and sought to prevent her from meeting Palestinian clients to provide them with up to date details about the progress of their international cases against Israeli war crimes.
Having decided that the judge’s ruling was merely a ‘recommendation’, at about 5.30pm local time on 25 May, the Israeli immigration authorities decided not to follow the recommendation. No reason was provided for this approach, other than ‘security’.[3]
As Ms Maynard had already spent almost one day in custody, had by then missed the slot allocated for her talk on 25 May and the conference was due to end at lunch time on 26 May, she decided it would be academic for her to continue her legal battle and has now returned to the UK this morning.
Access to justice is the enemy of impunity
PCHR, H&R and teams of international lawyers from various jurisdictions have for some time been preparing evidence files against suspected Israeli war criminals. The Almog case demonstrated the serious intent in achieving justice for Palestinian victims. The decision to deny Kate Maynard access to Israel is an obvious attempt to prevent this work from continuing and further cases being prepared. It is another example of Israel acting to secure impunity for alleged war crimes in the OPT. It also constitutes an astonishing attack on Kate Maynard’s right to impart legal information to professional colleagues in the region, who are fighting against impunity, and their right to receive such information.
Any notion of the rule of law requires the international community to ensure that the State of Israel respects the fact that victims and their lawyers are entitled to prepare and litigate their clients’ claims without such arbitrary interference and to discuss these matters with their professional colleagues.
Israel must not be allowed to prevent lawyers doing this work. PCHR and H&R will work even harder to try to ensure that this unjustified interference with the rights of Palestinian victims to access to justice, specifically to receive legal assistance, will not have any impact on the international pursuit, capture, remand, trial and (if found guilty) imprisonment of suspected Israeli war criminals.
Traditionally, the Israeli authorities have an extraordinary record of interference with the work of international human rights defenders. This is a further case which is in clear breach of the UN and EU guidelines on human rights defenders.[4]
PCHR and H&R call on:
– HM Government to raise this case with the Government of Israel requesting proper reasons for refusing entry to Kate Maynard, but also to secure agreement that lawyers doing legitimate legal work will not be denied access to Israel in future and, specifically, that Kate Maynard and other lawyers from H&R are granted entry to Israel in future; and
– Hina Jilani the UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders to lodge a complaint with the Israeli authorities regarding this case; and
– the EU Heads of Mission in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory to fulfil their role under the EU guidelines on human rights defenders and make representations regarding the poor treatment of Ms Maynard and other international human rights defenders whose work is being interfered with on a daily basis; and
– the EU to follow the lead set by the Non-Aligned Movement of States at the UN in preventing suspected Israeli war criminals, in particular settlers, access to those countries.
[1] Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) is a non-governmental organization acting in the field of law and justice.ASF works to promote, strengthen and protect civil, political, social and cultural human rights of individuals and peoples. See: http://www.asf.be/EN/Frameset.htm
[2] Doron Almog evaded arrest at Heathrow airport on 11 September 2005 by remaining on an El Al ‘plane– see Joint Press release of 11th September 2005 http://www.hickmanandrose.co.uk/news05.html and The Guardian, 12 September 2005: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1568001,00.html?gusrc=rss
[3] For an Israeli news report on this decision, see Ha’aretz, 26 May 2006:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=kate+maynard&itemNo=719877
[4] PCHR and Front Line published a joint report in February 2006 which documented many such cases as well as the comprehensive attacks against Palestinian human rights defenders.
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The Black Keys Named New Album After Executed Man’s Last Words – Interview
Lauryn Schaffner
"Let's Rock" is the upcoming ninth studio album by rock duo The Black Keys — and the album title has quite an interesting story behind it. Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez recently spoke with the gentlemen in the band about the upcoming album and how the name was inspired by a man who was executed.
According to members Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, "let's rock" were the final words of a man who was being executed by electric chair in Tennessee the day they were recording the album. So the seemingly light-hearted connotation to the phrase "let's rock" does not actually hold up in this case.
"The coincidence was so strange and just so absurd...We can't just do that light and fun title," the band says. Low and behold — the album artwork is an electric chair.
After explaining how the last album tour cycle made the band feel burnt out, thus leading to a several year-long break, they warn that they will not be touring as extensively in the future in order to prevent it from happening again. However, they explain that the shows and the music will be better as a result of them not feeling tour exhaustion.
Listen to the full interview above.
If The Black Keys are coming to a city near you, don't miss it. See the dates here. "Let's Rock" will be out June 28.
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Source: The Black Keys Named New Album After Executed Man’s Last Words – Interview
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Entertainment Update for November 12 to November 18
November 18, 2018 by Rueben
Here is the entertainment news for the past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS
Good Cop has been cancelled by Netflix after one season. (Variety)
Bosch has been given a season 6 renewal by Amazon. (Variety)
ABC has renewed Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a 7th season before the show’s 6th season is even set to air in early 2019. The surprising (or not) news is that actor Clark Gregg is not listed as a cast member for the 7th season. Roh, roh! (Variety)
Netflix has landed the directorial debut The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave). The film will be based on the best-selling book by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer that follows 13-year-old boy William who finds a way to save his village in Malawi from famine. (Variety)
Working Title and Netflix are developing a new version of Rebecca, the 1938 gothic thriller by Daphne du Maurier that follows a young woman who comes to live with her new wealthy husband in his estate on the coast of England and finds herself struggling to fight against the legacy of Maxim’s first wife, Rebecca, a mysterious and beautiful woman whose influence continues to haunt the house and its denizens. Cinderella star Lily James and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. alum Armie Hammer will star in the lead roles. (Entertainment Weekly)
Actor Hugh Grant will star opposite Nicole Kidman in the upcoming HBO limited series The Undoing, based on the book You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz. The 6-episode series centers on Grace Sachs (Kidman), who is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. She’s a successful therapist, has a devoted husband, Jonathan (Grant), and young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. Overnight a chasm opens in her life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, and horrified by the ways in which she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and herself. Jonathan is described as an acclaimed pediatric oncologist, devoted husband to Grace and doting father, whose past undergoes scrutiny when he suddenly disappears, leading to a chain of terrible revelations. (Variety)
More cast members have joined next summer’s new season of Veronica Mars that will air on Hulu. Actor Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash and Counterpart) and actress Isabela Vidovic (The Fosters) will have recurring roles in the much anticipated return of the fan favorite. In the revival, spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the parents of one of the victims to find their son’s killer, Veronica (Kristin Bell) is drawn into an epic mystery that pits the enclave’s wealthy elites, who would rather put an end to the month-long bacchanalia, against a working class that relies on the cash influx that comes with being the West Coast’s answer to Daytona Beach. Collins will play Alonzo, a mid-level hitman for a Mexican cartel. Meanwhile, Vidovic will portray teenaged Matty Ross, who loses the most important person in the world in an act of violence, she isn’t content to wait for justice. She goes after it herself in acts so brazen. And, Simmons will play Clyde Prickett, an ex-con who served 10 years for racketeering, who is now a fixer for Big Dick Casablancas (David Starzyk), the richest real estate developer in the town of Neptune, California. (Entertainment Weekly and Deadline)
Actor Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) will appear as Lex Luthor on Supergirl while actress Hannah James (Mercy Street) and Kate Burton (Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy) will guest star as Nia Nal’s (new series regular Nicole Maines) older sister Maeve and mother respectively. (Deadline and Variety)
Actress Reshma Shetty (Royal Pains) has landed a recurring role on the CBS drama series Instinct that stars Alan Cumming as a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer. Shetty will play Maya, a glamorous old love of Julian’s (Naveen Andrews), who comes back into his life with a proposal he cannot resist. (Deadline)
Actress Lauren Holly (Motive and NCIS) and actor Benjamin Watson (The L.A. Complex) have landed key recurring roles in the former ABC drama Designated Survivor which was picked up for season 3 by Netflix. The new season will find President Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland) facing a political reality: campaigning. Holly will play Lynn Harper, the daughter of a renowned Virginia senator, who is married to Mars Harper, Kirkman’s new Chief of Staff. Watson will play Dontae Evans, a mid-20s Digital Officer in the West Wing. (Deadline)
Actor Matt Long (Helix and the recent Hallmark Channel movie Christmas Joy) has landed a major recurring role on Manifest, the new NBC supernatural thriller. He will play Zeke, a mysterious new character whose arrival triggers a new relationship triangle and upends the series’ mythology. (Deadline)
Actor Allen Leech (Downton Abbey and Bohemian Rhapsody) will star opposite actress Sophia Bush (Chicago P.D. and One Tree Hill) in the CBS drama pilot Surveillance, a spy thriller that will center on the head of communications for the NSA Maddy (Bush), a charming operative who finds her loyalties torn between protecting the government’s secrets and her own. Leech will play Mike, Maddy’s husband and an accomplished former CIA operative. (Deadline)
Actor RJ Cyler (Sierra Burgess is a Loser and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) has landed a recurring role on Black Lightning, playing Todd Green, the gangly and awkward tech genius who’s passed over for a research grant. He doesn’t take it well, until he gets an offer to join Tobias Whale (series regular Marvin “Krodon” Jones III). (Deadline)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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Catherine Zuber (#157) June, 2007
July 2nd, 2007 •48:39
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While playing both a farmer and his wife in Red Bull Theatre Company's "The Witch of Edmonton", Everett Quinton talks about appearing in Jacobean …
Fiona Shaw (#306) - February, 2011
During her visit to the Brooklyn Academy of Music with the Abbey Theatre's production of Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman", Fiona Shaw discusses taking on one point of this lesser-known play's unromantic triangle and links …
Stockard Channing (#305) - February, 2011
Stockard Channing discusses her work in Jon Robin Baitz's new play "Other Desert Cities", acknowledging the ambiguity of the character for the audience and explaining whether she has defined her character's secret …
Molly Smith (#304) - January, 2011
From Arena Stage's newly opened Mead Center for American Theater, artistic director Molly Smith discusses the development and construction of the new …
George C. Wolfe (#303) - January, 2011
Playwright/director Geroge C. Wolfe discusses the seven year development of John Guare's "A Free Man of Color", from approaching Guare with the idea …
Natasha Katz (#302) - January, 2011
"The Addams Family" and "Elf"'s lighting designer Natasha Katz talks about the path of her career, beginning with a high school community service …
Sir Alan Ayckbourn (#301) - January, 2011
From his home base in Scarborough, England, playwright and director Sir Alan Ayckbourn makes a return visit to "Downstage Center" during the run of his 74th play, "Life of Riley". He discusses why he chooses to mention …
John Kander (#300) - December, 2010
Composer John Kander talks about his decades-long collaboration with Fred Ebb, with particular focus on the four projects that were not fully …
David Esbjornson (#299) - December, 2010
Having recently steered "Driving Miss Daisy" to Broadway, director David Esbjornson discusses what it's like to direct a "brand," why he thinks older …
Robert Brustein (#298) - December, 2010
Founding artistic director of both the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven and the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Robert Brustein discusses how each of those organizations came into being, including the …
Stephen Ouimette (#297) - December, 2010
Stephen Ouimette, who plays Bejart in the current Broadway revival of "La Bête", talks about what it takes to hold the stage, with little dialogue, …
Teresa Eyring (#296) - December, 2010
Executive Director of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), Teresa Eyring, talks about the work of the 50 year old service organization which …
Judith Light (#295) - November, 2010
"Lombardi"'s leading lady Judith Light talks about her research into both the role and the real-life Marie Lombardi, and whether she thinks …
Alison Fraser (#294) - November, 2010
"The Divine Sister"'s Teutonic nun Alison Fraser talks about her role, her prior work -- and sharing a dressing room -- with playwright/actor Charles …
Howard Panter (#293) - November, 2010
Called "the most powerful man in English theatre" by "The Stage", co-CEO (with his wife, Rosemary Squire) and creative director of the Ambassador …
Jim Simpson (#292) - November, 2010
Jim Simpson, artistic director of New York's Off-Off-Broadway The Flea Theater, charts the company's 15 year journey from a collective meant to last …
Athol Fugard (#291) - October, 2010
South African playwright Athol Fugard discusses his newest work, "The Train Driver", during rehearsals at the Long Wharf Theatre, and explains why …
Sir Ian McKellen (#290) - October, 2010
One of the greatest classical actors of his generation, Sir Ian McKellen reflects on his more than 50 years on stage, explaining that he's really only qualified to voice his opinion on two topics: gay issues and …
Alfred Uhry (#289) - October, 2010
Playwright Alfred Uhry recalls the original production of "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1987 at Playwrights Horizons, lists the actresses he's had the …
Jules Feiffer (#288) - October, 2010
Playwright Jules Feiffer, perhaps best known as a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, explains why he sees little difference between his comic work, …
Daniel Sullivan (#287) - September, 2010
Veteran director Daniel Sullivan talks about his suddenly busy 2010-11 Broadway season, which will see transfers of his productions of "Time Stands …
Elaine Paige (#286) - September, 2010
West End musical theatre star Elaine Paige discusses her three month sojourn in New York, including the recording of a new album of duets with …
Moisés Kaufman (#285) - September, 2010
Director, artistic director and playwright Moisés Kaufman discusses his newest project, the U.S. premiere of the 1940s opera "El Gato con Botas (Puss …
Marin Mazzie (#284) - September, 2010
Marin Mazzie talks about taking on the role of Diana Goodman in Broadway's "Next to Normal" and whether she and her co-star/husband Jason Danieley …
Cora Cahan (#283) - September, 2010
Cora Cahan, president of The New 42nd Street in New York, discusses her 20 years in the role of recapturing what was once the epicenter of Manhattan …
Kate Mulgrew (#282) - August, 2010
Downstage Center welcomes its second starship captain as actress Kate Mulgrew visits during her stint in the Off-Broadway comedy "Love, Loss, and …
Martin Pakledinaz (#281) - August, 2010
Costume designer Martin Pakledinaz talks about creating the clothes for the recent Broadway revival of "Lend Me A Tenor", the commencement of planning for the spring 2011 production of "Anything Goes" and the revival of …
Lucie Arnaz (#280) - August, 2010
Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of television legends Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, talks about how Angela Lansbury and Vivian Vance prompted her towards a career on the stage. She recalls her earliest appearances in regional …
Jerry Zaks (#279) - July, 2010
Veteran director Jerry Zaks talks about his role as Creative Consultant on "The Addams Family" since joining the production after its opening in …
Penny Fuller (#278) - July, 2010
While playing the "anchor role" in Off-Broadway's "Love, Loss and What I Wore", actress Penny Fuller talked about her wide-ranging career, noting …
Charles Busch (#277) - July, 2010
As his play "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" marks the 25th anniversary of its opening at the Provincetown Playhouse, playwright and actor Charles Busch recalls the circumstances surrounding the play's production and the …
Katie Finneran (#276) - July, 2010
"Promises, Promises" scene stealer Katie Finneran talks about creating the character of Marge McDougall for only two scenes and why she had to be "the anti-Kristin," what it's like having so much free time during the …
Ruthie Henshall (#275) - June, 2010
Trans-Atlantic star of "Chicago" Ruthie Henshall discusses her 14 year history with the show, from creating the role of Roxie in the original London …
Tony Shalhoub (#274) - June, 2010
"Lend Me a Tenor"'s Tony Shalhoub talks about the challenge of playing farce, including the shifts from rehearsal room to theatre to playing in front of a live audience, how you can suddenly "lose" a consistent laugh, …
Sarah Ruhl (#273) - June, 2010
Playwright Sarah Ruhl, whose "Passion Play" made its New York City debut with the Epic Theater Center, talks about the roots of that play during her graduate work at Brown University, what initially got her musing on …
Douglas Hodge (#272) - June, 2010
Douglas Hodge, who appears as Albin in the current Broadway revival of the musical "La Cage aux Folles", explains what appealed to him about the …
Christine Jones (#271) - June, 2010
Scenic designer Christine Jones, a Tony nominee for "American Idiot", discusses the development of the project from album to Broadway musical, including when she came into the creative process and how her ideas …
Kenny Leon (#270) - May, 2010
"Fences" director Kenny Leon discusses his long association with August Wilson, both personally and professionally, dating back to Leon's 1987 NEA Directing Fellowship which first introduced him to Wilson and continuing …
Linda Lavin (#269) - May, 2010
"Collected Stories" star Linda Lavin discusses why she's playing the role of Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' play for a fourth time, likens the …
B.H. Barry (#268) - May, 2010
Progenitor of fight direction in America and 2010 Tony Honor recipient B.H. Barry talks about his decades of developing and staging fights across the country, starting with "Hamlet" in 1978 at Arena Stage and continuing …
Betty Buckley (#267) - May, 2010
While appearing the new comedy "White's Lies", Betty Buckley talks about the career that has taken her from Texas to New York to London and back many times over. She discusses why she chose to play her current …
Shirley Knight (#266) - April, 2010
During her month in the cast of the Off-Broadway comedy "Love, Loss and What I Wore", Shirley Knight discusses the appeal of the "stool and music …
Janet McTeer (#265) - April, 2010
Janet McTeer talks about her experiences in "God of Carnage", having starred in the play's London premiere (where the characters were still French) and now playing it on Broadway (as an American) and whether there are …
David Cromer (#264) - April, 2010
Director David Cromer discusses his most recent New York project, Andrew Bovell's "When The Rain Stops Falling" at Lincoln Center Theater, and how …
Hallie Foote (#263) - April, 2010
Hallie Foote, perhaps the leading interpreter of the works of her father, the late Horton Foote, talks about her past year of work on "The Orphans' Home Cycle", the epic compilation of nine of her father's plays into a …
Marsha Mason (#262) - March, 2010
During rehearsals for Keen Company's revival of "I Never Sang For My Father", Marsha Mason talks about the differences between playing in a Broadway house and a small Theatre Row venue. She also talks about her Broadway …
Jordan Roth (#261) - March, 2010
Jordan Roth, President of New York's Jujamcyn Theatres, discusses his ascension to the top spot running a quintet of Broadway houses, which makes him …
Jessica Hecht (#260) - March, 2010
Jessica Hecht, now on Broadway as Eddie Carbone's long-suffering but cleared-eyed wife Beatrice in the Broadway revival of "A View From The Bridge", …
Rondi Reed (#259) - March, 2010
The "resident character woman" of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Rondi Reed, talks about her current stint as Madame Morrible in the …
Howard Sherman (#258) - March, 2010
Turnabout is fair play, as actor Richard Thomas is the guest host for a conversation with Howard Sherman, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing. The longtime friends discuss the changes in the Wing since …
Gregory Mosher (#257) - February, 2010
Gregory Mosher, director of the current Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge", talks about how he initiated the production himself, personally approached Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson …
John Lee Beatty (#256) - February, 2010
Veteran scenic designer John Lee Beatty, currently represented in New York by "Time Stands Still", "A View from the Bridge" and "Venus in Fur", talks about why he thinks all American drama is about real estate, making …
Christine Lahti (#255) - February, 2010
One of "God of Carnage"'s current combatants on Broadway, Christine Lahti, talks about playing the range of emotions that consume her character over the course of the play's mere 80 minutes, and how the new ensemble …
Andre De Shields (#254) - February, 2010
The multi-talented Andre De Shields describes the development of his new one-man show, "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance", …
Doug Wright (#253) - January, 2010
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award honored playwright Doug Wright discusses his virtually genetic passion for theatre and how that matched up with his …
Emily Mann (#252) - January, 2010
As she celebrates her 20th season as artistic director of Princeton's McCarter Theatre, Emily Mann recalls the factors she considered when taking on the job; counsel she received at the time from directors Peter Hall …
Scott Ellis (#251) - January, 2010
With Theresa Rebeck's "The Understudy" soon to close at the Roundabout and Douglas Carter Beane's "Mr. and Mrs. Fitch" beginning rehearsals at Second Stage, director Scott Ellis discusses his attraction to both projects …
Stephen Sondheim (#250) - January, 2010
Legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is the guest for the 250th "Downstage Center" interview. He discusses a wide range of topics, including whether, as many have asserted, he actually dislikes giving …
Beth Leavel (#249) - December, 2009
"Mamma Mia!"'s newest leading lady, Beth Leavel, talks about slipping into the polyester disco gear of Donna Sheridan, describing the rare …
Bernard Gersten (#248) - December, 2009
Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer of Lincoln Center Theater, takes listeners on a highly condensed tour of his 60-year career in the theatre, …
Jim Norton (#247) - December, 2009
Actor Jim Norton, Tony and Olivier Award winner for "The Seafarer" and now on Broadway in the notably sunnier current revival of "Finian's Rainbow", discusses how the Irish view that Irish-inflected musical; how he …
Hunter Foster (#246) - December, 2009
"Ordinary Days"' Hunter Foster talks about performing a musical in such an intimate space (Roundabout Underground's black box) and why the unusually close proximity makes the audience into the fifth character in this …
Anna Deavere Smith (#245) - November, 2009
America's leading practitioner of "documentary theatre," Anna Deavere Smith, discusses her newest work, "Let Me Down Easy", and how it developed from …
Robert Longbottom (#244) - November, 2009
Guest host Ted Chapin, chairman of the board of the American Theatre Wing, talks with director Robert Longbottom about his current Broadway production of "Bye Bye Birdie" at The Roundabout, including the challenge of …
Jayne Houdyshell (#243) - November, 2009
"Bye Bye Birdie"'s domineering mom, Jayne Houdyshell, talks about finding the good in meddling Mae Peterson, who she calls "Archie Bunker in a mink coat" and whether she'd ever appeared in "Birdie" previously during her …
Rosemary Harris (#242) - November, 2009
"The Royal Family"'s own theatre royalty Rosemary Harris talks about her current role as Fanny Cavendish at Manhattan Theatre Club and her 1975 …
Tracy Letts (#241) - November, 2009
"Superior Donuts" and "August: Osage County" playwright Tracy Letts. talks about writing "Donuts" as his first "Chicago" play in homage to his adopted home city. He also discusses his childhood with his mother and …
Anne Bogart (#240) - October, 2009
Director Anne Bogart discusses the formation of her SITI Company and why, after 16 years of existence, they're only now staging their first New York season at Dance Theatre Workshop. She also talks about her family's …
Emanuel Azenberg (#239) - October, 2009
Producer Emanuel Azenberg talks about the upcoming repertory production of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound", including the choice of David Cromer as director, whether the plays are being revised for the …
Charlayne Woodard (#238) - October, 2009
Actress Charlayne Woodard (who declines to call herself a playwright) talks about the creation of her one-actor shows "Pretty Fire", "Neat", "In Real Life" and her newest, "The Night Watcher", currently in performance …
Daryl Roth (#237) - October, 2009
Producer Daryl Roth, talks about her current and upcoming projects, including the Off-Broadway plays "Vigil", "The Temperamentals" and "Love, Loss and What I Wore". She also discusses how she plunged into producing …
Adrian Bryan-Brown (#236) - September, 2009
Veteran Broadway press agent Adrian Bryan-Brown ranges over his 30 year career as one of theatre's most successful "drumbeaters," from his first …
Sergio Trujillo (#235) - September, 2009
Choreographer Sergio Trujillo talks about the development of the new Broadway musical "Memphis" and how the dance styles he employs in it draw upon research he'd already done for several other musicals. He also talks …
Victoria Bailey (#234) - September, 2009
Theatre Development Fund executive director Victoria Bailey talks about the newest icon of Broadway, the red steps of the redesigned TKTS Booth in Times Square, and talks about both how the lines at the booth have …
Susan Hilferty (#233) - September, 2009
With her Tony-winning costume designs for the hit musical "Wicked" virtually circling the globe, costume designer Susan Hilferty describes the detailed process by which the show's creative team conceived their own …
Ken Davenport (#232) - August, 2009
Multi-tasking multi-hyphenate producer (and more) Ken Davenport talks about his varied projects, from stage to computer screen. He recalls his …
Douglas Aibel (#231) - August, 2009
Douglas Aibel, artistic director of New York's Vineyard Theatre, reflects upon the six year run and impending closing of the Broadway musical "Avenue Q", which made its Off-Broadway debut at the Vineyard and has been …
Allison Janney (#230) - August, 2009
"9 to 5" star Allison Janney talks about her transformation into a musical comedy performer, and why the dancing didn't worry her but the singing …
Brian d'Arcy James (#229) - August, 2009
"Shrek"'s big green hero, Brian d'Arcy James, talks about the opportunities and limitations of creating the title character in the Broadway musical drawn from the first of the blockbuster animated films. He also …
Gregory Jbara (#228) - August, 2009
Gregory Jbara traces his stage career from his first grade appearance as the title role in "Frosty the Snowman" all the way to his Tony Award-winning …
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Jan Maxwell (#227) - November, 2008
Two-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell talks about whether she's been influenced by Carole Lombard and Anne Bancroft, her film predecessors as the leading …
Tom Viertel (#226) - October, 2008
Prolific producer Tom Viertel, who with his partners Richard Frankel, Steve Baruch and Marc Routh have been responsible for such shows as "The …
James Naughton (#225) - October, 2008
Two-time Tony Award-winner James Naughton explains why he's at home in the Irish Repertory Theatre's "The Master Builder" and why it's his three Broadway musical appearances which are really the anomalies in his long …
Lanford Wilson (#224) - October, 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson discusses the creation of his famed "Talley trilogy," including "Fifth of July", which stemmed in …
Gregg Edelman (#223) - October, 2008
Multiple Tony nominee Gregg Edelman describes about the creation of the new Broadway musical "A Tale of Two Cities", including a song that was cut …
Lynne Meadow (#222) - October, 2008
Just after returning from a year-long sabbatical, Manhattan Theatre Club artistic director Lynne Meadow talks about what she did and didn't do during her hiatus and explains how she shared planning for last season and …
B.D. Wong (#221) - September, 2008
Tony-winner B.D. Wong talks about his ongoing fascination with the 11-character, one-actor musical "Herringbone", from seeing the original production in 1981 through appearing in it for the third time, currently at New …
Bernard Telsey (#220) - September, 2008
Prolific Broadway casting director (and recent reality TV judge) Bernard Telsey discusses his parallel careers as the head of Telsey + Company and …
Estelle Parsons (#219) - September, 2008
Oscar-winner Estelle Parsons talks about taking on the role of the pill-popping Violet Weston in Broadway's "August: Osage County", noting that she's …
Diane Paulus (#218) - September, 2008
Diane Paulus, director of the acclaimed 40th anniversary revival of the musical "Hair" in Central Park, talks about her long-standing love of the …
Michael Berresse (#217) - August, 2008
Michael Berresse, director of the musical "[title of show]", talks about the show's journey from speed-writing exercise to Broadway hit and whether the self-referential story ever included the character of a director …
William Ivey Long (#216) - August, 2008
Five time Tony-winner William Ivey Long talks about his extensive career as one of Broadway's top costume designers, from his earliest days on stage -- living in a dressing room at the Raleigh Little Theatre in North …
David Stone (#215) - August, 2008
As "Wicked" approaches its fifth anniversary on Broadway, producer David Stone talks about the ever-expanding life of the international hit musical, including how the show first came into being, how the production …
Tony Meola (#214) - August, 2008
Veteran sound designer Tony Meola talks about the many issues involved in designing such musicals as "Wicked" and "The Lion King" on Broadway and …
John Glover (#213) - August, 2008
Tony-winning actor John Glover talks about the revival of Christopher Durang's "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" at the Roundabout, and how he grappled with the distinctly unpleasant aspects of his character, based upon …
Randy Graff (#212) - July, 2008
Tony Award winning actress Randy Graff talks about her role as Meg Boyd in the current Encores! revival of "Damn Yankees", including what she learned …
Todd Haimes (#211) - July, 2008
25 years after coming to New York's Roundabout Theatre Company, artistic director Todd Haimes talks about the company's growth from a financially troubled Off-Broadway group into one of the country's largest …
Michael Yeargan (#210) - July, 2008
"South Pacific"'s Tony Award-winning set designer Michael Yeargan discusses the visual approach taken for the first Broadway revival of this classic musical, including the negotiation behind the dramatic reveal of the …
Michael Boyd (#209) - July, 2008
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd gives an overview of the company's work, including its acclaimed "Complete Works" Festival and the recent two-year journey of the "Histories" cycle. He also …
Boyd Gaines (#208) - June, 2008
On the eve of his fourth Tony Award win, actor Boyd Gaines talks about his busy year, including "Journey's End", "Pygmalion" and both the Encores and Broadway runs of "Gypsy". He also describes his early training and …
Barbara Gaines (#207) - June, 2008
Barbara Gaines, founder and artistic director of the newly Tony-recognized Chicago Shakespeare Theater, talks about the company's evolution from a …
Priscilla Lopez (#206) - June, 2008
Tony-winner Priscilla Lopez talks about what drew her to the new musical "In The Heights" and talks about her patience and faith that by the time it reached Broadway, she'd have her own song in the show. She also talks …
Harriet Harris (#205) - June, 2008
Tony-winner Harriet Harris talks about being "the adult" in a company of kids in the Broadway musical "Cry-Baby" and reveals which of the musical …
Laura Benanti (#204) - May, 2008
Broadway's newest Gypsy Rose Lee, Laura Benanti, talks about playing the title role in "Gypsy" both last summer at City Center and again this year on …
Laura Linney (#203) - May, 2008
Actress Laura Linney talks about returning to Broadway as the Marquise de Merteuil in the Roundabout production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" and …
Sherie Rene Scott (#202) - May, 2008
"The Little Mermaid"'s Sherie Rene Scott talks about creating the role of Ursula in the stage version of the beloved animated film, including what …
Patrick Stewart (#201) - May, 2008
Shakespeare veteran Patrick Stewart talks about finally having the opportunity to play the title role in "Macbeth", some 50 years after he first …
Harold Prince (#200) - May, 2008
Legendary producer and director Harold Prince surveys his career from his start in 1948 working for another legendary theatrical figure, George …
David Zippel (#199) - April, 2008
Lyricist David Zippel discusses the development of "Pamela's First Musical", the challenges posed by the untimely passing of two of his collaborators …
Paul Rudnick (#198) - April, 2008
Playwright Paul Rudnick discusses his evening of one-act plays, "The New Century", currently playing at Lincoln Center Theatre, including how he came …
James Earl Jones (#197) - April, 2008
In a startlingly candid interview, actor James Earl Jones talks about what drew him to playing the role of Big Daddy in the current revival of "Cat …
Ken Billington (#196) - April, 2008
Lighting designer Ken Billington, veteran of more than 80 Broadway productions ranging from the original "Sweeney Todd" to the current "Sunday in the Park with George", discusses the art of lighting design, including …
David Ives (#195) - March, 2008
Playwright David Ives talks about his many acts of "literary ventriloquism," channeling the voices of the authors of classic musicals for City Center's Encores series, including the current "Juno" and upcoming "No, No …
Leigh Silverman (#194) - March, 2008
Director Leigh Silverman talks about the development of the Off-Broadway "Beebo Brinker Chronicles" and its transition from an Off-Off-Broadway space to a larger venue; how she juggles so many projects in a season where …
Michael Cumpsty (#193) - March, 2008
"Sunday in the Park with George"'s Michael Cumpsty talks about the challenges of performing in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical, how the script and score match the pointillism of George Seurat's paintings, and …
Kathleen Chalfant (#192) - March, 2008
Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant talks about doing double duty on New York stages right now: as the mother of the title character in "Dead Man's Cell Phone" at Playwrights Horizons and as the latter of the two title …
Alice Ripley (#191) - February, 2008
Alice Ripley, star of the new musical "Next To Normal" at New York's Second Stage Theatre, talks about the challenge of playing the emotionally disturbed mother of a "typical" American family and describes how the …
Nathan Lane (#190) - February, 2008
Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane charts the course of his career, from touring New Jersey schools in the historical musical "Jerz" to starring on …
Michael Rupert (#189) - February, 2008
"Legally Blonde"'s resident legal shark Michael Rupert talks about why his role as that musical's unsavory Professor Callahan is consistent with …
Edward Albee (#188) - February, 2008
Multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee talks about the "inadvertent festival" of his works in the New York area, explaining why …
Richard Easton (#187) - February, 2008
Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton talks about his role in David Ives' play "New Jerusalem" and why he didn't spend much time trying to parse …
Tom Stoppard (#186) - January, 2008
Multiple Tony Award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard talks about his latest work to appear on Broadway, "Rock 'n' Roll", including why he feels …
Frances Sternhagen (#185) - January, 2008
Two-time Tony-winner Frances Sternhagen surveys her six-decade career in the theatre, ranging from her decision to stop teaching "dramatics" to …
Norbert Leo Butz (#184) - January, 2008
Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz talks about his first reaction on being approached about appearing in a "new" Mark Twain play, "Is He Dead?", and about the construction of farce and how David Ives crafted the …
Tony Walton (#183) - January, 2008
Designer turned director Tony Walton talks about his work directing the plays of George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward for New York's Irish Repertory Theatre; considers how his work as a designer influences …
John Cullum (#182) - December, 2007
Actor John Cullum, currently appearing in the title role of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" at Lincoln Center Theater, but better known for his musical …
Alan Menken (#181) - December, 2007
Alan Menken, composer of both the film and Broadway musical versions of "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty And The Beast", talks about going "under the sea" with Ariel so many years after writing the score for the Disney …
Jack O'Brien (#180) - December, 2007
Director Jack O'Brien announces his new title as Artistic Director Emeritus at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre and charts his quarter-century tenure as Artistic Director from his hiring in 1981; reveals his original plans …
David Henry Hwang (#179) - December, 2007
Playwright David Henry Hwang talks about putting a version of himself -- and his father -- onstage in his new play "Yellowface" and why he doesn't want to reveal what in the play is fact and what is fiction; recalls his …
André Bishop (#178) - November, 2007
Lincoln Center Theater artistic director André Bishop talks about the selection of "Cymbeline" and "South Pacific" for the current season and the …
Shuler Hensley (#177) - November, 2007
Shuler Hensley, the creature from "Young Frankenstein", talks about the development of his character in the new Mel Brooks musical, as well as his …
Terrence McNally (#176) - November, 2007
Terrence McNally talks about "The Ritz" then (1975) and now (the current Roundabout revival) and reveals his own cameo performance at the show's first opening night; describes his emergence as a playwright in the …
Judy Kuhn (#175) - November, 2007
Judy Kuhn reflects on returning to the cast of "Les Misérables" 20 years after appearing in the original Broadway cast and how her perspective has changed now that she's playing Fantine, the mother of her original …
Kevin Chamberlin (#174) - November, 2007
Kevin Chamberlin talks about his role in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Terrence McNally's "The Ritz", including whether his "midwestern" looks …
Christopher Ashley (#173) - October, 2007
The new artistic director of California's La Jolla Playhouse, Christopher Ashley, talks about his plans for the theatre, including whether he sees …
F. Murray Abraham (#172) - October, 2007
F. Murray Abraham talks about his role as a dangerous yet avid stamp collector in Theresa Rebeck's "Mauritius", a role he compares to Shakespeare's …
Kristen Johnston (#171) - October, 2007
Kristen Johnston talks about her nightly mantra that prepares her to go on stage in the current Atlantic Theatre Company production of Lucy Thurber's "Scarcity"; recalls her early years as drama student and how teachers …
James Houghton (#170) October, 2007
James Houghton, the founding artistic director of New York's Signature Theater Company discusses the impulse that began the acclaimed Off-Broadway …
Horton Foote (#169) September, 2007
Playwright Horton Foote reflects on his long career, including the traveling tent shows that first inspired his love of theatre; the contrast between his Texas neighbors' responses to his winning the Oscar and the …
Carole Shelley (#168) September, 2007
Upon her return to the Broadway production, "Wicked"'s original Madame Morrible, Carole Shelley, talks about whether she's hissed as a villain by …
Kerry Butler (#167) September, 2007
"Xanadu" star Kerry Butler talks about her childhood performances of Olivia Newton-John songs and how they've informed her Broadway role as Kira, as …
Michele Pawk (#166) August, 2007
Days after joining the "Hairspray" cast as Velma von Tussle, Michele Pawk talks about the experience of being "put into" a long-running show and how one finds their character in that situation; shares her journey from a …
Terry Teachout (#165) August, 2007
"Wall Street Journal" drama critic Terry Teachout talks about his theatergoing experiences over the four years he's held that position, including …
Anthony Rapp (#164) August, 2007
Stage and film actor Anthony Rapp, upon his return to the long-running show "Rent", talks about working with the show's composer Jonathan Larson; the longevity and impact of "Rent"; getting his first professional …
Debra Monk (#163) August, 2007
Actress Debra Monk talks about her six year journey through the development of the musical "Curtains", and passionately reflects on the things she learned from the legendary team of Kander and Ebb on both "Curtains" and …
John P. Connolly (#162) August, 2007
John P. Connolly, the new executive director of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, talks about the …
Stephen Lang (#161) July, 2007
Actor Stephen Lang describes his process developing the book "Beyond Glory" for the stage, why he was drawn to portray eight recipients of the Medal of Honor, and how his tribute is perceived amidst present-day war …
Dori Berinstein (#160) July, 2007
Producer Dori Berinstein discusses the process behind creating the film "ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway", her unprecedented chronicle of the 2003-2004 theatrical season, including how she winnowed 250 hours of film …
Michael Wilson (#159) July, 2007
Director Michael Wilson discusses his work on the first Broadway revival of John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance" at the Roundabout and why the play is so different than the Bette Davis film; describes his theatrical …
Vanessa Redgrave (#158) July, 2007
Actress Vanessa Redgrave explains why, despite the character name in the program, she's not specifically playing "Joan Didion" in Broadway's "The Year Of Magical Thinking"; explores the transformation of Wallace Shawn's …
Douglas Carter Beane (#156) June, 2007
Playwright Douglas Carter Beane talks about how his fascination with Greek myths dovetailed with a producer's overture to adapt a famously bad movie, …
Marian Seldes (#155) June, 2007
Revered stage veteran Marian Seldes touches upon a few of the highlights of her storied career, from her current role on Broadway opposite Angela …
Joe Dowling (#154) June, 2007
Guthrie Theatre Artistic Director Joe Dowling talks about the company's move from its historic home into a brand new facility, including the reaction …
Mary Louise Wilson (#153) June, 2007
Tony nominee Mary Louise Wilson discusses her journey from workshop to Broadway with the musical "Grey Gardens"; recalls her Broadway debut in the …
David Hyde Pierce (#152) May, 2007
David Hyde Pierce talks about joining in the development of the long-aborning "Curtains" and how he faced the challenge of a full-fledged …
Frank Langella (#151) May, 2007
Frank Langella talks about the challenge of making the character of Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon" more than just a caricature, and whether it was easier to develop his performance as such a pivotal American figure for …
Jerry Mitchell (#150) May, 2007
Tony Award-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell talks about taking on the dual roles of director and choreographer for the first time with "Legally …
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (#149) May, 2007
The team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil talk about why they broke from their usual practice of originating their own projects and took …
Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles (#148) April, 2007
Richard M. Sherman and George Stiles, the film and stage composers of "Mary Poppins", come together for a special program that explores the creation of the original film score and how it was adapted and supplemented for …
Jeff Daniels (#147) April, 2007
Jeff Daniels talks about his return to the New York stage after a 14 year absence in David Harrower's Olivier Award-winning "Blackbird" at Manhattan Theatre Club, including how he works himself up to a performance level …
Judith Ivey (#146) April, 2007
Two-time Tony-winning actress Judith Ivey talks about her transition to directing; why she was drawn to direct Lee Thuna's "Fugue" at the Cherry Lane …
John Mahoney (#145) April, 2007
John Mahoney talks about returning to Broadway after a 20-year hiatus in the Roundabout Theatre production of "Prelude to a Kiss", including why he …
Eric Bogosian (#144) March, 2007
Author and actor Eric Bogosian explains why he left the text of "Talk Radio" essentially unchanged for its current Broadway revival, but made more significant rewrites in "subUrbia" for its revival at Second Stage last …
Walter Bobbie (#143) March, 2007
Director and actor Walter Bobbie talks about returning to the acting stage in the "Encores!" production of "Face The Music", and how he feels preparing to act in the famously brief "Encores" rehearsal period that he …
Neil Pepe (#142) March, 2007
Neil Pepe, artistic director of New York's Atlantic Theater Company, discusses the development of the company as an outgrowth of acting classes led by playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy; his own …
Amy Irving (#141) March, 2007
Amy Irving talks about her experience seeing part two of "The Coast of Utopia" when it premiered in England, and her response when director Jack …
Billy Crudup (#140) March, 2007
Billy Crudup recalls how he messed up his first audition but still managed to be cast in his Broadway debut, "Arcadia"; describes the communal spirit that guided the 2002 production of "The Elephant Man", and how it …
Kristin Chenoweth (#139) February, 2007
Kristin Chenoweth reminisces about her move from Oklahoma to Manhattan and how she was discovered after an all-day wait for an audition; tells how she was cast as Patty in the revival of "You're A Good Man Charlie …
Kevin McCollum (#138) February, 2007
Kevin McCollum talks about how his "contrarian" nature applies to his work as a producer, including mounting the 22-actor musical "In The Heights" …
Len Cariou (#137) February, 2007
Len Cariou looks back over his career on stage, from his days with his own cabaret act in his native Canada to his immersion into classical theatre at the Manitoba Theatre Center and the Stratford Festival to his …
Rita Moreno (#136) January, 2007
Rita Moreno reflects on her career, from her Broadway debut at age 13; her efforts to break out of being constantly cast as a Latin spitfire; her arduous preparation for her audition for "West Side Story"; her …
Margot Harley (#135) January, 2007
Margot Harley, co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Acting Company, talks about the troupe's origins as an outgrowth of the acting …
Barbara Walsh (#134) January, 2007
Barbara Walsh, Joanne in the John Doyle revival of "Company", talks about taking on a role so indelibly associated with Elaine Stritch, explains why …
Rebecca Luker (#133) January, 2007
Rebecca Luker confesses to not reading the original "Mary Poppins" books despite her role as Mrs. Banks in the current Broadway musical version; …
Blair Brown (#132) December, 2006
Blair Brown discusses her role on stage in the Lincoln Center Theatre production of Sarah Ruhl's "The Clean House", and her part in the play winning …
The Actors' Fund and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids (#131) December, 2006
The leaders of the two best known theatre-based charitable group, Joe Benincasa of The Actors' Fund and Tom Viola of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights …
Daphne Rubin-Vega (#130) December, 2006
"Rent" veteran Daphne Rubin Vega talks about the challenge of tackling the "classic" music of "Les Miserables" after being known for rock-oriented show music, and why she feels a bit lonely as Fantine in "Les Miz"; …
Stephen Spinella (#129) December, 2006
Two-time Tony winner Stephen Spinella talks about joining the youthful cast of "Spring Awakening" as the only male adult in the show, and why he's …
William Finn (#128) December, 2006
Composer William Finn explains how he became involved in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and what drew him to the show's quirky …
John Doyle (#127) November, 2006
Director John Doyle talks about the development of his unique actor-musician approach to classic musicals, including the current production of "Company" and the recent "Sweeney Todd"; why he's not worried about being …
Sheldon Harnick (#126) November, 2006
Lyricist Sheldon Harnick explains the genesis of "The Apple Tree" as he prepares for its first Broadway revival, recalls his days as a writer of revue songs and his early encouragement from famed broadcaster Dave …
Barry and Fran Weissler (#125) November, 2006
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of their Broadway production of "Chicago", producers Fran and Barry Weissler reflect on 10 years with "Chicago" not just in the U.S., but internationally; recall their start …
Swoosie Kurtz (#124) October, 2006
Swoosie Kurtz talks about tackling her first role in a play by George Bernard Shaw in "Heartbreak House"; how she went from Air Force brat to the …
Marsha Norman (#123) October, 2006
Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman compares the gathering and rituals shared by theatre and houses of worship; explains why she could never have …
Donna McKechnie (#122) October, 2006
With her autobiography "Time Step" now in bookstores, Donna McKechnie reminisces about coming to New York in the late 50s with dreams of being a ballet star; her first Broadway show, "How To Succeed In Business Without …
Eve Ensler (#121) October, 2006
Activist-author-actress Eve Ensler discusses her newest work, "The Treatment", part of the Impact Festival at The Culture Project in New York, and …
Simon Callow (#120) September, 2006
Renaissance man Simon Callow talks about "Hello Americans", the second book in his multi-volume biography of Orson Welles and his ongoing inquiry …
Isaac Robert Hurwitz and Kris Stewart (#119) September, 2006
New York Musical Theatre Festival founders Kris Stewart and Isaac Robert Hurwitz talk about the original impulse to start the festival and place it …
Tom Jones (#118) September, 2006
With the world's longest-running musical, "The Fantasticks", back on stage in New York after a short hiatus, author Tom Jones recounts the time-honored tale of how he and Harvey Schmidt created this theatrical legend; …
Eric Schaeffer (#117) September, 2006
Eric Schaeffer, founder and artistic director of Virginia's Signature Theatre, discusses the company's growth and acclaim as a home for musical theatre in the Washington DC area; the company's impending move from their …
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (#116) August, 2006
Tony Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson talks about his responsibility as part of the fraternity of "August Wilson actors"; his desire to direct the complete 10-play Wilson cycle of plays, having begun with the …
Hinton Battle (#115) August, 2006
Hinton Battle, a three-time Tony winner for "Sophisticated Ladies", "The Tap Dance Kid" and "Miss Saigon", surveys his career from his Broadway debut at age 15 in "The Wiz" to a trio of new projects: choreographing the …
Mark Lamos (#114) August, 2006
Director Mark Lamos explores his affinity for the W.A.S.P. world portrayed by playwright A.R. Gurney as he directs the world premiere of "Indian Blood" at New York's Primary Stages, and talks about his long tenure as …
Garry Hynes (#113) August, 2006
With the "DruidSynge" circle of plays visiting briefly in the United States, director Garry Hynes describes the process of melding six works by John Millington Synge into a marathon theatrical event; talks about the …
Harry Groener (#112) July, 2006
"Spamalot"'s newest king, Harry Groener, talks about the process of slipping into the cast (and the chain-mail costume) of the hit musical, recalls his Broadway debut in "Oklahoma" - including some diction notes from …
Bartlett Sher (#111) July, 2006
As "The Light In The Piazza" prepares for its national tour, director Bartlett Sher talks about the experience of living with and working on the show for more than three years, explains his approach to "Awake And Sing" …
Brian Stokes Mitchell (#110) July, 2006
With his debut solo CD now on sale, Brian Stokes Mitchell ranges over his career, from his first performances with a youth theatre in San Diego to …
Michael Mayer (#109) July, 2006
Director Michael Mayer explains the juxtaposition of turn of the 20th century German teenage angst with modern rock and roll in "Spring Awakening", …
Martha Plimpton (#108) June, 2006
Martha Plimpton talks about her acting journey from "The Goonies" to "Hedda Gable", exploring her experience growing up in the theatre, with childhood performances at The Public; the importance of her joining Chicago's …
Liev Schreiber (#107) June, 2006
Liev Schreiber takes time out from The Public Theatre's production of "Macbeth" to reflect on the humanity of that villainous role, his love for the …
Kate Burton (#106) June, 2006
Three-time Tony nominee Kate Burton discusses her newest show, the family drama "The Water's Edge" by Theresa Rebeck, and why she's drawn to characters who are once dark and witty, and she talks about other family …
Angela Lansbury (#105) June, 2006
Stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury surveys her theatre career, from her wartime drama school scholarship (courtesy of the American Theatre Wing) …
Bob Martin (#104) June, 2006
Actor and author Bob Martin chronicles the journey of "The Drowsy Chaperone" from sophisticated bachelor party entertainment to success on the …
Maria Friedman (#103) May, 2006
During the run of her solo gig at the Cafe Carlyle in New York, Maria Friedman talks about her extensive relationship with the work of Stephen …
Richard Greenberg (#102) May, 2006
One of America's most prolific playwrights, Richard Greenberg discusses the wave of media attention that has accompanied the current Broadway revival …
Zoe Wanamaker (#101) May, 2006
Zoe Wanamaker reflects on her personal connection to the drama of "Awake And Sing", remembers her journey from Chichester to London to Princeton to Broadway in "Electra", describes her experience being raised in England …
Alan Cumming (#100) May, 2006
Broadway's current Macheath, Alan Cumming, talks about the political relevance of "The Threepenny Opera" in America today, chronicles his experiences …
Kelli O'Hara (#99) April, 2006
Kelli O'Hara discusses her transition from ingenue to leading lady in "The Pajama Game", the personal and professional challenge of taking over the …
Tony Roberts (#98) April, 2006
A veteran of the original Broadway production of "Barefoot in the Park" and now appearing in the current revival, Tony Roberts reflects on the nature of Neil Simon's play both then and now, talks about his career …
John Patrick Shanley (#97) April, 2006
With his newest play Defiance premiering at Manhattan Theatre Club and the award-winning Doubt entering its second year on Broadway, John Patrick …
Richard Maltby, Jr. (#96) April, 2006
Lyricist and director Richard Maltby, Jr. talks about how he grew to be fond of Johnny Cash (who he never met) as he developed the musical "Ring of Fire", recalls creating "Ain't Misbehavin'" in the cabaret of the …
Cynthia Nixon (#95) March, 2006
Nearing the end of her run in David Lindsay Abaire's "Rabbit Hole", Cynthia Nixon discusses the experience of listening to audiences at every …
Michael John LaChiusa (#94) March, 2006
Composer Michael John LaChiusa explains his longtime fascination with the works of Lorca, which led to his new musical work "Bernarda Alba"; how he transformed a trio of Japanese stories into "See What I Wanna See"; …
Jonathan Pryce (#93) March, 2006
Two-time Tony winner Jonathan Pryce describes his journey from a small political theatre company in England to being the star of such musicals as "My …
Graciela Daniele (#92) March, 2006
During previews for the new musical "Bernarda Alba", director-choreographer Graciela Daniele recalls being compelled to explore American musical theatre after encountering "West Side Story" while she was living in …
Malcolm Gets (#91) March, 2006
Malcolm Gets talks about being groomed for musical comedy from his very earliest years, his sudden transition from Radio City Christmas Spectacular …
LaChanze (#90) February, 2006
"The Color Purple"'s LaChanze talks about The Oprah Effect on that show, as well as her personal identification with the challenges faced by her …
Martha Lavey (#89) February, 2006
With Adam Rapp's "Red Light Winter" marking another export from Chicago to New York for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Steppenwolf's artistic …
Patti LuPone (#88) February, 2006
While Mrs. Lovett playing the tuba may seem strange to some, "Sweeney Todd"'s Patti LuPone explains that she's no stranger to the tuba, as she …
Broadway Advertising (#87) February, 2006
When theatre fans peruse the Sunday New York Times, the vast majority of Broadway ads they see are the work of the dominant theatre agencies: Serino Coyne and SpotCo. The CEOs of each company, Nancy Coyne and Drew …
Sarah Jones (#86) January, 2006
Sarah Jones talks about the shift from slam poet to Broadway star, performing at United Nations, the melting pot of Queens, NY, and what its like to have Meryl Streep as your number one fan. And she brings along a few …
Michael Cerveris (#85) January, 2006
Straddling the worlds of musical comedy and rock and roll, "Sweeney Todd"'s Michael Cerveris talks about how his extensive work with Stephen Sondheim …
Doug Hughes (#84) January, 2006
One of the busiest directors in New York, Tony-winner Doug Hughes, talks about revisiting "Doubt" with a new cast; how he handles the heightened …
John Cullum and Rosemary Harris (#83) December, 2005
Stage veterans Rosemary Harris and John Cullum talk about meeting for the very first time to play husband and wife in Ariel Dorfman's "The Other …
Audra McDonald (#82) December, 2005
Audra McDonald recounts her start in theatre as an alternative to therapy for childhood hyperactivity, her teenage years at small theatres in northern California (including her performance as Eva in "Evita"), balancing …
Oskar Eustis (#81) December, 2005
Early in his first season at the helm, Oskar Eustis, the new artistic director of The Public Theater, talks about his plans for that seminal theatrical institution, both on stage and off, lets slip plans to pay tribute …
Michael Ball (#80) December, 2005
Michael Ball discusses straddling the worlds of musical theatre and pop music in his native England, as well as the irony of returning to the Broadway stage after 15 years to gain greater recognition in the U.S. in the …
Christopher Durang (#79) December, 2005
Playwright Christopher Durang contemplates issues of faith, family, humor and falling space debris during the concurrent runs of his new play "Miss Witherspoon" in New York and his new musical "Adrift in Macao" in …
Judy Kaye (#78) November, 2005
Judy Kaye talks about recreating the spirit and decidedly unique voice of 1940s-era vocal phenomenon Florence Foster Jenkins in "Souvenir", and talks …
Jill Clayburgh (#77) November, 2005
Jill Clayburgh talks about the joys of returning to the Broadway stage for the first time in two decades in Richard Greeenberg's "A Naked Girl on the …
Craig Lucas (#76) November, 2005
On the eve of his debut as a film director, Craig Lucas discusses transforming "The Dying Gaul" from play to screenplay and talks about his journey …
Lea Salonga (#75) November, 2005
On the eve of her solo concert at Carnegie Hall, Lea Salonga chronicles her journey from the Philippines to the West End to Broadway with "Miss …
Carol Channing (#74) October, 2005
Stage legend Carol Channing reminisces about her extraordinary career, ranging from her naive yet successful audition for the William Morris Agency …
John Simon (#73) October, 2005
Veteran critic John Simon reflects on decades of theatregoing, including 38 years with New York Magazine, as he marks the publication of "John Simon …
David Rockwell (#72) October, 2005
Noted architect David Rockwell talks about branching into scenic design ("Hairspray", "All Shook Up") as an extension of his childhood love of theatre, which included working on amateur productions in his mother's New …
Gerard Alessandrini (#71) September, 2005
Gerard Alessandrini shares the process of turning Broadway into "Forbidden Broadway" and why after all these years of skewering stage stars and shows, he's still an optimistic fan of the theatre. Original airdate - …
Chris Sarandon (#70) September, 2005
Returning to the New York stage for the first time in more than a decade, Chris Sarandon talks about joining the company of "A Light In The Piazza" and reflects on his early stage work in regional theatre both before …
Galt MacDermot (#69) September, 2005
With "Two Gentlemen of Verona" back on stage at The Public Theater's Delacorte in Central Park, Galt MacDermot reminisces about the great successes of "Hair" and "Two Gents", as well as the brief runs of "Dude" and "Via …
Charles Strouse (#68) August, 2005
Charles Strouse takes listeners back to the creation of "Bye Bye Birdie", including the behind the scenes challenges of retooling the musical for …
Joanna Gleason (#67) August, 2005
Joanna Gleason talks about signing on to "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" before her part was fully written, recalls her Broadway debut in "I Love My Wife" …
Dan Fogler and Sarah Saltzberg (#66) August, 2005
Tony Award-winner Dan Fogler and castmate Sarah Saltzberg track the creation of the hit musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee", and the many fortunate meetings that made the musical possible - from the …
Robyn Goodman (#65) August, 2005
Producer Robyn Goodman discusses her role in the creation of the musicals "Avenue Q" and "Altar Boyz", talks about her transition from running the …
Terrence Mann (#64) July, 2005
Terrence Mann talks about the development of the musical "Lennon", including what it's like to speak the words of John Lennon with Yoko Ono only 20 …
A.R. Gurney (#63) July, 2005
Prolific playwright A.R. Gurney discusses his recent turn into political playwriting ("O Jerusalem", "Mrs. Farnsworth", "Screen Play"), how he …
Lynn Redgrave (#62) July, 2005
Lynn Redgrave talks about life as part of one of the great theatrical dynasties -- including the challenging experience of acting with one's relatives, her drive to commemorate her family through her own work as a …
Arielle Tepper (#61) July, 2005
Broadway Producer Arielle Tepper ("Spamalot", "The Pillowman") talks about complexity of mounting her labor of love, New York's Summer Play Festival, now in its second season of introducing new plays by new writers. …
Bill Irwin (#60) July, 2005
Bill Irwin, details his journey from being a clown in a San Francisco troupe to winning a Tony Award for starring opposite Kathleen Turner in "Who's …
Denis O'Hare (#59) June, 2005
Denis O'Hare, Tony Award winning actor from "Take Me Out", and currently starring in the Broadway revival of "Sweet Charity", shares his thoughts on working in both plays and musicals - and what draws him to a …
Roger Rees (#58) June, 2005
Tony Award winning actor ("The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby"), Roger Rees, joins "Downstage Center" to talk acting in the Royal …
Alan Ayckbourn (#57) June, 2005
Alan Ayckbourn, who is back in the United States for the US premiere of his newest play, "Private Fears in Public Places", joins the hosts of "Downstage Center" to talk about how he approaches being an author and …
Cherry Jones (#56) June, 2005
Yet another Tony Award winner (Best Performance by an Actress in a Play, "The Heiress") who is nominated again this year (Best Performance by an Actress in a Play, "Doubt"), Cherry Jones, talks with "Downstage Center" …
Victoria Clark (#55) May, 2005
The Tony Award nominee (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, "The Light in the Piazza") Victoria Clark, describes the trip that she took with "A Light In The Piazza" from a small workshop to …
Sutton Foster (#54) May, 2005
The Tony Award winning actress (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie") and current nominee (same category, …
Tim Curry (#53) May, 2005
Tony Award nominated actor (Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, "Spamalot"), Tim Curry, discusses his wide-ranging career; from "Hair" on the West End to King Arthur in "Spamalot" on Broadway; with a stop …
Barbara Cook (#52) May, 2005
This week Barbara Cook (currently in "Tribute" at the Cafe Carlyle), visits "Downstage Center" to talk about her five decade career - from intimate cabarets to the Broadway stage; the people she has met and a lot more. …
Leslie Uggams (#51) April, 2005
New blog offering Downstage Center podcasts. The American Theatre Wing, in association with XM Satellite Radio, presents "Downstage Center" a weekly theatrical interview show, featuring the top artists working in …
Raúl Esparza (#50) April, 2005
Versatile leading man Raúl Esparza explains why he's taken on a light musical like "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" after a strong of dark and tormented …
John Lithgow (#49) April, 2005
John Lithgow talks about his plunge back into theatre after years of absence from the New York stage, with a succession of acclaimed performance in "Sweet Smell of Success", "The Retreat from Moscow", "Mrs. Farnsworth" …
Jane Alexander (#48) April, 2005
During the run of her one-woman show "What Of The Night", Jane Alexander discusses the challenges of portraying the life and words of Djuna Barnes, and talks about the effect of her years as head of the National …
Lee Blessing (#47) April, 2005
Playwright Lee Blessing talks about his play "Going to St. Ives" with its theme, of politics, women, and motherhood, and its similarities to his …
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (#46) March, 2005
With the cast album of "Dessa Rose" now in stores, here's the "Downstage Center" March 2005 interview with Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty in which they survey their career from jingle writing to "Ragtime" and …
Mercedes Ruehl (#45) March, 2005
Mercedes Ruehl shares her passion for art and for playing art patron Peggy Guggenheim in "Woman Before A Glass" talks about her early training and …
Donald Margulies (#44) March, 2005
Donald Margulies talks about his Broadway experiences during the run of "Brooklyn Boy" in 2005, as well as the experience of revisiting "Sight …
Andrea Martin (#43) February, 2005
Andrea Martin talks about her great successes in shows she was originally inclined to turn down, including "Oklahoma", "Candide" and "Fiddler on the Roof", as well as her start in the legendary Toronto production of …
Michael Blakemore (#42) February, 2005
Acclaimed director Michael Blakemore discusses his ongoing collaboration with playwright Michael Frayn during the Broadway run of "Democracy" and …
Gary Beach (#41) February, 2005
Gary Beach takes off his "La Cage aux Folles" feathers to discuss playing Zaza in the musical's first Broadway revival, his Tony-winning success in …
Philip Bosco and Boyd Gaines (#40) January, 2005
With a national tour of the classic jury room drama "12 Angry Men" about to embark on a national tour, stars from the original company -- Boyd Gaines and Philip Bosco -- talk about recreating the overheated atmosphere …
Jack Viertel (#39) January, 2005
Jack Viertel, artistic director of the "Encores!" series at New York City Center, traces the evolution of the acclaimed concert stagings of …
Martha Banta and Carolee Carmello (#38) January, 2005
"Mamma Mia!" star Carolee Carmello talks about her performances in "Parade", "Falsettos" and "Kiss Me Kate", among others, and along with "Mamma …
Dana Ivey (#37) January, 2005
During limited engagement at Lincoln Center Theater as Mrs. Malaprop in the classic comedy "The Rivals", stage veteran and multiple Tony Award …
Dominic Chianese (#36) December, 2004
Dominic Chianese, who plays Lou Wolf in Woody Allen's play "A Second Hand Memory", discusses Allen's style of directing, his character's anger and …
Recording Cast Albums (#35) December, 2004
The challenging business decisions that decide whether you get to hear your favorite musicals on CD is the topic of a roundtable discussion with three experts in the field of cast album recording: Kurt Deutsch of …
Michael Ritchie (#34) December, 2004
Michael Ritchie, artistic director of Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group, talks about taking the reins of the city's largest theatre organization and considers his tenure as head of the acclaimed Williamstown Theatre …
Des McAnuff (#33) December, 2004
With Des McAnuff the toast of Broadway for "Jersey Boys" and set to join the artistic leadership at Canada's Stratford Festival, this Downstage Center interview from late 2004 captures the acclaimed director during the …
Matthew Broderick (#32) December, 2004
During the Off-Broadway run of "The Foreigner", Matthew Broderick addresses whether he's really as shy as news reports would portray him, talks about …
Paula Vogel (#31) November, 2004
In the midst of a retrospective season at Signature Theatre in New York in 2004-2005, Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel talks about her "overnight …
Alfred Molina (#30) November, 2004
Late in the run of his Broadway turn as Tevye in "Fiddler On The Roof", Alfred Molina discusses his role in that much-discussed production, recalls …
John McDaniel (#29) November, 2004
Music Director John McDaniel talks about his first producing project, "Brooklyn The Musical"; reflects on his time working with Rosie O'Donnell on her talk show, and gives some insight into the work of musical …
Jerry Herman (#28) November, 2004
Legendary composer Jerry Herman plays and sings snippets of some of his most famous compositions as he recalls the creation of such seminal musicals …
Melissa Errico and Tom Hewitt (#27) October, 2004
Melissa Errico and Tom Hewitt discuss their roles in Frank Wildhorn's "Dracula", and separately review their careers -- Errico's as a leading lady in …
Richard Thomas (#26) October, 2004
During the Broadway run of Michael Frayn's "Democracy", Emmy winner Richard Thomas talks about his decision to move back to his hometown of New York after 30 years on the west coast, his acclaimed appearance in Terrence …
Jeffrey Hatcher (#25) October, 2004
Prolific playwright Jeffrey Hatcher talks about seeing one of his recent plays "Compleat Female Stage Beauty" come to the screen as "Stage Beauty"; …
Joel Grey (#24) October, 2004
Joel Grey recalls creating the role of the Master of Ceremonies both and stage and in the film of "Cabaret", along with his performances in musicals …
Susan Stroman (#23) October, 2004
Director-choreographer Susan Stroman charts her career from her early days as a chorus member in regional theatre to her triumph with "The Producers" to her work with Nathan Lane bringing Stephen Sondheim's legendary …
Joe DiPietro (#22) September, 2004
In advance of his "new Elvis" musical "All Shook Up", author Joe DiPietro talks about the process of incorporating pop songs into musical theatre, and reflects on the never-ending success of his show, "I Love You, …
John Barrowman (#21) September, 2004
American-raised but acclaimed in England for his work in musicals, John Barrowman visited Downstage Center in 2004 to talk about his trans-Atlantic …
Charles Isherwood and Michael Kuchwara (#20) September, 2004
he work of a theatre critic is explored with two of America's most-read theatre journalists: Michael Kuchwara> of the Associated Press and Charles Isherwood of Variety -- the latter just as it was announced he'd be …
Michael McKean (#19) August, 2004
Film comedy veteran Michael McKean talks about his return to his stage roots, and the challenge of filling Harvey Fierstein's shoes (and girdle), in "Hairspray", in an interview which preceded McKean's sudden run of New …
Elena K. Holy (#18) August, 2004
Elena K. Holy, artistic director of New York's International Fringe Festival, discusses the genesis of the Fringe as part of the Off-Off-Broadway …
Thomas Schumacher (#17) August, 2004
Late in the run of Disney's "Aida" and two years before "Tarzan" began swinging on 46th Street, Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions, discusses the Disney approach to theatrical production and …
Donna Murphy (#16) August, 2004
Donna Murphy discusses the great roles sheís played, from Fosca in "Passion" to Anna in "The King and I" to Ruth in "Wonderful Town" and emphatically …
Ted Chapin (#15) July, 2004
Ted Chapin wears two hats during this interview, one as he discusses his position as head of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, explaining …
John Selya and Ashley Tuttle (#14) July, 2004
John Selya and Ashley Tuttle, original cast members of the dance musical "Movin' Out", discuss the development of Twyla Tharp's unique show, the difference between classical dance and the requirements of this new …
Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell (#13) July, 2004
Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell discuss the genesis of "The Musical of MusicalsóThe Musical!" and whether they'll get to quit their day jobs as a …
Tovah Feldshuh (#12) July, 2004
Tovah Feldshuh discusses her role in William Gibson's one-woman play "Golda's Balcony", including her research into the life of Israeli premier …
Phylicia Rashad (#11) July, 2004
Phylicia Rashad discusses her rededication to theatre in the wake of her television success with Bill Cosby, and the honor of appearing in the first …
Jefferson Mays (#10) June, 2004
Although Jefferson Mays continues his international appearances in his Tony-winning role in Doug Wright's "I Am My Own Wife", this edition of …
Patrick Cassidy (#9) June, 2004
During his run in the revival of "42nd Street", Patrick Cassidy talks about life in a performing family, including the legacy of his late father Jack and performing with his mother Shirley Jones; his eclectic resume on …
Ayesha Dharker and Manu Narayan (#8) June, 2004
"Bombay Dreams" stars Manu Narayan and Ayesha Dharker discuss bringing Bollywood to Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of "Bombay Dreams" …
Kathleen Marshall (#7) June, 2004
Director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall discusses remounting "Wonderful Town" for Broadway following its resounding success at Encores! two seasons …
Tonya Pinkins (#6) May, 2004
Tonya Pinkins takes listeners from the triumph of "Jelly's Last Jam" to the extraordinary personal challenges that faced her on her return to Broadway as the title character in Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's musical …
Neil Patrick Harris and Marc Kudisch (#5) May, 2004
Co-conspirators Neil Patrick Harris and Marc Kudisch consider their roles in the oft-delayed Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" and …
Stephanie D'Abruzzo and John Tartaglia (#4) May, 2004
Before "Avenue Q"'s Tony Awards triumph, original cast members Stephanie D'Abruzzo and John Tartaglia chronicle the show's journey from workshop to …
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Brad Oscar and Roger Bart, stalwarts from the original cast of "The Producers", talk about their parts in the creation of the hit musical and the …
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Bebe Neuwirth discusses creating the musical "Here Lies Jenny" with her "Chicago" co-star Ann Reinking and "Cheers" co-star Roger Rees, as well as her work on stage in "Sweet Charity" and "Damn Yankees". Original air …
Bernadette Peters (#1) April, 2004
On Downstage Center's debut program from April 2004, Bernadette Peters surveys her career from childhood performer to her role as the ultimate stage …
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'Mission: Impossible 6' Aiming For Summer 2016 Production Start
by Sandy Schaefer
Tom Cruise has been both producing and starring in Mission: Impossible movies for the past nineteen years, but neither he nor the film series has yet to lose a step, judging by the early critical reactions to Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (opening in theaters this Friday, at the time of writing this). Rogue Nation is the fifth installment in the espionage action franchise overall, though it's unlikely to be the last, judging by the film's pre-release box office tracking.
Development on Mission: Impossible 6 was previously rumored to have already begun, but now Cruise has confirmed that the project has started making its way down the pipeline. However, while three and a half years have passed between the release of Rogue Nation and its predecessor, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, it appears Ethan Hunt's (Cruise) next mission could end up arriving sooner.
Cruise, during an appearance on The Daily Show, confirmed to host Jon Stewart that the plan isn't to end the Mission: Impossible franchise with Rogue Nation:
“We’re starting to work on [Mission: Impossible 6] now. We’ll probably start shooting it next summer [in 2016].”
Currently (as the actor mentioned to Stewart), Cruise is filming the 1980s-set CIA/drug crime thriller Mena alongside his Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman. It was reported back in May of this year that Cruise intends to reunite with his Last Samurai director Ed Zwick to shoot the Jack Reacher sequel after Mena wraps production, starting by the second half of 2015. There are a handful of other projects that Cruise is loosely attached to (such as Top Gun 2) that he could set to work on after he reprises as Jack Reacher, but right now it sounds as though Mission: Impossible 6 is the bigger priority for him.
There's been no word yet on who's handling screenwriting duties for the sixth Mission: Impossible movie, though Cruise has long been actively involved in planning out set pieces and action sequences for this franchise, and that shouldn't change now. The series producers J.J. Arabms, David Ellison, and Dana Goldberg are expected to return for Mission: Impossible 6, while Rogue Nation writer/director (and frequent Cruise movie collaborator) Christopher McQuarrie may well be involved in some creative capacity. Similarly, Cruise's recurring costars (Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Ving Rhames) are all expected to return for the sixth impossible mission.
Cruise has preferred to have a different director for each Mission: Impossible installment, so that each film has its own distinct style; and thus, the Mission: Impossible film brand is better able to remain fresh and draw in audiences with its promise of thrills that are familiar, but unique, at the same time. McQuarrie is unlikely to direct Mission: Impossible 6 for these reasons, so now is the time for fans to pitch their pick of filmmaker whom they've always wanted to see put their spin on this franchise.
NEXT: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation Early Reviews
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation opens in theaters this Friday. We'll keep you posted on Mission: Impossible 6's development as more information becomes available.
Source: The Daily Show
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Biography Nishimura, Goun 西村 五雲 (1877 - 1938)
Nishimura Goun was born in 1877.
He was trained by Kishi Chikudō from the age of twelve. After Chikudō’s death several of his pupils entered the juku of Takeuchi Seihō, whose style formed a second major influence. From the beginning Goun won prizes at exhibitions, including the first Bunten.
In 1909 he became a teacher at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts. In 1912 he established his own juku. Not long afterwards his health declined, and he was only able to paint small-scale works. Still, he participated in the Teiten and many other major exhibitions.
He was a professor at several Kyoto art schools and a member of the Imperial Art Academy.
His subjects are flowers, fish, animals and birds, which he represented in a style both familiar and uncommon, thus creating a very personal fusion of the styles of his two teachers Chikudō and Seihō. He belonged to the second generation of the modern Kyoto school.
He died of his illness in 1938.
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Are the dwarf runes from 'The Hobbit' just a script or does it have a language?
In the book 'The Hobbit', the map that the dwarves have has writing in what is the dwarf runes. The script is simple enough as the foreword includes some tips and each letter can be substituted roughly for a letter in the English language. It can easily be deciphered by comparing it with text from the story.
My question is, do the dwarves also have a language to go along with the dwarf runes or is it just an isolated script to go with the rough English language that they use?
tolkiens-legendarium languages tolkien-languages
Dharini ChandrasekaranDharini Chandrasekaran
If you dig that sort of thing, you might be interested to know that the Area51 proposal for Planned & Constructed Languages, where this sort of question would also be on topic, is now in the commitment phase. If you haven't already, please consider committing to that proposal. – Mark Beadles Apr 6 '12 at 18:02
Yes, there is also a language. The Cirth (dwarvish runes) were used to write the secret dwarven language, Khuzdul. The runes used in The Hobbit are actually different than in other works, however, and are a version of Anglo-saxon futhorc runes with little modification.
rintaunrintaun
This is an extension of the question I guess, but then if the dwarvish runes were used to write the secret dwarvish language, what are the runes in the Hobbit? – Dharini Chandrasekaran Jul 13 '11 at 17:10
@Dharini They're still "the runes used to write the secret dwarvish language," just the actual set of runes used is different in The Hobbit and the trilogy. – rintaun Jul 13 '11 at 17:22
Yeah, I had noticed that they were different. Thanks. – Dharini Chandrasekaran Jul 13 '11 at 17:25
Yes, there are several languages Tolkien created. Each script has at least one language he created for it. In many ways, Tolkien is the father of modern Conlang. (Constructed Language.)
Cirth is used for Sindarin, Quenya, Khuzdul, and some of the tongues of men. It's sometimes called "Dwarf Rune."
Uruk Rune, used primarily for the Black Speech of the Uruk-hai. It's essentially Anglo-Saxon Futhork Runic.
Tengwar is used to write Quenya and Sindarin, the elven languages. It's also used for Scots Gaelic, Spanish, English, Hungarian, and Welsh in various adaptations.
Sarati is not linked to any one in the sources I have to hand. However, inscriptions in Quenya and Khuzdal are known to have been illustrated by Tolkien himself.
aramisaramis
Yes, but it's not what you think.
The Dwarf-runes in the Hobbit actually don't come from any of Tolkien's pre-existing works, but are instead Anglo-Saxon runes. This is confirmed by Letter 15:
In any case – except for the runes (Anglo-Saxon) and the dwarf-names (Icelandic), neither used with antiquarian accuracy, and both regretfully substituted to avoid abstruseness for the genuine alphabets and names of the mythology into which Mr Baggins intrudes – I am afraid my professional knowledge is not directly used.
The langauge behind them is therefore Old English.
Subsequent development of the concept (which may be read in Lord of the Rings Appendix E) traces the runes through the following steps:
The original Cirth of Daeron which were devised for representing Sindarin.
The Angerthas which were an extension of the Cirth, with most of the work attributed to the Noldor of Eregion in the Second Age "since they were used for the representation of sounds not found in Sindarin"; at this stage we can deduce that the language used was Quenya.
These were then taken up by the Dwarves of Moria - presumably on account of the friendship between Eregion and Moria - and used for Khuzdul and Westron.
And finally they were refined further by the Dwarves of Erebor.
This final refinement is, however, not the runes used in the Hobbit, which remain the original Anglo-Saxon runes for the reason given in the Letters quote above. The runes used in the Hobbit are a substitution for what their real forms would have been, and have no basis in the constructed languages of Middle-earth.
The histories given in the Silmarillion note a separate development of the original Cirth carried out by the Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost in the First Age, but this development presumably stopped when those mansions were destroyed in the War of Wrath.
Yes there is a language to accompany the runes, most of the "Languages" in Tolkien's works have an actual "Language" to go with the written version...some are more limited than others, not being finished etc but they are there....
zkriessezkriesse
Yes and no. As already stated there is a Dwarvish language which uses the runes. But they're also used to write out common language at times. The same is true for the other scripts and languages Tolkien uses. E.g. the script on the One Ring is high elven writing, but the language used is the black tongue of the minions of Sauron.
Possibly this indicates a common ancestor to all these scripts and maybe even languages.
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Welsh Centre for Business and Management Research
DVD pirating intentions: Angels, devils, chancers and receivers
Cockrill, Antje
Goode, Mark
Digital piracy is perceived as a considerable problem by the film industry, and numerous preventative strategies have been introduced, but so far with limited success. This paper explores DVD piracy in particular, and focuses on identifying different types of pirating behaviour and the antecedents to this behaviour. Four distinct types of ‘pirates’ were identified, based on a cross-sectional sample of UK adults. These groups were serious pirates (‘Devils’), opportunists (‘Chancers’), receivers (‘Receivers’) and non-pirates (‘Angels’). A structural equation modelling approach was used to establish the importance of key antecedents for the overall sample and the four sub groups. The base model fitted the overall sample very well as for the sub group ‘Chancers’, but as expected, there were significant differences in model fit and the importance of key variables between the different behaviour types. The construct of ‘perceived harm’ emerged as an important differentiator in all models. The results suggest that targeting anti-pirating measures specifically at different types of behaviour and their antecedents may increase the effectiveness of such measures and also assist with the efficient allocation of limited resources in this area. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Journal/conference proceeding
Journal of Consumer Behaviour
Goode, M. Cockrill, A. M.H, M. (2012) "DVD pirating intentions: Angels, devils, chancers and receivers", Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 11 (1), pp.1-10.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cb.357
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A RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MODERN INTERNET PIRATE
Davis, John (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017-04)
This research was created in order to determine the characteristics of the modern internet pirate. The information that was desired included the participants’ age group, their gender and their locale within the UK, which ...
A stakeholders evalutaion [sic] of the Cornish Pirates claim to be the rugby club for Cornwall
Tresidder, Jamie (University of Wales Institute Cardiff, 2008)
The investigation is based upon a stakeholder’s perception of the Cornish Pirates’ claim to be the rugby club for Cornwall. The relevant information was obtained through interviews with a cross section of internal and ...
Steve’s dreams : Steve and the singing pirates
Anthony, Daniel (Firefly Press, 2015)
This is the second in a series of books aimed at readers from 7-9 years old. The book develops the story and the ‘Steve’s Dreams’ brand.
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Rickenbacker 365 1965 Fireglo
The Rickenbacker 360 was introduced in 1958 and underwent many cosmetic and design changes up until 1964. The 365, also known as the 360VB, is the same as the regular 360 only with a vibrato tailpiece. Similar to many Rickenbacker guitars, the 365 has been released in a number of variations over the years with changes in cosmetic details and hardware. Also like other Rickenbackers, the notoriety of the 360 and 365 were greatly enhanced by their use by the Beatles in the mid-'60s.
Years of Production: 1958 - 1991, 2000 - present
Unique to this Year: Starting in 1964, the 360 series was available with more rounded edges and corners, and changes in binding pattern. This version is known as New Style, while Old Style were still made up until 1968.
Design Elements: Dual Toaster-style pickups, triangle inlays, white pickguard, two volume and two tone knobs, vibrato tailpiece
Finish Specifications: Fireglo was a standard finish for the 365.
Rickenbacker 365 Fireglo 1965
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Welcome Ed Magistrado, our new music director!
Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Eduardo Magistrado and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1992 at age 13. With many great opportunities for singing and performing around him, he discovered his passion for choral singing through his participation in school and church choirs.
In 1998, he entered Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in LA as a Music (Choral Conducting) and Theology major under the guidance of Dr. Mary Breden. During his time at LMU, he was involved with many different performances with the LMU Choir, such as the concert tour with Maestro Paul Salamunovich in Carnegie Hall, the western tour of Michael Crawford (Phantom of the Opera) at the Hollywood Bowl and other concert halls, and the Barbra Streisand’s Farewell concert at the Staple’s Center in LA. He then graduated in 2003 and started to work as Music Director of St. Francis of Assisi Church and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in LA while being active in the Archdiocesan level with the Ethnic Ministries. Some projects he did included conducting the Simbang Gabi Archdiocesan Choir in 2004 and the Archdiocesan Choir for the 2005 Celebration of Cultures Mass at the Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral.
In 2006 he moved up north to Hayward, CA at St. Joachim Church, where he served for 3 years, before transferring to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Brentwood (2009) where he served for 7 years. He’s currently finishing his Masters Degree in Vocal Pedagogy under Prof. Eric Howe at Holy Names University in Oakland, CA.
Ed, with his wife, Mae, and 3 boys, AJ (10), Joshua (9), and Mateo (2), are very happy to be part of the amazing St. Hubert family!!
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Brandon Krueger Publications
Mr. Krueger is a shareholder in Sall Spencer Callas & Krueger, A Law Corporation. Mr. Krueger’s practice has focused primarily on cases involving legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties and legal ethics for almost 10 years. Mr. Krueger received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and he graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. While in law school, Mr. Krueger worked with Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate. [more about Mr. Krueger]
An Attorney’s Duties and Options When Faced With a Diminished Client: Change on the Horizon
by Brandon Krueger | Jun 9, 2016
An attorney who comes to the reasonable conclusion that her or his client suffers from diminished capacity and is no longer able to intelligently participate in decisions relating to the representation may understandably desire to take actions—such as initiating a conservatorship—that the attorney believes to be in the best interest of the client, but which are prohibited by the attorney’s ethical duties. What may a lawyer do?
[Full Story at Los Angeles County Bar Association]
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One In 10 Adults In U.S. Has Food Allergy, But Nearly One In Five Think They Do
January 8, 2019 By sdcnews
(Newswise)–Over 10 percent of adults in the U.S. – over 26 million – are estimated to have food allergy, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open that was led by Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University.
However, researchers found that 19 percent of adults think they are currently food allergic, although their reported symptoms are inconsistent with a true food allergy, which can trigger a life-threatening reaction. Results are based on a nationally representative survey of over 40,000 adults.
“While we found that one in 10 adults have food allergy, nearly twice as many adults think that they are allergic to foods, while their symptoms may suggest food intolerance or other food related conditions,” says lead author Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, from Lurie Children’s, who also is a Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “It is important to see a physician for appropriate testing and diagnosis before completely eliminating foods from the diet. If food allergy is confirmed, understanding the management is also critical, including recognizing symptoms of anaphylaxis and how and when to use epinephrine.”
Researchers discovered that only half of adults with convincing food allergy had a physician-confirmed diagnosis, and less than 25 percent reported a current epinephrine prescription.
Researchers also found that nearly half of food-allergic adults developed at least one of their food allergies as an adult.
“We were surprised to find that adult-onset food allergies were so common,” says Dr. Gupta. “More research is needed to understand why this is occurring and how we might prevent it.”
The study data indicate that the most prevalent food allergens among U.S. adults are shellfish (affecting 7.2 million adults), milk (4.7 million), peanut (4.5 million), tree nut (3 million), fin fish (2.2 million), egg (2 million), wheat (2 million), soy (1.5 million), and sesame (.5 million).
“Our data show that shellfish is the top food allergen in adults, that shellfish allergy commonly begins in adulthood, and that this allergy is remarkably common across the lifespan,” says Dr. Gupta. “We need more studies to clarify why shellfish allergy appears to be so common and persistent among U.S. adults.”
Dr. Gupta is the Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Research Professor for a Sr. Scientist in Child Health Research at the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Lurie Children’s. She also is Director of the Science & Outcomes of Allergy & Asthma Research (SOAAR) Program based at Lurie Children’s and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Spaceworks turns Hilltop into ‘hip’ small biz center
What was once the eyesore neighborhood between downtown Tacoma and the city’s hospital district, Hilltop has become distinctively hip in the past couple of years.
The latest development? The opening of four small, local businesses in the renovated, 5,000-square-foot Spaceworks building on Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The site was as much a draw for its funky, revamped look as its prime real estate: across the street from long-time neighborhood icon Johnson Candy Company, which has quietly thrived there for nearly a century, and next to the trendy Hilltop Kitchen restaurant, which opened last year.
“Business right now is great,” said Tshirt Men co-owner Willie Combs, whose company opened there in April after a year of operations out of his living room. “Because of the retail location, both with our general customers and the walk-in traffic, it’s definitely increased.”
Along with Tshirt Men’s storefront, the site now hosts a variety of companies spawned by creative ideas and talent, including the Concrete Market 800-square-foot showroom, gallery and retail space for commercial and residential artisan concrete furnishings and designs. At Spun Clay Arts Studio & Gallery, customers create and purchase pottery that’s both artistic and functional. DubCity Studios (a.k.a. Monopoly Entertainment) is an entertainment production and rehearsal space that also provides promotional and marketing advice for those in the industry.
Duncan Sousag, who also opened his Concrete Market/Sound Concrete Countertops business at Spaceworks Hilltop in April, had an established, home-based concrete kitchen and outdoor countertop, accents and furnishings business before entering the program. What he realized he needed was a storefront for selling his retail items, as well as a space that could function as a showroom for potential clients to visit.
“I immediately recognized the potential of the space I was offered, and I had hope that I had something to offer the neighborhood and the community,” he said. “Beyond that, I was entirely passionate about contributing to the revival of a neighborhood, and have the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes with being a catalyst in that resurgence.”
Sousag is thrilled that he trusted Spaceworks’ vision, and said that the program has delivered far beyond what he ever expected.
“The support of the local community and the collaborations among local artists and businesses truly make Tacoma a unique place,” he explained. “Spaceworks does more to market the businesses that filter through the program than the businesses do; they are unbelievably terrific at that promotion.”
And this isn’t the first time Spaceworks has sparked a successful neighborhood business site that’s up ticked the economy and customer traffic in a once-defunct building. Launched in 2010 via a partnership between City of Tacoma and Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, the program aims to turn vacant spaces and storefronts around Tacoma into colorful retail hubs for area small business owners, local companies seeking training space, nonprofit organizations, community groups and artists.
The tactic is to choose the best prospective applicants for a particular site, based on their business plan, and lease the space at just $1 for the first six months while the owners participate in business training and counseling from the Chamber. The goal? To both kick-start economic revitalization wherever it’s dragging and help entrepreneurs see their visions come to life in a way profitable enough that they’ll be able to sign another six-month or longer lease at regular rates.
So far, it’s working. With the Hilltop building, Spaceworks has created 31 new sites for business and art in greater Tacoma, working with more than 150 entrepreneurs and artists in the process. In addition, on the short list to open at program-sponsored spaces are already thriving Tacoma companies that have opened recently, such as the botanical emporium and arts studio Moss & Mineral, and longboard/skateboard shop Grit City Grindhouse. Other Spaceworks projects include the artist-inspired displays that now fill windows of the former Woolworth Building in downtown Tacoma, and upcoming openings for several sites in the renovated former city post office and U.S. Courthouse on A Street.
According to Heather Joy of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, who is also the manager of Spaceworks projects, the success rate for signing an ongoing lease is at 75 percent. Sousag has already signed his one-year deal for Hilltop, and Combs and the others are in the process. Not only this, but more than 20 additional businesses ranging from graphic design firms to a comic book shop to a film-maker are currently approved for the program and on the wait-list for space.
“The goal is to activate vacant storefronts,” she said, “and to give opportunities to creative people to start a business or exhibit their artwork.”
The Hilltop project began when Spaceworks partnered with property owner Paul Okner, of Fremont Property Group LLC. In January, the two parties signed the lease; next, they tagged Tshirt Men and the other three businesses to fill the space. The grand opening came just two weeks ago, and customer activity at all sites is better than ever.
“I realized the neighborhood had a lot of potential and character,” Okner said. “(I like) its location, the proximity to downtown; it was a great vibe, a good feeling.”
Combs, whose main clientele were originally schools and other small businesses like restaurants, said that both the visibility of the site and walk-in traffic have been a boon to Tshirt Men’s bottom line.
“Spaceworks was a good fit because we didn’t have the capital to get a spot, so having the opportunity to go out and get a local retail business site instead of operating out of our home has been great,” he said. “And we’re glad to be part of this rejuvenation of the neighborhood.”
Added Okner, “I’m extremely optimistic about this project.”
Note: Applications for Spaceworks business and artist sites are submitted annually; the next acceptance period is in October. See details on the web at spaceworkstacoma.com/apply/apply-to-creative-enterprises.
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The Bridge Inaugural Gala: A Celebration of Local Independent Journalism
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from 6:00PM - 9:00PM
VT College of Fine Arts
Friends of The Bridge
Friends of The Bridge presents
The Bridge Inaugural Gala
A Celebration of Local Independent Journalism
Wednesday, May 22 | 6-9 PM
Vermont College of Fine Arts | College Hall Gallery
Music by Bella & the Notables
Sumptuous hors d'oeuvres by Cafe Anna
Silent auction including works by local artists
$55 or $100 for two
Keynote Speaker: Garrett Graff, expert on the Mueller Investigation
Graff is a distinguished journalist and historian, and a native of Montpelier. Graff has written for publications including WIRED, Esquire, Bloomberg Business Week, POLITICO Magazine, and The New York Times. He is author of The Threat Matrix: Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror.
Moderated by Mike Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief of The Bridge
Anne Galloway - Galloway, formerly an editor at the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and the Rutland Herald, is the founder and editor of VTDigger. In 2017, Galloway was a finalist for the Ancil Payne Award for Ethics, the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award and the Investigative Reporters and Editors FOIA Award.
Paula Routly - Routly is co-founder, publisher, and co-editor of Seven Days. After working for the Vanguard Press and the Vermont Times she and Pamela Polston founded Seven Days. In 2015, she was elected to the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame.
Kent Jones - Jones has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Comedy, Variety or Special and of The Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. He is a writer and performer on The Rachel Maddow Show, and has written and performed on other shows, including Air America radio and The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
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ROTTERDAM AND PATERSWOLDE
SteenhuisMeurs supplies current spatial assignments with a cultural heritage foundation.
We apply ourselves to the future of buildings, urban areas and cultural landscapes, based on the premise that these places have a memory. We interpret the context and define the capacity for change. We do this on behalf of governing authorities, real estate companies and design offices for whom spatial quality and cultural heritage values are inextricably linked. We enable them to make informed choices as regards, for example, adaptive reuse or new construction.
When buildings or areas are charged with new meaning, they can be made to survive for a long time in a social, a cultural and an economic sense. Our objective is to show the scope for change, certainly not to block developments. Once the frameworks are clear, the room for manoeuvre can be surprisingly large. Using text and images, we offer guidance and inspiration to developers, designers and policy makers. We understand the interests of real estate parties, and at the same time speak the language of monument conservationists and architects. We also appreciate contacts with local parties, such as historical associations. They frequently possess unique knowledge and are important for creating support. Whatever side of the table we are on, for us it is always the content that drives us and that connects parties.
The SteenhuisMeurs management consists of Marinke Steenhuis, Paul Meurs and Johanna van Doorn.
MARINKE STEENHUIS
Dr Marinke Steenhuis (1971), partner and architectural historian, grew up in the province of Drenthe and works as an advisor for municipalities, design offices and market parties. After sixty years of makeability and model thinking in spatial development, concepts such as context, identity and mentality are back on the agenda. How can we create living and working environments that are socially, culturally and economically sustainable? Marinke is an expert in the field of area identity. When the identity of the place is central to the assignment, opportunities and possibilities for innovation and support for changes will arise. Her strength lies in research and concept development concerning the mentality (‘genre de vie’) and spatial identity of areas. On the basis of a strong narrative focusing on the characteristics of an area, an inspired vision emerges, with the associated framework and assessment instruments. Marinke is a much sought-after speaker and writer, and a powerful connector between developing parties, designers, citizens, stakeholders and the heritage world. She is used to being on different sides of the table: from 2009-2014 she was chairman of the Rotterdam Committee for Building Aesthetics and Heritage and from 2008 to 2016 chairman of the Quality Team World Heritage Beemster; from 2011-2015 she was a member of the national Adaptive Reuse Team. At present she is a member of the Quality team Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam in the former Zuiderzee), a board member of the Carnegie Foundation and of the BPD (Bouwfonds Property Development) Culture Fund. She is a member of the independent advisory council development Waterloopbos (a nature area owned by the Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands) and of the quality team landscape plan Stelling van Amsterdam (Defence Line of Amsterdam) / Connection A8-A9 motorway. She is also active as quartermaster landscape for the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (MRA).
PAUL MEURS
Dr Paul Meurs (1963), partner and architect-researcher, grew up in Doorn, studied in Delft and continued his training in Sao Paulo. He is specialised in advising on transformation assignments in the existing city. Paul’s strength lies in converting heritage values into guidelines, frameworks or input for transformation processes. This is in line with Dutch heritage policy, in which the emphasis has shifted towards an area-oriented and development-oriented approach. This means that cultural heritage analyses should not only lead to recommendations for conservation, but should also serve to determine the room for change and the nature of such change. Paul focuses on the question of how the existing quality of a building or area can become the point of departure for new, appropriate development – for example in the form of architectural and transformation guidelines, area visions, supervision and (occasionally) a design. Where is room to be found for interventions in buildings and areas? What are the guidelines for interventions and how can the impact of such interventions on the cultural heritage quality be determined? Since 2006, Paul has been involved in the redevelopment of the Strijp R area in Eindhoven, and from 2009 to 2014 he worked on the continued development of Zaanse Schans. He is supervisor of the Doubling Oosterpark project in Amsterdam, the Zuiderziekenhuis hospital project in Rotterdam and of the residential areas De Oude Kooi and Zeeheldenbuurt in Leiden. He is a member of the Q team New Holland Waterline and an advisor to the Supervisory Board of BOEi (adaptive reuse and restoration of heritage). From 2006 to 2016 Paul Meurs held the chair of ‘Heritage and Cultural Value’ at TU Delft. On behalf of the Cultural Heritage Agency and the Dutch embassies, Paul regularly travels abroad (Russia, Sri Lanka, India, Brazil) to highlight the innovative Dutch heritage practice and to offer guidance to students in respect of heritage assignments.
JOHANNA VAN DOORN
Johanna van Doorn, MSc (1980), associate partner and architect-researcher, grew up in Latin America and Alphen aan den Rijn, and studied Architecture at TU Delft. She graduated in 2006 with an honourable mention from the RMIT department (now Heritage & Architecture). Her motivation is the further development of existing qualities from a historical perspective. From 2006 to 2007 she worked at Molenaar & Van Winden architects, and since 2007 she has been working as an architect-researcher at SteenhuisMeurs, where she became an associate partner in 2018. Within the office she has specialised in setting up cultural heritage assessments, architectural and transformation guidelines, visions based on cultural heritage for zoning plans, and environmental visions. In this process, the central theme is the conversion of (historical) knowledge into spatial analyses, design issues and conditions for (re)development at different levels of scale (from landscape, city to building). The city of Rotterdam, where she lives, is a favourite area for research. Johanna is a practical lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft, a guest lecturer at the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam and a member of the Rotterdam Committee for Building Aesthetics and Heritage, specialised in architectural history.
JOSÉ LUIKENS
José Luikens (1986), office manager and contact person for monument owners, grew up in Groningen. After her pedagogical staff training, she worked in the field of child care for a period of 9 years. In addition to this, she was a member of the national ice hockey team for 14 years. Since 2014 José has been working as an office manager at SteenhuisMeurs. Her strength lies in working with a wide range of people, a quality that comes in handy when visiting monumental buildings in the earthquake zone in the province of Groningen.
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN
ISABEL VAN LENT
Isabel van Lent, MA (1981), architectural historian, grew up in Apeldoorn. After her architectural history studies at the University of Amsterdam, she worked for a number of years as a communications officer and editor, from 2013 onwards from her own research office. Her focus is on the meaning of cultural heritage for current spatial assignments, a field in which she has supported organisations including the Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE). Isabel is fascinated by the story behind the cultural landscape, with all its associated historical, spatial and social aspects. She applies her research skills at SteenhuisMeurs, where she has been working since 2018. She likes to immerse herself in the history of an area in order to unravel the underlying story and to discover the coherence between the various elements, such as architecture, greenery, water and infrastructure. She believes that these major narratives are indispensable for proper spatial innovation. Isabel worked on projects such as the cultural heritage assessment of the Dennenoord psychiatric hospital in Zuidlaren, development guidelines for the Slachthuis site in Haarlem, and valuation assessments of characteristic buildings: the 19th century Wilhelmina school in the Crooswijk quarter in Rotterdam, the post-war District Court in Eindhoven, and the vicarage in the earthquake village of Zandeweer.
ARCHITECT-RESEARCHER
BENJO ZWARTEVEEN
Benjo Zwarteveen, MSc (1992), architect-researcher, grew up in Soest and graduated under Job Roos, MSc (architecture) and Prof. Paul Meurs (research), on the subject of adaptive reuse of “Kasteel de Goede Hoop” (Castle of Good Hope), a fortress in Cape Town built on behalf of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). During his studies, he specialised in (dissonant) heritage, history of building, arts & culture, and sustainability. Benjo focuses on the social meaning of heritage. What does heritage tell us about our culture, and how can heritage remain sustainable both socially and technically? In his role as architect-researcher and project manager, his work included the valuation of a large number of (national) monumental buildings in the gas extraction area in Groningen, the Wereldmuseum (ethnographic museum) and the Wilhelmina school in Rotterdam, and the Bloemenbuurt Noord district in Eindhoven. At the District Court in Eindhoven and the Central District in Rotterdam, Benjo applied his knowledge in the field of sustainability and heritage to draw up recommendations in respect of energy transition and climate adaptation. In addition to his work at SteenhuisMeurs, Benjo participated in the redevelopment of the public library in Delft (new name: OPEN) and several of his own assignments and initiatives.
VICTORIEN KONINGSBERGER
Victorien Koningsberger, MA (1986), architectural historian, grew up in Bilthoven and graduated in 2011 in Utrecht on the subject of high-rise buildings in the Amsterdam expansion districts. She focuses on the (re)valuation of modern heritage, the stories about which have frequently remained underexposed. She worked for organisations such as the Van Eesteren Museum and the Cultural Heritage Agency, and for the municipality of Amsterdam. At SteenhuisMeurs she carried out research on the Achtersluispolder industrial area in Zaandam-Southeast and the student centre in Eindhoven, designed by architect Maaskant. Within the office she specialised in research and valuation of pre-war garden villages and garden districts, such as Bloemenbuurt in Eindhoven, Bloemwijk in Alkmaar and Zeeheldenbuurt in Wormerveer.
JOKE REICHARDT
Joke Reichardt, MA (1959) grew up in Rotterdam, but has been living in Hilversum for the last twenty years. In 2018, after a career in the financial sector, she graduated cum laude as an architectural historian, with a thesis on the American lecture tour of architect W. M. Dudok. For this purpose, she carried out research on archive documents that had not been studied before, a skill which occupies a central position at SteenhuisMeurs. In 2017 she did an internship at SteenhuisMeurs, which included working on a cultural heritage valuation assessment for the Klein Hitland brick ovens in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel. Joke is working on a great number of valuation assessments of monumental gas quake buildings in the province of Groningen, on the cultural heritage valuation map of Noordwijk and on the buildings on the Gele Scheikunde site on the TU Delft campus. In addition to her work at SteenhuisMeurs, Joke works as a guide in Dudok’s town hall in Hilversum, she is a volunteer at Dudok Architecture Centre in Hilversum and at Bond Heemschut (association for the protection of cultural monuments), and she carries out independent research in the field of history of the arts and architecture.
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN AND ARCHITECT-IN-TRAINING
VITA TEUNISSEN
Vita Teunissen, MA (1994), architectural historian and architect-in-training, grew up in Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer. In 2018 she graduated as an architectural historian on the subject of emancipation in post-war housing culture at VU University in Amsterdam. For her graduation project at the Faculty of Architecture of TU Delft she is currently investigating the relationship between nature, architecture and de-stressing, and she is working on the design of an experience landscape in the Biesbosch wetlands in the province of Noord-Brabant. Her interest lies in connecting the past with the future. How can a cultural heritage framework or research serve as inspiration for a design assignment? How do the past and the future relate to each other, and how can a proper balance be maintained? At SteenhuisMeurs her work has included the development of area passports for the former unfree Colony of Benevolence of Veenhuizen, the cultural heritage characterisation and valuation of the outdoor areas on and around the Binnenhof seat of government in The Hague, and the valuation assessment of a number of quake buildings in the north-eastern part of the province of Groningen.
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Marlies Noijens, Trainee
Marit Ligtenberg, Architectural Historian
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Luc Timmermans, Trainee
Henriëtte Sanders, Architectural Historian
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The Rolling Stones performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 2015.
Left to right: Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
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The Rolling Stones are an English rock band that formed in London, England in 1962. The band members were: Mick Jagger (rhythm guitar and vocals), Keith Richards (lead and rhythm guitar and vocals), Brian Jones (lead guitar), Bill Wyman (bass guitar), and Charlie Watts (drums). The band were influenced by American blues and rock musicians like Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters. In the beginning they had their first hits with covers versions of songs of those artists. Along with the Beatles and the Kinks, they helped to lead the British Invasion of the early to mid 1960s.
Their fame rose quickly in 1965 with the song "The Last Time." The song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" became a world-wide hit for the band. It was followed up by songs like "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Paint It Black". In the 1967 they experimented with a psychedelic music style. But in 1968 they went back to a harder rock style with songs like "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women."
In 1969, Brian Jones was fired from the band due to his growing drug addictions. A few weeks later Jones was found dead in his swimming pool. A highly respected young blues guitarist named Mick Taylor was named as his replacement. Taylor played on some of the band's most successful songs of the late 1960s and early 1970s including the hits "Brown Sugar", "Tumbling Dice", and "It's Only Rock n' Roll." Taylor left the band in 1974. Ronnie Wood was hired as Taylor's replacement and he has been with the band ever since. Long time bassist Bill Wyman retired from the band in 1992.
The band remained active as a consistently successful recording and touring act throughout the 1980s and 1990s and into the 2000s. In total they have released 25 studio albums, 10 live albums and 92 singles.
In 1989 The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And in 2004 they were ranked number 4 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."
In 2013 the group performed on the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival for the first time.[1]
Notable LP-albums[change | change source]
England's Newest Hit Makers (1964)
12 X 5 (1964)
The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
Out of Our Heads (1965)
December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
Between the Buttons (1967)
Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
Beggars Banquet (1968)
Let It Bleed (1969)
Sticky Fingers (1971)
Exile on Main St. (1972)
Goats Head Soup (1973)
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
Black and Blue (1976)
Some Girls (1978)
Emotional Rescue (1980)
Tattoo You (1981)
Undercover (1983)
Dirty Work (1986)
Steel Wheels (1989)
Voodoo Lounge (1994)
Bridges to Babylon (1997)
A Bigger Bang (2005)
Blue and Lonesome (2016)
↑ Petridis, Alexis (2013). "Why Glastonbury belonged to the Rolling Stones". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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Danger of Ebola Spreading Outside Africa Real, Growing Daily: MSF Germany’s President
As the Ebola virus has yet to be contained, the danger of the deadly virus “spreading outside Africa is real and it grows every day [considering] there are no effective measures taken to [contain the disease] in the three most-affected countries”, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, Tankred Stoebe, a doctor and the current president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Germany, warned in an interview with Radio VR.
MOSCOW, October 25 (RIA Novosti) – As the Ebola virus has yet to be contained, the danger of the deadly virus “spreading outside Africa is real and it grows every day [considering] there are no effective measures taken to [contain the disease] in the three most-affected countries”, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, Tankred Stoebe, a doctor and the current president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Germany, warned in an interview with Radio VR.
However, the risks should not be overestimated, he stressed. “We believe that even if more Ebola-affected patients will reach outside Africa, they will probably not spread decease far into other countries because healthcare systems in the developed world are working well enough to keep Ebola at bay,” Stoebe opined.
Unfortunately, healthcare systems are not nearly as good, if not nonexistent in some parts of Africa. In fact, in the three nations most affected by the virus, healthcare was poor when the Ebola outbreak occurred and now it has completely collapsed, Stoebe added. Although MSF has six Ebola treatment centers in West Africa, the virus “is far out of control and we are running behind,” the doctor stated.
“We said weeks ago that we are at the limit of our capacity,” Stoebe lamented. “We desperately ask the international community to bring in more help,” he added. In the expert’s opinion, the most effective efforts to fight Ebola involve more trained staff, more hospital beds on the ground and more treatment centers. “More than 4,000 hospital beds are needed in the three countries affected by Ebola. Less than a fourth of this number is currently available,” he said.
Fighting the deadly virus, which has already claimed 4,922 lives in its latest outbreak, imposes additional obligations on doctors and nurses. “It’s not enough to be a trained tropical medical doctor or a nurse. You need to be prepared for the specific requirements of Ebola. We have a training program in Brussels at the moment. We will have one soon in Amsterdam. We support a training program in Germany. There is a two-day training prior to departure for those who work with MSF in the three countries. But after arrival they will be trained on the spot in our healthcare centers and only then they are admitted to work. We have very tight security and hygiene requirements.”
However, the key to containing Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea is people. “We need people to contain Ebola to detect patients and to trace back contact persons” so that they would come to the centers to get checked. “The whole tracing system is not working because of the lack of personnel in the three countries. As long as that is the case, we see no hope that Ebola will controlled there,” Stoebe said.
MSF Germany’s president is confident that we haven’t seen the worst of Ebola yet. “It will be worse than we see today. We are sure we will have to deal with Ebola in these countries far into next year. Our predictions are less and less optimistic. But we hope that in the coming weeks and months we will try to get ahead of Ebola,” Stoebe said.
It is hard to contain Ebola’s latest outbreak because the virus has spread to capitals like Monrovia and Freetown, the doctor explained. “I think, if we are able to limit the numbers of the infection in those big cities, if we prevent Ebola from spreading in the neighboring cities like Lagos in Nigeria, that would be the key to limit further spread. But this needs much more robust intervention by [the international community] and it is in their hands to bring that under control,” he stressed.
Although the situation is grim at the moment, Stoebe believes the virus can be contained. “We certainly believe that in the coming months Ebola should be getting under control. Even in places like Guinea, where it all started,” the doctor hopes, adding the situation is still volatile and it is hard to make predictions.
So far, over 10,141 people have been confirmed to have been infected with Ebola, according to WHO estimates. The virus is transmitted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of those infected, with the incubation period reaching 21 days.
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Taiwan – Malaysia university collaborations MUST be win-win!
Posted on: February 26, 2017, by : chowyn
There must be ways to check the current one-way flow of students from Malaysia to Taiwan for the benefit of institutions and students of both nations. The prospect of losing another 5,000 high school graduates students each year will be bleak for the private colleges in Malaysia. The cut-throat competition is getting deadlier this year!
Commentary (Feb 26, 2017):
This is the third and final part of my series of articles based on my public lecture, “Malaysian higher education: past, present and likely future” delivered at Tunghai University, Taiwan where I was a guest of Professor Lin Hsiou-wei.
The aggressiveness and seemingly well-funded campaigns by Taiwanese universities (including high-ranking ones) to recruit Malaysian students to fill up the large gap in capacities to student had mainly only receiving good attention in Malaysia’s Chinese press with the English press giving it scanty reports. The majority of the private colleges in Malaysia still do not have strong relationships with Taiwanese universities. This could be based solely on the uninformed assumption that students must be very proficient in Chinese language in order to study at tertiary level in Taiwan. Well, many Taiwanese universities, in line with the trend in China, have been having undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes entirely delivered in English for some years now. In addition, despite the difficulties in scoring grade A+ for Chinese language at national senior high school examination in Malaysia (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia or Malaysian Certificate of Education) there are still a substantial number of students taking the subject each year. Hence there would be many high school graduates with the requisite proficiency in Chinese each year to study in Taiwan. Of course some very savvy private colleges have woken up to this Taiwanese “fear factor” lately.
I had done a bit of research on the data I obtained from various sources which showed a very disappointing trend: the flow of tertiary students has been only one-way, that is from Malaysia to Taiwan. Very few Taiwanese students are found in Malaysian colleges and universities. I then set out to find ways in which a more balanced and mutually beneficial framework of relationships between Taiwanese and Malaysian institutions of higher learning could be forged.
I presented this in my public lecture but I am not fully convinced that my message was getting through to right people in Taiwan. I do hope that somehow someone will see the imbalance and try ways to address this. I for one do not subscribe to the notion that Taiwanese universities would intentionally bring about the decimation of private higher education industry in Malaysia. Hence this seemingly zero-sum game will need to be altered, and altered fast for the long term betterment of people of both Taiwan and Malaysia.
I have been asked by some of my readers and friends to translate this article into Chinese in order to attain my aim. You never know, I might take up the challenge later!
An article entitled, “Facing brain drain, Taiwan looks to poach Malaysian students” appeared on September 15, 2013 in Malay Mail Online. It was in response to the push by Taiwan to target Malaysia for new students to fill in excess seats available in their 160 or so universities and colleges. The alarm bells were starting to ring in the recruitment offices of many Malaysian private colleges in reaction to this news.
Dr Chow Yong Neng (second from left) receiving a warm reception from Professor Lin Hsiou-wei (fourth from the eft) and his staffs at Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan
Then in late May 2016 the Sun Daily reported that there are 15,000 Malaysians already studying in Taiwan. Around the same time Sin Chew Daily in turn reported that Taiwan will target to have a total of 25,000 Malaysian students studying in Taiwan within the next two years, an increase of 5,000 on average in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
With the “drought” of students hitting the industry in 2016, the Malaysian private higher education sector is already facing a collective lowering of enrollment caused mainly by the increased in Sixth Form enrollment for 2016. The further prospect of losing another 5,000 students on average caused the alarm bells at the recruitment offices of private colleges in Malaysia to ring non-stop ever since!
One cannot begin to imagine the impact of losing another 5,000 high school students each year will do to the private higher education sector in Malaysia. Table 1 shows the number of Malaysians studying in Taiwan from 2013 to 2018 (2016 to 2018 figures were projected).
able 1: The number of Malaysians studying in Taiwan from 2013 – 2018 (Data Source: 2013 – http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201412230014.aspx and 2014 & 2015 – http://english.moe.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=16738&ctNode=11414&mp=1)
The Taipei Economic and Cultural in Malaysia kindly shared with this author the number of Taiwanese studying in Malaysia (provided by the government of Malaysia in October 2015). A total of 116 Taiwanese students were studying in Malaysia in 2015 with only 96 students being in private colleges. These figures show the severe imbalance in the movement of students between the two countries.
So what chances do small and medium sized Malaysian private colleges (and even some of the larger ones) have in competing against well funded and highly reputable Taiwanese universities and colleges which have been very liberal in awarding scholarships lately? This is made worse by the fact that the only silver lining that Malaysian private colleges had, which is the delivery of academic courses in English is also being eroded. Many Taiwanese universities and colleges with teaching staff who are trained in USA, UK or Australia are offering international academic programmes that are fully delivered in English.
Can this seemingly zero-sum game of student recruitment be reconfigured for the long term mutual benefits of the students and institutions of both countries?
This author believes that it is not the intention of Taiwan to create the “fear-factor” in Malaysian private higher education. A zero-sum game will always have a winner (Taiwan) and a loser (Malaysia). However, given the strength in the “New Go South” policy of President Tsai Ing-wen, is there any way players in higher education in both Taiwan and Malaysia can collaborate on a “1 + 1 = 4” principle?
“Collaboration outweighs competition” should always be the motto when it comes to Taiwanese-Malaysian higher education institutions’ relationship. For the “1 + 1 = 4” principle to be realised, there must be a think-out-of-the-box collaboration model between the two countries’ universities and colleges.
A “think out of the box” model of collaboration between Malaysian and Taiwanese colleges and universities will replace the one-way flow of students from Malaysia to a bidirectional flow of students between Taiwan and Malaysia to the benefit of both nations.
Something must be done by both countries to address the severe imbalance in the flow of students which at present, for all intent and purposes is unidirectional: only Malaysian students would go to Taiwan and essentially there is insignificant flow towards Malaysia.
Hence for an equitable collaboration to work, the flow of students MUST always be bi-directional. “Share and share alike” shall be the key to successful collaboration efforts between institutions of higher learning of both countries.
To make this work, Taiwanese universities and colleges must not treat their Malaysian counterparts as “feeder colleges” but as equal partners in the sharing of students. They must be prepared to send to their Malaysian partners an equivalent number of Taiwanese students to make this work.
By having (and sharing) Taiwanese and Malaysian students we can create the “1 + 1 = 4” principle. For starter, instead of recruiting Malaysian students directly to attend all 4 years of undergraduate studies in Taiwan, we can have a modified “2 + 2 model”. Malaysian students will be recruited by a Malaysian institution partnering a Taiwanese university or college. These Malaysian students will stay in Malaysia to complete the first part of their studies (either in diploma or in a homegrown degree programme) before credit transferring to the Taiwanese university. At the same time, the Taiwanese university partner will send a similar number of its students to the Malaysian counterpart. These Taiwanese university students could be studying on a “student exchange”, “study abroad” or credit transfer mode. So long as there is an equitable flow of students each year, both institutions stand to gain extra headcounts. Thus both institutions will have an additional student for everyone that it has sent to its partner institution, thereby creating two student headcounts on both sides, making the “1 + 1 = 4” principle a reality.
There are also other variations to this model aside from the example above where a bidirectional flow of students between Taiwan and Malaysia can be effectively implemented:
Setting up dual awards in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes between institutions of higher learning in both countries (students from both countries can opt to take up both or one of the academic awards).
Taiwanese universities leveraging on their Malaysian partner colleges/universities to tap into the non-Chinese speaking students market (instead of just targeting the Chinese Malaysian, Taiwanese universities, through their Malaysian partners can widen their reach). These students can be placed in the Malaysian partner institutions for preparatory courses (e.g. Chinese proficiency classes) before their stint in Taiwan, thereby sharing of such students between the two partners.
Tapping into “seniors” and “executive development” markets in both countries by co-branding of programmes and deliver part of these programmes in the partner’s institutions on “short study visits” basis for example utilizing Malaysia’s Mobility Programme.
With a deeper collaborative relationship, both the Taiwanese and Malaysian institutions can then leverage on each other’s strength, brands and reputation to tackle other non-traditional areas of collaboration. Research and development, consultancy projects, bidding for research funding and commercialization of research are some of the “offshoots” of such collaborations. Essentially the Taiwanese and Malaysian institutions can then leverage on each other to expand their “market” and effectively reach into each other’s territory to be fully transnational.
Having bidirectional flow of students will benefit Taiwanese students by giving them exposure to Malaysia in an in-depth manner which would increase the cultural and economic intertwining of both nations, directly increasing the sphere of influence of Taiwan and still adhere to the New Go South policy of President Tsai, albeit with some modifications.
All it takes now is the collective willpower of the leaders of Taiwanese universities to put this into action and to engage with their counterparts in Malaysia (mainly the private colleges and universities) to put the current zero-sum game to bed.
The ball is now in the Taiwanese court!
Read more on Part 1: How many colleges and universities can Malaysia truly sustain?
or Part 2: Filling up Malaysian colleges’ seats – a tall order indeed
The bulk of the content of this article came from a talk given by the author as a guest speaker of Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan on July 28 2016 entitled “Malaysian higher education: past, present and likely future.”
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Cheating on WoW: Destiny 2, Again
Posted on December 15, 2017 by Tyler F.M. Edwards
I’ve been curious about the Destiny games for ages, my interest fueled by the general hype around the series, as well as my inability to let go of my love for the Bungie games I grew up with.
Unfortunately, the open beta for Destiny 2 pretty much told me nothing about the game. So when a proper free trial popped up, I was happy to have another chance to give the game a try.
The good news is this is a far more fleshed out experience than the beta was. The amount of content is significant — several hours’ worth, at least — and all of the basic systems are in place. There’s now a character creator, for instance (though given this is a first person game where everyone wears helmets 95% of the time, I’m not sure there’s much point).
There’s also now a cutscene at the beginning that explains some of the story, so I kind of get what’s going on now. Sort of. I think? Still not really sure what the deal with Darth Zug-Zug is.
This game could really use a codex or something.
The gameplay is… fine, I guess. Not much to complain about, but to be honest I don’t see much to separate Destiny 2 from the other MMO or quasi-MMO shooters I’ve played. What differences I do see are quite subtle.
The gameplay is slightly less mindless than Defiance, but the setting and lore also seem to have had a lot less effort put into them. It doesn’t have The Division’s weird difficulty spikes, but the world is a lot less detailed, and exploration a lot less rewarding. The graphics are a lot better than Defiance’s, but oddly still not as good as The Division’s.
Heck, I even found a public event where the boss has the exact same mechanics as Dark Matter Monoliths and Remnant Architects. Is it really that hard to come up with different fight mechanics in a shooter? I guess there’s not much to work with, but still.
I did like how pistols seem to be a strong choice in Destiny 2. I like the aesthetics of pistols, but in most shooters they’re relegated to an option of last resort. In Destiny 2, they seem to be pretty good.
Maybe too good. Pretty much every gun in Destiny 2 seems quite overpowered. That might not seem like a problem, but it tends to trivialize weapon choice if none of them have any drawbacks. At first I was lamenting my inability to find a good sniper rifle, but eventually I realized it didn’t matter. Who needs sniper rifles when even a six-shooter can blow someone’s head off from five hundred feet?
I guess if I have one big complaint about Destiny 2, it’s that it’s just too easy. I’m sure there’s tougher content later in the game, but when it comes to leveling and solo content, this is another MMO aimed squarely at the lowest common denominator.
Such complaints aside, this seems a solid game overall. It’s polished. It plays well.
But I don’t feel a strong urge to upgrade to the full version right now, and overall I do feel a bit disappointed. Given the game’s pedigree and all the hype around it, I was expecting something special. Instead I got Defiance with deeper gameplay but a shallower backstory.
I know it’s unfair to compare Destiny with Myth. It’s been twenty years, after all. But nonetheless I can’t help but think about the enormous gulf in originality between them. Myth was a game so unique that even today there’s nothing like it. Destiny is fine for what it is, but there’s plenty of other games just like it.
There was a spark of true creativity in Bungie games in those days. That’s what I was hoping to see in Destiny 2, and that’s exactly what I failed to find.
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2014, Ilan Eshkeri, Karen Elson, Nettwerk, Review, Score, Soundtrack, Still Alice
Still Alice (Ilan Eshkeri)
Ilan Eshkeri, 2014, Nettwerk
There is a fine line between ‘doing too little’ and ‘doing too much’ for a poignant drama such as “Still Alice”. How does Ilan Eshkeri fare walking this musical tightrope?
“Still Alice” is a gripping drama from directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. Julianne Moore leads a stellar cast and received numerous award nominations for it (including BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Awards – at the time of this writing, she’s won the Golden Globe). She portrays a linguistics professor who is diagnosed with the early on-sets of Alzheimer’s disease. As the once-vibrant woman struggles to hang on to her sense of self for as long as possible, Alice’s three grown children must watch helplessly as their mother disappears more and more with each passing day.
For too many people this is a harrowing reality. It’s not an easy subject to tackle, and for a composer it must be very difficult to walk that very fine line between dramatic storytelling and real sincerity. Few composers would be better suited than Ilan Eshkeri. He has witnessed the disease up close; and has worked on various projects (short films, charitable campaigns) that dealt with the subject.
Eshkeri’s score is performed by piano and a string trio; the latter a deliberate challenge the composer set himself. String trios are notoriously difficult to write for, because it’s tricky to create (and maintain) a full chord. Working on the assumption that a basic chord is made up from three notes, you’d need four instruments to form that chord and play a melody over the top of it. By sticking to a trio the composer set himself a technical challenge – one that would inevitably lead to clashes and missing notes. In a wonderful interview with IFMCA-colleague Kaya Savas, Eshkeri explains how his music, the challenges and the mishaps of it, depict the debilitating mental illness.
On the surface it’s only natural to draw comparisons to similarly orchestrated scores. One that particularly comes to mind is James Horner’s “Iris”, the 2001-drama starring Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent that also deals with dementia. During the opening cue “L.A. Drive” you may in fact be forgiven for thinking you’ve put on a Horner record, as twinkly piano and soft violin greet you. The key difference between both scores is that Eshkeri’s is even smaller, even more intimate. Where Horner made use of an orchestra to add warmth, Eshkeri relies solely on his piano and string trio. As a result, his score never feels all that comfortable. There’s always a slight unease. It’s more real.
There are several themes to be found here. The one that stands out most is first heard in “Running” (though you could argue that it’s hinted at during “L.A. Drive”). Variations not withstanding, it’s a circular five-note theme (three up, two down) written in a 3/4 signature. I’m a real sucker for this sort of stuff and it’s the kind of thing I could play on the piano for hours on end, until I realise what the hell I’ve been doing! I really love the chord-change at 0:29 into this cue; and how the melody fizzles out, making way for unsettling violin sounds. The melody is reprised lushly in “Beach” and “Butterfly”. The melody is supported by broken chords. In “Butterfly” Eshkeri seems to alter, ever so slightly, the notes in the chords, which has a surprisingly disorienting effect. For a while I thought it was written in a different time signature, until I twigged on to what he’d done.
It’s the warmest, most hopeful and (relatively) most lively melody of them, as if to celebrate life. Yet, when it’s slowed down and minimised, and performed ever so gently on piano with maybe only a cello accompanying (as it is in “Speech” and “It Was About Love”) it is utterly heartbreaking; starkly reminding us that things won’t last as they are.
“Lost Phone” and “Pills” are two eerie cues, relying on uneasy chords and unusual playing techniques, such as sul pont, where the violin is played close to the bridge, creating a scratchy, glass-like sound. “No Secrets”, “Words With Friends” and “Souls Rising” offer a lovely melody for piano. Very gentle and delicate. It’s probably the most lyrical or classical of the themes, but do take that relatively. The violin adds an interesting, if slightly uneasy, atmosphere to “Words With Friends”, whilst cello adds warmth to “Souls Rising”.
“Alice Tells The Children” and “Toothpaste” revolve around a slow arpeggio (broken chord) on the piano. The string trio add melancholy harmonies; whilst the right-hand on the piano adds an aching 3-note motif that was also heard earlier in “Lost Phone”. And do we detect a hint of synthesiser (or even a real glass harmonica) in “Tooth Paste”?
The album closes with Karen Elson’s song “If I Had A Boat”. It’s cute song and she’s got a nice voice. It’s piano-driven, so fits in nicely with the score. No issues there. The lyrics are a little silly though; probably deliberate. “If I had a boat, I’d go out on the ocean. And if i had a pony, I’d ride him on my boat.” Yeah, good luck with that, love.
Let’s get the negative out of the way first, shall we? The album is short. At 23 minutes (and that includes the song) I can imagine people being a little hesitant parting with their pennies; especially when you can get sixteen days’ worth of Middle Earth music for virtually the same price. That said, Eshkeri didn’t write an album, he wrote a film score. I can imagine that the film won’t have needed much more. And whilst it makes for a short album, as with Eshkeri’s own super-short “Austenland“, it is very much worth exploring. That is… if you like piano and strings. If it takes a 100-hundred piece orchestra and an 80-piece choir for you to enjoy a film score, you’ve come reading the wrong review.
Fans of romantic minimalism (as I’d like to call it) – which is experiencing something of a revival thanks to composers such as Olafur Arnalds (“Broadchurch“), Max Richter (“The Leftovers”), Johan Johansson (“The Theory of Everything“) and to some extent Abel Korzeniowski (“Romeo & Juliet“) – may find that Ilan Eshkeri’s “Still Alice” fits quite nicely in this line up. Minimalism is a term often mis-used, including by myself. Still, there is very little to Eshkeri’s score. Short, simple themes. Four instruments. It feels naked… it feels exposed. Any lesser composer would’ve felt the need to dress it up with a string section – at least. Everything hinges on those four players; and on Eshkeri’s notes. There is nowhere for the composer or the musicians to hide. And they don’t need to. This is a beautiful piece of work; one that gets under your skin. Clearly a labour of love.
P.s. I would have loved to have credited the four performers, but unfortunately I have not yet been able to obtain that information.
Rating [4/5]
01. L.A. Drive (0:48)
02. No Secrets (0:48)
03. Running (2:03)
04. Alice Tells the Children (0:54)
05. Beach (1:06)
06. Words with Friends (0:50)
07. Butterfly (1:37)
08. Lost Phone (1:21)
09. Speech (2:35)
10. Pills (3:04)
11. Toothpaste (1:32)
12. Souls Rising (1:25)
13. It Was About Love (0:47)
14. If I Had a Boat – Karen Elson (4:17)
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Check out IFMCA’s Kaya Savas’ interview with Ilan Eshkeri, in which he talks at lengths about his work for “Still Alice” and the campaign for Dementia Friends.
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Top GOPers Silent As Trump Keeps Up Racist Attack Against Colleagues
Gorbachev: Trump’s Nuke Treaty Withdrawal ‘Not The Work Of A Great Mind’
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By Matt Shuham
Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the original signatories of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty along with former President Ronald Reagan, said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the treaty, which Trump announced Saturday, was “not the work of a great mind.”
In an interview with the Russian outlet Interfax that was flagged and translated by The New York Times and other outlets, Gorbachev, 87, wondered aloud: “Is it really that hard to understand that rejecting these agreements is, as the people say, not the work of a great mind.”
Gorbachev called Trump’s decision “a mistake” and “very strange.”
“Do they really not understand in Washington what this can lead to?” he asked.
“All agreements aimed at nuclear disarmament and limiting nuclear weapons must be preserved, for the sake of preserving life on earth,” he added, per the Times.
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Happy Birthday Chad Michael Murray!
Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill) turns 29 today.
If you’re needing a CMM fix like I’ve been, check him out in Alicia Keys’ “Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready)” video.
Tags: Alicia Keys, Chad Michael Murray, CMM, Lucas, One Tree Hill, Un-thinkable, Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)
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News Roundup: Gossip Girl,90210, One Tree Hill and Dawson’s Creek
New York Magazine and TVGuide.com‘s recaps of the Gossip Girl TCA panel have some details and quotes that I don’t recall seeing in the live-blogs and recaps I previously posted.
Shannen Doherty (Brenda, Beverly Hills 90210) helped judge a competition to find the “most inspired bartender.”
Doherty tweeted today that, contrary to rumors, she’s not pregnant.
Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) told Zap2it she would return to One Tree Hill if a) it’s the final season, b) she’s asked and c) it worked with her schedule.
The Associated Press has a few quotes from Burton on having a baby with Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Burton appeared on the PIX Morning News this morning. She makes nice mentions of Antwon Tanner (Skills, One Tree Hill) and Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill).
James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) tweeted that he got married yesterday. He and his now-wife, Kimberly Brook, are expecting a daughter.
Tags: Antwon Tanner, Associated Press, Beverly Hills 90210, Brenda, Chad Michael Murray, Dawson, Dawson's Creek, Gossip Girl, Hilarie Burton, James Van Der Beek, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kimberly Brook, Lucas, New York magazine, One Tree Hill, Peyton, PIX Morning News, Shannen Doherty, Skills, TCA, TVGuide.com
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News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and Dawson’s Creek
TVGuide.com has spoilers on the 90210 premiere. And let me just say: it’s been done before (on the original and another teen drama). And let me also say that with this and the spoilers from earlier today, I am significantly POed.
Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hill 90210) will star in and executive produce Goodnight For Justice, a Hallmark Movie Channel film, which will be directed by Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills 90210). Check out the press release while I try to resume breathing. Worth noting, though, that the plot is similar to one of Perry’s season 5 storylines.
MTV made a (funny to me, since they’ll likely never ever happen) list of projects Perry and Priestley should also team up on.
The Miami Herald has an interview with Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210).
Nicole By OPI has launched a Gossip Girl-inspired line of nail polish.
Billy Baldwin (William, Gossip Girl) will reportedly have a recurring role on Parenthood, which also stars Peter Krause (Jay, Beverly Hills 90210).
Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill) will star in The Ex-Mas Carol, an ABCFamily movie.
The Conspirator, which features Cullen Moss (Junk, One Tree Hill) as discussed in our interview, will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
Examiner.com has an interview with Ashley Rickards (Sam, One Tree Hill).
Here is the aforementioned Pacey-Con video for FunnyorDie.com with Joshua Jackson (Pacey, Dawson’s Creek). Before I pass out from all of today’s excitement with my favorite teen drama guys, I have to say that vid was the best thing I’ve seen in a long, long time.
Tags: 90210, ABCFamily, Ashley Rickards, Beverly Hills 90210, Billy Baldwin, Brandon, Chad Michael Murray, Cullen Moss, Dawson's Jackson, Donna, Dylan, Examiner.com, FunnyorDie.com, Goodnight For Justice, Gossip Girl, Hallmark Movie Channel, Jason Priestley, Jay, Joshua Jackson, Junk, Lucas, Luke Perry, Miami Herald, MTV, Nicole by OPI, One Tree Hill, Pacey-Con, Parenthood, Peter Krause, Sam, The Conspirator, The Ex-Mas Carol, Tori Spelling, Toronto Film Festival, TVGuide.com, William
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News Roundup: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, 90210 and More
Janice Cooke-Leonard (director, One Tree Hill; Gossip Girl 90210; Dawson’s Creek) will direct a new webseries called Hollywood Is Like High School With Money for Alloy, the company behind Gossip Girl.
In response to a fan question about Lucas (Chad Michael Murray, One Tree Hill) and Peyton (Hilarie Burton, One Tree Hill) returning, Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) tweeted, “Doesn’t look that way guys,” and later tweeted again (along with spoilish answers to some others questions) “LOOKS like no Peyton/Luke.” As far as where Leyton are, Bush tweeted, “They moved to Australia with their baby, to live with Karen and Andy :)” before correcting herself later by saying that it’s actually New Zealand. And Bush tweeted again later on, after being asked whether she misses the characters, “I’m so happy for them to have gotten what they want in real life, so I’m OK with it. People have to do what’s best for them!”
Huey Lewis (Jimmy, One Tree Hill) appeared on Hot In Cleveland this week.
Gossip Cop and I busted an Us Weekly story about Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) and Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) feuding.
Taylor Momsen (Jenny, Gossip Girl) is the face of Material Girl, a new fashion line for Macy’s designed by Madonna and her daughter, Lourdes.
Examiner.com has an interesting character-by-character comparison of Beverly Hills 90210 and True Blood.
Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hills 90210) will star in the UK production of Dick Whittington.
Christine Elise (Emily, Beverly Hills 90210) tweeted that she appears in Prom, a Disney movie, which also stars Aimee Teegarden (Rhonda, 90210).
Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210) tweeted a cute pic of some of the 90210 cast outside the school that serves as West Beverly.
Staying In has a great interview with Autumn Reeser (Taylor, The O.C.). Have you read my interview with her?
Tate Donovan (Jimmy, the O.C.) will appear on Broadway in Good People beginning in February.
Tags: 90210, Aimee Teegarden, Alloy, Andy, Australia, Autumn Reeser, Beverly Hills 90210, Blair, Blake Lively, Broadway, Chad Michael Murray, Christine Elise, Dawson's Creek, Dick Whittington, Disney, Dylan, Emily, Examiner.com, Good People, Gossip Cop, Gossip Girl, Hilarie Burton, Hollywood Is Like High School With Money, Hot In Cleveland, Huey Lewis, Janice Cooke-Leonard, Jenny, Jessica Stroup, Jimmy, Karen, Leighton Meester, Leyton, Lourdes, Lucas, Luke, Luke Perry, Macy's, Madonna, Material Girl, New Zealand, One Tree Hill, Peyton, Prom, Rhonda, Serena, Silver, Staying In, Tate Donovan, Taylor, Taylor Momsen, The O.C, True Blood, Twitter, UK, US Weekly, West Beverly
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News Roundup: One Tree Hill and 90210
Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the One Tree Hill Evaluation.
Korbi has an interview with Mark Schwahn (creator, One Tree Hill), where he explains the second ending the season finale had in case it was a series finale. It’s what a lot of people speculated…but I’m still not sure I believe it–or if it’s even fair to call it a “second ending.”
Bleacher Report has a brief interview with Stephen Colletti (Chase, One Tree Hill), where he drops this gem: “This will be the last season.” It seems Jana Kramer (Alex, One Tree Hill) may have said something similar to E! Online. Regardless, I haven’t seen this officially confirmed anywhere.
Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) surprisingly opened up to E! Online about her relationship with Austin Nichols (Julian, One Tree Hill), reportedly even talking about it in light of her marriage/divorce with Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill).
Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) has booked a six-episode stint on White Collar, which also stars Tiffani Amber Thiessen (Valerie, Beverly Hills 90210). The new season starts in July.
HollywoodLife has a brief but spoilish interview with AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) about what happened in the finale and what may happen in season 3.
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Tags: 90210, Alex, AnnaLynne McCord, Austin Nichols, Beverly Hills 90210, Bleacher Report, Brooke, Chad Michael Murray, Chase, E! Online, Hilarie Burton, HollywoodLife, Jana Kramer, Julian, Korbi, Lucas, Mark Schwahn, Naomi, One Tree Hill, Peyton, Sophia Bush, Stephen Colletti, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Valerie, White Collar
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, One Tree Hill
All but two one teen dramas have main characters who are also musicians/singers.
On Beverly Hills 90210, we got our first real taste of David’s musical inclinations in season 3 when he started recording his own music and later performing at the Beverly Hills Beach Club. The storyline continued for a decent part of the season with David nearly having a record deal. At the end of season 4, David got a taste of the music life again when he toured with real-life musician Babyface. In season 8, David joined the band Jasper’s Law for a short time, which introduced us to “Keep It Together”–which I absolutely loved and still do. In an episode in the tenth season, Janet reunited with college friends and played the bass at the After Dark.
On Dawson’s Creek, Joey’s vocal talents were first revealed in season one when she performs a moving rendition of “Own My Own” for a beauty pageant. In the fifth season, Joey played with a band featuring Chad Michael Murray’s Charlie. After a few gigs, he asked her to come on tour but she declined. In the next season, Audrey fronts an all-female rock band but as her drinking spirals out of control, she has no choice but to give it up. Near the end of the series, we get one more performance from her: a beautiful, understated and haunting performance of Zakk Wylde’s “Way Beyond Empty.”
One Tree Hill has had the most musical characters by far, showcasing the talents of recurring character Jake and, more notably, Haley in the first season. Haley’s music career was a big storyline in season 2, where she performed–among other things–a duet, “When The Stars Go Blue,” with Chris Keller and later toured with him and real-life band The Wreckers. Haley gave up music for a while, though we saw her perform with another real-life band, Enation, in season 6. There’s a bigger focus on Haley’s music in the first half of season 7, where Haley has released an album and toured again, performing songs that were actually created by Bethany Joy Galeotti’s band Everly. Season 5 and season 7 introduced two more musically-inclined characters, Mia and Grubbs, but they weren’t main characters.
90210 also featured musical performances very early on with Annie and Adrianna being in the school production of Spring Awakening. Earlier this season, Adrianna serenaded Navid and has since started taking music quite seriously, writing and recording songs and performing with pop sensation, Javier, who is played by real-life musician Diego Boneta. Their duet, as far as I know, doesn’t have known title, but is called “One More Time” and I absolutely love it, and Jessica Lowndes most recently performed two of her own songs.
The O.C. and Gossip Girl have both featured real-life musical artists and the GG cast even has some who are building a music career, but neither show The O.C. hasn’t had actual main characters who were performers.
As noted below by Misty and Alyssa, there are two I left out: Beverly Hills 90210’s Ray and Gossip Girl’s Rufus.
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News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and More
Be sure to check out The CW’s site for all the new video content this week, including a look at the making of Carry You Home.
Last night’s 90210 (million viewers) increased a teeny tiny bit in the ratings compared to last week when you look at the raw numbers (1.429 vs. 1.449).
AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) was named Sexiest Beach Body and Olivia Wilde (Alex, The O.C.) was named Sexiest Actress in Victoria Secret’s annual What Is Sexy? list. Zap2it is wondering why Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) didn’t make the list.
There’s a new Talking Gossip After Dark podcast, featuring my usual contribution.
The CW sent out a press release formally announcing that the show will film its first two episodes of season 4 in Paris with Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl), Lively and Chuck (Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl). I guess A) actually filming overseas and B) having a male character go, too, are two ways to differentiate it from the Beverly Hills 90210 Paris episodes. I’ll save my snarkiness for next time.
If you missed the live Q & A with Everly, featuring Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley, One Tree Hill), last night, you can watch the archived version.
Look To The Stars has an interview with Jackson Brundage, mostly about charity and his work with CURED.
The full video for Alicia Keys’ Un-Thinkable, featuring Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill) is now available. I love it!
Lindsay McKeon (Taylor, One Tree Hill) appears in a commercial for Miller Light.
No Ordinary Family, starring Autumn Reeser (Taylor, The O.C.) and Tate Donovan (Jimmy, The O.C.) and executive produced by Greg Berlanti (writer-producer, Dawson’s Creek), has been ordered as a series by ABC.
The Frisky has a fun look at what they say are the 10 Best Looks for Michelle Williams (Jen, Dawson’s Creek).
Tags: 90210, ABC, Alex, Alicia Keys, AnnaLynne McCord, Autumn Reeser, Bethany Joy Galeotti, Beverly Hills 90210, Blair, Blake Lively, Carry You Home, Chad Michael Murray, Chuck, CURED, Dawson's Creek, Ed Westwick, Everly, Gossip Girl, Greg Berlanti, Haley, Jackson Brundage, Jen, Jimmy, Leighton Meester, Lindsay McKeon, Look To The Stars, Lucas, Michelle Williams, Miller Light, Naomi, No Ordinary Family, Olivia Wilde, One Tree Hill, Paris, Serena, Talking Gossip After Dark, Tate Donovan, Taylor, The CW, The Frisky, The O.C, Un-thinkable, Victoria's Secret, Zap2it
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Hawaii Attorney General Says Jeff Sessions' Comments Are 'Disappointing'
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about organized gang violence at the Department of Justice, April 18, 2016 in Washington, D.C.
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By Abigail Abrams
Hawaii’s Attorney General Doug Chin on Thursday fired back at U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who called Hawaii “an island in the Pacific” earlier this week.
Sessions’ comments, made on “The Mark Levin Show,” not only appeared to diminish Hawaii, but also struck at U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson, who issued a nationwide ruling halting President Donald Trump’s travel ban last month.
“President Trump previously called a federal judge in California a so-called judge. Now U.S. Attorney General Sessions appears to dismiss a federal judge in Hawaii as just a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific,” Chin said in a statement. “Our Constitution created a separation of powers in the United States for a reason. Our federal courts, established under article III of the Constitution, are co-equal partners with Congress and the President. It is disappointing AG Sessions does not acknowledge that.”
Chin has his own history with the Trump administration. He is the one who filed the lawsuit against Trump’s travel ban in March, leading Watson to grant a temporary restraining order against it.
The president has also criticized the judge’s decision and filed an appeal.
Write to Abigail Abrams at abigail.abrams@time.com.
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A classic since it hit theaters in 1972, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather is and always will be remembered as one of the greatest movies ever made. It set the groundwork for how to do a movie about gangsters, crooks, the Mafia, and somehow make these otherwise extremely nasty characters sympathetic in the eyes of the viewer. It's been spoofed, honored, ripped off, and referenced in countless movies and TV shows since. But it certainly wasn't the first Mafia movie, seemingly borrowing from 1968's long-forgotten The Brotherhood.
Mario Puzo's The Godfather first hit book shelves in 1969 a year after 'Brotherhood,' but I'm not going to go out on a limb and say he plagiarized this Martin Ritt-directed movie. With stories based on similar backgrounds (the Mafia) there are going to be similarities. It just seems that a lot of similarities made the jump from one movie to another. No worries though, 'Brotherhood' isn't about to overtake Godfather as a better movie, but it makes an interesting companion piece, maybe a good double feature. Using some of the same character backgrounds, setting and story vehicles though, the 1968 flick is a more low-budget, studio oriented venture than the classic that would be released four years later.
Living in Sicily, Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas) lives in privacy with his wife (Irene Papas) away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. He receives a message one day that his brother Vince (Alex Cord) is coming to visit, making him wonder if his brother has been sent to kill him. Flashback to years before at Vince's wedding when he approaches his mafioso brother, asking him if he can join in the family business. Frank is happy to have him as the Ginetta empire grows. But as the times change, Frank digs his heels in for the old ways, how things used to be done, instead of going along with a business proposition that could possibly net millions of dollars. The elder Ginetta is making unnecessary waves, only to find out that a traitor from years past is still close to him, forcing him to make a difficult decision.
Starting the movie, I thought the opening and finale were great. Frank drives to a prearranged meeting point to meet someone who's come to see him, not knowing it is his brother. The beginning and ending were filmed in Sicily, and as the story plays out the Sicilian countryside sure isn't bad to look at. But total, the story is probably only in Sicily for 20 minutes -- ten on either side of the flashback. The rest takes place back in New York at Vince's wedding after he's returned from Vietnam (cough Michael Corleone cough Corleone wedding cough). The problem is most of the rest of the movie is talking, a lot of talking that doesn't always go anywhere. The talent involved won't let it get boring, but it's not exactly exciting either way.
Douglas was an extremely gifted actor, but playing an Italian Mafia Don seemed like a stretch for me and was one of the big reasons I picked this one at Netflix. It's a solid if unspectacular performance as Douglas does what he can with a script that needs some work. Too often he does go for the over the top, theatrical portrayal of an Italian man with lots of rapid fire Sicilian and 'Mama Mia!' when he's upset. Okay, he doesn't say 'Mama Mia' but you know what I mean. Frank is a cool character though, seeing that the old ways don't necessarily work but refusing to go along with the new ways. An old school don, a creature of habit, nothing is going to change his mind, especially any threats.
The rest of the cast is all right, no one really calling too much attention to themselves. Cord as Frank's younger brother looks the part, but the performance is a little flat, a little lifeless. Vince is supposed to be this math/bookkeeping whiz, but that doesn't translate well in terms of a visual or a story effect. He's the one man who could convince his big brother to go along with the times, but we're never given a reason to see why he's so convincing. The "board" of Mafia higher ups and important local officials include Luther Adler, Murray Hamilton, Val Avery and Alan Hewitt, one of them playing a key role in Frank's possible rise and fall. As Frank's wife, Papas has little to do with a part that needs her to worry about her husband before fading into the background. Too bad because when given the chance she almost always hit a home run.
On to some other points, both good and bad. Ritt films in New York for some of his outdoor shots, giving a picture of late 1960s New York which is always cool with some location shooting. Any interiors look like studio sets though, canceling out any credit earned through the on-location shooting. Lalo Schifrin's score is good is not particularly memorable. Also, the constant use of Sicilian without any subtitles. I feel like I missed a lot just because characters are always talking in Sicilian. An average movie on the whole, but interesting in terms of comparing it with The Godfather's release some four years later.
The Brotherhood (1968): **/****
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Leonard David
Leonard David is a space journalist, reporting on space activities for over 50 years.
Mr. David is author of Mars – Our Future on the Red Planet published by National Geographic in October 2016. The book is the companion volume to Mars – a National Geographic Channel television series from executive producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.
Leonard is co-author with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin of Mission to Mars – My Vision for Space Exploration released in May 2013 and published by the National Geographic Society. A soft cover edition of the book with a new essay was released in May 2015.
Also issued in May 2015 — Space Careers — was co-authored by Leonard and entrepreneur Scott Sacknoff. This book is designed for high school, college, graduate students – and job seekers of all ages. It is an in-depth source for understanding and finding a career in the space and satellite industry.
Leonard is the first recipient of the American Astronautical Society’s (AAS) “Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History” in the category of journalism, to be presented in October 2015 in connection with the 8th AAS Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium held in Huntsville, Alabama.
Mr. David is the 2010 winner of the prestigious National Space Club Press Award, presented this honor during the Club’s annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in April 2011 that was held in Washington, D.C.
Currently, Leonard is SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist, as well as a correspondent for SpaceNews magazine and a contributing writer for several publications, specifically Scientific American, and other venues, such as Aerospace America, the membership publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Mr. David has created his own website dedicated to reporting on a variety of space topics and can be found at:
http://www.leonarddavid.com/
Leonard David has been reporting on space exploration for over five decades. Throughout those years, his writings have appeared in numerous websites, newspapers, magazines and books, such as the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Private Air, Sky and Telescope, Astronomy, SPACE.com and SpaceNews newspaper, as well as Aerospace America and in supplemental writing for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. Mr. David has been a consultant to NASA, other government agencies and the aerospace industry.
In the mid-1980’s he served as Director of Research for the National Commission on Space, a U.S. Congress/White House study that appraised the next 50 to 100 years of space exploration.
Leonard is co-author of Extreme Flight: Rocket Science, Sundance/Newbridge Educational Publishing issued in 2006. As a Contributing Essayist, Mr. David’s writings can be found in the National Geographic`s Encyclopedia of Space, published in 2004.
Leonard is also a co-author of the book Chaos to Cosmos – A Space Odyssey, published by the Denver Museum of Nature & Space in 2003. In past years, Mr. David has served as editor-in-chief of the National Space Society`s Ad Astra and Space World magazines, as well as the newsstand publication, Final Frontier.
For NASA, Leonard completed the task of writing a majority of the highly regarded Spinoff 1997, Spinoff 1998, and Spinoff 1999 publications. In the past, Leonard has assisted the audio/visual branch by interviewing and writing scripts for the monthly NASA radio program, “The Space Story”. Mr. David has worked with the NASA exhibits branch on public outreach displays, writing text and carrying out photo research on both the commercial uses of space and infrared technologies for astronomy, Earth remote sensing and spinoff applications.
Leonard served as research and technical advisor for the PBS-televised, Living and Working in Space – The Countdown Has Begun, an hour-long science fact/fiction look at careers in space that was premiered on PBS on March 31, 1993.
Leonard was contracted by the producers of the video, the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE), to work on the project through 1992 into early 1993. Mr. David served as a technical consultant to the widely acclaimed Bouncing to Mars: The Inside Story of the Mars Exploration Rover Missions, produced by Passport to Knowledge made possible, in part, by the National Science Foundation and was released in summer 2003.
Mr. David was also honored to receive the internationally recognized Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Award for Best Space Submission at the Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards in England in 2006 and in Paris in 2003.
In 2006, Leonard received the Orbit award for Space Media from the Space Tourism Society honoring his writings over the decades on the burgeoning space tourism industry. Later that year, he won the 2nd Annual Space Journalism award for best article on human spacefaring for January-September 2005 for his article, “Space Tourism: Keeping the Customer Satisfied”.
In 2001, Mr. David won the National Space Society’s Space Pioneer Award for Media.
Guests: Leonard David was the guest for three segments of our program, followed by Barbara David joining us for the last segment. We did much forward-looking during this show given the changes taking place in government, the economy, and the space community. We talked about the incoming administration and what it might mean for space, the Space Coast of Florida, and its commitment to human space flight, the economy, viewing the Space Shuttle, and much more. Leonard reported on the recent Lunar Lander Challenge and Armadillo Aerospace at the X-Prize in Las Cruces, NM.
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Broadcast 763 (Special Edition)
This Golden Oldie Space Show programs features Leonard David from October 2001 and Dennis Wingo from November 2001. When you hear what they said back then, go back in time with them as they were both on just after 9/11. Do a comparison with then and now. How have things changed, where has the progress been, where are we stagnating based on these two interviews. Your feedback is always welcome. Remember, these older programs were one hour shows on the old Phoenix station and each show had commercial breaks at 15 minute intervals.
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SmallSat Conference interviews make up this special recorded Space Show program. While at SmallSat, I interviewed just a few of those attending to get their perspective on either what they were doing at the Conference and why they were there, or their views on small satellites and updates regarding space development. For example, the first interview was conducted at the booth representing the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Island (www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html).
Leonard David returned to The Space Show for this program. Leonard talked about his work at space.com, current articles and future research for articles that he is presently doing. He provided his thoughts on the shuttle, the vision program, Mars, NASA and the public interest in space, and lots more. We spoke about energy from space, global warming, the private-sector and space launch, including space tourism. As the senior writer at space.com, Leonard David took us through the subjects and topics that drive and make the space program today, both public and private.
Leonard David, the senior writer for Space.com was the guest for this Space Show program. Mr. David shared his thoughts, perspectives, and research with us on many topics. The discussion included updates on Mars, Mars rovers, Mars planetary and astrobiology science, Hubble, the Space Shuttle, the new Nasa Administrator, Dr. Mike Griffin, and energy. Regarding energy, we talked about the need for effective government and space agency policy, far out technologies that may be useful to us, the politics of oil, and solar and lunar power and satellites. Mr.
Leonard David, the senior space writer for space.com is the guest for this edition of the Space Show. We talk about the latest with the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, how JPL works and handles these two rover missions, his free and unfettered access to both data and JPL employees so that he can report and bring to everyone the latest on what is being discovered about Mars from these rovers. Mr. David also talks about his own views on the rovers, Mars, the type of e-mail he gets from interested parties worldwide, and his views on the Bush space policy initiative.
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Leonard David, Space.com & The World Space Congress, Houston, Texas, October 2002. Mr. David guides us through major events and developments breaking at the World Space Conference in Houston, Texas.
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Leonard David, well known and respected space journalist
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The Art of Conversation: Portugal – USA
June 23, 2014 by J Doyle
Soccer is a dialogic sport. It is shaped by opposition and struggle, by action and counteraction. There are no absolutes in these kinds of sports. The things that make for a great match, for example, are not the same things that make for a great race. A race is structured by a standard measurement of time, as well as by the idea of absolute performance (“the fastest human”). But a match is measured by the quality of the conversation.
Opponents will sink and rise to each other’s level – every fan and athlete knows this experience. A match might be halting and uneventful, or lopsided and boring because the two sides never connect in play. Very talented, organized and competitive sides are not always open to talk. Spain played like a team that was tired of talking. A team that had been the life of the party for too many years, and now just wants a quiet night in once and a while. England and Portugal gave their own versions of this kind of performance. Their play has been characterized by a weary narcissism – they are not tired of the party; they are tired of themselves.
Contrast that disengagement with Germany, France, Ghana, Chile and Colombia. It’s no wonder that Germany and Ghana’s match was so tremendous: the two play with an interest in the opposition. No gesture is unremarked upon; their conversation was fluid and elegant. Each side has the capacity for a certain brutality; each has the capacity to engage and diffuse the other’s attack. Like Dorothy Parker and Gore Vidal trading barbs.
Portugal and the US – they gave us a good dialogue but not a great one. The US, on a good day, will rise to an opponent’s level. But Portugal wasn’t interested helping them along. So Portugal exploited defensive errors, and did little more than that. Yes, CR7, when left completely alone, will send in a perfect cross to just the right person. In this case, it was a witty remark made on the way out the door to suggest the fun we might have had, if he wasn’t so utterly bored by us and the world. The US was a more entertaining guest. One got the sense that they were playing through fear and disorientation. Glad to be at the table, not quite sure what they were supposed to say and do – every now and again, they’d reach across the table to fill their wine glass, wash the anxiety down and throw themselves into the fray.
Filed Under: 2014 World Cup, Football
Yolanda de Sousa’s Mundial Scrapbook
Mexico – Brazil
Netherlands – Spain
England – Uruguay
Colombia – Côte d’Ivoire
Spain “Chile Fried”
Algeria – Belgium
Yolanda de Sousa has been keeping a watercolor diary of this year’s World Cup. She has a painter’s eye for the ‘man of the match.’ As it happens, the Goan artist is an important figure in football history. In the late 1970s and 80s, she enjoyed a storied career playing women’s football in India. She was a real pathfinder. In 1980, she was voted player of the decade by India’s Women’s Football Federation. Sport-related work is not the mainstay of her practice, but every now and again she documents a match (football or cricket) with these player-portraits. (I wrote about her 2002 series a few years back.)
I’ve reproduced the bulk of a 2009 Times of India’s profile of the artist-footballer below. The brief article contains lots of information about her career as a player.
“It’s time for all of us to face the truth,” she says, sifting through memories when she was queen of the 100m field and the continent, her kingdom.
At a time when FIFA has struck off the Indian women’s football team from its world rankings for being out of sight or rather action for more than 18 months, Yolanda reminds us of the late seventies and early eighties when women’s football bettered the best in the continent and matched the rest of the world.
“Taiwan had an exceptionally strong team and was number one in Asia, but we always gave them plenty of problems. We were so strong in our belief and quality that we took the field knowing we could get the result we desired against most of the teams in the world,” says Yolanda, voted the player of the decade in 1980 by the Women’s’ Football Federation of India.
Yolanda’s story deserves to be told more so because it has the ability to instill the belief that women’s football still has the ability to enchant, entertain and inspire a generation.
It may not be the case elsewhere, but at least in this part of the world, many equate football with masculinity. But, as Yolanda’s story would demonstrate, that was never the case when she got enveloped by the magic of the game at a very young age.
“I would play along with my brother (Francisco) and his friends, but most of the times I was shunted to the goal. Whenever I got a chance to play up front, I would really put my best foot forward,” remembers Yolanda, who grew up to become one of Goa’s exemplary, if not, finest footballer.
Yolanda scored a goal in the first ever recorded women’s football match, playing against a men’s team appropriately called Adam’s in 1973, but it was not until 1976 when Goa took part in their first Nationals at Sultanpur and Yolanda scored a bag full of goals – 15 in all including two hat-tricks – and announced her arrival on the big scene.
“We lost in the final against Bengal by the narrowest of margins,” remembers Yolanda, dubbed the Madonna of Goan football.
The 1976 Nationals at Sultanpur was the first Goa ever participated in, and for the first time got to know what other players thought about Goa and Goans. “Since the facilities were not good enough, we wanted separate accommodations. This led to rumours that we sought a hotel elsewhere because the players wanted to enjoy their drinks! They believed we played well because we were drinking,” laughs the Calangute-based artiste.
Goa hosted the 3rd edition of the National football championship in 1977 and, true to expectations, won the tournament in style, defeating twice-champions Bengal 3-0 in front a lustily cheering capacity-crowd at the Bandodkar stadium at Campal.
Goa dominated the championship from start to finish, scoring an amazing 49 goals that included roaring wins over Madhya Pradesh (25-0), Punjab (10-0), Gujarat (5-0), Manipur (6-0) and, finally, Bengal (3-0).
Goa’s deadly strike pair of Succorinha Pereira (19 goals) and Yolanda (18 goals) scored 37 of the 49 goals, but often it was such a bore to score goals against the hapless opposition that even the strikers played the ball amongst themselves instead of taking aim at the goal!
“We were too strong for the other teams during Nationals. We used to score early in all the games since most of the goalkeepers remained clueless,” says the stylish striker.
Yolanda’s international debut came in 1976 when she, along with the likes of Rekha Karapurkar, Succorinha Pereira and Helen Fernandes, found a place in the Indian team against the visiting Swedish club BET.
She set all the venues on fire, ensuring seven victories and in the process becoming the first woman to score a hat-trick for India.
Since that memorable debut, Yolanda remained a permanent member of the Indian team until she was forced into premature retirement after the World Cup of 1981.
“Injury cut short my career. I was too scared to undergo an operation to correct the damage and instead opted to call it a day,” says Yolanda, who gave up hockey and badminton which she excelled at the highest level to nurse her football dream.
The artist with a photo from her playing days.
Filed Under: 2014 World Cup, Art, Football
French Do-Over
Some more football art.
Filed Under: Art, Football
FIFA’s Gendered Laws of the Game
From the opening page of FIFA’s Laws of the Game (2014-2015): Women appear on the list of categories of disabled players for whom one can modify the size of the pitch, the ball and the goal. And: FIFA’s use of the male gender in all documents really means both men and women. This gets really confusing when considering a 2004 FIFA Executive Committee decision asserting that “the difference between men’s and women’s football must be absolute.” Women, who should not be expected to play by the same rules as men, are not men. Except when we say men and we mean women. That difference is absolute!
Filed Under: FIFA, Football, Sexism Tagged With: Football, g, Sexism
Mexico 17 – Brazil 0
Miguel Calderón, Mexico vs Brazil (2004).
Miguel Calderón watched hours and hours of football matches; he pulled footage of Mexico and Brazil matches to compile an imaginary world in which Mexico wins 17-0. Calderón’s 90-minute video was originally installed on a television in a sports bar in Brazil. Hopefully, someone has thought to install this work in a bar or two – a little World Cup static.
Filed Under: 2014 World Cup, Art, Football Tagged With: 2014 World Cup, Mexico, soccer
Pregnant with Ball
Yrsa Roca Fannberg, Resurrection (watercolour on paper, 2009)
Joel Campbell’s goal celebration belongs to a genre – Yrsa Roca Fannberg is the only artist I know to have honored that genre in paint.
Filed Under: Art, Football, Queer Sport Spectacles Tagged With: 2014 World Cup, art, soccer
The Inevitable World Cup
At this time of year, football fans with a conscience find themselves in a strange situation. We know FIFA is corrupt to the bone; we know that Football Associations are run by imperialist crooks. The people who administer the game are famously sexist, famously racist. We know that they are disgusted by the multitude whose happiness they exploit. At a recent conference on the sport, for example, a FIFA representative responded to a scholar’s paper on the problem of “white elephants” by describing the people to build them as “foolish.” He was obnoxious, but was he wrong? Are we surprised by his attitude, or by the fact that he feels entitled to express such open contempt for the miserable schemers who collaborate with FIFA’s overlords? We know that the FIFA World Cup is awful – and yet we tune in.
Because, of course, The World Cup is a spectacular event. Already, headlines about match fixing and worse have been replaced by headlines about underperformance, cynical play, unfair calls and other staples from football’s story cycle. In its inevitability, in its unavoidable nature we sense something of the World Cup’s ideological power. To call for the end of the World Cup: is that not an attack on happiness itself?
FIFA exists for this event alone. The World Cup is not a tournament, really; it is an economy and FIFA regulates its marketplace by ensuring that players play on something green and expensive, in front of synthetic crowds who are stripped of their drums and trumpets and made to sit down. FIFA makes the game into a currency. Every game looks like every other game, whether it is played in Rio de Janeiro or Johannesburg or Berlin. (Perhaps, however, not Manaus.)
Resistance to the World Cup, abolition of the World Cup – it is necessary and yet for football fans and even FIFA critics it is almost unimaginable. Nothing short of a full-scale revolution will bring it to a stop – is that what we are rooting for? People who can no longer afford the price of entry into a host city’s stadium take to the streets; they are replaced in the stands by a mass of silent witnesses. Which struggle will we see on the television – the one inside the stadium, or the one outside of it?
The football critic who would try to think of a world outside the World Cup is faced with a unique set of problems. The World Cup has a stranglehold on the presentation of football as “the global game.” But the pleasure promised to us by the mega-event is rooted outside the stadium, and outside of FIFA’s reach. The ordinary forms of joy we feel on the pitch are cited by nearly every advertisement that swarms the World Cup. An ad for a shoe or a television set, or soda or hamburgers will feature children threading a ball through the crowded narrow alleys of some nameless slum. Kids chase that ball to pop music one might hear in Atlanta, Montevideo, Seoul or Marseille. They are happy to be alive. What fan hasn’t had a taste of the happiness cited by such ads? The absolute joy of a weekly game with friends – the sort of game in which even the bickering is fun. That happiness is fleeting – the game can teach you how to live with that: you have to make yourself available to that pleasure by showing up hung-over, in the rain, in the hot sun. But what do we show up for, when we turn on our television sets?
The discourse of “the beautiful game” romances the idea that in poverty one’s pleasures have a certain nobility. It is one of the most cynical features of the mega event: a neo-liberal fantasy about the joy of the poor functions as an alibi for an inhuman economy in which stadiums are built not as homes for a team and its fans, but as sets for a handful of televised events; in which clubs are mortgaged into abstraction; in which the obscenity of one player’s income is dwarfed by the cosmic scale of the team-owner’s wealth. The identification of the game with keywords like “universal,” “global” and “beautiful” papers over the exclusion of women from this world. It celebrates the provincialism which assumes that there is no place on earth indifferent to this sport. It turns the scholar of the sport’s globalism into expert testimony justifying development schemes. The larger and the more inclusive these events become, the more media space they take up, the more public resources they use up – and the worse things gets. Resources are not redistributed around the World Cup; they are concentrated and absorbed by a ministry of corruption. This is not the view of the football extremist. To assert such a thing is not even interventionist. It is a given. What have I written here that hasn’t been said by Eduardo Galeano, years ago? Or by our grandparents?
The tournament is sold to us as the story of a level playing field from which a few deserving souls might be elevated to something more spectacular than equal access to opportunity. As if the latter were a given in our lives, and not, in fact, the elusive aim of an ongoing struggle. The level playing field of a bright green square of uniform grass produces a world of losers. What keeps the World Cup in place? What keeps national associations under FIFA’s sway?Who on earth really wants yet another tournament that concludes with a cynical exchange of fouls by two teams we imagine as enemies but who are, really, two sides of the same coin? Where, the fan asks, do we turn for a glimpse of some other possibility?
Filed Under: Football Tagged With: World Cup
On the Sexism of Football Scholars and Sports Critics
May 12, 2014 by J Doyle
“People want excellence in sports, and the quality of women’s soccer is not there.”
“Nobody wants to watch women’s sports.”
“The top women can’t take on the top men.”
These three things were said by attendees at a recent congress of leading scholars and journalists working on soccer.
The organizers of Soccer as the Beautiful Game deserve a lot of credit for bringing scholars and sports writers together. What follows is not a criticism of that conference, or of its organizers – quite the opposite. At this moment, it is not possible to organize a conference at which the above statements would not be made, unless one either excluded women and women’s football from all discussion, or invited only feminists to the table. The conference’s organizers worked to make sure that feminist scholars like myself were in the room because they are committed to changing the field.
As long as people writing about the men’s game write only about men, they can maintain the delusion that their work isn’t sexist in its very foundation. But the world does not line up with their writing. It isn’t composed entirely of men – not even where the men’s game is concerned (one scholar’s presentation on the recollections of English women football fans of the 1966 World Cup was illuminating not only in its content, but also in its rarity – even scholarship on fans tends to assume that they are all and always only men). With even just a few women in the room (men outnumbered women at this conference by what felt like 7 to 3) – with a just a handful of experts on the women’s game among the audience – overt and inferential expressions of sexism were inevitable. You can’t put us – feminists, women, women’s football fans – in a room with them – sexists (men who only care about men’s sports) – and not provoke some awfulness from a few of the sexists. (Most sexist sports scholars and critics are benevolent in their approach to women’s sports: they want to see the field developed – by women.)
From left to right: Simon Kuper, John Foot, Brenda Elsey, Alex Galarza, Grant Wahl, Peter Alegi and Charles Korr.
To wit: A plenary panel composed of leading scholars and journalists addressed their experiences writing about the sport. Each panelists spoke briefly about the way the sport’s history, politics and economy impacts their practice as scholars and as journalists. Featured on the panel*: Grant Wahl – [until recently] the lone full-time journalist covering soccer for Sports Illustrated; Brenda Elsey – one of the conference organizers and author of Citizens and Sportsmen (a study of the amateur men’s fútbol clubs in Chile; she is writing about the history of women’s fútbol in that country); and Simon Kuper – author of Football Against the Enemy and a journalist for The Financial Times. Kuper, in particular, is a darling of the academic world, frequently invited to speak about the politics of the men’s game – his book is something of a sports-writing/academic cross-over.
In their opening remarks all of the panelists spoke about their writing about the men’s game. That the context for the conversation was the men’s game was taken as a given. During the Q&A, I raised my hand to ask Elsey and Wahl (who have both written about the women’s game as well as the men’s) to address how the situation changes when their writing turns to women. (For example, with the men’s game journalists and scholars both wrestle with economic and political pressures unique to the scale of its economy.) Elsey made a provocative point when she asked how dangerous must the women’s game be to have been banned for so long in so many countries – especially as the men’s game has been the site of so much important social organization. Wahl pointed out that if he wrote about another sport, he might never get a chance to report on women athletes – he considered himself lucky on that front.
Some hands went up in the audience, and the moderator – Charles Korr (a distinguished sports historian at the University of Missouri, St Louis) – picked a man I don’t know (I think this man was a member of the public, neither a scholar nor a journalist). That man said something like the following:
The thing is, people don’t want to watch women’s soccer: they want excellence, and the women’s game is not as developed as the men’s game. It’s slower, not as powerful.
I can’t quite remember what happened. I made a noise of some kind and some sort of gesture; a whole bunch of hands went up. Another man was picked to speak. He sounded relieved. Finally someone expressed something that everyone knew but didn’t feel like they could say in front of people like myself – although they were clearly dying to.
This man, Kevin McCrudden – a local journalist – invoked the WNBA as a evidence that “no one” wants to watch women’s sports: they need to be subsidized by the NBA, right? Unlike men’s teams, women’s teams lose money. (McCrudden seemed unaware of the fact that the television audience for MLS is smaller than that of the WNBA.) Other men jumped in to argue with these statements.
None of the senior feminists in the room raised their hands that I can remember. We did some combination of the following.
We locked eyes with each other.
We thought “what do we do?”
We debated in our minds if we could walk out. (As a keynote speaker at the conference, I did not feel I could.)
We tweeted.
The conversation seemed to go on, no one seemed able to stop the flow of sexist statements.
Finally, a young woman in the audience stood up and called out the sexists on their language: their imperial “we” and presumed “no one” left no room for her, as an ardent fan of women’s soccer who sought out every opportunity to watch it. I think she had to stand up because the moderator hadn’t called on her. I think, too, that she was a student.
If I didn’t say anything it was because I’d given a keynote address earlier in the conference; I had called out the segregated structure of sports scholarship as part and parcel of the sexist, homophobic and transphobic segregationist logics that underpin administration of the sport. I had also asked the question drew out the sexists – a question not aimed at the sexists, but at the people who make women’s soccer a part of their work.
I didn’t want to get into a shouting match with idiots. The other women in the room were far more seasoned that I am and even less likely to take the bait. I’ve spent most of my career writing about queer performance art, after all. Jean Williams literally wrote the book on feminist sports history where soccer is concerned. (Actually, she’s written three.) The fact that none of us spoke up at this point was evidence of our collective experience – these “conversations” go absolutely nowhere. They are not conversations. They are symptoms.
And I was particularly tired, because I got caught in a similar “discussion” the night before, in a sports bar, with at least one of the men on the panel.
In any case, the moderator stepped in to kill the discussion – it needed to happen but it felt like the wrong kind of intervention. Had I been moderating I might have just called out those remarks as sexist, and asked Wahl and Elsey, for example, how such attitudes shaped their experience writing about the women’s game. That isn’t what happened however. The moderator just wanted to put the whole mess back in the box – which makes sense, as I don’t think he’s ever written about women’s sports or sexism and perhaps he couldn’t handle it. Because if you don’t write about women’s sports or sexism in women’s sports – well, you have no expertise in the expert non-defensive communication skills required of such a situation.
Brenda Elsey, however, does. The lone woman on the panel leaned forward at that point and asserted her prerogative, as the conference co-organizer, to have the last word. She said something like:
“This whole conversation – the fact that it is even happening – is sexist.”
The mere introduction of women’s soccer as a subject of conversation provokes “common sense” observations from sexists about how “no one wants to watch women’s soccer” because women are weaker, slower etc. That is sexist. That the people who work on women’s soccer have to defend women’s athletic ability in order to participate in any conversation about women’s soccer – that is sexist.
And as it happens, I had spent the previous night arguing this point with Simon Kuper.
Earlier that evening, I’d been hanging out with Jean Williams and Stacey Pope, swapping notes on the talks we’d seen. We talked about Pelé, who was honored at a banquet that night, and gossiped about NY Cosmos goalie Shep Messing, who seemed to be flirting with everyone – me, but also David Goldblatt, for example.
I was feeling really high on the whole experience: Joshua Nadel, a scholar at North Carolina Central University, shared television footage of the 1971 Mexico City women’s world championship tournament – an event I’ve been obsessed with because it is the largest known audience for a women’s sporting event: over 100,000 filled Estadio Azteca to watch Mexico lose to Sweden. I’d only seen references to the event, I’d never seen actual footage of it until Nadel shared it with me. Stacey’s presentation on English women’s recollections of the 1966 World Cup was really moving and inspiring. I wanted to hang out with these folks, kick back and relax as all of us had given our papers by then.
We got separated, though, as we caught different shuttle busses back to the hotel. I went to the bar with fellow blogger Andrew Guest, Simon Kuper and a bunch of other attendees.
Within minutes of sitting down, Kuper and I became embroiled in an argument. Kuper returned to my keynote address – I had come out as hating the World Cup, not only because it’s a completely corrupt boondoggle, but because it replicates segregationist logics and broadcasts a fantasy world from which women have been banished. I posited another kind of football culture – one that fought segregationist logics rather than reproduced them. So, Kuper baited me:
He continued by making assertions like: women are slower than men; women are weaker than men. And he kept returning to the following:
Marta could not take on Neymar.
I replied with something like:
They would not take on each other; they are both attacking players. They’d likely be on the same team, or on opposite ends of the field. You mean ‘Marta could not take on Puyol.’ And I want to see that. Maybe she couldn’t, but what if she could? People don’t always ‘take on’ other players by, say, outrunning them. And if she’s slower than Puyol (I don’t know that she is), she’s also a lot smaller. He’d have a hard time tackling her.
Kuper didn’t find this satisfying: he kept returning to the statements about women’s physical weakness, and he seemed to need me to agree with him on those points – that I refused to do so seemed to rattle him, but in a way that I think he enjoyed. I think he thought I was enjoying the conversation too.
I was rattled, however, in a way that I do not enjoy: because there I was in a sports bar, wrangling with the most primary expression of sexism. Those attitudes were being expressed by a man that people in the field think of as an important intellectual where this sport is concerned. (I, for the record, do not.) Everything Kuper said in that conversation was sexist, and what was particularly shitty was that he seemed not to know this.
As he pressed on, I thought to myself: This is why Simon Kuper has never examined the situation of the women’s game in any of the stories that he has written about football and international politics. Why SAFA or the Nigerian or the Spanish FA’s behavior towards their women’s sides (each its own scandal) isn’t newsworthy to him – or to most people who write about football, be they scholars or journalists. Such stories, in the mind of the sexist journalist and scholar, cannot be connected to Politics or Economics because the abject status of women’s football is a product of Nature.
They find talking about women’s sports a drag because they know nothing about it. They only thing they “know” is that women are weaker. And so that’s the conversation they insist on having, over and over again.
Oh, how I wish that I’d been having drinks with Grant Wahl instead. So that we might process the recent dismissal of the USWNT coach, so that we might talk about the upcoming women’s world cup being played on artificial turf, or the uneven development of the women’s game, and what is going on with Brazil – with the women’s team, that is. So that we might cast our “dream” mixed team. Oh, that I’d been sitting at a table with Jean and Stacey – so that they might chime in with their perspective on the Super League, and continue our conversations about their work as public historians.
But no. I was in a sports bar having an argument with an “intellectual” who wanted me to agree to his premise – that women are weaker – an argument that I also had with boys on the school bus when I was 8 years old. This perspective does not mature as boys turn into men; men either shed that attitude or it cements into their brain structure, like some kind of thought-killing plaque.
I refuse to have ANY conversation about sports that naturalizes women as the weaker sex as a precondition for entering into the discussion. So, in our discussion I kept returning to Kuper’s desire to force me to “admit” that Marta was somehow less of a player than Neymar, as if the aim of my own scholarship could be boiled down to this point. (People like Kuper do not read the work of people like myself.)
Thankfully, Andrew Guest partnered up with me in this discussion. So I wasn’t alone. But we were in a minority.
If you are woman forced into having that conversation over and over again, at some point you really just want to leave the room. At some point you might decide that life is too short to waste your time talking to these people. So the next morning, when a conversation about the material difference in the experience of writing about men’s soccer and writing about women’s soccer turned into the “natural” difference between men and women, I was not surprised but I did want to leave the room.
What does surprise me is how oblivious people in the field are to the toxicity of such conversations – it shows a total disregard for the conversation one might have in reply to a conversation like “how dangerous must women’s football be to have been banned for so long.” There is a place we can go that looks less like an elementary school argument, and more like the utopian “universalism” to which discourse about the game appeals. A place of not only gender equity, but gender fluidity. A world divided not in two but united in its assembly of singularities. Not Marta or Neymar, but Marta with Neymar.
*The panel was organized by The Football Scholars Forum, a terrific on-line seminar run by terrific scholars at Michigan State – Peter Alegi and Alex Galarza. Also on this panel was John Foot, who is based at the University of Bristol and is an important sports studies scholar in the UK.
Filed Under: Football, Politics, Sex Politics, Sexism Tagged With: Sexism, soccer, sports writing, World Cup
Michael Sam: Welcome to the Family
February 12, 2014 by J Doyle
Joe Sola, Saint Henry Composition, 2001 (still)
It is a marvelous thing when an athlete tells the world that he is not going to bargain with his happiness.
It is marvelous thing that Michael Sam, a serious NFL prospect, has announced to the people who run the show that he’s gay – it’s just plain wonderful that he made this announcement as publicly as possible through mainstream and LGBT media. Michael Sam is daring the sports world to turn its back on him. Daring the suits to defy the (relatively) easy acceptance shown him by his teammates and coaching staff.
“And, by the way, I’m GAY” is something that gay men in the most macho of sports usually say on their way out the door. Retiring as a player is accompanied by a release – for many LGBT athletes, participation in a sport is synonymous with the suppression of one’s life as gay, lesbian or transgendered. A robust professional career becomes a straight-jacket. Hanging up the uniform is done with a certain joy, and a lot of bitterness.
In 2009, the Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas, a real star in an international game, asserted the possibility of a different story for men. Thomas came out to the media in 2009 (he retired in 2011). He was already out to his teammates and his coach: he was in his late 30s and in the rare position of being so loved, so admired that his coming out could not have unsettled people’s understanding of his value as an athlete. Most queer folks walk away much sooner. As teenagers. They walk away from the track, they walk off the field. If they read as gay to the people around them – they get kicked off the team, they don’t get selected for national development programs, they are bullied and shamed and never get to a place where they might be offered a spot on a big college team. Most say something like, FUCK THIS BULLSHIT and do something else.
A few of these young people find it within themselves to fall on the sword and file lawsuits, and it is thanks to them that we have any legal tools for confronting the intense homophobia that shapes lesbian and gay athletes’ experiences of sports. Penn State basketball stand-out Jennifer Harris did so in 2007 when she was bullied by her coach – Rene Portland had a “no lesbians” policy which she advertised to the media for 20 years. Portland didn’t think there was anything wrong with her policy, it felt totally natural to her to ban lesbians from her team (lesbian, here, meant any woman who doesn’t appear feminine). Those people never get to take their sport up again – people who fight for social justice are not, according this side of the sports world, “team players.” That kind of attitude still prevails among the corporate drones of the sports world. The people writing endorsement contracts, making media deals – the people in the business of selling the game, the people who make selling out into a profession – they are the ones holding us all back. As Chris Kluwe told the New York Times:
The men in charge will pose problems, Kluwe said. “It’s the general managers and coaches who are going to say it’s a distraction.”
These are the people who force the lesbian, gay and trans athlete to choose. Sport or sex. And by “sex” here, I mean the whole things – everything that word means. The gender of one’s romantic partners, sexual acts and identities, one’s own relationship to gender and sexuality, one’s social relationships to gendered people, the gender-culture of one’s sport, the sexual culture of that sport. One is asked to suppress and participate; embrace and exile.
That suppression might require that one deep-six one’s happiness, all expression of gender rebellion, all expressions of same-sex love and attachment. It might require something lighter – but still quite heavy – an undercover cop’s level of discretion as one leads the classic double-life – and in which the more successful you are in your sport, the more vulnerable you are for having made even the smallest gesture towards that word ‘gay.’ Maybe, as is the case with a lot of women athletes, one “just” watches the team’s management, the Olympic committee’s administration, and corporate sponsors quash all things that signal “gay” – from the existence of a long-term, live-in girlfriend and the importance of a gay family as part of an athlete’s support team (athletes have gay parents!), to an athlete’s haircut, outfit choices, participation in Pride or mentorship of other LGBT athletes. All of that might be conducted “off-the-record” to make a bunch of out-of-touch assholes feel like they are stewarding the development of your sport. Which usually involves putting women athletes in bikinis, giving them make-overs, and finding stories about teammates who are getting married – to men. To reassure themselves that women are not lesbians, lesbians are not women. If Sam wants to talk to out pro athletes about negotiating all of that – new territory in men’s sports – he’d do well to seek out the women who’ve been out there in sports world’s genderwarzone for decades. Now that he’s out, he gets to navigate the problem of being visible.
It is interesting to watch the straight media struggle to describe the shape of Sam’s life. All media accounts describe him as open in a way that is perfectly commensurate with the lives of young gay men who are in college, who are finding their way through a homophobic world – telling friends, finding the right bars and making more friends. Right now, the media is making a lot out of his family’s homophobia, for example. The New York Times profile dedicates a fair amount to space to his father’s discomfort, and suggests that being closer to friends than family is some sort of tragedy – even given the hundred other things Sam had to overcome, the idea of a homophobic father – especially one who is a black man – will prove irresistible as headline fodder. For queer folks, a family’s homophobia is a misery, but it is often also part of a more complicated story. A family’s homophobia may be just one ingredient in a toxic cocktail, and homophobia has all sorts of shapes, textures and sounds. Sometimes a family just can’t support you for who you are and there might be a thousand reasons why that might be so. Discovering a whole world of people – friends – who are happy to mentor and guide you, who are dedicated to your happiness and to the realization of your potential – who will open up their homes, shelter you and more – that is a magic time in one’s life and queer folks turn away from all sorts of trouble in favor of this other family. The families we choose. Queer friendship, in fact, points out the poverty of the system that only validates relationships that fit a heternormative, reproductive paradigm. We should not look at biological families or friendships through the lens of that paradigm. Friends are not a poor substitute for a “real” family. It seems like Michael Sam is really good at making friends, finding family in the larger world. And that this is the place he’s coming from.
This is what I like about his timing. This is not just a coming out, this is an athlete who is already making a home for himself in the world as a gay man. His announcement to the media is a very public demonstration of the choice that LGBT athletes make every day, especially in their youth – a decision, often made by necessity – as a matter of survival – to live otherwise and to make the world into something different – something better. His message: “This game is asking something of me that I don’t want to give it. A denial of who I am. So I’m going to demand a different kind of game.” Few are in a position to force a game to change. Michael Sam is, and he’s going for it.
Filed Under: Football, Media, Queer Sport Spectacles Tagged With: Football
Goal Tending
February 6, 2014 by J Doyle
For the past couple weeks I’ve been posting artwork centered on women’s football, partly in response to the exclusion of such work from curatorial projects on “the beautiful game.” I have a professional responsibility as a feminist art critic and as a feminist sports writer to point out when the marginalization of women’s sports is extended into the art world, to educate people as to how one might counter that tendency, but also to explain why it is important that we do so.
As I talk with people about this kind of artwork, and the condition of women’s football globally, I’m constantly reminded of cultural attitudes about the women’s game. For most people, women’s football is an obscure subject. It’s an obscure subject, in fact, for most women sports fans. People are committed to the idea that women’s football is slow and boring. They might enjoy the Olympics, or the Women’s World Cup – but what they seem to relish is the surprise that they liked the tournament. Sports media feeds the fan this narrative – that anytime a women’s game is exciting, it’s a “new” thing. It’s a surprise because mainstream fans of football are committed to the idea that women just don’t have the skill, strength, or speed to play an “entertaining” game. When not enthralled by an international tournament in which women are somehow possessed by demons and play well, those (sexist) fans entertain (comfort?) themselves with stories of women’s monstrosity and ineptitude. These people sit at home and make video montages, evidencing what they already know. Women can’t play.
This gross problem is perhaps nowhere more in evidence than in popular ideas about women goalkeepers. The above youtube video has been, since 2007, the first video that appears in a google search for “women goalkeepers.” The first (at least from my computers and in my locations). Not season highlights of the first goalkeeper (male or female) to win FIFA’s World Player of the Year (Germany’s Nadine Angerer) but a weird compilation of low points in the early rounds of an old tournament. Ask the world what it wants to know about women goalkeepers, and you will learn that the world cares only about how awful they are. This is the story that world is determined to see. The question “Why is women’s goalkeeping so poor?” takes as a given the idea that women are inherently bad at goalkeeping; it assumes that the limits one might see in the early rounds of an international tournament reflect a biological limitation. A deficiency. In fact, any mistake a woman makes in goal at any level is likely to be read as the result of her having a vagina.
But ask the world what it wants to know about goalkeepers – who are assumed to be men – and you will see that the world wants a definition of the position and it wants to know which ones are the best. Given the ruthlessness of the sexism of the sports world, I think it’s important – necessary – that when we take up football as a subject in our research, writing and cultural programing we actively refuse the impulse to take the men’s game as a universal standard, and the women’s game as some form of deviation. We need to think them both together, and in relation to one another.
Filed Under: Football, Queer Sport Spectacles, Sexism Tagged With: Football, Sexism, women goalkeepers
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The Internet, LGBTQA+, Movies, Music, Books, Pop Culture
The most iconic moments of 20gayteen – and why entertainment matters in normalizing minorities
... and the best thing is, 20gayteen isn't over yet!
By Federica Bocco Oct. 18, 2018
Attribution: Pynk Music Video by Janelle Monae [Image description: seven women dance together wearing pink skirts that represent the vulva] via Youtube
Didn’t you hear? Word on the net is that 2018 has been canceled, replaced by 20gayteen, which sounds much cooler and much more diverse. Jokes aside, this year counts many amazing contributions in the entertainment industry by queer artists and about LGBTQ+ narratives. They were much needed and will continue to be if we are to win the fight towards de facto equality. Yes, the road to equal rights is still long, and entertainment is by far less important than laws and policies, but it’s a step in the right direction.
How does a marginalized group come to be tolerated, accepted and finally beloved in society? A phobia always originates from ignorance. We fear what is different, what is unknown. As long as something is conceptualized as Other, there will always be a certain fear that translates into hatred. The necessary normalization should take place in common spaces that are constant sources of information for society: the easiest way to change people’s minds is to do it through entertainment.
Films and television have an almost omnipotent power that is expressed in a vicious circle: they are reflection of our society, yes, but our society also mirrors what it sees in the media. Therefore, without further ado, here’s a list of relevant media events that might not be perfect, but that are definitely helping changing people’s minds little by little.
1. Janelle Monae and her Dirty Computer
[Image decription: Janelle Monae wearing a rainbow gown at an event]
Janelle has always been an outspoken activist. This year, she’s gone above and beyond to express herself in the most creative and artistic way, not only through her music, but visually as well, through videos and fashion choices. Her music video for Pynk is, quite literally, an ode to vaginas. It also teases a not-so-hidden jab at Donald Trump, with “pynk grabs back” written on panties. Iconic. Dirty Computer, her 46-minute dystopian sci-fi “emotion picture” companion to her album of the same title, is a metaphor for being Other in a white patriarchal heteronormative society that represses anything that is different. Janelle’s multiple identities conflict with the repressive societal standards: she is Black, wild, free, and in a queer polyamorous relationship with the character played by Tessa Thompson and a man. The futuristic visual vibes of her creations are always evocative and tell a story as beautiful as the lyrics.
2. Love, Simon
[Image description: two boys are about to kiss]
The film Love, Simon directed by Greg Berlanti, based on the book Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli was a real pioneer, as the first mainstream teen comedy about gay love. A globally acclaimed hit, it grossed $60+millions at the box office. The takeaway message from the film is that being gay really shouldn’t be a big deal in 2018, it should be normalized. See the hysterical sequence of Simon’s friends coming out to their families for being straight. In fact, the film was marketed not as a niche product for a specific audience of LGBTQ+ and allies, but as a story about love, the way all stories should be presented.
3. Hayley Kiyoko and her Expectations
[Image description: a woman sitting in a chair looks at a naked woman on the floor, who in turns look back at her]
Everything our Lesbian Jesus does, every interview, every social media post is a blessing for the LGBTQ+ community. Expectations is Hayley’s first album and it is impossible to pick a favorite song or music video that she released this year. From the Pride anthem Curious to What I Need ft. Kehlani, and the less known tracks like He’ll Never Love You. Sadly, until recently, Hayley’s audience was limited to queer communities online. Now she’s finally being recognized by the media and even won the Push Artist of the Year Award at the VMAs in September. It’s only fair she’s finally made it into stardom. After all, she’s the one who came up with the hashtag 20GAYTEEN.
4. Bloom by Troye Sivan
[Image description: Troye sitting sideways in an armchair wearing an unbuttoned saffron shirt and turquoise feathers on his head]
Troye’s second album is full of beats, but nothing will be as aesthetically pleasing as the Bloom music video. Glamorously vintage, steamy, visually daring and stunning, Bloom also challenges gender norms, with Troye proudly wearing make-up and clothes that are considered feminine by heteronormative patriarchal society. As usual, he’s having none of that. He dances in bright red lipstick, skirts, dresses and sings in front of elaborate flower arrangements, because boys should be allowed to wear whatever they feel like.
5. Call Me By Your Name
[Image description: two boys are sitting at a table on a sunny day]
The film by Luca Guadagnino based on the novel by André Aciman got four nominations at this year’s Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and brought home the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Before you say that the age gap between Elio and Oliver is illegal, I’ll tell you that it’s completely legal in Italy, where CMBYN is set. This story had a powerful impact on thousands of people because it is a common tale about finding oneself in and through others. It’s about human connection and self-discovery, self-acceptance and – only at the end – romantic love, that just happens to be between two Jewish males. The film’s cinematography is one of the most beautiful of this decade, and it will make you feel nostalgic of places you’ve never been in a time you weren’t born yet.
According to you, what are the media events, films, videos, songs, television episodes, personalities, etc. that made 20GAYTEEN?Let us know by tweeting me at @ladymultifandom, and you could be featured in a future The Tempest article!
The queers thrived in the media in 2018. Let’s keep it up next year, shall we? Twenty-nineteen also rhymes with 20gayteen. Or maybe it’ll be twenty-bi-teen? And then, what, you ask? Twenty-gaynty anyone?
By Federica Bocco
Senior Pop Culture Editor
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January 25, 1921: Death of William T. Sedgwick; 1945: Fluoridation in Grand Rapids, MI; 1870: Patent for Soda Water
January 25, 1921:William T. Sedgwick dies. William Thompson Sedgwick (December 29, 1855, West Hartford – January 25, 1921, Boston) was a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He completed his college education at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1877 and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1881. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1883 until his death in 1921, aged 65, initially as Associate Professor (1884), as tenured Professor (1891) and eventually as head of the department of Biology and Public Health. Also, he was curator of the Lowell Institute from 1897 on.
Sedgwick was the first president of the Society of American Bacteriologists (now American Society for Microbiology) in 1899-1901. He was a mentor to George Warren Fuller and George C. Whipple who would both go on to notable careers in water and wastewater technology.
Reference: “William Thompson Sedgwick.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Sedgwick, retrieved December 27, 2012.
January 25, 1945: CDC Honors 65 Years of Community Water Fluoridation.“Sixty-five years ago, on January 25, 1945, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, added fluoride to its municipal water system and community water fluoridation began. Since that day, this simple, safe, and inexpensive public health intervention has contributed to a remarkable decline in tooth decay in the United States, with each generation enjoying better oral health than the previous generation.
Grand Rapids schoolchildren giving saliva samples as part of the city’s water fluoridation project.
After fluoride’s oral health benefits were discovered in the 1930s, the next step was to achieve optimal levels in community water supplies. Four communities had agreed to undertake community studies, but Grand Rapids was the first to begin implementation. After fluoride was added to its water supply, Grand Rapids was compared to “control” communities with no added fluoride, and a detailed assessment of the relationship between fluoridation and tooth decay was performed. The National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council (NRC) reviewed the results and found a dramatic decline in tooth decay in the Grand Rapids children. On November 29, 1951, the NRC declared water fluoridation safe, effective, and beneficial.”
January 25, 1870: “Gustavus D. Dows, of Boston, MA, received a patent for an “Improvement in Soda-Fountains”; vessel in which carbon dioxide was injected, formed soda-water beverage, delivered drink using internal pressure; modern form of soda fountain; 1858 – made first ornamented soda fountain in the U.S. from white Italian marble with spread eagles perched on the syrup cocks; 1862 – invented a double stream draft arm and cock, for a large or small stream; 1863 – made and sold soda fountains for $225.”
Reference: “Business History.” Website http://www.businesshistory.com/index.php, Accessed November 14, 2012.
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#TDIWH-January 25, 1921: Death of William T. Sedgwick; 1945: Fluoridation in Grand Rapids, MI; 1870: Patent for Soda Water
January 25, 1921: William T. Sedgwick dies. William Thompson Sedgwick (December 29, 1855, West Hartford – January 25, 1921, Boston) was a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He completed his college education at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1877 and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1881. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1883 until his death in 1921, aged 65, initially as Associate Professor (1884), as tenured Professor (1891) and eventually as head of the department of Biology and Public Health. Also, he was curator of the Lowell Institute from 1897 on.
January 25, 1945: CDC Honors 65 Years of Community Water Fluoridation. “Sixty-five years ago, on January 25, 1945, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, added fluoride to its municipal water system and community water fluoridation began. Since that day, this simple, safe, and inexpensive public health intervention has contributed to a remarkable decline in tooth decay in the United States, with each generation enjoying better oral health than the previous generation.
#TDIWH—January 25, 1921: Death of William T. Sedgwick; 1945: Fluoridation in Grand Rapids, MI; 1870: Patent for Soda Water
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The Federal Reserve Cartel: Part I: The Eight Families
Source: HendersonLeftHook.wordpress.com
Dean Henderson
(Excerpted from Chapter 19: The Eight Families: Big Oil & Their Bankers…)
The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco and Chevron Texaco); in tandem with Deutsche Bank, BNP, Barclays and other European old money behemoths. But their monopoly over the global economy does not end at the edge of the oil patch.
According to company 10K filings to the SEC, the Four Horsemen of Banking are among the top ten stock holders of virtually every Fortune 500 corporation. [1]
So who then are the stockholders in these money center banks?
This information is guarded much more closely. My queries to bank regulatory agencies regarding stock ownership in the top 25 US bank holding companies were given Freedom of Information Act status, before being denied on “national security” grounds. This is rather ironic, since many of the bank’s stockholders reside in Europe.
One important repository for the wealth of the global oligarchy that owns these bank holding companies is US Trust Corporation – founded in 1853 and now owned by Bank of America. A recent US Trust Corporate Director and Honorary Trustee was Walter Rothschild. Other directors included Daniel Davison of JP Morgan Chase, Richard Tucker of Exxon Mobil, Daniel Roberts of Citigroup and Marshall Schwartz of Morgan Stanley. [2]
J. W. McCallister, an oil industry insider with House of Saud connections, wrote in The Grim Reaper that information he acquired from Saudi bankers cited 80% ownership of the New York Federal Reserve Bank- by far the most powerful Fed branch- by just eight families, four of which reside in the US. They are the Goldman Sachs, Rockefellers, Lehmans and Kuhn Loebs of New York; the Rothschilds of Paris and London; the Warburgs of Hamburg; the Lazards of Paris; and the Israel Moses Seifs of Rome.
CPA Thomas D. Schauf corroborates McCallister’s claims, adding that ten banks control all twelve Federal Reserve Bank branches. He names N.M. Rothschild of London, Rothschild Bank of Berlin, Warburg Bank of Hamburg, Warburg Bank of Amsterdam, Lehman Brothers of New York, Lazard Brothers of Paris, Kuhn Loeb Bank of New York, Israel Moses Seif Bank of Italy, Goldman Sachs of New York and JP Morgan Chase Bank of New York. Schauf lists William Rockefeller, Paul Warburg, Jacob Schiff and James Stillman as individuals who own large shares of the Fed. [3] The Schiffs are insiders at Kuhn Loeb. The Stillmans are Citigroup insiders, who married into the Rockefeller clan at the turn of the century.
Eustace Mullins came to the same conclusions in his book The Secrets of the Federal Reserve, in which he displays charts connecting the Fed and its member banks to the families of Rothschild, Warburg, Rockefeller and the others. [4]
The control that these banking families exert over the global economy cannot be overstated and is quite intentionally shrouded in secrecy. Their corporate media arm is quick to discredit any information exposing this private central banking cartel as “conspiracy theory”. Yet the facts remain.
The House of Morgan
The Federal Reserve Bank was born in 1913, the same year US banking scion J. Pierpont Morgan died and the Rockefeller Foundation was formed. The House of Morgan presided over American finance from the corner of Wall Street and Broad, acting as quasi-US central bank since 1838, when George Peabody founded it in London.
Peabody was a business associate of the Rothschilds. In 1952 Fed researcher Eustace Mullins put forth the supposition that the Morgans were nothing more than Rothschild agents. Mullins wrote that the Rothschilds, “…preferred to operate anonymously in the US behind the facade of J.P. Morgan & Company”. [5]
Author Gabriel Kolko stated, “Morgan’s activities in 1895-1896 in selling US gold bonds in Europe were based on an alliance with the House of Rothschild.” [6]
The Morgan financial octopus wrapped its tentacles quickly around the globe. Morgan Grenfell operated in London. Morgan et Ce ruled Paris. The Rothschild’s Lambert cousins set up Drexel & Company in Philadelphia.
The House of Morgan catered to the Astors, DuPonts, Guggenheims, Vanderbilts and Rockefellers. It financed the launch of AT&T, General Motors, General Electric and DuPont. Like the London-based Rothschild and Barings banks, Morgan became part of the power structure in many countries.
By 1890 the House of Morgan was lending to Egypt’s central bank, financing Russian railroads, floating Brazilian provincial government bonds and funding Argentine public works projects. A recession in 1893 enhanced Morgan’s power. That year Morgan saved the US government from a bank panic, forming a syndicate to prop up government reserves with a shipment of $62 million worth of Rothschild gold. [7]
Morgan was the driving force behind Western expansion in the US, financing and controlling West-bound railroads through voting trusts. In 1879 Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Morgan-financed New York Central Railroad gave preferential shipping rates to John D. Rockefeller’s budding Standard Oil monopoly, cementing the Rockefeller/Morgan relationship.
The House of Morgan now fell under Rothschild and Rockefeller family control. A New York Herald headline read, “Railroad Kings Form Gigantic Trust”. J. Pierpont Morgan, who once stated, “Competition is a sin”, now opined gleefully, “Think of it. All competing railroad traffic west of St. Louis placed in the control of about thirty men.”[8]
Morgan and Edward Harriman’s banker Kuhn Loeb held a monopoly over the railroads, while banking dynasties Lehman, Goldman Sachs and Lazard joined the Rockefellers in controlling the US industrial base. [9]
In 1903 Banker’s Trust was set up by the Eight Families. Benjamin Strong of Banker’s Trust was the first Governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The 1913 creation of the Fed fused the power of the Eight Families to the military and diplomatic might of the US government. If their overseas loans went unpaid, the oligarchs could now deploy US Marines to collect the debts. Morgan, Chase and Citibank formed an international lending syndicate.
The House of Morgan was cozy with the British House of Windsor and the Italian House of Savoy. The Kuhn Loebs, Warburgs, Lehmans, Lazards, Israel Moses Seifs and Goldman Sachs also had close ties to European royalty. By 1895 Morgan controlled the flow of gold in and out of the US. The first American wave of mergers was in its infancy and was being promoted by the bankers. In 1897 there were sixty-nine industrial mergers. By 1899 there were twelve-hundred. In 1904 John Moody – founder of Moody’s Investor Services – said it was impossible to talk of Rockefeller and Morgan interests as separate. [10]
Public distrust of the combine spread. Many considered them traitors working for European old money. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, Andrew Carnegie’s US Steel and Edward Harriman’s railroads were all financed by banker Jacob Schiff at Kuhn Loeb, who worked closely with the European Rothschilds.
Several Western states banned the bankers. Populist preacher William Jennings Bryan was thrice the Democratic nominee for President from 1896 -1908. The central theme of his anti-imperialist campaign was that America was falling into a trap of “financial servitude to British capital”. Teddy Roosevelt defeated Bryan in 1908, but was forced by this spreading populist wildfire to enact the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. He then went after the Standard Oil Trust.
In 1912 the Pujo hearings were held, addressing concentration of power on Wall Street. That same year Mrs. Edward Harriman sold her substantial shares in New York’s Guaranty Trust Bank to J.P. Morgan, creating Morgan Guaranty Trust. Judge Louis Brandeis convinced President Woodrow Wilson to call for an end to interlocking board directorates. In 1914 the Clayton Anti-Trust Act was passed.
Jack Morgan – J. Pierpont’s son and successor – responded by calling on Morgan clients Remington and Winchester to increase arms production. He argued that the US needed to enter WWI. Goaded by the Carnegie Foundation and other oligarchy fronts, Wilson accommodated. As Charles Tansill wrote in America Goes to War, “Even before the clash of arms, the French firm of Rothschild Freres cabled to Morgan & Company in New York suggesting the flotation of a loan of $100 million, a substantial part of which was to be left in the US to pay for French purchases of American goods.”
The House of Morgan financed half the US war effort, while receiving commissions for lining up contractors like GE, Du Pont, US Steel, Kennecott and ASARCO. All were Morgan clients. Morgan also financed the British Boer War in South Africa and the Franco-Prussian War. The 1919 Paris Peace Conference was presided over by Morgan, which led both German and Allied reconstruction efforts. [11]
In the 1930’s populism resurfaced in America after Goldman Sachs, Lehman Bank and others profited from the Crash of 1929. [12] House Banking Committee Chairman Louis McFadden (D-NY) said of the Great Depression, “It was no accident. It was a carefully contrived occurrence…The international bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair here so they might emerge as rulers of us all”.
Sen. Gerald Nye (D-ND) chaired a munitions investigation in 1936. Nye concluded that the House of Morgan had plunged the US into WWI to protect loans and create a booming arms industry. Nye later produced a document titled The Next War, which cynically referred to “the old goddess of democracy trick”, through which Japan could be used to lure the US into WWII.
In 1937 Interior Secretary Harold Ickes warned of the influence of “America’s 60 Families”. Historian Ferdinand Lundberg later penned a book of the exact same title. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas decried, “Morgan influence…the most pernicious one in industry and finance today.”
Jack Morgan responded by nudging the US towards WWII. Morgan had close relations with the Iwasaki and Dan families – Japan’s two wealthiest clans – who have owned Mitsubishi and Mitsui, respectively, since the companies emerged from 17th Century shogunates. When Japan invaded Manchuria, slaughtering Chinese peasants at Nanking, Morgan downplayed the incident. Morgan also had close relations with Italian fascist Benito Mussolini, while German Nazi Dr. Hjalmer Schacht was a Morgan Bank liaison during WWII. After the war Morgan representatives met with Schacht at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. [13]
The House of Rockefeller
BIS is the most powerful bank in the world, a global central bank for the Eight Families who control the private central banks of almost all Western and developing nations. The first President of BIS was Rockefeller banker Gates McGarrah- an official at Chase Manhattan and the Federal Reserve. McGarrah was the grandfather of former CIA director Richard Helms. The Rockefellers- like the Morgans- had close ties to London. David Icke writes in Children of the Matrix, that the Rockefellers and Morgans were just “gofers” for the European Rothschilds. [14]
BIS is owned by the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, Bank of Italy, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank, Nederlandsche Bank, Bundesbank and Bank of France.
Historian Carroll Quigley wrote in his epic book Tragedy and Hope that BIS was part of a plan, “to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole…to be controlled in a feudalistic fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert by secret agreements.”
The US government had a historical distrust of BIS, lobbying unsuccessfully for its demise at the 1944 post-WWII Bretton Woods Conference. Instead the Eight Families’ power was exacerbated, with the Bretton Woods creation of the IMF and the World Bank. The US Federal Reserve only took shares in BIS in September 1994. [15]
BIS holds at least 10% of monetary reserves for at least 80 of the world’s central banks, the IMF and other multilateral institutions. It serves as financial agent for international agreements, collects information on the global economy and serves as lender of last resort to prevent global financial collapse.
BIS promotes an agenda of monopoly capitalist fascism. It gave a bridge loan to Hungary in the 1990’s to ensure privatization of that country’s economy. It served as conduit for Eight Families funding of Adolf Hitler- led by the Warburg’s J. Henry Schroeder and Mendelsohn Bank of Amsterdam. Many researchers assert that BIS is at the nadir of global drug money laundering. [16]
It is no coincidence that BIS is headquartered in Switzerland, favorite hiding place for the wealth of the global aristocracy and headquarters for the P-2 Italian Freemason’s Alpina Lodge and Nazi International. Other institutions which the Eight Families control include the World Economic Forum, the International Monetary Conference and the World Trade Organization.
Bretton Woods was a boon to the Eight Families. The IMF and World Bank were central to this “new world order”. In 1944 the first World Bank bonds were floated by Morgan Stanley and First Boston. The French Lazard family became more involved in House of Morgan interests. Lazard Freres- France’s biggest investment bank- is owned by the Lazard and David-Weill families- old Genoese banking scions represented by Michelle Davive. A recent Chairman and CEO of Citigroup was Sanford Weill.
In 1968 Morgan Guaranty launched Euro-Clear, a Brussels-based bank clearing system for Eurodollar securities. It was the first such automated endeavor. Some took to calling Euro-Clear “The Beast”. Brussels serves as headquarters for the new European Central Bank and for NATO. In 1973 Morgan officials met secretly in Bermuda to illegally resurrect the old House of Morgan, twenty years before Glass Steagal Act was repealed. Morgan and the Rockefellers provided the financial backing for Merrill Lynch, boosting it into the Big 5 of US investment banking. Merrill is now part of Bank of America.
John D. Rockefeller used his oil wealth to acquire Equitable Trust, which had gobbled up several large banks and corporations by the 1920’s. The Great Depression helped consolidate Rockefeller’s power. His Chase Bank merged with Kuhn Loeb’s Manhattan Bank to form Chase Manhattan, cementing a long-time family relationship. The Kuhn-Loeb’s had financed – along with Rothschilds – Rockefeller’s quest to become king of the oil patch. National City Bank of Cleveland provided John D. with the money needed to embark upon his monopolization of the US oil industry. The bank was identified in Congressional hearings as being one of three Rothschild-owned banks in the US during the 1870’s, when Rockefeller first incorporated as Standard Oil of Ohio. [17]
One Rockefeller Standard Oil partner was Edward Harkness, whose family came to control Chemical Bank. Another was James Stillman, whose family controlled Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Both banks have merged under the JP Morgan Chase umbrella. Two of James Stillman’s daughters married two of William Rockefeller’s sons. The two families control a big chunk of Citigroup as well. [18]
In the insurance business, the Rockefellers control Metropolitan Life, Equitable Life, Prudential and New York Life. Rockefeller banks control 25% of all assets of the 50 largest US commercial banks and 30% of all assets of the 50 largest insurance companies. [19] Insurance companies- the first in the US was launched by Freemasons through their Woodman’s of America- play a key role in the Bermuda drug money shuffle.
Companies under Rockefeller control include Exxon Mobil, Chevron Texaco, BP Amoco, Marathon Oil, Freeport McMoran, Quaker Oats, ASARCO, United, Delta, Northwest, ITT, International Harvester, Xerox, Boeing, Westinghouse, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, International Paper, Pfizer, Motorola, Monsanto, Union Carbide and General Foods.
The Rockefeller Foundation has close financial ties to both Ford and Carnegie Foundations. Other family philanthropic endeavors include Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, General Education Board, Rockefeller University and the University of Chicago- which churns out a steady stream of far right economists as apologists for international capital, including Milton Friedman.
The family owns 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where the national Christmas tree is lighted every year, and Rockefeller Center. David Rockefeller was instrumental in the construction of the World Trade Center towers. The main Rockefeller family home is a hulking complex in upstate New York known as Pocantico Hills. They also own a 32-room 5th Avenue duplex in Manhattan, a mansion in Washington, DC, Monte Sacro Ranch in Venezuela, coffee plantations in Ecuador, several farms in Brazil, an estate at Seal Harbor, Maine and resorts in the Caribbean, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. [20]
The Dulles and Rockefeller families are cousins. Allen Dulles created the CIA, assisted the Nazis, covered up the Kennedy hit from his Warren Commission perch and struck a deal with the Muslim Brotherhood to create mind-controlled assassins. [21]
Brother John Foster Dulles presided over the phony Goldman Sachs trusts before the 1929 stock market crash and helped his brother overthrow governments in Iran and Guatemala. Both were Skull & Bones, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) insiders and 33rd Degree Masons. [22]
The Rockefellers were instrumental in forming the depopulation-oriented Club of Rome at their family estate in Bellagio, Italy. Their Pocantico Hills estate gave birth to the Trilateral Commission. The family is a major funder of the eugenics movement which spawned Hitler, human cloning and the current DNA obsession in US scientific circles.
John Rockefeller Jr. headed the Population Council until his death. [23] His namesake son is a Senator from West Virginia. Brother Winthrop Rockefeller was Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas and remains the most powerful man in that state. In an October 1975 interview with Playboy magazine, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller- who was also Governor of New York- articulated his family’s patronizing worldview, “I am a great believer in planning- economic, social, political, military, total world planning.”
But of all the Rockefeller brothers, it is Trilateral Commission (TC) founder and Chase Manhattan Chairman David who has spearheaded the family’s fascist agenda on a global scale. He defended the Shah of Iran, the South African apartheid regime and the Chilean Pinochet junta. He was the biggest financier of the CFR, the TC and (during the Vietnam War) the Committee for an Effective and Durable Peace in Asia- a contract bonanza for those who made their living off the conflict.
Nixon asked him to be Secretary of Treasury, but Rockefeller declined the job, knowing his power was much greater at the helm of the Chase. Author Gary Allen writes in The Rockefeller File that in 1973, “David Rockefeller met with twenty-seven heads of state, including the rulers of Russia and Red China.”
Following the 1975 Nugan Hand Bank/CIA coup against Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, his British Crown-appointed successor Malcolm Fraser sped to the US, where he met with President Gerald Ford after conferring with David Rockefeller. [24]
Next Week: Part II: Freemasons & The Bank of the United States
[1] 10K Filings of Fortune 500 Corporations to SEC. 3-91
[2] 10K Filing of US Trust Corporation to SEC. 6-28-95
[3] “The Federal Reserve ‘Fed Up’. Thomas Schauf. http://www.davidicke.com 1-02
[4] The Secrets of the Federal Reserve. Eustace Mullins. Bankers Research Institute. Staunton, VA. 1983. p.179
[5] Ibid. p.53
[6] The Triumph of Conservatism. Gabriel Kolko. MacMillan and Company New York. 1963. p.142
[7] Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons and the Great Pyramids. Jim Marrs. HarperCollins Publishers. New York. 2000. p.57
[8] The House of Morgan. Ron Chernow. Atlantic Monthly Press NewYork 1990
[9] Marrs. p.57
[10] Democracy for the Few. Michael Parenti. St. Martin’s Press. New York. 1977. p.178
[11] Chernow
[12] The Great Crash of 1929. John Kenneth Galbraith. Houghton, Mifflin Company. Boston. 1979. p.148
[14] Children of the Matrix. David Icke. Bridge of Love. Scottsdale, AZ. 2000
[15] The Confidence Game: How Un-Elected Central Bankers are Governing the Changed World Economy. Steven Solomon. Simon & Schuster. New York. 1995. p.112
[16] Marrs. p.180
[17] Ibid. p.45
[18] The Money Lenders: The People and Politics of the World Banking Crisis. Anthony Sampson. Penguin Books. New York. 1981
[19] The Rockefeller File. Gary Allen. ’76 Press. Seal Beach, CA. 1977
[21] Dope Inc.: The Book That Drove Kissinger Crazy. Editors of Executive Intelligence Review. Washington, DC. 1992
[22] Marrs.
[23] The Rockefeller Syndrome. Ferdinand Lundberg. Lyle Stuart Inc. Secaucus, NJ. 1975. p.296
[24] Marrs. p.53
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Origins and Techniques of Monarch Mind Control
Monarch Programming is a method of mind control used by numerous organizations for covert purposes. It is a continuation of project MK-ULTRA, a mind-control program developed by the CIA, and tested on the military and civilians. The methods are astonishingly sadistic (its entire purpose is to traumatize the victim) and the expected results are horrifying: The creation of a mind-controlled slave who can be triggered at anytime to perform any action required by the handler. While mass media ignores this issue, over 2 million Americans have gone through the horrors of this program. This article looks at the origins of Monarch programming and some of its methods and symbolism.
Source: VigilantCitizen.com
By: VC
NOTE: This article contains disturbing elements and might trigger Monarch survivors.
Monarch programming is a mind-control technique comprising elements of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) and Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). It utilizes a combination of psychology, neuroscience and occult rituals to create within the slaves an alter persona that can be triggered and programmed by the handlers. Monarch slaves are used by several organizations connected with the world elite in fields such as the military, sex slavery and the entertainment industry. This article will look at the origins of Monarch programming, its techniques and its symbolism.
Throughout the course of history, several accounts have been recorded describing rituals and practices resembling mind control. One of the earliest writings giving reference to the use of occultism to manipulate the mind can be found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead. It is a compilation of rituals, heavily studied by today’s secret societies, which describes methods of torture and intimidation (to create trauma), the use of potions (drugs) and the casting of spells (hypnotism), ultimately resulting in the total enslavement of the initiate. Other events ascribed to black magic, sorcery and demon possession (where the victim is animated by an outside force) are also ancestors of Monarch programming.
It is, however, during the 20th century that mind control became a science in the modern sense of the term, where thousands of subjects have been systematically observed, documented and experimented on.
One of the first methodical studies on trauma-based mind control were conducted by Josef Mengele, a physician working in Nazi concentration camps. He initially gained notoriety for being one of the SS physicians who supervised the selection of arriving prisoners, determining who was to be killed and who was to become a forced labourer. However, he is mostly known for performing grisly human experiments on camp inmates, including children, for which Mengele was called the “Angel of Death”.
Mengele is infamous for his sordid human experiments on concentration camps prisoners, especially on twins. A part of his work that is rarely mentioned however, is his research on mind control. Much of his research in this field was confiscated by the Allies and is still classified to this day.
“DR. GREEN (Dr. Joseph Mengele): The most significant programmer, perhaps one could give him the title of the father of Monarch Programming was Joseph Mengele, an ex-Nazi Concentration Camp doctor. Thousands of Monarch mindcontrolled slaves in the U.S. had “Dr. Green” as their chief programmer.” [1. Fritz Springmeier, The Illuminati Formula to Create a Mind Control Slave]
“Dr. Joseph Mengele of Auschwitz notoriety was the principle developer of the trauma-based Monarch Project and the CIA’s MK Ultra mind control programs. Mengele and approximately 5, 000 other high ranking Nazis were secretly moved into the United States and South America in the aftermath of World War II in an Operation designated Paperclip. The Nazis continued their work in developing mind control and rocketry technologies in secret underground military bases. The only thing we were told about was the rocketry work with former Nazi star celebrities like Warner Von Braun. The killers, torturers, and mutilators of innocent human beings were kept discretely out of sight, but busy in U.S. underground military facilities which gradually became home to thousands upon thousands of kidnapped American children snatched off the streets (about one million per year) and placed into iron bar cages stacked from floor to ceiling as part of the ‘training’. These children would be used to further refine and perfect Mengele’s mind control technologies. Certain selected children (at least the ones who survived the ‘training’) would become future mind controlled slaves who could be used for thousands of different jobs ranging anywhere from sexual slavery to assassinations. A substantial portion of these children, who were considered expendable, were intentionally slaughtered in front of (and by) the other children in order to traumatize the selected trainee into total compliance and submission”. [2. Ken Adachi, Mind Control the Ultimate Terror]
Mengele’s research served as a basis for the covert, illegal CIA human research program named MK-ULTRA.
Project MK-ULTRA ran from the early 1950s to at least the late 1960s, using American and Canadian citizens as its test subjects. The published evidence indicates that Project MK-ULTRA involved the use of many methodologies to manipulate individual mental states and alter brain functions, including the surreptitious administration of drugs and other chemicals, sensory deprivation, isolation, and verbal and physical abuse.
The most publicized experiments conducted by MK-ULTRA involved the administration of LSD on unwitting human subjects, including CIA employees, military personnel, doctors, other government agents, prostitutes, mentally ill patients, and members of the general public, in order to study their reactions.
However, the scope of MK-ULTRA does not however stop. Experiments involving violent electroshocks, physical and mental torture and abuse were used in a systematic matter on many subjects, including children.
Although the admitted goals of the projects were to develop torture and interrogation methods to use on the country’s enemies, some historians asserted that the project aimed to create “Manchurian Candidates”, programmed to perform various acts such as assassinations and other covert missions.
MK-ULTRA was brought to light by various commissions in the 1970s, including the Rockefeller Commission of 1975. Although it is claimed that the CIA stopped such experiments after these commissions, some whistle-blowers have come forth stating that the project simply went “underground” and Monarch Programming has become the classified successor of MK-ULTRA.
The most incriminating statement to date made by a government official as to the possible existence of Project MONARCH was extracted by Anton Chaitkin, a writer for the publication The New Federalist. When former CIA Director William Colby was asked directly, “What about monarch?” he replied angrily and ambiguously, “We stopped that between the late 1960s and the early 1970s.” [3. Anton Chaitkin, “Franklin Witnesses Implicate FBI and U.S. Elites in Torture and Murder of Children”, The New Federalist]
Monarch Programming
Although there has never been any official admittance of the existence of Monarch programming, prominent researchers have documented the systematic use of trauma on subjects for mind-control purposes. Some survivors, with the help of dedicated therapists, were able to “deprogram” themselves to then go on record and disclose the horrifying details of their ordeals.
Monarch slaves are mainly used by organizations to carry out operations using patsies trained to perform specific tasks, who do not question orders, who do not remember their actions and, if discovered, who automatically commit suicide. They are the perfect scapegoats for high-profile assassinations (see Sirhan Sirhan), the ideal candidates for prostitution, slavery and private movie productions. They are also the perfect puppet performers for the entertainment industry.
“What I can say is I now believe that ritual-abuse programming is widespread, is systematic, is very organized from highly esoteric information which is published no-where, has not been on any book or talk show, that we have found it all around this country and at least one foreign country.
People say, “What’s the purpose of it?” My best guess is that the purpose of it is that they want an army of Manchurian Candidates, ten of thousands of mental robots who will do prostitution, do movies, smuggle narcotics, engage in international arms smuggling, all sorts of very lucrative things, and do their bidding and eventually the megalomaniacs at the top believe they’ll create a Satanic Order that will rule the world”. [4. D. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D]
Monarch programmers cause intense trauma to subjects through the use of electroshock, torture, abuse and mind games in order to force them to dissociate from reality – a natural response in some people when then are faced with unbearable pain. The subject’s ability to dissociate is a major requirement and it is ,apparently, most readily found in children that come from families with multiple generations of abuse. Mental dissociation enables the handlers to create walled-off personas in the subject’s psyche, which can then be programmed and triggered at will.
“Trauma-based mind control programming can be defined as systematic torture that blocks the victim’s capacity for conscious processing (through pain, terror, drugs, illusion, sensory deprivation, sensory over-stimulation, oxygen deprivation, cold, heat, spinning, brain stimulation, and often, near-death), and then employs suggestion and/or classical and operant conditioning (consistent with well-established behavioral modification principles) to implant thoughts, directives, and perceptions in the unconscious mind, often in newly-formed trauma-induced dissociated identities, that force the victim to do, feel, think, or perceive things for the purposes of the programmer. The objective is for the victim to follow directives with no conscious awareness, including execution of acts in clear violation of the victim’s moral principles, spiritual convictions, and volition.
Installation of mind control programming relies on the victim’s capacity to dissociate, which permits the creation of new walled-off personalities to “hold” and “hide” programming. Already dissociative children are prime “candidates” for programming”. [5. Ellen P. Lacter, Ph.D., The Relationship Between Mind Control Programming and Ritual Abuse]
Monarch mind control is covertly used by various groups and organizations for various purposes. According to Fritz Springmeier, these groups are known as “The Network” and form the backbone of the New World Order.
Origins of the Name
Monarch mind control is named after the Monarch butterfly – an insect who begins its life as a worm (representing undeveloped potential) and, after a period of cocooning (programming) is reborn as a beautiful butterflies (the Monarch slave). Some characteristics specific to the Monarch butterfly are also applicable to mind control.
“One of the primary reasons that the Monarch mind-control programming was named Monarch programming was because of the Monarch butterfly. The Monarch butterfly learns where it was born (its roots) and it passes this knowledge via genetics on to its offspring (from generation to generation). This was one of the key animals that tipped scientists off, that knowledge can be passed genetically. The Monarch program is based upon Illuminati and Nazi goals to create a Master race in part through genetics. If knowledge can be passed genetically (which it is), then it is important that parents be found that can pass the correct knowledge onto those victims selected for the Monarch mind control.” [6. Ibid.]
“When a person is undergoing trauma induced by electroshock, a feeling of light-headedness is evidenced; as if one is floating or fluttering like a butterfly. There is also a symbolic representation pertaining to the transformation or metamorphosis of this beautiful insect: from a caterpillar to a cocoon (dormancy, inactivity), to a butterfly (new creation) which will return to its point of origin. Such is the migratory pattern that makes this species unique.” [7. Ron Patton, Project Monarch]
The victim/survivor is called a “slave” by the programmer/handler, who in turn is perceived as “master” or “god.” About 75% are female, since they possess a higher tolerance for pain and tend to dissociate more easily than males. Monarch handlers seek the compartmentalization of their subject’s psyche in multiple and separate alter personas using trauma to cause dissociation.
The following is a partial list of these forms of torture:
1. Abuse and torture
2. Confinement in boxes, cages, coffins, etc, or burial (often with an opening or air-tube for oxygen)
3. Restraint with ropes, chains, cuffs, etc.
4. Near-drowning
5. Extremes of heat and cold, including submersion in ice water and burning chemicals
6. Skinning (only top layers of the skin are removed in victims intended to survive)
7. Spinning
8. Blinding light
9. Electric shock
10. Forced ingestion of offensive body fluids and matter, such as blood, urine, feces, flesh, etc.
11. Hung in painful positions or upside down
12. Hunger and thirst
13. Sleep deprivation
14 Compression with weights and devices
15. Sensory deprivation
16. Drugs to create illusion, confusion, and amnesia, often given by injection or intravenously
17. Ingestion or intravenous toxic chemicals to create pain or illness, including chemotherapy agents
18. Limbs pulled or dislocated
19. Application of snakes, spiders, maggots, rats, and other animals to induce fear and disgust
20. Near-death experiences, commonly asphyxiation by choking or drowning, with immediate resuscitation
22. Forced to perform or witness abuse, torture and sacrifice of people and animals, usually with knives
23. Forced participation in slavery
24. Abuse to become pregnant; the fetus is then aborted for ritual use, or the baby is taken for sacrifice or enslavement
25. Spiritual abuse to cause victim to feel possessed, harassed, and controlled internally by spirits or demons
26. Desecration of Judeo-Christian beliefs and forms of worship; dedication to Satan or other deities
27. Abuse and illusion to convince victims that God is evil, such as convincing a child that God has abused her
28. Surgery to torture, experiment, or cause the perception of physical or spiritual bombs or implants
29. Harm or threats of harm to family, friends, loved ones, pets, and other victims, to force compliance
30. Use of illusion and virtual reality to confuse and create non-credible disclosure [8. Ellen P. Lacter, Ph.D., Kinds of Torture Endured in Ritual Abuse and Trauma-Based Mind Control]
“The basis for the success of the Monarch mind-control programming is that different personalities or personality parts called alters can be created who do not know each other, but who can take the body at different times. The amnesia walls that are built by traumas, form a protective shield of secrecy that protects the abusers from being found out, and prevents the front personalities who hold the body much of the time to know how their System of alters is being used. The shield of secrecy allows cult members to live and work around other people and remain totally undetected. The front alters can be wonderful Christians, and the deeper alters can be the worst type of Satanic monster imaginable–a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde effect. A great deal is at stake in maintaining the secrecy of the intelligence agency or the occult group which is controlling the slave. The success rate of this type of programming is high but when it fails, the failures are discarded through death. Each trauma and torture serves a purpose. A great deal of experimentation and research went into finding out what can and can’t be done. Charts were made showing how much torture a given body weight at a given age can handle without death.” [9. Springmeier, op. cit.]
“Due to the severe trauma induced through ECT, abuse and other methods, the mind splits off into alternate personalities from the core. Formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder, it is presently recognized as Dissociative Identity Disorder and is the basis for MONARCH programming. Further conditioning of the victim’s mind is enhanced through hypnotism, double-bind coercion, pleasure-pain reversals, food, water, sleep and sensory deprivation, along with various drugs which alter certain cerebral functions”. [10. Patton, op. cit.]
Dissociation is thus achieved by traumatizing the subject, using systematic abuse and using terrifying occult rituals. Once a split in the core personality occurs, an “internal world” can be created and alter personas can be programmed using tools such as music, movies (especially Disney productions) and fairy tales. These visual and audio aids enhance the programming process using images, symbols, meanings and concepts. Created alters can then be accessed using trigger words or symbols programmed into the subject’s psyche by the handler. Some of the most common internal images seen by mind control slaves are trees, Cabalistic Tree of life, infinity loops, ancient symbols and letters, spider webs, mirrors, glass shattering, masks, castles, mazes, demons, butterflies, hour glasses, clocks and robots. These symbols are commonly inserted in popular culture movies and videos for two reasons: to desensitize the majority of the population, using subliminals and neuro-linguistic programming and to deliberately construct specific triggers and keys for base programming of highly-impressionable MONARCH children. [11. Ibid.] Some of the movies used in Monarch programming include The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty .
In each case, the slave is given a particular interpretation of the movie’s storyline in order to enhance programming. For example, a slave watching The Wizard of Oz is taught that “somewhere over the rainbow” is the “happy place” dissociative trauma slaves must go to in order to escape the unbearable pain being inflicted upon them. Using the movie, programmers encourage slaves to go “over the rainbow” and dissociate, effectively separating their minds from their bodies.
“As mentioned before, the hypnotist will find children easier to hypnotize if they know how to do it with small children. One method that is effective is to say to the small children, “Imagine you are watching a favorite television show.” This is why the Disney movies and the other shows are so important to the programmers. They are the perfect hypnotic tool to get the child’s mind to dissociate in the right direction. The programmers have been using movies since almost day one to help children learn the hypnotic scripts. For children they need to be part of the hypnotic process. If the hypnotist allows the child to make up his own imagery, the hypnotic suggestions will be stronger. Rather than telling the child the color of a dog, the programmer can ask the child. This is where the books and films shown the child assist in steering its mind in the right direction. If the hypnotist talks to a child, he must take extra precaution not to change the tone of his voice and to have smooth transitions. Most of the Disney films are used for programming purposes. Some of them are specifically designed for mind-control.” [12. Springmeier, op. cit.]
Levels of Monarch Programming
The levels of Monarch Programming identify the slave’s “functions” and are named after the Electroencephalography (EEG) brainwaves associated with them.
Regarded as “general” or regular programming, ALPHA is within the base control personality. It characterized by extremely pronounced memory retention, along with substantially increased physical strength and visual acuity. Alpha programming is accomplished through deliberately subdividing the victims personality which, in essence, causes a left brain-right brain division, allowing for a programmed union of Left and Right through neuron pathway stimulation.
BETA is referred to as “sexual” programming (slaves). This programming eliminates all learned moral convictions and stimulates the primitive instinct, devoid of inhibitions. “Cat” alters may come out at this level. Known as Kitten programming, it is the most visible kind of programming as some female celebrities, models, actresses and singers have been subjected to this kind of programming. In popular culture, clothing with feline prints often denote Kitten programming.
DELTA is known as “killer” programming and was originally developed for training special agents or elite soldiers (i.e. Delta Force, First Earth Battalion, Mossad, etc.) in covert operations. Optimal adrenal output and controlled aggression is evident. Subjects are devoid of fear and very systematic in carrying out their assignment. Self-destruct or suicide instructions are layered in at this level.
THETA – Considered to the “psychic” programming. Bloodliners (those coming from multi-generational Satanic families) were determined to exhibit a greater propensity for having telepathic abilities than did non-bloodliners. Due to its evident limitations, however, various forms of electronic mind control systems were developed and introduced, namely, bio-medical human telemetry devices (brain implants), directed-energy lasers using microwaves and/or electromagnetics. It is reported these are used in conjunction with highly-advanced computers and sophisticated satellite tracking systems. [13. Patton, op. cit.]
It is difficult to remain objective when describing the horrors endured by Monarch slaves. The extreme violence, the abuse, the mental torture and sadistic games inflicted on victims by “notable scientists” and high-level officials prove the existence of a true “dark side” in the powers that be. Despite the revelations, the documents and the whistle-blowers, a great majority of the population ignores, dismisses or avoids the issue altogether. Over two million Americans have been programmed by trauma mind-control since 1947 and the CIA publicly admitted its mind control projects in 1970. Movies such as The Manchurian Candidate have directly referred to the subject, even depicting actual techniques, such as electroshock, the use of trigger words and microchip implementation. Several public figures we see on our TV and movie screens are mind control slaves. Famous people such as Candy Jones, Celia Imrie and Sirhan Sirhan have gone on record and disclosed their mind control experiences…and yet the general public claims that it “cannot exist”.
The research and funds invested in project Monarch do not however only apply to mind control slaves. Many of the programming techniques perfected in these experiments are applied on a mass scale through mass media. Mainstream news, movies, music videos, advertisements and television shows are conceived using the most advanced data on human behavior ever compiled. A lot of this comes from Monarch programming.
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Kelli O'Hara Sings at The Broadway Walk of Stars
Foundation Gala
Founder and President Arlene Dahl and producer Martin Richards hosted an evening of song to benefit The Broadway Walk of Stars Foundation. The gala was held at Richard's River House apartment.
Kelli O'Hara entertained guests with her magnificent vocal talent, and attendees included theater legends Polly Bergen and Phyllis Newman.
The Broadway Walk of Stars Foundation's mission is to recognize and celebrate the legends of theater, motion pictuers, television, music, and dance, and embed specially designed stars with the names of these legends, in the sidewalks throughout Times Square area. Carol Channing has been selected to be the first artist to receive a star (for "Theater") on Broadway.
As one of the first actresses to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Arlene Dahl is spearheading The Broadway Walk of Stars Foundation as the project's Founder and President.
Legendary Broadway producer Martin Richards opened his River House home to this star studded event. He was the producer of such stage shows as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Crimes of the Heart, The Life, The Will Rogers Follies, La Cage Aux Folles and On the Twentieth Century. He is also the Oscar Winning producer of the film Chicago.
Kelli O'Hara was nominated for a TONY for her current role as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific. She was also TONY nominated for The Pajama Game opposite Harry Connick Jr. (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations) and The Light in the Piazza (Tony and OCC nominations). Other Broadway credits include Sweet Smell of Success opposite John Lithgow, Sondheim's Follies, Dracula, and Jekyll & Hyde. She recently released her first album Wonder in the World on Ghostlight Records.
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“Money talks and BS walks”—corporate reaction to “religious freedom” bills in Georgia and North Carolina
Posted on March 30, 2016. Filed under: Bill of Rights, Civil Rights, Politics | Tags: bathroom bills, Georgia HB 757, LGBT, NFL, North Carolina anti-LGBT, religious freedom laws, religious liberty, Spinal Tap |
Fans of This is Spinal Tap will recognize that immortal line, spoken by Bobbi Flekman, AR tour de force for Polymer Records. When the band find their album is being banned “by both Sears and K-Mart stores” because of its sexist cover art, Bobbi overrides the band manager’s protests and justifications to say “money talks, and b*** walks”. It became an instant mantra in many industries. (See the clip here.)
And it’s proving true in the real world as well: corporations in Georgia and Atlanta have responded forcefully to the anti-American “bathroom bills” and “religious freedom” laws those states have passed or are about to vote on. In North Carolina, PayPal, Bank of America, and Dow Chemical, all headquartered in the state, have denounced the state-wide law requiring people to use the bathroom earmarked for their biological or “birth sex” (not a real term) that was conjured up to overturn a Charlotte, NC law that banned discrimination against LGBT citizens. The NBA has threatened to move the All-Star game from Charlotte.
In Georgia, HB 757, protects “religious liberty” by allowing anyone calling themselves religious to deny service in a public business to LGBT people. Disney and Unilever now threaten to pull business from the state, and the NFL says Atlanta will not host the Super Bowl if the bill is passed. Through the group Georgia Prospers, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, UPS, Delta Airlines, and Marriott Hotels have all said they will reconsider investment in Georgia or move their operations if the bill passes.
You may recall that in 2014 the NFL successfully threatened to move the Super Bowl from Arizona if its governor signed a pro-discrimination “freedom” bill, and that pressure led Gov. Brewer to decline signing the bill.
In one way this is heartening: it’s good to see corporations, which usually bend most of their efforts to breaking the law and violating the Constitution, united behind the cause of justice.
But in another way, it’s depressing: voters, lawmakers, and elected officials in many states are kept from exercising tyranny of the majority not by their love of American principles of liberty and justice for all, but by their fear of losing money. Keeping Coke or NBA dollars in their state is more important than anything, even their supposedly deeply held “religious” beliefs.
Of course, the companies are motivated by money, too; they don’t want to alienate a portion of the population that is supposed to have a lot of money to spend (an enduring though fatally outdated corporate myth about gay people is that, since they don’t have children, they spend all their money on consumer goods. The “gay American” to most companies is a white man living in a city with his partner and more money than he knows what to do with).
We can’t rely on corporations to be the guardians of justice because they are very unreliable. They are motivated by profit, and if they ever sensed that not all LGBT Americans are rich and white, they would jump off the LGBT bandwagon pretty quickly. We all have to keep working in our cities and states to remind people that what makes America great is its commitment to liberty and justice and separation of church and state.
Remember: if you don’t want to serve gay or trans people, don’t open a public business. Once you open a public business, you are obliged to serve the public—no exceptions. There’s no difference between these anti-gay laws and the anti-black laws that kept black people from eating in restaurants with white people, going to movie theaters with white people, and riding city buses with white people. Anti-gay laws are discrimination, and America finally got rid of that curse through the hard work of the civil rights movement in the 1950s-70s. You can’t teach kids in school that Rosa Parks was a hero if you then vote for a law that says you can keep trans people off your bus or out of your bakery.
In an election year where people stumble over themselves to love America the most, one easy test of who really means it is whether they support anti-American discrimination laws.
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Confederate monuments and the cult of the Lost Cause
Posted on March 13, 2018. Filed under: Civil Rights, Civil War, Politics, Truth v. Myth | Tags: Civil War, Confederate monuments, Lost Cause, Louisiana, Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans |
Here’s a great article from Smithsonian, by New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu, on the real reason so many Confederate monuments were put up in this country, both just after the Civil War and in the 1950s and 60s. One application for federal funding to preserve three Confederate statues as historically important specifically states that the statues commemorate the Cult of the Lost Cause:
“The Cult of the Lost Cause had its roots in the Southern search for justification and the need to find a substitute for victory in the Civil War. In attempting to deal with defeat, Southerners created an image of the war as a great heroic epic. A major theme of the Cult of the Lost Cause was the clash of two civilizations, one inferior to the other. The North, “invigorated by constant struggle with nature, had become materialistic, grasping for wealth and power.” The South had a “more generous climate” which had led to a finer society based upon “veracity and honor in man, chastity and fidelity in women.” Like tragic heroes, Southerners had waged a noble but doomed struggle to preserve their superior civilization. There was an element of chivalry in the way the South had fought, achieving noteworthy victories against staggering odds. This was the “Lost Cause” as the late nineteenth century saw it, and a whole generation of Southerners set about glorifying and celebrating it.”
It’s very odd that this clear-eyed assessment of the Lost Cause as a cult and therefore a myth was successfully used to justify maintaining three Confederate statues in Louisiana. One would think that the goal of preserving acknowledged racist propaganda would be recognized as out of step with real American founding principles.
The only thing we would add is that Landrieu mentions the fact that Confederate memorials were put up in the North as well as the South. This is true; it happened directly after the war as part of an attempt to heal the breach and offer a socio-political olive branch to the South. But that misguided effort quickly died away in the North, while statues continued to go up regularly and in abundance in the former Confederacy.
“How I Learned About the Cult of the Lost Cause,” by Mitch Landrieu—enjoy!
How the cotton gin advanced slavery
Posted on September 19, 2017. Filed under: Civil Rights, Civil War, Slavery | Tags: Cotton gin, electronic waste, Eli Whitney, iPhone, slavery, smart phone |
We’re going to get from Eli Whitney to your smart phone in one post here, so look sharp.
We all learn about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in high school. It was a cotton-cleaning machine that could pull the seeds from the cotton itself, a job that used to be done by hand and took a very long time. Whitney introduced his machine in 1794, it caught on in isolated tests, and by the 1820s it was being mass-produced.
This image is the one we usually see, even though it is a proto-gin that came before Whitney’s invention:
The artist clearly had a positive view of slavery as well as the gin. The enslaved man on the left gazes in happy wonder as the gin cleans the cotton, and the enslaved woman on the right is similarly content. The enslaved child looks on with curiosity, perhaps hoping his day to run the gin will come soon.
What we really want to focus on, though, is the scale: one enslaved woman is hauling one bale of cotton to one machine run by two men. The enslaved Americans work in a small area and have a small basket to catch the cleaned cotton (the woman on the right is carrying it away). Okay, we have to interrupt for one small note on sex: why are the women doing the heavy work of hauling while two men get to do the easy work of running the machine? Clearly sex and gender stereotypes are preserved, even for enslaved black Americans, as men do the “technical” work that women are not smart enough to do.
That said, we move back to scale, and the real impact of the cotton gin. It made cleaning cotton faster. Cotton is a perishable crop. It rots. It was urgent to get cotton out of the fields, cleaned, and baled for sale and a long overland or sea voyage to the northern factories that would spin it into cloth before rain and heat and insects ruined it. Cotton growers had to set aside weeks for cotton cleaning, which meant they had to reverse engineer the crop: grow only as much cotton as their enslaved laborers could quickly harvest, then clean and bale.
The cotton gin changed all that. Growers did not have to set aside weeks for cotton cleaning, and so they took that saved time and put it into planting and harvesting. Seeds of Conflict says that the cotton gin expanded cotton production from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales in 1850.
If cotton growers are planting, harvesting, and cleaning more cotton, and they rely on slave labor, then clearly they need to enslave more people to do that work. Jeremy Smith says that “the number of slaves [sic] rose in concert with the increase in cotton production, increasing from around 700,000 in 1790 to around 3.2 million in 1850.”
So if any enslaved Americans were happy to be relieved of the tedious and high-pressure job of cleaning cotton by hand, that happiness was short-lived, as enslavers increased their efforts to generate more enslaved workers. The U.S. had ended its participation in the African slave trade on January 1, 1808, which meant there were no longer ships carrying Africans to be enslaved in the U.S. arriving multiple times a year. New enslaved people had to be created through “natural increase”–enslaved people having children. The true engine of slavery, breeding human beings for sale, went into high gear, as enslaved Americans were forced to reproduce, and even those who had children outside of forced breeding were forced to give them up for sale. There could not be anything less “natural” than the methods by which enslavers increased the enslaved population.
Too often that real and horrible impact of the cotton gin is ignored or underplayed in history books. The story of human history since the dawn of the Industrial Age is one of living in a manichean world wherein the undeniable benefits of industrialization come inextricably entwined with the undeniable crimes of industrialization. No one wants to live in a world without industrialization, and there’s no reason to, because the benefits don’t really have to be accompanied by injustice and slavery. Refusing to turn a blind eye to all of the impacts and implications of technology is the key.
So to jump to the 21st century, the next time you’re tempted to upgrade your smart phone every year for no reason, think about the electronic waste you’re creating, and the (mostly) child labor force in Asia that melts down that waste in the “recycling” process, exposing themselves to heavy metal poisoning, and do something to help break up the unholy marriage of technology and injustice.
Robert E. Lee was not a hero, white supremacists are not Americans
Posted on August 16, 2017. Filed under: Civil Rights, Civil War, Politics, Slavery, The Founders, Truth v. Myth, U.S. Constitution, What History is For | Tags: Alexander H. Stephens, Charlottesville, Confederacy, Cornerstone speech, David Duke, Donald Trump, founding principles, KKK, Nazis, Robert E. Lee, slavery, white supremacists |
There is no need to be careful about this. Anyone who served in the armies of the Confederate States of America was a traitor to the United States; anyone who led those armies all the more so. They were part of an armed rebellion against the U.S., which is the definition of treason.
That in itself is enough. But the fact that Confederates were fighting to protect and advance slavery, to create a slave state, means their rebellion was not just political, against the political entity that was the United States, but ethical, moral, and philosophical. They specifically rebelled against the U.S. move to end slavery of black Americans, and just as American abolitionists and antislaveryites based their work to end slavery on moral principle enshrined in the Constitution—that “all men are created equal”–American proslaveryites based their work to continue and expand slavery on a rebellion against that American principle.
The Confederacy was explicitly founded to protect and promote slavery. Its leaders made absolutely no secret of that at the time (see Charles Dew’s Apostles of Disunion for all the evidence from primary sources that you need). As Confederate vice-president Alexander H. Stephens said in his famous “Cornerstone speech“,
…the new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution — African slavery as it exists amongst us — the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. [Thomas] Jefferson in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the “rock upon which the old Union would split.” He was right. What was conjecture with him, is now a realized fact. …The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with, but the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. …Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the government built upon it fell when the “storm came and the wind blew.”
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the various departments of science. It has been so even amongst us. Many who hear me, perhaps, can recollect well, that this truth was not generally admitted, even within their day. The errors of the past generation still clung to many as late as twenty years ago. Those at the North, who still cling to these errors, with a zeal above knowledge, we justly denominate fanatics. All fanaticism springs from an aberration of the mind — from a defect in reasoning. It is a species of insanity. One of the most striking characteristics of insanity, in many instances, is forming correct conclusions from fancied or erroneous premises; so with the anti-slavery fanatics; their conclusions are right if their premises were. They assume that the negro is equal, and hence conclude that he is entitled to equal privileges and rights with the white man. If their premises were correct, their conclusions would be logical and just — but their premise being wrong, their whole argument fails.
I recollect once of having heard a gentleman from one of the northern States, of great power and ability, announce in the House of Representatives, with imposing effect, that we of the South would be compelled, ultimately, to yield upon this subject of slavery, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics, as it was in physics or mechanics. That the principle would ultimately prevail. That we, in maintaining slavery as it exists with us, were warring against a principle, a principle founded in nature, the principle of the equality of men. The reply I made to him was, that upon his own grounds, we should, ultimately, succeed, and that he and his associates, in this crusade against our institutions, would ultimately fail. The truth announced, that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics as it was in physics and mechanics, I admitted; but told him that it was he, and those acting with him, who were warring against a principle. They were attempting to make things equal which the Creator had made unequal. [our emphasis]
We quote Stephens at nauseating length to show that the Confederacy was explicitly dedicated to the anti-American principle that non-white people are biologically inferior to white people. The Confederates themselves expressed it this way, as a rejection of and rebellion against the Founders’ plan and hope that slavery would inevitably end the United States because it was “wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically”, and the United States would not tolerate this because the nation was founded on the principle of equality.
Why does this matter now, on August 16, 2017? Because Stephens still has followers in this country. The Confederacy still has supporters. There are still people living in this country who do not support our Constitution or our law, or any of our founding principles. They call themselves Americans, and most were born here, but they are not. Americans are dedicated to the founding principles of the United States of America, which include the premise that all men are created equal. Anyone who fights this is not American.
And the man currently holding the title of President of the United States is one of them. Donald Trump is no American. He is, clearly, a Confederate president, taking up the torch from Alexander Stephens. In his press conference after a white supremacist/KKK/Nazi rally in Charlottesville, VA in which one woman was killed while protesting against the racist rally, Trump said that Americans protesting fascism were just as bad, and in some ways worse, than Nazis posing as Americans, and he took the fascist side:
What about the people of the alt-left, as they came charging at the alt-right, as you call them? [shouts] What about the fact that they came charging, they came charging with clubs in their hands swinging clubs? Do they have any problem? I think they do.
As far as I’m concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day… wait a minute; I’m not finished. I’m not finished, fake news. That was a horrible day. …I will tell you, I watched this closely, more closely than any of you people, and you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that, but I’ll say it right now. I think there’s blame on both sides and I don’t have any doubt about it and you don’t have any doubt either.
…there were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee. …the following day it looked they had had some rough, bad people–neo-Nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them, but you had a lot of people in that group who were there to innocently protest…
So this week, it is Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?
Our quotes for all but the last paragraph were taken from video on Fox News’ website. So far as we saw the Fox News coverage did not include the last statement. Their commentator did describe these statements by Trump as part of a “brave and honest press conference, he pulled no punches… brutally honest, maybe too honest.”
Honest. We can’t help thinking of Stephens gloating that the premise that all people are created equal had finally been debunked as a fantasy, as fanaticism. If it’s “honest” to say that American protesting fascism are the criminals, and the fascists are the true Americans, innocent Americans, then we have entered a second civil war—or a second Confederate States of America, brought into being without a shot fired in official war.
For over 150 years, the citizens of the United States perpetrated a dangerous wrong by allowing statues of traitors who fought against the U.S. politically and morally, traitors who were dedicated to the lie that all people are not created equal, to stand. “Oh, it’s not about slavery,” people would say; “it’s just their culture.” We once heard someone say there are no statues to Nazi leaders in Germany. Why are there memorials to Confederate leaders in the United States? Now we see the result of 150 years of dedicated fighting after Appomattox by people who will never be real Americans, and a concentrated effort over the last 50 years, since the Civil Rights movement, to revive the Confederate States of America.
Needless to say, we can’t give in. While Trump has basically invited and urged Nazis to show up when the statue of Jackson is taken down, and has given new hope and excitement to Nazis in America, we Americans have to fight. It’s much harder to fight a guerrilla war than it was to go into actual battle during the Civil War. Right now the best path is to meet the Nazis wherever they go, and not remain a silent majority.
Every nation has a fraction of its population that urges fascism and hatred. Sometimes they manage to monopolize the microphone and take up more space in the media than their numbers justify. Now is such a time in the U.S. Now is the time to muscle these people back into the shadows if we can’t drive them out of the country. That’s the “brutally honest” truth.
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“Most slave families were headed by two parents”, and other lies
Posted on June 30, 2017. Filed under: Civil War, Politics, Slavery, What History is For | Tags: American history textbooks, American History: A Survey, Judy Morelock, Kayla Renee Parker, slavery |
Welcome to part the last of our short series of excerpts from the high school textbook American History: A Survey wherein we finish by giving an example of the damage done by history textbooks that are inaccurate at best, harmful at worst.
Inside Higher Ed recently reported on a dispute over a sociology test given at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Lecturer Judy Morelock was challenged by student Kayla Renee Parker:
This reasonable question seems to have been quickly escalated into bitterness by the instructor, as evidenced by her postings on Facebook: “After the semester is over and she is no longer my student, I will post her name, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn … after she graduates, all bets are off,” “I don’t forget malevolent attempts to harm me. #karmawillfindyou,” and “Ignore the facts, promote a misinformed viewpoint, trash me and I will fight you.” Ms. Morelock says some of these comments were not about Ms. Parker.
Ms. Parker blames “outdated research that ‘whitewashes’ the realities of slavery to back up her argument”. We would add inaccurate, whitewashed American history textbooks to that list. Where might an instructor have learned that “most slave families were headed by two parents”? Where might an instructor find quotes to back that myth up? American history textbooks. This is not just an issue with American History: A Survey. Textbook publishers are at the mercy of state boards of education and state school committees that decide which textbooks to purchase for every school in the state. The biggest states call the shots here, as they are the biggest moneymakers for the publishers, of course, so whatever version is approved by those large states is generally the version that goes to all states that buy the textbook.
Some of the biggest states are Texas, Florida, and Virginia. For over a century these southern states have argued with objective descriptions of slavery and Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement. Watered-down pap like we found in AH is the result. Unfortunate that it goes to those three states; worse that it goes to all states that buy the textbooks.
We see high school white-washing moving inevitably into intro-level college history survey courses. To state that “most slave families were headed by two parents” is preposterous. It erases the fact that enslaved black Americans were bred for sale like livestock, with healthy children sold away from their parents for a profit, and women who had recently given birth to healthy children sold immediately so they could be forced to have sex with “productive” enslaved men on other plantations while they were still young and fertile. Once Congress ended the slave trade in 1808, Africans could not be sold into slavery in the U.S. The enslaved population had to grow through reproduction alone. This was a death knell to enslaved black families. Enslaved families were broken up for profit, out of spite, and as a punishment. Marriages between enslaved people were not recognized by law in many states, and no enslaved person had any legal custody rights to their children. They, and their children, were legally defined as the property of the people who enslaved them.
It’s not “malevolent” to stand up to harmful lies about our nation’s history. Fight them wherever you find them, starting in high school.
The myth of the North being “more racist” than the South
Posted on June 22, 2017. Filed under: Civil Rights, Civil War, Slavery, Truth v. Myth, What History is For | Tags: American history textbooks, American History: A Survey, De Tocqueville, Marshall Hall, racism, slavery, Two-fold slavery in the United States |
Welcome to part 3 of our short series of excerpts from the high school textbook American History: A Survey which deals with with one last reading from AH.
It’s a bitter irony that under the subheading “Black Abolitionists”, American History promotes the sickening myth that free black Americans living in the free states of the north before the Civil War were subject to more racism and worse living conditions than black Americans enslaved in the south:
Abolitionism had a particular appeal to the free blacks of the North, who in 1850 numbered about 250,000, mostly concentrated in cities. They lived in conditions of poverty and oppression often worse than those of their slave counterparts in the South.
—…if free black Americans were worse off than enslaved black Americans, why would abolitionism appeal to them? This logical fallacy begins a section that only gets worse.
We are getting this message for the second time; you’ll recall in part 1 of this series AH pushed the idea that immigrant factory workers were worse-off than enslaved black Americans. Again, we shudder at the comfort AH has with referring to human beings as “slaves” rather than “enslaved people” or “enslaved Americans”. Calling people “slaves” changes them from people to things, which is why the word exists. It allows you to go on to say things like this:
An English traveler who had visited both sections of the country wrote in 1854 that he was “utterly at a loss to imagine the source of that prejudice which subsists against [African Americans] in the Northern states, a prejudice unknown in the South, where the relations between the Africans and the European [white American] are so much more intimate.”
—Let’s unpack. The English traveler is Marshall Hall, an abolitionist who visited the U.S. and Canada and wrote The Two-Fold Slavery of the United States with the hope of appealing to slaveholders in the U.S. to end slavery. Hall’s purpose was to use positive energy to end slavery: rather than attack slaveholders as the inhuman monsters they were, he hoped to reach out to them as good people who would, by nature of their goodness, come to see that enslaving people was wrong. As he put it to them, “I take the liberty of addressing [myself] to you, because from you, I believe, all good to the poor African people in the United States must originate. …from your kindness and generosity, and sense of justice, any peaceful, beneficent, and momentous change in their condition must flow.”
Hall’s tactic is not in itself a bad one; you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, and people you attack are not likely to come around to your way of thinking. But in his efforts to portray slaveholders as basically good people, Hall goes much too far.
Notice his title is the “two-fold” slavery of the U.S. Hall was taken aback by the difficult condition free black Americans lived in in the north. He had expected to see terrors and suffering in the slave south, and happy bliss in the free north. What he saw instead, he says, was “a [virtual] slavery to which too little attention has hitherto been paid.” Free black Americans in the north, says Hall, have it worse than enslaved black Americans in the south.
We immediately suspect that Hall was the guest of slaveholders who made sure that the people they held as livestock put on their best face for the visitor. “Happy” enslaved servants were given new clothes and good food for the duration of Hall’s visit, and were instructed to do all in their power to give him a good impression of slavery—or else. This suspicion is reinforced by Hall’s observation that
…the African in the slavery of the United States is usually so well cared for, that he is for the most part, according to the expression of Henry Clay, “fat and sleek”, and his numbers increase in a higher ratio than those of the European [i.e., whites]; whilst the African said to be free is so crushed by state legislation and popular prejudice as to provide for himself and family through extreme difficulties, and is at once wretched individually and scarcely increases his numbers as a race…
Much, therefore, as has been said of Abolition, I can scarcely regard it, under existing circumstances, as a boon to the poor African in the United States.
Quoting Henry Clay, the “great compromiser” who did so much to expand slavery in the U.S., in an antislavery book is pretty dicey. Clay had a vested interest in telling Americans that enslaved people were “fat and happy”. Hall notes that freedom in the north is but technical, and therefore abolition as it exists in the U.S. is worthless. It is slavery by another name.
He goes on to elaborate this point in his very short chapter on Slavery: Its Cruelties and Indignities—a meager three pages that begin on page 118 in a book of over 200 pages. As Hall notes, “This has usually been the first topic with anti-slavery writers.” But Hall has little time for the physical cruelty of slavery because his entire labor is to show that physical slavery is nothing compared with spiritual bondage. As he puts it, “The cruelties of slavery are, at the most, physical. I have told you of moral and intellectual inflictions; of hearts rent asunder and of minds crushed.”
Yes, we may grant him his case that mental and emotional torture are equally bad, and sometimes worse, than physical torture. But they are both torture. Hall’s subsequent descriptions of physical cruelty against enslaved people turn the stomach. Clearly Hall was shown “happy” enslaved people but also allowed to see the “necessary discipline” that was sometimes “required” to keep enslaved people down. We will only quote one ad from North Carolina for a runaway that Hall includes:
Run away, a negro woman and two children. A few days before she went off, I burnt her with a hot iron, on the left side of her face. I tried to make the letter M.
M. RICKS, July 18, 1838
“I tried to make the letter M” is a statement, an image, that is forever implanted in your mind once you read it. “Trying” to brand your initial with a hot iron onto a person’s face is a kind of barbarism that is hard to even take in. It is only possible if you don’t think of that person as a human being but as a piece of livestock that belongs to you. We realize the slaveholder likely failed to make the M because of the woman’s struggles and screams. Is this really better than “moral and intellectual inflictions”? Is this really incapable of “rending a heart asunder” and crushing a mind? Is being branded better than being denied a good job in the north? Hall seems to see people like Ricks as the exception that proves the rule that actual slavery is reliably better than the wage slavery faced by black Americans in the north.
And this is the man American History chooses to quote to American students today, in 2017, as a reliable, objective observer whose words are, apparently, proof that free black Americans would have been better off enslaved.
Somehow, we go on, back to AH:
This [quote from Hall] confirmed an earlier observation by Tocqueville that “the prejudice which repels the Negroes seems to increase in proportion as they are emancipated.”
—But the famous French traveller through the United States was not supporting the idea that abolition was a lie; de Tocqueville was observing that in a nation where race-based slavery is legal, any black person who gains freedom will present a problem. The free black person is a rebuke and a challenge to the slave law; the free black person, by living a human life, shows that slavery is not part of God’s benevolent plan but an artificial human invention designed to turn people into livestock. And a slave nation does not want to see that.
Northern blacks were often victimized by mob violence; they had virtually no access to education; they could vote in only a few states; and they were barred from all but the most menial of occupations.
—All of the statements about black Americans made here were also true of American women of all colors. Women were virtually enslaved in this way, and that enslavement was encoded in laws that did not let women vote, inherit money or property, or claim custody of their children. Yet we don’t find AH saying women would have been better off enslaved. (We hope not; we didn’t read their chapter on women’s suffrage…)
…For all their problems, however, northern blacks were aware of, and fiercely proud of, their freedom. And they remained acutely sensitive to the plight of those members of their race who remained in bondage, aware that their own position in society would remain precarious as long as slavery existed.
—We’re not sure what the first sentence means: black Americans were “aware of” their freedom? All of the language fails here, perhaps because of its shameful duplicity. Black American were sensitive to the “plight” of “those members of their race” who remained in “bondage”? A more honest sentence might read “they remained acutely aware of the horrors suffered by other black Americans who were enslaved and held as livestock”.
But the worst is at the end, where apparently free black Americans were only aware of enslaved black Americans as a threat to their own freedom. AH makes it sound like free black resented and feared enslaved blacks for making their own lives in the north harder.
We’ll end for now with a reiteration of the fact that living with institutional racism and oppression is not, in fact, worse than being bred for sale. And while there was institutional racism and oppression in the free states before the Civil War, it is impossible to say that people who voted to end black slavery were “just as racist” as people who refused to do so.
Next time: we conclude with an example of the damage textbooks like this do.
Louisa, unenthusiastically enslaved
Posted on June 15, 2017. Filed under: Civil War, Slavery, What History is For | Tags: American History: A Survey, Hayward slaveholders, Louisa, slavery |
Part 2 of our short series of excerpts from the high school textbook American History: A Survey focuses on this photo:
The photo is easily found online—we found it on the PBS site Africans in America. It is a photo of a black American named Louisa who was enslaved by the Hayward family in Missouri. Here’s how PBS describes this photo:
Under the institution of slavery, African Americans and the white people who owned them lived in close proximity and developed relationships with each other. These were defined by the power imbalance between the people involved. They could be relationships of mutual compassion or mutual hatred, but they were an inherent part of daily life.
One of the most complex relationships was the one that existed between white children and their African American caretakers. White children were often in the unnatural position of standing to inherit the people who raised them, and enslaved nannies were in the similarly unnatural position of caring for the children who would grow up to be their masters. This picture, of slave nurse Louisa and her charge, H. E. Hayward, suggests the inherent tension of these relationships.
We’ve already quarreled in part one with the idea that “compassion” between enslaved people and the people claiming to own them as livestock could ever be genuine. Here we want to focus on the second paragraph, which to us is an accurate description of the image. The baby is happy. The young woman holding him looks sorrowful at best, wary and emotionally beaten down at worst. Her eyes, like the baby’s, are on the face of the Hayward parent or parents who wanted the photo. The baby smiles, while Louisa seems to feel all of the stress of being responsible for a white child. If anything happens to that child, Louisa will bear the blame and be punished accordingly. Her life and welfare hang on his. That baby is already her “master.” Any love she might feel for a baby in her care is marred by the fact that she is forced to care for him and not her own children, who may have been sold away from her, and by the fact that any love he might feel for her as his closest caregiver will be systematically and deliberately destroyed as he grows up, so that he will be able to sell her as livestock when that becomes necessary for his own personal enrichment. The photo is a haunting representation of the perversion of all natural human emotion that slavery depends upon, and that’s why it’s famous.
American History, however, has a different take:
NURSING THE MASTER’S CHILD Louisa, a slave on a Missouri plantation owned by the Hayward family in the 1850s, is photographed here holding the master’s infant son. Black women typically cared for white children on plantations, sometimes with great affection and sometimes—as this photograph may suggest—dutifully and without enthusiasm.
Again, AH‘s level of comfort with the terms “master” and “slave” is jarring. But then, perhaps that is what enables AH to criticize Louisa as unenthusiastic in her “duty”. That the editors of AH could look at this photo and approve a caption that belittles her fear and subjection by saying she has no “enthusiasm” for babysitting an adorable child is astounding. How they could critique her for just being “dutiful” instead of “enthusiastic” is completely inexplicable. It comes perilously close to the old “lazy negro” caricature wherein black Americans were depicted as lazy and sullen and unwilling to work hard.
We go on next time to AH’s thoughts on black abolitionists.
What do you think was the worst thing about a slave auction?
Posted on May 31, 2017. Filed under: Civil Rights, Civil War, Slavery, What History is For | Tags: American history textbooks, American History: A Survey, Civil War, paternalism, positive good, slave auction, slavery |
That was the question on a 10th-grade American history homework handout we were shown this week, from a public school in the Northeast. Needless to say, it was from the Civil War section of the curriculum. It was followed by this puzzler: “How do you think slaves felt at a slave auction, and why?”
The mind boggles at these questions. A slave auction is the place where the purpose of slavery is fulfilled: to breed human beings for sale. Is there any facet of a slave auction that is not repellent? Can the horrors of a slave auction be hierarchized? What were students supposed to say to answer this question? It implies that there were some aspects of slave auctions that were less awful than others, which is simply untrue.
We asked what textbook the class was using, and were given a copy: American History: A Survey, with Alan Brinkley listed as main author on the cover (McGraw-Hill, 2003 edition). While the handout in question did not come from this textbook, its habit of qualifying slavery as only partly bad is shared and propounded by American History.
First, we’d like to remind our readers that We don’t talk about black slavery in America:
I don’t like to use the word “slave”. To me, it validates the concept that people can be changed from people to slaves, things, property. Many people have been and still are enslaved around the world. But no human being is a slave.
Like most Americans, however, American History uses the word slave without qualm. The damage this does is quickly apparent. Let’s parse a few quotes from the book.
From a section on black codes:
These and dozens of other restrictions might seem to suggest that slaves lived under a uniformly harsh and dismal regime. Had the laws been rigidly enforced, that might have been the case. In fact, however, enforcement was spotty and uneven. Some slaves did acquire property, did learn to read and write, and assemble with other slaves, in spite of laws to the contrary. Although the major slave offenses generally fell under the jurisdiction of the courts (and thus of the Slave Codes), white owners handled most transgressions and inflicted widely varying punishments. In other words, despite the rigid provisions of the law, there was in reality considerable variety within the slave system. Some blacks lived in almost prison-like conditions, rigidly and harshly controlled by their masters. Many (probably most) others enjoyed some flexibility and (at least in comparison with the regimen prescribed by law) a striking degree of autonomy.
—Using the word “slave” here does exactly what racists in the 19th century wanted it to do: it dehumanizes. “Slaves” do this and that, “slaves” experience different treatment by “owners”, “slaves” enjoy flexibility. How can we still be referring to some human beings as “owners” of other human beings in 2017?? It is inexcusable. And we’re not sure what proofs the authors have that “probably most” enslaved Americans were able to escape the harshness of black codes.
A quick note: history textbooks from big K-12 publishers are produced by freelance writers, and edited by freelance editors. The historian’s name on the cover means little. Usually that historian has been brought in to write a new chapter, a new section or two, and to help come up with supplementary material. The main text is mostly static. Freelance writers are given existing copy and asked to revise it in some way (usually to shorten it). HP authors have worked as freelance writers and editors for history textbooks, so we could take a page out of American History and say that “many, probably most,” freelance writers working on textbooks have no idea whether the content they are given is accurate/factual or not. They are not asked to vet the copy for accuracy. If, as some HP writers have done, they point out errors to their editor, the editor is usually at a complete loss about what to do—there is no contingency plan for changing what the copy says, just for shortening or moving it around or putting it into bullet points or multiple choice questions. We had nothing to do with the writing of American History, and do not make any claims to know exactly how it was produced; we work under our own assumption that it followed this standard procedure. And so when we wonder what proofs are given that “most” enslaved Americans were not subject to the full force of the black codes, we feel sure that that question, if it was ever asked by a freelancer, was never answered.
Back to the text:
White farmers with few slaves generally supervised their workers directly and often worked closely alongside them. On such farms, black and whites developed a form of intimacy unknown on larger plantations. The paternal relationship between such masters and their slaves could, like relationships between fathers and children, be warm and affectionate. It could also be tyrannical and cruel. In either case, it was a relationship based on the relative powerlessness of the slaves and the nearly absolute authority of their masters. In general, African Americans themselves preferred to live on larger plantations, where they had more privacy and a chance to build a cultural and social world of their own.
—It is hard to believe one’s eyes: the 19th century idea of paternalism is being endorsed by a 21st-century textbook. The relationship between “masters” and “slaves” was like that between fathers and children? The idea that slavery could be a “positive good”, helping poor ignorant black people to learn how to live in society and follow Christian teaching, was relentlessly shopped by proslavery Americans in the 1800s. And here it is again in the 2000s, as students are told that “intimacy,” and “warm and affectionate” feelings could grow between people who were being bred for sale and those breeding them for sale.
Of course, we should back up to the first line, in which enslaved people are described as “workers.” Another textbook came under fire for doing this in 2015; people who are enslaved and by law treated as livestock are not “workers”. We’ll revisit this below.
Finally, to describe large plantations as having safe spaces for people suddenly referred to as “African Americans” to have private lives and create their own culture, without giving any kind of proof of this claim, is pretty alarming. Why is this the one place where “slaves” are suddenly “African Americans”? The suggestion is that on large plantations–which were large because the forced breeding was ramped up–were in part havens in which black Americans began to create African-American culture.
Even so, according to some scholars, the actual material conditions of slavery may, in fact, have been better than those of many northern factory workers and considerably better than those of both peasants and industrial workers in 19th-century Europe.
—…we’d say “some (not most) scholars” on this one. Here enslavement is presented once again as just another kind of hard “work.” But it’s also yet another argument proslavery Americans made in the 1800s, before and after the Civil War, to promote and protect slavery. Yes, factory workers lived in abysmal poverty, and their bosses had total control over them at work. But they weren’t bred for sale, their families weren’t broken up and sold to different people who considered themselves their “owners”, and you could quit factory work if you wanted to. You could work your way up the ladder to be a boss. You got paid. You could vote. You could get married if you wanted to, to whoever you wanted to. You could move away. You were a citizen of this country, with the rights of a citizen. This is, to put it mildly, better than slavery.
Most free blacks [in the south], however, lived in abject poverty, under conditions worse than those of blacks in the north. Law or custom closed many occupations to them, forbade them to assemble without white supervision, and placed numerous other restraints on them. They were only quasi-free, and yet they had all the burdens of freedom: the necessity to support themselves, to find housing, to pay taxes. Yet great as were the hardships of freedom, blacks usually preferred them to slavery.”
—The “burdens of freedom” is an expression, a concept, that we have not encountered before. Again, echoes of the old proslavery arguments are heard: slaveholders give slaves food, shelter, clothes, religion; they care for them when they’re sick; they support them when they’re too old to work. Why, slaves had it pretty good! If it weren’t so breathtakingly awful to say blacks usually preferred freedom to slavery, we would laugh. Yes, black Americans usually preferred freedom to slavery. Like people usually prefer not being tortured to being tortured.
This last line is the most sickening, perhaps, of the echoes of proslavery arguments: that the enslaved liked slavery. That they knew they were not intelligent enough, not civilized enough, to be free, and they were grateful for their white masters’ help and care. The recently revived myth that “many” enslaved black men fought willingly for the Confederacy is a sign of the undying appeal of this idea to a small number of Americans (see more on this myth here).
Next time: more, if you can bear it, from American History: A Survey
Civil War 1860–and 2016?
Posted on August 11, 2016. Filed under: Civil War, Politics, Slavery, What History is For | Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, conservatives, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, liberals, sectionalism, slavery |
It’s the last post in our series examining the serious and striking comparisons between the U.S. in the months (and years) before the 1860 presidential campaign and the 2016 presidential campaign, in which we leave the campaign and think ahead to its logical and inevitable conclusion—the election of a president.
Again, our point of comparison between the 1860 and the 2016 presidential campaigns is sectionalism. In 1860, slavery drove sectional division north and south. In 2016, as we say in our first post,
Today’s sectionalism, then, represents a divide between liberals and conservatives that seems as strong as the divide between North and South ever did. Liberals and conservatives are found in every geographic region of the country, which means there is no region that serves as a safe haven for either…
Sub out “slavery” for “gun control”, “immigration”, or “religious freedom”, and you find that the language used in the 1860 campaign is strangely similar to the language used so far in the 2016 campaign.
We don’t know who will win the 2016 presidential election, but it seems fair to say that the reporting of Election Day in 2016 will be much like the reporting from the New York Times on Election Day 1860:
…The return of Napoleon from Elba did not a greater excitement than the returns of the present election. All day yesterday the inquiry was in everybody’s mouth, “What’s the latest news?” Newspapers were in demand… Every bus that carried its dozens of citizens businessward in the morning was a reading-room, a political meeting-house and a pseudo stock board, all in one. Some read the papers, some fought the bloodless battle over again, bringing their batteries of profound argument to bear upon the proposition that “they knew Lincoln would be elected”… In the streets, in the restaurants, in offices and counting-houses such was the tenor of the talk, and the character of the occupations of all to whom a leisure moment came.
Change out “newspaper” for “Internet” or “TV” and it fits pretty well. Change out “Lincoln” for “Clinton” or “Trump” and again it seems likely. One hopes that the battles after the 2016 election results are in will be bloodless; as we know, the returns in 1860 heralded the shedding of more American blood than anyone could have imagined even on November 7, 1860, when it was obvious to most Americans that sectionalism, created and exacerbated by the enslavement of black Americans, had driven a wedge so deep into the country that nothing short of a war seemed powerful enough to dissolve the sectionalism and mend the breach.
Today, Trump denies that he was inciting people to murder when he said on August 9 that the “Second Amendment people” might find a way to stop Clinton from naming Supreme Court justices if she is elected president, but this was just the most egregious of many calls to violence and bloodshed that we’ve heard in this country over the past year of campaigning, all, so far as we have seen, coming from the conservative side of the liberal-conservative sectional divide that is currently rending our country in two.
It’s hard to imagine another Civil War being fought today over liberal-conservative sectional issues. But as we said back in 2008 in Union or Slavery?:
Think of it this way: what if right now, as you sit reading this, the United States was in danger of civil war. Some group of states had actually written up papers outlining how they would secede, and they had the power and the foreign backing to do it. Imagine that every week you read about how these states—let’s say 15 western states—were ready to actually sever their ties to the U.S., and leave the nation with 35 states and a big hole.
It’s impossible for us to really imagine this. We are faced daily with serious threats to our economic, intellectual, and political unity—there’s constant talk about red and blue states and how the coasts hate the middle and vice-versa, etc.—but we cannot imagine this translates into a threat to our actual political unity. We can’t picture facing the possibility that civil war would break out over these issues and that the United States as we know it would cease to exist.
And all over one political and social issue. An important issue, to be sure, but not one that you thought could destroy the United States. Say it was illegal immigration. It’s been simmering for decades, but it’s begun to boil in the past 10 years, and people’s emotions are getting stronger about it. What do you think will happen in this situation?
Well, you expect it to keep dragging along as a divisive issue that will someday get enough minor legislation to die down, and be replaced by something else. Inertia or a solution, those are the options.
You never expect it to cause an actual civil war, with people in your state fighting people from another state. You don’t expect to see armies formed in the western U.S. states to fight the U.S. amed forces. You don’t expect to have your home destroyed by battle next year.
And that’s the way Americans viewed slavery in the antebellum years. It was a divisive issue, and was getting hotter after 1848, but civil war? Really?
The current election is causing great anxiety for many Americans on both sides of the sectional divide, but no doubt few are ready to believe that it could spark another Civil War. As we’ve seen in the Times‘ coverage of 1860, they were loathe to believe it, too; to the very end they kept reflecting the belief that somehow the proslaveryites would gradually back down and accept the fact that they no longer controlled political power in Washington. They were wrong. And those who believe today that one side or the other will back down from civil war may also be wrong. We devoutly hope they are not. But our trip back in time to the 1860 election has, sadly, inspired more fear than hope on that issue.
What is conservative and what is radical? 1860 and 2016
Posted on August 4, 2016. Filed under: Civil War, Lincoln, Racism, and Slavery, Politics, Slavery, What History is For | Tags: 1860 presidential campaign, 2016 presidential campaign, Abraham Lincoln, Democrats, Donald Trump, Fugitive Slave Law, Republicans |
Hello and welcome to post seven in our series examining the serious and striking comparisons between the U.S. in the months (and years) before the 1860 presidential campaign and the 2016 presidential campaign. Today we extrapolate a parallel between Trump and Abraham Lincoln.
Speaking of slavery, a New York Times editorial from October 1861 focuses on whether or not newly nominated Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln really intends to end slavery as southerners insist. Despite the fact that Lincoln represented a party founded in large part to stop the spread of slavery, and that Lincoln had, over the previous four years (since his debates with Stephen Douglas) been more and more clear that he found slavery morally wrong and dangerous to the political Union and American democracy, and that most Republican voters expected Lincoln to “teach the South a lesson” after having its way in Washington for four score and seven years, the author of the editorial is sure that Lincoln will do nothing to stop slavery:
After Mr. Lincoln shall be elected we think he will very promptly take steps to dispel the fogs that have been thrown around his political position – and that he will present himself to the country as a Conservative, devoted to the Union, considerate equally of every section and of every State, and resolved faithfully and with firmness to maintain the Constitution in all its parts. We have no doubt that he will proclaim himself opposed to the extension or increase of Slavery, and equally opposed to any interference of Congress, or of the North, with Slavery in the Southern States. He has repeatedly declared himself in favor of an efficient Fugitive Slave Law, and opposed to negro suffrage and the political equality of the negro race. We regard these as eminently conservative views, and if his Administration adheres to them with firmness and fidelity, we believe it will contribute largely to the restoration of the public peace, and fortify the Constitution and the Union still more thoroughly in the affection and confidence of the American people…
In this short paragraph we have a wealth of contradictions:
—The idea that Lincoln’s plans as a Republican president were unclear, shrouded in “fog” by outsiders, is an amazing example of wishful thinking. Very few people in the U.S. in the election year of 1860 felt unclear about what Lincoln would do regarding slavery. Northerners assumed he would stop it from spreading and eventually end it in the South; Southerners assumed he would immediately abolish it throughout the Union. This is because of Lincoln’s many statements about hating slavery and wishing to help it along to oblivion, and because of his party’s antislavery basis.
—The statement about a conservative being equally devoted to every section and state is also pretty astounding. The 1860 election was the first in which no presidential candidate represented the entire country. The Republicans were Northern, the Southern Democrats were Southern, the Democrats were primarily Southern, and the Constitutional Union party was created to attract loners who did not take a side—of whom there were vanishingly few. That was the whole point of the 1860 election: the country had irretrievably divided over slavery. There was no going back, and certainly not with a candidate like Lincoln who was antislavery. He did not represent the South.
—The characteristics of “eminently conservative views” given here are shocking, as they are three examples of radical race hatred against black Americans and, in the case of the FSL, a violation of the Constitution (state antislavery laws were overruled by federal law insisting that slavery must be acknowledged in those states while slave states were not forced to acknowledge abolition). This is what passes for normal in a country driven to extremes of sectionalism: maintaining the horrible, anti-democratic status quo is “conservative” while attempting to restore democracy is “radical”.
—How is it possible to confidently claim that if Lincoln does continue to maintain the proslavery status quo it will restore the Union and public peace, and fortify the Constitution? The Constitution is already violated, and it’s the status quo of appeasing slaveholders itself that has led the Union to the brink of rupture and destroyed the public peace.
If we look to the present 2016 presidential race, we see unsettling similarities between this article and how Trump is often described by his admirers. He may seem like a dangerous radical, but that’s just a “fog” of misinformation spread by his detractors, all of whom are themselves dangerously biased. Trump is devoted to the United States and its Constitution, and will treat all Americans with the same love and respect, no matter how much he targets certain populations for his hatred. His deeply racist, sexist, and anti-democratic views are actually “eminently conservative”, representative of the established status quo and traditional American values.
At the same time, the editorial writer’s willful blindness to the reality that the nation has changed and is on a very dangerous course toward civil war is seen today in writers and speakers and average Americans on both the Democratic and Republican sides. Pretending that the 2016 election is business as usual is as crazy as pretending that the 1860 election was. Sometimes you have to acknowledge that you live in dangerous times, and that the status quo is being fundamentally challenged. Presenting radical hate as common sense, threats of nuclear war as protecting national security, and an unstable character as “honest” is as much an attempt to say that nothing is changed when everything has changed as anything written in 1860.
Next time: the end of our journey
Delegates forced to vote for Trump, not forced to vote for Douglas
Posted on July 28, 2016. Filed under: Civil War, Politics, What History is For | Tags: Abraham Lincoln, delegates, Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, John C. Breckinridge, Republican National Convention, Southern Democratic Party, Stephen Douglas |
Entry six in our series examining the serious and striking comparisons between the U.S. in the months (and years) before the 1860 presidential campaign and the 2016 presidential campaign focuses on a detail of the second 1860 Democratic convention in Baltimore that hews closely to a detail of the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland.
You’ll remember that in post five on the 2016 Republican national convention, we described how the 1860 Democratic national convention fell apart after proslavery fire-eaters walked out rather than support slavery moderate Stephen Douglas as their candidate. The Democrats decided to try again six weeks later in Baltimore. When we wrote post five, we noted that it was uncertain whether the 2016 Republican national convention would suffer the same division as moderate delegates tried to rescind their promised votes for Trump. The answer is yes and no.
In Baltimore in 1860, the Democrats had to decide whether to let the southern proslavery delegates who had walked out of the Charleston convention six weeks earlier to participate in the new convention. Eventually the committee charged with the decision said the party should re-admit all of the renegade delegates except those from Louisiana and Alabama. Those states would have to provide new delegates. They did so, and the new delegates joined the convention, but as they did almost all of the other southern delegates walked out again, and this time they took some northern and western delegates with them.
When Douglas was nominated by well over a 2/3 margin of the remaining delegates, the official Democratic party had its presidential candidate. But the delegates who walked out regrouped in another location in Baltimore and elected their own candidate, John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, in the name of their new party, the Southern Democratic party.
The Democrats were officially split, and this helped guarantee a win for the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, in the presidential election.
In the New York Times‘ initial coverage of the reconvening of the Democratic convention, before the walkout, there is an interesting note:
The most significant step taken was the action upon a resolution offered …that all the delegates admitted to seats in the Convention should be deemed bound in honor to support its nominees. Nothing could be intrinsically more just than such a rule. Conventions become a mere farce when they cease to carry any obligation—and if one portion of their members are held bound by their action, while another portion is entirely free, they become insurgents of oppression. But the Southern Delegates refused utterly to assent to any such restriction of their liberty. They declared their determination to secede en masse in advance of any action, if such a rule should be adopted.
This is almost identical to what happened in Cleveland this year: the Republican convention began with some delegates attempting to force through a resolution to change the rules of the convention to allow them to rescind their promised votes for Trump. They were not successful, and basically the above argument was made against them that “Conventions become a mere farce when they cease to carry any obligation—and if one portion of their members are held bound by their action, while another portion is entirely free, they become insurgents of oppression.”
The present-day Republican delegates did not “utterly refuse to assent to this restriction of their liberty”, they did not walk out, and the convention did not split. But the eerie similarities between 1860 and 2016 continue in this moment from both conventions.
Next time: political spin, 1860 and 2016
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CBN | Greg Laurie Reveals the Simple Statement That Snapped Him Out of a Life of Confusion
Greg Laurie has become one of the most well-known preachers in America. He’s the founder of Harvest Crusade and Harvest America and the pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., but the well-known faith leader wasn’t always a believer. In fact, his early years were characterized by a lack of faith, drugs and generally moving in the “wrong direction.”
Laurie, author of the new book, “Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today,” recently appeared on PureFlix.com’s “Pure Talk” to reveal his spiritual journey — and his quest to reach youths with the gospel.
“I was a 17-year-old kid. I was using drugs every single day. I was going in the wrong direction in my life,” he said, noting that he stumbled upon a Bible study one day on the lawn of his high school, and it changed everything. “I sat down close enough to eavesdrop on what was being said.”
That’s when Laurie heard someone proclaim a truth that stuck with him: “Jesus said, ‘You’re for me, or against me.’” The statement struck him and he wondered, “Am I against Jesus?” He was so moved that he decided to embrace Christ that very day.
Watch Laurie explain his journey to God:
Decades later, and he’s now personally led thousands of people to Christ, preaching to young people and adults, alike.
“Let’s not sacrifice the gospel for coolness … what this generation needs is not more cool stuff, they need Jesus Christ,” Laurie said. “They need to know what the Bible says and they need it in a way that they can understand it.”
Speaking of the importance of reaching people with the gospel, Laurie said that Christians need to “build bridges,” but that the most important act is to explain the meaning of the gospel.
“Ultimately, we need to tell them who Jesus is, that Jesus died on the cross for their sinsand rose again from the dead and Jesus can come in their life,” he said. “And then ask them, ‘Would you like Jesus to come into your life right now?’”
Laurie also spoke about the 1960s and 1970s, noting that “America was in flames in the ‘60s. Between “upheaval, turmoil, riots in the streets, young men coming home in body bags from Vietnam … there was such chaos in the culture” — and that it was collectively overwhelming.
A 1966 Time Magazine cover read, “Is God Dead?” It was a question that sparked outrage and debate at the time, but one that perhaps encapsulated the shear chaos of that era.
But by 1971, Laurie noted that Time Magazine had another cover: a psychedelic image of Jesus Christ with text that read, “The Jesus Revolution.” Something fascinating happened between 1966 and 1971 — a spiritual awakening known as the “Jesus Movement.”
Laurie said that the movement, which spread evangelical Christianity across the U.S. and abroad, came at a time when society was in tatters.
“A lot of the things we’re experiencing today were all starting then, the sexual revolution … birth control … free love … and look at what’s happened with the breakdown and redefinition of the family,” he said, noting that most social ills today can be traced back to the breakdown of the family.
But despite that reality, Laurie believes God shone through at the right moment in the Jesus movement, and that a similar revolution can take form again today.
“Our country was born in revival and we need another spiritual revival in America,” he said. “God can do it again, and we pray that He will.”
Want to see more messages from Laurie? Watch Pastor Laurie’s 21-episode TV series here.
Read more at Greg Laurie Reveals the Simple Statement That Snapped Him Out of a Life of Confusion.
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