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Global Citizenship in ESN's spotlight
ESN International news - Mon, 17/06/2019 - 11:43
Between the 19th and 22nd of May, members of the Erasmus Student Network and the Erasmus Mundus Association gathered in Brussels for the GlobErasmus training. It aimed at educating the participants about global citizenship and global competencies developed through different organisations and reinforcing them through workshops and training sessions with external partners with an overall goal of empowering the Erasmus alumni and volunteers.
GlobErasmus is one of many steps ESN is taking in expanding own horizons and keeping up with the developments of the new Erasmus programme which aims to expand globally. The training allowed for new knowledge and a wider perspective on activities we are already implementing and the ones we could organise to ensure even larger impact and spread our mission of "students helping students" globally.
Right from the start, the participants had the opportunity to learn how different organisations approach the topic of global citizenship from guests such as Ajaree Tavornmas from Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM), Sebastiano Putoto from Young European Federalists (JEF) and Jo Deman from World Organisation of Scout Movement (WOSM).
In the following days, participants continued to further explore the relation between their organisations and global citizenship education with a focus was on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Participants of GlobErasmus analysed activities of their own organisations that already tackle SDGs and explored new methods of approaching them. Together, they began building a set of recommendations that address each of the SDGs in relation to the fields of actions of the organisations.
Finally, the goal of setting the ground for potential collaboration between ESAA members focused on the topic of global citizenship and competence will result in a Toolkit about Citizenship Education in ESAA organisations based on the inputs from participants of the GlobErasmus.
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The event was organised by the Erasmus Student Network and the Erasmus Mundus Association, in partnership with ESN Greece and funded by the Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Alliance (ESAA).
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Section in the Spotlight, June 2019: ESN Lisboa!
The winner of the last Section in the Spotlight of this semester takes us to the south of Europe where the land meets the Atlantic ocean. We will be transferred to one of the nicest European capitals which is famous for the dessert called pastels. Let’s meet the winner of this month - ESN Lisboa.
The section was founded in 2008 by nine former exchange students. Even though there are multiple universities in the city, they decided to found only one section to establish good relations with all universities. ESN Lisboa has been growing quite fast, especially due to a high number of former exchange students. Nowadays there are 60 active members who work in eight section departments (e.g. Sports and Trips, Integration and Cultural Events, Human Resources) and are managed by six board members.
Every semester ESN Lisboa recruits new members. Whoever wants to become a member of the section has to go through an interview with experienced members. After that, potential members help for a month with the section’s agenda and then they are evaluated and promoted to junior members. After 3 more months, the General Assembly votes on the seniority and junior members become full members of the section.
Not only do they have a strong team of current members, but ESN Lisboa also cooperates with section Alumni. The Alumni network provides the section with guidance and support whenever it is needed. To fully integrate Alumni into the section’s work, there is an annual gathering called the History Day organised. Alumni have a chance to tell their stories to the current members and remind them of the history of the section itself.
As it was said earlier, section members are its most valuable asset, therefore, there are many events organised to strengthen their relationships, keep their motivation and teach them more about ESN. For example, the Team Buildings take place every semester and they are targeted especially at newbies. The event is aimed at teaching newbies everything about ESN through a series of workshops with examples of real-life situations and how to deal with them. Last but not least, there is an event called ESN Lisboa Upgrade. This event is also organised for its members and is dedicated to all section positions and their specifications, especially to the transition of new candidates who achieve the important positions within the section.
Apart from internal events, ESN Lisboa organises lots of events for exchange students. Working in a lively city like Lisbon brings many opportunities to integrate international students into the local way of living. It is worth mentioning that members of the section organise the event called Surf Days where international students can learn how to surf. Furthermore, there are trips to other Portuguese cities, hiking trips to national parks nearby, events like indoor climbing and many more sporting activities.
ENS Lisboa also organises parties during each semester. At the beginning of the semester, there is the biggest Mega Welcome Party where more than 1 000 students have fun and meet each other. In addition, the section organises PubCrawls, free live concerts, Quiz and Movie Nights and Pool Parties etc.
In ESN Lisboa members believe that integration is meant to be implemented not only between exchange students but also between exchange and local students. To maintain this they use Papaya Buddy System where there are more than 600 registrations per semester. In order to help international students with their start in the new city, the section members publish the Welcome Book. This almost 100-page guide consists of all information needed for better integration of international students. There are tips for moving abroad, information about the city, accommodation, universities, ESN events, traditions, must-see places and more.
ESN Lisboa also put an emphasis on social issues. They believe that the Erasmus+ programme is a strong tool to bring about change. Thanks to a successful application for an ESAA grant the members were able to help a disadvantaged community in central Lisboa, for example, help a family of a single mother with four children to rebuild their apartment. The section organises many more events aimed at social issues where they help local communities, homeless people, abandoned animals etc.
The principle ‘students helping students’ is taken very seriously in ESN Lisboa. The section with its 10-year-long history has been working ever since to become a place where members can find not only friends but become a family of ESNers who they can always rely on. And thanks to their hard work and tons of events organised every semester, they assure the unforgettable memories and experiences for international and local students.
Section in the spotlight, May 2019: ESN Oviedo!
ESN International news - Thu, 09/05/2019 - 14:06
The story of ESN Oviedo started back in 2011 when they became a section of ESN Spain. A year later, their voices were already loudly heard. A thousand voices to be exact - during a national event, a thousand people gathered and sang the regional anthem, the Asturian one, breaking a world record. What a way to start their journey that will sometime after lead them to spotlight!
ESN Oviedo works in an efficient team made out of a five-member board and a General Assembly - all section members that have the right to propose any topic and contribute to the development of the section with new ideas. This way, everyone is included in the work of the section. On the other hand, members work in committees specialised on certain fields, always bearing in mind to follow the causes of ESN. The events cover sports, parties, socially inclusive and cultural events. In fact, some of these events earned them recognition not just within the network, but all around their local community as well!
There is no better way to bond than through sports and culture.
To keep their students active and in good health, ESN Oviedo organises dynamic sports events, such as football, volleyball, basketball and rugby matches or hiking and promenades in nature. Not to forget the perks of being on the coast - beach volleyball and surfing are often on the ‘events menu’.
Activities that serve to have students bond with the locals and between themselves are also numerous, and they include international dinners, speed friending, or the heartwarming “Host an Erasmus for Christmas”. Making the students feel like an important part of the community comes with organising blood donations, strolls to animal shelters, and visits to the nursing home.
ESN Oviedo tries hard to introduce the incoming students to not only Spanish but also to the regional and local culture, by organising city tours telling the beautiful history of the Asturias region in order to let the Erasmus students know the area in depth. However, the Spanish culture gets its time to shine during events such as Tandem, Film and Poetry Evenings that also aim to improve the students’ language skills.
Feeling the region through cultural exchange.
These inclusive and cultural exchange-pumped events do for sure make them constantly proud, but there is one certain activity that made noise all over the Asturias region. For two years, ESN Oviedo organised Rural Erasmus in Schools (EiS), while the next year’s event is already in the making.
Last year, the section paid a visit to a school in Panes, a very rural village situated on the eastern boundary of Asturias that has only 568 inhabitants. The purpose of this Rural EiS was to show the Erasmus students another part of Asturias, its unique and ancient culture, and to give the local students the opportunity to have direct contact with other cultures which they may not have the chance to meet due to the isolation of their village.
This year, they tried to go even further. In March, they organised a whole Rural EiS Weekend in Grandas de Salime, a village of 853 inhabitants situated on the western boundary of Asturias, in a unique area with a very special cultural mixture of Galician and Asturian features. In this very traditional and rural landscape, there was only one school in the village, which they visited with eight international students.
Among other things, the international students presented their countries to primary school students through facts, traditional dances and food; had a chat and a debate with secondary school students; lived the experience as pilgrims; visited the “castros” (traditional and ancient houses of the inhabitants of these valleys) with local children to learn about the carnival traditions and “fala”, the endangered language of the area. Thanks to this activity, ESN Oviedo appeared on the regional Asturian television (TPA), in the main regional newspaper (La Nueva España) and took part in an interview with a Youtube radio, where the international students talked about the weekend and the benefits ESN Oviedo brings for them.
Now, why is this activity so precious and valuable? Because ESN Oviedo managed to introduce international students to the rural and traditional areas of the region, to promote the culture of the region, to provide the locals with a touch of different countries’ cultures, and to promote international students as the ambassadors of intercultural learning and global citizenship. What a way to work for the right cause!
Family and friendship above all.
Since they were founded in 2011, ESN Oviedo has achieved a lot. Last year alone, they managed to double the number of their members and days of Welcome Week and increased the number of their trips, showing unknown places in Spain to their international students.
They say for themselves that they are a small section, but able to make a real impact on the international students and the local society, especially by carrying out projects such as Mov’in Europe and Erasmus in Schools. As they are the only ESN section in Asturias, they consider themselves responsible for the internationalisation of the region. Except for making their region a better place, their motivation also comes from the inside, from the section itself. They believe everyone should feel like they belong to a family, and that is how they treat their members and international students.
ESN Oviedo is one big family of mobility ambassadors that tries hard to leave an impact on both Erasmus students and their region while having great fun on the road. What more can you wish for from your ESN section?
Section in the Spotlight, April 2019: ESN AGH Kraków!
ESN International news - Fri, 05/04/2019 - 09:30
This month’s edition of Section in the Spotlight will take us to central Europe. To the section which organises countless events, shows the culture of the city, and cooperates with other sections to bring unique experiences to incoming and also, local students. Read more about the inspirational members of the section ESN AGH Kraków!
ESN AGH Kraków was founded in 2006 by two members of the Students’ Council of AGH University of Science and Technology as an answer to the need of taking care of international students. Nowadays, the section consists of 72 regular members who do an amazing job every day.
There are many reasons for this. The first one being the carefully organised recruitment that takes place twice a year and consists of a couple of phases. Firstly, there is the promotion of the section consisting of public stands around the university with the introduction of the section and its function. Then, the students who are interested - both local and international - can fill in the application form and are invited to an assessment center. The last phase is a personal interview with potential candidates.
Also, there are many events organised for members. The most important one is the Newbies Camp. This event is a perfect way for newbies to get to know other members, boost their motivation, and pair with more experienced members as their buddies who are there to show them the ESN world in detail. Apart from this event, there are regular meetings such as ‘Workshops Weekends’ and ‘Saturday with ESN’ which three other sections from Kraków join and there are internal and external trainers invited, too. Finally, it is vital for ESN AGH Krakow to keep the family atmosphere so they usually organise celebrations of Easter and Christmas for all their members.
International students are fully involved in the section’s work. They attend the recruitment events, help to organise the flagship project of the section and also help the university’s Office of Foreign Affairs with leaflets, videos, etc. ESN AGH Krakow even has its own band run by international students!
To welcome international students there is the Orientation Week prepared for them every semester. Karaoke Party, City Game, visit to Weliczka the Salt Mine and weekend trips are not missing. Also, ESN AGH Kraków does their best to organise cultural events such as visiting local museums, going to philharmonic concerts, celebrating Christmas in a traditional way or planning cooking classes where international students can learn how to cook traditional Polish meals. A great weekly event which should be mentioned is the Tandem organised in cooperation with ESN Kraków United. During the event international students and also ESNers have a chance to try to talk to each other in several languages.
The flagship project of the section is Exchange Zone. It is a cyclical event which promotes mobility and culture among Polish students. The main idea is sharing experiences of students who have been on mobility in a chosen country and show its culture with the help of an international student from the same country.
The section also promotes events leading to inclusiveness. In the frame of ExchangeAbility the event called ‘You don’t need eyes to see’ takes place. During this event, attendees experienced what it's like to visit a museum as a blind person. The section also works on video episodes of ABLE TO MOVie where Kraków is shown as an accessible city and mobility is promoted among people with disabilities. For the SocialErasmus project the section is involved in the Noble Box Projects where they collect money and prepare Christmas presents for people and families who struggle financially. Also leaving international students can give their stuff they don’t need anymore to incoming students and help them to save some money. For all of this ESN AGH Krakoów within the ESN Kraków United was awarded as The Most Inclusive Section in Poland.
The section also promotes projects such as ErasmusIntern, ESN Survey where their alumni are the international coordinator, and ESNcard. Regarding ESNcard there is an ESNcard party held where partners and activities are promoted. Last but not least, ESN AGH Kraków contributed to the origin of International Erasmus Games in 2015.
The members of ESN AGH Kraków are not only visible within the section. Thanks to the promotion of the national and international level of ESN to the members, they are very active there. They even got the title as the best within the ESN Poland Association and the section with the biggest involvement. They eagerly implement new projects and best practices from both levels. There are regular meetings to discuss current projects and everything happening in the network.
The sentence which describes ESN AGH Kraków the best is: ‘We never give up’. They eagerly work to bring the best experience to the incoming students, to involve local students and help the whole network. Their biggest success was the organisation of this year’s CNR. Apart from their own events and activities planned every day they are also proud of the section cooperation which exists since 2012: ESN Uni Wien, ESN BME, ESN BFI, ESN BOKU, and ESN Usti. One can say that ESN AGH Kraków are unicorns among the ESN network - by the way, this thought is also proven by their choice of the mascot!
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Sep 14, 2018 – 8:00 PM
The Colonial Theater
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EMMY AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN, AUTHOR, AND ACTRESS With smart, observational humor and a legendary spontaneous interaction with the crowd, Paula Poundstone is one of our country’s pre-eminent comedians. She improvises with a crowd like a Jazz musician, swinging in unexpected directions without a plan, without a net. There's a disarming ease in her craft, an immediate sense that she's so quick on her feet you need never worry about the possibility of something going wrong. Poundstone’s razor sharp wit and impeccable timing makes for the perfect fit as a regular panelist on NPR’s #1 show, the weekly comedy news quiz, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! When asked about Paula, Wait, Wait host Peter Sagal replied, "Paula Poundstone is the funniest human being I have ever known. Everything she does, thinks, or says is hilarious. If you cut her into bits, each piece would be funny. (But don’t!). Air becomes funny having been breathed by her.” Paula is also an Author. She just released her second book, the critically acclaimed, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness (Algonquin Books).The book landed at #1 on Amazon Best Sellers lists in humor in Hardcover, Audible and CD. The audio book, read by Poundstone, is one of five finalists for Audio Book of the Year. Paula voiced the character “Forgetter Paula” in Inside Out, winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Her commentaries appear on CBS Sunday Morning and guest appearances include Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Last Call with Carson Daly, Nerdist with Chris Hardwick, Weekend Edition and ‘Puzzle Master’ with Will Shortz! Oh, and did anyone notice that this past year she was an answer in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle? Paula was the first woman, in its then 73rd year, to perform standup comedy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A star of several HBO specials – her 2nd special, Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard marked the first time that elite university allowed its name to be used in the title of a television show. Paula also starred in her own series on HBO and ABC, The Paula Poundstone Show. Her memorable coverage of the 1992 Presidential election as a special correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, followed by behind-the-scenes coverage at the 45th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards in 1993 set the standard for those who followed.. Paula is recognized on Comedy Central’s list of The 100 Best Standup Comics of All Time. She won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic, and she is included in innumerable lists, documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time.
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“The Boston Globe says “she’s never been funnier.” Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula Poundstone is delighting crowds around the country on her hilarious national tour. There’s a wonderful synergy to each one-of-a-kind two-hour show. Paula’s ability to create humor on the spot is legendary and with her casual air, impeccable timing and razor-sharp wit, she improvises with a crowd like a jazz musician. She’ll find an audience member who sells grass seed to golf courses in part of the state of Maryland and wonder aloud if, in such a small territory, the grass seed were any good at all, the salesman could possibly be working to his full potential, then swing in another unexpected direction without a plan, without a net. Poundstone is so quick and unassuming that audience members leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter and debating whether the random people she talked to were “plants.”
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Andrew Critch (email) is currently a full-time research scientist in the EECS department at UC Berkeley, at Stuart Russell's Center for Human Compatible AI. He earned his PhD in mathematics at UC Berkeley studying applications of algebraic geometry to machine learning models. During that time, he cofounded the Center for Applied Rationality and SPARC. Andrew has been offered university faculty positions in mathematics, mathematical biosciences, and philosophy, worked as an algorithmic stock trader at Jane Street Capital's New York City office, and as a research fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. His current research interests include logical uncertainty, open source game theory, and avoiding arms race dynamics between nations and companies in AI development. Andrew first became interested in existential risk as a child, from reading popular writings by Stephen Hawking about cosmology and the future of humanity's ability to understand science. He decided to focus on existential risk professionally where he realized, as a result of meeting Anna Salamon in 2010, that he wouldn't be alone in making x-risk reduction his primary career ambition.
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Kenzi Amodei graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Drama and worked throughout the Bay Area as a professional stage manager before going back to receive a B.S. in Biology from the University of Oregon. She was accepted to Tufts University School of Medicine in 2013, an offer she declined to work at the Center for Applied Rationality as a curriculum developer and their Director of Operations; this is when she first became interested in existential risk. At CFAR, her curricular work included developing and teaching courses on navigating disagreements, expected value estimates, and accurate implicit forecasting techniques; she also worked as a lead curriculum developer for CFAR's first programs targeted at potential x-risk researchers, after reading Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence caused her to become more seriously interested in working on x-risk. Kenzi has presented rationality material at over 30 of CFAR's immersive workshops, as well as at the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition, conferences such as SkeptiCal, Effective Altruism Global, and SSA West, and at tech companies like Heroku and Asana.
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Raymond Arnold is a lead developer at Lesserwrong.com, a discussion platform aimed at refining the art of rationality and applying it to important topics. His day to day work includes strategizing on how to design the site, such that it fosters important intellectual progress (with a special focus on existential risk). Prior to Lesserwrong, he spent 5 years working on in-person rationality community development, building a culture that helps people to think clearly and gain the skills necessary to tackle important problems. In 2012, he developed the Secular Solstice, a holiday festival celebrating science and human achievement, now held in several cities across the world each year. Raymond studied computer animation at Full Sail University before pivoting into web development. He became convinced of the importance of existential risk in 2011, when reading about the subject on Lesswrong.com. After seeing many advances in current machine learning technology, he decided to get more proactively involved in 2016.
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Labels: Chateaux, German war, Honfleur, Loire Valley, normandy, Normandy beach
During longer stays in France (7 days or more), it's a good idea to arrive in Paris, stay for 2 or 3 days, take a day trip or a 3-4 day road trip, and end up departing from Paris. Generally, hotels and B&B’s outside of Paris are inexpensive. A resource for places to stay is Relais & Chateaux guide (website).
Loire Valley – the châteaux here are nothing short of fabulous. Take the TGV (high speed train) to Tours, rent a car and spend a few days visiting the wonderful châteaux and sampling the wines.
Normandy - Drive from Paris to Chartres, Rouen, Mont St. Michel, Dinan, Honfleur and other sites in Normandy. Visit the Normandy Beaches and the American, British and German War Cemeteries. If in Bayeux, visit the cathedral and the famous Tapestry (housed close by the cathedral) which tells the story of the invasion of Britain by William the Conqueror in 1066. Visit Chateau de Sassy and Chateau de Carrouges just north of Alençon in Southern Normandy, close to the border with the Sarthe and the Pays de la Loire.
Le Mans - Home of the famous 24Hr motor race (usually the second weekend of June). Get there by rail (TGV 1hr) or autoroute (2hrs).
Sancerre/Orleans (Loire Valley) – 1 ½ hour drive out of Paris to visit Orleans, home of Joan of Arc, and the Sancerre Vineyards. A very nice 2 day trip.
Champagne Region – a day trip to Reims where you can visit the “caves” of famous champagne makers like Mumm, Piper-Heidseck, Taittinger, etc. Usually open March-Sept.
Picardy – This region is north of Paris and not widely visited. However, it is beautiful country. Beauvais and the city of Amiens which was frequented by Jules Verne has a very impressive cathedral. Quiet and sleepy.
Giverney – The gardens and home of Monet. It can be visited in a day. Advice – get there early before the tourist buses. If you take the train, it arrives in Vernon, then take the short cab ride to Giverney. It's like being in a Monet painting as opposed to looking at one. Bring your camera to take photos of the gardens. Photography not permitted in the house. Closed Monday. Web site: http://giverny.org/gardens/
The Cathedral at Chartres – this is a day trip or can be visited on your way to Normandy or as a day trip via train. A beautiful cathedral. If you go, make sure you take the tour (in English) given by Malcolm Miller.
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Labels: art museum, Lle de France, Monet, paris, Rodin
Ile-de-France is rife with places to visit. You could spend your entire vacation in Paris, for goodness sake, and still not see everything that only that city has to offer. But Ile-de-France is much more than just the City of Lights. As home to many of France's kings and queens, the region is rich with historical sights that you may have read and daydreamed about in history class. A few of the highlights of the Ile-de-France region include:
Paris -- this is a no-brainer, and pages and pages could be written here about what to see and what to do. Whilst the Louvre may be its most famous museum, Paris is also home to a variety of other art museums, with houses of art dedicated to Monet, Rodin, and just about any other French artist you can think of. Other 'of-course!' places to see and things to do include the Tour Eiffel, Arc de Triomphe, Hotel des Invalides, a stroll down the Champs-Elysee, a walking tour of the roof of Notre Dame ... the list goes on and on. For a comprehensive listing of all-things Paris, check out the Inside Paris pages.
Versailles -- located 16 km (10 miles) west of Paris, the sights of Versailles are breathtaking -- both inside and out. Chateau Versailles, home of Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette, is both ostentatious and awe-inspiring at the same time. Admission to Versailles is dependent on which part of the grounds you wish to visit and the time of year. (Not surprisingly, admission is more expensive during the summer high season). If you've gone into bling overload whilst inside the palace, be sure to spend some time wandering the 250-acre grounds of the Parc de Versailles, which surrounds the palace.
Chartres -- located 19 km (12 miles) west of Maintenou, Chartres is home to Chartres Cathedral. The current cathedral, built during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, is a stunning example of Gothic architecture. The cathedral is open to visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily. Tours of the crypt occur daily during the summer. Check for times at the Cathedral. The price for a crypt tour is 2.30 Euro.
Giverny -- you've seen Monet's paintings, now see where he was inspired, as Giverney is home to le Maison et Jardin Claude-Monet. The best time to visit Giverney is May or June, when the garden blooms are at their peak. Monet's house and gardens are open to the public April through October, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Admission to the gardens and home is 5.50 Euro, to the gardens only is 4 Euro.
Fontainbleau -- located 61 km (38 miles) southeast of Paris, the Chateau de Fontainbleau was the home to a long line of royalty, beginning with Francois I in the sixteenth century. Over the years each proceeding member of the royalty added his or her own touches to the sprawling palace. Fontainbleau is open daily (except Tuesday) year-round, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. October through May and 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. June through September. Cost of admission is 6.50 Euro for adults and free for those 18 and under. There is an additional 3 Euro fee to visit Napoleon's apartments.
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich ( /ˈnjuːt ˈɡɪŋɡrɪtʃ/; born Newton Leroy McPherson; June 17, 1943) is an American politician, author, and political consultant. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in 1999, and served as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.
In the 1970s, Gingrich taught history and geography at the University of West Georgia. During this period he ran twice (1974 and 1976)[3] for the United States House of Representatives before winning in November 1978. He served as House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995.
A co-author and architect of the "Contract with America", Gingrich was a major leader in the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional election. In 1995, Time named him "Man of the Year" for "his role in ending the four-decades-long Democratic majority in the House".[4] While he was House speaker, the House enacted welfare reform, passed a capital gains tax cut in 1997, and in 1998 passed the first balanced budget since 1969. The poor showing by Republicans in the 1998 Congressional election and pressure from Republican colleagues caused Gingrich's resignation from the speakership on November 5, 1998, and then the House on January 3, 1999.
Since leaving the House, Gingrich has remained active in public policy debates and worked as a political consultant. He founded and chaired several policy think tanks, including American Solutions for Winning the Future and the Center for Health Transformation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[5] He has written or co-authored 27 books. In May 2011, he announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Gingrich converted to Roman Catholicism in 2009 with the help of Father C. John McCloskey[6], after being raised Lutheran and spending most of his adult life as a Southern Baptist. He has been married three times, with the first two marriages ending in divorce. He has two children from his first marriage and has been married to Callista (Bisek) Gingrich since 2000.
Doisneau's Les Halles: The Ever-Transforming Heart of Paris
Labels: Doisneau Les Halles, free exhibition, march events in paris, marketplace, paris travel, social gathering
by Nicole Smith, About.com Paris Travel Contributor
Flatten, build, deconstruct, bulldoze, build again and expand: there is, perhaps, no other place in Paris that has seen more sudden and drastic renovation than the former market area known as Les Halles. Napoleon III's desire to showcase Paris as the world's most beautiful city led to architect Victor Baltard's constructon of twelve cast iron market pavilions in 1870. In 1933, a 21 year-old French photographer named Robert Doisneau began using his Leica camera to capture the bustling central marketplace for the next 40 years. His 200 black and white photographs of the area are featured in the free exhibition "Doisneau: Paris Les Halles" currently running at the city hall (Hotel de Ville).
The exhibit is located in the hospitality room, a space which provides the intimacy that was felt during the 1950s and 1960s at Les Halles. Doisneau's genuine street scenes capture various guises of the famed marketplace which nearly never slept. At night, activity at Les Halles was at its peak, with merchandise arriving from all regions of France for traders to begin selling when the market bell rang at 1 a.m. Cafes and restaurants were open 24 hours a day, which not only offered a place for social gatherings, but also served as a venue for conducting transactions and lending a short repose for workers. More than 5,000 people worked at Les Halles: butchers, fishmongers, cheese makers, florists, etc. Every square meter of the quarter was used, thus making Les Halles a truly communal setting.
From smiling laborers at their posts on the street to butchers proudly displaying their meat underground, Doisneau excelled in taking portraits of the everyday life and festivities of the marketplace. He was also able to capture the mass numbers of people and products that cluttered the site through expansive field shots. Perhaps the most amusing sequence shows people from all walks of life who frequented the quarter, each hopping over the same garbage-ridden puddle.
The tone of the exhibit quickly changes, however, after 1969, when the government decided to move Les Halles outside of Paris to Rungis due to poor sanitary conditions. From there, the exhibit explores the rapid change of Les Halles from a busy marketplace to a bulldozed construction site. All of the Baltard pavilions were destroyed or moved in order to make way for an RER commuter train station and The Forum des Halles, a massive shopping center which is currently undergoing yet another massive and costly renovation.
Doisneau's pictures from the 1970's depict anxious spectators overlooking the construction until the opening of the Forum in 1979. The exhibit truly reflects just how quickly Les Halles has modernized and remodernized itself, from a marketplace to a mega-mall. Asked why he chose the middle of the 20th century to concentrate his lens on Les Halles, Doisneau replied, "I knew it was going to disappear. I absolutely wanted to keep [a] memory of it."
Exhibition: Doisneau: Paris Les Halles
When: February 8th through April 28th, 2012
Location: Hotel de Ville (Metro Hotel de Ville)
Related: March Events in Paris
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Integrated Geography
Traditionally, geographers have been viewed the same way as cartographers and people who study place names and numbers. Although many geographers are trained in toponymy and cartology, this is not their main preoccupation. Geographers study the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena, processes and features as well as the interaction of humans and their environment. As space and place affect a variety of topics such as economics, health, climate, plants and animals; geography is highly interdisciplinary.
Geography as a discipline can be split broadly into two main subsidiary fields: human geography and physical geography. The former largely focuses on the built environment and how humans create, view, manage, and influence space. The latter examines the natural environment and how organisms, climate, soil, water, and landforms produce and interact. The difference between these approaches led to a third field, environmental geography, which combines physical and human geography and looks at the interactions between the environment and humans.
Integrated geography is the branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world. It requires an understanding of the traditional aspects of physical and human geography, as well as the ways in which human societies conceptualize the environment.
Integrated geography has emerged as a bridge between human and physical geography as a result of the increasing specialisation of the two sub-fields. Furthermore, as human relationship with the environment has changed as a result of globalization and technological change a new approach was needed to understand the changing and dynamic relationship. Examples of areas of research in environmental geography include emergency management, environmental management, sustainability, and political ecology.
Geomatics is a branch of geography that has emerged since the quantitative revolution in geography in the mid 1950s. Geomatics involves the use of traditional spatial techniques used in cartography and topography and their application to computers. Geomatics has become a widespread field with many other disciplines using techniques such as GIS and remote sensing. Geomatics has also led to a revitalization of some geography departments especially in Northern America where the subject had a declining status during the 1950s.
Geomatics encompasses a large area of fields involved with spatial analysis, such as Cartography, Geographic information systems (GIS), Remote sensing, and Global positioning systems (GPS).
Regional geography is a branch of geography that studies the regions of all sizes across the Earth. It has a prevailing descriptive character. The main aim is to understand or define the uniqueness or character of a particular region which consists of natural as well as human elements. Attention is paid also to regionalization which covers the proper techniques of space delimitation into regions.
Regional geography is also considered as a certain approach to study in geographical sciences (similar to quantitative or critical geographies, for more information see History of geography).
Urban planning, regional planning and spatial planning: use the science of geography to assist in determining how to develop (or not develop) the land to meet particular criteria, such as safety, beauty, economic opportunities, the preservation of the built or natural heritage, and so on. The planning of towns, cities, and rural areas may be seen as applied geography.
Regional science: In the 1950s the regional science movement led by Walter Isard arose, to provide a more quantitative and analytical base to geographical questions, in contrast to the descriptive tendencies of traditional geography programs. Regional science comprises the body of knowledge in which the spatial dimension plays a fundamental role, such as regional economics, resource management, location theory, urban and regional planning, transport and communication, human geography, population distribution, landscape ecology, and environmental quality.
Interplanetary Sciences: While the discipline of geography is normally concerned with the Earth, the term can also be informally used to describe the study of other worlds, such as the planets of the Solar System and even beyond. The study of systems larger than the earth itself usually forms part of Astronomy or Cosmology. The study of other planets is usually called planetary science. Alternative terms such as Areology (the study of Mars) have been proposed, but are not widely used.
As spatial interrelationships are key to this synoptic science, maps are a key tool. Classical cartography has been joined by a more modern approach to geographical analysis, computer-based geographic information systems (GIS).
In their study, geographers use four interrelated approaches:
Systematic — Groups geographical knowledge into categories that can be explored globally.
Regional — Examines systematic relationships between categories for a specific region or location on the planet.
Descriptive — Simply specifies the locations of features and populations.
Analytical — Asks why we find features and populations in a specific geographic area.
Cartography studies the representation of the Earth's surface with abstract symbols (map making). Although other subdisciplines of geography rely on maps for presenting their analyses, the actual making of maps is abstract enough to be regarded separately. Cartography has grown from a collection of drafting techniques into an actual science.
Cartographers must learn cognitive psychology and ergonomics to understand which symbols convey information about the Earth most effectively, and behavioral psychology to induce the readers of their maps to act on the information. They must learn geodesy and fairly advanced mathematics to understand how the shape of the Earth affects the distortion of map symbols projected onto a flat surface for viewing. It can be said, without much controversy, that cartography is the seed from which the larger field of geography grew. Most geographers will cite a childhood fascination with maps as an early sign they would end up in the field.
Geographic information systems (GIS) deal with the storage of information about the Earth for automatic retrieval by a computer, in an accurate manner appropriate to the information's purpose. In addition to all of the other subdisciplines of geography, GIS specialists must understand computer science and database systems. GIS has revolutionized the field of cartography; nearly all mapmaking is now done with the assistance of some form of GIS software. GIS also refers to the science of using GIS software and GIS techniques to represent, analyze and predict spatial relationships. In this context, GIS stands for Geographic Information Science.
Remote sensing is the science of obtaining information about Earth features from measurements made at a distance. Remotely sensed data comes in many forms such as satellite imagery, aerial photography and data obtained from hand-held sensors. Geographers increasingly use remotely sensed data to obtain information about the Earth's land surface, ocean and atmosphere because it: a) supplies objective information at a variety of spatial scales (local to global), b) provides a synoptic view of the area of interest, c) allows access to distant and/or inaccessible sites, d) provides spectral information outside the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and e) facilitates studies of how features/areas change over time. Remotely sensed data may be analyzed either independently of, or in conjunction with, other digital data layers (e.g., in a Geographic Information System).
Geostatistics deal with quantitative data analysis, specifically the application of statistical methodology to the exploration of geographic phenomena. Geostatistics is used extensively in a variety of fields including: hydrology, geology, petroleum exploration, weather analysis, urban planning, logistics, and epidemiology. The mathematical basis for geostatistics derives from cluster analysis, linear discriminant analysis and non-parametric statistical tests, and a variety of other subjects. Applications of geostatistics rely heavily on geographic information systems, particularly for the interpolation (estimate) of unmeasured points. Geographers are making notable contributions to the method of quantitative techniques.
Qualitative methods
Geographic qualitative methods, or ethnographical; research techniques, are used by human geographers. In cultural geography there is a tradition of employing qualitative research techniques also used in anthropology and sociology. Participant observation and in-depth interviews provide human geographers with qualitative data.
The oldest known world maps date back to ancient Babylon from the 9th century BC. The best known Babylonian world map, however, is the Imago Mundi of 600 BC. The map as reconstructed by Eckhard Unger shows Babylon on the Euphrates, surrounded by a circular landmass showing Assyria, Urartu and several cities, in turn surrounded by a "bitter river" (Oceanus), with seven islands arranged around it so as to form a seven-pointed star. The accompanying text mentions seven outer regions beyond the encircling ocean. The descriptions of five of them have survived. In contrast to the Imago Mundi, an earlier Babylonian world map dating back to the 9th century BC depicted Babylon as being further north from the center of the world, though it is not certain what that center was supposed to represent.
The ideas of Anaximander (c. 610 BC-c. 545 BC), considered by later Greek writers to be the true founder of geography, come to us through fragments quoted by his successors. Anaximander is credited with the invention of the gnomon,the simple yet efficient Greek instrument that allowed the early measurement of latitude. Thales, Anaximander is also credited with the prediction of eclipses. The foundations of geography can be traced to the ancient cultures, such as the ancient, medieval, and early modern Chinese. The Greeks, who were the first to explore geography as both art and science, achieved this through Cartography, Philosophy, and Literature, or through Mathematics. There is some debate about who was the first person to assert that the Earth is spherical in shape, with the credit going either to Parmenides or Pythagoras. Anaxagoras was able to demonstrate that the profile of the Earth was circular by explaining eclipses. However, he still believed that the Earth was a flat disk, as did many of his contemporaries. One of the first estimates of the radius of the Earth was made by Eratosthenes.
The first rigorous system of latitude and longitude lines is credited to Hipparchus. He employed a sexagesimal system that was derived from Babylonian mathematics. The parallels and meridians were sub-divided into 360°, with each degree further subdivided 60′ (minutes). To measure the longitude at different location on Earth, he suggested using eclipses to determine the relative difference in time. The extensive mapping by the Romans as they explored new lands would later provide a high level of information for Ptolemy to construct detailed atlases. He extended the work of Hipparchus, using a grid system on his maps and adopting a length of 56.5 miles for a degree.
From the 3rd century onwards, Chinese methods of geographical study and writing of geographical literature became much more complex than what was found in Europe at the time (until the 13th century). Chinese geographers such as Liu An, Pei Xiu, Jia Dan, Shen Kuo, Fan Chengda, Zhou Daguan, and Xu Xiake wrote important treatises, yet by the 17th century, advanced ideas and methods of Western-style geography were adopted in China.
During the Middle Ages, the fall of the Roman empire led to a shift in the evolution of geography from Europe to the Islamic world. Muslim geographers such as Muhammad al-Idrisi produced detailed world maps (such as Tabula Rogeriana), while other geographers such as Yaqut al-Hamawi, Abu Rayhan Biruni, Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun provided detailed accounts of their journeys and the geography of the regions they visited. Turkish geographer, Mahmud al-Kashgari drew a world map on a linguistic basis, and later so did Piri Reis (Piri Reis map). Further, Islamic scholars translated and interpreted the earlier works of the Romans and Greeks and established the House of Wisdom in Baghdad for this purpose. Abū Zayd al-Balkhī, originally from Balkh, founded the "Balkhī school" of terrestrial mapping in Baghdad. Suhrāb, a late tenth century Muslim geographer, accompanied a book of geographical coordinates with instructions for making a rectangular world map, with equirectangular projection or cylindrical equidistant projection.
Abu Rayhan Biruni (976-1048) first described a polar equi-azimuthal equidistant projection of the celestial sphere. He was regarded as the most skilled when it came to mapping cities and measuring the distances between them, which he did for many cities in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent. He often combined astronomical readings and mathematical equations, in order to develop methods of pin-pointing locations by recording degrees of latitude and longitude. He also developed similar techniques when it came to measuring the heights of mountains, depths of valleys, and expanse of the horizon. He also discussed human geography and the planetary habitability of the Earth. He also calculated the latitude of Kath, Khwarezm, using the maximum altitude of the Sun, and solved a complex geodesic equation in order to accurately compute the Earth's circumference, which were close to modern values of the Earth's circumference. His estimate of 6,339.9 km for the Earth radius was only 16.8 km less than the modern value of 6,356.7 km. In contrast to his predecessors who measured the Earth's circumference by sighting the Sun simultaneously from two different locations, al-Biruni developed a new method of using trigonometric calculations based on the angle between a plain and mountain top which yielded more accurate measurements of the Earth's circumference and made it possible for it to be measured by a single person from a single location.
The European Age of Discovery during the 16th and 17th centuries, where many new lands were discovered and accounts by European explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo and James Cook, revived a desire for both accurate geographic detail, and more solid theoretical foundations in Europe. The problem facing both explorers and geographers was finding the latitude and longitude of a geographic location. The problem of latitude was solved long ago but that of longitude remained; agreeing on what zero meridian should be was only part of the problem. It was left to John Harrison to solve it by inventing the chronometer H-4, in 1760, and later in 1884 for the International Meridian Conference to adopt by convention the Greenwich meridian as zero meridian.
The 18th and 19th centuries were the times when geography became recognized as a discrete academic discipline and became part of a typical university curriculum in Europe (especially Paris and Berlin). The development of many geographic societies also occurred during the 19th century with the foundations of the Société de Géographie in 1821, the Royal Geographical Society in 1830, Russian Geographical Society in 1845, American Geographical Society in 1851, and the National Geographic Society in 1888. The influence of Immanuel Kant, Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter and Paul Vidal de la Blache can be seen as a major turning point in geography from a philosophy to an academic subject.
Over the past two centuries the advancements in technology such as computers, have led to the development of geomatics and new practices such as participant observation and geostatistics being incorporated into geography's portfolio of tools. In the West during the 20th century, the discipline of geography went through four major phases: environmental determinism, regional geography, the quantitative revolution, and critical geography. The strong interdisciplinary links between geography and the sciences of geology and botany, as well as economics, sociology and demographics have also grown greatly especially as a result of Earth System Science that seeks to understand the world in a holistic view.
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Our Country Neighbours
by Harriet Beecher Stowe [?]
We have just built our house in rather an out-of-the-way place–on the bank of a river, and under the shade of a patch of woods which is a veritable remain of quite an ancient forest. The checkerberry and partridge-plum, with their glossy green leaves and scarlet berries, still carpet the ground under its deep shadows; and prince’s-pine and other kindred evergreens declare its native wildness,–for these are children of the wild woods, that never come after plough and harrow have once broken a soil.
When we tried to look out the spot for our house, we had to get a surveyor to go before us and cut a path through the dense underbrush that was laced together in a general network of boughs and leaves, and grew so high as to overtop our heads. Where the house stands, four or five great old oaks and chestnuts had to be cut away to let it in; and now it stands on the bank of the river, the edges of which are still overhung with old forest-trees, chestnuts and oaks, which look at themselves in the glassy stream.
A little knoll near the house was chosen for a garden-spot; a dense, dark mass of trees above, of bushes in mid-air, and of all sorts of ferns and wild-flowers and creeping vines on the ground. All these had to be cleared out, and a dozen great trees cut down and dragged off to a neighbouring saw-mill, there to be transformed into boards to finish off our house. Then, fetching a great machine, such as might be used to pull a giant’s teeth, with ropes, pulleys, oxen, and men, and might and main, we pulled out the stumps, with their great prongs and their network of roots and fibres; and then, alas! we had to begin with all the pretty wild, lovely bushes, and the checkerberries and ferns and wild blackberries and huckleberry- bushes, and dig them up remorselessly, that we might plant our corn and squashes. And so we got a house and a garden right out of the heart of our piece of wild wood, about a mile from the city of H-.
Well, then, people said it was a lonely place, and far from neighbours,–by which they meant that it was a good way for them to come to see us. But we soon found that whoever goes into the woods to live finds neighbours of a new kind, and some to whom it is rather hard to become accustomed.
For instance, on a fine day early in April, as we were crossing over to superintend the building of our house, we were startled by a striped snake, with his little bright eyes, raising himself to look at us, and putting out his red, forked tongue. Now there is no more harm in these little garden-snakes than there is in a robin or a squirrel–they are poor little, peaceable, timid creatures, which could not do any harm if they would; but the prejudices of society are so strong against them that one does not like to cultivate too much intimacy with them. So we tried to turn out of our path into a tangle of bushes; and there, instead of one, we found four snakes. We turned on the other side, and there were two more. In short, everywhere we looked, the dry leaves were rustling and coiling with them; and we were in despair. In vain we said that they were harmless as kittens, and tried to persuade ourselves that their little bright eyes were pretty, and that their serpentine movements were in the exact line of beauty: for the life of us, we could not help remembering their family name and connections; we thought of those disagreeable gentlemen the anacondas, the rattlesnakes, and the copper-heads, and all of that bad line, immediate family friends of the old serpent to whom we are indebted for all the mischief that is done in this world. So we were quite apprehensive when we saw how our new neighbourhood was infested by them, until a neighbour calmed our fears by telling us that snakes always crawled out of their holes to sun themselves in the spring, and that in a day or two they would all be gone.
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The Beginning of a History: Advanced Aging and the Liberalness of Democracies
Author: potton jonathan
by Richard Cincotta
[Population Aging to 2030, Day 3, Essay 3 of 3]
How powerful is advanced population aging?—powerful enough to place at risk the liberal content of Europe’s democratic regimes? In this essay I’ll argue that it could; that today’s confident clusters of European and East Asian liberal democracies (states rated as “FREE” in Freedom House’s annual survey) will, as they age beyond the median age of 45 years, incur greater risks of losing elements of the political rights and civil liberties that generations of their citizens and political leaders worked hard to attain.
How sure am I of the impending risks? In fact, I’m not sure. There is yet no historic record of states experiencing advanced aging. Despite the well-documented evidence of increasing democratic stability as country-level populations age (Weber 2012, Cincotta & Doces 2012, Cincotta 2008/09 & 2008), current theory cannot hope to forecast political behaviors for countries well beyond the median age of 45—beyond the current demographic frontier and outside the reach of available data.
While no country has yet evolved a deeply post-mature age structure (Fig 1.), by 2030 some will. According to demographers at the US Census Bureau’s International Program Center and the UN Population Division, by 2030, between 19 and 29 states will possess this novel quality. Three or four will be East Asian states. Nearly all the rest will be located in Europe. According to current US Census Bureau and UN Population Division projections, by 2030 both Germany’s and Japan’s populations will range near the median age of 50 years.
Figure 1. Population age structures indicative of four phases of the age-structural transition.
So far, aging (an increase in the median age) has been “good news” for liberal democracy. Since 1972—when Freedom House (FH) produced its first state-by-state assessments of political rights and civil liberties—the global demographic pattern of liberal democracy has been extraordinarily consistent. Among states with a youthful population (median age 25.0 years or less) the annual proportion of states assessed as FREE (Freedom House status score from 2.5 to 1.0) has been relatively low—around 18 percent, on average, over the past four decades (Figure 2). Around 60 percent of all intermediate countries (median age 25.1 to 35.0 years) and about 88 percent of mature countries (35.1 to 45.0 years) have received the “Free” assessment.
Figure 2. The mean annual proportion of states in each of three age-structural categories that were assessed as FREE in Freedom House’s annual survey, 1972 to 2011.
More importantly, youthful liberal democracies have shown themselves to be inherently unstable. Over the past four decades, youthful states have ascended to FH’s annual list of FREE regimes on 52 occasions. On 51 occasions, youthful states dropped off of that list, retreating to a less democratic or even autocratic regime in the wake of a coup d’état, after elected or unelected leaders have assumed extraordinary executive powers, or when political violence has led to restrictions on individual freedoms. As a group, 235 Chapter 20: The Importance of Big best-data-recovery.com to Business . states that have ascended to the FREE category as eitherintermediate or mature populations have experienced much greater success at maintaining this rating (Figure 3). In fact, liberal democracies over the median age of 30 years seem the most stable. From this politico-demographic vantage point, Huntington’s third wave of democracy—an empirical wave of Published November 3, 2013 by ObamaCare Facts Wondering why your health travel health insurance reviews policy was canceled online casino going into 2014? Let”s take a look at why many Americans are losing their policy, how ObamaCare played a part, and why it could be a good thing or bad thing for you depending on the situation. successive democratization that began in southern Europe in the early 1970s—owes its accumulation of liberal regimes neither to popular revolution nor to gradual regime-motivated reforms, but to the democratic stability attained as population age structures mature.
But that was then—before any liberal democracies ventured beyond the median age of 45. Only the passage of time will allow an evaluation of the durability of post-mature liberal democracies. For now, political demographers are left to search among the behaviors of aging states for premature indications of democratic setbacks.
Figure 3. The absolute number of states, by age-structural type, that newly attained and lost the status of FREE in Freedom House’s annual survey, from 1973 to 2011.
Do such indications exist? Perhaps. Nearly all of the rapidly aging states along Europe’s southern flank have fallen into some degree of fiscal distress—and the shakiest among them appears to Men best-horoscope.com can’t stand boredom. be Greece, now at a median age of 42 years. Under the pressure of civil disorder, Greece’s government has backed away from fiscal reforms and tough austerity measures. Although still assessed as FREE in FH’s most recent annual survey (Jan. 2012), Freedom House downgraded Greece’s political rights score (from 1.5 to 2.0). In Eastern Europe, declines from high levels of liberal democracy have been more obvious and widespread. Ukraine (median age of 40 years) dropped from FH’s FREE rating to PARTLY FREE in 2009. While remaining with FH’s FREE status, both Latvia’s (median age of 41 years) and Hungary’s (40 years) scores have trended toward declining political and individual freedoms over the past two years.
Nonetheless, few political scientists are ready to investigate the possibility that some of this drift away from liberal democracy is related to advanced population aging. Perhaps they should entertain the thought. In the case of Greece, one can easily imagine the rising burden of public pensions and old-age healthcare contributing to public sector deficits and the loss of fiscal flexibility, particularly during a global recession. For Ukraine, Latvia and Hungary, most experts will argue—with justification—that the strength of democratic institutions and liberal traditions in these post-communist states is still weak. That said, some have had difficulty explaining why these particular eastern European states, where the transition from state communism to liberal democracy went relatively smoothly (and enthusiastically), and not others, have experienced significant erosion of press freedoms and weakening of executive-judicial separation.
Could these lapses in “liberalness” be symptoms of the degree of fragility that, in the future, analysts will expect from post-mature liberal democracies? Just as age-structurally youthful democracies bear high statistical risks of a retreat to a less democratic regime type in the wake of intra-state conflict and electoral violence, perhaps post-mature liberal states will find themselves vulnerable to more subtle expansions of executive power and decay of judicial checks.
Significantly, no recent overt signs of illiberalness have emerged from within the world’s oldest aging states: Germany, Japan and Italy. Apparently, these have (so far) taken their rapid pace of aging in stride. Despite its fiscal problems, Italy (the next in line to enter the post-mature category) was recently upgraded by Freedom House—from 1.5 to the highest average rating, 1.0. Still, the history of advanced aging is just beginning, and depths of their future aging challenges have yet to be plumbed. By 2030, roughly 28 percent of all Germans and 26 percent of Italians are expected to be aged 65 and older. For Japan, that figure is should reach 30 percent by the same year.
How well-anchored are liberal political and institutional traditions in the societies of Europe’s and East Asia’s aging liberal democracies? Will these traditions permit prompt and adequate policy responses to aging’s oncoming challenges? So far, we cannot know. After all, we stand at the beginning of a new history.
Richard Cincotta is Demographer-in-residence at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC, and a consultant on political demography for the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program. From 2006-09, he served as a long-range analyst for the National Intelligence Council.
References cited
Cincotta, R. P. (2008). “How Democracies Grow Up: Countries with Too Many Young People May Not Have a Fighting Chance for Freedom.” Foreign Policy (165): 80-82.
Cincotta, R. P. (2008/09). “Half a Chance: Youth Bulges and Transitions to Liberal Democracy.”Environmental Change and Security Report(13): 10-18.
Cincotta, R. P. and J. Doces (2012). The Age-structural Maturity Thesis: the Youth Bulge’s Influence on the Advent and Stability of Liberal Democracy. Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping Security and National Politics. J. A. Goldstone, E. Kaufmann and M. D. Toft. Basingstoke and New York, Palgrave-MacMillan, pp.98-116.
Weber, H. (2012). “Demography and Democracy: the Impact of Youth Cohort Size on Democratic Stability in the World.” Democratization, iFirst (1-23).
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Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC)
Whistleblower Protection Act has gaps, needs revamp, says C4
February 16, 2018 HAKAM_Intern
Source: Free Malaysia Today
PETALING JAYA: The Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 is not good enough and needs to be revamped, says civil society group Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4).
The anti-graft watchdog’s director, Cynthia Gabriel, said this following the jailing of Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, for 30 months, for revealing bank accounts relating to the National Feedlot Corporation’s (NFC) subsidiary companies and that of executive chairman Mohamad Salleh Ismail six years ago.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) call to the public to come forth with information rang hollow, Cynthia said, because the country did not protect whistleblowers who were brave enough to come out and report wrongdoing.
Human Rights & Wrongs Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4), corruption, law reform, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC), Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, whistleblowers
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Line to take - LTT160 - Confidentiality of commercial or industrial information
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FOI/EIR: EIR
Section/Regulation: reg 12(5)(e)
Issue: Confidentiality of commercial or industrial information
Source: Policy team; Information Tribunal
Details: South Gloucestershire Council / Bovis Homes Ltd (20 October 2009)
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Related Documents: EA/2009/0032 (South Gloucestershire)
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Policy Reference: LTT160
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The Commissioner will consider the following questions when applying regulation 12(5)(e):
Is the information commercial or industrial in nature?
Is the information subject to confidentiality provided by law?
Is the confidentiality provided to protect a legitimate economic interest?
Would the confidentiality be adversely affected by disclosure?
This is different to the approach to confidentiality taken under s41. In particular, there is no need to consider whether there would be a public interest defence to any claim for breach of confidence. Instead, the exception is subject to the usual public interest test under the EIR.
Regulation 12(5)(e) provides:
(5) For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that its disclosure would adversely affect—
(e) the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest
The underlying purpose of the exception is to protect the legitimate economic interest that is being protected by commercial confidentiality. It incorporates elements of both s41 and s43 of the FOIA. However, the exception differs from those sections in some key respects and case officers should take care when reading across arguments made under s41 or s43. In particular, it is not enough to argue that disclosure would adversely affect the commercial interests of any person. There must also be confidentiality provided by law, which may include consideration of some of the factors relevant to s41 but is not an identical test.
The Commissioner considers that this exception can be broken down into four elements, all of which are required in order for the exception to be engaged:
In South Gloucestershire Council / Bovis Homes (EA/2009/0032), the Tribunal indicated that there were three elements to the exception:
The confidentiality of the commercial or industrial information.
The confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest.
Disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality.
The Commissioner considers that there is no conflict between these tests and they essentially cover the same ground. However, he will adopt the four-stage approach for clarity, to avoid any confusion about whether confidentiality should be considered under the first or second limb and also to ensure that clear consideration is given to both the question of confidentiality in law and to the legitimate economic interests at stake in the particular case.
Note that regulation 12(9) provides that the exception is not available for information relating to emissions.
See also LTT161 for more information on the public interest test for regulation 12(5)(e).
(1) Is the information commercial or industrial in nature?
The exception only protects the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information.
The Commissioner considers that for information to be commercial or industrial in nature it will need to relate to a commercial activity, either of the public authority or a third party. The essence of commerce is trade, and a commercial activity will generally involve the sale or purchase of goods or services, usually for profit. It should be remembered that not all financial information is necessarily commercial information. For example, a lot of information about a public authority’s finances or resources will not be commercial information.
The Commissioner’s view is that “industrial” in this context can be taken to refer to any business activity or commercial enterprise, and is unlikely to expand the scope of the exception to encompass non-commercial information. However, he will consider arguments that non-commercial information is nevertheless industrial information on the facts of a particular case.
(2) Is the information subject to confidentiality provided by law?
The Commissioner considers that “provided by law” will include confidentiality imposed on any person under the common law of confidence, contractual obligation, or statute.
There is no need under regulation 12(5)(e) for the information to have been obtained from another. The exception can therefore also cover information created by the public authority and provided to another, or to information jointly created or agreed between the public authority and a third party.
However, no confidentiality can attach to information generated by the public authority itself if it has not been shared with a third party, unless there is a specific statutory provision requiring it not to be disclosed.
Common law of confidence
When considering whether the common law of confidence applies, the Commissioner’s approach will be similar in some respects to the test under s41, although there are also some key differences. The key issues the Commissioner will consider when looking at common law confidences under this heading are:
Does the information have the necessary quality of confidence? This will involve confirming that the information is not trivial and is not in the public domain. See LTT94 for more discussion on this point.
Was the information shared in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence? This can be explicit or implied, and may depend on the nature of the information itself, the relationship between the parties, and/or any standard practice regarding the status of information. A useful test is likely to be to consider whether a reasonable person would have considered that the information had been shared in confidence. See LTT95 for more discussion on this point.
However, in contrast to the Commissioner’s approach under s41, there is no need to consider here whether there would be an unauthorised disclosure to the detriment of the confider. This is because there is no need to establish an actionable breach of confidence for the purposes of this exception. This approach is also supported by the fact that the element of detriment will need to be considered under the third heading below.
As there is no need to establish an actionable breach of confidence, there is no need to consider whether there would be a public interest defence to any breach of confidence. On a practical level, as the exception is subject to the usual public interest test under regulation 12(1)(b), the balance of the public interest will still be fully considered before any decision on disclosure can be reached. Any prior consideration of a public interest defence could not ultimately change the outcome of the case and would therefore cause unnecessary duplication. The Commissioner considers that this redundancy supports his view that there is no need to consider the public interest defence as part of the engagement of this exception.
Contractual obligations of confidence
For the purposes of this exception, the Commissioner will also accept obligations of confidence imposed by contract. If the public authority can establish that there is a binding confidentiality clause covering the requested information, there is no need to consider the common law test of confidence.
Although this potentially widens the scope of the exception, confidentiality is just one element and is not enough on its own to engage the exception. The Commissioner does not consider that this approach will allow public authorities to contract out of their obligations under the EIR, as to use the exception they will still have to show that the confidentiality is protecting a legitimate economic interest, and also that the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality in the particular circumstances of the case outweighs the public interest in disclosure. However, if the confidentiality is self-imposed by contract, this may affect the weight accorded to maintaining the exemption when conducting the public interest test.
Although regulation 5(6) disapplies any statutory bars on disclosure for the purposes of the EIR, a statutory bar will still mean that confidentiality is provided by law for the purposes of this exception. However, the other limbs of the exception — and the public interest test — will still need to be satisfied.
(3) Is the confidentiality provided to protect a legitimate economic interest?
The Commissioner considers that, to satisfy this element of the test, disclosure would have to adversely affect a legitimate economic interest of the person the confidentiality is designed to protect. This will require a consideration of the sensitivity of the information and the nature of any harm that would be caused by disclosure.
Broader arguments that the confidentiality provision was originally intended to protect legitimate economic interests at the time it was imposed will not be sufficient. The Commissioner considers that, taking into account the duty in paragraph 4.2 of the Directive to interpret exceptions in a restrictive way, the wording “where such confidentiality is provided to protect a legitimate economic interest” (as opposed to “was provided’) indicates that the confidentiality of this information must be objectively required at the time of the request in order to protect a relevant interest.
It is not enough that some harm might be caused by disclosure. The Commissioner considers that it is necessary to establish (on the balance of probabilities) that some harm would be caused by disclosure.
In support of his approach, the Commissioner notes that the implementation guide for the Aarhus Convention (on which the European Directive on access to environmental information and ultimately the EIR were based) gives the following guidance on legitimate economic interests: “Determine harm. Legitimate economic interest also implies that the exception may be invoked only if disclosure would significantly damage the interest in question and assist its competitors.”
Arguments under this limb may include arguments about prejudice to commercial interests similar to those relevant to s43. However, the Commissioner considers that economic interests are wider than commercial interests, and can also include financial interests. For example, this could include arguments that disclosure would adversely affect the finances or tax revenue of a public authority (even if we would not accept that this constituted a commercial interest). However, it will not include pure personal privacy concerns.
Whose interests must be affected?
If the information was provided by one party to another under the common law of confidence, it would be the interests of the confider that are relevant here.
However, if the information was jointly agreed or else was provided under a contractual obligation of confidence, either party’s interests could be relevant, depending on whose interests the confidentiality is intended to protect. For example, in the South Gloucestershire Council case, the information (appraisal reports on potential development sites) was provided by a third party to the council under a contractual obligation of confidence, but the confidentiality clause was designed to protect the council’s interests (its bargaining position in planning negotiations with developers) rather than the confider’s interests. The Tribunal accepted in that case that the confidentiality was to protect the council’s legitimate economic interests.
If it is a third party’s legitimate economic interests that are at stake, the Commissioner will expect a public authority to provide some evidence from the third party about its concerns, in line with his approach to s43 arguments. It will not be sufficient for the public authority to speculate about potential harm to a third party’s interests without some evidence that the arguments genuinely reflect the concerns of the third party. See LTT55 for more information.
(4) Would that confidentiality be adversely affected by disclosure?
Although this is a necessary element of the exception, the Commissioner considers that once the first three elements are established it is inevitable that this limb will be satisfied. Disclosure of truly confidential information into the public domain would inevitably harm the confidential nature of that information by making it publicly available, and will also inevitably harm the legitimate economic interests that have already been identified.
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New Opportunities for Control: Quantum Internal Model Principle and Decoherence Control
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48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, Dec. 2009
Tzyh Jong Tarn
He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering and the Director of the Center for Robotics and Automation at Washington University. He also is the director of the Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology at Tsinghua University. An active member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Dr. Tarn served as the President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 1992-1993, the Director of the IEEE Division X (Systems and Control), 1995-1996, and a member of the IEEE Board of Directors, 1995-1996. He is the first recipient of the Nakamura Prize at the 10th Anniversary of IROS in Grenoble, France, 1997, the recipient of the prestigious Joseph F. Engelberger Award of the Robotic Industries Association in 1999, the Auto Soft Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000, the Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award in 2003 from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the George Saridis Leadership Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2009. He was featured in the Special Report on Engineering of the 1998 Best Graduate School issue of US News and World Report and his recent research accomplishments were reported in the Washington Times, Washington D.C., the Financial Times, London, Le Monde, Paris, and the Chicago Sun-Times. Dr. Tarn is a Fellow of IEEE and an IFAC Fellow.
Decoherence, which is caused due to the interaction of a quantum system with its environment plagues all quantum systems and leads to the loss of quantum properties that are vital for quantum computation and quantum information processing. Superficially, this problem appears to be the disturbance decoupling problem in classical control theory. In this talk first we briefly review recent advances in Quantum Control. Then we propose a novel strategy using techniques from geometric systems theory to completely eliminate decoherence and also provide conditions under which it can be done so. A novel construction employing an auxiliary system, the bait, which is instrumental to decoupling the system from the environment, is presented. This literally corresponds to the Internal Model Principle for Quantum Mechanical Systems which is quite different from the classical theory due to the quantum nature of the system. Almost all the earlier work on decoherence control employ density matrix and stochastic master equations to analyze the problem. Our approach to decoherence control involves the bilinear input affine model of quantum control system which lends itself to various techniques from classical control theory, but with non-trivial modifications to the quantum regime. This approach yields interesting results on open loop decouplability and Decoherence Free Subspaces (DFS). The results are also shown to be superior to the ones obtained via master equations. Finally, a methodology to synthesize feedback parameters itself is given, that technology permitting, could be implemented for practical 2-qubit systems performing decoherence free Quantum Computing. Open problems and future directions in quantum control also will be discussed.
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CESR publishes fourth extract from its database of enforcement decisions taken by EU national supervisors of financial information (IFRS)
Wednesday, 24th December, 2008: The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has published a fourth extract from its database of enforcement decisions taken by EU national supervisors of financial information that participate in the European Enforcer Co-Ordination Sessions (EECS).
EU national supervisors monitor and review the financial statements of issuers and consider whether they comply with IFRS and other applicable reporting requirements, including relevant national law. The EECS is a forum in which all EU/EEA national supervisors of financial information, whether CESR members or not, meet to share the reasons underpinning their accounting enforcement decisions, canvas members’ views on issues currently being dealt with and to identify issues which do not appear to be covered by financial reporting standards or which may be affected by conflicting interpretations for referral to standard setting or interpretive bodies such as the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) or the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC).
CESR has developed a confidential database of enforcement decisions taken by individual EU national supervisors as a source of information to foster appropriate application of IFRS. All decisions submitted to the database are considered as appropriate for publication, unless:
similar decisions have already been published by CESR, and publication of a new decision would not add any substantial value to the fostering of consistent application;
the decision deals with a simple accounting issue that, even having been considered a material infringement, does not in itself have any accounting merit;
there is no consensus within the EECS to support the submitted decision;
a particular EU National enforcer, on a grounded and justified basis, believes that the decision should not be published.
In response to concerns about confidentiality and privacy laws, which vary between EU jurisdictions, extracts do not, usually, include the name of the issuer or the enforcer or any other details that would enable the issuer or its jurisdiction to be identified.
IAASA is a member of the EECS and the Authority’s Head of Financial Reporting Supervision is also a member of the EECS’ Agenda Group. Accordingly, in addition to contributing to the EECS’ plenary meetings, IAASA also has a direct input to, and involvement in:
the review of emerging cases and decisions as tabled by Member States’ enforcement authorities with a view to assessing those which should be afforded priority for consideration and discussion at the plenary; and
the review of enforcement decisions taken by EU accounting enforcers with a view to determining whether they should be published.
Note: In some EU jurisdictions national supervisors may provide an opinion on a particular accounting issue before an issuer’s financial statements have been finalised and published. This is not the case in Ireland. These ‘pre-clearance’ decisions are made on the basis of information and assumptions supplied by an issuer to the relevant national enforcer. Pre-clearance decisions are identified as such in the CESR publication.
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The Spyro is a Finnish indierockdancepunk band (don’t you just love genre definitions – we certainly do!!), drawing influence from such bands as Franz Ferdinand, Block Party, Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, The Strokes, Foals and The Hives.
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The Spyro is a Finnish indierockdancepunk band (don’t you just love genre definitions – we certainly do!!), drawing influence from such bands as Franz Ferdinand, Block Party, Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, The Strokes, Foals and The Hives. Having said that, the band members do have quite various musical backgrounds, from hip-hop through HC techno and death metal to psychedelic rock and everything in between. Combining that background and these influences to living in Finland (one of the coldest and darkest places on the Earth), The Spyro’s music is surprisingly consistent! 😀
The Spyro was formed in 2008 by the composer / guitarist Hape Haavikko. Any of the guys didn’t know each other before joining the band, so it was amazingly fast how they got their act together, prepared a set and hit the road. In 2009 they did 30 shows in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany. In 2010 the pace was kept, and more countries (UK for example) were added to the list.
Spare Parts For Perfect People
Debut album Spare Parts For Perfect People was recorded under the producer Jyri Riikonen’s watchful eye over a longish period of time; the first sessions were held already in December 2009 and the final master version was ready in May 2011. As always with debut albums, the album ended up having some of our oldest songs (such as We’re The Libertines) in almost original arrangement, some of the old songs (such as I’m Not The One) quite drastically rearranged, and some brand new songs (such as We Are Poor).
The album was released in September 2011, get yours from Record Shop X!
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Neo-Nazi Network in German Army Exposed
The arrest of a German army officer suspected of plotting the assassination of leftist politicians and high-ranking state officials has exposed the operations of neo-Nazi forces at the highest levels of the German military (Bundeswehr).
The information that has emerged thus far indicates that the suspected officer-terrorist was part of a broader network of fascists within the Bundeswehr, and that his activities were known to his superiors and covered up by them.
Most astonishing is the official reaction to these alarming revelations. They have prompted an outpouring of anger in the German media and from the establishment parties directed not at the existence of this network and evidence of its toleration by high-level state forces, but at mild criticisms of the military by Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen.
Given the historic crimes of German imperialism in the 20th century and the current revival of militarism in Germany, it is remarkable how little attention has been paid to these developments in the American and international press.
Lieutenant Franco A., 28, was arrested last week after coming to the attention of Austrian police when he sought to retrieve a weapon hidden at the airport in Vienna. It quickly emerged that the officer had been leading a double life. In addition to his activities in the Bundeswehr, Franco A, who does not speak a word of Arabic, had registered as a Syrian refugee and been recognized as such.
He apparently intended to carry out a terror attack under a false flag. A police search of his home uncovered a list of possible targets, which included, together with leftist politicians and activists, Justice Minister Heiko Maas and former German President Joachim Gauck.
Franco A. did not operate alone. The police have recovered shells and handguns from a 24-year-old accomplice, who was also arrested. The Defence Ministry has informed the parliamentary defence committee that the arrested officer may be part of an ultra-right network within the Bundeswehr.
The reaction of the military leadership suggests that this network is far more extensive and reaches much higher than has thus far been revealed. Defence Minister von der Leyen cancelled a planned trip to the US and invited 100 high-ranking military officers to Berlin on Thursday “to discuss the implications and consequences of the accumulated cases in the Bundeswehr.”
It is now clear that, for some time, Franco A.’s superiors were aware of his fascistic views and shielded him. As far back as 2014, his graduate thesis at the French military university Saint-Cyr was rejected on the grounds that it was not a scholarly work, but rather “a radical nationalist, racist appeal,” calling for “existing conditions to be adapted to the alleged natural law of racial purity.” The responsible French general advised Franco A.’s German superiors to sack him, but the latter concluded that he was not a racist. They hushed up the case and promoted his military career.
The neo-Nazi views of the first lieutenant were an open secret in the French town of Illkirch, where he served in a Franco-German unit. Investigators from the Bundeswehr have found “indications of right-wing and racist ideas” in his room. In addition to a swastika carved on an assault rifle, they discovered pictures glorifying Hitler’s army, the Wehrmacht.
Racist and authoritarian views and the glorification of violence are not only widespread in the Bundeswehr, they are actively encouraged by its leaders. The military intelligence service is currently investigating 275 extreme right-wing suspects. These investigations are exercises in damage control. Charges were dropped against one soldier who placed a photo of a machine gun on the Internet with the caption: “The fastest German asylum procedure: rejects up to 1,400 requests per minute.”
The tradition of Hitler’s Wehrmacht continues to be officially cultivated in the Bundeswehr. Many barracks bear the names of military officers who were implicated in the Nazis’ genocidal racial and war policies.
The universities of the Bundeswehr in Munich and Hamburg have repeatedly generated headlines by promoting right-wing extremism. In Munich, there was a controversy in 2011 surrounding the student magazine Campus when three of its editors expressed their support for the Conservative Revolutionary movement, one of the leading ideological forbears of the Nazis.
In Hamburg, the book Armee im Aufbruch (Army on the Move) was published in 2014 with contributions from sixteen officers who studied at the Bundeswehr University there and had combat experience in Afghanistan. The book is full of language typical of Nazi literature glorifying war.
The officers consider themselves to be an elite, opposed to a “hedonistic and individualistic” society focused on “self-gratification, consumption, pacifism and egoism,” a society that has no appreciation for the “striving for honour through great sacrifice,” for a “patriotic attitude to the people (Volk) and Fatherland” and for “courage, loyalty and honour.”
There was no protest against the book within the German political establishment. The right-wing, dictatorial standpoint it expressed is shared across the political spectrum.
When Defence Minister von der Leyen, a member of the ruling Christian Democratic Union, responded to the exposure of the Franco A. case by warning that “the German army has an attitude problem and it apparently has weak leadership at different levels,” she provoked a storm of protest. She may well lose her post, not because terror attacks on the former president and current ministers and members of parliament were planned from within the ranks of the Bundeswehr, but because she spoke out too sharply against it!
The Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Left Party are protesting the loudest against von der Leyen. SPD Chairman Martin Schulz accused the defence minister of lacking a sense of responsibility. SPD defence expert Rainer Arnold called on her to apologise to her troops. Former Deputy Juso (SPD Young Socialists) Chairman Lars Klingbeil accused von der Leyen of “stabbing hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the back.”
The Green Party defence expert Tobias Lindner declared, “It is not the Bundeswehr’s fault if it is increasingly attractive to right-wing extremists.” His colleague from the Left Party, Alexander Neu, proclaimed his opposition to placing all soldiers under general suspicion due to the case of Franco A.
These developments reveal the enormity of the swing to the right by the entire German ruling class and the advanced state of its campaign to again make Germany the hegemon of Europe and a world military as well as economic power. The deepening crisis of world capitalism and rising economic and geo-political tensions are tearing Europe apart and fracturing the Atlantic alliance, increasingly pitting Germany against the United States.
Under these conditions, German imperialism must seek to sanitize its criminal past and rewrite its history to rehabilitate fascism, as it transforms the Bundeswehr into a lethal force of professional killers, capable of waging war all over the world.
Claims that the German ruling class learned its lesson from the Holocaust and the crimes of the Nazis, and that the military had purged itself, are exposed as myths.
In a commentary on Tuesday, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung co-editor Berthold Kohler derided the “fantasy image” of the Bundeswehr “as a kind of missionary military that spreads the gospel of the German constitution so that the German spirit shall heal the world.” He wrote: “Whoever sends soldiers into crises and wars must prepare themselves and the soldiers for the harshness and cruelty that awaits them.” Because the Bundeswehr has to teach its recruits “to fight and kill … it must be able to go to the limits of what is permissible in terms of hardship in training its fighting units.”
The spread of militarism into all spheres of society is an international phenomenon. In the US, Donald Trump, the most right-wing president in American history, has appointed generals to all the main security-related ministries, as American imperialism spearheads the drive to World War III. In France, heavily armed soldiers routinely patrol the streets since the imposition of a state of emergency a year and a half ago.
The general silence to date of the international media on the growth of fascistic forces within the German military is itself an expression of the turn by the ruling classes of the world toward war and dictatorship.
Author: Peter Schwarz
Source: WSWS.org
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During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Syrian forces had surprised Israel and were fast approaching the edge of the steep Golan Heights, captured by Israel during the 1967 war. It seemed as if Syrian armor and infantry would retake Golan, then pour down into Israeli Galilee. Soviet recon satellites observed Israel moving its nuclear-armed, 500km-range Jericho missiles out of protective caves and onto their launch pads. At the same time, Israel was seen loading nuclear bombs on their US-supplied F-4 fighter-bombers at Tel Nof airbase. Believing Israel was about to use nuclear weapons against Syria and Egypt, Moscow put huge pressure on both ...
Syria is being bombed as part of a “counter-terrorism campaign” allegedly against the Islamic State, an elusive “outside enemy” based in Raqqa, Northern Syria. While the ISIL is said to be “threatening the Western World”, the evidence confirms that the Islamic State is supported and financed by the Western military alliance, together with Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. Amply documented, Al Qaeda and its various affiliates including the Islamic State Caliphate Project are creations of Western intelligence. Moreover, whatever the justification, the bombing of a sovereign country is an illegal and criminal act under international law. It constitutes a war of ...
Why would US Transform Afghanistan into a Drug Empire?
For a total of sixteen years the US has been occupying Afghanistan after invading immediately after the 9/11 attacks. This act of aggression has already become the longest war in American history, overtaking the “record” that was held by the Vietnam War that lasted from 1964 to 1975. During this period, Washington would spend over 800 billion dollars on the so-called reconstruction of the Afghan nation. As a result of this “reconstruction”, the Taliban has been regaining control over the country, which has resulted in this group controlling over 40% of Afghan territory. Additionally, opium production rates have overtaken the ...
Parallels Between Israel and 1930s Germany
"Please don’t write about Ya’ir Golan!" a friend begged me, “Anything a leftist like you writes will only harm him!" So I abstained for some weeks. But I can’t keep quiet any longer. General Ya’ir Golan, the deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, made a speech on Holocaust Memorial Day. Wearing his uniform, he read a prepared, well-considered text that triggered an uproar which has not yet died down. Dozens of articles have been published in its wake, some condemning him, some lauding him. Seems that nobody could stay indifferent. The main sentence was: "If there is something that frightens me about ...
Croatian Ministers Salute Criminals and Dishonour the Dead
Last week was marked by the moral acrobatics of two Croatian ministers – War Veterans’ Minister Tomo Medved and Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic – who publicly endorsed two convicted Croatian war criminals, Tomislav Mercep and Mirko Norac. A WWII Independent State of Croatia in which 700.000 Serbs were brutally killed Croatian news site Index reported last week that Mercep, who is serving a prison sentence, spent a total of 45 days at a spa instead of in jail this year and last year. As Mercep is a Croatian war veteran, Medved said he vouched for him as worthy recipient of the spa ...
Conflicts among Churchgoers in Ukraine – Non-Peaceful Transfers to the OCU not Covered by Media and State
Interactive maps at several websites show that within three months there have been more than 500 voluntary transfers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate's (UOC-MP) parishes to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine recently created by Patriarch Bartholomew and president Poroshenko. The UOC-MP parishes total 12,000, so this is a significant value. However, according to the OHCHR Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine from 16 November 2018 to 15 February 2019, not all of these transfers were voluntary – in some cases they were undertaken by local authorities or far-right organizations, and those members of the UOC-MP ...
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David Minasian is a Keyboardist, Vocalist, Composer and Producer who began classical piano training at the age of five. HIs critically acclaimed 2010 album Random Acts of Beauty became one of the biggest Progressive Rock releases of the year and features a rare guest appearance by legendary guitarist Andrew Latimer of the English progressive rock band Camel. David is also a Motion Picture Producer, Director and Writer with over 150 credits to his name. He has worked alongside some of Hollywood’s elites including Mel Gibson as well as many musical icons including Elton John, The Moody Blues, Alan Parsons, Kris Kristofferson and Three Dog Night.
As a Producer and Director, David created a number of documentary and concert videos for various musical acts including nine for Camel, and four for legendary Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward whose Minasian-directed DVD Spirits Live reached #2 on the Billboard video charts and was broadcast on the PBS network starting in 2015. The following year, David’s film The Story Behind Nights In White Satin, which detailed the history of the Moody Blues’ signature song, earned a best documentary award from the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. Working again with Hayward, David co-wrote the theme for the motion picture The Wind of Heaven, which became the best selling download from Hayward’s All the Way Greatest Hits CD as well as the name of Hayward’s 2017 World Tour.
Random Acts of Beauty, originally released in the fall of 2010, was met with nearly universal acclaim in progressive rock circles around the world. The Mellotron drenched, classically influenced symphonic rock album featured soaring melodies and lush keyboard rich arrangements, as well as powerful lead guitar work courtesy of David’s then 20-year-old son Justin, along with a rare special guest appearance by Camel guitarist Andrew Latimer on the track Masquerade. Golden Robot Records’ 2019 remixed and remastered version contains two previously unreleased bonus tracks both featuring Latimer.
David’s long awaited follow up album, The Sound of Dreams, enlists a virtual who’s who of legendary musicians including Moody Blues guitarist/vocalist Justin Hayward, Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, Renaissance vocalist Annie Haslam, Yes bassist Billy Sherwood, Moody Blues Live vocalist Julie Ragins and Pentagram founding member drummer/guitarist Geof O’Keefe. The album’s title track is an 11 minute tour-de-force which brings Steve Hackett, Annie Haslam and Billy Sherwood together for the first time on the same recording. As David says, “These are the heroes I grew up with. Co-writing and recording with them was of course a dream come true. Therefore the album’s title couldn’t be more accurate - for this is what dreams coming true sound like.”
As Golden Robot Entertainment Group Founder and President Mark Alexander-Erber exclaims, “David’s new album is a landmark recording in the history of melodic art rock, featuring performance and writing collaborations from some of the biggest names of the rock era. Under David’s direction, never before have these artists come together to create such a powerful and magical sound” Derek Shulman, Golden Robot Records Executive Chairman of Worldwide Expansion further explains, “David’s ability to attract the enthusiastic participation of such industry heavyweights to help him execute his music is not only a testament to David’s character, but also to his talent as a musician and as a songwriter. In fact, it was Yes bassist Billy Sherwood, who’s band AVA is signed to Golden Robot Records, who originally introduced us to David, and we couldn’t be happier.”
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Tag Archives: LA FPI Blogger
Interview with Playwright Nancy Beverly
April 15, 2013 Interview, LAFPI, PlaywrightLA FPI Blogger, Nancy BeverlyRobin Byrd
Nancy Beverly answers 20 questions:
Playwright Nancy Beverly has blogged for LA FPI since the beginning of the blog in April of 2010. Nancy is a diverse voice that you don’t want to miss.
1. How did you become a playwright? What brought you to theater?
Mad Magazine. No kidding. My friend Gena and I would read it out loud into a tape recorder. We’d also make up our own stories and fake ads and tape those as well. I also got tapped on the shoulder (literally) by my grade school principal to be in a stage presentation (it wasn’t exactly a play, more like a patriotic celebration) because he’d seen what a live wire I was just in the hallways of school.
2. What is your favorite play of yours? Why?
It’s always the one I’m currently involved in — in this case it’s my nutty comedy called COMMUNITY. When I’ve heard it out loud and when I read it to myself, I just fall down laughing.
3. What is your favorite production of one of your plays? Why?
Too hard to pick. It’s more like I have favorite moments — Lisa Temple doing the monologue “My New Best Friend” — again, I literally fell out of my chair laughing; Hannah Crum and Mandy Dunlap doing “Happy Wanderer” and I’m brought to tears…
4. What play by someone else has moved you the most and why?
EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS that I saw at the Geffen (Robin & Jennie were there that night!). Horror was conveyed so simply (a monologue near the end of the piece with hundreds of photos on display behind the actor).
5. Who is your favorite playwright? Why?
Don’t have one, I just enjoy plays on a moment by moment basis.
6. How has your writing changed over the years?
Yep. A lot more depth now. I’m not afraid of emotions like I was when I was a kid.
7. What type of plays do you write? (Dramas, Comedies, Plays with Music, Musicals, Experimental, Avant-garde …) What draws you to it?
Dramas filled with comedy. I like linear storytelling, so my stuff isn’t avant-guarde or experimental.
8. Do you write any other literary forms? How does this affect/enhance your playwriting?
I’ve written screenplays, a webseries, a lot of essays… the truth is the truth. Still trying to figure out how to be effective with the screenplay, though.
9. Why did you become a blogger for LA FPI?
The energy in the room at Topanga during our first meeting, all of us crammed together in a dressing room, shivering, and yet in high spirits. What a great group. I wanted to be part of it.
10. What is your favorite blog posting?
Can’t pick just one, but the moments when I learn something about myself when I’m writing the blog come to mind. (Same is true of my plays, I always end up learning something.) That said, one that I wrote last year called “Less is More” about a final rehearsal of OF MICE AND MEN where they had no props, no costumes, no furniture and yet I was a puddle of tears at the end… is a fond one for me.
11. Who do you consider an influence where your writing is concerned? And, why?
Whatever play I’ve just seen. If something’s really good, I’m in my theatre seat thinkin’ “Oooo, I wanna do that!”
12. When did you find your voice as a writer? Are you still searching for it?
When I wrote A NEW YOU, my first produced full-length. The voice is always a work-in-progress, and actually, writing is more about finding the voice of the characters in the play, not about finding MY voice.
13. Do you have a writing regiment? Can you discuss your process?
If I’m working on a play, then every free night and several hours on the weekend get devoted to it. I have a quote on my desk from Woody Allen that I’ve had posted since grad school. In part it reads, “It’s the steadiness that counts.”
14. How do you decide what to write?
Man, it really has to GRAB me. If an idea is superficial and won’t take me deep into the water, then I won’t work on it for all of the months it takes to make something good. It has to be a puzzle to figure out, not pre-digested and formulaic.
15. How important is craft to you?
Very. I re-read parts of Buzz MacLaughlin’s The Playwright’s Process every time I’m working on something new.
16. What other areas of theater do you participant in?
I’ve done performance art and took classes to develop pieces with Danielle Brazell (former Artisic Director at Highways). Loved it. Loved creating something in the moment inspired by just the slimmest of suggestions.
17. How do you feel about the theater community in Los Angeles?
It feels like a real community — witness the Fringe Festival last year.
18. How do you battle the negative voice? (insecurity, second guessing)
Go see inspirational theatre. Go to my writers’ group Fierce Backbone every Monday night in support of my fellow writers. “It’s the steadiness that counts.”
19. Do you have a theme that you come back to a lot in your work?
Yes — there is joy, love, contentment, satisfaction in the present moment. Not the past, not the future.
20. What are you working on now?
Finding a director (AGAIN) for my film SHELBY’S VACATION. And keeping my fingers crossed for the production of my play COMMUNITY.
To read all LA FPI blog articles by Nancy Beverly go to http://lafpi.com/author/nancybeverly/. Her very first blog article is titled “Go On Anyway” dated April 25, 2010. You can find it here.
Nancy’s Bio
In addition to Cloud’s Rest,which is part of the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival through the writer/actor group Fierce Backbone, Nancy Beverly’s most recent theatrical adventure is her play Community, a comedy that takes place at a community theatre, where, on opening night, everything that can go wrong, does. It’s slated for a full production from Fierce Backbone in 2013.
Her most recent award was the selection of her screenplay Shelby’s Vacation for a staged reading in July 2011 in Randolph, Vermont, under the auspices of Pride Films and Plays which operates out of Chicago – and the same script made the semi-finals for the Chicago readings.
In 2010 her one-act Chicago (a.k.a. The Happy Wanderer), was part of “Shorts and Briefs,” a sold-out afternoon of play readings at the Stella Adler’s Gilbert Theatre that were all written and directed by women. The venture grew out of a discussion she, Jan O’Connor and Mary Casey had earlier in the year about the sorry state of women getting their plays produced. They decided to do something about it.
“Shorts and Briefs” was produced under the banner of The L.A. Women’s Theatre Project. Additionally, Beverly’s full-length play Handcrafted Healing was featured in L.A.W.T.P.’s dynamic weekend of play readings in October 2009 – again, all written and directed by women. Beverly developed Handcrafted Healing through Playwrights 6, a writer-run group in Los Angeles, where she was a member from 2001 until 2009.
In August 2007, also in conjunction with P6, Beverly produced her drama Godislav at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica for a month-long run. Additionally, Godislav had the honor of being chosen in 2006 to be part of the Playwrights Showcase of the Western Region in Denver.
West Hollywood’s Celebration Theatre gave Beverly’s coming-of-age dramady A New You its world-premiere in the summer of 2001.
Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Beverly worked at Actors Theatre of Louisville as the Assistant Literary Manager. While at ATL, she had several short plays produced in ATL’s twice-yearly short play showcase. Attack of the Moral Fuzzies, one of those 10-minute comedies, was published in an ATL anthology of short works and has been performed several times a year for 25 years by theatres all around the U.S. and Canada.
Beverly has also written for the Showtime series Women, knocked out 70 articles for the how-to website ehow.com, conducted radio interviews for KPFK’s weekly show IMRU, and gotten up and done performance art under the direction of Danielle Brazell, the former Artistic Director of the performance space Highways in Santa Monica.
She’s also worked in network television as an executive producer’s assistant on and pitched stories to such hit shows as Desperate Housewives and Ghost Whisperer.
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Tag Archives: Faisal Shahzad
Al-Qaeda Chief Bin Laden Urged Another Aviation Mission On US Soil
Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jamie Dettmer
Although isolated and finding it harder to lead his diminished terrorist network, Osama bin Laden towards the end of his life still dreamed of organizing terrorism on U.S. soil and urged underlings to recruit an operative with a Mexican passport able to cross into the United States.
Correspondence seized by United States Navy SEALs during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad and posted online by U.S. authorities reveal an isolated and vain al-Qaeda leader struggling to gain control of a weakened and fractious terrorist organization.
But he remained convinced, though, that al-Qaeda and its affiliates still had the potential with proper planning and direction to pull off dramatic attacks once again against the U.S.
The correspondence reveals irritation at the lack of success. He criticizes the failed car bomb attack on May 1 2010 in New York’s Times Square mounted by Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani American.
The al-Qaeda leader questioned the wisdom of using an operative who had been naturalized and therefore had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. – he believed this reflected poorly on the cause of jihad, or holy war, because lying about an oath breaks Islamic law.
“This is not the kind of lying to the enemy that is permitted. It is treachery,” he wrote in an October 2010 letter.
According to a former U.S. official who spoke with the Los Angeles Times, bin Laden advised deputies to find a follower with a valid Mexican passport, who could cross into the U.S. and plan terrorism.
In several of the letters written by bin Laden, the terrorist boss criticizes subordinates and regional al-Qaeda affiliates for what he sees as strategic mistakes and he expresses weariness at the dysfunction of his terrorist network.
He worries about a “lack of coordination” and even ponders a corporate-style rebranding of his network complete with a new name in order to revive the organization and its fortunes.
He remains convinced, though, that al-Qaeda and its affiliates still have the potential with proper planning and direction to pull off dramatic attacks once again against the U.S.
The cache of letters authored by bin Laden and other al-Qaeda luminaries, including “Atiyya” Abd al- Rahman, Abu Yahya al-Libi and the American Adam Gadahn, were posted online by the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.
There are 17 letters in all amounting to 175 pages of text. More documents seized during the raid at Abbottabad on May 11 2011 will be declassified and made public in the coming months, say U.S. officials.
Altogether more than 6,000 documents were seized — most were written between September 2006 and April 2011. They were recovered from half-a-dozen computers, dozens of hard drives and over 100 USB storage devices.
What comes through in the letters released so far is a frustrated bin Laden, one annoyed that he can’t seem to wield command over regional jihad groups in terms both of their actions and their propaganda.
Notably, even Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, feels able to ignore 11 of a dozen edits made presumably by bin Laden to a draft statement he planned to release during the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East.
But it is on less mundane matters that bin Laden vents his greatest frustrations as he clearly realizes that his sway over affiliates has weakened dramatically. One of his biggest concerns rests with affiliates in Pakistan and Somalia massacring significant numbers of Muslims during their terrorist attacks. He worries they are damaging al-Qaeda’s standing among Arabs and other Muslims.
“We ask every emir in the regions to be extremely keen and focused on controlling the military work … we could have reached the target without injuring the Muslims,” bin Laden writes in May 2010. “Making these mistakes is a great issue; needless to say, the greatness of the Muslim blood violation in addition to the damage impacting the jihad.”
As his calls for a cessation of the shedding of Muslim blood falls on deaf ears, he becomes more desperate, arguing in the summer of 2010 that all al-Qaeda affiliates should publicly apologize. He writes that this is a “great issue” and that attacks are resulting in “the alienation of most of the nation from the Mujahidin.” Likewise, he complains about civilian deaths in Iraq, saying they are the wrong targets.
Clearly, bin Laden sees the need to cease killing Muslims as a strategic imperative. There’s no emotional remorse shown in the letters written by al-Qaeda’s leader about the slayings, and bin Laden never indicated, for example, sadness over the estimated 31 Muslims who perished during 9/11.
What he’s seeking to do with his strictures is to get regional jihad groups and other al-Qaeda leaders to understand that resources and manpower are limited and are being degraded by the U.S. especially through drone strikes in Pakistan that are taking a high toll. He wants a relentless focus on U.S. targets.
In one letter believed by U.S. analysts to have been written by bin Laden, the al-Qaeda boss likens the U.S. to the trunk of a tree with allies and Muslim regimes cooperating with Washington DC the branches. “Our abilities and resources, however, are limited, thus we cannot do the job quickly enough. The only option we are left with is to slowly cut that tree down by using a saw. Our intention is to saw the trunk of that tree, and never to stop until that tree falls down,” he writes.
With the trunk in mind, bin Laden, writing to one of his top lieutenants in 2010, says he wants “qualified brothers to be responsible for a large operation in the US.” He urges his top followers to nominate al-Qaeda members distinguished by “good manners, integrity, courage and secretiveness, who can operate in the U.S.”
And he envisions repeating 9/11, arguing that air attacks worked well. Ten “brothers” — preferably from the Gulf States — should be sent to the U.S. to “study aviation”, enabling them to conduct suicide attacks.
He is emphatic also about trying to assassinate President Barack Obama or Gen. David Petraeus, when the latter was in command of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. He believes their violent deaths would alter the course of events and precipitate a U.S. crisis. He ordered that watch units be established at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and in Pakistan to target planes carrying Petraeus or Obama.
“I asked Shaykh Sa’id, Allah have mercy on his soul, to task brother Ilyas to prepare two groups – one in Pakistan and the other in the Bagram area of Afghanistan – with the mission of anticipating and spotting the visits of Obama or Petraeus to Afghanistan or Pakistan to target the aircraft of either one of them,” bin Laden wrote.
A lot of bin Laden’s focus in the letters is on the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC and how best to craft and disseminate the al-Qaeda line to international audiences.
“We need to benefit from this event and get our message to the Muslims and celebrate the victory that was achieved,” bin Laden writes in an October 2010 letter. “This is a chance to explain our motives for continuing the war.”
Almost like a corporate PR adviser he discusses the best dissemination methods and which TV channels and companies to approach and in what manner.
Despite the micro-management he attempts, there is a sense of drift in the network and confusion about what direction to take, especially as the Arab Spring dawns. His isolation in Abbottabad leaves him testy and at times inward looking.
His urging his subordinates to think again about aviation-based attacks in the U.S. comes across as an attempt to re-live a 9/11 that seems beyond the tactical grasp of the network.
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Victorina González-Díaz
Senior lecturer in English language, Uni Liverpool | Affiliated Member
v.gonzalez-diaz@liverpool.ac.uk
I completed a degree in English Philology at the University of Vigo, followed by an MA and PhD in English historial linguistics at the Universities of Vigo and Manchester. In September 2003 I moved to the University of Liverpool (U.K.), where I currently hold a senior lectureship in English Language.
My main area of research is English historical syntax and semantics. I have published on the history of English adjective comparison (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008a), the pathways of development of degree intensifiers (2008b, 2010) and, together with Sylvia Adamson (Sheffield), I have worked on the diachrony of the English Noun Phrase (2009, 2010). I am also interested in the English normative grammar tradition (2005, 2008a) and (socio) historical stylistics, especially the language of Jane Austen and her 'predecessor' Frances Burney (2012, in prep. a). Another 'strand' of my research focuses on the recent history of English language teaching (1979-1988) and the development of an awareness of key language concepts and methodologies in the school domain (with Sarah Turner, Bristol).
In recent years I have been involved in a number of projects working at the interface of literature and psycholinguistics. With colleagues at Liverpool CRILS and at the department of psychology at Bangor, I have explored the effects of processes of functional shift on the brain (2008c, 2013).
(2003) “Adjective comparison in Renaissance English”, in Bueno Alonso, J. L., J. Figueroa Dorrego, D. González Álvarez, J. Pérez Guerra, M. Urdiales Shaw, ‘Nothing but papers, my lord’. Studies in Early Modern English language and literature, Vigo: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Vigo (included in the World Shakespeare Database).
(2004) “Adjectival double periphrastic comparatives in EModE: a socio-stylistic analysis” in Folia Linguistica Historica 25, pp. 177-210.
(2005) (with Anita Auer) “Eighteenth-century prescriptivism in English: a re-evaluation of its effects on actual language usage”, in Multilingua 24, pp. 317-341
(2006) “The origin of English periphrastic comparison”, in English Studies 87, pp. 707-740.
(2007a) “On the nature and distribution of English double periphrastic comparison” in The Review of English Studies 57, pp. 623-664.
(2007b) “Worser and lesser in Modern English” in Pérez-Guerra, J., González-Alvarez, D., Bueno-Alonso, J. L. and Rama-Martínez, E. (eds.) Of varying language and opposing creed. New insights into Late Modern English, Linguistic Insights 28, Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 237-278.
(2008a) “On normative grammarians and the double marking of degree”, in Tieken-Boon van Ostade, I. (ed.) Grammars, grammarians and grammar-writing in eighteenth-century England, Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 289-310.
(2008b) “Recent developments in English intensifiers: the case of very much”, in English Language and Linguistics, 12/2, pp. 221-243.
(2008c) (with Guillaume Thierry, Philip Davis, Clara Molina et al.) “Event-related potential characterisation of the Shakespearean functional shift in narrative sentence structure”, in Neuroimage 40, pp. 923-931.
(2008d) English adjective comparison: A historical perspective, Current issues in linguistic theory (vol. 299), Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
(2009) “Little old problems: Adjectives and subjectivity in the English NP” in Adamson, S. and González-Díaz, V. (eds). The history and structure of the English NP (Special Issue of The Transactions of the Philological Society), 107 (3), pp. 376-402.
(2010) “Iconicity and subjectivisation in the NP: the case of little”, in Conradie, J. et al. (ed) Signergy. Iconicity in language and literature 9, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 319-345.
(2012) “Round Brackets in Jane Austen”, in English Text Construction 5:2, pp. 455-495.
(forthc. 2013) (with J. L. Keidel, Philip M. Davis, V. Gonzalez-Diaz, Clara D. Martin and Guillaume Thierry) “How Shakespeare tempests the brain: Neuroimaging insights”, in Cortex 49.
(forthc. 2013) (with Tina Davidson) The Language of Women’s Fiction, Special issue of Women’s Writing.
(in prep.) “‘Worth a moment’s notice’: Austen and conversational parentheticals”
More Affiliated Members
Evelyn Gandón Chapela
Assistant lecturer, University of Cantabria
evelyn.gandon@unican.es
Lucía Loureiro-Porto
Senior lecturer, Uni. Illes Balears
lucia.loureiro@uib.es
Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras
Lecturer, Uni València
paula.rodriguez@uv.es
Cristina Suárez-Gómez
cristina.suarez@uib.es
Beatriz Tizón Couto
Official School of Languages English Instructor
beatizon@uvigo.es
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No hope for D&D as a going concern
By Nigel Huddleston
| 28 June, 2012
The administrator for D&D Wines International has given up trying to sell the company as a going concern.
D&D went into administration in April with the immediate loss of 12 jobs. A report filed at Companies House by administrator Christopher Ratten, of RSM Tenon, revealed that a further 12 people have since been laid off, leaving just three staff to assist in selling off stock and other assets.
Lanchester Wine Sales has entered into an agency agreement with RSM Tenon to help in the sales of D&D stock.
Ratten said “no purchaser could be found for the shares of the company” and a sale of stock and assets was now the preferred way to raise funds to pay off creditors.
Four offers were received for D&D as a going concern after it entered administration, two of which the administrator considered to be viable, but the bidders concerned later withdrew their offers.
Ratten added that the company’s trading position and financial circumstances meant a company voluntary agreement was “not considered viable or appropriate”.
The report showed D&D’s turnover took a big hit in the second half of 2011 when a major overseas supplier began to invoice direct to UK retailers, while continuing to pay D&D a commission.
Increased stock levels also contributed to cash flow pressure that meant the company became unable to pay its liabilities as they became due in the first quarter of this year.
A list of unsecured creditors shows total debts of just under £10.5 million.
Major creditors include Rioja firms Bodegas Muriel – owed £2.8 million – and Bodegas Eguia, staring at a potential loss of over £1.2 million.
French wine producer Advini is also owed more than £1.2 million, while La Gioiosa of Italy could lose £771,000.
These and other debts could be settled or reduced by retention of title claims held by creditors over stock.
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Roof upgrade for River Mead School early years building
Story posted on May 23, 2018
Children, parents and staff at The River Mead School in Melksham are celebrating being awarded funding to improve areas of their school.
The condition improvement fund, managed by the DfE, has provided £193,640 of funding for the school to replace parts of, and upgrade the roof on the innovatively-designed early years and specialist teaching building; comprising the Otters nursery, Otters reception classroom and the Beehive complex needs resource base.
The school has also taken a loan to provide the remaining of the funding needed to complete the work, which is currently planned to start in the summer holidays.
Karen Austin, head of school said, “We are really delighted to have received this funding from the condition improvement fund. I must thank everyone who put time and effort into submitting our bid; it will make a big difference to our wonderful building and those working and learning within it and we can’t wait to get started on the work.”
In the coming weeks the school will have some open sessions in the building, welcoming children and families to visit and to “stay and play”! These will be held on Wednesday 23rd May, 1.00pm-2.00pm; Tuesday 12th June, 1.00pm-2.00pm; Thursday 28th June, 1.00pm-2.00pm; Thursday 12th July, 1.00pm-2.00pm.
The Mead Academy Trust comprises The Mead Community Primary School (a national teaching school), Castle Mead School in Trowbridge and River Mead School in Melksham. Lyssy Bolton is the executive headteacher of the trust. More information can be found at www.themeadacademytrust.org.uk
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Let’s pay tribute to the 21-month-old girl celebrating after beating stage 4 cancer
This family are now celebrating after being told their 21-month-old daughter who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer is now in remission.
Young Molly Hughes who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma had spent 130 nights in hospital while she underwent a course of cancer treatments. Thankfully, Molly turned out to be one tough cookie indeed.
Chelsea Hughes, her mother said: “She would just bounce back after every treatment. I mean she would knock her down for few days and then she would be at playing again.”
#MollyStrong became the slogan for this little girl’s family and friends, who continued to believe that she would pull through despite her bleak prognosis.
Molly’s mom revealed when she was relieved when she received a phone call months after being handed the news which almost shattered their world.
“I fell to the ground after I got off the phone and I just hugged her for like five minutes,” she said.
Prayers also played a big role in her recovery against the odds her mother believes.
“I believe that’s what helped her get through all this. With all the prayers she’s heard and which I can’t thank everyone enough for.”
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A brief journey through the events of Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection
Fr. Michael Kardamakis
All of the events of Holy Week represent an attempt by man, in his freedom to love, to share in the sacrificial love of God, that is to say, the mystery of salvation, by following the rigorous spiritual discipline of the Church. This discipline does not consist in the Pharisaic observance of certain commandments, but is rather ‘a mother of sanctity, from which is born the first experience of perception of the mysteries of Christ’.
Holy Week, the week of Our Lord’s Passion, which reaches a climax on Easter Sunday, the Sunday of Our Lord’s Resurrection, is celebrated by the Church as a Pascha of suffering and victory, and is sung by its vigilant members as a Paschal ode, as a hymn to the one and only true form of freedom, the freedom with which Christ liberated the world. This ode might also be described as a Paschal Song of Songs, which is not composed of spiritual raptures or momentary outbursts of religious sentimentalism but humility and repentance, contrition and tears, yearning and love, hope and joy. By singing the ‘new’ Song of Songs we testify to our truly free, our perfect freedom: our decision to meet and follow the same path as our crucified and resurrected Lord, to be crucified and resurrected with Him, to be glorified and raised henceforward into the Jerusalem on high, into His heavenly Kingdom, since it has already arrived and exists within us. The soul of this ‘New Song’ is the liturgical and hymnographical wealth of the Church, the fruit of its experience of holiness, of its burning love for her Bridegroom, the Bridegroom of all human hearts, of each human heart that meekly and fearfully asks to ‘receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need’.[1]
The whole of Great Lent serves as a prelude to Holy Week. The sweet and genuine mood of contrition, the manliness and beauty of spiritual discipline, of all the methods and ways of spiritual discipline, prepare the faithful for this end: to venerate the Cross and glorify the Resurrection of Christ. All these things represent an attempt by man, in his freedom to love, to share in the sacrificial love of God, that is to say, the mystery of salvation, by following the rigorous spiritual discipline of the Church.
This discipline does not consist in the Pharisaic observance of certain commandments, but is rather ‘a mother of sanctity, from which is born the first experience of perception of the mysteries of Christ, which is called the first stage of spiritual knowledge. Let no one deceive himself and imagine oracles; an impure soul cannot ascend to a pure kingdom, nor commune with the spirits of the saints. Anoint the beauty of your wisdom with tears and fasting… A little suffering for God’s sake is better than a great work performed without suffering. For suffering willingly borne is a first sign of the proof of faith through love… It was for this reason that the love of the saints for Christ was tested through suffering and not through comforts… For if we really suffer with Christ, we shall also be glorified with Him. The mind cannot share in Christ’s glory unless the body suffers with Him.’[2]
This explains why the Church, in its wisdom, calls on the faithful to exercise spiritual discipline at the beginning of Holy Week, on Great Monday: so that they can ‘walk, be crucified and live with Christ’.[3] ‘Abba Longinos said to Abba Akakios: “A woman knows when she has conceived when her issue of blood ceases. Likewise, the soul knows when it has received the Holy Spirit when the passions flowing down from it cease. So long as it is embroiled in these, how can it boast that it is free of them? Give blood and receive the Spirit”.’[4] What does this exhortation to exercise spiritual discipline mean? It means that we cannot share in the gifts and revelations of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection if we do not crucify and transform our own lives, if we do not show spiritual wisdom and bodily restraint, if we do not change and display purity of heart and mind, if we do not put carnal pleasures to death and begin to experience suffering, if we do not vanquish our passions and cultivate the virtues, if we do not lovingly approach the crucified love of the Father. In particular, we are called to set ourselves free from sensual pleasures, from carnal sensations, from the endless demands of the flesh. Only then can we preserve the dignity of our souls, gain our royal freedom and strengthen the nobility of our hearts. The figure of Joseph the All-Comely and the Parable of the Withered Fig Tree remind us that freedom, which is expressed in a marriage of theory and practice, is not merely freedom from evil, sin and carnal pleasure but freedom to do good, to practise virtue and to serve.
However important the performance of good works or the replacement of passions with virtues might be, they cannot match the perfect freedom or perfection that man hopes for. Above all things lies the intense desire of the Lord, His unbearable love and the perfect beauty of His person, the perfecter and perfection of all things. The Parable of the Ten Virgins teaches us that we ought to keep our hearts burning like a new burning bush, to keep them constantly vigilant and ready to welcome the Lord, who may return suddenly at any moment. The faithful are called upon to be in a state of constant watchfulness and readiness, not only during Holy Week but throughout their lives. ‘They should be sober and vigilant, they should sleep because of the weakness of nature but be vigilant for the wealth of love.’[5] They should achieve wholeness of character and heart, acquiring a heart intelligent enough to understand all things and pure enough to become a womb of salvation. Everything is a gift from our merciful and compassionate God but only a vigilant heart, a ‘heart wounded with love’[6], a heart which rediscovers its wedding garments in order to enter the Bridal Chamber of its Lord, contains these gifts in paradisaical abundance. If we want Christ the Bridegroom to count us among the wise Virgins, to include us in His elect flock, then we should focus our attention on the true spirit of faith, on the virginity of the loving heart, on the freedom of humble holiness. Then we can wait for our Lord not only in the light but also in the darkness, as the Bridegroom who comes in the middle of the night of this world, transforming the night of fear and death into a time of love and rebirth.
All of this transcends any kind of religious legalism or Pharisaic moralism. When we do not approach God, God comes to us. What saves us and restores our loving relationship with God is not our good acts but God’s compassion. The harlot, who is presented as an example worthy of imitation so that we might be reunited in love with our crucified and risen Lord, is a paradox in the thinking of the Gospels, an illogicality in terms of the autonomous ethical code. Ultimately, it is our despair at ourselves and our actions, a confession of our unworthiness and failure, that turns us towards or back to God and His works. ‘The tempest of my sins has drawn me to the depths of despair. But I flee to the sea of Your mercy: O Lord, save me!’[7] It is God’s mercy that vanquishes all sin; it is man’s love that is stronger than any sin; it is the virginity of the heart, superior to the prostitution of the body, that reopens the gates of Paradise for deceived man. Man is not what he says or does but the yearning and depths of his heart, what he has been called upon to be or to become in his repentance, which is his only dignity, freedom and hope when everything is played out between repentance and impenitence, the only sin, despair and the Devil himself. ‘Who can trace out the multitude of my sins or the depths of thy judgements, Saviour of souls, my Saviour? Disregard me not, thy handmaid, O thou that beyond measure art merciful.’[8]
It is particularly revealing how the Church has created four important ‘stations’* in the middle of Holy Week to provide us with the spiritual strength that we need to be able to endure the redemptive suffering of Christ’s Passion, crucifixion and death. The recollection of Christ washing His disciples’ feet is a challenge to be humble, for it is ultimately humility that leads to repentance and gives us the strength to serve. This is chiefly because the mysteries, the ever ‘fearful mysteries’ of God, the New World or the Kingdom, as the mysteries of Christ, are revealed to those who are humble in mind and heart, those to whom He entrusts His preaching and ministries. The impartation of the ‘fearful mysteries’, of the mystery of the Divine Eucharist and Communion, before the Passion and the Resurrection provided a foretaste of and an immediate sense of involvement in the Passion and the Resurrection, and was intended to strengthen the faith of the disciples and, by extension, all believers. In a word, it is the mystery of the Church, the mystery, to be precise, of our communion with Christ and all His brothers even unto death, in which death becomes a prelude to the Resurrection. This is also the aim of the ‘supreme prayer’ of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane: so that we might remain united with the Lord and with each other during His Passion and Crucifixion, during the scandalous events of God’s death and the temptation of faith; so that we might increase our love and lead it to its proper end, rejecting and abhorring the ‘betrayal of the disciple’ Judas, who confused truth with interest, ‘appreciating only what was useful to him’.[9] Here it is worth mentioning the ‘dialectic’ that develops between the harlot and Judas: a dialectic between wisdom and folly, love of one’s fellow men and love of money; devotion and denial, witness and betrayal.
These four ‘stations’, then, constitute a call to the faithful to spiritually prepare themselves for and actively participate in the Passion and death of Christ, a Passion and death that bring new life, that conceal the power and freedom of the Resurrection. No action or revelation by God in the world can take place or bear fruit without man’s freedom to respond and his active participation; it cannot be an act of magic or force imposed on men with fearful or insensible hearts. Here we are dealing with events of an utterly extraordinary or wondrous nature. The Passion and death of Christ were not the end of an innocent man or idealist, nor of course the result of human violence or historical necessity. They were the Passion and death of God, the Creator and Saviour, who did away with the passion and death of man, and became a source of faith and love, repentance and freedom, salvation and life. This means a miracle: the paradox of the omnipotence of love, the glory of the omnipotent weakness, the inexplicable phenomenon of the candid silence of a God who endures and does not dominate, who suffers and does not rule imperiously. This is why the Cross, which is the culmination of the Passion and the confirmation of Christ’s death, has always been a great mystery and miracle, as well as a folly and scandal for religion and philosophy as the latter disregard the fact that the glory of His kingdom is proclaimed through death, death on a cross, and the power of His divinity is made manifest by love, a love which is ‘as strong as death’.[10]
Only those who revere the Lord’s Cross, those who are immersed in the profundity of the mystery, such as the grateful thief who cried out ‘Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom’[11], can confess Christ’s divinity and share in its power. Such individuals can henceforward partake of the eschatological gifts of the Cross, and, what is more, of the grace of repentance and remorse, of forgiveness and love, for the kingdom of God that the thief yearned for in admitting his crimes is the kingdom of the Son of love, with whose love ‘Paradise was opened to us and the way up to heaven was made manifest to all’.[12] Paradise or the Kingdom that Christ promised the thief are the Paradise or the Kingdom of forgiveness and love: ‘Do you think that there is only room for you in the Kingdom of Heaven? Do you think that the joy of Paradise has been prepared only for you because there is no salvation for the majority? Well, do not scorn the works that are the fruit of pure divine love and do not give up the good works of a man who orders his life according to God’s will for the disgrace and ruin of a grievous sinfulness’.[13] The Cross of Christ is the unity of all things in one unique form of love, the love that unites everything that was formerly sundered and divided by the deceit of the misanthropic and God-hating Devil. The cry uttered by many, ‘Come down from the cross if you are the Son of God!’[14], is of purely satanic inspiration for the Cross does not represent the victory of the forces of Satan over Christ but the triumph of Christ over the forces of Satan and all their works. ‘Having disarmed the powers and authorities, he (Christ) made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.’[15]
The Church extols the example of the penitent thief, emphasising the fact that we are all crucified thieves, hanging either to the right or to the left of the Crucified Christ. Of course, this fact alone cannot save us. Whether we enter Paradise or the Kingdom of Heaven or not does not depend on whether our behaviour is good or bad in ethical terms but hinges, as we have already noted, on how repentant or unrepentant we are. Our return from a life of exile in this barren world to a paradisiacal existence in the future Kingdom is Christ’s reward to us for showing a humble faith, a faith which chooses the way of repentance through a sense of the wrongs we have committed and also complete faith in God. If unrepentance can be identified with despair and the Devil, repentance, which gives us hope and immortality, is the work of Christ. A work that restores man to his original freedom and beauty, a work whose impact is felt not only over all the earth but also in the underworld, a work that is preached in Hell to the men who suffer there and, in the awareness of their torment, long for God’s Paradise. This is the unfathomable depth of the Divine Economy. Christ dies and is buried, and descends to the dark abysmal depths of Hell in order to embrace in His glory the whole of our human nature, which has been corrupted by sin and disfigured by death. The incarnate presence of Christ, in its emptying of the graves of Hell, fills the whole of Creation, and embraces the whole of man’s problem, his life and death, so that we, now and always, may triumphantly sing, in the morning light of blessed Holy Saturday, a day of rest, of salvation, a day for Creation and its creatures: ‘Let creation rejoice, let all born of earth be glad; for Hell, the enemy, has been despoiled… for I am redeeming Adam and Eve with all their race, and on the third day I shall rise again’.[16]
Now we can look forward to our resurrection from the dead, celebrating Christ’s resurrection from the dead, as He had promised us. Now we can celebrate the dawning of a new, eternal and unending eighth day of Creation, which is prescribed by ‘the ineffable mystery of the existence of created beings in a state of eternal bliss’[17], now we can celebrate our rest after an arduous journey, on the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha, celebrating the ‘life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ’. For the mourning of the Cross is not the end but the joy of the Resurrection, although of course it should not be forgotten that these two mysteries form an indivisible unity, the most central element of the Christian faith and the life of the Church. The risen Lord ‘snatched the whole of the human race from the depths of Hell, raised it to Heaven and restored it to its original state of incorruptibility’.[18] Christ’s work does not constitute a great civilisation but a new Creation; it is not a perfect religion but a new life. In His resurrection ‘we celebrate the death of death, the beginning of another, eternal life’.[19] The Liturgy of the Resurrection, together with every celebration of the Divine Liturgy, which is always resurrectional in spirit, is a ‘banquet’ of grace and joy; of joy at Christ’s triumph over death, for this is the Church’s eternal joy, the joy that it experiences as liberation from death and ‘him who holds the power of death – that is, the devil’.[20] This joy is proclaimed in the Paschal greeting ‘Christ is risen!’. The Resurrection is the power behind the mystery of the new world and the new man, the beginning of the age of spiritual freedom and the certainty of the deification of all things, which is the reason why all things were created.
Now that our journey through the events of Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection has come to an end, let us give thanks ‘again and again’ to our incarnate and suffering Lord, our crucified and risen Lord, our only Creator and Saviour, for His great and passionate love, on account of which He does not abandon His Church and does not – which is the most amazing thing of all – reject those sinners who, out of an intense and unbearable love, dare to make the painful journey to meet Him and worship Him. Meeting with Him is our certain hope during the particularly blessed time of Great Lent, which culminates in Holy Week and Easter Sunday. We can begin this journey today by following the secret and mystic paths carved out for us by the incarnate Christ so that God’s descending love might meet with the ascending love of man, so that in love and through love we might see God’s face and hear His voice, so that we might learn to wait for Him in our sin, which breeds death and our own hell, which is much more fearful than death. How loudly the hearts of we sinners who are exiles from Paradise and wander throughout this barren world echo with the response that the Risen Christ gave to the supplications of St. Silouan the Athonite: ‘Keep your mind in Hell, and despair not’.[21] ‘Today’ each one of us can, together with all repentant sinners, bless his crucified and risen Lord for His great and abundant mercy, as is performed in the offices of His crucified and risen Body, the Church.
* These four ‘stations’ consist of Christ’s washing of His disciples’ feet, the institution of the Holy Eucharist, the ‘Supreme Prayer’ of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and Christ’s betrayal by His disciple Judas.
1. Hebrews 4:16. See the troparion in the Aposticha for the evening of Palm Sunday.
2. Isaac the Syrian, Apanta ta eurethenta Asketika (The Complete Extant Ascetical Works), pp. 56-57.
3. Troparion from Orthros on Great Monday.
4. Gerontikon (Sayings of the Desert Fathers), p. 63.
5. John Klimax, The Ladder of Paradise, Step 30. See Song of Songs 5:2.
6. Song of Songs 2:5 and 5:8.
7. Troparion of the Lenten Canon for the Monday following the Sunday of Orthodoxy.
8. Doxastikon of the Aposticha for Orthros on Great Wednesday.
9. See Blaise Pascal, Skepseis (Pensées), pp. 13, 38, 71.
10. Song of Songs 8:6.
11. Luke 23:42.
12. Ephraim the Syrian, Erga A (Works, Vol. 1), p. 42.
13. Ephraim the Syrian, Erga B (Works, Vol. 2), p. 237.
14. Matthew 27:40; Mark 15:30.
15. Colossians 2:14-15.
16. Troparion from the canon of Orthros on Holy Saturday.
17. Maximos the Confessor, Philokalia (Gk. version), Vol. 2, p. 60.
18. Commentary on the Sunday of Pascha.
19. Troparion from the Canon of Easter.
20. Hebrews 2:14.
21. Arch. Sophrony, O Gerontas Silouanos (The Elder Silouan), p. 242.
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A Shifting Global Economy, Part 1: What’s Driving Change?
Brad Stollery, Megan Robinson, Nilum Panesar, Philip Rafalko, Ross Linden-Fraser, Security, Trade and the Economy May 30, 2017August 21, 2017 Philip Rafalko
This podcast is Part 1 in a series on “A Shifting Global Economy,” which engages our researchers in International Business and Economics on changes in the global economy driven by political, social, technological and other global trends. You can check out Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here. Listen as our analysts give their answers to the question of what the most important factors may be contributing to long-term, structural change in the global economy, and what kinds of changes we can expect to see.
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About our Contributors:
Brad Stollery is a Junior Research Fellow with the NATO Association of Canada, focusing primarily on the International Business & Economics section. He has a BA in Political Studies (Economics minor) from the University of Alberta, and an MA in Political Science from Carleton University. In addition to his fellowship with the NAOC Brad runs a personal blog where he writes about politics and economics, and has published articles in the Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald. In his free time he enjoys playing soccer and poker, and taking fantasy sports way too seriously. You can contact him at bradstollery@gmail.com.
Nilum Panesar is a perpetual learner who is continually looking to expand her horizons. She recently completed her masters in sociology at York University studying identity politics of second generation cultural youth in Canada. While serving as principal investigator on a research project on refugee arrivals in Canada, Nilum developed a deep interest in innovative research methodologies and is looking to use her skills and experience towards a career as a research analyst. She holds deep research interests in identity politics, multicultural dialogue and international development and is eager to write and learn about these and other important issues of global concern.
Ross Linden-Fraser is a Junior Research Fellow at the NATO Association of Canada, writing mainly on international business and economics. Since completing degrees in International Relations at Western University and the London School of Economics, he has lived and worked in Edinburgh, Scotland. Having worked in maritime shipping and the engineering sector, Ross has a special interest in international and interdisciplinary communication (and a firm belief in bilingualism). If he isn’t at his desk, he is probably in a canoe, on the fencing piste, or outdoors, camera in hand. Ross can be reached at rlindenfraser@gmail.com.
Megan Robinson is a Commerce student at the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba with a major in International Business and a minor in Russian and Spanish languages. Megan is currently the Sponsorship Director for the Polar Bear Formula 1 Racing Team at the University of Manitoba’s chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers. She has been involved in archaeological research projects concerning the Iron Age in Northern England. Megan is passionate about her studies and research in International Business, and has furthered her knowledge as a Marketing Research Assistant. Megan enjoys volunteering her time at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and at international events such as the Women’s World Cup. Megan can be contacted via email at megan_a_robinson@hotmail.com.
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Partners Speak Out on MFAN’s New Agenda
See below for a collection of quotes from MFAN Principals and Partners on the new agenda and how policymakers can build on already significant reform progress to make U.S. global development efforts more effective at alleviating poverty, eradicating disease, and driving sustainable economic growth in developing countries:
“When effectively delivered, U.S. assistance will accelerate inclusive growth, reduce poverty, improve people’s lives, support stability and build democratic governance in fragile states. Those results support American security and contribute to our prosperity.”
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Post news links of burglaries with multiple assailants
Discussion in 'Firearm Related' started by John A., Apr 19, 2018.
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This topic is meant to showcase how often multiple assailants break into a home. Mostly to document the NEED of having "regular capacity" magazines and other firearms that the enemy doesn't want us to have.
Here's a link today that shows the four survivors (one died in the attack) of a deadly home invasion in Florida.
https://www.news4jax.com/news/30-rounds-fired-by-ar15-in-florida-home-invasion-shootout
GLEN ST. MARY, Fla - Three men say they were asleep inside a mobile home in Glen St. Mary about 4 a.m. Sunday when they heard a voice outside yell “Sheriff’s Office!” before the front door burst open.
In stormed a masked gunman who fired off a single round before two of the men inside, one armed with an AR-15 rifle and the other with a handgun, emerged from two bedrooms and opened fire.
Gunfire ripped into the masked gunman and two other intruders, who crumpled to the floor with multiple gunshot wounds.
Those details surfaced Tuesday when the Baker County Sheriff’s Office released an arrest report linked to this weekend’s home invasion turned deadly triple shooting.
Five people are charged in the case.
John A., Apr 19, 2018
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http://www.live5news.com/story/1465...er-overnight-fatal-shooting-in-kershaw-county
Fifth arrest in deadly home invasion, kidnapping
5th suspect: Randy Lewis
4th suspect: Arthur Macklin III
(From left) Singleton, Lewis and Drakeford
The Sandspur Road crime scene.
SLED agents enter the Kirkwood Towns Apartments.
KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WIS) – Kershaw County deputies arrested a fifth person Wednesday morning in connection with a deadly home invasion and kidnapping Monday night.
Sheriff Jim Matthews said 26-year-old Randy Lewis has been charged with armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Lewis' arrest comes a day after four others were taken into custody.
On Tuesday, Kershaw County deputies, SLED agents and Camden police arrested Frank Terrance Singleton III, 23, Curtis Quandal Drakeford, 20, and Jerome Ricky Lewis, 34, all of Camden. Deputies later arrested a fourth suspect, Arthur Macklin III.
The men are believed to have shot and killed 39-year-old Michael Hayes in his Sandspur Road home late Monday night, and kidnapped his common-law wife and their 5-day-old-baby. They're also suspected in a recent string of home invasions and armed robberies across the county.
Matthews said Singleton will be charged with murder, armed robbery, burglary, two counts of kidnapping, and weapons charges. Drakeford will be charged with murder, accessory after the fact and armed robbery. Macklin III has been charged with murder, kidnapping (2 counts), armed robbery, burglary 1st and conspiracy.
Jerome Lewis has been charged with murder, armed robbery, two counts of kidnapping, and burglary. Matthews said other charges in connection with the three other home invasions and armed robberies that occurred last week are likely.
"We had a pretty good idea who some of these people were," said Matthews. "There was probably 30 officers out in the county looking for these guys, and were able to track them down and catch them."
Investigators believe the deadly home invasion was not random. "We have a reasonable degree of information that this incident was the result of drugs," said Matthews, who added that a large amount if marijuana and cocaine was found in the victim's house.
"I feel comfortable after talking to the sheriff," said Police chief Joe Floyd. "People should be a little less anxious at the end of the day today."
Investigators say three armed men dressed in black kicked in the door to Hayes' home near the city of Camden just before 11:30 p.m. Monday in the Knight's Hill community.
According to Hayes' common-law wife, who was in the house at the time, the men ordered her and Hayes to the floor and demanded money. The armed men demanded Hayes open his safe, according to the woman.
Investigators say when Hayes was unable to open his safe, the three shot him multiple times. After shooting Hayes, they then turned the gun on the woman and demanded that she open the safe.
When the woman could not open the safe, she asked the robbers to take the safe, according to investigators. They took the safe and the woman along with her infant and forced her into her car.
The three men then demanded the woman drive them to another location, where they had a car waiting.
The men left in a getaway car, leaving the child and the woman in the other car unharmed. Investigators have not disclosed that location but said the woman was able to go to a nearby house to call 911.
Sheriff Matthews says that while there are similarities between this home invasion and the three others that have plagued his county it is too early to say if the same suspects are responsible for all of them.
"Kershaw County deputies and SLED agents are currently searching the county for a person of interest in the earlier home invasion." Matthews says.
Investigators are also trying to determine if they are responsible for an armed robbery at a Food Lion in Camden Monday morning.
Matthews said a .38 caliber gun was used in the first three robberies. A .40 caliber gun was used in Monday night's fatal home invasion, according to the sheriff. "We've got our eye on one man we think is responsible for first three invasions," said Matthews. "We want to talk with him for more information."
Deputies closed off the entrance to Sandspur Lane overnight while investigators processed the scene.
The robberies caused some people who say they've never owned guns to go shopping. "We was looking at buying a gun because people acting crazy around here," said Amanda Mitchell.
A bond hearing for all of the suspects is scheduled for Thursday. Matthews said that the kidnapping charge is a "non-bondable" offense and it is likely that these men will remain in jail until trial.
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http://pinellascounty.wtsp.com/news/news/59921-mother-bound-held-hour-during-home-invasion
Mother bound, held for an hour during home invasion
Submitted by Beau Zimmer, Reporter
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011, 7:42am
Photo gallery: Largo home invasion
Largo, Florida -- A Bay area mother is recovering after a terrifying home invasion Tuesday morning. She was bound and held captive for nearly an hour. It happened around 10:42 a.m. at the home on 114th Terrace North near Lake Seminole.
Pinellas Sheriff's investigators say two men barged into the house armed with guns and a knife and bound the woman's hands and feet while they tore up the home in search of valuables.
"They told me my youngest son got into trouble at school," said the 46-year-old victim, who says she was tricked into opening the door. She asked not to be identified to protect her family. "I thought my life was going to be over."
The two men escaped with jewelry and other items from the home and also stole the family's 2008 Mercedes Benz C-300. The car has dark-tinted windows, chrome rims, and a Florida tag: 674-VVM.
Neighbors reported hearing screams, but because of the time, thought it sounded like a family argument.
"We watch out for each other. That's what makes me sick. I didn't know what was going on," said neighbor Kathy Brothers.
The victim was uninjured other than bruising to her wrist and ankles from being tied up.
The sheriff's office is investigating the home invasion and looking for the two suspects.
One is described as a white man in his mid-40's, about 6' tall, with dark slicked-back hair. The second is a black man in his late 30's to early 40's. He has a muscular build, is about 6'2" with short hair and gold teeth.
Anyone with information on what happened is asked to call the Pinellas County Sheriff's Robbery/Homicide Detective Carl Vitro at 727-582-6200. Or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20110518/NEWS/110519585
By Scott Croteau TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
Posted May 18, 2011 at 1:00 PM Updated May 18, 2011 at 4:26 PM
Four people were arrested last night in an attack and home invasion that police believe involved some kind of domestic dispute.
Officer Timothy Desmarais was in the Baldwinville section of town about 10:30 p.m. when he was called to the area of Pleasant Street for what at first appeared to be a gunshot.
The officer then saw three men running in front of 10 Pleasant St.
Investigators learned that a group of men had allegedly broken in the front door of the home there with pipes and baseball bats, causing the noise that attracted the officer’s attention.
Police found two people in the house, an 18-year-old man and 37-year-old woman. The man’s face was cut, police said.
Templeton, Winchendon, Gardner and state police, as well as a dog from the state Department of Correction began to scour the area. They were able to find one suspect within minutes and track down three more.
“The motive for the incident is still under investigation, but appears at this stage of the investigation to be domestically related, as one of the victims and one the defendants may be related to each other,” police said.
Arrested were: Gary L. Hanks, 47, of 68 Winchendon Road, Templeton; John F. Shaw Jr., 22, of 180 Popple Camp Road, Petersham; Kristen L. Balins, 39, of 17 Nichols St., Gardner; and a 16-year-old boy. They were all charged with home invasion, breaking and entering in the nighttime to commit a felony, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, destruction of property worth more than $250 and conspiracy.
http://abc13.com/deputies-man-beaten-shot-during-home-invasion-in-nw-harris-co/3180677/
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --
Deputies say a man was beat up and shot during a violent home invasion on Enchanted Forest in northwest Harris County
Deputy constables are looking for suspects in a violent home invasion where a man was beaten and shot.
It happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday at the 8200 block of Enchanted Forest in northwest Harris County.
The Precinct 1 deputy constable's office told ABC13 that a woman and a child were in the home when several people broke in.
The man who was shot appeared to be okay when he was taken away in an ambulance.
The suspects were able to get away. It's not known if they stole anything from the house.
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http://wtkr.com/2014/01/05/one-person-shot-and-another-injured-in-home-invasion-in-jcc/
James City County, Va. – Four men have been arrested after a man was shot during a home invasion robbery in James City County Saturday night.
Christopher Allen Williams, Jr., 21, Devonte J. Hayes, 21, D’Andre Andrews Hardy, 21, all of Williamsburg and Marklin Antonio Mitchell, Jr., 21, of White Plains, NY are all being held without bond at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail. The four were all charged with robbery and attempted murder.
A man inside the apartment when it all happened told Newschannel 3 he recognized some of the suspects from the neighborhood.
“I looked in the hall and heard another boom, and I seen them come in the door guns blazed and they said get on the floor and I just ran back into the room hopped in the closet,” said Christopher Adkins.
Adkins said his one and three year old were inside the apartment during the invasion.
“I’m definitely on high alert now really got to feel like I have to protect my family,” said Adkins.
According to police the four forced their way into a unit at the Lafayette Village Apartments on Lafayette Blvd. around 9pm Saturday wearing bandanas over their faces and carrying handguns and shotguns.
Police said the men were looking for money.
A 16-year-old male was hit over the head with a chair and a 20-year-old man was shot in the neck and upper arm. The shooting victim was conscious and flown by helicopter to MCV Hospital in Richmond for surgery. Police say he will be okay.
A witness reported seeing the suspects in a gold Ford Taurus. About an hour and a half later, James City County Police located the Taurus in the 1900 block of Algonquin Trail.
Police stopped the car in the parking lot at the 7-Eleven Grove on Pocahontas Trail and arrested two men. Two addition suspects were found a short time later walking in the area of Algonquin Trail and were arrested as well.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/34325665/update-victims-identified-in-deadly-waynesboro-home-invasion
The Burke County Sheriff's Office is investigating a home invasion in Burke County.
According to Sheriff Alfonzo Williams, there was a reported home invasion on the 5000 block of River Road in Waynesboro Monday afternoon. Deputies arrived on the scene to find two people dead from gunshot wounds. A third is being transported to an area hospital. There is no word on the third person's condition at this time.
Officials at the scene tell FOX 54 two suspects reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle. There are no descriptions of the vehicle or suspects.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.
UPDATE: Victims identified in deadly Waynesboro home invasion
Monday, January 23rd 2017, 6:14 pm EDTTuesday, January 24th 2017, 5:07 pm EDT
By J. Bryan Randall, Digital Content Manager
Deadly home invasion in Waynesboro 1/23/17 (WFXG)
Locals pray near scene of deadly home invasion 1/23/17 (WFXG) WAYNESBORO, GA (WFXG) -
UPDATE: The two men killed in Monday night's home invasion on River Road in Waynesboro have been identified. The Burke County Coroner's Office has identified the victims as sixty-five-year-old Marshall Jordan and sixty-four-year-old Louis Grubbs. A third man, sixty-five-year-old Walter Smith, was shot in the leg and taken to an area hospital for surgery.
According to the Burke County Sheriff's Office, the call came in at around 2:35 p.m. The investigation revealed that two unidentified men entered the home on the 5000 block of River Road and fired several shots before fleeing. The sheriff's office and GBI believe the shooting is an isolated incident.
The deceased men's bodies have been taken to the GBI crime lab in Atlanta for autopsy.
http://www.homeinvasionnews.com/
They have some interesting info....
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This is like an everyday occurrence in the Tulsa area. The conservatives want people to be able to have guns for home protection, and the liberals think most of these criminals should not be in prison.
meanstreak, Apr 23, 2018
Just a quick math check.
If 4 armed criminals break into my house, all brandishing and carrying semiauto handguns, I can estimate that combined they are carrying anywhere from 32 rounds at minimum and up to 120 bullets if they all are carrying goofy aftermarket stuff that often do not feed properly but there is a rare occasion that they might.
Why should I be limited by the government to only have 7 to 10 rounds on tap to defend myself with?
Those seem like some very lop-sided odds in the criminals favor.
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Not to mention the fact they are trying to surprise you no less. Just another example of liberal lack of common sense.
http://www.wtol.com/story/38330717/...-with-ak-47?clienttype=generic&mobilecgbypass
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -
Two men were shot and killed while trying to burglarize a home
"I see my house being ransacked and the dog was still going hysterical in the cage," he said. "When he saw me he notified the other individual that was with him, 'hey, they are here.'"
That's the moment he said when the suspected burglars pulled out guns, but he was able to get to a hall closet to get his.
"I had my own personal AK-47," he said.
The homeowner admits it's not the first time there's been a shooting at his home. Police markings show where the home was shot up less than a year ago.
The homeowner gave video evidence confirming his story and is not recommended to be prosecuted.
John A., Jun 4, 2018
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I love a happy ending, especially when it's all contained in the first paragraph of the story.
Pawpaw, Jun 4, 2018
I for one hope I am never faced with a home invasion or carjacking. That being said I want to be as prepared as possible.
The scenarios mentioned here are not unusual occurrences these days. Homeowners that spend a little time thinking about what if, and planning action to be taken usually fare better.
meanstreak, Jun 5, 2018
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UPDATE: Three charged with murder in Cleveland apartment home invasion
Charged are Nathan Bean, 18; Derrick Brown, 18; and Jackie Ingram, 22.
Monday, December 12th 2016, 12:47 am EST by WRCB Staff & Tim Pham
Updated: Thursday, December 29th 2016,
wrcbtv link
UPDATE: Cleveland police confirm to Channel 3 that three people are being charged with the first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Adam Johnson at the Springbrook Apartments in December.
Police said Nathan Bean, 18; Derrick Brown, 18; and Jackie Ingram, 22 are charged with murder.
Investigators said the victim, Adam Johnson, was an accomplice in the home invasion with Bean, Brown, and Ingram. Sargent Evie West with the Cleveland Police Department said, a person who lived in the apartment fatally shot Johnson and injured Nathan Bean.
"Matching that information with evidence at the scene would allow investigators determine who to charge in this,” Sgt. West said.
Even though they did not pull the trigger, Tennessee law allows a murder charge if anyone dies during a violent crime, like home invasion.
“In this case it does appear that Adam Johnson, Nathan bean, Jackie Ingram and Derrick brown were suspects committed to committing a violent crime at that apartment,” Sgt. West said.
Ingram and Brown appeared in a Bradley County courtroom Wednesday.18-year-old Nathan Bean, was a minor at the time of the incident, he's expected to appear in juvenile court at a later date.
"We do have other charges pending on other individuals once they are identified and located,” Sgt. West added.
Even though the death involved someone committing a crime, that doesn't make residents like Makayla feel much better.
"Knowing it was so close to my apartment where my kids are, knowing that they could've drove by and shot my kids been out playing it's just terrifying, I barely got any sleep,” Makayla said.
Cleveland police say they are still reviewing evidence and searching for another person in connection with the crime. If you have any information you're asked to call police.
Scoop, Jun 10, 2018
2 arrested, 3 guns siezed in Madison home invasion
Posted: Mar 12, 2018 11:07 PM EDT Updated: Mar 26, 2018 11:07 PM EDT
MADISON, TN (WSMV) - WSMV link
Police recovered three guns and apprehended two suspects in relation to a home invasion on Ocoee Trail in Madison around 1 a.m. on Monday.
One of the weapons obtained by police was an AR-15 recently stolen from a gun store in Oak Grove, Kentucky.
Officials say, Lorenzo Butler, 18, and Jamarius Cummins, 20, were both arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary.
They are being each being held in lieu of a $100,000 bond.
The victim told police she and her friends were robbed at gunpoint inside her home.
The suspects stole three cellphones, a 42-inch television, cash and a PlayStation game system. They also fired a shot into the couch inside the apartment.
One of the victims managed to dial 911 before handing over their phone to the suspects. The call remained active for several minutes, allowing dispatchers to pinpoint the robber's location as they fled in a silver Nissan.
Police were pursuing the vehicle by the time they reached Barbara Lynn Way.
Cummins, the driver, was apprehended immediately.
Butler fled on foot, running into a home on Barbara Lynn Way, but was later arrested.
Three guns, an AR-15, a pistol, and an Uzi .22-caliber gun stolen in 2015, were recovered by police along with the victims' belongings.
It is unclear how many other suspects police are still looking for in connection with the burglary.
Federal agents are assisting Metro Police with the firearms recovered in the case.
Copyright 2018 WSMV (Meredith Corporation).
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I guess just the first page here justifies owning a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds.
John A., Jun 11, 2018
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If only it were illegal to burglarize gun stores this would not have happened...
meanstreak, Jun 12, 2018
Here are 5 friendly amish folks who are looking for this guys lost contact lens. How mighty nice of them to have went through all the trouble. Upstanding citizens I would say.
Now convince me why I should be limited to a 10 round magazine?
FREMONT (CBS SF) — Police in Fremont Wednesday released video surveillance footage from one of two home break-ins this month that they believe were committed by the same group of suspects.
The most recent break-in caught on video, happened at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday at a home on Pilgrim Loop. Five suspects with guns went into the home through a rear patio door.
John A., Aug 5, 2018
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Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 O.S. – 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, a control of harmonic and motivic organisation from the smallest to the largest scales, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. Revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty, Bach's works include the Brandenburg concertos; the Goldberg Variations; the English Suites, French Suites, Partitas, and Well-Tempered Clavier; the Mass in B Minor; the St Matthew Passion; the St. John Passion; The Musical Offering; The Art of Fugue; the Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo; the Cello Suites; more than 200 surviving cantatas; and a similar number of organ works, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Bach was not always appreciated during his own lifetime, and he was considered to be "old-fashioned" by his contemporaries, especially late in his career during the Rococo period. Nevertheless, Bach is now considered one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.
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Unforgettable Change: 1960s: People’s Park Fights UC Land Use Policy; One Dead, Thousands Tear Gassed
In 1969, the proposed use of a three-acre, muddy, trash-filled parking lot off Telegraph Avenue on the South side of the UC Berkeley campus triggered an armed confrontation between police, students, and local residents. It was the most violent confrontation in the university’s history. Today, when the word “green” is recognized throughout the world as shorthand for an environmental ethic, it gives pause to remember that a struggle to create a small urban oasis—a park, with trees, grass, and swing sets—pitted students and local residents against university officials, police, and even units of the national guard, leaving one man dead, another permanently blinded, and wounded more than 100 people.
Conflict and struggle over a large Berkeley city block bordered by Dwight Way and Haste Street—later called “People’s Park”—began when the university’s plans to expand campus facilities were stalled by lack of funds, yet remained an administrative priority. In 1956, the university bought property on either side of Telegraph Avenue to build dormitories. By 1960, sixteen blocks of the South Campus area were designated an urban renewal site and Telegraph Avenue) was slated to become a pedestrian mall. Although securing federal funds proved elusive, conservative members of the city council continued to urge the university to “clean up” the area, as an increasing number of Haight-Ashbury hippies, runaways, and youngsters were leaving San Francisco after 1967’s Summer of Love to join Berkeley students in their quest to find cheap housing in South Campus boarding homes. By the end of 1967, the university had purchased all the properties on the three-acre lot between Haste and Dwight.
In spring 1969, a small group of locals—spearheaded by Mike Delacour, a former defense contractor employee turned anti-war activist and a number of former Free Speech Movement activists, New Left radicals, and hippies—decided to take back the empty lot and create a park. The original core of activists were inspired by a desire to find an issue that would unite Berkeley’s divergent population: idealistic hippies who wanted a gentle green setting for rock concerts and personal reflection, and the politically oriented radicals who saw an opportunity for confrontation with the university over land-use policies. In April, activists Frank Bardacke and Stew Albert showed the site to their friend, Abbie Hoffman, who predicted the issue would “suck [then-California governor Ronald] Reagan into a fight.”
The group published an article in the local counterculture newspaper, the Berkeley Barb, saying, “The University had no right to create ugliness as a way of life.” They called for a public gathering on Sunday, April 20, 1969 to all those interested in “engaging in the creative act of building a park out of the University’s muddy ruins”. On the appointed day, they were shocked to find they had unwittingly struck a deep chord: hundreds of people were already there, digging, planting and landscaping with gusto. In the span of four weeks, thousands of people worked on the site and a genuine green space took shape.
Conservative politicians urged Berkeley’s chancellor, Roger Heyns, to crack down on the activists before the regents (all of whom were appointed by the governor) and other state officials arrived for their monthly meeting on May 15. The day before the meeting, Heyns sent a construction crew to bulldoze the park and erect a chain link fence and No Trespassing signs. At 4.30 a.m. on the morning of the Regent meeting, Heyns called for California highway patrolmen to surround the park. By noon, thousands gathered a rally at Sproul Plaza on an unrelated topic—the Arab-Israeli conflict—when student body president Dan Siegel urged the crowd to take back the park. The crowd surged forward and marched down Telegraph Ave where police, who fired tear gas and birdshot at the demonstrators, blocked all entrances to the park. At the urging of Berkeley’s sheriff and mayor, Governor Ronald Reagan called out the National Guard. As the day wore on, police replaced birdshot with larger, more lethal buckshot. James Rector, an innocent bystander on a side street, was shot in the stomach and later died from his wounds. Alan Blanchard, an assistant manager of the Telegraph Repertory Theatre was permanently blinded. One hundred and ten people were injured and taken to the hospital. For an additional 17 days, the troops patrolled Berkeley with bayonets and guns in hand.
Berkeley residents grew furious. Through no action of their own, they were living under martial law with an imposed curfew. Groups of three or larger were not permitted to congregate in public places. Police and guardsmen confiscated cameras. Streets leading in and out of the city were blocked.
The lowest point of the struggle occurred on the afternoon of May 20. Several thousand people appeared on campus at Sproul Plaza for a memorial honoring James Rector, the student who had been killed in the initial riot. As the large but peaceful crowd gathered, National Guard units formed a long line down Bancroft Ave and sealed off the campus. Overhead, helicopters released tear gas, spraying the trapped crowd on Sproul Plaza. The crowd panicked, desperate to break through the police lines. The noxious stench reached Cowell Hospital, endangering patients. It caused skin burns on swimmers in the pool at Strawberry Canyon nearly a mile past campus.
By then, Berkeley’s residents were furious. The citizens were sick of the National Guard and police units that had once been called “Blue Meanies,” but were now called “foreign invaders.” Local residents, led by Fred and Pat Cody of Cody’s Bookstore, organized a peaceful march of over 30,000 people from Memorial Stadium to People’s Park. Sorority houses hung banners proclaiming their support. Anti-war Quakers from the local American Friends Service Committee donated 30,000 daisies which demonstrators passed out to guardsmen who placed them in their rifle barrels and bayonets. Marchers also created green banners made from old girl scout uniforms.
In mid-June, Reagan withdrew the troops and by the next Regent meeting in Berkeley, residents had pulled down the chain link fence around the park. The city council agreed to lease the land from the University. Within a year, Chancellor Haynes resigned. Residents never forgave the local politicians who called for the National Guard. In the coming election, voters elected established leftists to citywide political office.
There are famous photographs that capture the fevered peak of 60s-era protest: hippies at Woodstock in August, 1969, turning muddy fields into an ecstatic sanctuary; hippies in Washington, DC, at the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam in November, 1969, using flower power to protest the military. But these and other potent visual symbols that now sum up an entire decade emerged first in Berkeley, California. Here, both activists and their opponents defined the issues that mattered and how to respond. What began in Berkeley has been taken up and adopted across the country, and witnessed by the entire world.
Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society.
Additional Audio Content
Radio broadcast about the creation of People’s Park and the activist and people initially involved with the park
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Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave and John Cullen
Born in Washington DC, Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave is the great-granddaughter of Henry Villard and the daughter of the late United States Ambassador Henry Serrano Villard. She grew up in Norway, Libya and Switzerland, attended the Brillantmont International School in Lausanne, graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in political science and attended the Islamic Institute at the Sorbonne. In Paris she met her husband, journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave.
As a photographer, she has taken portraits of notables including George Bush, Henry Kissinger, and Anwar Sadat. Her work has appeared on the cover of Newsweek and other major international publications.
She co-authored the biography of her great-grandfather, railroad magnate and financier Henry Villard, Villard: The Life and Times of an American Titan, and wrote five books, Healing Light, Heavenly Order, Beloved Spirit, To Catch A Thought and Love and Wisdom. She founded the Light of Healing Hope Foundation in 2010 whose mission is to bring comfort and healing to those in need; the foundation has delivered over 34,000 gifts to hospitals and hospices nationwide.
A native of New Orleans, John Cullen received a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University and a master’s degree from University of Virginia, both in English. He earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Texas. A year of full-time university teaching after graduate school gave him the urge to travel, and he lived in Paris, Rome, Vienna, and Madrid among other places.
Cullen has translated more than fifteen books from the French, Italian, German, and Spanish, including Susanna Tamaro’s Follow Your Heart from the Italian, Christa Wolf’s Medea from the German, and Henning Boetius’s The Phoenix from the German. His translations of Margaret Mazzantini’s Don’t Move from the Italian and of Yasmina Khadra’s The Swallows of Kabul from the French were short-listed for The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Cullen is also the co-author with Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave of Villard: The Life and Times of an American Titan.
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Regional Economic Cooperation
The Government of Afghanistan is primarily focused on the economic cooperation and political stability for the progress of the country. Afghanistan has a collective approach in creating policies to work with the regional countries in bringing peace, prosperity and friendly relations among themselves. The Government of Afghanistan has a positive outlook to work with the regional countries for the development. Afghanistan is the member of the South Asia Association Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the Regional Economic Cooperation of Afghanistan (RECCA), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and Heart of Asia. Through regional cooperation Afghanistan aims to achieve the following objectives: improve trading opportunities; integrate itself with the regional rail and road networks; to be an important partner in regional energy markets; Eliminate narcotics trade; and Achieve Millennium Development Goals. Economic regional cooperation projects are set up to bring development through integration.
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI)
The creation of TAPI aimed to initialize inclusive growth potential in mooting significant task to ease the energy deficit of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan as the pipeline will carry 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year alongside. The gas pipeline will start from Galkynysh gas field in Turkmenistan connecting with Afghanistan’s Herat-Kandahar highway, then via Quetta and Multan in Pakistan ending up at Fazilka that is India’s town bordering Pakistan. The TAPI project is funded by the Asian Development Bank. The inauguration ceremony for the construction of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India scheduled to be held on 23 February, 2018 in Herat.
Chabahar port
The Chabahar port is aimed at enhancing trade and transit opportunities between Iran-Afghanistan-India can exercise economic potential and viability across the region. Chabahar port will add a new dimension in the bilateral cooperation with India-Iran-Afghanistan. The trilateral pact signed between India-Iran-Afghanistan in 2016 gave clear indication of prioritizing economic engagement in bringing prosperity and engineering trade relations in the region. There are immense investment opportunities available in this zone that will not only enhance business and trade between India-Iran and Afghanistan but also connecting to other regions of the world. In February, Tehran leased out India of operational Control of the Iranian east coast port of Chabahar for eighteen months.
Multi-layer Railway cooperation project
There is tremendous opportunity in the expansion of Afghanistan Railway Network which will boost trade and investment through enhanced transit route. The Afghanistan’s Railway Authority was established in 2012 to integrate Afghanistan’s national rail system and to link the neighboring provinces of Afghanistan such as Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat, Sheberghan, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kunduz and other cities. The main railway network project in Afghanistan is mentioned below.
(A). Khawaf-Herat Railway corridor
(B). Herat-Torghondi Poert Railway Line
(C). Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) Railway
(D). Aqina-Andkhoy Railway Line
(E). Andkhoy-Sheberghan-Mazar-e-Sharif Railway Line
(F). Kholm-Shirkhan Bandar-Kunduz segment of TAT and five nation’s railway line.
(G). Jalalabad-Torkham-LandiKotal Railway project
(H). North-South Rail Line through Hajigak and Aynak
Central Asia South Asia (CASA-1000)
CASA-1000 project aims to provide construct power transmission lines in Afghanistan. The infrastructure is a necessary node in the CASA-1000 project, which aims to bring 1,300 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan into Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Lapis Lazuli Route
The Lapis Lazuli route comprises part of Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program Transport Corridor #2, stretching in China in the East through the Krgyz Republic, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan in the West. The Lapis Lazuli Corridor agreement is of immense importance creating opportunities for trade expansion and building regional connectivity.
‘Heart of Asia’ Istanbul Process
The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA) was founded on November 2nd, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Heart of Asia provides a platform for sincere and results-oriented regional cooperation by placing Afghanistan at its center, in recognition of the fact that a secure and stable Afghanistan is vital to the prosperity of the Heart of Asia region. This platform was established to address the shared challenges and interests of Afghanistan and its neighbors and regional partners. The Heart of Asia is comprised of 14 participating countries, 17 supporting countries, and 12 supporting regional and international organizations.
Afghanistan-India Air Corridor Programme
The air corridor programme between Afghanistan-India was established in June 2017. The decision to establish an air freight corridor between Afghanistan and India was taken in the meeting between President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and in September 2016 during the President’s visit to India. Through air freight corridor Afghanistan-India aims to enhance economic ties by boosting Afghan trade and to get access to wider market in India. The impetus of the first Afghan-Indo air corridor programme led to the expansion of Kabul-Mumbai programme. Envisioning for better economic ties Afghanistan-India air freight programme has taken giant strides to reach global markets. At present Afghanistan’s major export to India are fresh and dried fruits, dried, precious/ semi-precious stones, etc. India’s export to Afghanistan are man-made filaments, articles of apparels and clothing accessories, pharmaceutical products, cereals, man-made staple fibers, tobacco products, dairy and poultry products. Kabul-Mumbai, Kabul-New Delhi and Kandahar-New Delhi air cargo freights twice every week. With the successive of the two trade links, expectedly Kandahar-Amritsar,Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad will be initialized in near future. The air corridor programmes hopes to deepen economic relation between Afghanistan and India.
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Singer R. Kelly charged in sex scheme of kidnapping and payoffs
Friday, 12 July 2019 20:11 GMT
FILE PHOTO: Grammy-winning R&B star R. Kelly leaves the Cook County courthouse after a hearing on multiple counts of criminal sexual abuse case, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
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The allegations refer to conduct that stretches back to 1999, according to the indictment
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CHICAGO, July 12 (Reuters) - Singer R. Kelly, already charged with sexual assault in Illinois, was indicted in federal courts in New York and Chicago on Friday with transporting women and girls across state lines for sex, forcibly keeping them under his control and buying their silence.
In indictments unsealed in Brooklyn and Chicago, federal prosecutors said Kelly, 52, ran a racketeering and human trafficking scheme that required the women and girls to be obedient, call him "Daddy" and ask permission to eat or use the bathroom.
"The purposes of the enterprise were to promote R. Kelly's music and the R. Kelly brand and to recruit women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with Kelly," prosecutors said in the Brooklyn indictment.
Kelly, who was free on bond in the Illinois state case, was taken into custody again by New York City police detectives and federal agents on Thursday evening as he walked his dog in Chicago his lawyer, Steve Greenberg, said.
The R&B singer made a brief court appearance in U.S. District Court in Chicago on Friday and was ordered back on Monday for further proceedings. Kelly, who was handcuffed and wearing orange jail garb, spoke only to reply "yes, your honor" to the magistrate judge.
Brooklyn prosecutors urged in a court filing that Kelly be held without bond on the federal charges while they seek to have him sent to New York for a hearing that has yet to be scheduled.
Greenberg said in a statement posted to Twitter that the federal charges mostly stem from conduct that is "decades old" and already part of the state case or previous allegations that Kelly had been acquitted of.
"He and his lawyers look forward to his day in court, to the truth coming out and to his vindication from what has been an unprecedented assault by others for their own personal gain," he said.
KIDNAPPING, PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
The five-count Brooklyn racketeering indictment includes multiple allegations going back to 1999, including sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping and forced labor.
Under the alleged scheme, Kelly and his entourage would invite women and girls backstage after concerts, isolate them from friends and family, and make them dependent on him for their financial well-being.
Chicago prosecutors charged in their 13-count indictment that Kelly had sexual contact with five minors, recorded videos of some of them and paid them off to buy their silence.
Prosecutors said Kelly paid an unidentified individual $170,000 to cancel a news conference in which that person planned to announce he had tapes of Kelly engaging in sexual activity with minors.
Kelly "used physical abuse, violence, threats of violence, blackmail and other controlling behaviors against victims so that Kelly could maintain control over them, prevent them from providing evidence to law enforcement, and persuade them to continue to abide by prior false statements," the indictment said.
The Chicago indictment also charges two of Kelly's former employees, Derrel McDavid, 58, and Milton "June" Brown, 53 with obstructing the investigation. Kelly, McDavid and Brown are also accused of conspiring to receive child pornography mailed across state lines.
McDavid, who surrendered voluntarily to authorities, appeared briefly at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Chicago on Friday.
Last month, Kelly pleaded not guilty to 11 new state felony counts of sexual assault and abuse at a Cook County, Illinois, court hearing, after prosecutors expanded an indictment against him.
He has denied abuse accusations for decades.
The Cook County charges involve alleged abuse of a victim between the ages of 13 and 16 that prosecutors said took place between May 2009 and January 2010. In February, Kelly pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted three teenage girls and a fourth woman.
The Grammy-Award winning singer, known for such hits as "I Believe I Can Fly" and "Bump N' Grind," spent a weekend in jail on the sex charges before being released on $100,000 bail on Feb. 25. (Additional reporting by Brendan Pierson in New York; Writing by Peter Szekely and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Jonathan Oatis)
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You are here: HomeNews12-Gauge Solicitations For July 2011
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Posted by Richard Boom on Apr 30, 2011
12-Gauge Comics send BF a solicitation copy for all their books in July 2011, to be pre-ordered May 2011. I.C.E. and LOOSE ENDS turn up the heat in July! I.C.E #1 - Special introductory price of $1.00; Both books previewed in 12-Gauge's FCBD title, "I.C.E."
I.C.E. #1 (of 4)
Writer: Doug Wagner
Artist: Jose Holder
Cover Artist: Brian Stelfreeze
Colors: Michael Wiggam
$1.00 (special introductory price)
I.C.E. #1 - Blasting into comic stores for only $1.00!
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency (a.k.a. I.C.E.) is charged with keeping our borders secure. The politics are complicated, but they don’t matter to COLE MATAI, leader of the best tactical group I.C.E. has to offer. For him, it’s all about protecting the public from men like LUIS MORALES, head of a ruthless Mexican drug cartel. When Morales notices that some of his drug runners are stealing inventory, he takes it personal. Shockwaves hit three U.S. cities as members of his cartel are savagely murdered over a period of weeks, all at the hands of Morales. The cross-country manhunt for this vicious killer begins here---don’t miss it!
LOOSE ENDS #1 (of 4)
Writer: Jason Latour
Art and Cover: Chris Brunner
Colors: Rico Renzi
$3.99 (please note size: 7 - ¼” x 11”)
"Smart as a weasel. Pretty as a southern sunrise. Raw as a freshly stabbed knife wound. LOOSE ENDS is all that. As well as just flat-out good. Damn good." - Jason Aaron (SCALPED, WOLVERINE)
No one seemed to notice Sonny Gibson as he stepped back into ‘The Hideaway’; a dusty little honky-tonk nestled off the Carolina highway. But before the night was over, Sonny would be on the run. From the law, from the criminals, even from himself.
LOOSE ENDS is a gritty, slow cooked, "southern crime romance", that follows a winding trail down Tobacco Road, through the war torn streets of Baghdad, and into the bright lights and bloody gutters of South Florida...12-Gauge style.
* Look for the LOOSE ENDS preview in the FCBD edition of I.C.E.!
12-Gauge Comics was founded by Keven Gardner in 2004 and currently publishes some of the most successful and critically acclaimed independent comic books in the marketplace today. 12-Gauge members Jason Pearson, Brian Stelfreeze, Cully Hamner, and Doug Wagner are creating new and innovative multi-media concepts for the company, including Pearson’s run-away hit BODY BAGS and THE RIDE, which debuted as the top-selling black and white comic of the year in 2004. After solidifying its position as a force to be reckoned with by packaging THE O.C.T. (Occult Crimes Taskforce), an original comic book concept co-created and starring actress ROSARIO DAWSON. THE O.C.T. has been featured on “The Today Show,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Access Hollywood,” and many other media outlets.
In 2009 12-Gauge began to firmly solidify its unique identity by publishing under its own banner (prior titles were through Image Comics), starting with the company's first licensed property, THE BOONDOCK SAINTS: The Comic Series -- which made a major splash. With all new stories by series creator/director TROY DUFFY, the comics have been selling-out and exposing the 12-Gauge brand to an all-new audience. 12-Gauge then moved into the untapped market of country music with superstar recording artist TRACE ADKINS. In LUKE MC BAIN, Adkins lends his likeness to a hard-as-nails character in an adventure story of revenge and redemption. Trace went on a wide publicity tour for the comics; highlights being a guest appearance on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and a feature story in “USA Today”. 2010 closed strong with the release of 25 TO LIFE, a limited series that pushed the boundaries of the traditional law enforcement procedural.
2011 looks equally promising; the recently launched high-concept series MAGUS is rewriting the world of magic as we know it. R.P.M., from NYT #1 Bestselling author MICK FOLEY, is a crossover hit, and the just announced action-franchise I.C.E. is generating strong buzz in the industry. Other 2011 titles include the zombie-noir themed DEADTOWN and the gritty crime drama LOOSE ENDS. For more information, please visit www.12gaugecomics.com or email info@12gaugecomics.com.
12-Gauge Solicitations For August 2011 - written by Richard Boom on May 26, 2011
Preview: I.C.E. #1 - written by Richard Boom on Jul 18, 2011
Preview: Loose Ends #1 (of 4) - written by Richard Boom on Jul 7, 2011
Preview: Loose Ends #2 - written by Richard Boom on Aug 23, 2011
12-Gauge Comics Solicitations for December 2010 - written by Richard Boom on Sep 28, 2010
Inside Look: I.C.E. #1 - written by Doug Wagner on Aug 8, 2011
McBain! - written by Kris Bather on Nov 12, 2009
I.C.E. #1 - written by Jason Wilkins on Jul 18, 2011
Hardcore #1 - written by JasonClyma on May 17, 2012
Loose Ends #1 - written by JasonClyma on Jul 15, 2011
Witchblade/Red Sonja #1 - written by JasonClyma on Feb 23, 2012
One You Want 006: Loose Ends #2, 12-Gauge Comics - written by Joe Keatinge on Aug 15, 2011
Temporal Labyrinth: Red Sonja and Witchblade Team Up - written by Jason Wilkins on Feb 22, 2012
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Home > SPEAKout Blog > How Do You See Your Child’s Disability?
How Do You See Your Child’s Disability?
By Leann Springer / July 2, 2019
At a recent meeting a question was asked to a group of Parent Training and Information Centers: How do we get families to think and talk about having high expectations for their children with disabilities? The world of parent advocacy is cluttered with many different viewpoints and our children have varying medical and educational needs. No matter our beliefs or where we happen to be on the evolution of our advocacy journey, we all care deeply about our children. Some parents learned of their child’s disability at birth. Some learned about it when their child was in utero. Some of us learned our child had a disability in early childhood, and some even later into the school aged years. Many of us were told by experts that there was something “wrong” with our child. And if you were a parent who learned of your child’s disability before their birth, some of these experts may have even encouraged you to discontinue the pregnancy. I do not wish to have a discussion on abortion, but all of this points to the larger societal framework that views disability and difference in the human state as somehow broken or inferior.
How did you react to your child’s diagnosis? How do you continue to react to it? 1 in 7 children have a disability. How do they view themselves? More importantly, how are we teaching them to view themselves? Autism, in particular, has garnered a lot of focus. Turning on the TV, one can hear the headlines, “The Cost of Raising a Child with Autism,” “The Emotional Toll of Autism,” and more. Our children are watching. They are listening. I have had friends over the years who speak of their children, right in front of them, saying things such as “He’ll never be able to do that” or “He doesn’t understand that.” As parents we are experts on our children, but our expertise does not give us license to be gatekeepers of our children’s futures or impose our understanding onto what we believe they know. As much as we know our children, we are not given a crystal ball. Technology is always on the forefront providing possibilities we never envisioned. Likewise, measuring intelligence has historically proven faulty.
What is to become of children who grow up hearing that they are innately damaged goods, whose mere existence seems to impose burdens on their families? The message is reinforced in school and in therapies, where deficits are highlighted and difficulties become repeated drills.
There is a correlation between disability and suicide and depression. A 2017 study from the University of Toronto cites the rate of suicide for women diagnosed with a learning disability to be 16.6% while those without such labels have a 3.3% rate. The same study found that men with learning disabilities attempted suicide at a rate of 7.7% compared with men without them attempting suicide at a rate of 2.1%. Another source cites depression as two to ten times more frequent in people with disabilities than the general population and a common secondary condition to disability. We certainly cannot ignore the idea that our larger societal view of disability contributes to these rates.
We know the power of parent advocacy is potent. Just this morning I watched a video about a group of parents who all have children with dyslexia and have changed the way reading is being taught in their school district. I myself feel like I have a responsibility to continue the work of the parents who have come before me as they are passing the trailblazing torch to my generation. Their work has created possibilities for us. The work we do impacts those who follow behind us; the children our child’s teachers teach next year will be better off because of us. But this work begins and is most impactful at home where our children learn their thought patterns and beliefs from us.
Are we raising children who feel like assets within their homes, their schools, the larger community and out in the world? It is easy to get caught in the storm of disability grief, but I think that’s a choice in opposition to accepting, appreciating, and loving our children just as they are; finding out what they CAN do and WANT to do. Many years ago I was given some great words of wisdom, “We need people who think differently in our world in order for there to be progress.” I would add, we need people who move differently, people with varying backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences. Our human expansion and progress as a species hinges on the differences within each of us. After all, a disability is simply a body part that works differently
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By Jay Evensen, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 5:52 pm MST
“On Second Thought” is a weekly feature in the Deseret News that takes a lighthearted look at current events. This is the laboratory where I put them together each week. Let me know what you think, and please add some of your own through comments, Twitter, Facebook or email if you have any funny ideas.
Officials worked hard last week to head off a problem that could shake the nation to its core. Alas, the efforts were in vain. Twinkies, as we know them, will cease to exist.
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The demise of Twinkies and other Hostess products is what is known as a looming fructose cliff.
Congress we expect to be unable to solve problems, given the states that are solid red or blue, but Hostess? After all, there are no Ho Ho states and Ding Dong states. Well, maybe not strictly speaking.
The bad news is the nation has now lost the one food designed to survive a nuclear holocaust. The good news is all the Twinkies you stuffed into your food storage through the years won’t be going bad anytime soon.
Utah voters have learned that maybe every single vote isn’t so important, but every 768 votes sure are.
Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson held onto his congressional seat by a slim 768 votes out of nearly 250,000 votes cast, according to the final canvass. To Republicans who try every 10 years to gerrymander Utah’s lone Democrat out of Congress, this is known as the Get Smart mistake. “Missed it by that much.”
Jack Taylor, a basketball player for Grinnell College, scored a record 138 points last week in a win over Faith Baptist Bible College. The fans liked it, but they were drowned out by the sound of other Grinnell players yelling, “Hey, over here! I’m open!”
The final score was 179-104. Good thing the coach left Taylor in to get those extra 74 insurance points.
Taylor’s coach called the performance “kind of a life-changing moment.” It’s instructive to note, however, that the old record of 113 points was set in 1954 by Rio Grande College’s Clarence “Bevo” Francis, otherwise known to NBA fans as “Who?”
Lost in all this was the fact that Faith Baptist’s David Larsen scored 70 points, which means the eight other guys on the court should have had to pay for tickets like the rest of the spectators.
President Obama pardoned a couple of turkeys at the White House last week, an annual tradition that is supposed to make the rest of us feel better about eating millions of turkeys slaughtered for our dinner tables.
So … If the president can pardon turkeys, why can’t the White House and Congress get along?
Jay Evensen is the associate editor of the Deseret News editorial page. Follow him on Twitter @jayevensen.
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An Evening with Sherlock Holmes One-Act Plays - An Evening With Sherlock Holmes presents a unique evening of mystery.
The triad of one acts begins with The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, the tale of a British aristocrat, Sir Robert, who marries an American millionaire because his family fortune has run out. However, on the wedding day, his young American wife, Hatty Doran, disappears. Sir Robert immediately calls on Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to uncover the mystery of what has happened to Hatty. A happy ending ensues for Hatty but, alas, not for Sir Robert.
The Milverton Adventure, pits Holmes and Watson against a nefarious blackmailer, Charles Milverton, who is blackmailing one of Holmes' clients, a woman who wrote several damning letters to a former lover that could, if revealed, destroy her impending marriage to the Earl of Dovercourt. In his effort to save his client, Holmes plans a radical solution: burgling Milverton's house and retrieving the damning correspondence. On the night of the burglary, however, Holmes' and Watson's attempt is interrupted by an unforeseen incident. Another woman, whose life has already been destroyed by Milverton's blackmailing schemes, intrudes and fatally shoots the blackmailer. Do they turn the woman who murdered Milverton into the police or not?
It is the original concluding play, The Disappearance of Adam, that makes this evening with Holmes unique. In this mind-boggling play, Holmes must solve an existential mystery. With its theme of life and death, the great detective, the super sleuth of innumerable cases, must solve the riddle that has puzzled the most brilliant minds in history!
Show Dates: January 31-February 2 & 7-9, 2020 in the Black Box Theater
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13 June 2019 • Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc. Announces the First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Open Label Clinical Trial Evaluating Topical Ocular Delivery of ST266 For the Treatment of Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects
Topline results expected by end of 2019
PITTSBURGH, PA – June 13, 2019 – Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing next-generation biologics for the promotion and restoration of cellular integrity of inflamed or damaged tissues, today announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase 2 open label, multi-center clinical trial evaluating topical ocular delivery of ST266 for the treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defects (PEDs), for which there are limited treatment options.
“The dosing of the first patient in our Phase 2 clinical trial marks an important milestone for Noveome as we continue to explore ST266’s safety, efficacy and broad therapeutic applicability. We believe that ST266 has the potential to provide an innovative treatment option as a novel cell-free platform biologic based on the results we have seen to date in both preclinical and clinical trials demonstrating a strong safety profile,” said William J. Golden, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Noveome. “In this trial, we will measure both the magnitude and speed of response, as well as the number of completely healed patients and the time to complete healing in the study eye of PED patients.”
The Phase 2 open label, multi-center clinical trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of topical delivery of ST266 in patients with PEDs. The primary endpoint of the clinical trial is to complete healing as determined by fluorescein dye after 28 days of therapy. Each patient will receive a total of 4 doses per day of ST266 over the course of 28 days in the study eye. More information about the study is available at www.clinicaltrials.gov under the identifier NCT03687632. Topline results are expected later in 2019.
About Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects (PEDs)
PEDs are non-healing wounds of the cornea caused by trauma, surgery and infection for which there are limited treatment options. Failure of the epithelial cells in the cornea to migrate and close the wound can lead to scarring and possibly perforation and blindness, especially in patients with severe dry eye and diabetes.
About ST266
ST266 is a cell-free “platform” biologic containing hundreds of proteins and other factors involved in cellular healing, protection of the brain and nerves, and modulation of inflammation. The components of ST266 are secreted by a novel population of cells generated by a proprietary method of culturing amnion-derived epithelial cells collected from full term placentas, which are normally discarded after birth. This “secretome” contains physiologic levels of multiple growth factors and cytokines and stimulates a variety of anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective responses in preclinical studies. In addition to central nervous system (CNS) conditions, ST266 is being evaluated in ophthalmologic, pulmonary and gastrointestinal conditions. The ST266 platform biologic enables the use of a scalable manufacturing process to produce quantities for all indications, A drug master file has been submitted with the FDA, supporting all ST266 investigational new drug (IND) applications.
About Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing next-generation biologics for the promotion and restoration of cellular integrity of inflamed or damaged tissues. Noveome’s multi-target platform biologic and lead product, ST266, is currently being evaluated in multiple indications across CNS, ophthalmic, pulmonary and gastrointestinal therapeutic areas. Noveome is planning to start a Phase 1 open label clinical trial to establish the safety of ST266 when delivered intranasally in 2Q 2019 as well as a Phase 2/3 clinical trial of ST266 in patients with cataracts in 4Q 2019. In addition to the clinical pipeline, preclinical results testing ST266 in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), emphysema and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) are also expected later in 2019. The Company received seed funding from Lancet Capital, a venture capital consortium of leading Pittsburgh healthcare institutions including UPMC Enterprises, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. To date, Noveome has received over $120 million in research and infrastructure funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Allegheny County. Noveome is based in Pittsburgh, PA. For more information, please visit, www.noveome.com.
Julie Seidel
Stern Investor Relations, Inc.
julie.seidel@sternir.com
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A critical commentary on and analysis of the general anti - avoidance section in the Income Tax Act paying particular attention to the introduction of the so-called business purpose test
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dc.description.abstract The aim of this technical report is to provide a detailed and critical commentary on and analysis of the general anti-avoidance section in the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 paying particular attention to the introduction of the so-called business purpose test. The South African Acts that are the subject of this technical report are as follows: The Income Tax Act 58 of 1962; The Income Tax Act 21 of 1995; The Income Tax Act 36 of 1996; The Revenue Laws Amendment Act 46 of 1996; The General Law Amendment Act 49 of 1996; The Income Tax Act 28 of 1997; The South African Revenue Service Act 34 of 1997; The Estate Duty Act 45 of 1955; The Value-Added Tax Act 89 of 1991; The Transfer Duty Act 40 of 1949. en
dc.language English en
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dc.subject Tax en
dc.title A critical commentary on and analysis of the general anti - avoidance section in the Income Tax Act paying particular attention to the introduction of the so-called business purpose test en
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Hasaan Klugh leading Charlotte in mid-season turnaround after getting his shot
Former NC A&T quarterback has Charlotte on the brink of bowl eligibility after being overlooked for starting spot in offseason
Charlotte 49ers quarterback Hasaan Klugh (16) looks to throw against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the first half at M.M. Roberts Stadium.
Hasaan Klugh knows a thing or two about being overlooked. He’s also experienced in making the most of his opportunities.As a freshman at North Carolina A&T, Klugh was the backup quarterback to Kwashaun Quick to start the 2014 season. But when Quick went down with a knee injury against Howard, Klugh stepped up and led the Aggies to a win over Howard before going 2-1 in the next three games.But when Quick returned, Klugh went back to the bench. Klugh then transferred to Charlotte and waited for his opportunity again. After losing the quarterback battle to Miami and Towson transfer Kevin Olsen, Klugh went back to the bench for the season opener.With the 49ers offense sputtering under Olsen, going 1-4 with Olsen throwing for just two touchdowns to three interceptions over the final three games, Charlotte coach Brad Lambert decided to make a change.Klugh started the next game at Florida Atlantic, going 14-of-17 for 223 yards, three touchdowns and one interception through the air. He also rushed for 54 yards and one touchdown on 14 attempts. It was all-too-familiar territory for the former Central Cabarrus High signal-caller.”All I ever wanted was an opportunity,” Klugh told reporters after the FAU game. “You’ve got to seize the moment when the opportunities come, but they’re blessings, too. … I knew my opportunity was going to come, but I knew that throughout the process if I was going to get a shot, I was going to have to be ready for that shot.”Since Klugh moved into the starting role under center, the Niners have gone 3-1 with their lone loss against Florida International, 27-26, on a last-minute touchdown. He’s accounted for 10 touchdowns (five rushing, five passing) and three interceptions over the last five games.Now at 4-5, Charlotte is on the brink of making a bowl game for the first time in school history. The Niners are also 3-2 in Conference USA, tied for third in the East Division with three games remaining.”They’ve already surpassed what we did last year from a win total, from an offensive total and things like that,” Lambert said. “But ultimately we just want to win this next game and put ourselves in position to play for something each and every week.”With an improved defense and Charlotte’s all-time leading rusher in Kalif Phillips in the backfield, the fourth-year program is in the midst of a special season. But thanks to the switch to the redshirt sophomore quarterback in the middle of the season, the 49ers suddenly have the look of a bowl contender for years to come.Though the future looks bright for Klugh and the program, he isn’t overlooking any team with a seven-win season still possible. The secret to getting there? It’s simple.”We’ve just got to keep balling,” Klugh told reporters. “We have it in the back of our heads about a bowl game and whatnot, but we’ve just got to take it one game at a time.”
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EU,US plan economic union
The European Union and the United States are holding secret talks on the creation of a joint trade and economic union. According to news media reports, Washington and Brussels are in talks to strike an unprecedented deal on creating a trans-Atlantic market.
The purpose of such an initiative is to offset the potential of the Old and New Worlds against the rapidly developing markets of the BRICS group of countries, particularly India, China and Russia.
The idea of economic integration between the EU and the US was first suggested by Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel put forward this initiative in 2007. Back then, the plan received no approval from Washington and was shelved altogether, following the 2008 crisis. According to unofficial reports, the participants in the clandestine talks are discussing mutual investments and common standards in taxation, medicine and other areas. Meanwhile, experts warn about the difficulties that lurk behind such integration. They make it clear that a trade union of the two regional economies should not hurt European and American high-tech companies. Analyst Mikhail Neyzhmakov comments.
"A large number of corporations on both sides could benefit from such a union. However, since the EU and the US both produce high-tech products and are competing in this area, they might end up damaging their own corporations by creating a free economic zone and offering free access to each other’s markets."
A trans-Atlantic economic zone would spur economic growth in the US and the EU. According to experts, abolition of taxes will guarantee a 0.5% GDP growth in the EU and a 1.5% in the US. Exports would increase by nearly one fourth in both the EU and the US. The European Union and the United States could thus form an effective counterbalance to the BRICS economies. Europe and the United States have been losing their positions on foreign markets over the past few decades. Maxim Bratersky of the Higher School of Economics, comments.
"Over the past 10-15 years, Europe has become less competitive compared to China and India. However, it has been losing only in a particular set of sectors, where European workers can be replaced by Chinese, or Vietnamese. As for a whole range of other sectors of the economy, Europe retains fairly strong positions on the markets."
Most analysts are skeptical about a US-EU economic union. Nevertheless, given the current trend for economic integration in various corners of the world, such a union remains an option. The 21st century could well become an era of economic alliances in the course of which the US and Europe will join forces against the rest of the world, including Asia.
EU Leader Van Rompuy Calls for Global Governance With Russia
While much of the Christian and post-Christian worlds were busy rushing about in last-minute preparations for Christmas celebrations, an important event took place in Brussels, Belgium, that went largely unnoticed and unreported. Leaders of the European Union and Russia met in Brussels on December 20 and 21 for the 30th EU-Russia Summit, continuing a process of convergence and interdependence that is leading toward political, economic, and social merger.
In his remarks at the conclusion of the summit, Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, made repeated reference to progress toward the goal of “global governance,” which has always been code in globalist circles for world government. Van Rompuy stated:
By working together, the EU and Russia can make a decisive contribution to global governance and regional conflict resolution, to global economic governance in the G 8 and G 20, and to a broad range of international and regional issues. I would like to congratulate President Putin for taking over the presidency of G 20.
As we have reported in this magazine many times, the term “global governance” is an intentionally deceptive term, used by political ruling elites because it is more vague and mushy and sounds less threatening than “global government” or “world government.” Hence, there will be less political opposition mounted to “global governance” than “world government.”
“Global governance” came into vogue in the late 1990s, following the publication in 1995 of Our Global Neighborhood, a report of the UN-appointed Commission on Global Governance. That report attempted emphatically to assure readers that they had nothing to fear; they were not proposing world government. It claimed:
Global governance is not global government. No misunderstanding should arise from the similarity of the terms. We are not proposing movement towards world government.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan practiced the same semantic sleight-of-hand and false assurance at the UN Millennium Summit in New York City in 2000. In his report We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century, Annan called for “new forms of global governance,” “a new ethic of global stewardship,” “global norms,” and “global rules” — all of which assume a role for the UN as global legislator.
Then Annan addressed the rational apprehension that many people would harbor concerning these new proposals for restructuring the world. “What do we mean by ‘governance’ when applied to the international realm?” he asked. “In the minds of some,” he said, “the term still conjures up images of world government, of centralized bureaucratic behemoths trampling on the rights of people and states.” These fearful conjurations, he assured us, have no basis in reality. “Nothing is less desirable” than world government, said Annan, insisting that “the very notion of centralizing hierarchies is itself an anachronism in our fluid, highly dynamic and extensively networked world — an outmoded remnant of nineteenth century mindsets.”
However, only months prior to the Millennium Summit and Kofi Annan’s report, on February 26, 1999, Sir Shridath Ramphal, a co-chairman of the Commission on Global Governance, addressed the Commission’s meeting in Barcelona, Spain, and gave a very different take on the matter. Ramphal stated:
The point I am making is that when we talk of “governance” and “democracy,” we have to look beyond governance within countries and democracy within states. We have to look to Global Governance and Democracy within the Global State.
A Global “State” with a capital “S” signifies a world “State,” a world government. And Ramphal emphasized that in the conclusion of his talk by celebrating the end of the “Nation State.” He declared:
As the Century of the Nation State ends, however, to a far greater degree than their governments, people recognize … they understand that the roads to justice and survival are conjoined; that the task is to bring the mutual interests and the moral impulses of mankind together.
Many of the political elites who formerly dismissed concerns that “global governance” is a ruse for “global government,” now matter-of-factly admit that they are one and the same. Jacques Attali, an ardent globalist and an adviser to former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, for instance, has said: “Global governance is just a euphemism for global government.”
Van Rompuy — Tapped by Bilderbergers
Attali is a veteran attendee of the annual meetings of the super-secret, super-elite Bilderberg Group. Which brings us back to Herman Van Rompuy, frequently referred to as “Bilderberg Van Rompuy,” a reference to his having received his current job title through the actions and influence of the Bilderbergers. In a November 17, 2009 article for the U.K.’s Guardian, entitled “Who speaks for Europe? Criticism of ‘shambolic’ process to fill key jobs,” Ian Traynor wrote:
Van Rompuy met Kissinger at a closed session of international policymakers and industrialists chaired by Viscount Etienne Davignon, a discreetly powerful figure in Brussels who was vice-president of the European commission in the 1980s. The viscount currently chairs the Bilderberg Group, the shadowy global freemasonry of politicians and bankers who meet to discuss world affairs in the strictest privacy, spawning innumerable conspiracy theories. Van Rompuy, it seems, attended the Bilderberg session to audition for the European job, calling for a new system of levies to fund the EU and replace the perennial EU budget battles.
Jon Ronson, another reporter at the Guardian, interviewed Lord Denis Healey, one of the founders of the Bilderberg Group, for a 2001 article entitled, “Who Pulls the Strings?” Although Lord Healey insisted the group was not conspiratorial at all, he confirmed that they are working in the direction of world government. Ronson wrote:
This is how Denis Healey described a Bilderberg person to me: “To say we were striving for a one-world government is exaggerated, but not wholly unfair. Those of us in Bilderberg felt we couldn’t go on forever fighting one another for nothing and killing people and rendering millions homeless. So we felt that a single community throughout the world would be a good thing.”
He said, “Bilderberg is a way of bringing together politicians, industrialists, financiers and journalists. Politics should involve people who aren’t politicians. We make a point of getting along younger politicians who are obviously rising, to bring them together with financiers and industrialists who offer them wise words. It increases the chance of having a sensible global policy.”
David Rockefeller, a longtime leader at Bilderberg conclaves, was even more explicit when addressing the 1991 meeting of the Bilderberg group. Rockefeller stated:
We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.
That statement and other remarks from the Bilderberg meeting were obtained by French intelligence agents, who were tasked with monitoring the gathering, because of the obvious implications for French national interests and security. The information was then leaked to two French publications. Hilaire du Berrier, a contributing editor to The New American, verified the authenticity of the reports through his friend, former head of French intelligence, Count Alexander de Marenches, and other sources, and provided the first account in English in his Monaco-based monthly HduB Reports in September 1991. It was then published shortly thereafter in The New American. What seemed outlandish to many people at the time, and was frequently dismissed as kooky “conspiracy theory,” is being confirmed daily in unfolding events — and admissions from those who are causing the events to happen.
Killers of Osama Dying or Being Killed?
More Than 20 Navy SEALS From The Unit That Killed Osama Bin Laden’ Die In Helicopter Crash and now suicide for the others....
US military officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a Navy Seal commander in Afghanistan.
Navy Seal Commander Job W Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, died on Saturday from a non-combat-related injury while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.
A US military official said the death "appears to be the result of suicide". The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the death is still being investigated.
"The Naval Special Warfare family is deeply saddened by the loss of our teammate," said Captain Robert Smith, commander of Naval Special Warfare Group Two, which manages all Virginia-based Navy Seal teams.
"We extend our condolences, thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and NSW community during this time of grieving."
Smith added: "As we mourn the loss and honour the memory of our fallen teammate, those he served with will continue to carry out the mission.".
A US military official confirmed Price was from Virginia Beach, Virginia-based Seal Team 4, which is part of the mission to train Afghan local police to fend off the Taliban in remote parts of Afghanistan.
Price is survived by a wife and a daughter.
Fateh missiles and Russian-Iranian military cooperation to bolster Assad
French and Israeli intelligence sources affirmed Saturday, Dec. 29, that, contrary to reports appearing in the United States Friday, Iran has accelerated rather than slowed down its 20-percent grade enrichment of uranium and is racing toward a nuclear weapons capacity. Furthermore, for the moment, there is not the slightest indication that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has any intention of accepting the Obama administration’s latest plan for a nuclear deal.
As DEBKAfile has revealed, this plan would require Iran to discontinue production of 20-percent enriched uranium (which can be quickly converted to weapons grade material), and confine itself to producing low 5 percent uranium in agreed amounts. Tehran would also have to accept the removal from the country of its entire stock of 20-percent refined uranium.
The same sources point to the first appearance this week of Iran-made Fateh A-110 high-precision, short-range missiles in the use of the Syrian army against rebel fighters, under the guidance of Iranian officers and instructors, as underscoring the inter-dependence Tehran draws between the Syrian and nuclear issues.
Khamenei now links an acceptable solution for the Syrian dilemma to his possible nuclear flexibility.
DEBKAfile: When Iranians talks about an inter-power solution for ending the Syrian war, they mean a deal between Washington, Moscow and Tehran on both issues.
The Fateh missiles are being fired quite openly by Iranian military personnel in command of Syrian missile units as Tehran’s answer for the deployment of US, German and Dutch NATO Patriots on the Turkish side of the Syrian border. They also carry a message in response to Israel’s threat of offensive action against Syria if it becomes necessary to thwart its use of chemical weapons. According to our French and military sources, Tehran is using the Fateh missiles and the Iranian military presence in Syria to warn that there is no bar to their use against Turkey, Jordan and Israel as well, in the event of a US or Israel attack on Syria’s chemical stores.
On no account, will Iran permit the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime in Damascus. At most, Tehran conceives of his departure in stages and handover to an emergency government led by the military or an armed forces faction to which certain opposition elements may be co-opted. Elections, in the Iranian view, must be deferred until hostilities end and the security situation is stable.
American and French sources agree that Tehran and Moscow have attained full coordination in their strategies for Syria and also on Iran’s nuclear program. They note that it was not by chance that the Russian Navy Wednesday, Dec. 26, launched its largest sea maneuver ever in the Mediterranean and the approaches to the Persian Gulf, just two days before Iranian warships, submarines and aircraft embarked on their week-long Velayat 91 sea exercise in the Straits of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, and northern parts of the Indian Ocean.
The command centers of the Russian and Iranian war games are under orders from Moscow and Tehran to jointly exhibit naval muscle in order to bolster the Assad regime against collapse.
Parallel to the influx of Fateh missiles from Iran to Syria, Moscow is rapidly expanding the deployment of its highly-sophisticated S-400 air and missile interceptors in Russia’s southern military region near the Turkish border.
New Poll Shows Hamas Will Win Presidential Elections
Hamas won the last round of legislative elections and its Prime Minister represents the legal government of the Palestinian Authority, not Fayyad, who was appointed by Abbas’ Western backers. Abbas’ rule has been based on an illegal emergency decree that has gone on for six years now.
But at some point the Palestinian Authority will need to hold elections. It has held very few of them so far because Fatah is afraid of Hamas. But if Palestinian statehood is approved and legal elections are held, then the Islamists will beat the Arab Socialists just like they did in Egypt. And what then?
Negotiating with Abbas and the current leadership of the Palestinian Authority is a sham, not only because they’re dishonest liars, but because they are not the actual government of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas is. And in an election, Hamas will win.
A Two State Solution can only be built with an undemocratic Palestinian Authority. It cannot work with a Palestinian Authority that holds open elections.
So the question for Two State Solutionists is do they support Hamas or do they support an undemocratic Palestinian Authority? Because those are the only two possible outcomes.
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Bill Gates: The World Needs Fewer People
I bet your family is not among those who are of more Bill.....
Definition of Eugenics: Study of human improvement by genetic means. The first thorough exposition of eugenics was made by Francis Galton, who in Hereditary Genius (1869) proposed that a system of arranged marriages between men of distinction and women of wealth would eventually produce a gifted race. The American Eugenics Society, founded in 1926, supported Galton’s theories. U.S. eugenicists also supported restriction on immigration from nations with “inferior” stock, such as Italy, Greece, and countries of eastern Europe, and argued for the sterilization of insane, retarded, and epileptic citizens. Sterilization laws were passed in more than half the states, and isolated instances of involuntary sterilization continued into the 1970′s. source – Merriam Webster
Margaret Sanger is the hero of the left, the mother of abortion. She easily could have been a Nazi because her views were very similar with Hitler’s Nazis.
Eugenics and Planned Parenthood: We recoil in horror when shown newsreel footage of the atrocities done by the Nazis during WWII, and rightly so. The Nazis under Hitler were one of the most inhumane and barbaric people ever to walk the face of this earth. They killed, tortured and mutilated their fellow human beings just for the sheer pleasure of it. Nazis believed that they could create an Aryan “master race” by breeding ‘pure Germans’ with each other while at the same time expunging from the population rolls all those they deemed as unfit to live. But these freakish notions did not die with Hitler. They are alive and well in every Planned Parenthood office across America.
“I accepted an invitation to talk to the women’s branch of the Ku Klux Klan…I saw through the door dim figures parading with banners and illuminated crosses…I was escorted to the platform, was introduced, and began to speak…In the end, through simple illustrations I believed I had accomplished my purpose. A dozen invitations to speak to similar groups were proffered.” (Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography, P.366)
The Negro Project: Planned Parenthood, founded by Margaret Sanger, has it’s roots deeply steeped in Nazi ideals. Sanger was, first and foremost, a eugenicist – one who believed in the inferiority of non-white races. In 1939, she proposed the infamous “Negro Project,” a plan developed at the behest of public-health officials in southern states, where she writes, “the most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the Minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.” Sanger also attempted to set up birth-control clinics in poor New York City neighborhoods to target “Blacks, Hispanics, Slavs, Amerinds, Fundamentalists, Jews and Catholics.”
Sanger was closely tied to Ernst Rudin, who served as Hitler’s director of genetic sterilization. An April 1933 article by Rudin – entitled “Eugenic Sterilization: An Urgent Need” – for Sanger’s monthly magazine, The Birth Control Review, detailed the establishment of the Nazi Society for Racial Hygiene and advocated its replication in the United States.
Eugenics and Bill Gates: Software billionaire Bill Gates, who previously has advocated the reduction of the human population through the use of vaccines, and his wife Melinda marked the 100th year since the First International Eugenics Congress in London with a “family planning” summit with abortionists and the United Nations.
Bill Gates today carries on the work espoused by Adolf Hitler and Margaret Sanger – Population control leading to the establishment of a master race.
The July 11 event, co-hosted by the United Kingdom Department for International Development, included organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Marie Stopes International and the U.N. Populations Fund, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Critics pointed out the summit was held 100 years after the July 1912 eugenics conference led by Leonard Darwin, the son of Charles Darwin, and dedicated to Darwin’s half-cousin Francis Galton. Galton invented the term eugenics to promote the idea that strategic breeding would improve mankind.
According to Christian Voice, a ministry that analyzes current events and acts on Scriptural instructions for “a better way, God’s way,” the 1912 event promoted the “notion that economics can be improved by decreasing the surplus population,” based on the theories of Thomas Malthus.
The 17th century luminary suggested that the poor were “draining the world’s resources,” and a solution would be “to introduce policies specifically designed to bring death to large numbers of peasants.”
Gates made his remarks to the invitation-only Technology, Entertainment and Design 2010 Conference in Long Beach, Calif. His February address was titled “Innovating to Zero!”
He presented a speech on global warming, stating that CO2 emissions must be reduced to zero by 2050. Gates said every person on the planet puts out an average of about five tons of CO2 per year.
“Somehow we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero,” he said. “It’s been constantly going up. It’s only various economic changes that have even flattened it at all. So we have to go from rapidly rising to falling, and falling all the way to zero.”
Gates presented the following equation: CO2 (total population emitted CO2 per year) = P (people) x S (services per person) x E (average energy per service) x C (average CO2 emitted per unit of energy)
“Let’s look at each one of these and see how we can get this down to zero,” he said. “Probably one of these numbers is going to have to get pretty near to zero. That’s a fact from high school algebra.”
Discussing the “P,” or population portion of the equation, he stated, “Let’s take a look. First we got population. The world today has 6.8 billion people. That’s headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent” [emphasis added].
Further, he said it would not be hard to keep track of children, the vaccines they’ve had and when they’re due for another.
He said cell phone technology could be used to register every birth around the globe and track children to make sure they have been vaccinated as government advisers urge.
The massive effort was discussed by Gates at a mHealth Summit, which delved into the issues of technology and health. According to Natural News, Gates told the conference that the goal is a lower population, and using vaccines to improve early childhood health is a step in that direction. “That sounds paradoxical,” he said. “The fact is that within a decade of improving health outcomes, parents decide to have [fewer] children.”
“If you could register every birth on the cell phone, get fingerprints, get a location, then you could take the systems where you go around and make sure the immunizations happen,” he said. “Run them in a more effective way.”
WND also reported in May 2009 when Gates joined some of the richest men and women in the world meeting secretly in New York to talk about using their vast wealth to bring the world’s population growth under control. source – WND
Now the end begins
West plans to use Patriot missiles to protect Israel
“Iranian military officials believe that the reason for deploying NATO’s Patriot missiles in Turkey is to prevent Iran from responding to the Zionist regime [of Israel] if it attacked Iran,” Mehmanparast said in Turkish capital city, Ankara, on Saturday.
Despite strong opposition from Russia, Syria and Iran, NATO approved Turkey’s formal request for the missile system on December 4.
On December 22, NATO issued a statement, saying, “Germany will deploy its batteries to Kahramanmaras, the Netherlands will deploy its batteries to Adana, and the United States will deploy its batteries to Gaziantep.”
All the six Patriot batteries, which will be under NATO command and control, are scheduled to be operational near the Turkish-Syria border by the end of January 2013.
“If something happens in the region, Western countries and the NATO will support the Zionist regime and these missiles will be used in favor of this regime,” the Iranian official added.
When asked whether Tehran would use its gas exports to Turkey as a means to exert pressure on Ankara, Mehmanparast said, “Relations between Iran and Turkey are strategic and the two countries have the best political and economic ties.”
The Iranian official stated that Iran and Turkey would never take advantage of the needs of the other country to exert pressure.
Following the imposition of European Union’s recent sanctions against Tehran, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on December 27 that Turkey would continue buying natural gas from Iran.
EU member states announced on October 15 a package of sanctions against Iran, which focuses on Iranian banks, trade and gas exports over allegations that Tehran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.
Iran refutes allegations over its nuclear activities and argues that as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it is entitled to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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“It Felt Like the Apocalypse”: Israel Hit with Extreme and Unusual Weather
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?” (Job 38:22-23)
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Illustrative: Floods following a few days of heavy rain, in Nahal Og, a stream which runs from near Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, November 27, 2014. (Photo: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
As Jews across Israel celebrated the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashana earlier this week, parts of the country were hit with extreme flash flooding and, in some areas, hail, in an unusual change of weather.
“It felt like the apocalypse, the rain has been torrential, there were about 10 lightning strikes in seconds, and even with your windshield wipers on high, it was impossible to see anything,” Mark Katz, a National Parks Authority employee, told the Times of Israel.
Since the beginning of September, Israel has experienced a series of extreme weather changes, beginning last week with a sudden sandstorm that blanketed the country in thick yellow dust.
The record setting five-day dust storm was also accompanied by a heat-wave, with new records reached across Israel in temperatures and air pollution.
Last week’s sandstorm is reported to be the worst to hit the region in Israel’s history. As the dust finally dissipated, it was only to be replaced with freak rainstorms and flash flooding in the Arava and Judean deserts.
Israel’s meteorological service issued flash flood warnings Tuesday, even going so far as to close the Eilat Airport, grounding domestic flights until the late evening.
The flash floods led to road closures in from the central region of Mitzpe Rimon all the way just north of Eilat. The extreme change in weather also caused parts of southern Israel and the Galilee to be hit by a rare hail storm. Witnesses reported hail the size of ice cubes.
Credit to breakingisraelnews.com
Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/49091/it-felt-like-the-apocalypse-extreme-flash-flooding-hail-strike-israel-on-jewish-new-year-jerusalem/#VCXJXtD8Qh7jipph.99
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Faithless #1 Review
By Kevin Hoskinson 3 months ago
By Kevin Hoskinson
BOOM! Studios presents a unique and dazzling story about dating in the 21st century, magic and other modern-day problems.
Faith is a young woman who likes to dabble in magic. Her friends think she is a bit crazy, but also find that it’s part of her charm. Everything seems relatively normal in Faith’s life until she runs (literally) into Poppy, a charismatic free spirit. Faith and Poppy hit it off right away. After a game of pool and some drinks, Faith opens up about her belief in magic. Instead of shying away like other people, Poppy finds it fascinating. After witnessing a horrific event together, things take a turn for the best, but little does Faith know what she has gotten herself into.
Written by Brian Azzarello, who most comic fans know from his work on some of DC’s flagship titles. He wrote the dark, gritty and fascinating “Joker,” as well as being a creator of “100 Bullets”. In Faithless, he brings his talent for unique dialogue and characters and puts them on full display. The character interactions are as crucial to Faith’s life as much as they are funny and smart. Like most of us, Faith struggles daily with doing what is right and what is wrong. There are often conflicting ideas of what that means and how it all makes sense. That struggle is real in this book, and you are quickly invested in the struggle along with her.
The artwork by Maria Llovet brings things to a whole new level. The book is beautifully textured and is a postmodern piece of art. You can take any frame of Faithless and put it in an art museum, and it will shine. Everything from the character designs and colors to the backgrounds, it is just beautiful. It adds a whole other layer to Faith’s story, it really brings it to life.
Faithless is self-described as “An erotic depiction of faith, sex and the devil in the tradition of the divine comedy.” I would be hard pressed to find a better description for this story. Of course, this is just the beginning of Faiths journey. It serves as a great set up for a story that I’m sure will surprise and awe for many issues to come.
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Meanwhile, he was often paired with Boris Karloff, who was able to demand top billing. To his frustration, Lugosi, a charter member of the American Screen Actors Guild, was increasingly restricted to minor parts, kept employed by the studio principally so that they could put his name on the posters. Among his pairings with Karloff, he performed major roles only in The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939); even in The Raven, Karloff received top billing despite Lugosi performing the lead role. By this time, Lugosi had been receiving regular medication for sciatic neuritis, and he became addicted to morphine and methadone. This drug dependence was known to producers, and the offers eventually dwindled to a few parts in Ed Wood's low-budget films—including a brief appearance in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959). Lugosi, who was married five times and had one son, Bela George, died of a heart attack on August 16, 1956.
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"Paradise (What about us)" by Within Temptation, album: Hydra (2014)
There's no sense The fire burns When wisdom fails, it changes all The wheel embodies all that keeps on turning Blood red skies, I feel so cold No innocence, we play our role The wheel embodies all, where are we going? All in all you'd expect the wise to be wiser Fallen from grace all and all I guess We should have known better 'cause [Chorus:] What about us, Isn't it enough? No we're not in paradise This is who we are This is what we've got No, it's not our paradise But it's all we want And it's all that we're fighting for Though it's not paradise You and us Or I and them There comes a time To take a stand The wheel is watching all that keeps on burning The venom works It's like a curse A Trojan horse When will we learn The wheel embodies all that keeps returning All in all you'd expect the wise to be wiser Fallen from grace all and all I guess We should have known better 'cause... [Chorus:] What about us, Isn't it enough? No we're not in paradise This is who we are This is what we've got No, it's not our paradise But it's all we want And it's all that we're fighting for What about us, Isn't it enough? No we're not in paradise This is who we are This is what we've got No, it's not our paradise But it's all we want And it's all that we're fighting for But it's not paradise What about us, what about us, what about us, isn't it enough?
The song seems to refer to the unwise human actions that brings destruction of nature and unhappiness and distress to them. The video clip supports such an interpretetion, as we read in wikipedia:
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in consequence of a nuclear war, two people are seen in heavy protective gear walking through various parts of a ruined civilization, searching for what appears to be parts of a machine. Once the parts are found, they eventually drag the pieces up a sandy slope, where they activate a bigger machine by assembling the smaller parts, sending a big beam of light to the skies causing rain to fall. As the wasteland begins to show some signs of life, the two characters remove their headgear, and are revealed to be two young girls.
Some time later, a rich jungle is seen as Tarja and Sharon, implied to be the girls grown up, sing on the same sandy slope. They leave and the red light on the machine goes out, alluding to something unknown.
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TOY Lei is a native New Yorker who is a California transplant. She’s had a fascination with action movies since her parents took her to Chinatown to watch kung fu movies and her in-depth participation in THE HURRICANE FIST (which was an homage to that genre) debuted at Comic-con. Last summer she worked with two-time Academy Award director Alejandro Innaritu for eight days on his experimental VR short which debuted at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. She has been seen in episodic television such as TEEN WOLF, PARENTHOOD, HAPPY ENDINGS and WEIRD LONERS, and recurred on the FOX show SON OF ZORN. After lamenting the lack of roles for Asian females over 30 especially with the “fun” stuff, she began writing and producing her own projects. Her directorial, writing and producing debut, THE WEDDING, won her the Top 5 Women Filmmakers award from the Asian-American Film Lab and New York Women in Film and Television. Her film, BOXER, won not only Best Actress, Best Action and the Grand Prize at the 2015 AAFilmlab Shootout, but also won Awards of Merit from the highly competitive Accolade Competition for Short Film, Women Filmmakers and Leading Actress. The film opened its fest run at the coveted Etheria Film Night winning Best Action. Her latest, HOW TO GET CAUGHT, also won Awards of Merit from the Best Shorts Competition for Short Film and Leading Actress and is just starting its fest run.
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The Kurt Cobain Effect: Refusing All Apologies For Conflicted Emotion
By Will Madden on Tuesday, June 7, 2016
When I was a freshman in college in the mid 90s, someone directed me to a wagering website that hosted what it called a death pool: people made a list of ten famous people and whoever had the most on that list die in the coming year won the prize. (The concept may be familiar from a similarly named film.) A ticker ran across the screen, updating you on the viability of various celebrities. Who was old, who was sick, who was doing their own stunts—and at the end came the reminder: Kurt Cobain, still dead.
I have difficulty now remembering exactly why, but the death of the Nirvana front man was this kind of joke—or at least so its media portrayal led you to believe. Here was this soft spoken guy, usually hid behind a veil of blond hair, his voice like that steel-bending sound Godzilla makes, screaming about only God knew what. Cobain sung the lyrics unintelligibly, but even after reading them (Liner. . .notes?) you had no better idea what they were about. The music seemed designed to punish anyone who wanted to articulate what drove this music. All you knew was the singer hurt inside and was very sad.
Then he shot himself. The end.
Some made light of this, or went further and said it portrayed the death throes of culture itself. It was easy to accuse Nirvana of being little more than a tantrum, and Kurt Cobain’s suicide seemed its absurd but necessary conclusion.
For a phenomenon dubbed a voice of its generation, Nirvana’s critics were surprisingly hard to answer. When I take a look now at the iconic cover to the Nevermind album, I feel it powerfully communicating several layers of message, but I can’t help feel all of them are trite. The drive for money, infantalism, ickle baby pee-pee. America, this is you. No shit, I want to respond.
But here’s the thing. Nirvana meant something to me once upon a time. Like every kid my age I could play at least a dozen of the songs, I knew all the damn words, regardless of how clumsily they expressed whatever I now presume they must have been about.
In a way, Nirvana is still important to me. My emotional innerscape is not an articulate place. I am not one to lie on the floor and flail, but if compelled to express myself through interpretative dance, I suppose that’s very often what I would have to do.
We have often been told we have all the tools we need to be happy, but we are not happy. Then the fault must be in us: we are not using them right. But when we look at examples of people who are supposed to have won at life, we do not believe they are happy, and in any case we do not want to be like them. In our immediate vicinity, the world promises this is the best time yet to be alive, or at very worst something we can live with, but when we put it all together, it makes us want to scream like bending steel behind a veil of hair.
Singer Dan Bern wrote a song about the passing of Kurt Cobain. When I first heard it maybe fifteen years ago, I was immediately drawn to it, because it managed to capture both the eye-rolling which the event came to inspire and a genuine sense of loss and tragedy. Someone made a video of it, which I’ve included here.
This song was a turning point for me creatively. We’ve grown accustomed to being told not only how to behave but how to feel, whether by the soundtrack to a film, or by talking heads in response to real life events. We are asked to paint our emotional lives in broad strokes of unambiguous color. This is sort of bullshit, isn’t it? We are more interesting than that. We can both get the joke and appreciate the tragedy, we can do them both at the same time, and it is nobody’s business to hash out whether this is appropriate. We needn’t concern ourselves with whom our inner lives make uncomfortable.
Are there any cultural artifacts from your childhood you that make you cringe yet somehow they retain importance for you? Any music you still listen to ironically but are actually not that ironic about? How about tv or film?
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I've been playing Transport Tycoon for a very long time. It's a simulation game involving transporting goods and passengers — the kind of game I love, and once wanted to write. I started playing again early this year, with OpenTTD (an open source “clone” of the game), and then got interested again once I tried their nightly builds with lots of new features.
The weird thing about Transport Tycoon is that the original game didn't keep my interest. The AI was horrible, and the game balance didn't work for me. It was too hard at the beginning of the game and then once you had enough money, the game was too easy. Instead, what I and others have done is come up with our own game goals, treating it more as a “software toy” than a game. In some games I avoid making any changes to the terrain; I work within its constraints to create “natural” looking routes. Other times I challenge myself to connect every city, or handle all resources of a certain type.
One of my favorites is designing high capacity routes and stations. I once built a custom scenario with around 100 coal mines and a single power station, and then designed routes that could handle all the coal. OpenTTD opens up new design possibilities, with changes to track building, station size and shape, and routing algorithms (see pre-signals and advanced signals).
One of the things I've been exploring recently is having multiple industries near one another. Instead of one station per coal mine, I can have lots of coal mines surrounding a high capacity station. Here's one of the stations I'm working on:
To increase the space I have available for coal mines, I built tunnels underneath some open space, where I'll place mines. The concrete tiles to the northeast of the station are considered station platforms, and extend the “reach” of the station. Using those as tendrils I can make the station area larger, and place more coal mines within its reach. On the other end of the line is a large station next to a power plant; all the trains go from here (and similar coal stations) to that power plant. You can see to the lower left that there are many tracks to handle the trains, plus extra space where I'll add more tracks after I add coal mines. The challenges here are keeping the trains running, dealing with breakdowns, handling the capacity, and making a nice layout.
Once I started playing with tunnels, I designed this station for passenger traffic:
It looks like two stations but it's actually one. I built a longer one, then removed the tracks in the middle. The station fits into a 20x20 space, but can handle 40 trains. As shown all the trains come in from the southeast, but it's also possible to use this station with 20 tracks handling northern traffic and 20 for southern traffic, either as a through station or as a terminal. The gap between the two blocks has to be 6 tiles, so there are 14 tiles left, meaning the trains can be at most 7 tiles (14 cars) long. I haven't actually used this station anywhere, but with the tunnels at the ends, it could be quite useful for tunneling underneath a major city.
There are lots more interesting layouts for stations and tracks. Take a look at this guide and this forum post for some examples. You can do a lot with the three signal types (each having their own algorithms); the routing is the most fascinating part of this game. This experimental station is an example of the weird things you can express with advanced use of pre-signals.
As OpenTTD adds more features, it opens up new possibilities for layout and routing. Coming soon are building tracks on slopes (allows more compact layouts), new road stations, trams, one-way roads, new airports, new types of cargo, new scheduling options, and new signal algorithms. It's not a game for everyone, but it's definitely a game for me.
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Salisbury’s Quintin Stephens scored a team-high 13 points in last week’s win over Kutztown.PRESS PHOTO BY NANCY SCHOLZ
Falcons start 5-0 in summer basketball
Thursday, June 13, 2019 by CJ HEMERLY Special to the Press in Sports
The Salisbury boys basketball program had an uncharacteristically short end to its 2018-19 season last year, having fallen short of postseason play after being a perennial District 11 and Colonial League championship contender.
But if the start of a new athletic calendar year is any indication of how the Falcons will do in the upcoming 2019-20 season, confidence should be high for head coach Jason Weaver and his team.
In their summer league game last week, the Falcons led from start to finish and took down Kutztown 58-32 last Thursday night under the lights in the Cedar Beach Summer Basketball League. With the win, Salisbury improved to 5-0 in the Small School Division.
“There’s been a lot of positive energy and effort around these guys so far here,” said Weaver. “Our game [earlier] against Lehighton, we were down 18 at halftime and nobody was really doing anything. I had to play 15 or 16 different guys, and I said something to them at halftime about being outplayed.
“We ended up winning that game in overtime. That’s probably the first time in three or four years that I’ve seen that kind of energy from the guys. We battled back and it was great to see. We’re playing well and are able to get a lot of guys some time.”
A younger player that has stepped up for Salisbury, and did so in the victory over the Cougars, is rising junior Quintin Stephens, who led the way with 13 points, eight of which came in the first half, as the Falcons took a 27-16 lead at the intermission.
Scott Monahan also reached double figures with 10 points, and both Zach Cornish and Treyce Weber contributed six points. Sean Tyler and Patrick Foley each had five points for the Falcons, who held a double-digit lead all of the second half in cruising to the win.
“It’s always fun when you’re winning,” Weaver said. “The guys have been playing hard and they deserve to win.”
Salisbury graduated two starters and three seniors from last year’s team, so there is plenty of experience back.
“We have a lot of guys that played valuable minutes last year,” said Weaver. “There’s experience and athleticism across the board here now and I’m excited for what’s in store.”
Salisbury had one game this week, against Notre Dame-Green Pond (Tuesday) and will now prepare for the upcoming Bash at the Beach tournament scheduled for June 20-23.
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She’s Bringing Sexy Back: Barbara Cartland’s Album of Love Songs Sung Especially For You
Music December 5, 2011
Barbara Cartland’s Album of Love Songs, Sung Especially For You is a thrillingly awful recording from 1978 that combines several things I love very much: bad prose, the singing voice of an elderly woman, orchestral music, and non-singers with big egos leveraging success in other mediums to create a vanity album, especially for you! In the case of this record, we have an eighty-year old English romance novelist whose tentative, tremulous soprano quivers and chirps like a small, wounded bird through some of the finest standards ever written. When she attempts to soar you can hear the panicked flapping of a single wing—”ascend, I say!” Throughout, Miss Cartland’s anemic vocals are ably supported by the massive Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, who were undoubtedly well-compensated for this recording. A voice this tentative backed by the Royal Philharmonic is the musical equivalent of using a pen light to guide an ocean liner and, indeed, half the fun of this record is the ever-present risk of icebergs!
Some younger Stargazyers may not be familiar with Barbara Cartland, who was the most well-read romance novelist of the 20th century, selling upwards of one billion books over the course of her “literary” career. Before Jacqueline Susann, Jackie Collins and Danielle Steele, there was Dame Babs. While researching this piece, I learned two things I did not know: one, Cartland was Princess Diana’s step-grandmother and two, she is widely credited being credite with coining the phrase, “bringing sexy back,” which would probably come as a big surprise to Justin Timberlake, who probably didn’t realize he was reviving a phrase that had already been written by the dowager countess of letters. What this means is that though I found many references to Cartland having originated the phrase, I was unable to find anything specific to support the statement, though this does nothing to dampen my enthusiasm for it.
More on one of the all-time great bad albums after the jump as well as a special Zsa Zsa Gabor/Barbara Cartland clip.
Successful as she may have been, (Cartland is apparently the third best selling author of all-time, after Shakeskpeare and Agatha Christie), she is certainly the only one of the three who has recorded an album of love songs (although in the spirit of full disclosure, I did once executive produce a track with Bruce Roberts on a Jackie Collin’s compilation album where that author read passages from her Lethal Seduction opus over a grinding dance track; but that was only one song and Collins only spoke.)
Why am I so passionate about Barbara Cartland’s Album of Love Songs, Sung Especially For You? For one thing, I’ve always been a pushover for anyone who has enough chutzpah to record an album despite having no musical ability whatsoever. This is especially true in the analog era, before pro-tools, when there were essentially no effective tricks to manipulate the voice, other than pushing it back in the mix or blending the vocal with an actual singer (reference Yvette Marine’s lawsuit against Paula Abdul).
Which leads me to the Cartland voice itself, or, if you prefer, aural sfumato: thin, whispy, anemic, and airy as her cotton candy hair, possessing not a single redeeming quality other than an abiding need to somehow be heard! How many recordings can you recall in which vocals sound like they were recorded while reclining in bed; one can almost hear the soft whispering of her satin bedding.
My fascination here goes beyond the music. Each song benefits tremendously from the writer’s self-penned soliloquies that begin and end each song. For example, Irving Berlin’s 1933 How Deep is The Ocean, would certainly have been a bigger hit if Berlin had thought of adding this to the beginning:
“there has never been a lover who has not asked ‘how much do you love me?’ but no one can ever find words to express the wild, burning glory of love…”
Definitely words to live by, unless your Barbara Cartland, who in 1983 alone wrote twenty-three books attempting to “express the wild, burning glory of love.” If no one can ever find the words, she definitely spent a lot of time trying. Another reason for my high regard for this album is the artwork. The front cover photo is exactly what you would expect an album of love songs by an eighty-year old romance novelist to be, all pinks and cremes, replete with small toy dog.
I also enjoy reading and re-reading the back cover, which contains this touching and populist message to her fans:
“When my album of love songs which I sang with the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra was published I said “it’s too expensive!”
Now after a fierce battle you can buy it a price which can be afforded by the people who read my books.
The cassette of me singing the beautify, unforgettable, nostalgic songs which make our hearts throb is only 1.99 pounds. Do listen to it and recall the rapture, the ecstasy and the irresistible joy of Love”. – Barbara Cartland
In one of the album’s standout songs, I’ll Follow My Secret Heart, Barbara abandons the melody altogether in favor of yet more treacly recitative: “A woman must seek all her life until she finds in one man the complete, perfect love which is both human and divine. Any sacrifice is worthwhile when one know the ecstasy, the glory and the irresistible fires of love”. Translated into American English, this roughly means “you, my dear listener, are tasked with a challenge of biblical proportions that is statistically impossible and will unequivocally lead to a lifetime of pain and emptiness.”
Here, don’t take my word for it, judge for yourself:
01 I’ll Follow My Secret Heart
And because you have read this far, how about Zsa Zsa Gabor and Cartland competing to be heard on Wogan’s UK talker in the 1980s (Barbara was a spry 87):
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utterly atrocious..i loved every second of it…for lovers of the truly wretched this album is a must have
obviously, I am in complete agreement: it is truly one of the most awful albums ever recorded and, as such, I simply cannot recommend it highly enough! Thanks for reading my work! David
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I have had the pleasure of owning a tape of this for many years (since the 80’s) – found in a market by my friend, she copied it for me. I found it very useful in ridding those end of party stragglers … put on Barbara and voila – everyone leaves! Priceless and has given me years of laughter.
Hi Carole. Sorry for the slow response. I have been travelling. I’m so glad you enjoyed the piece and am so impressed with your creativity. What elevates the album to a very rarified level of kitsch is its utter sincerity, for Miss Cartland is not winking at her listeners anymore than she winked at her readers. The fact that this necessitates a great deal of delusional thinking makes it essential listening—and I mean this sincerely! Thanks for taking the time to read. I hope you’ll sign up for the Stargayzing monthly newsletter on the home page so we can stay in touch. David
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Crossing the Line From Being Compassionate to Enabling
Compassion for oneself and for others is an admirable quality that many of us strive to cultivate in ourselves. Learning to be compassionate can help us to experience peace of mind within ourselves and with others. Unfortunately, there are times when you might think you're being compassionate, but you're actually enabling other people's destructive behavior and creating a self destructive situation for yourself.
It's not always so easy to distinguish compassion from enabling, especially when the situation involves people that you love.
Let's take a look at the following vignette, which is a composite of many different cases with all identifying information changed:
When Ann was in her early 30s, her father died unexpectedly from a heart attack. It was a terrible shock to Ann, her mother, and Ann's siblings.
A couple of months after Ann's father's death, Ann's mother, Laura, asked Ann to have brunch with her to talk about Laura's finances.
It turned out that, even though Ann's father had left the mother well provided for, she was no longer able to live in the manner that she was accustomed to, and she asked Ann if she could help her for a few months until she could sell the house, move into a smaller house, and pare down her expenses.
Ann earned a very good living, and she felt a lot of compassion for her mother, so she agreed immediately to help her--with the understanding that Laura would pare down her extravagant spending and sell the large family home.
Even though Ann earned a very salary, after a while, contributing to her mother's expenses created a financial hardship for her. So, a few months later, Ann asked Laura if she had any potential buyers for the house.
At first, Laura gave Ann a strange look, as if she didn't know what Ann was talking about. Then, as if coming to herself, she brushed off Ann's question by changing the subject.
Ann knew that her mother had a strong emotional attachment to the family home, so she didn't press her, especially since she also knew that her mother was grieving. She allowed a few more months to go by before she asked about the sale of the home again. But, by that point, Laura seemed annoyed and she told Ann that she had no intention of selling the family home. It was as if she and Ann had never had their talk over brunch.
Ann wasn't sure what to do. On the one hand, she knew that her mother was accustomed to being maintained in a certain way, and Ann felt sad for her mother. But, on the other hand, she also knew that she couldn't afford to keep giving her money, and she felt very guilty about this. When she spoke to her siblings, they wanted nothing to do with their mother's finances, and they refused to help. So, Ann felt the burden completely on her shoulders.
At that point, Ann was having many sleepless nights and she came to therapy to deal with this thorny problem. She told me that she had always considered herself to be a compassionate person, and she cared about her mother very much. She felt this problem was such an emotional dilemma for her that she didn't know what to do.
As we explored this issue, Ann began to see how self destructive it was for her to keep supporting her mother, especially since it meant that Ann was making certain financial sacrifices to do it and her mother wasn't willing to curb her spending or change her lifestyle at all.
Over time, Ann realized that her mother was caught in a vicious cycle of overspending, and she was in denial about the changes she needed to make. These were changes that would still allow her to take a few vacations a year and have most of what she wanted. But she would have to pare down her extravagant living and sell her expensive home.
Ann also realized that she had crossed the line from being compassionate to enabling, and she wasn't helping her mother.
Gradually, Ann summoned the courage to have a serious talk with her mother and to set boundaries with her. She gave her a reasonable amount of time to sell the house and to make other changes in her spending habits. Initially, Laura was angry and hurt. This made Ann feel guilty at first, but she knew in her gut that the current situation was untenable, and she was doing the right thing for both of them. Eventually, Laura accepted the situation and began making changes.
For a while, Laura was cool towards Ann. But, over time, they reconciled their relationship. During that time, Ann also allowed herself to see that her mother had a long history of being self centered, which Ann's siblings were able to see before Ann could admit this to herself.
Crossing the Line From Being Compassionate to Enabling is a Common Experience
The fictionalized vignette above, where compassion turned into enabling is a common experience. Very often, the person, who starts out feeling love and compassion, has his or her heart in the right place, but their judgment becomes skewed.
In the vignette above, the original agreement for Ann to help her mother was reasonable, but Laura didn't abide by her end of the agreement. At that point, when Ann continued to go along with her mother, Ann crossed the line to enabling. This is so easy to do, especially when there's a loss or a crisis.
The important thing to remember is that enabling a loved one in destructive behavior is not good for either one of you. So, even though you might feel like you're helping him or her, your enabling is doing more harm than good, even if your loved one can't see it.
If this vignette above resonates with you and you find yourself stuck in a similar situation, you could benefit from getting help from a licensed therapist who can help you to untangle all the emotional threads that make you feel stuck. A therapist, who has expertise in helping therapy clients with this type of issue, can often be more objective and see certain enabling dynamics that you're unable to see and help you to work through them.
I have helped many clients to distinguish between being compassionate and enabling so they could make positive changes in their lives.
To set up a consultation, call me at (212) 726-1006 or email me: josephineolivia@aol.com
Labels: boundaries, compassion, enabling, families, guilt, psychotherapy, therapy
Relationships: The Importance of Expressing Gratitude to Your Spouse
As a psychotherapist in NYC who works with individual adults and couples, one of the most common complaints I hear from people in relationships is that they feel unappreciated by their spouses or partners. They talk about how they feel taken for granted because their partners don't express their gratitude for the many big and little things they do. This occurs in many relationships, especially long-term relationships.
It's Easy to Take Your Spouse For Granted Over Time
It's easy to see how this can occur over time. When we're dating, we're on our best behavior. The relationship is new and exciting. We're learning new things all the time about the other person. We're more likely, at that point, to express gratitude and appreciation.
Relationships: The Importance of Expressing Gratitude to Your Spouse: It's Easy to Take Your Spouse For Granted Over Time
But as time goes on and we settle into a long-term relationship and our lives become somewhat more routine, we often forget the kindness and gratitude we expressed early on. Often, it's not even that we don't feel grateful--it's more that we forget to say it.
Don't Assume That Your Spouse Knows How You Feel
During couples counseling, when one of the people in the relationship raises this issue, the other person will usually say, "Of course, I'm grateful for everything she does. But why do I need to say it? She should know..."
Take the Time to Express and Show Your Gratitude to Your Spouse
And, while it's true that the partner might know on some level, it's important to actually say it. We usually express gratitude to other people in our lives.
The Importance of Expressing Gratitude to Your Spouse: Take the Time to Express and Show Your Gratitude
Why wouldn't we express gratitude to the person we care about most?
It takes so little time and effort to let our loved ones know that who they are to us and the things they do are meaningful to us.
Taking this time to express gratitude can make such a difference to your spouse and to the well-being of your relationship.
I am a licensed NYC psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, EMDR therapist, and Somatic Experiencing therapist who works with individuals and couples.
To set up a consultation, call me at (212) 726-1006 or send me an email: josephineolivia@aol.com
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Labels: communication, couples counseling, gratitude, marriage, marriage counseling, marriage counselor, psychotherapist, relationships, therapist, therapy
Discovering That You've Developed the Same Traits You Disliked in Your Parents
As a psychotherapist in NYC, I often see clients who realize, much to their chagrin, that they've developed the very traits that they disliked so much in their parents. This realization usually comes as an unwanted surprise and somewhat of a mystery to them and they often say: "How is it possible that I developed the same qualities that I disliked so much in your parents?"
To understand and come to terms with this phenomenon, you need to understand how we all internalize these qualities (and others) on an unconscious level at an early age.
The following vignette, which is a composite of many cases with all identifying information changed, will help to illustrate this common experience:
When Nina was in her late teens, she couldn't wait to go away to college to get away from her anxious mother. Having raised Nina as a single mother, Mary always worried about money, even after she obtained a relatively secure, well paying job.
Mary grew up in a large family where they were always on the edge financially. They were evicted from one apartment after another because Mary's father was often unemployed. During those times when they lost their apartment, they would move in with Mary's grandmother until Mary's father could get back on his feet again. The family was always worried about money and, in their case, they had good reason to be worried.
When Nina was born, Mary was a senior in college. With help from her parents, who were by now in a better financial position, she was able to finish college while she lived with her parents and her mother took care of Nina. The first few years out of college were rough. Nina's father disappeared, so Mary couldn't count on him to provide child support. But, eventually, she landed a well paying job which allowed her to live on her own with Nina and pay for child care.
But despite the fact that, by all objective standards, Mary and Nina were financially secure, Mary continued to worry about money. Whenever Nina would try to tell her mother that she had no reason to worry, Mary would acknowledge that they were doing well now, but she would say, "You never know when disaster might strike in the future and everything could be wiped out."
Nina Discovered That She Worried Irrationally About Money--Just Like Her Mother
This bothered Nina a great deal. It made her feel frustrated and angry with her mother. She vowed to herself that she would never be like her mother. And, after she moved away from college and she began working, she moved to NYC and got her own apartment.
Soon after she had her own place, Mary realized, much to her chagrin, that she was worrying about money in much the same way as her mother did. Objectively, she knew that she had a well-paying job and her career prospects looked bright. But there was an irrational part of her that kept nagging at her: What if something happened and it all disappears?
Nina felt even more annoyed and frustrated with herself than she did with her mother. She was furious that she had taken on the very trait that angered her about her mother.
Nina tried reading self help books about how to develop self confidence and how to stop worrying, but she only experienced short term gains. After a while, she reverted back to worrying needlessly about her financial security. That's when she started therapy.
I worked with Nina to try to help her to see that her propensity to worry about money was part of a long history in her family that went back beyond her grandparents' generation. It was part of a longstanding transgenerational trauma that was transmitted unconsciously from one generation to the next, which is one of the reasons why it defied Nina's efforts to overcome the problem using logic alone.
See my article: Psychotherapy and Transgenerational Trauma
Using mind-body therapy, like clinical hypnosis and Somatic Experiencing, we worked together so that Nina could overcome the transgenerational trauma that caused her to worry needlessly about her financial security.
There Are Many Reasons Why Adult Children Develop the Traits That They Dislike in Their Parents
Transgenerational trauma is one reason why adult children take on the traits they so disliked in one or both parents. There are many other reasons, usually unconscious, why this occurs.
When you discover that you have developed the traits that you disliked in your parents, you might feel stuck. But it's important to realize, as I mentioned before, that this is a common phenomenon, you're not alone and, with the help of a licensed therapist who has expertise in this area, you can overcome this problem and lead a meaningful and fulfilling life.
You Can Overcome Your Problem and Lead a Fulfilling Life With the Help of an Experienced Therapist
I have helped many clients overcome transgenerational trauma and other emotional experiences so they could lead fulfilling lives.
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Hooked on Emotional Drama: Getting Off the Emotional Roller Coaster
Life has its inevitable ups and downs which we can't avoid. This is a natural part of life and learning how to negotiate these inevitable ups and downs is part of becoming a resilient human being. But when I refer to "getting off the emotional roller coaster," which is the title of this article, I'm referring to an emotional dynamic that goes beyond these common ups and downs. I'm referring to a dynamic that goes through emotional cycles of exhilarating highs and despairing lows, which makes most people feel off balance after a while.
But there are many people who are hooked on emotional drama. They live their lives on an emotional roller coaster and don't realize that this is the dynamic in their life.
They often don't see that they're creating the emotional roller coaster with the decisions they make and the relationships they choose to be in. Instead, they feel victimized by this dynamic because they don't realize that they can get off the emotional roller coaster.
Let's take a look at a fictionalized scenario based on a composite of many cases (without any identifying information):
Mia:
When Mia started therapy, she was living her life from one crisis to the next. She experienced emotional highs when she felt she was in a wonderful relationship and her career was going well. But these emotional highs usually turned to despair when her latest relationship fell apart and she lost almost every job that she ever had.
Mia felt victimized by these experiences--as if they were happening to her and she was powerless to have any effect on her life.
But as we looked closer at these situations, there was a dynamic that became apparent in almost all of them, which was that, to a large degree, Mia had a big part in creating the very situations which she lamented.
Her most recent relationship ended after her boyfriend was incarcerated for insider trading. Initially, Mia said she had no idea that her boyfriend was involved in anything shady. But as we looked at the early days of this relationship, there were plenty of "red flags" that Mia chose to ignore, including a long list of her boyfriend's sociopathic behavior.
During the good times, Mia and her boyfriend lived in his luxury condo. He lavished her with expensive gifts, and took her on expensive vacations. But all of this ended when Mia's boyfriend was taken out of his office in handcuffs. Then, Mia felt the depths of despair.
Prior to this relationship, Mia was involved in a string of relationships that kept her on a continuous emotional roller coaster. Each time there were "red flags" that she chose to ignore in favor of the emotional drama in the relationships.
Her career followed a similar pattern where Mia started out as a star at her workplace and then, through a series of self sabotaging behavior, eventually got fired. Just like her lack of insight into the choices she made in her romantic relationships, she didn't see how she was sabotaging herself in her career.
As we looked at her family history, it became evident that Mia's parents plunged the family into one crisis after another because of the decisions they made. At various times in their lives, they went from having a fairly high standard of living to being nearly bankrupted.
As Mia talked about the emotional roller coaster of her early life, she looked exhilarated. Most people, who were not hooked on emotional trauma, would have talked about this type of family history with a lot of emotional pain. But it was evident that Mia was hooked on the emotional drama involved in her chaotic early life. And being hooked on emotional drama from an early age had become a way of life for her.
Although there were times when the drama became too much for her, as when her boyfriend was incarcerated, most of the time, without realizing it, she was hooked on the emotional drama.
It wasn't easy for Mia to see that she had a hand in creating the emotional drama or, at the very least, when she wasn't actively creating the drama, she was in denial about the early warning signs.
Many people, who are hooked on emotional drama, choose to leave therapy before they develop enough insight to change. Getting off the emotional roller coaster which, in many cases, is all they know, is too threatening.
These people might blame the therapist or find other reasons for leaving therapy. They often go from one therapist to another or one type of therapy to another. But when the therapist tries to help them see their part in creating the chaos in their life, they leave rather than risk change.
Fortunately, Mia stayed. But work was slow because she had such a blind spot and she was highly ambivalent, at best, about changing. During that time, she got into another tumultuous relationship and she lost another promising job.
By then, Mia was getting tired of the highs and lows that her life. At that point, she was more open to seeing her part. But she was worried that her life would be boring without the emotional drama.
Mia didn't know how to live her life without being on an emotional roller coaster, so we worked on helping her develop better internal resources and other ways to feel good about herself without resorting to creating crisis in her life or getting involved in chaotic relationships.
We also worked on helping her to mourn her unmet emotional needs as a child. To begin doing this work, she had to develop the capacity to tolerate the grief without getting back on the emotional roller coaster to avoid dealing with uncomfortable feelings.
The work was slow and progress was often one step forward and two steps backwards. But, over time, Mia discovered that she could lead a happy life without creating chaos or going from one emotional crisis to another.
If Mia's story resonates with you, you're not alone. You can get help from a licensed mental health professional to get off your emotional roller coaster so you can lead a more meaningful and fulfilling life without the drama.
To set up a consultation, call me at (212) 726-1006 or email me: josephineolivia@aol.com.
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Is Self Care Selfish?
As a psychotherapist in NYC, I see many psychotherapy clients who were raised to believe that taking care of themselves makes them selfish people. They were raised to believe that they should always put other people first. Often, this was part of the family's religious or spiritual beliefs.
Being raised to feel that taking care of yourself makes you a selfish person can create a lot of problems later on in life, and this can be challenging to overcome.
Let's look at a fictionalized scenario, which is a composite of many cases with all identifying information changed:
When Beth began therapy, she was in an emotional crisis. She felt that her life was meaningless and lacked direction.
She was in a long-term relationship with Dan, a man who had a high profile career in the entertainment industry. Their life together revolved around his work, which involved many social engagements, travel and being in the spotlight much of the time.
When they first met, Beth was a freelance writer who was having a degree of success. During the first several years, she didn't mind that their lives revolved around his career. Since she wasn't tied down to a work location and she could work from anywhere, she enjoyed the travel and social activities involved in his work.
As Dan's career took off, Beth discovered that the social aspects were taking over more and more of her free time, so she had little time to write. Gradually, she let go of her writing career, with Dan's encouragement. He told her that he needed her help and support to focus on his success. He was making a lot of money, and he told her that she didn't need to write any more. They didn't need her income.
Beth went along with this for while. But, over time, Beth got tired of "being on" at social engagements to advance Dan's career. When she tried to tell Dan that, at times, she would prefer to stay home than to go to, yet again, another party where she began to feel that the people boring and the conversations banal, Dan became furious with her.
Dan told Beth that she was being selfish. After all, he said, she knew all too well that people would wonder why he was showing up by himself. Why would she want to do anything that would ruin his image? As far as he was concerned, Beth staying at home wasn't an option.
Beth knew that Dan could be the most kind, generous, charming and warm person when he was happy and got his way. She also knew that he would become angry and say hurtful, spiteful things when she or anyone else got in the way of what he wanted and felt he deserved.
So, rather than get into an argument, Beth acceded to Dan's wishes. She took his arm, smiled and made small talk at the party, as Dan expected her to do, while Dan used his charm to further his career at the party.
All the while, Beth felt she was there in body only. She felt miserable and her mind was a million miles away. But, over time, she had attended enough of these social events so that she could fake her way through it.
But this was the start of Beth, who was in her early 30s, feeling that she was just going through the motions and watching her life slip away. Life felt like a series of meaningless social events where she felt more and more disconnected from her inner world.
If he noticed what was happening to Beth, Dan didn't say anything. It wasn't until Beth became so depressed that she could barely get out of bed that Dan got angry with Beth again. He criticized her for being lazy and gaining weight. He told her to "get a grip" and "get over" feeling sorry for herself. After all, wasn't he providing her with the kind of life that many people only dream about?
After Dan's tirade, Beth wondered if she was being ungrateful, but she couldn't muster the kind of enthusiasm that Dan felt. She just wanted to stay home for a change instead of being out all the time with people she didn't know well, didn't care about and who didn't care about her beyond her role as Dan's girlfriend.
It was around that time Beth suspected that Dan was having an affair. He was staying out unusually late and he was barely paying attention to her when they were at home together. When they went out to parties, he was attentive to her around other people, but Beth knew it was only an act to impress others.
After a while, Dan stopped insisting that Beth come with him to social events. She knew that he was probably taking another woman. She wasn't sure how she felt that her relationship was falling apart or how she felt in general.
She had been pretending for so long to be happy that she wasn't sure anymore what her feelings were. This is when she decided to start therapy rather than continuing to slip down into depression.
Beth's family history didn't include any major emotional trauma. The family was close knit with loving parents. But one thing stood out: Her family emphasized taking care of others' needs as being much more important than taking care of one's own needs. They were involved in local charity work and social causes.
Beth's parents encouraged her to get a good education. They also encouraged her to write. But it was always understood that Beth's educational and writing pursuits should be geared towards social causes and helping others. There was no emphasis on pursuits for the sake of enjoyment or one's own well-being To them, this would have been selfish.
So, when Dan told Beth that he needed her to focus on his success, this didn't seem unusual to her. It was in keeping with how she was raised.
The problem was that, over time, it wasn't meaningful enough for Beth, and she felt alienated from her own inner world. When she tried to explain this to Dan, she knew he had a hard time understanding it. He was very extroverted, seemingly without a need to nurture his inner world. He couldn't understand what Beth meant when she tried to explain that she felt like she was losing herself.
Dan's attitude was that their life together should be enough for her. And if Beth was unhappy, as far as he was concerned, it was because she was selfish and unappreciative of all his hard work and what he had given to her.
By the time Beth started therapy, she and Dan were coexisting together. There was no intimacy of any kind.
Beth worked hard in therapy to reconnect to her inner emotional world. We used Somatic Experiencing, a mind-body psychotherapy, to help her gain access to her inner world again. She also resumed writing and submitting her work for publication.
Over time, Beth began to realize that she lost her sense of self in order to appease Dan. She had stopped doing the things which made life meaningful to her. She realized that these were the things that were part of her taking care of herself and when she let them go, she stopped doing what was essential for her well-being.
When Dan told her that he was leaving her for another woman, Beth felt a mixture of relief and sadness. She was sad for the love that she and Dan experienced at the beginning of their relationship, but she was relieved to leave behind the life that made her feel so unhappy and detached from herself.
Gradually, as we continued to work together, Beth learned to approach self care with balance. She also realized that, even though Dan told her that she was selfish, he was actually the one who was being selfish and self centered, and he lacked enough empathy to understand her.
Eventually, she fell in love with a man who was emotionally supportive in a genuine way and who cared about her needs as well as his own.
It's easy to slip into a state where you lose sight of the fact that you're not taking care of your own emotional needs--until life seems to lack meaning.
But it's also possible to recover and learn to take care of yourself in meaningful ways with the help of a licensed therapist who specializes in helping clients to live a balanced life.
I am a licensed NYC psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing who works with individual adults and couples.
I have helped many therapy clients to learn to live meaningful lives.
Also, see my article: Self Care - Feeling Entitled to Take Care of Yourself
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Mourning Your Future Dreams in Your Former Relationship
Mourning the future might seem like an odd concept at first. But, as I'll discuss, mourning often involves not only mourning for the past and present, but also mourning for what will never happen in the future.
Mourning the Death of a Loved One
We usually associate mourning with the death of a loved one.
If the relationship with the loved one was good, we mourn the loss of the loved one as well as the loss of what we don't have now as well as what we won't have in the future.
If the relationship wasn't as good as we would have liked it, in addition to mourning the loss of the loved one, we mourn what we didn't have in that relationship that we would have liked to have had in the past and the present. We also mourn what can never be in the future.
The Breakup of a Relationship
The breakup and loss of a romantic relationship can feel like a death even when there's no physical death involved. It's the end (or death) of the relationship.
If the romantic relationship was good in the past, we might reminisce about the days when it was what we both wanted, but we can no longer have in the present or the future.
All the future plans we had with this person, who we thought we would be as individuals as well as to each other--all of this is part of the mourning process.
Here's an example, which is a composite of many different cases with all identifying information changed:
Alice and Bob, who were in their late 20s, were engaged to be married. They had been together for three years and, for most of that time, they were happy together.
But then, four months prior to their wedding, Bob told Alice that he wasn't ready to get married--even though all their plans were in motion, they had talked about how they wanted to start a family, where they wanted to live, and how their lives would be in the future.
Bob told Alice that she was his first serious girlfriend and he realized that he wasn't ready to make that kind of commitment. He thought he should go out with other women to make sure that he wasn't jumping into a marriage with Alice too quickly.
Alice was completely shocked. Bob had never mentioned this to her before. She had no idea he felt this way.
Even though Alice realized that Bob was emotionally torn up about his decision, Alice felt overwhelmed by a combination of shock, disbelief, anger and sadness.
A few months after the breakup and the cancellation of their wedding plans, Alice came to therapy to sort out her feelings.
By now, she realized, in hindsight, that there were telltale signs that Bob wasn't ready to get married, but she ignored these warning signs.
Even though she was angry with Bob, she still very much loved him and missed him in her current life and missed the relationship that they had in the past.
As we continued to work together, Alice realized on a deeper emotional level that the future she thought she would have with Bob--all the things she wanted in her life with him--weren't going to be possible now. And she wasn't going to be who she thought she'd be--at least not in the context of a life with Bob.
So, she mourned for the past, the present as well as the future of her dreams with Bob.
Mourning Before "Moving On"
Our culture places a high value on "moving on" from loss as opposed to giving ourselves the time we need to mourn our losses on multiple levels, including past, present and future.
But if we force ourselves to push our feelings down without working them through, we risk having an even more protracted form of grief that could manifest itself in other ways, including depression as well as physical illness.
Mourning is a Personal Process
Mourning is different for everyone. No one can tell you what the mourning process should be for you. It's best not to rush the process or to try to conform to other people's ideas of the mourning process.
There can be many ups and downs with mourning--whether it's mourning the death of a loved one or mourning the loss of a relationship.
Sadness often comes in waves. How and when the waves occur is often unknown until they occur.
If you're dealing with a loss and you feel alone, misunderstood by others or you feel confused by the profusion of feelings you're experiencing, you could benefit from working with a licensed psychotherapist who has experience helping psychotherapy clients to work through the mourning process.
I have helped many people to work through the mourning process so that, in time, when it was right for them, they did eventually move on in a meaningful way.
To find out more about me, visit my web site: Josephine Ferraro, LCSW - NYC Psychotherapist
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Overcoming the Emotional Pain of Feeling Unlovable
One of the most common experiences for adults who sustained early childhood trauma, especially early abuse or emotional neglect in their family, is that they often grow up feeling unlovable.
Feeling unlovable can be at the root of many personal problems, including problematic relationships, as well as career problems.
Often people don't realize that feeling unlovable is at the root of their problem. Instead, they might attribute their problem to having low self esteem or depression. And, while these issues might be part of the problem, working to boost self esteem or elevate mood often isn't enough when the root cause is that, deep down inside, they feel unlovable.
The following scenario which is, as always a composite of many different cases, is an example of how early childhood trauma can develop into feelings of being unlovable and how these feelings can be overcome with trauma therapy:
When Ted began therapy, he was in despair about ever being able to have a happy romantic relationship. In his mid-30s, his fiancee of two years just broke up with him. This was the third serious where his girlfriend broke up with him.
There was a particular pattern to all three relationships: Initially, he was happy in his relationship with his girlfriend. Everything seemed to go well up to about the second year.
Then, after a while, similar problems began to crop up in each relationship: Ted began to feel that his emotional needs weren't being met, and each of his girlfriends felt that he wasn't the man she thought he was.
Recognizing that his emotional needs weren't being met any more and hearing that each girlfriend was disappointed in him after a while was emotionally devastating for Ted. By the end of the third relationship, he felt like there must be "something wrong" with him. He felt defective in some vague way.
After hearing Ted's family history, I could see parallels between his romantic relationships and his relationship with his mother. Of course, this isn't unusual. We often replicate our early childhood relationships in our adult romantic relationships--many times without even realizing it.
In Ted's case, based on what he heard from his older siblings, his mother was very attentive to Ted while he was an infant. She liked being close to her children when they were infants. But when they got a little older, she no longer found them to be as emotionally gratifying. So, just as she did with Ted's older siblings, she relegated Ted's care to a series of nannies who left after a short time because Ted's mother was difficult.
Babies need consistency in their physical and emotional world. So, having his mother, who was his primary attachment figure, withdraw from him and then having other caregivers come and go, created a great deal of emotional insecurity in Ted from an early age, even though he learned to hide it as he got older.
As Ted and I explored the dynamics in all three romantic relationships, it became apparent that certain interpersonal dynamics developed after a period of time. As is true for most relationships, both Ted and his girlfriend at the time were on their "best behavior" during the initial stage of the relationship.
But after a while, Ted's emotional insecurities were more evident. Until that point, Ted appeared to be more emotionally independent. But this appearance was really a pseudo emotional independence that many children, who are left to fend for themselves, learn to exhibit on the surface. Just below the surface, there are often strong dependency needs that become more apparent later on in the relationship.
This is why, at first, Ted's girlfriends experienced him as being confident and emotionally secure. Ted learned to project confidence and an emotionally secure self to the world in order to survive. It wasn't that he was trying to manipulate or deceive anyone.
Exhibiting a confident and secure persona is the way many people with early attachment problems come across in order to protect themselves from getting hurt. Many people don't even realize that this what they're doing. Often, they really believe that they are the persona that they've adapted to show the world.
But as a romantic relationship develops and matures, people can't maintain what amounts to a facade of pseudo emotional independence. With increased emotional intimacy, emotional vulnerabilities become more apparent. And this is what happened in Ted's relationships as each of his girlfriends realized that he was really a lot more emotionally dependent. And this is why they felt that he wasn't the man they initially thought he was.
So, in the end, both Ted and each of his girlfriends were disappointed.
Since, on an unconscious level, Ted chose women who had narcissistic traits, unconsciously replicating his childhood experience with his mother, when his true dependency needs surfaced, they weren't capable of offering him the empathy that he needed.
As Ted and I worked on clarifying his feelings about himself, he started with a vague sense that he "wasn't good enough."
As we continued to refine how he felt about himself, he had an "Aha!" moment when he realized that it wasn't just that he felt "not good enough," he actually felt unlovable.
Overcoming the Emotional Pain of Feeling Unlovable: Ted Realized He Felt Unlovable
This feeling of being unlovable really resonated with him. And, along with the feeling of being unlovable came a lot of shame, as if he felt he was to blame for being unlovable.
Logically, Ted understood that these feelings were distortions, but he felt them deeply nonetheless. No matter how many times he told himself that his feelings were distorted, he continued to feel he was unlovable. So, just knowing wasn't enough to change it because, on an emotional level, this was how he felt.
Using a combination of clinical hypnosis and Somatic Experiencing, we worked on Ted having a different felt sense of himself as being a lovable person which, of course, he was. Most people who knew him experienced him as being a very lovable person. But he needed to have his own felt sense of this before he could really believe it at the core of his being.
Mind-Body Psychotherapy: Somatic Experiencing Combined With Clinical Hypnosis
People who feel deep down inside that they're unlovable often don't realize just how common an experience this is because it's not something that people usually talk openly about.
It's not unusual for people to go through their whole lives feeling unlovable without realizing the emotional impact this has on their inner world as well as their relationships with others.
If you've been going through life feeling unlovable, help is available for you.
My experience, as a licensed psychotherapist who has a lot of experience working with emotional trauma, has been that regular talk therapy, where psychotherapy clients talk about their problems, often doesn't help clients to overcome this problem. They might develop intellectual insight about it, but they often don't have the felt sense of change.
My experience has been that clients who have this problem are more likely to have this felt sense of change through a combination of a mind-body psychotherapy, like Somatic Experiencing, and clinical hypnosis, which helps clients to get to unconscious feelings more readily. The combination also allows clients to have a felt sense experience of change rather than an experience of talking about changing.
If this article about the emotional pain of feeling unlovable resonants with your personal experience of yourself, you could benefit from working with a licensed therapist who is trained in a mind-body psychotherapy, like Somatic Experiencing and clinical hypnosis.
Overcoming the Emotional Pain of Feeling Unlovable: Getting Help
I have helped many clients to overcome emotional obstacles so they could lead more fulfilling lives.
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Working Through Emotional Trauma in Psychotherapy: Learning to Separate "Then" From "Now"
One of the most challenging aspects for people considering through emotional trauma in therapy is their fear that they'll be as emotionally overwhelmed in therapy as they were originally when they experienced the trauma. Many clients have this fear even when the trauma occurred a long time ago. So, when a therapist does trauma work, it's important to help the client to distinguish between what happened "then" from what's happening "now."
Working Through Trauma in Psychotherapy: Learning to Separate "Then" From "Now"
The Dual Experience in Trauma Work
To help clients work through trauma, as a trauma therapist, I help clients to keep "one foot" (so to speak) in the here-and-now of the therapy room with me and "one foot" in the memory of the trauma.
Having this dual experience is crucial for the client to feel safe enough emotionally to do the trauma work and not fearful that s/he will be emotionally overwhelmed.
Clients Need to Have the Emotional Capacity to Do the Trauma Work
As a trauma therapist, I assess if the client has the emotional capacity to do the work. If I assess that the client lacks the capacity at the beginning of therapy, I help the client to develop this emotional capacity before the actual work on the trauma begins.
Creating a Therapeutic "Holding Environment" for Doing Trauma Work
A therapeutic "holding environment" is important in any kind of therapy work, but especially when the client comes to do work on trauma.
It's not enough for the client and therapist to have a rapport. The client must feel emotionally "contained" in order to feel safe enough to do the work.
See my article: The Creation of the "Holding Environment" in Psychotherapy for more details about this.
Somatic Experiencing and Trauma Work
I have found that Somatic Experiencing is a gentle and effective form of therapy that helps clients work through trauma.
Somatic Experiencing also helps clients to differentiate "then" from "now" so they are less likely to feel emotionally overwhelmed.
When clients come to see me and they're considering Somatic Experiencing, I usually recommend that they read Peter Levine's book, Waking the Tiger, which explains Somatic Experiencing. I also recommend his more recent book, In an Unspoken Voice.
If you have emotional trauma that has not been worked through, you owe it to yourself to get help from a licensed psychotherapist who specializes in trauma work so you can lead a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
To set up a consultation, call me at (212) 726-1006 or email me at josephineolivia@aol.com
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Self Blame and the Internal Critic: Overcoming the Tyranny of "Shoulds" You Impose on Yourself
Many people have such a strong internal critic that they feel overwhelmed by that self blaming part of themselves. The internal critic imposes so many "shoulds" that it becomes emotionally and physically exhausting.
Self Blame and the Internal Critic: Overcoming the "Shoulds" You Impose on Yourself
For many people, this internal critic is so strong that it stops them from even starting a new endeavor because they know in advance that they'll be overwhelmed by self criticism. It feels safer to just stick with what's familiar than risk the tyranny of "shoulds" they impose on themselves.
The Internal Critic Can Show Up in Any Area of Your Life
For some people, the internal critic comes up in specific areas, like their physical appearance.
For those people, just looking in the mirror can be emotionally painful as the internal critic criticizes their physical appearance, often in very distorting ways.
For other people, the internal critic comes up, not just in specific areas, but in most areas of their life, no matter what they're doing.
Parts Work Combined with the Mind-Body Connection in Therapy to Overcome the Internal Critic
Parts work in therapy has many different names, including ego state therapy, internal family systems, and so on.
Parts work combined with the mind-body connection can be a very effective way to overcome the internal critic.
Using parts work and mind-body therapy, like Somatic Experiencing, the therapist can help facilitate the identification of the different internal aspects of self (or parts) that are affecting the client, including the internal critic.
Parts work is non-pathologizing, so that all the parts are recognized as having a good intention of wanting to preserve the self, but the parts might be going about it in a skewed way.
Here's an example of a client struggling with a strong internal critic and how a combination of parts work and mind-body therapy helped. As always, this is a composite of many cases with all identifying information changed:
When Nina came to therapy, she was nearly paralyzed by self blame. In almost every situation in her life, she had self blaming thoughts like, "You should have done it this way instead of that way" or "You shouldn't try that--you're just going to fail."
Before she could embark on any new endeavor, like a new job or a new project, she had to do battle with all her negative thoughts. It was mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting.
Nina was aware that she grew up in a home where both of her parents were highly critical of her and of themselves. So, she knew she internalized this critical part of herself from an early age. But just knowing this wasn't enough to change it, which is often the case with problems like this.
Helping Nina to get into a relaxed state, I asked her to recall a memory when she felt the internal critic as being especially strong.
Nina remembered how she felt when she moved to NYC from her small hometown in the Midwest to attend college in NY.
She remembered being plagued with negative thoughts about how she would never make it in NY, including the thought, "You should stay home and go to the local college. You'll never measure up to the other students in NYC."
We continued to work with this self blaming part to try to understand what its intention was.
Before I go on, I should explain that looking at the internal critic this way is a symbolic way of making it come alive in an accessible way.
Rather than just thinking about the thoughts, we explored the internal critic almost as if it was a person. After a while, Nina was also able to identify where she sensed the internal critic in her body, including a tightening in her throat and in her stomach.
Using parts work and the mind-body connection (i.e., identifying where the feeling is sensed in the body) helped Nina to continue to explore the feeling more deeply.
After a while, what she discovered was that the internal critic really did have a good intention, which was to keep her from getting hurt. So, for instance, when it told her that she should stay home instead of moving to NYC to attend college, this part held a lot of fear and its intention was to keep Nina safe.
The problem was that, even though the internal critic's intention was good, the way it expressed itself was critical and damaging. So, we worked towards helping that part to be more balanced in its expression.
With practice, instead of being critical, Nina learned to soften this part's expression so that it could evaluate in a more balanced way instead of being critical.
Of course, this takes a lot of work because the internal critic doesn't develop overnight and it takes a while to change.
As Nina became more aware when the internal critic was operating, she asked herself, "What's the intention of this part? What is it trying to do?"
By looking at the internal critic in this way, Nina learned that there were times when the internal critic had something of value to express but, as mentioned before, it was expressing it in a skewed way. Nina could stand back and look at her negative thoughts (the internal critic) and use her judgment to assess when to pay attention and when to gently put the thought aside.
Doing Parts Work and Mind-Body Psychotherapy
Parts work combined with mind-body psychotherapy is a gentle process. We're never trying to squelch or get rid of a part. Instead, we're recognizing that the part usually has a good intention, but there's a distortion involved and the part needs to be modified in a way so that it's more balanced.
Parts work helps with many different aspects of yourself. It can be an angry part, a sad part, a fearful part, and so on.
Parts work combined with mind-body psychotherapy helps you to recognize how many different aspects of yourself are involved in you, and how the different parts can manifest at various times and in different ways.
It also helps to explain why you might feel many different feelings at the same time. Before you recognize that you have many different aspects of self, this can be confusing.
Mind-body psychotherapy and parts work work well together in combination in dealing with difficult parts.
If you feel overwhelmed by self blame that comes from a harsh internal critic, you could benefit from working with a therapist who does parts work and mind-body psychotherapy, like Somatic Experiencing.
If you work through the issues involved with your internal critic, it's possible to feel a heavy burden being lifted from you and you'll feel freer to live your life.
I am a licensed NYC psychotherapy, hypnotherapist, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing therapist who works with individual adults and couples.
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Discovering That Sadness is Often Hidden Underneath Your Anger
People are often surprised to discover that when they deal with their anger in therapy, underneath their anger is sadness.
While this phenomenon might not be true for everyone, as a psychotherapist in NYC, I've seen that underlying sadness or grief is often the underlying emotion for many people who experience a lot of anger.
Anger Feels Easier To Deal For Many People Compared to Feeling Sadness
Many people find it easier to be angry than to be sad. Feeling angry makes them feel more empowered as compared to feeling sad, which feels disempowering.
So, anger often becomes a cover up for sadness when people feel uncomfortable dealing with their sadness.
Let's look at the following example, which, as always, is a composite of many cases to protect confidentiality:
Mark's wife urged him to come to therapy because he was snapping at her and their children.
Mark recognized that he had a problem with anger, but he wasn't sure what to do about it. He came to therapy reluctantly at first.
Mark, who was in his mid-30s, had never been to therapy before. Prior to coming to therapy, he thought that only people who had serious mental illness came to therapy, so I provided Mark with psychoeducation about therapy, which included common reasons why people came to therapy. He was surprised that many people came to therapy for problems that were similar to his problems.
When we went over his family history, he realized that his parents didn't deal with their emotions. Not only did no one at home talk about how they felt, but talking about emotions was actually discouraged. So, Mark never learned how to deal with his emotions. Instead, he stuffed his feelings, and he was hardly aware, at any given time, what he was feeling.
Identifying Emotions
The first step in our work together was helping Mark identify his emotions. At first, he was able to only identify in a very general way uncomfortable and comfortable feelings, but nothing specific. This was a good start.
The Mind-Body Connection in Therapy
I worked with Mark to identify where in his body he was feeling his comfortable and uncomfortable feelings. This was completely new to Mark because he was somewhat cut off from what he felt in his body.
Just learning to sense into his body was a big step. This took time because Mark felt like he was going against an unspoken family rule that they shouldn't acknowledge their feelings--let alone intentionally sense them.
Gradually, he discovered that he generally felt his comfortable feelings in his chest and his uncomfortable feelings in his gut (this is a very individual pattern, and it will be different for each person).
Then, we worked towards helping Mark to differentiate his feelings. Over time, he learned to distinguish anger and happiness.
Since Mark was struggling not to lose his temper with his family, we spent more time on his feelings of anger.
After a while, Mark was more adept at identifying his anger and where he sensed it in his body, so I encouraged Mark to talk about an incident where he became angry at home and to stay with these feelings as long as his feelings remained tolerable.
It took a while for Mark to build the emotional capacity to tolerate staying with his feelings. At first, his inclination was to either distract himself with other feelings or to shut down emotionally.
Just like building a muscle takes time, building the capacity to stay with uncomfortable emotions can also take time.
On an intellectual level, Mark knew that he learned unhealthy patterns in his family about dealing (or not dealing) with his feelings, but knowing this alone wasn't enough to change it. So, we worked towards increasing his capacity a little at a time.
When he got to the point where he could stay with his angry feelings, he was able to go deeper, and that's when he discovered the sadness underneath his anger.
To say that Mark was surprised would be an understatement. Until then, he had no idea of just how much sadness he was carrying inside of him.
Working with the mind-body connection, Mark began to identify the early memories of loss that were connected to his sadness so we could work through those feelings.
As I mentioned earlier, anger often masks sadness. This is usually an unconscious process. Until you can work through the sadness in therapy, more than likely, you'll continue to have problems with anger.
Working with clients who mask sadness with anger, I've found that working with mind-body psychotherapy like Somatic Experiencing is often much more helpful than just using regular talk therapy alone.
The body is also a window into the unconscious (see my article: Mind-Body Psychotherapy: The Body Offers a Window Into the Unconscious).
Mind-body psychotherapy helps people to orient themselves to the physical cues that are in their bodies.
If you think your anger could be a mask for underlying sadness or trauma, you could benefit from working with a therapist who has expertise with this problem and works with the mind-body connection.
I have helped many therapy clients to lead more fulfilling lives.
Also, see my article: Mind-Body Connection: Responding Instead of Reacting to Stress
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Learn to Stop Overspending as a Way to Deal With Uncomfortable Feelings
Overspending as a way to ward off uncomfortable feelings, like anxiety or depression, can quickly lead to being over your head in debt, which can result in increased anxiety and depression.
Overspending Can Become a Vicious Cycle With No End in Sight
Many people get caught in a vicious cycle of increased depressive or anxiety-related symptoms and increased overspending and debt, and they don't know how to get out.
Overspending and the Dopamine Rush
It's not just a matter of avoiding uncomfortable emotions. There's also a dopamine rush. And the dopamine rush from indulging in overspending can be similar to the rush that people get with other impulse control disorder experiences, including drug abuse, sex addiction and gambling. The dopamine rush itself is a powerful reinforcer for this cycle.
The problem with the dopamine rush is that it's short lived, so you have to spend again to get the next "hit." This can fuel an endless cycle of overspending to ward off uncomfortable feelings, increased uncomfortable feelings and then increased overspending, and so on.
You Don't Have to Be in Serious Debt to Have a Problem With Overspending
You don't have to be thousands of dollars in debt to have a problem. Just like the person who has a problem with alcohol, problems with overspending usually starts small and then become increasingly worse.
Ask yourself:
"Do I tend to go shopping or engage in other excessive spending when I'm anxious, depressed, angry or experiencing other uncomfortable feelings?
If you're honest with yourself and you detect a pattern, you'll admit to yourself that you have a problem and take steps to overcome this problem.
What Can You Do to Stop Overspending?
Acknowledge You Have a Problem
The first step to overcoming the problem of overspending, like any impulse control problem, is to admit that you have a problem.
Until you admit you have a problem, you're not going to be motivated to change.
Be Aware That Denial Can Be a Powerful Defense Against Admitting You Have a Problem
Denial can be very powerful, even when people are in serious debt. Even after people realize they have a problem, they will often bargain with themselves by telling themselves things like, "This will be the last time I'll go on a spending spree."
Increase Your Awareness of Your Overspending Habits: What's Your Pattern of Overspending?
Admitting that you have a problem is the first step. The next step is to increase your awareness of your particular pattern.
Everyone has a particular pattern of overspending, so you'll need to pay extra close attention to discover your pattern.
Keep a Journal
I recommend keeping a journal.
Initially, until you can stop overspending, you might be writing about your spending habits after you've engaged in overspending. The goal is to, eventually, get the point where you've become so aware of your overspending habits that you catch yourself before you give into the impulse to overspend.
You can set up your journal in whatever way works best for you. One way that I recommend is to track what uncomfortable emotions came up and under what circumstances so that you can see what triggers the overspending (see details given below in the scenario about Ann):
Keep a Budget
People who overspend often have little to no awareness on how they spend their money. Part of this lack of awareness is that the overspending is compartmentalized in their mind to keep themselves from feeling the discomfort of how serious their problem really is, which is a form of denial.
When you keep a budget by writing down how much to spend on each category and then track and write down what you actually spent, it can be a real eye opener. And this can be the beginning of getting out of denial.
Attend Debtors Anonymous
Debtors Anonymous is a 12 Step program that helps people who have problems with overspending. People who attend Debtors Anonymous meetings provide each other with mutual support. If you go to the link above, you can find more information about this program and a meeting that is located near you.
The following scenario, which is a composite of many different cases with all identifying information changed to protect confidentiality, is an example of how someone who was able to get help for her overspending problem:
When Ann first came to see me, she was in serious debt. She came in because she and her husband were having marital problems because of her overspending.
Initially, Ann didn't think she had a problem with overspending. She came because she was afraid that all the arguing between her and her husband would lead to a divorce, and she didn't want to lose her husband. But she made no connection between their arguments and her spending habits. She felt her husband was overreacting.
Learn to Stop Overspending as a Way to Deal With Uncomfortable Feelings: Denial Was Powerful for Ann
Denial was very powerful for Ann. And, initially, when I asked Ann about her debt, her thinking became fuzzy so she couldn't remember how much in debt she was or the specific information about who she owed money to, etc.
So, I asked Ann to bring in her bills and credit card statements. This was emotionally painful for Ann because, without realizing it, she was doing everything possible to avoid allowing herself to see how big a problem she had. She also felt very ashamed.
With the information in hand, we were able to see that she was close to $100,000 in debt, which was shocking to Ann. It's not that she didn't know this on some level but, until now, she kept herself from allowing this information from really sinking in emotionally. And, as you would expect, the anxiety of allowing the information to sink made her feel like she wanted to go out and make an impulsive purchase to ward off her anxiety.
So, we worked on helping Ann to develop better coping skills because she was using the rush of overspending to ward off anxiety. A big part of her developing coping skills, aside from getting more physical exercise and learning to meditate, was keeping a journal to track the triggers to her overspending.
Based on my recommendation on how to set up her journal to understand her pattern of overspending, Ann set up her journal with the following four columns:
The Trigger (or Precipitating Event): What Was Going on at the Time?
What Emotion Goes With the Trigger?
How Did I Overspend?
Then, she wrote a narrative about how she felt about this incident of overspending.
When she first began writing in her journal, Ann was writing about the event after the fact most of the time because she was still struggling with her impulse to overspend.
Developing an awareness before she gave into her impulse was very challenging at first.
But even after she was more aware and she realized that she was about to give into the impulse, she would bargain with herself by telling herself that "this would be the last time." Unfortunately, there were many so-called "last times" before she could get to the point where she could catch herself before she gave into the impulse.
Eventually, Ann was able to write in her journal when she got the urge to overspend and she learned not to give in most of the time.
The challenge after that was for Ann to deal with the uncomfortable feelings that were at the start of her impulsive cycles of overspending, and we did this in her therapy.
Learning to Cope: Developing the Capacity to Tolerate Uncomfortable Feelings
Since the impulse to ward off uncomfortable feelings is usually at the beginning of the cycle of overspending, developing an ability to identify them and the capacity to tolerate uncomfortable feelings is an important part of the work in therapy.
During the course of a lifetime, everyone experiences loss, small trauma and, for many people, big trauma. If, for whatever reason, you never developed the capacity to tolerate uncomfortable feelings, you can be at risk for engaging in impulsive behavior. And if you're already engaging in impulsive behavior, it's harder to stop until you develop this capacity.
Along with attending Debtors Anonymous, many people have been helped by working with a licensed psychotherapist who has an expertise in helping people who have problems with overspending, especially when they're attempting to deal with their emotional triggers.
If you have problems with overspending, you owe it to yourself and your loved ones to get help. Avoiding the problem will only result in the problem getting worse since, like most impulse control problems, problems with overspending is progressive and gets worse over time.
Getting help from a licensed therapist can help you to lead a more satisfying and meaningful life.
I have helped many people to overcome their impulsive habits, including overspending, so they can lead more fulfilling lives.
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How Psychotherapy Can Help You to Change Distorted Thinking
In my prior article, I described the various forms of cognitive distortions that often create unhappiness. In this article, I'm focusing on how psychotherapy can help you to overcome cognitive distortions.
Psychotherapists are trained to detect cognitive distortions, which, as I mentioned in my prior article, include:
Taking things personally
Jumping to conclusions
Catastrophizing
Overgeneralization
Fallacy of fairness
Blaming or Externalizing
Emotional reasoning
A need to be right
All or nothing thinking
Aside from bringing these distortions in thinking to a clients' attention, a psychotherapist will often help clients to identify the origin of these thoughts and help clients to change their pattern of thinking so that it is healthier and more effective.
Fictional Clinical Vignette: How Psychotherapy Can Help You to Change Distorted Thinking
Sam began psychotherapy at the suggestion of his wife after they had another argument where Sam insisted that he was right and his wife was wrong.
Subsequently, Sam realized that they each had a different way of looking at the situation that they were arguing about and, as it turned out, his wife was correct, which disturbed Sam very much.
Sam told his psychotherapist during their initial consultation that he hated to be wrong because it made him feel "stupid" and ashamed. Although he apologized to his wife, he realized that there were many times when he had arguments with his wife when he insisted that he was right and afterwards he realized that his wife was correct.
In hindsight, Sam recognized that none of these arguments were about anything important. They were about everyday issues, but he had such strong feelings about being right and it disturbed him greatly when it turned out that he had made a mistake (see my article: Overcoming Your Fear of Making Mistakes).
He realized that his need to be right was having a negative impact on his marriage, and he feared that if he didn't overcome this problem, his marriage might not survive.
During his next therapy session, Sam revealed that his need to be right started when he was a young child. Growing up with two highly critical parents, Sam learned early on that they became upset whenever he made a mistake, especially his father.
Whenever Sam made a mistake, whether it was at school or at home and no matter how small the mistake was, his parents let him know that they were disappointed in him. They would withdraw emotionally from him, which led to his feeling ashamed whenever he was wrong.
As a result, whenever there was a possibility of Sam being wrong, he would become highly anxious because he didn't want to make his parents unhappy. He especially didn't want them to withdraw from him emotionally.
Since his childhood, he felt it was unacceptable for him to be wrong. Logically, he understood that everyone makes mistakes but, on an emotionally level, he would panic if he thought there was even a possibility of being wrong or making a mistake.
Rather than admit that he might be wrong or he might have made a mistake, he would insist that he was right. It was like a knee jerk reaction that he had, which was preferable to him than considering the possibility that he might be wrong and all that this implied for him.
This created problems for him in his career as well as in his friendships. Now, it was creating problems between Sam and his wife because she was fed up with it.
Over time, Sam's psychotherapist helped Sam to recognize that panicky feeling by helping him to be aware of what he was feeling physically in his body at those times.
At first, Sam had difficulty with this because he wasn't accustomed to identify where he felt emotions in his body. But, over time, using the mind-body connection and a recent memory of having an argument with his wife when he insisted that he was right, Sam's therapist helped him to identify that he felt panic in his stomach.
As time went on, Sam's therapist helped him to make the emotional connection between his current panic and how anxious he felt as a child whenever his parents criticized him for his mistakes.
Sam and his therapist also used EMDR therapy to work through his childhood trauma.
Since EMDR therapy addresses the past, present and future, eventually, Sam was able to work through the past and tolerate being wrong in the present with his wife and others. He no longer had the need to insist that he was always right, and he and his wife got along better.
Cognitive distortions can create personal unhappiness as well as problems in relationships.
The fictional vignette above addresses a particular type of cognitive distortion, the need to be right, and shows how therapy helps clients to work through the underlying issues involved as well as address current and future circumstances. A skilled psychotherapist can address other forms of cognitive distortion as well.
Even when you have insight into your distorted thinking, it's difficult to change these problems on your own (see my article: The Benefits of Psychotherapy).
A skilled psychotherapist can help you to work through the underlying issues that created the distortions and help you to free yourself from a difficult personal history (see my article: How to Choose a Psychotherapist).
Rather than struggling on your own, you could benefit from getting help from a licensed mental health professional so you can lead a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
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Out of Iraq and into Libya: where there's oil there's war
BRITISH TROOPS only ended operations in Iraq at the end of May, and already a new conflict is underway in Libya. The new war has been a game-changer in a number of ways. Most obviously, it marked the “second wave” of the Arab Spring, the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt appearing smooth and rapid in comparison to the drawn out street battles in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen. But it also proved to be the point at which support for “humanitarian intervention” was once more acceptable after the Iraqi quagmire.
This time, the protests were so small as to barely warrant news coverage. There were no millions on the streets of London. “Anti-war” newspapers such as the Independent contained editorials pondering “the sensitive politics of humanitarian intervention” and urging the West to “win the propaganda war.” Where they once labelled the death of Dr David Kelly a “whitewash,” they are now only concerned “if civilian deaths are verified” because it “undermines the legitimacy of the mission.”
Those touting the “humanitarian” credentials of this war make the same mistake as those who supported entering Iraq because it meant getting rid of Saddam Hussein. They presume that states can act on an altruistic basis. But, as the US and EU’s initial opposition to a no-fly zone demonstrates, the only question of any merit is “national interest.” It was when Gaddafi became too much of a liability to play his former role for western oil interests - indeed, losing control of the Eastern oilfields to rebel forces - that all parties quickly turned against him. European refineries are heavily dependent on Libyan crude oil, which is cheaper to process than most other grades.
The same is true when Western powers turn a blind eye to Saudi intervention in Yemen and Bahrain, or side with Libyan rebels whilst supporting repressive regimes elsewhere. The only guiding principle of all world powers in their foreign policy is to serve the interests of the political and economic elites.
The result is another protracted conflict, with heavy casualties on both sides and an uncertain outcome. Despite any intentions towards democracy, Western intervention leaves Libyans caught between a dictatorship, so desperate to cling onto power that it is using rape as a weapon of war, and Western free market policies which increase misery, poverty and inequality in the name of profit. Lofty talk of humanitarian intent simply doesn’t match up to reality.
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In Memoriam: Clara Day, Teamster Hero
Source: Teamster.org
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is saddened to announce the death of longtime member and union activist Clara Day.
Clara Day’s contributions to Teamster history are truly memorable. She battled both race and gender stereotypes on her way to attaining a leadership positions with Local 743 in Chicago and in the community.
She was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala. in 1924 and was the middle child of George and Belle Taylor. Day came from a large family with 11 children, including three sets of twins. Coming from a large family would be a benefit for Day years later as it gave her important skills as a coalition builder during her time as a Teamster.
She married young and moved to Chicago with her new husband. Taking a job as information clerk at Montgomery Wards in 1947, she began noticing a variety of injustices to workers—including the strict segregation of white and black employees.
She decided to change the workplace. She became active in an organizing campaign with the Teamsters. She and another co-worker, Robi Jubiter, became a force to reckon with in that campaign.
She joined Teamsters Local 743 in 1955 after successfully helping to organizing more than 3,000 employees. Shortly thereafter, she was brought onto the staff of Local 743 to represent the same workers she had helped bring to the union.
— Read the complete source story.
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Volume 124 >> Issue 7 : Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Nader’s Giant Blunder
Chen Zhao
Ralph Nader has once again put himself in position to spoil the presidential election not just for the Democratic Party, but for all who oppose what President George W. Bush stands for -- unjust wars at the cost of true homeland security, tax cuts for the wealthy, and privileged at the expense of essential programs that provide key assistance to the poor, less regulations for large corporations despite the scarcity of natural resource, and much more.
The 2000 presidential election was one of the closest in American history. If only three electoral votes, the minimum that any state can have, had shifted from Bush to Democrat Al Gore, Bush would not be sitting in the White House right now. Overall nationally, Ralph Nader only received about three percent of the popular vote, but taking into account how small the margin was between Bush and Gore, it can only be concluded that had it not been for Ralph Nader’s candidacy, Gore would have won.
In the crucial state of Florida, if just one measly percent of the people who had voted for Nader had instead cast their vote for Gore, the former vice president would have won Florida and the election. In New Hampshire, if a third of those who supported Nader had voted for Gore, Bush would have never moved into the White House.
Nader often asserts that his supporters would either have not voted or would have voted for Bush had he not run. Even if many of them would have stayed at home instead of going to the polls, it is hardly ridiculous to assume that at least one percent of them would have made their way to the polls and cast a vote for Gore. Also, few, if any at all, would have voted for Bush, since the Green Party and the Republican Party are miles apart ideologically.
In an interview on “Meet the Press” during which he announced his candidacy, Nader said, “After careful thought and my desire to retire our supremely selected president, I've decided to run as an independent candidate for president.” There is no the more erroneous method of trying to unseat President Bush than to take votes away from a candidate who is challenging the president and who actually has a chance to win the election.
If he really hopes to ensure that Bush does not get another four years in the White House, Nader should throw his full support behind the Democratic nominee and urge all of his supporters to do the same. President Bush has a large following and stands a good chance of winning in 2004. The only way for those who oppose him to beat him is to put all of their support behind one man, and that man has to be one who has a realistic chance of winning. Needless to say, Ralph Nader is not that man.
The Democrats are not the only ones who have repeatedly urged him not to run in 2004. Even Nader’s friends supporters have tried to talk him out of this ill-advised plan. The Green Party has refused him and a few of those who voted for him back in 2000 have launched a web site called www.ralphdontrun.net.
The message of the website and the message of the Democratic Party are one and the same. The 2004 presidential election is very crucial in deciding the future of this country. Many issues are at stake, including the future of Iraq and Afghanistan, the role of the U.S. in the United Nations, universal health care for the last industrialized Western nation not to have it, actual improvement of our schools, true homeland security, protection for the environment, a woman’s right to choose, protection of civil rights guaranteed in the Constitution, true separation of church and state, equality for homosexuals via the right to marry, and genuine fiscal responsibility as opposed to shady budget proposals. In order to put this country back on the right track, President Bush has to be defeated, and there is only one party that has the ability to do that.
Ralph Nader may have good ideas about how to reform this country, but the larger point remains that he has no chance of winning. In 2000, when everybody thought that he was going to get a relatively large amount of support, he only got about three percent -- albeit a crucial three percent -- of the national vote. That did not even put him over the five percent mark necessary to get federal funding for the next election. Nader may oppose the two-party system and his views may differ from those of the Democratic party, but he should not forget liberals’ primary goal of this election: ousting George W. Bush. In order not to compromise that, Nader needs to put his personal vanity aside for the greater good.
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The Necessity of Outlaws: An Interview with Alan Kaufman
Todd Follett
Over the course of Alan Kaufman's writing career, he has published memoirs, novels, poetry, and is the editor of the well-known Outlaw Bible series of anthologies. The first entry in this series, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, first published in 1999, is nearly 700 pages and features a wide range of poets who mostly write on the fringes of academic literary culture.
Todd Follett: Alan, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. How did the opportunity to work on Outlaw Bible of American Poetry come about, and what was your intention with the project?
Alan Kaufman: In 1989 I joined the underground poetry scene then springing up in the East Village/Lower East Side of New York City. A growing group of downtown poets came to know each other and we appeared together in readings every night in places like ABC NO Rio, Under Acme, Max Fish, Life Cafe, The West End, Cafe Wha? and The Upfront Muse. The readings became a way of life, a raison d'etre. Many of us were flat broke, couch-surfing, and there was no real thought at the time of where all this was headed, no ambition to do anything beyond to write nakedly, about anything, and in any way that one wanted. We sought to grasp each other's intention, understand it, and see what influences we could absorb from each other. We were all in constant dialogue with each other about poetry—what is it, what does it mean, and what are we trying to do? When the Nuyorican Poetry Cafe opened under the management of Bob Holman and Miguel Algarin, we all showed up on the first night to read and kept going there every Friday, taking part in the Slam and open mic. It became a way of life, a form of practice, a discipline, regardless of what else was going on with us personally. At the Poet's Cafe we met poets from Chicago, San Francisco, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Baltimore—and a milieu sort of formed, a regular batch of irregulars who always seemed together, reading in the same places. None of us considered ourselves "Slam poets". We didn't really call ourselves "poets" either. Poetry, the field, the profession, seemed so bankrupt at the time. We found the term "Poet" embarrassing—though others called us that.
We didn't really know what we were—Spoken Word, Performance Poetry, Beat… none of those terms felt right. To this day, I'm hard-put to say exactly what we were and that is what made it wonderful. Anything and everything seemed possible. When I heard about the San Francisco poets at Cafe Babar, the group of poets known as "The Babarians", I decided to come out, see what I'd find.
In 1990 I rode the dog, came on Greyhound on a $99 one-way ticket, three days, and landed in SF with $67 in my pocket. I was homeless at the time, living in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village and had nothing to lose. I met Kathy Acker, Jack Micheline and Jack Hirschman, who wrote the intro to my first book of poems. I met Neeli Cherkovski, Kirby Doyle, Paul Landry, Diane DiPrima, Peter Plate, and so many others. As the scene began to grow, become national, an underground newspaper started, called HOWL: San Francisco Poetry News, for which I wrote big articles with loud headlines, broadcasting the scene. Then the mainstream media picked up on us. Our names appeared in the SF Chronicle, Village Voice, Time Magazine, Newsweek. It was surreal. Many of us were still flat broke, couch-surfing, living on air, and being followed around, at various times, by reporters from CNN and People Magazine. There was the sense of something hugely significant happening, but still no one knew what it was precisely. In the minds of poets, some of [whom were] mentally ill and living on SSI disability, wild dreams erupted of reading to football stadiums full of audiences. I came to know most of the poets, I kept everything they gave me, began to archive the materials, to ingather this new kind of poetry. I published poetry with Bukowski and came to know his generation of poets too. I performed with Ginsberg in Berlin in 1994 and toured through Europe—performing with poets from New York, L.A., Chicago, San Francisco, and was the first to bring Spoken Word to Northern Europe. I got the works of some of the poets translated and published abroad.
All this time, as the radius of my acquaintances in this emergent scene grew it occurred to me that what we were doing belonged to a largely unexplored and unlinked vein of American poetry that, when seen as a whole comprised a new unarticulated vein in American Letters, one that had been apprised piece-meal but never in its entirety, never as a continuum—an Outlaw tradition. Poetry rule-breakers who flew by the seat of their pants and operated esthetically and personally outside the mainstream. I thought of doing an anthology, something along the lines of Donald Allen's New American Poetry but on a grander scale. A book that would serve not only as a history but a template for future poets and their scenes. A book that was a portable poetry scene, complete with its own history. A book that you could pick up and feel a part of and be inspired by to devote your life to the making of poetry. So, in early 1999 I [sold] my idea for The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry to Thunder's Mouth Press, a great publishing house.
I envisioned the book as a chronological procession of Outlaw poets, now assembled for the first time, sprung from the loins of Whitman and comprising a historical realm largely unexplored, a counter to the mainstream. I wanted the book to have a photo gallery of some of the poets, plus marginalia like posters from readings. I wanted a book that any young person in Des Moines or St. Louis or New Orleans could pick up off the shelf and browse through and see and feel what Outlaw poetry is, and inspire [that kid] to go off and do that too.
I've heard from young people around the U.S. who call The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry "The Bible" and who tell me that the volume changed not only the way they saw poetry but the way they live. I wanted these young people to encounter poets in its pages who lived the poet's life to the end, defying convention, expressing the inexpressible, daring to be poets to the grave, never giving up.
TF: In the introduction to the book, you say outlaw poetry is, at its best, "an ongoing record of streetwise sensibility and tough tenderness." What do you think it is about the Outlaw sensibility that makes it integral to the modern landscape of poetry?
AK: Outlaw poetry is not a discipline or genre, not "literature" per se. Outlaw poetry is the corpuscular spill of poets opening veins of ink over a page in acts of desperate linguistic and emotional daring. It is a scream in the night, or the wild exaltation sometimes felt even in the most hopeless of circumstances and given expressive form. It is a prayer to Freedom. And so it's very important to distinguish between the cozy theoretical clap-trap, the mooning, baleful, moping drek poetry that is purveyed in the pages of the establishment magazines, and the raw-nerve fire that some unknown ignites in unpublished obscurity in his or her notebook—doing so not from a wish to please some editor but because the failure to dig infernally deep into their own voice, and vocalize what is found there, may result in suicide or crime.
That's why The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry has become the favorite volume of incarcerated people in American prisons. To today's poets behind bars it is what Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" was to the inmates of his day: an anthem of desperate outlaw pride, a cry of defiance. Outlaw poets are those who take both life and poetry to the limit. That's why I started The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry with a section entitled "Voices from Outlaw Heaven"—so that we could hear voices from beyond the grave who had lived the life and paid the price for their freedom and expression.
TF: The series went on to include The Outlaw Bible of American Literature (2004), which continued the same spirit of non-conformity and revolt, containing 143 works by 134 authors including Malcolm X, Hunter S. Thompson, and Norman Mailer. This was followed in 2006 by the most recent entry in the series, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays, a further examination of Outlaw literature. Why do you think this literature of non-conformity seems so vital and necessary to American culture now and going forward?
AK: In speaking about The Outlaw Bible of American Literature I have to mention my esteemed co-editor, Barney Rosset, founder of Grove Press, since passed from us, who not only co-edited the book with me but became the publisher of the paperback edition of my first memoir, Jew Boy. Barney Rosset was a lifetime hero of mine. I first came across his Grove Press books as a teen in the Bronx. Barney's Grove Press really set the precedent for what I later did with Outlaw literature. He fought and won in the Supreme Court for the right to publish Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, William Burrough's Naked Lunch and D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover. He published Kerouac, Sartre, Malcolm X, and many others who formed my early ideas about literature. He published Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr., one of my earliest influences, and who became, to my eternal honor, a colleague of mine and whose quotes are on both Outlaw Poetry and Jew Boy. So, I was already Barney's author, he was already my publisher, and once I recognized that my concept of Outlaw writing linked up perfectly with his perspective, it seemed natural to have him aboard as co-editor.
I wanted to go into places that even Grove had not ventured, to give a platform to such writers as Robert Beck, who wrote under the name of Iceberg Slim and produced a masterpiece called Pimp, and to another unacknowledged great, Donald Goines, author of Never Die Alone, Black Gangster and other terrific books. Both Beck and Goines lived the life they wrote about. Beck was a pimp. Goines was a real gangster in Detroit who was actually shot at his typewriter in a gangland hit.
Why is it important to read such writers? I was asked to speak in a local prison for National Poetry Month. On the way there, the officer driving me to the facility asked me to tone down the presentation, not get too literary, because most of the inmates, so said this officer, had never read a book. When I got there, I saw the majority of inmates were black. The warden and guards, who were mostly white, looked on with smug knowing smiles as I introduced myself.
I asked the inmates: "Who knows who Donald Goines is?" Hands shot up. They knew not only who Goines was but what he wrote and when, and how he lived (and died). I asked: "Anyone here know of Robert Beck?" Again, hands shot up. They knew everything I could have told them about Beck, and some things that I didn't know. On the prison administrators' faces the smug smiles were now gone. You see, Beck and Goines are two of the biggest selling black authors in American history. But because they wrote about how things really were they were and still are largely marginalized, relegated to the sidelines of our national literature. But to me they belong squarely in the center. I'd like to see, for instance, a New American Library series of their works. We did it for Hunter Thompson. Why not for Goines and Beck? Little chance of that, though.
There's another reason why we need Outlaw literature. Young people today are funneled by corporate culture and the educational system into a labyrinthine maze of predetermined choices designed to reduce them, their very lives, to raw material for pure profit. It is so cleverly done that no one even knows that they are slaves. We need writers like Thompson, Kerouac, Goines, Beck who can show us what enslavement is, what it means, and how to escape to freedom. We need a literature that serves, existentially-speaking, as a spiritual and intellectual "underground railroad" to consciousness. To be an Outlaw poet or writer means not only to seek to become free in oneself through writing, but also to show others the ways to attain liberation through that unsparing portrayal of the truth about one's own life. Words that worry the authorities who preside over literature. True words that will lose you friends, not because they are outrageous for the sake of being so but because they articulate unsparingly the unspeakable reality of being consciously alive.
TF: Looking at your career as a writer, your capacity for finding truth in self-reflection is a consistent theme. In 2000, you published an unflinching and remarkably written memoir called Jew Boy about your experience growing up as the child of a Holocaust survivor and struggling with both your identity as a writer and as a Jewish man. The book is incredibly visceral and honest about the issues you've faced in your life. From your perspective, what influence did this struggle for identity have on both your writing and your affinity for Outlaw poetry and literature?
AK: I like very much how you put that. The urge to find truth in self-reflection indeed changed my life and so then my writing, however the habit was not always with me. In fact, the opposite was more often the case: For a long time literature served as a form of personal escape, the career of "writer" a culturally-approved legitimization of my right to avoid not only self-reflection but to reject altogether any sort of responsibility for my personal conduct. I felt that the ambition to write conferred upon me the authorization to act out any crazy impulse in my head, in the name of "experience".
This cut me off, in a sense, from the stream of humanity. However, a few things got in the way of that and brought me back down to earth, which saved me as a human being and writer. It's what you find here on earth, happening to other people—not just whatever happens to be buzzing in your head—that you must write about.
The Holocaust brought me back to earth. My mother was a French-Jewish Holocaust survivor who at a very early age imparted to me a sense that whatever narrative about the nature of existence and of civilization that I was being fed in school and by society was not real. That there existed, in her direct experience, another narrative, largely untold, of innocent Jewish people numbering in the millions who were enslaved, tortured, and murdered by Gentiles for no other reason than that they were Jews; that no one, truly, had ever paid for that crime; and that the crime was civilizational, that the culprit was civilization itself. That as Jews we were "the Other". But her sense of this Otherness endemic to Jews extended to others too. She felt deep anger at the injustices which she saw perpetrated against Blacks in America. She saw Blacks subjected to the same sorts of prejudice that she had experienced. It terrified her, since she had come here fully expecting America, which had defeated Hitler and liberated Europe, to be the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.
Spoken Word poetry also demanded from me greater and more penetrating levels of self-revealing truth, and when poetry no longer served that end, I had to turn to prose to identify and expiate my demons. I needed to dig deep within to learn what my true values are and where my deepest concerns lie. Interestingly, it was my frequent performance tours in Germany which lead me to confront as I never really had before the fact of being the son of a Holocaust survivor. Trips to Dachau, to Frankfurt Jewish cemetery and to the razed Jewish Quarter of East Berlin led me to ask what the Holocaust meant for me, which in turn lead me to sit down and compose the memoir Jew Boy. This brought up suicidal feelings, and all sorts of irrational fears that I was betraying the survivors by writing truthfully about my experiences as a child, that sort of thing. But of course, I chose to proceed, regardless of the consequences. I met many other children of survivors who were similarly writing of their experiences in new and revealing ways: Art Spiegelman, Thane Rosenbaum, and Melvin Jules Bukiet, to name a few. Bukiet included me in his groundbreaking Norton anthology Nothing Makes You Free: Writings From Descendants of Holocaust Survivors. I was welcomed into their ranks as a Second Generation writer. We are the literary successors to Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, and Aaron Applefeld, and we have our own unique story to tell.
TF: In 2005, you published Matches, a tale of a man who is an American ex-patriate serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. This book took a hard look at the turmoil of the region, the tensions between the Arab and Jewish communities, and Israeli society at the time. You yourself did several IDF tours, and the book's take on the absurdities of war has an air of legitimacy and urgency that is surely reflective of this. In your eyes, what is the role of literature in exposing the realities of conflict and war?
AK: Interestingly, when Matches was being published by Time-Warner/Little Brown, my editor asked me who I'd like to see quoted on the back of the novel and I named a few writers, two of whom I particularly admired for their integrity and power, the Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee and the playwright David Mamet. Well, Mamet lauded Matches but Coetzee emailed back a ranting reply condemning [the book] for its brutal depiction of the conflict. He was pissed that I'd failed to offer a softer narrative containing some sort of feel-good hopeful solution. But I don't think that solving political crises is the purpose of literature. Nor is the purpose of literature to praise or condemn war. The best we can do is to portray the human side of such conflicts as unsparingly as we are able, which I sought to do. My aim was to avoid the cant of the nightly news hour and the political correctness camp, to show what it is like to be a common Israeli soldier with boots on the ground in the most intractable war on earth. The book contains moments of exaltation as well as terror.
Matches has earned high marks not only from Israeli war veterans but from American veterans of foreign wars and even some Arabs who praised the book as fair, which I took to be a great compliment. I've never met an Israeli soldier who thought well of war, but when people shoot at you and blow up your loved ones what choice have you but to fight back with all determination? But then, what about those days when you don't want to get out of bed to risk death? What then? And how do you cope with sheer uncertainty? What do you do when your convictions are shaken? Service in a combat unit with any army on earth will shake the faith of the most determined individual. What then keeps one going? Sometimes the answers are astonishingly heroic. Other times, they are utterly absurd. In the end, soldiers are human beings obliged to do impossible things. The best soldier is not the hero but simply the one who survives. No one who survives walks away without scars.
It's truly amazing to consider how many continue to be touched by war in our time, directly or indirectly. What does it feel like? Matches attempts to answer that question.
TF: Recently, you published another unflinching memoir, Drunken Angel (2012). This book looks at the effect alcoholism has had on your life and the redemption that was ultimately found in writing. Do you find this kind of self-reflection helpful in moving on from these times in your life?
AK: The other factor which caused me to excavate my own experience for some measure of personal truth was my drinking, which began to erode my capacity to live. In other words, no matter how many books I read or how much I wrote, I could not elude my intense suffering from alcoholism. The agony was unremitting and when at last it caught up with me I was faced with the choice to either die with my literary hopes unrealized or do something radical to help myself and rescue my talent. I chose the latter and entered into Recovery from alcoholism, which requires one to dig deep on a more or less daily basis into one's truest motives, and to excavate one's most unpardonable acts and inadmissible secrets, and face them. In so doing one discovers that one possesses a moral center that is beautifully nuanced and complex. One's view of oneself and life becomes, in a sense, Tolstoyan. This yields a mostly forgiving view of oneself and most human beings. If one can forgive others, one can oneself. There are monsters within, which I as a man and a writer can and must face, and where possible, I write about what I find. In so doing, I discover those themes that most matter to me, and so the next book, the next vista of my own human experience.
Most importantly, writing the books is part of my Recovery—it helps to keep me sober. It was a feature of my alcoholism to talk constantly, even obsessively, about writing books without ever actually writing them. All that changed once I stopped drinking and undertook to become another person and a writer of books. My literary career has largely occurred in the 24 years that I have been clean and sober in Recovery. Writing books has become a way of being true to myself and so of staying alive. As Shakespeare put it: To Thine Own Self Be True.
TF: What role do you see Outlaw writing playing in the future of literature?
AK: We cannot know what lies ahead for each of us. But the world appears to be moving in ominous directions. I think that the disappearance of our bookstore culture is a warning sign. I think our obsession with technology is a degradation of the human. For the coming generations—or even the current one—it may take more courage than ever to remain a writer or poet. You may have to learn to write underground, or on the run, in the face of persecution, even in the shadow of death. To internalize the sense of oneself as an outlaw obliged to commit one's personal truth to written language, regardless of the cost, is a practice best learned now. Camus learned it during the German occupation. We need writers and poets whose written words rise above the cacophony of modern life, the clamor of technology, the railing of politics and religion, the purveyors of terror: outlaw writers who create imperishable literary works of the imagination that are a flag of personal integrity and independence, and an anthem to freedom.
TF: Thank you again for making time today, Alan.
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Urban Patterns | St Louis, Missouri USA
“I will be your tootsie wootsie,
If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,
Meet me at the fair.”
— Meet Me in St. Louis, Judy Garland
Urban Patterns | St. Louis, Missouri USA
St. Louis is an independent city (meaning it is not part of St. Louis County) and major American port in the state of Missouri, built along the western bank of the Mississippi River, on the border with Illinois. The city had an estimated population of 311,404 in 2016. It is the cultural and economic center of the Greater St. Louis area (metropolitan population of 2.9 million people), making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the 19th-largest in the United States (Source: Wikipedia).
A map of St. Louis in 1780. From the archives in Seville, Spain (Source: Wikipedia).
Prior to European settlement, the area was a major regional center of Native American Mississippian culture. The city of St. Louis was founded in 1764 by French fur traders Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau, and named after Louis IX of France. In 1764, following France’s defeat in the Seven Years’ War, the area was ceded to Spain and retroceded back to France in 1800. Nominally, the city operated as an independent city after 1764 until 1803, when the United States acquired the territory as part of the Louisiana Purchase. During the 19th century, St. Louis developed as a major port on the Mississippi River. In the 1870 Census, St. Louis was ranked as the 4th-largest city in the United States. It separated from St. Louis County in 1877, becoming an independent city and thus, limiting its own political boundaries. In 1904, it hosted the World’s Fair/Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Summer Olympics (Source: Wikipedia).
Satellite view from 15 km of St. Louis, Missouri in the USA (Source: Google Earth).
The St. Louis urban pattern is composed of a series of small-scale regular grids of varying size, which are offset in relation to each other. This originally occurred due to adapting the regular grid layout to the topography of the Mississippi River adjacent to the riverfront at this location to ensure that most valuable lots were rectangular in shape for the purposes of buildability. Like other cities in the world composed of offset, regular grids (such as Athens, Greece and New Orleans, Louisiana), this – in combination with the distribution of land from afar by the French/Spanish crowns during the Colonial period – had a ‘cascade effect’ in shaping the layout and orientation of future parcels of small-scale regular grids in the city. Later, railroad lines running east-west introduced a very strong north-south divide in the city, which persists to this day. Oddly, this divide (historically reflecting a post-war racial divide in the city, e.g. whites in south St. Louis and blacks in north St. Louis) has been reinforced by Federal, state, and city planning efforts such as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (i.e. Gateway Arch) grounds on the riverfront in downtown St. Louis.
St. Louis’ Warehouse District – same size as two New Orleans’ French Quarters – demolished during the 1930s to (eventually) make way for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial grounds and Gateway Arch though this riverfront land remained vacant for over two decades.
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RE-POST | 20 Must-Read Texts for Urban Planners (#11-20)
December 8, 2016 Administrator Leave a comment
(Originally posted January 22, 2013)
Lists are often a handy tool to spark a discussion, debate, or even an argument. The purpose of this list is pretty straightforward, i.e. what should you have read. Of course, in limiting the list to a mere 20 texts (books and articles), there is no possible way it can be exhaustive. There are a lot of interesting texts out there from a lot of different perspectives (some better than others). It is also true that compiling such a list will inevitably reveal the particular biases of the person preparing the compilation (like revealing your iTunes playlist). In the end, it is only their opinion. There’s no way around it. This list demonstrates a clear bias towards texts about the relationship between the physical fabric of cities and their spatio-functional nature with a particular emphasis on first-hand observation of how things really work. Because of this, perhaps the most surprising thing about this list is how few texts there are by people who identify themselves as planners (or perhaps not, depending on your perspective). Finally, as with most lists, it is wise to reserve the right to amend/update said list in order to allow for any unfortunate oversights. Having said that, the list is an absolute good. The list is life. All around its margins lies suburban sprawl. Let the making of lists begin…
20. Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form (1972) by Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour and Denise Scott Brown
Venturi et al expand the arguments first outlined in Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture in 1966 to the urban level with their seminal study of Las Vegas. Only on these terms, it is an interesting read. However, dig a little deeper beneath the surface and into their wonderful series of figure-ground representations of spatial functioning on, along and adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip. You will discover Venturi et al concede – almost casually – the functional dynamics of how the strip operates to the realm of urban space and pattern in order to quickly focus on their arguments on what really interests them, i.e. the semantic nature of architectural form. A surface reading of only what Venturi et al writes misses a lot of the richness found within since there is a whole other book hidden based on what they are not saying but merely showing you. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
19. The Concept of Dwelling: on the way to figurative architecture (1985) by Christian Norberg-Schulz
One always has to be careful with phenomenology because, by definition, almost everything written is subjective and open to vast differences in interpretation. However, much like the previous entry on this list, if a reader is willing to dig beneath of the surface and give thoughtful consideration about what, at first, appears to be purposefully opaque writing, then often there are rich rewards to be discovered. Norberg-Schulz’s The Concept of Dwelling is one of the best examples. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
18. Ladders, Architecture at Rice 34 (1996) by Albert Pope
It is something of a mystery why this book seems to be sorely under-appreciated and underrated outside of Houston, Texas. Pope’s study about the physical pattern of the American urban fabric is a fascinating read. Urban planners – especially American ones – could do a lot worse than read an entire book examining the physical pattern of the urban fabric in cities they are suppose to be planning; in fact, they have and do so regularly. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
17. Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of American City Planning (1983) by M. Christine Boyer
Boyer’s The City of Collective Memory seems to overshadow her earlier book, which is a shame. Her history of the planning profession in the United States is a devastating and powerful critique that is as relevant today as when it was first published. It is also a much better book than The City of Collective Memory. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
16. America (1988) by Jean Baudrillard
The best planners are good sociologists and the best sociologists are great observers. Baudrillard was one of the best and keenest observers of human society and its meaning. Baudrillard wraps his observations within a flamboyant, often elegant, and occasionally beautiful use of language. It is not always clear whether the flurries of linguistic gymnastics are really his or is the result of translating from French into English. However, the results often amount to genius. In America, Baudrillard’s compare and contrast of Paris, New York, and Los Angeles yields rich rewards to any planner who dares to pay attention. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
15. Streets and Patterns (2005) by Stephen Marshall
The first half of Marshall’s book is a brilliant review and analysis of where we are and how we got here. The second half – focusing on possible solutions – descends into being only interesting. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
14. City: Rediscovering the Center (1989) by William H. Whyte
Whyte’s study of informal, social interaction in public spaces is a case study in urban observation that any planner should seek to take into account and emulate. Yes, sometimes Whyte’s conclusions are too localized about the attributes of the space itself than how it fits into the pattern of a larger urban context. However, at other times, his findings are remarkable for their common sense. For example, people in public spaces will move chairs for the purpose of promoting interaction rather than locate their interactions where chairs are located or tend to locate social interaction in areas of high movement like street corners. Anyone who has ever tried to move their way through to party – mumbling to themselves “why do people have to stop here to talk” – will understand many of Whyte’s observations about human nature and informal interaction are rock solid. Whyte’s City can almost be read as a companion piece to Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
13. “The Architecture of Community: Some New Proposals on the Social Consequences of Architectural and Planning Decisions” (1987) by Julienne Hanson and Bill Hillier, Architecture and Comportement, Architecture and Behaviour, 3(3): 251-273.
There are many texts by a lot of people about why space syntax is important. However, few have driven home the point more powerfully and succinctly than this early article by Hanson and Hillier about the social consequences of design decisions for Modern housing estates (projects) in the UK. In doing so, Hanson and Hillier add considerable intellectual and quantitative heft to Jane Jacobs’ arguments about urban safety and “eyes on the street” in The Death and Life of Great American Cities. This article will probably be obscure to most planners, especially in the USA. The real crime is it’s rarely read outside of the space syntax community itself. Download the article here.
12. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (2000) by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck
A purist will probably argue when it comes to New Urbanism, start with The New Urbanism by Peter Katz. If you’re not really keen on appetizers, then go straight to the main meal. Suburban Nation is not only about what is the New Urbanism but also delves into the argument about why we need the New Urbanism today. New Urbanism does not always get it right. Does anybody? However, there shouldn’t be any doubt that it is heading in the right direction and that is a huge achievement in itself. Click here to purchase on Amazon.
11. “Transect Planning” (2002) by Andres Duany and Emily E. Talen. APA Journal, 68(3): 245-266.
Duany and Talen elegantly translate a fundamental aspect about the spatio-functioning of streets tailored to urban form into understandable terms for public officials, urban designers and planners who are still trapped in – or refuse to leave – the box of the Euclidean zoning model and the arbitrary roadway classifications almost universally associated with it over the last half-century. In terms of the prevailing planning paradigm afflicting our cities, transect planning is the metaphorical equivalent of Duany and Talen pushing a Trojan horse inside the city gates. The more applied, the less tenable becomes the roadway classifications associated with the Euclidean zoning model. Beware of New Urbanists bearing gifts (i.e. methodology). You can read the abstract here.
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BOOK REVIEW | Dead End by Benjamin Ross
May 29, 2016 Administrator Leave a comment
BOOK REVIEW | Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism by Benjamin Ross
Review by Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor
The first half of Benjamin Ross’ Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism (2014, Oxford University Press) is a majestic masterpiece of objective, clear, and concise diagnosis about the political, economic, and social origins of suburban sprawl in the United States with particular emphasis on the legal and regulatory pillars (restrictive covenants and exclusionary zoning ) perpetuating suburban sprawl to this day. It is required reading for anyone interested in the seemingly intractable problems of suburban sprawl we face today in building a more sustainable future for our cities. Chapters 1-10 (first 138 pages) of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism warrants a five-star plus rating alone.
However, Ross’ book becomes more problematic with the transition from diagnosis to prescription, beginning with an abrupt change in tone in Chapter 11. This chapter titled “Backlash from the Right” is, in particular, so politically strident that it reads as if the staff of Harry Reid’s Senate office wrote the text (the political left’s favorite boogeymen, the Koch Brothers, are even mentioned); or perhaps, the text of this chapter sprouted wholesale like Athena from the “vast right wing conspiracy” imaginings of Hillary Clinton’s head. This is unfortunate. In the second half of the book, Ross starts to squander most – if not all – of the trust he earned with readers during the exemplary first half of the book. It is doubly unfortunate because: first, it is done solely in the service of political dogma as Ross unconvincingly attempts to co-opt Smart Growth as a wedge issue for the political left in the United States; and second, it unnecessarily alienates ‘natural’ allies on the conservative and libertarian right sympathetic to Ross’ arguments for strong cities and good urbanism.
In the process, Ross tends to ignore or paper over blatant contradictions littering the philosophy of the political left in the United States when it comes to cities. Of course, this is a common Baby Boomer leftist tactic of absolving their generation for the collective disaster they’ve helped to create over the last half-century by confusing ideology for argument (and hoping no one will notice there’s a difference). For example, if you want to see what the policies of the political left look like after three-quarters of a century of dominance, then look no further than East St. Louis, Illinois. What has happened to that once vibrant city is absolutely criminal; literally so since several state and city Democratic officials and staffers have been sent to jail for corruption for decades.
During the second half of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism, Ross also promotes the classic Smart Growth fallacy that public rail transit is the ‘magic bullet’ for reviving our cities. Indeed, public rail transit is important but too often Ross – like many others – comes across as unconsciously applying Harris and Ullman’s multi-nuclei model of city growth, which conveniently holds almost any function (in this case, rail stations/lines) can be randomly inserted almost anywhere in the fabric of a city without repercussions as long as land uses are ‘compatible.’ Of course, this is the ex post facto theoretical underpinning for the very ideas of Euclidean zoning and the common umbrella providing regulatory cover for all sorts of disastrous decisions in the name of “economic development.”
This is a potentially dangerous self-delusion shared by many in the Smart Growth movement. For example, what Ross attributes as the cause for the failure of some rail stations (lack of walkable, urban development around these stations due to the over-provision of space for ‘park and ride’ lots in catering to the automobile) is often really a symptom. The real disease is these stations were put in the wrong location in the first place due to local opposition, regulatory convenience, and/or political cowardice (i.e. that’s where the land was available). There is an inherent danger in approaching pubic rail transit as a cure-all panacea for the city’s problems. If our leaders, planners, and engineers take shortcuts in the planning, design, and locating of rail lines/stations, then we leave the fate of our cities to happenstance. It is far too important of an issue to approach in such a cavalier manner, as some Smart Growth advocates appear so inclined.
In a general sense, this is not really different from the arguments made in Dead End but, specifically, it is an important distinction that is glossed over or not properly understood when drilling down into the crucial details of Ross’ prescriptions. That being said, there are some interesting tidbits and ideas in the ‘prescription phase’ of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism. However, the reader has to be extremely careful about filtering out Ross’ political agenda from the more important morsels. For example, Ross correctly points out Americans’ disdain for buses is rooted in social status. However, he fails to point out – or perhaps even realize – that this peculiar American attitude is indoctrinated from childhood due to the expansive busing of kids to school in the United States (e.g.. only the poor and unpopular kids take the bus). In order to change this attitude, you have to radically change public education policies, something contrary to the invested interests of the political left. In fact, Ross has very little to say about schools, which seems like an odd oversight.
Too often, Ross’s prescription for building coalitions comes across as the same, old political activism of the counter-culture Baby Boomers that doesn’t really rise above the level of gathering everyone around the campfire and singing “Kumbaya, My Lord” (absent the “My Lord” part in the interests of political correctness). In the end, this suggests Ross has a well-grounded understanding about the historical, political and social impact of legal and regulatory instruments at work in our cities (exemplified by the first half of this book) but only a superficial idea about the design and function of cities and movement networks (including streets and rail) as witnessed by the lackluster second half, which is barely worth a two-star rating. Because of these strengths and weaknesses, Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism is a four-star book in its entirety but you might be better served by reading the first half of the book, ignoring the second half, and having the courage to chart your own path in the fight for better cities.
Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism
by Benjamin Ross
Hardcover, English, 256 pages
New York: Oxford University Press (May 2, 2014)
Available for purchase from Amazon here.
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Life, Liberty, Happiness | The Need for Heroic Planning | Blab
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The Outlaw Urbanist, Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A, will participate in online broadcast with Don Kostelec of Kostelec Planning this Monday, November 23, 2015 at 8:00 pm EST titled, “Life, Liberty, Happiness: the need for heroic planning,” hosted by Andy Boreau of Urbanism Speakeasy.
The content is pretty wide open though it will tend to focus on what is wrong with our current development practices. We will be able to answer your questions and, hopefully, have a pretty good debate.
You can subscribe to the broadcast on Blab here.
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Dispatches from Dawn in the USA | The Original Green
Dispatches from Dawn in the USA | via the Original Green
by Steve Mouzon, AIA, December 8, 2014
Steve Mouzon, AIA discusses the influence of Benjamin Franklin within the context of the release of Poor Richard, Another Almanac for Architects and Planners by Mark David Major.
“Ben Franklin was a Twitter master a quarter-millennium before the medium, as I wrote in the Foreword to Mark Major’s excellent new book Poor Richard, ANOTHER Almanac for Architects and Planners, but Franklin was also more skilled at describing true Original Green sustainability than anyone alive today. What follows are some of my favorite nuggets of Poor Richard wisdom.”
Read the full article here: Dispatches from Dawn in the USA | the Original Green | Steve Mouzon
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Poor Richard, Another Almanac for Architects and Planners (Volume 2)
by Mark David Major
Foreword by Steve Mouzon
140 pages with black and white illustrations.
Available in print from Amazon, CreateSpace, and other online retailers. Available on iBooks from the Apple iTunes Store andKindle in the Kindle Store.
For the best digital eBook experience, the author recommends purchasing the iBook version of the book.
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Twilight art
Quddus Mirza December 2, 2018 Leave a comment
Tanzara Gallery, Islamabad provided an occasion to view the masterly surfaces of Iqbal Hussain
Many would still remember the famous last words of then captain of Pakistan cricket team, Imran Khan, on the conclusion of the final match of World Cup 1992 where he declared his delight on winning the trophy ‘in the twilight of his career’. Compared to sportsmen’s triumphant finale, creative persons’ end is not always on a high note. Often it is blurred and obscure; only their death reminds us they were still alive.
A few authors, such as Philip Roth and Alice Munro, announced their ‘retirement’ from writing. There are no such examples in the world of visual arts, especially in Pakistan. It is strange because making a work of art demands more physical strength.
Iqbal Hussain enjoyed fame, admiration, and huge following in his heydays. He won national awards, got international coverage, had permanent patrons and was respected for his incredible and unmatched painterly surfaces. His enchanting sense of composition as much as his selection of female figures haunted the viewers. All this was revisited in Iqbal Hussain: A Retrospective, the exhibition of his paintings, prints, watercolours and drawings (November 13-27, 2018) at Tanzara Gallery, Islamabad.
It would be misleading to call the show a retrospective, because the collection seemed more like grouping of available works rather than a coherent effort to comprehend the development of the painter. This sense was lacking in the order of display, in which the main objective and element of a retrospective — date of an artwork — was missing. Unless you were a handwriting expert and could decipher the year next to Hussain’s signatures, you could not have an idea about the history of the work.
It is crucial to know the chronology of creations in the case of Hussain; because even if the painter’s models, subjects, and spots for his landscape and cityscape remain the same, the difference in date determines the shift in his aesthetic pursuits. The recent ‘Retrospective’ failed to suffice that information, thus appearing more like any other exhibition of the painter. Yet, the best thing about the show was to glimpse his works from different periods and speculating upon the common thread among canvases of varying scales and treatment.
In a majority of these surfaces, one comes across women belonging to the oldest profession. Apart from their link with the red light area of Lahore, it is the presence of life in these figures that turns them into more than mere prototypes. For instance, girl lying on a couch (‘Sheena’), a woman perched on bed (‘Laila’), a number of females interacting with men (‘Deck Function’), some naked figures, portraits of people you unmistakably find in the old city of Lahore. The passage of time, the lines of labour, the mark of hard life etched on these features add a new significance to their address — the infamous Fort Road.
In presenting women from his area who are in the business of providing pleasure of flesh, Iqbal Hussain has achieved something that perhaps was not even planned. In his portrayal of these prostitutes, an unexpected aspect of their humaneness comes to surface. Females placed in certain settings but not ashamed of their existence, presence or bodies. Instead, they appear to be at ease with their body and attire or its absence.
The artist’s ability in transmitting a pictorial pleasure is at par with his subject: models provide pleasure of body and their painter offers enjoyment to the eye. Two separate personalities and professions that seem to be converging at some point.
Reducing Hussain to a painter of prostitutes would be a disservice to the artist — even when it is true. In the strange sphere of image-making, art sometimes takes over or moves away from the intentions of the artist, thus acquiring an independence of its own. Likewise, in Iqbal Hussain’s work, the knowledge of these women being from a certain profession ceases to excite or exist, because it is the application of paint that takes all attention. Hussain is perhaps one of the last painters if not the best to have explored the potential of paint. He has used his background — lovers, friends, acquaintances, neighbourhood — as an excuse to construct a convincing, powerful and tight composition. A structure so ‘perfect’ that it entices and attracts a viewer despite the subject matter or its context. Arguably, the aspect of ‘composition’, (now) a minor matter in the world of art theory and the field of social subject, has also been overlooked in the art of Iqbal Hussain.
I remember being a student of Professor Hussain at NCA and seeing my teacher engrossed in the books on Edgar Degas, exclaiming the mastery of the French master for his division of planes and organisation of figures. Today being in front of a canvas by Hussain, I feel his praise for Degas aptly fits his own compositions. The distribution of spaces and areas signify an intuitive impulse, because each work, regardless if it’s a painting, print, or a work on paper amuses and impresses due to its spatial relationship of figure and background, and colours. Within that parameter, Hussain has introduced some pictorial devices which, on the surface, may be considered formal but have other interpretations. One is the use of mirror. Like in ‘Reflection’ a woman is sitting in front of a looking glass, while the image of a half-clad man (probably the painter) can be seen at her back. Similarly, in ‘Self Portrait with Muse’ the artist is posing with his model standing at the back, while both are reflected in mirror. So here what a viewer sees is not a painted canvas, but replica of a mirror.
Or something transitory is caught in glass and on a painted surface; because if the existence of mirror alludes to the function of art as a means to reveal hidden elements, at the same time Hussain’s painterly quality conveys a sense of pleasure. It’s not only a privilege for the painter, but the viewers are also allowed to enter in that realm of retinal delight.
The artist’s ability in transmitting a pictorial pleasure is at par with his subject: models provide pleasure of body and their painter offers enjoyment to the eye. Two separate personalities and professions that, in their surge for physical or optical joy, seem to be converging at some point.
exhibition Iqbal Hussain Iqbal Hussain: A Retrospective Quddus Mirza 2018-12-02
The author is an art critic based in Lahore
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Today.Az » Business » Government terminated the agreement with "Fondel"
01 March 2006 [13:13] - Today.Az
Azerbaijan Government terminated the agreement signed with the Holland Company "Fondel", leased Azeraluminium joint-stock company for 25 years, informed the principal office of "Fondel".
The information reads that Government undertook the responsibility of supervision to the control of the Company from October last year. But they put an end to the agreement in February.
Though the committee of the state property administration didn't assert the breaking of the agreement, they say that they won't fulfill the commitments of "Fondel" Company.
Meanwhile, the committee held a monitoring connected with the fulfillment of the commitments in the institutions which were privatized or leased. As a result of the inspection in "Azeraluminium", it was clear that the investments put into the joint-stock company are very less than the amount considered in the agreement.
Though "Fondel" metal undertook the commitment of putting $200 million capital in 3 years, didn't do it within last 5 years.
At the same time, the company didn't fulfill the commitments on employment of new technologies and ecological security.
The committee also stated that although they send a notification to the "Fondel" Company, they attached no importance to it.
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Written by Marie Asner
Don't Open That Crate
Stars: Jim Carrey, Angela Lansbury, Carla Gugino, Madeline Carroll, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Ophelia Lovibond and James Tupper
Director: Mark Waters
Scriptwriters: Sean Anders, John Morris and Jared Stern from the book by Richard and Florence Atwater
Rating: PG for crude humor
Running Length: 98 minutes
Jim Carrey has acted with many animals and some he would rather forget. However, in Mr. Popper’s Penguins, from the 1930’s children’s book by Richard and Florence Atwater, Carrey interacts with penguins (live and animated). The mix works. If you read the book, about 50 percent is Hollywood, so don't expect an exact story, but the film version could stand on its own.
This is a story of a man whose father was never there for him, rather Dad traveled the world and communicated by short wave radio. In adulthood, Mr. Popper (Carrey) is a hotshot salesman for a top real estate company, divorced, and sees his two children, Janie and Billy (Madeline Carroll and Maxwell Perry Cotton) every other weekend. They just call him “Popper,” which is a distant term for father. Popper having learned this lesson well from his distant father. Popper doesn't like his ex-wife (Carla Gugino) dating James Tupper, but can't do anything about it. It is when a mysterious box arrives at his posh apartment building that things start to happen. Inside is a frozen penguin (thaws quickly) and through mis-communication, several other penguins arrive in short order. Popper learns to like the penguins, his kids think they are pets for them, the ex-wife begins to thaw and Popper’s new assignment of buying the Tavern on the Green restaurant in New York City starts to gel. The owner is a witty Angela Lansbury, and you expect her to break into song at any moment. Popper’s secretary, Pippi (Ophelia Lovibond) inhabits her scenes. The villain is a zoo keeper, called in for consultation, who has his own agenda. The penguins steal the film and their antics (such as sliding down a stairwell at the Guggenheim) are laughable. Also, they like to watch old Chaplin movies on TV and try to hatch their eggs. Yes, a family can be a combination of human, bird, ice, snow and wacky neighbors.
Mr. Popper’s Penguins does have crude humor, I guess it wouldn't be a Jim Carrey movie with it, but he does keep it down here. Carrey transforms from businessman to penguin owner to father in a nice sequence, and the presence of Carla Gugino as his wife, is a stabilizing force. One would like to see them together in another film.
You wonder about the weight load on an apartment floor with snow and ice there, but then this is a bit of fantasy land. There was a sub-plot about Popper’s teenage daughter being asked to a school dance that went on and on. Popper’s apartment is sparse and dreary, as the man himself, until the penguins arrive, and then it becomes colorful. Everyone blossoms.
Copyright 2011 Marie Asner
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Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region
Stephen C. Riser , Jessica Anderson, Andrey Shcherbina, Eric D’Asaro
Published Online: October 2, 2015
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.11
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We examine the variability of near-surface salinity in a 10° × 10° region of the eastern North Atlantic, the location of the first part of the Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study (SPURS-1). The data used were collected over a two-year period, largely by a group of two types of profiling floats equipped with sensors that record high-resolution temperature and salinity measurements in the upper few meters of the water column. By comparing the SPURS-1 measurements to observations in the area from previous decades, we examine variability at time scales ranging from a few hours (mostly consisting of rainfall-driven decreases in salinity) to diurnal cycles in temperature and salinity, seasonal variability and the annual cycle, and finally to decadal-scale changes. The relationship of near-surface salinity to the hydrological cycle suggests a continuous spectrum of variability in this cycle from hours to decades.
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Beginning of the end, or end of the beginning?
Kevin's weekday picks
Kevin's weekend picks [UPDATED 8.27]
Change is good for The Motion
Strokes out. Crowes in.
Kevin's weekend picks
Josh Kelley's in control
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Kevin's weekday picks [UPDATED 8.15]
CD Review: James Dunn
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Fiona Apple packs a powerful punch in Cary
From the "Who the hell is that??" department
O.A.R. incites a revolution in Cary
Ryan Adams hates celebrity gossip
When I was in college, I discovered this great, quirky band called Nickel Creek. (Thanks, Kevin.) I was skeptical at first, as I was raised on Long Island where the only people who listen to bluegrass chew on straw and marry their cousins, but I gave it a chance and soon enough I was in love.
If you haven't heard the band's music, then shame on you. People say all the time that a group's music is groundbreaking, but in this case it really was true. Nickel Creek somehow found a way to blend all sorts of genres, from bluegrass to classical and alt-rock. They cover everyone from Radiohead to Britney Spears in concert (listen to their version of "Toxic" on MySpace), because they're just that cool.
But yesterday some sad news was released. Nickel Creek, after three albums and some 17 years as a band, is hanging up the mandolin, so to speak.
"We've decided to take a break of indefinite length at the end of 2007 to preserve the environment we've sought so hard to create and to pursue other interests. It has been a pleasure to write, record, and perform for you through the years and we'd like to heartily thank you for your invaluable contribution to our musical lives," the group said on its web site.
Nickel Creek is currently on tour through Sept. 30, including a stop at UNC's Memorial Auditorium on Sept. 19 that I urge you all to get tickets for. The band's Durham-based label, Sugar Hill Records, will release a "Best of " compilation later this year.
After that? Who knows. Chris Thile is slated to release his umpteenth solo album, How to Grow a Woman From the Ground, on Sept. 12. After that he will tour and record with bassist Edgar Meyer. Sean Watkins has said he wants to score films, but also have some resemblance of a normal life. Sara Watkins is planning to release her own solo album and also collaborate with other friends and artists.
Order tickets for the group's Memorial Auditorium show here. Check their music out here and here.
Labels: nickel creek
Monday, August 28 - LOCAL SHOWCASE featuring The High and Mighties, The Vints, Red Radio, A Clerestory, Doco @ The Pour House (rock)
Tuesday, August 29 - The International Drive, The Bleeding Alarm, Minutes Too Far
Wednesday, August 30 - Wheels On Fire @ The Cave (rock)
Thursday, August 31 - Regina Hexaphone, The Rose Marie, Jennifer Daniels @ Local 506 (indie/folk)
Labels: picks
Friday, August 25 - Roman Candle, The Whigs @ Cat's Cradle (indie pop)
Saturday, August 26 - Work Clothes, Un Dexu Trois, Sons @ Wetlands (indie rock)
Sunday, August 27 - Smoking Popes, Critieria, J Page @ Cat's Cradle (indie rock)
The members of The Motion may be a bunch of jokers, but they’d like to be taken seriously.
“I trust him musically,” lead singer Mark McKee said in reference to the band’s newest addition, guitarist Chris Boyette.
“But not with money,” piped in drummer Mike McKee, Mark’s older brother.
“Yeah, every time I take out my wallet he’s always asking to borrow money,” Mark said, not missing a beat. OK, so maybe members of the Cary-based rock band don’t always take themselves seriously, but their music is a different story.
The group released its debut five-track EP, aptly titled The Arrival EP in May and has since been working hard to get the word out.
The group’s next local show will be Friday, Aug. 25, at The Brewery in Raleigh.
“We’ve grown as a band. We’re tighter. We feel good about the way we sound,” Mark McKee said in reference to changes in the group in recent months. “We’ve gotten more collaborative about the writing and how stuff is arranged.”
Some of the changes — such as adding a new member — are more noticeable than others. Chris Boyette has joined the band after returning to the Raleigh area from Nashville, Tenn., where he lived for several months.
“I’m really excited to play with these guys,” Boyette said. “You have to find three or four guys who have the same vision musically. It’s really hard to do that. Just listening to their stuff and putting a different spin on the music — it’s really exciting. They’re writing really good stuff.”
Mark McKee added, “We sound the way we’ve wanted to sound for the last two years.” Chris Rafetto, the group’s bassist, agreed.
“I think every band has to go through a lot of steps to get where they want to be,” Rafetto said. “We’ve been taking baby steps for a long time. Just having that fourth person will take our writing and performance to a new level.”
But Mark said sometimes taking it slow can be a positive thing.
“We’re OK with spending time to make it sound really good, and then evolve from there,” he said.
The Motion will play at The Brewery, 3009 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh, on Friday, Aug. 25. Tickets are $8 and the show starts at 8 p.m.
Labels: interview, the motion
When Tom Petty announced the third leg of his North American tour, he was nice enough to make time to stop in Raleigh. Not only was he coming to Alltel Pavilion, but he was going to bring indie rock giants The Strokes with him.
Well that was then and this is now. After moving the date from September 19 to September 10, it turns out The Strokes can no longer make the gig.
Who has come to save the day? None other than The Black Crowes.
This will be Chris Robinson and the gang's second stop at Alltel this summer. They stopped through with Robert Randolph and the Family Band on July 12.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plus The Black Crowes equals a night of rock 'n roll.
Tickets are still available for the show.
Labels: the black crowes, the strokes, tom petty
Tuesday, August 22 - Get Him Eat Him, Cities, Eyes To Space @ Local 506 (indie rock)
Wednesday, August 23 - Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Eliot Morris @ Alltel Pavilion (pop rock)
Thursday, August 24 - Vienna Teng, Sanders Bohlke @ The Pour House (pop/alternative)
Friday, August 18 - Colossus, Hellrazor, The Anchor Comes Home @ Local 506 (metal/indie rock)
Saturday, August 19 - Gin Blossoms, Athenaeum, Plan B, Brooks Wood Band, Modern Skirts, Hope Massive @ Raleigh Dowtown Live (rock/alternative/pop)
Sunday, August 20 - The Comfies, Mingus Young, People Under the Bridge @ Wetlands (indie pop/rock)
Josh Kelley may be a bit of an aggressive driver.
“You just have to figure out a way to balance your life ... and I can’t believe this guy isn’t turning!,” said the 24-year-old singer, briefly interrupted by the infamous Los Angeles traffic.
It’s just a regular day for Kelley, running errands on a warm California afternoon, but the singer is eager to talk about his latest album, Just Say the Word, which was released on his own record label in July.
“I just basically wanted to take control on this record, take control of my career,” said Kelley, who left Hollywood Records, where he released two previous albums, and set out on his own.
But not only did Kelly release The Word, a soul-infused pop-rock blend, on his own label, he produced the entire album himself, mixed and engineered the songs and played most of the instruments, making him a one-man-show of sorts.
“To tell you the truth, I’m a little bit of a control freak,” Kelley said.
But he said the beauty of that control is absolute freedom.
“I can produce any style I want,” he said. “When there’s too many cooks in the kitchen it can kind of taint your project. It’s how I wanted to do it and the response has been unbelievable.”
Kelley started writing his own music as a young teenager, branching out from conventional pop and rock instruments and experimenting with the banjo, mandolin and dobro.
“I wanted to learn,” he said. “When you really want something and you’re passionate about it, you’ve gotta figure out how to do it.”
While studying at the University of Mississippi, the Augusta, Ga., native put some of his music up on Napster and began sending people messages about his music.
“Basically your guerrilla-style marketing,” Kelley said.
After sending out messages for about a month and a half, Kelley was discovered by an A&R representative at Hollywood Records.
As they say, the rest is history.
Now he’s living in the midst of “The Pop Game,” the topic of his first single of the same name.
“I’ve gotta admit/I’ve changed a bit/But what the public wants, the public gets,” Kelley wrote in the song’s lyrics.
The song allowed Kelley to lightheartedly comment on the world he lives in and his place in it.
“I understand how necessary it is,” he said of the “game” of celebrity culture. “If it was gone there would be some really freaking boring days. The pop game is a fuel that keeps the business going.”
Being engaged to Katherine Heigl, one of the stars of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Kelley knows all about the business of Hollywood.
“It’s pretty weird,” Kelley said of his relationship being the focus of some of his press. “We’re actually against it. ... In the press world, if you open your relationship up to other people, all of a sudden there’s a little bit of your life that’s less sacred.”
Kelley will perform at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park in Cary on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Proceeds from the show will benefit the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Labels: interview, josh kelley
Photos: The Films & Simon Dawes @ Raleigh Music Hall
Labels: photos, Raleigh, Raleigh Music Hall, simon dawes, the films
Monday, August 14 - The Foundry Field Recordings, So Many Dynamos, The Future Kings of Nowhere @ Local 506 (indie pop/experimental)
Tuesday, August 15 - The Drams (early) @ The Pour House (rock/pop)
Wednesday, August 16 - Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco), Jennifer O'Connor @ NC Museum of Art (folk/rock)
Thursday, August 17 - Baby Calendar, Keith John Adams, Bombadil @ Wetlands (indie pop/rock)
Friday, August 11 -Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Binky Griptite and the Dee-Kays, DJ Marco @ Cat's Cradle (soul/r&b)
Saturday, August 12 - Last Waltz Ensemble [Tribute to The Band] (late) @ The Pour House (classic rock)
Sunday, August 13 - The Walkmen, Bobby Bare Jr., Nathan Asher and the Infantry @ Lincoln Theatre (indie rock/alternative)**
If there was ever a perfect album for driving windows down on a crisp autumn day, James Dunn's Lonely American Dream is it.
Written in his Five Points apartment, Dunn's eight-song EP captures the best of rock, folk and blues music in one package.
Though Dunn came into music later in his life than some (he picked up his first guitar in college), his stories speak with a voice of experience. From his first single, "When the Eagles Cry," the heartbreaking story of a father who lost his son at war, to the more lighthearted "My Way or the Highway" with its swing dance beat, Dunn takes each listener on a journey of love, loss and life. Pair his lyrics and melodies with his deep, smooth voice and you've got the perfect package.
Dunn will perform in the VIP area Alltel Pavilion this Friday and Saturday, August 11 and 12, before both Kenny Chesney shows. You can also catch him Sept. 9 at Dive Bar in Raleigh at 10 p.m. His EP is available for sale at CDBaby.com and in the iTunes Music Store.
For more on Dunn, read Stuart Hall's story about him in The Cary News.
Labels: james dunn
The Films: Coming to a rock club near you Thursday night
The Films are awesome. Simple statement, but it's true.
The pop rock quartet will bring their live show to town tomorrow night at Raleigh Music Hall, along with their new buddies Simon Dawes.
I'll admit my opinion of the band is quite biased. I've known them for a few years now, back into their days under the moniker Tinker Punishment. Any of you Jump, Little Children fans out there may remember their tour with the group in 2002 and 2003.
They've always had this cool vibe about them. A little bit different, a little off from the norm but you couldn't really put your finger on what it was. Their music has evolved quite a bit since those days, but it still retains that same unhomogonized quality, and that's probably the thing I like most about them.
But look at me, going all this time without giving you an inkling of what their music sounds like. Take all the great bands from the 60s — The Kinks, The Beatles, etc. — and their songwriting sensibilities, throw in a little Radiohead for good measure, possibly some of the melodic stylings of bands like Muse, a dash of Elvis Costello, The Pixies and The Violent Femmes ... I could go on, and you've got The Films.
Don't believe me? Come to the show. Tomorrow night (that's Thursday, August 10) at Raleigh Music Hall, 14 W. Martin Street. Doors at 9, show starts around 10.
But first, check out The Films' MySpace profile and download "Strange Hands." It's the mastered version of a song for their first studio album, which should be released early next year. While you're there, check out their latest tour video and a video for their last single "Black Shoes," off the EP of the same name.
Labels: Raleigh, Raleigh Music Hall, the films, upcoming
Fiona Apple may be small in stature, but she is surely not meek.
The 5-foot-2-inch singer brought her summer tour to Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre last night for 90 minutes of pure female fury.
Apple walked on stage in an elegant, black single-strap gown in front of about 1,500 of her adoring fans before taking her place behind a baby grand piano to spit out the lyrics of “Get Him Back,” the latest single off her 2005 album Extraordinary Machine.
She wound her way through a brief 16-song set that included material from all three of her albums. Not surprisingly, the best reactions from audience members came when she played songs off her 1996 debut Tidal, including the songs “Shadowboxer,” “Sleep to Dream” and “Criminal,” the song that made her a household name.
When she wasn’t behind the piano, Apple spent much of her time crouching low at center stage and clutching her microphone stand for support as she shouted out lyrics more often than she sang them.
During “Sleep to Dream,” Apple seemed to get so emotionally deep into her performance that as the band played the song out, she ran to the back of the stage and sat down, head between her knees.
The few times she did address the audience, she seemed to be in a trance.
“It’s beautiful here. ... It’s really beautiful here,” she told the audience with a sense of wonderment. “You never know what you’re gonna get. I spend all my time alone in a hotel room.”
But Apple rejected her fans’ sighs of pity.
“Oh, it’s not sad,” she quipped. “It’s my own choice. OK, maybe it’s a little of both.”
Though her performance may have been brief, she surely earned an “A” for effort — and the fans knew it.
“Come on, girl!” one woman cried out as Apple belted the lyrics to “Not About Love” as others whooped and cheered.
One of the things fans seem to love most about Apple is her passion — and she’s got plenty of it.
Labels: cary, conert review, fiona apple, koka booth amphitheatre
Monday, August 7 - Luna Halo, Ariel Down, Forward All @ Local 506 (rock)
Wednesday, August 9 - Gray Young, Invasion @ The Cave (experimental/indie)
Thursday, August 10 - The Films, Simon Dawes, Supreme @ Raleigh Music Hall (indie rock/pop/alternative)
Last week we let you know about this year's State Fair concert lineup and its heavy reliance on country and Christian music. There was also that mystery TBA slot on the final night. Perhaps just right for local American Idol contestants of past or present.
Well, about 20 minutes ago, the N.C. State Fair sent out a press release announcing that final concert and I must say...I'm a little perplexed.
Country music chart topper Gary Allan will wrap up the N.C. State Fair concert series Sunday, Oct. 22, with hits from his newest album "Tough All Over," the N.C. State Fair announced today. The concert series, which was announced in July, features Nashville superstars, teenage dance favorites and contemporary Christian music.
Gary who? Oh well. The show costs $10 and will start at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 22.
Labels: gary allan, nc state fair, upcoming
Friday, August 4 - Two Dollar Pistols, Hearts and Daggers, The Bo-Stevens @ The Pour House (country/rockabilly)
Saturday, August 5 - On Three, Elevator Action, The Dirty Little Heaters @ Local 506 (indie rock)
Sunday, August 6 - Eels @ Cat's Cradle (alternative)
Fans of jam rock band O.A.R. were out in full force for the band's concert at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary last night.
For those of you not in-the-know, O.A.R. stands for "Of a Revolution." The Maryland-based band has been enjoying its fame with the college-aged crowd since its debut album was released nearly a decade ago.
About three or four thousand fans turned out for the show, part of O.A.R.'s
nationwide summer tour.
The band took the stage around 7:30 and opened with "City on Down" off their 2001 album Soul's Aflame. Throughout the 14-song set they played material spanning their decade-long career, from "Heard the World" off last year's release Stories of a Stranger to "About an Hour Ago" off their debut 1997 release The Wanderer.
Fans proudly sang along as they danced to the music, from the front row all the way to the back of the lawn.
Jack's Mannequin, a southern California-based pop rock band, opened the show. Maybe you've heard their recent single, "The Mixed Tape." While most of frontman Andrew McMahon's stage banter is not fit to publish, suffice it to say he was glad to be in Cary, despite the bleeping hot weather.
Jack's Mannequin will return to the area Oct. 2 when they play the N Club in Greensboro.
Labels: cary, concert review, koka booth amphitheatre, o.a.r.
Well, Ryan Adams is at it again.
After going all sorts of batshit on readers of Stereogum.com for questioning his songwriting process and artistic merit after announcing he was prepping another three albums (To which I say, good for you man. Put out all the damn records you want), the Raleigh ex-patriot has once again leapt to his keyboard — this time in defense of former New York Observer writer and sort-of socialite Jessica Joffe.
Celebrity gossip blogs Gawker and Jossip both posted items yesterday poking fun at Joffe for writing a cover story in the September issue of Glamour magazine and also appearing in an ad for Banana Republic on the back cover.
Gawker's post also took a stab at Adams, mocking up a faux ad and writing "Earn Parker Posey's sloppy seconds," a reference to Joffe's relationship with Adams, who had formerly dated Posey.
But Adams' comments go deeper than just defending Joffe — he seems to be trying to make a statement against gossip and snarkiness regarding celebrities in general.
Adams wrote:
I think it is very unfair to attempt to humiliate someone so obviously "not-asking for this" kind of thing. It is just cruel and meaningless. It adds nothing to the world and only invites harm to people who do not want to be harmed.
So what do you guys think? Does Adams make a good point or does someone just need to cut off his wi-fi connection?
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Video: The Avett Brothers, Bombadil & The Low Anth...
The Avett Brothers rock the Cradle for benefit sho...
A round up of Triangle New Year's Eve shows
Avett Brothers to play benefit at Cat's Cradle Wed...
Future Islands announces two-night stand in Raleig...
Holiday mp3: The Love Language - "Gsus" (demo)
Triangle Music's 2010 readers' poll results
Sharon Van Etten rolls out some 2011 dates, coming...
Kevin's top albums, EPs, concerts & songs of 2010
Video: Ben Folds performs "Gone" acapella with Str...
Justin's top albums, concerts & songs of 2010
Rocky Votolato & Matt Pond announce tour, coming t...
Allison's top albums, concerts & songs of 2010
The Mountain Goats, Veelee & Phil Cook bring tidin...
Stuart McLamb offers up his favorite local songs o...
Merge lands on practically every 2010 best of list...
New music from Tift Merritt - "Novel" & "Nineteen"...
Tennis announces 2011 tour dates, coming to Chapel...
The Rurual Alberta Advantage announces 2011 dates,...
Cadillac Sky announces 2011 tour dates, coming to ...
New music from The Mountain Goats - "Tyler Lambert...
New music from Ryan Adams - "Destroyers" & "The Bl...
Dex Romweber Duo announces a few dates, playing Du...
Elephant 6 announces 2011 Holiday Surprise tour, c...
Big Star's 'Third' comes to life at the Cat's Crad...
The Get Up Kids taking new album on tour, coming t...
Jukebox the Ghost get goofy at the Casbah
Against Me! announces 2011 dates, coming to Carrbo...
New music from Wye Oak - "Civilian"
Holiday mp3: Toad the Wet Sprocket - "It Doesn't F...
Megafaun set for two nights at Kings Barcade
Punch Brothers announce 2011 dates, coming to Rale...
Lonnie Walker plays some new songs for Daytrotter
Wild Nothing announces tour with Abe Vigoda, comin...
Ted Leo announces solo tour, coming to Chapel Hill...
Album Review: Jesse Payne - Nesting
Holiday mp3s: Best Coast & Wavves, Crystal Antlers...
James and Ben Taylor announce 2011 dates, coming t...
Album Review: Fran Healy - Wreckorder
Wye Oak announce 2011 tour, coming back to Chapel ...
Arcade Fire (and Merge) pick up three Grammy nomin...
December line-up of Local Band Local Beer at Tir N...
Rooney announces tour with Eisley, coming to Carrb...
Video: The Avett Brothers, Bombadil & The Low Anthem at Cat's Cradle
Photo by Allison Hussey
We've got one more post about the Avett Brothers to close out the year. I've said it before a number of times and I'll say it again, I love YouTube. I've put together a series of videos which hit the site over the last few days which covers most of the Avetts set from the Cat's Cradle Wednesday night. The videos below are in the order of set list, which you can see at our review HERE.
Also, below all the Avett videos, there are two videos of Bombadil, "Honeymoon" and a new song which the YouTube user has dubbed "Awkward." There is also two videos of The Low Anthem, "To the Ghosts Who Write History Books" and "Home I'll Never Be."
Also, for all you hardcore Avett fans who also happen to have Sirius XM satellite radio, the band's New Year's Eve concert tonight from Asheville will be broadcast on Sirius channel 18 or XM channel 45. So rock out with the band from wherever as you ring in the new year.
Labels: bombadil, carrboro, cat's cradle, the avett brothers, the low anthem, video
The Avett Brothers rock the Cradle for benefit show
Christmas came again for a few hundred Avett Brothers fans. Wednesday night's hottest ticket was undoubtedly The Avett Brothers, who quickly sold out Cat's Cradle for a last-minute show benefiting The Methodist Home for Children and the Carolina Farm Stewardship.
Ramseur Records announced the show around midnight on Monday, and tickets were gone within a half hour when they went on sale Tuesday morning. Several of those who weren't lucky enough to get tickets huddled outside of the venue before the show, hoping for a deal. Those who got in were treated to a perfect storm of a show — a fantastic way to warm up, enjoy some great music, and support good causes at the same time.
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Labels: bombadil, carrboro, cat's cradle, concert review, the avett brothers, the low anthem
New Year's Eve is almost here and if you don't have plans already, we're here to let you know about the music-related happenings that will be going on in the Triangle on Friday night.
There's always the biggest event in the Triangle which is First Night in downtown Raleigh. Donna the Buffalo will ring in the new year at midnight and Holy Ghost Tent Revival and Mandolin Orange will also play earlier sets.
There's also Arrogance at the Cat's Cradle and The Moaners and Veelee at the Nightlight in Chapel Hill. Tons of other shows will be going on as well. Check out the list below, broken down by city.
Labels: carrboro, Chapel Hill, durham, new year's eve, Raleigh, upcoming
Avett Brothers to play benefit at Cat's Cradle Wednesday night
The Avett Brothers have just announced what is sure to be an event of epic proportions. The group will play a benefit concert this Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Cat's Cradle with The Low Anthem and Bombadil.
Not only is this show a rarity in that you will likely not see the Avetts play such a small capacity club any time soon again, but because Durham's Bombadil has been on a live show hiatus since June 2009 due to tendonitis in Daniel Michalak's hand.
Labels: bombadil, carrboro, cat's cradle, the avett brothers, the low anthem, upcoming
Future Islands announces two-night stand in Raleigh
Photo by Abram Sanders
Kings in downtown Raleigh is really digging booking bands for two-night stands right now. We told you a few weeks ago about Megafaun's two nights there on January 21 and 22 and American Aquarium will follow with shows on January 28 and 29.
Now former North Carolina band Future Islands who now call Baltimore home, will play two nights at Kings on March 3 and 4. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat will open both shows and tickets will be $10 in advance via etix. They should be on sale soon.
Future Islands' latest album In Evening Air landed at number fifteen on our 2010 readers' poll best albums list. Download the song "Walking Through That Door" from the album below.
Labels: future islands, kings, mp3, Raleigh, tour, upcoming
It's Christmas Eve, but it's certainly not too late for another holiday song, especially when it's a groovy little tune from The Love Language. According to a post on the band's blog, Stu and BJ Burton both wrote and recorded a full demo of the song "Gsus" on Wednesday and Thursday.
The rest of the band is not on the track, but there are some voicemail messages featuring their voices during the last half of the track. The last voice heard is the band's manager Geoffrey Sawyer.
Download the track below and have a groovy holiday.
Labels: holiday mp3, mp3, the love language
After crunching the numbers, we now have the results of our 2010 Triangle Music readers' poll. Breakout British group Mumford & Sons grabbed the top spot with their debut album Sigh No More.
Wilco's big show at the Durham Performing Arts Center in March grabbed the top concert of the year nod, which you may remember, set a record at the venue for the fastest sellout ever, though there was a little controversy over that claim.
And this year, for the first time, we included songs in our readers' poll. Cee Lo Green's brilliantly offensive pop tune "Fuck You" was the top song (it also made each of our writer's lists). You can stream all ten of the top songs below or check out the iTunes mix including all of the songs HERE.
Labels: best of 2010, cee lo green, mumford and sons, readers' poll, wilco
Sharon Van Etten rolls out some 2011 dates, coming to Raleigh
Photo by Kevin Norris
Phenomenal up-and-coming singer songwriter Sharon Van Etten, who released her sophomore album Epic in September, is gearing up for some new shows in 2011.
After touring Europe opening for The National in late February and early march, Van Etten will return to the states to play Kings Barcade in Raleigh on Friday, March 11. Ticket info and other details are not available yet, but we'll keep you posted.
[UPDATE: Tickets for the show are $8 in advance are available now via etix.]
Labels: kings, mp3, Raleigh, sharon van etten, tour, upcoming
Another year is almost over and like my cohorts, it's time to look back at the bounty of great music released.
Superchunk returned with quite possibly there best album ever, Arcade Fire defied expectations once again, the Ben Folds/Nick Hornby collaboration was well worth the long wait and locals The Love Language and Chatham County Line soared to new heights, both sonically and in songwriting.
I won't get into every album, EP, concert and song I've picked, but the common thread amongst them all is solid songwriting and melodies, which is what drives me, no matter the genre.
Labels: best of 2010, superchunk
Video: Ben Folds performs "Gone" acapella with Street Corner Symphony
If you've never seen the singing competition show "The Sing-Off," you're missing out, because it's the only singing competition show on television worth watching. The show pits acapella groups against each other and most of them are quite good.
The big draw of the show is that Ben Folds is one of the three judges. Last night, the second season ended and a winner was crowned, but one of the highlights of the show was Ben Folds' stepping on stage to perform his song "Gone" with fellow Nashvillians and show contestants Street Corner Symphony. Folds got animated and hammed it up for the crowd since he was not kept stationary having to sit behind a piano.
Watch the performance below and if you're so inclined, you can watch all of season two of "The Sing-Off" on Hulu.
Labels: ben folds, street corner symphony, the sing-off, video
At this time last year, I was anticipating the next year in music more than any other before. Broken Social Scene, The Hold Steady, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, and John Darnielle all released new music this year. These were the musicians the guided my journey from the classical music realm to college radio, but none of them had quite the impact on me today as they did then.
What (pleasantly) surprises me the about this list is that before 2010, I hadn’t heard many of these artists. I felt like every week I was discovering something I liked every week this year. That made this year’s list particularly difficult to compile and there are a ton of artists I would love to mention, but simply don’t have the space to.
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Labels: best of 2010, justin townes earle
Rocky Votolato & Matt Pond announce tour, coming to Carrboro
Folky pop singer songwriters Rocky Votolato and Matt Pond are teaming up in 2011 for a co-headlining solo tour. Both released new albums in 2010, True Devotion by Votolato and The Dark Leaves by Matt Pond PA.
The tour will bring the two to the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Saturday, March 12. Tickets are on sale now via etix for $10.
Stream the song "Red River" from True Devotion and check out the music video for "Remains" from The Dark Leaves below.
Labels: matt pond, rocky votolato
I'll be honest, I didn't listen to a ton of new music this year. Nonetheless, 2010 still had some great releases that will stick around as favorites for a long time.
I could easily have picked one song from each of my favorite albums for my top songs, but I'll pick some off of my "honorable mentions" that didn't quite make it.
Stay tuned as more best of 2010 lists will be hitting the blog each day this week. The readers' poll is open until Thursday, December 23 at noon (vote HERE if you haven't already).
Labels: best of 2010, punch brothers
The Mountain Goats, Veelee & Phil Cook bring tidings of comfort & joy to King's
Attracted by a combination of charity, cake, booze, and King’s Barcade’s best lineup since Hopscotch, people packed in to go Brome for the Holidays.
The show opened up with a rare performance by Phil Cook’s one man band, Phil Cook and his Feat. Cook, with guitar in hand and a kick drum at his feet, was calm and patient in his set. His smooth guitar playing combine with his humble demeanor made his music all the more comforting.
When explaining the backstory behind how he first feel in love with the French Christmas carol “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella,” his excitement to share the music he loves most shone through.
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Labels: concert review, phil cook, the mountain goats, veelee
Stuart McLamb offers up his favorite local songs of 2010
Stuart McLamb, the mastermind of The Love Language, has named his favorite songs from the Triangle music scene in 2010. Not only did he pick his favorites, he's made a mixtape available for everyone to download dubbed For Lokals or Street Hitz: Vol. 2.
The download is not individual songs, but the entire list as one 45-minute mp3. Among the songs is "Month of May," not the Arcade Fire song, but a song by Love Language bassist Justin Rodermond's project Beach Body.
There are also songs by The Dirty Little Heaters, Gross Ghost, Last Year's Men, Veelee, Shit Horse and more. Check out the full list of songs below along with the download link.
Labels: best of 2010, gross ghost, last year's men, mp3, penname, the dirty little heaters, the love language, the moaners, veelee
Merge lands on practically every 2010 best of list, other locals get nods
It's been a great year for local music in the Triangle and easily one of the biggest, if not the biggest, ever for Durham-based record label Merge Records.
We've rounded up some of the lists from bigger publications as well as some of our favorites and they all feature Merge artists. Not surprisingly, the name that appears on every one is Arcade Fire and their latest album The Suburbs. It's great to see Superchunk's amazing album Majesty Shredding on numerous lists and The Love Language's Libraries even snuck in at the bottom of Amazon's list.
A few non-Merge, local, or partially local, artists made the lists as well. Gayngs' debut album Relayted made NME's list and Carolina Chocolate Drops' Genuine Negro Jig made NPR's.
Stay tuned as well roll out our lists as well as our readers' poll results next week.
Labels: best of 2010, merge records
New music from Tift Merritt - "Novel" & "Nineteen"
They're not holiday songs, but in the spirit of giving, Tift Merritt is offering up a pair of outtakes from her latest album See You On the Moon. The songs are the slow and somber "Novel" and the rocking ditty "Nineteen." Download the songs below.
Tift Merritt will be performing two nights at the Reynolds Theater at Duke University on January 21 and 22, which is the debut collaboration between her and acclaimed pianist Simone Dinnerstein. The two will be performing songs by Patty Griffin, Brad Mehldau, Philip Lasser, Jenny Scheinman and more. Tickets are available HERE for $32 or $38.
Labels: mp3, Tift Merritt
Tennis announces 2011 tour dates, coming to Chapel Hill
Colorado duo Tennis (who tour as a trio) have had a lot of changes since the band was last in the Triangle playing a house show at The Layabout in August. They've signed to Fat possum Records and will release their debut album Cape Dory on January 18.
They will hit the road in support of the album in 2011to support the release and will stop at Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Monday March 7. La Sera and Holiday Shores will open the show. Tickets will be on sale via etix soon for $10.
[UPDATE: Tennis have canceled their show at Local 506 due to illness. La Sera and Holiday Shores will still play and tickets are now just $7. Refunds are available at the point of purchase for those who want them.]
Labels: Chapel Hill, local 506, tennis, tour, upcoming
The Rurual Alberta Advantage announces 2011 dates, coming to Chapel Hill
Canadian trio The Rural Alberta Advantage are gearing up to release their second full-length album titled Departed on March 1 via Saddle Creek Records. The band will follow the release with an east coast/midwest tour.
The band will stop at Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Monday, March 14. Tickets for the show are $9 in advance and available now via etix.
Download the song "Stamp" from the new album via the widget below.
Labels: Chapel Hill, local 506, mp3, the rural alberta advantage, tour, upcoming
Cadillac Sky announces 2011 tour dates, coming to Raleigh
Genre defying Texas string band Cadillac Sky are gearing up for a busy 2011, continuing their ongoing tour supporting their 2010 album Letters in the Deep (check out our review of the album HERE).
The tour will stop at the Pour House in downtown Raleigh on Monday, February 7. Tickets are available now HERE for just $6, or $8 on the day of the show.
The band will also be playing two days, April 29 and 30, at Merlefest in Wilkesboro along with a plethora of other talented groups. Check out more on Merlefest HERE. Check out the music video for the song "Hangman" from Letters in the Deep below.
Labels: cadillac sky, music video, Raleigh, The Pour House, tour, upcoming
New music from The Mountain Goats - "Tyler Lambert's Grave"
Photo by Steven Dewall
Songwriter John Darnielle just released a new album with his duo The Extra Lens in October, but is also prepping his first Merge Records release with The Mountain Goats in early 2011. The album titled All Eternals Deck will be released on March 29.
The album was recoded all over the place including four songs with John Congleton in North Carolina, one with Brandon Eggleston in Boston, four with Scott Solter in Brooklyn and four with Erik Rutan (former Morbid Angel guitarist and Hate Eternal frontman) in Florida.
Darnielle posted a download of an outtake from the album via Twitter on December 13 titled "Tyler Lambert's Grave." The song is a fantastic somber piano tune accompanied by a cello. Download the song below where you'll also find the full All Eternals Deck track list.
Labels: kings, mp3, new album, Raleigh, the mountain goats, upcoming
New music from Ryan Adams - "Destroyers" & "The Blue Canoe"
Ryan Adams unleashed his two-disc collection of out-takes from the Easy Tiger sessions today, December 14, titled III/IV. The album features 21 tracks from that era.
He's released two songs for free that are not on the new release, "Destroyers" and "The Blue Canoe." Download both of those tracks below.
Pre-order copies of the CD and vinyl versions of the new release sold out quickly from Adams' online store, but they are supposed to be re-stocked soon. The album is available on iTunes and other online retailers as well.
Labels: mp3, ryan adams
[The poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Check out the results HERE.]
It's once again time to let your voice be heard in our annual Readers' Poll!
We're adding a new category this year, so in addition to your favorite albums and concerts we also want to know your favorite songs from 2010. Submit your ballot by noon on Thursday, December 23 and we'll post the results later that day. You can take the poll embedded after the jump, or click HERE to open the poll in a new window.
Labels: best of 2010, readers' poll
Dex Romweber Duo announces a few dates, playing Durham & Raleigh
Photo by Camellia Morton
The baddest rockabilly duo around these parts, the Dex Romweber Duo, have a few southern shows scheduled for the rest of 2010 and early 2011, and if you never seen this pair of siblings rock, it's time you do (check out photos and a review of their 2009 show at Duke Gardens HERE).
They'll be playing Motorco Music Hall in Durham on Friday, December 17 with Dynamite Brothers and Venables. Tickets are just $7 in advance HERE.
Then they'll head to downtown Raleigh to play The Pour House on Saturday, January 15. They're playing with The Detroit Cobras, Charlie Louvin and the Smoking Guns and 1-10's.
Labels: dexter romweber duo, durham, motorco music hall, Raleigh, The Pour House, tour, upcoming
Elephant 6 announces 2011 Holiday Surprise tour, coming to Raleigh
The Elephant 6 collective featuring a wide variety of seasoned, indie rock veterans, will revive their Holiday Surprise tour in 2011. They first took the show on the road in 2008, and will do it once again from February 24 to March 26, 2011.
The tour will feature Bill Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, Julian Koster, Scott Spillane, Andrew Rieger, Laura Carter, Derek Almstead, Heather McIntosh, Bryan Poole, Theo Hilton, Robbie Cucchiaro and more. In addition to music, their will also be screenings of short films as well as games led by Julian Koster.
The last stop on the tour will be at Kings Barcade in Raleigh on Saturday, March 26. Tickets are on sale now via etix for $10.
Labels: bill cullen hart, bill doss, elephant 6, john fernandes, julian koster, kings, peter erchick, Raleigh, scott spillane, tour, upcoming
Big Star's 'Third' comes to life at the Cat's Cradle
All photos by Kevin Norris
A truly magical event took place Thursday night at the Cat's Cradle. A large crowd gathered at the Carrboro club to see the world premiere performance of the fully orchestra classic album Third / Sister Lovers by Big Star.
With Chris Stamey at helm, a band consisting of Big Star's own Jody Stephens, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, an Ari Picker conducted orchestra and guest vocalists galore, the show was not only a celebration of the amazing music of Big Star, but of the Triangle music scene.
Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony served as master of ceremonies and opened the show with the somber "Nature Boy." The full band came out and launched into the rocker "Kizza Me," and the show rocked on from there.
Labels: big star, carrboro, cat's cradle, chris stamey, concert review, django haskins, lost in the trees, megafaun, mike mills, mitch easter, photos, the rosebuds
The Get Up Kids taking new album on tour, coming to Carrboro
The Kansas rockers of The Get Up Kids are prepping their first new full-length album in seven years titled There Are Rules. The album will be out January 25 and will be accompanied by a tour that will keep them busy through mid-March.
The tour will bring the band to the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro Sunday, February 27. Miniature Tigers and Brian Bonz will open the show. Tickets for the show will be $18 and go on sale Thursday, December 16 via etix.
[UPDATE: Miniature Tigers had to cancel their set opening for The Get Up Kids because of van troubles. Local pop rockers I Was Totally Destroying It will now open the show.]
Labels: carrboro, cat's cradle, the get up kids, tour, upcoming
It was another chilly night in the Triangle Wednesday night, but for the small crowd that gathered at the Casbah in Durham, the night was warmed by the power pop sounds of Jukebox the Ghost.
The trio was in a goofy mood when they took the stage. Guitarist and singer Tommy Siegel noted right away that he hit his head on the speakers before coming on stage which may have caused him to forget the lyrics to "The Stars." The charming, nonsensical banter continued throughout the night and fit right in with the band's easygoing pop sound.
The band played songs from their latest sophomore album Everything Under the Sun, released earlier this year via Yep Roc Records, as well as songs from their previous record which really got a small group of hardcore fans incredibly excited.
Labels: casbah, concert review, durham, jukebox the ghost, photos
Against Me! announces 2011 dates, coming to Carrboro
Photo by Autumn de Wilde
Alternative punk rockers Against Me! are gearing up for a busy 2011 out supporting their latest album White Crosses. In February, the band will hit the road opening for punk superstars Dropkick Murphys, but before that, they'll criss-cross the U.S. on their own.
The third date of the tour will be at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Tuesday, January 18. Cheap Girls and Fences will open the show. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 10 via etix for $12.
Check out the music video for "Teenage Anarchist" which shows a young guy getting chased and wailed on by police.
Labels: against me, carrboro, cat's cradle, tour, upcoming
Baltimore duo Wye Oak are getting ready to unleash their third full-length album on March 8, 2011 via Merge Records titled Civilian. The album is their first not fully produced and mixed by the band on their own. They brought in John Congleton (who has worked with The Polyphonic Spree, The Walkmen and St. Vincnet among others) to mix the album.
Download the somber, yet explosive title track from Civilian below where you'll also find the complete track list.
Wye Oak announced a tour a few weeks ago which will be stopping at Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Saturday, March 12. Lower Dens will open the show and tickets are available now via etix for $8.
Labels: mp3, new album, tour, wye oak
Holiday mp3: Toad the Wet Sprocket - "It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas"
Here's another song for you to add to your holiday playlist if you're so inclined. It's from Glen Phillips and his pop rock comrades who call themselves Toad the Wet Sprocket. It's a melancholy little tune called "It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas." Click the link below to download the song.
Check out previous holiday mp3s we've posted by clicking HERE and stay tuned for more to come.
Toad the Wet Sprocket - "It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas" (mp3 link)
Labels: holiday mp3, mp3, toad the wet sprocket
Local unclassifiable trio Megafaun recently spent about two and a half weeks up in Wisconsin with local engineer extraordinaire BJ Burton laying down tracks for for 17 songs which will make up their next album.
If that's not exciting enough, they're now gearing up for a two-night stand in January in downtown Raleigh at Kings Barcade. The band will play January 21 and 22, a Friday and Saturday night at the club. Ticket info is not available yet, but we'll certainly keep you posted.
Labels: cloudlines, kings, megafaun, Raleigh, the tender fruit, upcoming
Punch Brothers announce 2011 dates, coming to Raleigh
The Punch Brothers seem to really love the Triangle. They were just here in November playing a packed, two encore show at the Cat's Cradle (check out photos and a review HERE), and they're already coming back.
The string quintet will play the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh on Friday, February 18. Ticket info is not available yet, but we'll certainly keep you posted.
Tickets for the show will go on sale on Saturday, December 18 via etix for $20.
If you've never never seen Punch Brothers live, you don't want to miss it. The band will blow your socks off. Check out a video below of the band performing Radiohead's "2+2=5" for radio station WNRN in August.
Labels: lincoln theatre, punch brothers, Raleigh, tour, upcoming, video
So many of the best bands in the Triangle have stopped by Daytrotter now, I've lost count, but today, spastic rockers Lonnie Walker have joined the ranks.
The band performed two songs from their debut album These Times Old Times, "Compass Comforts" and "Grape Juice." They guys also performed two new songs "Love Turn," recently released on a split 7" with Future Islands, and "Teenage Poem."
Go HERE to download or stream the session.
[Thanks anonymous commenter.]
Labels: daytrotter, lonnie walker, mp3
Wild Nothing announces tour with Abe Vigoda, coming to Greensboro
Spacey Viriginia rockers Wild Nothing will hit the road in 2011 with the Los Angeles band who goes by the name of 89-year-old actor Abe Vigoda. The month long trek won't hit the Triangle, but will be just down I-40 in the Triad.
The pair will play Guilford College in Greensboro on Wednesday, February 9. Details about the show are not available right now, but we'll keep you posted.
[UPDATE: The show will be FREE and is being put on by WQFS, Guildford College's student radio station. It's all ages and open to the public. The exact location is still TBA.]
Labels: abe vigoda, greensboro, guilford college, tour, upcoming, wild nothing
Ted Leo announces solo tour, coming to Chapel Hill
Indie troubadour usually hits the road as a trio with his band The Pharmacists, but this winter, he'll be heading out on his own. While he usually plays the Cat's Cradle with his band, he'll be playing a much smaller venue on this tour.
Leo will rock Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Saturday, February 5. Tickets are on sale now via etix for $10.
So get ready to get up close and personal with the singer-songwriter. His latest album, The Brutalist Bricks, was released in March via Matador Records. Check out a video of a solo performance of the song "One Polaroid a Day" from his latest album below.
Labels: Chapel Hill, local 506, ted leo, tour, upcoming, video
On his fourth album, Nesting, Jesse Payne sounds like he wants to cozy up to and spend a little one-on-one time with his listeners.
Nesting is full of warm and gentle rock often composed of several layers. Multiple vocal lines intertwine frequently and give the songs a rich sound.
The vocals are used in an instrumental fashion and blended into the mix thus the lyrics take a backseat. Half of them are difficult to decipher.
Labels: album review, jesse payne
Holiday mp3s: Best Coast & Wavves, Crystal Antlers, Guster & more
Here's a boatload of free holiday songs bundled together in a digital album called The Christmas Gig. The music is from Target of all places and includes some groovy little tunes from Crystal Antlers, Guster, Coconut Records, a collaboration between Best Coast and Wavves and more. Check out the full track list below.
You may have heard clips of a few of these songs in Target's holiday commercials that are currently airing all over the place. Go HERE to download the album which is totally free. You don't even have to fork over your email address which is a bit surprising. Enjoy.
Labels: best coast, bishop allen, coconut records, crystal antlers, darker my love, guster, holiday mp3, mp3, wavves
James and Ben Taylor announce 2011 dates, coming to Raleigh
One of North Carolina's most well-known exports, Mr. James Taylor, is preparing to the hit the road in 2011 with his son and songwriter Ben Taylor by his side.
Taylor has played much bigger venues in the Triangle in the past, but this time he'll be playing the just over 2,200 to 2,300 seat Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh. The show will be on Saturday, March 26. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 10 at 10 a.m. via the venue box office or Ticketmaster for $77.40 to $98. A pre-sale begins on JamesTaylor.com on Monday, December 6 at 11 a.m.
He won't be playing this at the show in March, but 'tis the season, so stream the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" below which is from his 2006 holiday album James Taylor at Christmas.
Labels: ben taylor, james taylor, memorial auditorium, Raleigh, tour, upcoming
Fran Healy is the principle songwriter of the Scottish band Travis, so it's no surprise that the songs his debut solo album sound as though they could have easily been included on a new album from the band.
The difference is the lack of the supporting players in Travis, notably the shimmering guitars Andy Dunlop, which leaves the arrangements on Wreckorder sparser, warmer and very moody.
Healy pulled some famous friends in to contribute to the album. "Sing Me To Sleep" is a stunning duet with Neko Case. The truly big guns come out on "As It Comes," which features a groovy bass line by none other than Sir Paul McCartney.
Labels: album review, fran healy
Wye Oak announce 2011 tour, coming back to Chapel Hill
Photo by Matthew Yake
The Baltimore duo Wye Oak seem to really love the Triangle, because they seem to pop up every three or four months in Chapel Hill or Carrboro. After hitting the road as the opening act for The Decemberists in February, the band will head out off a headlining tour.
They'll play Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Saturday, March 12. Fellow Baltimore band Lower Dens will open the show. Tickets are available now via etix for $8.
Wye Oak's latest release is the EP My Neighbor / My Creator, released earlier this year. When the band opened for Lou Barlow at the Cat's Cradle, they played some new songs from their forthcoming album which will hopefully see the light of day sometime in 2011. Check out a review and photos from that show here.
Labels: Chapel Hill, local 506, mp3, tour, upcoming, wye oak
Arcade Fire (and Merge) pick up three Grammy nominations
The 2011 Grammy nominees were announced on Wednesday night and it ended up being a good night for the Arcade Fire, and in turn, Merge Records.
Arcade Fire picked up their third consecutive nomination for Best Alternative Album for The Suburbs. They were nominated for the same award in 2005 and 2008 for Funeral and Neon Bible. This year, they'll be up against Band of Horses, The Black Keys, Broken Bells and Vampire Weekend.
The band picked up one of the big nominations this year as well. The Suburbs is nominated for Album of the Year up against pop chart mainstays Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
Labels: arcade fire, grammy, merge records
December line-up of Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog
It's the final month of Local Band Local Beer shows at Tir Na Nog in 2010, and things are going to get starting with a band.
On Thursday, December 2, Annuals and The Light Pines will play the free show at the downtown Raleigh club. Raleigh Denim will also be on hand, giving away a few pairs of their designer jeans. What more incentive do you need to go to a free show?
None of the other December Local Band Local Beer shows have been announced yet which is odd. Stay tuned, because we'll update this post once the rest of the schedule is available. We'll post notices of updates via our Twitter account.
Labels: annuals, local beer local band, Raleigh, the light pines, tir na nog, upcoming
Rooney announces tour with Eisley, coming to Carrboro
Good time, California pop band Rooney are gearing up for a run of dates in early 2011 to support their latest album Eureka and will be bringing the Texas family pop band Eisley along for the trip.
The tour will stop at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Saturday, February 19. Tickets for the show go on sale on Friday, December 3 via etix for $15.
Eureka is Rooney's first album since parting ways Geffen Records. Check out the feel good, roller skating music video for the song "I Can't Get Enough" below. If you're allergic to sugary pop, you've been warned.
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Would you prefer to be a new artist now or in 1996 before the Internet?
01 Sep Would you prefer to be a new artist now or in 1996 before the Internet?
Posted at 06:30h in News by Michael McGlynn 0 Comments
I’m writing this to you, the young musician, producer, singer, instrumentalist, songwriter. I’m writing this to you because everything else you read on social media about the music industry is all doom and gloom, and it’s simply not true. I’m writing this to give you hope. I’m writing this to show you that now is a great time to chase your dreams, become an artist, release your music and spread your message to the world. And the world needs to hear what you have to say now more than ever.
You’ve heard the stories. Someone has tens of millions of streams on Spotify and gets paid only a few thousand dollars. Record sales are plummeting. There’s hundreds of memes dissing the current crop of artists like “I hope the next trend in music is talent”. Artists are being ripped off left, right and centre, and new acts are being drowned out by all the other new acts pushing their songs on social media. Facebook has changed it’s algorithms to make it harder for bands to reach their target audiences. We’re told that back in the good old days before the internet came along (with its illegal downloads, streaming and social media) all you needed was talent and hard work and you got noticed, signed and made a ton of money and fans.
I think it’s time to tell it as I see it from my perspective – that it’s a great time in history to be be a new artist, with almost limitless possibilities. We live in a highly connected world, and we no longer require the approval of a few gatekeepers to have a career – we only need the approval of the music fans.
I decided to ask a bunch of my friends who are experts in their field one simple question : Do you think it’s a better time to be a new artist now in 2016, or twenty years ago in 1996 before the internet?
The people I asked cover many facets of the industry – artists both new and established, producers, managers, engineers, songwriters. Each of them gave thoughtful and comprehensive responses and gave some fascinating insights. At the end of this blog is a link to each of their answers in full.
These are the people I spoke to :
Cam Nacson – Lead singer of MOZA, songwriter and performer
Carmen Smith – Singer-songwriter, vocalist (Jess Mauboy, Guy Sebastian)
Ciaran Gribbin – Songwriter (Madonna, deadmau5, Paul Oakenfield), Lead Singer (INXS)
Correne Wilkie – Manager of The Cat Empire, Harry James Angus
Eden Martin – Producer, Mixer, Programmer (Bjork, Gwen Stefani, Muse, P Diddy)
L-FRESH THE LION – leading Australian hiphop artist
Luke Escombe – Comedian, singer-songwriter, creator of The Vegetable Plot
Mark Gable – Lead singer of The Choirboys
Tommy Fleming – Multi-platinum selling Irish singer
William Bowden – Grammy Award winning mastering engineer (Gotye, The Living End)
THE INTERNET – A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
There’s no doubt that the Internet has been the number one game changer in the music industry in the last twenty years. It has created a centralised hub for so many branches of the business that were previously scattered, and sometimes hard for the young musician to access – production, marketing, distribution, retail, mastering, manufacturing, PR, statistical analysis, the press and media, keeping in contact with fans and peers. Now it’s all there at the swipe of a finger or the press of a button. Most of us haven’t bought a CD from a record store in a few years now because most of us stream a good chunk of our music through sites like Youtube, Spotify, Apple Music and Soundcloud. The changes to how we consume music have been immeasurable. It’s simply a completely different landscape in so many ways.
So is this beneficial for a new or independent artist looking to make a career out of their music?
William Bowden : “I think it’s fair to say though, that Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know broke many ‘industry’ preconceptions. It didn’t have a huge record company behind it, it didn’t have a promotional budget, it showed for once what the people wanted – a good song and a good video. Simple really!”
Tommy Fleming : “My Friend and producer Mike Moran who has worked with artists like Queen, Freddie Mercury, Elaine Paige and myself, recognises that compared with twenty years ago, it is much easier for artists to kick start their career. Where twenty years ago, aspiring artists would rely on corporate bigwigs to listen to their demo disc, the internet has put some power back in their artist’s hands. Thanks to the internet, musicians and singers now have more control over their own fates.”
Eden Martin : “In terms of being a creative artist, I think now is an incredibly exciting and much better time than 20 years ago. The tools that are available for you to create your art are numerous, easily available and relatively easy to master the technology that enables you to record and mix your material.”
Cam Nacson : “My first ever radio single “Crazy Kids” was for the most part recorded in my bedroom on GarageBand, free software that came with my Mac. Every week I get to collaborate with and write music and vocals for so many different artists around the world without having to leave my living room.”
Correne Wilke : “The internet has made it possible to have an international career with far greater ease than 20 years ago. Borders and boundaries are invisible in the virtual world, and it is as easy for your music to be discovered by someone in Russia as it is for someone in your home town.”
L-FRESH THE LION : “The Internet is such a powerful tool to utilize to help shape an artists’ career. The Internet means that an artist can do that on their own. They can begin to shape their own careers on their own terms.”
Everything is certainly not perfect now – there are undoubtedly pitfalls for the new artist now, and artists have to be smarter than ever.
Carmen Smith : “The web has opened us up to the world but personally I think the fact that everything is at your fingertips, breeds a very fickle audience who move on very quickly so it is much harder to have long lasting fans.”
Eden Martin : “In terms of making money from your art, I feel the odds can be even more stacked against you than 20 years ago. Sure, you are able to put your music online very easily to reach people on a global level that you would have needed a major distribution company/label behind you to achieve in the past, and some new independent artists are reporting that they are getting paid fairly and regularly from streaming services such as Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music etc, but you don’t have to search very hard to find stories about major artists pulling their catalogs from these platforms over unfair royalty distribution.”
Correne Wilkie : “Where 20 years ago people bought albums and became fans of bands and albums, the music consumption methods these days see people listening to individual songs, and not necessarily associating them with albums or indeed the bands/artists who created them. Fans don’t identify themselves with bands with the same fervour they once did. They tend to “follow” and “like” whats trending, and then move on…This makes it much harder to build a loyal and large fan base. It makes it harder to hold a listeners attention.”
Weighing it all up, I’m super excited about the opportunities for young artists in 2016 – we now live in a world where you can make professional quality recordings on your laptop at home, upload it to social media for free, and, if it’s fresh and new, wake up the next morning with thousands of new fans. And you own your career. What a great time to dream.
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM – HOW MUCH DO STREAMING SERVICES PAY YOU?
In case you think that tens of millions of streams only equals a tiny amount – a couple of thousand dollars, then think again. Sydney singer-songwriter Cam Nacson makes $750-$1000 per month from Spotify alone, which isn’t bad for a bunch of records made almost entirely in his bedroom. And let’s not forget that before Spotify came along people were still streaming his music online, only he wasn’t making a cent.
Cam Nacson : “There have been a few articles going around lately about various artists & bands being ripped off by streaming services like Spotify. These artists claim they’ve only been receiving paychecks in the thousands of dollars, when they’ve been streamed millions of times. Let me put this to rest… want all your money? Stay independent. The highest profile artist making this complaint is Taylor Swift, who is signed to a major label and no doubt countless other contracts. All these people take their cut, as per their contracts. For myself, on average my music gets streamed about 100K times a month. For that I get paid between $750-$1000 per month and because I’m independent and I release my music through TuneCore who only take a small $30-$70 annual fee per release, I get 100% of that money. That money then goes straight back into the music.”
This calculator from Time Magazine is cool and worth checking out (click on the image to go to the calculator) :
What we learn from this calculator is that there is serious money to be made from streaming – millions of dollars in fact for the top artists. Add to that actual purchases of the music, other streaming services, touring, APRA and other royalties, sync placements if you can get them and merchandise, and you can be earning a pretty healthy amount of money. Sure we can debate how that compares to other industries and whether musicians get financially rewarded enough, but let’s face it – if you’re reading this you probably didn’t go into making music for money did you? You don’t choose to play music and pursue it with all your passion – it chooses you. Most artists want more than anything to connect with fans. Fans from all over the world.
One of the tracks I produced for Little May called Boardwalks has been streamed on Spotify alone over 25 million times. That’s a band of three (albeit amazingly talented) girls from Sydney reaching millions around the world via the internet, and it could happen to you too.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE BACK IN 1996 FOR NEW ARTISTS?
Like now, there were a bunch of major labels and a bunch of smaller indie labels. Street press was king – everyone wanted to have an article in the local music papers. There was a show on the ABC called Recovery which showcased primarily local Australian talent. CDs had taken over from vinyl and cassettes, but only recently. Home studios were basic and sound quality was only just starting to become truly professional. Computers were not the preferred recording format of studios – it was still dominated by analogue tape and digital multitrack machines such as the ADAT.
So if you were a new artist in 1996 you had to spend a bucketload of money to record in a studio, press CDs, hope you got a record deal, court the media, get a manager, hit up radio and build a fan base live.
Correne Wilkie : “In the early days of THE CAT EMPIRE, we had to spend thousands of dollars on going to new markets, and just blindly hope people would come out to see the band. Bands don’t have to do that anymore.”
If you didn’t have a label behind you, you were basically dead in the water – there really was no other way of reaching a huge audience and creating millions of new fans. You could certainly argue that the record labels were a form of quality control – filtering out the crap so that the music fans only heard the good stuff, but I’d argue that there would have been hundreds, if not thousands of bands that were amazing that we never got to hear because of the fickle nature of personal taste. This worked great for the chosen few, the ones who the tastemakers of the time deemed worthy. But not so well for thousands of bands and solo artists. Check out Frank Zappa’s brilliant summation of this here.
William Bowden : “Having a platinum selling album in the 90’s would have bought you more houses and sports cars than today. However back then the record company would have taken the lion’s share of whatever the artist earned.”
Ciaran Gribbin : “Before the internet, recording studios, record companies, record stores, CD manufacturing and sales of music was big business, but that didn’t mean that the musician and artist were making lots of money. Sadly this model wasn’t set up to benefit the musician or artist, however a lot of record industry people seemed to do OK out of this model. I know plenty of bands and artists including myself that signed deals with labels in the old model and basically all that happened was the artist went into debt to the label and spent the future trying to pay back the debt… most acts I know made no money and gave up trying to pay back the debt. “
WHAT HASN’T CHANGED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS?
In some respects the internet, and technology more broadly, has completely changed the music industry. Interestingly most of the people I spoke to looked at it from a different perspective – it seems that the core of what it takes to succeed remains untouched .
Luke Escombe : “It’s easy to feel like the internet changed everything, but ultimately the essence of being an artist remains the same as it has always been. You take your passion and experience, your fears and desires, your love and inspiration and all your expertise and pour it diligently into a piece of work, then you present that work to other human beings in whatever way you can, with courage, heart, humility and reverence. The tools may change, and the means by which you reach your audience may change, but the internal process of an artist like Kendrick Lamar is probably not so different to that of William Shakespeare. Picture them at work in a split screen image for a second. You’ll see two guys in deep concentration, staring at a page and writing rhymes. That’s the essence.”
Correne Wilkie : “At the end of the day, at least from where I sit, it’s actually still all about the music. Great music does always find it’s audience, and the internet makes it even easier for that to happen, globally.”
William Bowden : “What I would say though is that in whatever decade you are born into, there is no substitute for hard work. I would say success – and let’s not even get into a definition of what THAT is – is enjoyed by talented people who work like dogs. They try a lot of things before anything that the public sees. They have many many failures and as a result they learn something more deeply.”
L-FRESH THE LION : “At the end of the day, an artists’ number one focus should be to make great music. That’s the foundation right there.”
Mark Gable : “I know more talented people, who have greater talent than those who make the big time. They will never see the light of day because they will not put themselves in the line of fire. So, then or now? No difference, if they are prepared to suffer in any environment they will sooner or later shine.”
The quality of what you produce is still key and that includes your music, artwork, videos, social media presence, branding and promotion. There are always going to be haters, and there will always be people who will either willingly or unconsciously try to take you down. Make your music and everything surrounding it undeniable.
IT’S A GREAT TIME TO BE A NEW ARTIST
The music industry is vibrant, evolving, exciting and full of creative and passionate people who believe in the power of great music to bring change to people’s lives. Be a part of it if that’s your passion.
Music can bring sadness or euphoria, laughter or tears, escapism or self-reflection. It can sometimes bring all at once.
Luke Escombe : Music is alive and well in 2016, and for those who have tuned out, I encourage you to tune back in. Any time is a good time to be a new artist. New is a state of mind, you can be new whenever you want, just throw out your old ideas and start fresh. The world is constantly moving. Wake with the sunrise and get to work.
So back to the question : Would you prefer to be a new artist now or in 1996 before the internet? If you’d like to read all the answers in full click here – everyone had a unique perspective on the question, and all the answers are worth a read, and I’d like to thank each of them for their thoughtful contributions.
I’d like my friend L-FRESH THE LION to sum up :
“Now or 1996? I would prefer now. The Internet is such a powerful tool. To know that I can put out music, and it reach audiences locally and globally is powerful. Who would have thought that an aspiring artist from South West Sydney would have people all the way in the UK listening to his music?”
Thanks for reading this and I’d love to know your thoughts too so feel free to comment. Peace.
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An Update from the Walkers Autumn 2011
"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High." Psalm 92:1
We trust this finds you all keeping well. We are doing fine here. It has been raining everyday for a number of weeks so there is mould and mud everywhere! The upside is that the temperatures are cooler, around 23°C.
This month and next Judith is sitting the IGCSE and A level exams in Panama City, so we have been going back and forth for her to do those. We thank the Lord for his protection on the roads as we have seen many accidents on our travels.
From 1-15th October the Baseball World Cup competition was held in Panama. There were four main stadiums, Panama City, Aguadulce, Chitre & Santiago. We were able to deliver tracts to churches in the Panama City and Aguadulce for them to give out at the games and we were able to give out at some of the games here in Santiago. What an opportunity to give the written Word of God to people from all over the world, including China and Cuba! During the two weeks hundreds, if not thousands, of tracts were distributed. Please be praying for the 40,000 calendars for 2012 which are presently being shipped to us from Revival Movement in N. Ireland.
We praise the Lord that Ramona's foot is healing well. She is now receiving physiotherapy to help her walk again.
Please continue to pray for the Bible studies with Cesar & Chana, and Mariano, Median & family. Chana seems to understand and openly professed faith in Christ, but Cesar says he is a good person and that his faith in God is good enough for him. We also have a Bible study with Oliver & Magdalena. Magdalena's parents want them to continue to do all the sacraments of the main religion in Panama, and often pressure the family. Last night we showed the film "Fireproof" and the whole family came to watch including Magdalena's parents! This movie gives a clear understanding of the Gospel message. Please pray for a softening in Magdalena's parent's hearts.
Recently we have been looking for either a house to rent or a piece of land to buy so that we can build a meeting house on, in Atalaya. We feel the time is right to move the meetings from La Mina into the town itself because of the greater number of people who would be able to attend, and easier for many of the present believers to get to. Please pray that the Lord would guide us to the right property that would bring glory to Him.
Thank you for your continued interest and prayers for the Lord's work in Panama and for our family. We really do appreciate it.
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Clive, Hazel & Judith
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About Princess Doe
Thirty-seven years ago, the bludgeoned body of a teenage girl was found in a cemetery in the rural farm town of Blairstown, New Jersey. Her untimely death captured the hearts of the townspeople, who dubbed her "Princess Doe", and kept the rest ofthe nation on the edge of their seats waiting for a resolution that never came. To date, the case is still open, and Princess Doe remains as nameless and faceless as the day she was found. Who was she? And how did she end up here? Based on one of the saddest true unsolved crime stories in New Jersey's history, "The Untold Story of Princess Doe" begins two years before the young girl's untimely demise and discovery, creating a harrowing fictional account that gives a name and a story to a girl who has been anonymous for far too long.
Each year, hundreds of young girls go missing and are unaccounted for. This heartbreaking story is just one of many. Nearly thirty-seven years later, the question remains: Who is Princess Doe, and why has no one come forward to identify her?
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What is known about Princess Doe:
Discovery date of the body: Thursday, July 15th, 1982 ~ 8:00am
The body of Princess Doe was discovered by local cemetery maintenance workers on the
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below. The cemetery has been modified and expanded over the years so the exact location is difficult to pin point. We have used a photo comparison from 1982 and present day to come up with an excellent idea of where the body was found. There is an aerial image on the maps page that provides a good level of detail for where the body was found as well as where Princess Doe's grave is located. >>> More
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Brain-Twitter project offers hope to paralyzed patients
Adam Wilson posted two messages on Twitter on April 15. The first one, "GO BADGERS," might have been sent by any University of Wisconsin-Madison student cheering for the school team.
His second post, 20 minutes later, was a little more unusual: “SPELLING WITH MY BRAIN.” Wilson, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, was confirming an announcement he had made two weeks earlier — his lab had developed a way to post messages on Twitter using electrical impulses generated by thought. That’s right, no keyboards, just a red cap fitted with electrodes that monitor brain activity, hooked up to a computer flashing letters on a screen. Wilson sent the messages by concentrating on the letters he wanted to “type,” then focusing on the word “twit” at the bottom of the screen to post the message. The development could be a lifeline for people with “locked-in syndrome” — whose brains function normally but who cannot speak or move because of injury or disease. Wilson and his supervisor, Justin Williams, made the breakthrough last month after hearing a question posed on the radio. Watch how the new technology works » “Wouldn’t it be great if you could Twitter just by thinking about it” That query sparked what Williams called the “a-ha moment.”
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“We can do that,” said Williams, an assistant professor and the principal investigator at the lab in Madison, Wisconsin. “We can do that tomorrow.” In the end, it wasn’t quite “tomorrow,” Williams said, but Wilson had written the software to link existing technology with Twitter “within a couple of days” of starting on the project in March. He sent Williams his first “tweet” — or message — from the brain-computer interface on March 31. “I had set up my phone to get Twitter updates, and I walked in my door and got this message, and I knew it was really possible,” he told CNN by phone. “My wife was sitting there, and I showed her the message and she immediately got excited about it — and it’s rare that I come home from work and she gets excited about what I have been doing.” That’s because using the brain to post Twitter messages is potentially much more than an academic exercise or a party trick — it could help paralyzed people communicate.
Scientists warn of rapid-fire media dangers
Hawking a role model for ALS patients
“These are people who have ALS, like Stephen Hawking, or they have a brainstem stroke, or a high spinal-cord injury,” Williams explained. “There is nothing wrong with these people’s brains. It’s a normal person, locked into a lifeless, useless body.” (The British physicist Hawking has ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.) Hundreds of thousands of people suffer from locked-in syndrome, Williams estimated. Many of them want just the kind of ability the brain-Twitter project seems to offer, said Kevin Otto, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Purdue University in Indiana. “The interesting thing about this project is they are directly addressing some of the patient desires,” he said. “A lot of people think [locked-in patients] want to walk and want fancy prosthetics, but a lot of times what they want are bladder control and basic communication skills.” Otto, who was not involved in the University of Wisconsin project, called it “a very important incremental step to take two existing technologies and marry them together like this.” Williams had been working on brain-computer interface technology “for many years,” he told CNN, before the idea to use Twitter. “The technology we were developing was 10 or more years down the line, so we started wondering, ‘Is there something we can do now’ ” His lab at the University of Wisconsin — like those at Brown University, Purdue and the Wadsworth Center in Albany, New York, among others — is developing ways for locked-in people to communicate. Projects range from manipulating a cursor on a computer screen to operating a robotic arm, and they can include devices physically implanted into a brain. But the Twitter project has a lot of advantages, Williams said. “Twitter fits so many of our needs and patients’ capabilities,” he said. “Their first interest is in being able to communicate in a normal fashion, and at a distance.” Twitter is simpler than e-mail, he said. “If I am locked in and I want to e-mail someone, the format is all wrong. You have to be able to select recipients and group them, copy, paste, send. … We don’t think about that much as normal people, but it can become unmanageable. “Twitter takes care of all those things. They just have to get [the message] to a location where people can come and find it,” he said. Locked-in people communicating by tweet might have followers who don’t even realize they are disabled, Williams said. “Nobody’s going to notice that the person at the other end is disabled. They might not have any idea. And that might be very empowering for people,” he said.
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The interface is not unlike the method the French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby used to dictate his novel “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” — later turned into a movie — after a massive stroke left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid. Bauby’s caregivers recited letters of the alphabet; he blinked when he heard the one he wanted and they wrote them down. The brain-Twitter application flashes letters on a screen while the user, wearing a cap fitted with electrodes, concentrates on a letter. “When the letter that you are concentrating on flashes, we can pick that up,” Williams said. Williams declined to say how soon the interface could be available commercially, noting it has not yet been used by anyone with locked-in syndrome. “I’d hate to speculate about things being on the market,” he said. “Adam [Wilson] is going to graduate in May, and his next role is to start preclinical trials with subjects in New York and Germany.”
But Williams said he is excited about the development. “We were interested in seeing what we could do right now to help people,” he said. “The field has come far enough that we need to start getting to people in their homes.”
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Alternative Energy in the UAE: The Potential of Biofuels Sourced from Ras Al Khaimah Mangroves
Maxime Merheb, Rachel Matar, Milad Soleimani, John Marton, Kamel Abou Youssef, Rawad Hodeify, Nausheen Shafiq
By analyzing the abundant microorganisms in the naturally occurring mangroves of Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE, this policy paper discusses the feasibility of a future where the emirate invests in biofuels sourced from its mangroves as opposed to using conventional methods of fuel production and usage, which can have negative impacts on the environment and economy. It explores the successes and challenges of each phase of biofuel technology innovation, so that the previous trials and errors can help decision makers critically assess the potentials of utilizing biofuels in current technology as well as in future projects. This paper finds that currently it is possible to use the existing mangroves as a source of fungi for biofuel production, but more investment is needed to support industrial-level production. It concludes with policy recommendations for supporting future research, implementing long-term energy solutions that address the UAE’s environmental and economic concerns, and encouraging future leaders and innovators to think local in addressing global problems.
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Reviewed by James Zborowski.
Director Joss Whedon
Length 107 mins
Certificate 12A / PG-13
Filmmaking: 4 Personal enjoyment: 4
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Watching and trying to get to grips with Joss Whedon’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, one is presented with an interesting dilemma. Either this film is set in the present day - as its clothes, haircuts, cars, guns and occasional pieces of communication technology would suggest - yet peopled with characters who speak and think as though they were living about 400 years ago, or it is set about 400 years ago, but with the visual trappings just mentioned.
Opting for (or at least acknowledging) the latter possibility, although it may feel counter-intuitive, in fact solves a lot of potential interpretive problems. To take a rather pressing one, it spares us the difficult task of explaining the extreme attitudes towards premarital sex expressed by several characters. When Shakespeare’s plays are realised on the stage, it will often be with a minimum of props and sets, yet we are not meant (quite, entirely) to take it that the world of the characters is equally sparse. In film fiction, we are not used to driving such a wedge between our experience of the physical setting and that of the characters, but that does not mean that we never should. On one level, the characters do indeed see their surroundings as we do. However, on another, those surroundings are more for our benefit than for theirs.
Whedon’s main dramatic achievement in restaging Much Ado in the house and grounds of a 21st-century rich person (i.e. himself) lies less in finding witty ways of ‘updating’ things (though there is a bit of this) and more in using spaces and the behaviour of characters within those spaces in such a way as to render immediately intelligible to the viewer the purpose and the nature of a given dramatic moment, thus reducing the degree of distance and cognitive burden that Shakespeare can present to modern ears. It is because we understand the different kinds of conversations that occur when, say, guests first arrive at their hosts’ house and when sub-groups within the party then repair to their bedrooms for more private and purposive conversations that we understand, before characters even open their mouths, what is at stake in particular scenes. As Barbara Everett has observed, every major turn of the play’s plot depends upon eavesdropping, and Whedon makes full use of the fact that he is filming not on a series of discrete soundstages, but in an actual house - a series of interconnected rooms.
The performances created by Whedon and his cast (most of whom he has worked with before) are equally accomplished and eloquent. Watching with a cinema audience, some of the biggest laughs come when line delivery departs from the declarative mode (which will be familiar to anyone who has studied, and had to recite and hear recited, Shakespeare in a classroom). On several occasions, characters, for various reasons, will falter in the performances they are delivering, and will glance at their fellows with a look of entreaty: Am I getting this right? How should we proceed? The effect is enlivening and refreshing. The other big laughs come mainly from the body comedy of romantic leads Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof, and from the hapless Dogberry and Verges, played by Nathan Fillion and Tom Lenk.
All of which is to say that the piece is directed with a masterly touch. It is assured and delightful - so much so, in fact, that it can make one ignore or forget the particular challenges involved in updating a text in which a woman is demonised and vilified for her supposed lack of chastity.
This review was published on June 19, 2013.
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New Zealand 1919-87
Colin John McCahon was born in Timaru on 1 August 1919, the second of three children of Ethel Beatrice Ferrier and her husband, John Kernohan McCahon, a commercial traveller, and later a company manager. Ethel McCahon travelled from the family’s home in Dunedin to be with her mother for Colin’s birth. He attended Maori Hill School, but an informal education in art was to prove more important. In their Highgate home hung landscapes by McCahon’s late grandfather, William Ferrier, and the family regularly visited the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and art exhibitions.
The family lived in Oamaru in 1930–31, and Colin’s interest in art was encouraged at Waitaki Junior High School. Back in Dunedin he attended Russell Clark’s Saturday morning art classes and found the lessons on controlling pictorial tone particularly instructive. From 1933 to 1936 he was at Otago Boys’ High School; his interests in art were unsatisfied. During July–August 1936 he made several visits to an exhibition by Toss Woollaston, whose landscapes, ‘clean, bright with New Zealand light, and full of air’, gave direction to his desire to become a painter. Despite disagreement with his father, McCahon left school, worked at Scoullar and Chisholm’s furniture store, then in 1937 enrolled at the Dunedin School of Art, where for two years he found in R. N. Field an ideal teacher. Early in 1938 he joined Fred Argyle’s variety company on an unsuccessful tour of small South Island towns. Late that year, with Rodney Kennedy, a lifelong friend, McCahon biked to Nelson for fruit-picking over the summer. They visited Woollaston at Mapua; so began his and McCahon’s uneasy friendship. The availability of seasonal work dictated McCahon’s movements between Dunedin and the Nelson–Motueka area over the next few years.
Rodney Kennedy’s love of theatre encouraged McCahon to get involved with stage scenery, as in the 1939 production of Friedrich Wolf’s play Professor Mamlock. That year he became an artist member of the Otago Art Society, but when the society refused to hang his first substantial painting, ‘Harbour Cone from Peggy’s Hill’ in its annual exhibition in November, other young painters withdrew their work in his support. (McCahon, nevertheless, remained a member until 1945.) In September 1940 he was guest exhibitor with The Group show in Christchurch, and again in November 1943. He became a member of The Group in 1947 and thereafter contributed work regularly until its demise in 1977. On 21 September 1942, at St Matthew’s Church, Dunedin, McCahon married Annie (Anne) Eleanor Hamblett, a talented artist and daughter of Archdeacon W. A. Hamblett, who officiated. For a while they lived in Pangatotara, near Motueka, where they were visited by Doris Lusk. When Colin sought work at the Wellington Botanic Garden Anne returned to her parents to give birth to the first of two sons and two daughters. With Colin reliant on seasonal work, over the next five years they lived together only intermittently.
During 1944, with both Anne and Colin in Dunedin, they collaborated on a set of watercolour ‘Pictures for children’. Within two years of these being exhibited Anne ceased to paint. While she illustrated several children’s publications during the next few years, it had become obvious that McCahon would tolerate one painter only in the family. In June 1945 Colin had a small exhibition at the French Maid Coffee House, Wellington, and gained his first commission, from Mario and Hilda Fleischl, for his large ‘Otago Peninsula ’ landscape. In this and later landscapes, McCahon revealed his concern for the underlying structure of landforms, and their capability of being interpreted symbolically.
During the early 1940s, as McCahon struggled to find himself as an artist, he turned to the work of various artists for guidance. In coming to understand Gauguin’s approach to art, his ideas began to gel in works such as ‘Harriet Simeon’ (1945), and ‘Singing women’ (1945–46).
Late in 1946, when living in Nelson, McCahon began his early religious painting ‘I Paul to you at Ngatimote’, the first of a loose group of paintings which he continued until 1952. These works placed events from Christ’s life in a New Zealand setting; their raw primitivism was often tempered by the gentler simplicity of the Italian Quattrocento painters.
During 1947 the McCahons moved into Nelson, where Colin worked as a builder’s labourer. Early in 1948 he shifted to Christchurch, boarding with Doris Lusk and her husband, Dermot Holland, and worked as a gardener. With his friend R. N. O’Reilly as organiser, McCahon’s work was exhibited at the Wellington Public Library during February, then at the Lower Hutt Municipal Public Library. The primitivism in McCahon’s modernist approach caused lively debate. He had expected the traditional element in his religious subjects to carry his meaning, but the general lack of comprehension, and denigration by critics such as A. R. D. Fairburn, temporarily disheartened him. In September McCahon showed a different selection at the Dunedin Public Library.
Late in 1948 he rented a house in Christchurch, and again the family were together. In Wellington, in August 1949, Helen Hitchings’s gallery mounted a joint exhibition of works by McCahon and Woollaston; a selection was shown in Auckland later that month.
Owing to Charles Brasch’s generosity, McCahon travelled to Melbourne in July–August 1951 to study paintings in the National Gallery of Victoria. There he met Mary Cockburn-Mercer, who rekindled his interest in cubism. Her personal acquaintance with the cubists epitomised McCahon’s idea of artistic knowledge passed down from master to pupil; this remained a factor in his own later activities as teacher and lecturer.
In 1952 Tasman Empire Airways commissioned a painting from McCahon to celebrate the 1953 London-to-Christchurch Air Race. Early in 1953 he designed stage sets for a production of Peer Gynt. In May of that year McCahon went to Auckland mistakenly believing that a job waited for him at Auckland City Art Gallery. He was, however, given a temporary position. Late that year he purchased a house in Titirangi and the family joined him. He tried to be a conventional family man, but his demands not to be disturbed, outbursts of verbal abuse, and his increasing habit of remaining at the gallery after working hours to spend time painting disrupted domestic life.
In Auckland he found other painters more attuned to his modernist ideas than the mainly regionalist painters of the South Island. His idiomatic adaptations from cubism and his tendency to paint in series can be seen in his early Titirangi landscapes, such as the ‘Towards Auckland’ series (1953–54). Paintings in which written words dominate first appeared in 1954 with ‘I am’; they were to become a recurrent feature of his work. In September, some of these new works were included in the Object and Image exhibition he helped to organise at the Auckland City Art Gallery. In April 1956 he became keeper and deputy director of the gallery.
With Anne, Colin toured the United States from April to July 1958, primarily to look at how art museums were run, but taking every opportunity to seek out art he wanted to see. What he did see was packed into too short a period, mainly haphazard and reliant on what was on view at the time. From this jumble of impressions the influences immediately discernible in his paintings were generalised; but large canvases by Picasso and Jackson Pollock made him realise ‘the importance of pictures for people to walk past’ and gave him a new confidence to deal with representation as he saw fit.
Soon after returning home McCahon painted the ‘Northland panels’, a work already benefiting from his American experience. Although developing already established themes, the work became pivotal to his art’s future direction. A painting of considerable size, it consolidated McCahon’s habit of presenting a landscape in several facets, each reflecting a different aspect of the same scene, but often under differing atmospheric conditions. The panels are painted on unstretched canvas hung like wall hangings, thereby doing away with the formality of the traditional picture frame. McCahon wanted to imply that his landscapes carried on beyond the canvas’s painted edge.
While McCahon was still correcting his ‘Northland panels’ he produced a cluster of other works which also broke new ground, and tried out new techniques. These include the ‘Northland’ drawings, ‘The wake’ and the sobering ‘Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is’. Tentatively begun early in 1959, the ‘Elias’ series, whose theme of doubt is derived from the crucifixion story, had by August become a major series that pointed a way for McCahon’s use of inscribed texts in his future work.
During March 1960 the family moved from Titirangi to Grey Lynn, in central Auckland. In August, McCahon’s ‘Painting’ (1958) shared the Hay’s Art Competition prize, amid controversy, with two other artists. In 1961, after the success of Frank Sargeson’s play A time for sowing , Sargeson, McCahon and Christopher Cathcart (as director) formed the New Independent Theatre. Over the next couple of years they staged several plays and dramatic readings.
A series of paintings called ‘Gate’, together with several associated series, occupied McCahon for most of 1961 and well into 1962. All were shown in Christchurch in September. In the later paintings, ‘Gate’ came to represent a way through the nuclear weapons threat.
This was also the period when McCahon seriously considered becoming a Roman Catholic. It became clear, however, that his freewheeling approach to religion not only conflicted with church doctrine, but prevented him from submitting to the church. This aggravated what was becoming a worrying drinking problem.
Early in 1963 McCahon completed the ‘Landscape theme and variations’ paintings, landscapes intended ‘to throw people into an involvement with the raw land, and also with raw paint … like spitting on the clay to open the blind man’s eyes’. In May the Auckland City Art Gallery opened a retrospective exhibition of works by Woollaston and McCahon which later toured the country. McCahon began his large ‘Waterfall’ series early in 1964. In August he left the Auckland City Art Gallery and on 1 September began lecturing in painting at the Elam School of Fine Arts. Students generally found him stimulating and encouraging of their own artistic talents, but sometimes short with those out of tune with his teaching method.
Although McCahon had previously exhibited his works with short-lived dealer galleries, this changed when the Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, opened in 1965. His first solo exhibition in August included ‘The second gate’ (1962), while among the new paintings was the carefully worked out ‘Numerals’ (1965), with its many connotations. Over the next five years the major portion of McCahon’s production was first shown at the Barry Lett Galleries; from 1969 to 1976 it was shared with the Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, and occasionally with other dealer galleries. With greater exposure in both dealer and public art galleries, and with better nformed critical comment, appreciation of McCahon’s work both deepened and spread.
During 1965 McCahon was represented in two exhibitions shown overseas: in London, Contemporary Painting in New Zealand, and in Australia, Eight New Zealand Artists. Later that year he began painting the clerestory windows for a convent chapel in Upland Road, Auckland. In doing so, McCahon’s interest in religious subjects was again aroused. There were also small black landscapes and paintings with Maori or religious connections. These were interrupted by his more relaxed ‘North Otago’ landscapes in 1967.
In 1968 McCahon erected on his wife’s recently acquired property at Muriwai an industrial shed that became his studio. By this time McCahon’s imagery often functioned as symbols, his use of words changed inscriptions into texts, and more often than not paintings were white painted over black. Over the next three years several series of religious paintings were produced, culminating in 1970 with the large ‘Victory over death 2’ presented in 1978 by the New Zealand government to the government and people of Australia. Towards the end of 1970 McCahon began ‘Gate III’ for the Ten Big Paintings exhibition shown in the Auckland City Art Gallery in February 1971.
McCahon left the Elam school in January 1971 to become a full-time painter. He continued to teach at weekend and summer schools. Most of his painting was now done in his studio at Muriwai, where he began the multi-series ‘Necessary protection’. Initially, only the occasional painting threw out hints as to the series’s wider meaning of the protection needed to sustain life and the environment. Colin McCahon: A Survey Exhibition opened at the Auckland City Art Gallery in March 1972, then toured.
McCahon’s long but intermittent friendship with James K. Baxter, which had soured in the late 1960s, was celebrated after the poet’s death in ‘Walk’ (1973), an imaginary and symbolic lifetime walk along Muriwai Beach. This spiritual reconciliation was clinched when McCahon undertook, between March and June 1973, the set designs for a festival of four of Baxter’s plays at Wellington.
While ‘Necessary protection’ ceased with the ‘Jump’ series in 1973, its basic themes continued, if modified, in the series that followed, as in ‘Noughts and crosses’, ‘Teaching aids’ and ‘Angels and bed’. Over this same decade, in a number of works McCahon drew on Maori history and tradition, as in the ‘Parihaka triptych’, ‘The shining cuckoo’ and the ‘Urewera mural’.
In 1975 the Manawatu Art Gallery mounted the first exhibition to examine in detail a particular aspect of McCahon’s past work with McCahon: ‘Religious’ Works 1946–1952. The implications of recent work were dealt with in the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery’s 1977 exhibition McCahon’s ‘Necessary Protection’; both exhibitions toured. Although McCahon’s work still attracted derision, by now the reaction was counterbalanced by those supportive of him.
By the late 1970s McCahon’s alcoholism was adversely affecting his health. In 1978 he erected a new, smaller studio at his Auckland home. Within a year, because he had to rely on other people to drive him around, the studio at Muriwai was abandoned.
In McCahon’s final paintings of 1979–82 he turned to Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews and to Ecclesiastes for his lettered texts. These works contain a mixture of nostalgia and apprehension as one senses that McCahon was both reviewing aspects of his life and unwillingly accepting what seemed inevitable. In his final years, dementia caused a slow mental deterioration. When, in 1984, an exhibition I Will Need Words was shown within the international setting of the Fifth Biennale of Sydney, McCahon was barely able to comprehend its significance in establishing for him the beginnings of a reputation in international art.
Colin McCahon died in Auckland Hospital on 27 May 1987. He was survived by his wife and children. His ashes were scattered on the Muriwai headland on 6 June 1988.
Colin McCahon 1919 - 1987
'Kauri Tree, 1954'
Lithograph 33.6 x 24.7
'North Otago Landscape'
Acrylic on Paper 34 x 28cm
Barry Lett Multiple Screenprint 43 x 54cm
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1day until
Next Swindon Class (Tuesday 16th July 2019)
What is Aikido
Phil Bolt
Christine Mann
Summer School 2019 in Swindon
Teachers >
Andrew Clark, 3rd Dan
Andrew Clark started practising Aikido with Sensei Kolesnikov's organisation in 1991, whilst at university in Manchester. After graduating in 1995, he left Manchester and lost contact with the organisation.
In 2005, Andrew joined the Swindon Aikido club after finding it via the Internet, and started practising again. He also regularly attends the weekend courses taught by Sensei Kolesnikov across the UK.
In 2008, Andrew became a qualified Aikido instructor, standing in for Sensei Phil Bolt at times.
In 2009, he graded to 1st Dan Black Belt.
In 2010, he attended the Aikido Summer School in Vancouver, Canada, practising with the local club set up by a member of KSMBDA in 2009.
In 2013, he graded to 2nd Dan Black Belt.
In 2014, Sensei Phil Bolt awarded him 3rd Dan Black Belt, in recognition of contribution towards the organisation.
In 2016, he was awarded CL2, the second level of coaching award from the British Aikido Board.
Andrew relaunched the Universal Aikido website in 2009, which is the site for the headquarters of the organisation, and the Aikido 4 Swindon local website in 2010.
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Even in the event of a flight cancellation on account of unforeseen technical problems, air carriers are required to compensate passengers
Judgment in Case C-257/14
Corina van der Lans v Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV
However, certain technical problems resulting, in particular, from hidden manufacturing defects affecting the safety of flights or acts of sabotage or terrorism may exempt air carriers from their obligation to pay compensation.
In case of cancellation of a flight, air carriers are required, under EU law (1), to provide adequate care for the passengers concerned and to pay compensation (between €250 and €600, depending on the distance).However, a carrier is not obliged to pay that compensation if it can prove that the cancellation is caused by extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken.
Ms van der Lans had an air ticket reservation on a flight operated by KLM from Quito (Ecuador) to Amsterdam (Netherlands). The aircraft arrived in Amsterdam with a delay of 29 hours. According to KLM, the delay was due to extraordinary circumstances, specifically, a combination of defects: two components were defective, the fuel pump and a hydromechanical unit. These components were unavailable andhad to be transported by air from Amsterdam in order to be installed in the aircraft concerned. KLM also observed that the defective components had not exceeded their average lifetime and that their manufacturer had not provided any specific indications as to which defects might arise if those components reached a certain age.
Ms van der Lans brought an action before the Rechtbank Amsterdam (District Court, Amsterdam) which decided to refer questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling. Essentially it wishes to know whether a technical problem which occurred unexpectedly, which is not attributable to defective maintenance and which was not detected during regular tests, falls within the definition of ‘extraordinary circumstances’, thereby exempting the carrier from his obligation to pay compensation.
In today’s judgment, the Court recalls, first of all, that it follows from its case-law that technical problems may in fact constitute extraordinary circumstances. However, the circumstances surrounding the occurrence of those problems may be classified as ‘extraordinary’ only if they relate to an event which is not inherent in the normal exercise of the activity of the air carrier concerned and is beyond the actual control of that carrier on account of its nature or origin.(2). The Court states that that is the case, in particular, where it is revealed by the manufacturer of the aircraft comprising the fleet of the air carrier concerned, or by a competent authority, that those aircraft, although already in service, are affected by a hidden manufacturing defect which impinges on flight safety. The same would hold for damage to aircraft caused by acts of sabotage or terrorism.
However, since the functioning of aircraft inevitably gives rise to technical problems, air carriers are confronted as a matter of course in the exercise of their activity with such problems. In that connection, technical problems which come to light during maintenance of aircraft or on account of failure to carry out such maintenance cannot constitute, in themselves, ‘extraordinary circumstances’.
Next, the Court observes it is true that a breakdown caused by the premature malfunction of certain components of an aircraft, constitutes an unexpected event. Nevertheless, such a breakdown remains intrinsically linked to the very complex operating system of the aircraft, which is operated by the air carrier in conditions, particularly meteorological conditions, which are often difficult or even extreme, it being understood moreover that no component of an aircraft lasts forever.
Therefore, in the course of the activities of an air carrier, that unexpected event is inherent in the normal exercise of an air carrier’s activity, as air carriers are confronted as a matter of course with unexpected technical problems. Furthermore, the prevention of such a breakdown or the repairs occasioned by it, including the replacement of a prematurely defective component, is not beyond the actual control of that carrier, since the latter is required to ensure the maintenance and proper functioning of the aircraft it operates for the purposes of its business.
Therefore, a technical problem cannot fall within the definition of ‘extraordinary circumstances’.
In that connection, the Court also points out that the discharge of obligations pursuant to EU law is without prejudice to air carriers’ rights to seek compensation from any person who caused the delay, such as the manufacturer of certain defective components.
NOTE: A reference for a preliminary ruling allows the courts and tribunals of the Member States, in disputes which have been brought before them, to refer questions to the Court of Justice about the interpretation of European Union law or the validity of a European Union act. The Court of Justice does not decide the dispute itself. It is for the national court or tribunal to dispose of the case in accordance with the Court’s decision, which is similarly binding on other national courts or tribunals before which a similar issue is raised.
(1) Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1).
(2) Case: C-549/07 Wallentin-Hermann Press Release No 100/08
Audio-Visual delivery of judgment: http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I108576
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Source Release:
Court of Justice of the European Union
PRESS RELEASE No 105/15
Luxembourg, 17 September 2015
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2015-09/cp150105en.pdf
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Just as there was a shift from viewing disease as a state to thinking of it as a process, the same shift happened in definitions of health. Again, the WHO played a leading role when it fostered the development of the health promotion movement in the 1980s. This brought in a new conception of health, not as a state, but in dynamic terms of resiliency, in other words, as "a resource for living". 1984 WHO revised the definition of health defined it as "the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs and to change or cope with the environment. Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept, emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities".[10] Thus, health referred to the ability to maintain homeostasis and recover from insults. Mental, intellectual, emotional and social health referred to a person's ability to handle stress, to acquire skills, to maintain relationships, all of which form resources for resiliency and independent living.[9] This opens up many possibilities for health to be taught, strengthened and learned.
^ "application or concentration of the thoughts, abstract contemplation, meditation , (esp.) self-concentration, abstract meditation and mental abstraction practised as a system (as taught by Patañjali and called the yoga philosophy; it is the second of the two sāṃkhya systems, its chief aim being to teach the means by which the human spirit may attain complete union with īśvara or the Supreme Spirit; in the practice of self-concentration it is closely connected with Buddhism". Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit Dictionary (1899)
Genetics, or inherited traits from parents, also play a role in determining the health status of individuals and populations. This can encompass both the predisposition to certain diseases and health conditions, as well as the habits and behaviors individuals develop through the lifestyle of their families. For example, genetics may play a role in the manner in which people cope with stress, either mental, emotional or physical. For example, obesity is a significant problem in the United States that contributes to bad mental health and causes stress in the lives of great numbers of people.[31] (One difficulty is the issue raised by the debate over the relative strengths of genetics and other factors; interactions between genetics and environment may be of particular importance.)
Modern yoga was created in what has been called the Modern Yoga Renaissance[213] by the blending of Western styles of gymnastics with postures from Haṭha yoga in India in the 20th century, pioneered by Shri Yogendra and Swami Kuvalayananda.[214] Before 1900 there were few standing poses in Haṭha yoga. The flowing sequences of salute to the sun, Surya Namaskar, were pioneered by the Rajah of Aundh, Bhawanrao Shrinivasrao Pant Pratinidhi, in the 1920s.[215] Many standing poses used in gymnastics were incorporated into yoga by Krishnamacharya in Mysore from the 1930s to the 1950s.[216] Several of his students went on to found influential schools of yoga: Pattabhi Jois created Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga,[217] which in turn led to Power Yoga;[218] B. K. S. Iyengar created Iyengar Yoga, and systematised the canon of asanas in his 1966 book Light on Yoga;[219] Indra Devi taught yoga to many film stars in Hollywood; and Krishnamacharya's son T. K. V. Desikachar founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandalam in Chennai.[220][221][222] Other major schools founded in the 20th century include Bikram Choudhury's Bikram Yoga and Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh's Sivananda Vedanta Schools of Yoga. Modern yoga spread across America and Europe, and then the rest of the world.[223][224]
An influential text which teaches yoga from an Advaita perspective of nondualistic idealism is the Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha.[260] This work uses numerous short stories and anecdotes to illustrate its main ideas. It teaches seven stages or bhumis of yogic practice. It was a major reference for medieval Advaita Vedanta yoga scholars and before the 12th century, it was one of the most popular texts on Hindu yoga.[261]
The spiritual sense of the word yoga first arises in Epic Sanskrit, in the second half of the 1st millennium BCE, and is associated with the philosophical system presented in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with the chief aim of "uniting" the human spirit with the Divine.[24] The term kriyāyoga has a technical meaning in the Yoga Sutras (2.1), designating the "practical" aspects of the philosophy, i.e. the "union with the supreme" due to performance of duties in everyday life.[25]
^ On the dates of the Pali canon, Gregory Schopen writes, "We know, and have known for some time, that the Pali canon as we have it — and it is generally conceded to be our oldest source — cannot be taken back further than the last quarter of the first century BCE, the date of the Alu-vihara redaction, the earliest redaction we can have some knowledge of, and that — for a critical history — it can serve, at the very most, only as a source for the Buddhism of this period. But we also know that even this is problematic... In fact, it is not until the time of the commentaries of Buddhaghosa, Dhammapala, and others — that is to say, the fifth to sixth centuries CE — that we can know anything definite about the actual contents of [the Pali] canon."[92]
The best diet for losing weight is Weight Watchers, according to the experts who rated the diets below for U.S. News. Volumetrics came in second, and the Flexitarian Diet, Jenny Craig and the vegan diet were third on this overall weight loss ranking list, which takes into account short-term and long-term weight loss scores. Some other diets performed as well or better in our rankings for enabling fast weight loss, but long-term weight loss is more important for your health.
PEAK's core responsibility is to provide practical training and education for undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Health. These types of opportunities foster the development of knowledge, skills, and abilities for the students and provide professional level health, fitness and wellness services to the University and Community members.
Malaysia's top Islamic body in 2008 passed a fatwa, prohibiting Muslims from practicing yoga, saying it had elements of Hinduism and that its practice was blasphemy, therefore haraam.[297] Some Muslims in Malaysia who had been practicing yoga for years, criticized the decision as "insulting."[298] Sisters in Islam, a women's rights group in Malaysia, also expressed disappointment and said yoga was just a form of exercise.[299] This fatwa is legally enforceable.[300] However, Malaysia's prime minister clarified that yoga as physical exercise is permissible, but the chanting of religious mantras is prohibited.[301]
Classical yoga incorporates epistemology, metaphysics, ethical practices, systematic exercises and self-development techniques for body, mind and spirit.[144] Its epistemology (pramana) and metaphysics is similar to that of the Sāṅkhya school. The metaphysics of Classical Yoga, like Sāṅkhya, is mainly dualistic, positing that there are two distinct realities. These are prakriti (nature), which is the eternal and active unconscious source of the material world and is composed of three gunas, and the puruṣas (persons), the plural consciousnesses which are the intelligent principles of the world, and are multiple, inactive and eternal witnesses. Each person has a individual puruṣa, which is their true self, the witness and the enjoyer, and that which is liberated. This metaphysical system holds that puruṣas undergo cycles of reincarnation through its interaction and identification with prakirti. Liberation, the goal of this system, results from the isolation (kaivalya) of puruṣa from prakirti, and is achieved through a meditation which detaches oneself from the different forms (tattvas) of prakirti.[240] This is done by stilling one's thought waves (citta vritti) and resting in pure awareness of puruṣa.
Various yogic groups had become prominent in Punjab in the 15th and 16th century, when Sikhism was in its nascent stage. Compositions of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, describe many dialogues he had with Jogis, a Hindu community which practiced yoga. Guru Nanak rejected the austerities, rites and rituals connected with Hatha Yoga. He propounded the path of Sahaja yoga or Nama yoga (meditation on the name) instead.[201] The Guru Granth Sahib states:
Continuing weight loss may deteriorate into wasting, a vaguely defined condition called cachexia.[30] Cachexia differs from starvation in part because it involves a systemic inflammatory response.[30] It is associated with poorer outcomes.[25][30][31] In the advanced stages of progressive disease, metabolism can change so that they lose weight even when they are getting what is normally regarded as adequate nutrition and the body cannot compensate. This leads to a condition called anorexia cachexia syndrome (ACS) and additional nutrition or supplementation is unlikely to help.[27] Symptoms of weight loss from ACS include severe weight loss from muscle rather than body fat, loss of appetite and feeling full after eating small amounts, nausea, anemia, weakness and fatigue.[27]
^ Mann, T; Tomiyama, AJ; Westling, E; Lew, AM; Samuels, B; Chatman, J (April 2007). "Medicare's search for effective obesity treatments: diets are not the answer". The American Psychologist. 62 (3): 220–33. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.666.7484. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.62.3.220. PMID 17469900. In sum, there is little support for the notion that diets ["severely restricting one’s calorie intake"] lead to lasting weight loss or health benefits.
^ Werner writes, "The word Yoga appears here for the first time in its fully technical meaning, namely as a systematic training, and it already received a more or less clear formulation in some other middle Upanishads....Further process of the systematization of Yoga as a path to the ultimate mystic goal is obvious in subsequent Yoga Upanishads and the culmination of this endeavour is represented by Patanjali's codification of this path into a system of the eightfold Yoga."[138]
Systematic activities to prevent or cure health problems and promote good health in humans are undertaken by health care providers. Applications with regard to animal health are covered by the veterinary sciences. The term "healthy" is also widely used in the context of many types of non-living organizations and their impacts for the benefit of humans, such as in the sense of healthy communities, healthy cities or healthy environments. In addition to health care interventions and a person's surroundings, a number of other factors are known to influence the health status of individuals, including their background, lifestyle, and economic, social conditions and spirituality; these are referred to as "determinants of health." Studies have shown that high levels of stress can affect human health.[15]
Theosophists including Madame Blavatsky also had a large influence on the Western public's view of Yoga.[207] Esoteric views current at the end of the 19th century provided a further basis for the reception of Vedanta and of Yoga with its theory and practice of correspondence between the spiritual and the physical.[208] The reception of Yoga and of Vedanta thus entwined with each other and with the (mostly Neoplatonism-based) currents of religious and philosophical reform and transformation throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Mircea Eliade brought a new element into the reception of Yoga with the strong emphasis on Tantric Yoga in his seminal book: Yoga: Immortality and Freedom.[209] With the introduction of the Tantra traditions and philosophy of Yoga, the conception of the "transcendent" to be attained by Yogic practice shifted from experiencing the "transcendent" ("Atman-Brahman" in Advaitic theory) in the mind to the body itself.[210]
The environment is often cited as an important factor influencing the health status of individuals. This includes characteristics of the natural environment, the built environment and the social environment. Factors such as clean water and air, adequate housing, and safe communities and roads all have been found to contribute to good health, especially to the health of infants and children.[18][29] Some studies have shown that a lack of neighborhood recreational spaces including natural environment leads to lower levels of personal satisfaction and higher levels of obesity, linked to lower overall health and well being.[30] This suggests that the positive health benefits of natural space in urban neighborhoods should be taken into account in public policy and land use.
In 2009, the Council of Ulemas, an Islamic body in Indonesia, passed a fatwa banning yoga on the grounds that it contains Hindu elements.[302] These fatwas have, in turn, been criticized by Darul Uloom Deoband, a Deobandi Islamic seminary in India.[303] Similar fatwas banning yoga, for its link to Hinduism, were issued by the Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa in Egypt in 2004, and by Islamic clerics in Singapore earlier.[304]
SLPY offers dynamic, HEATED yoga classes that focus on balanced movement, strength, and breath. SLPY classes meet you where you are and are accessible to everyone—regardless of your age, flexibility, and experience. Built on the foundation of Baptiste yoga, our powerful flow can help you reduce stress, lose weight, heal injuries, increase focus, and much more.
According to Geoffrey Samuel, our "best evidence to date" suggests that yogic practices "developed in the same ascetic circles as the early śramaṇa movements (Buddhists, Jainas and Ajivikas), probably in around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE." This occurred during what is called the ‘Second Urbanisation’ period.[9] According to Mallinson and Singleton, these traditions were the first to use psychophysical techniques, mainly known as dhyana and tapas. but later described as yoga, to strive for the goal of liberation (moksha, nirvana) from samsara (the round of rebirth).[78]
One of the earliest and most influential sub-traditions of Vedanta, is Advaita Vedanta, which posits nondualistic monism. This tradition emphasizes Jñāna yoga (yoga of knowledge), which is aimed at realizing the identity of one's atman (soul, individual consciousness) with Brahman (the Absolute consciousness).[255][256] The most influential thinker of this school is Adi Shankara (8th century), who wrote various commentaries and original works which teach Jñāna yoga. In Advaita Vedanta, Jñāna is attained on the basis of scripture (sruti) and one's guru and through a process of listening (sravana) to teachings, thinking and reflecting on them (manana) and finally meditating on these teachings (nididhyāsana) in order to realize their truth.[257] It is also important to develop qualities such as discrimination (viveka), renunciation (virāga), tranquility, temperance, dispassion, endurance, faith, attention and a longing for knowledge and freedom ('mumukṣutva).'[258] Yoga in Advaita is ultimately a "meditative exercise of withdrawal from the particular and identification with the universal, leading to contemplation of oneself as the most universal, namely, Consciousness".[259]
The first Hindu teacher to actively advocate and disseminate aspects of yoga, not including asanas, to a western audience, Swami Vivekananda, toured Europe and the United States in the 1890s.[204] The reception which Swami Vivekananda received built on the active interest of intellectuals, in particular the New England Transcendentalists, among them Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), who drew on German Romanticism and philosophers and scholars like G. W. F. Hegel (1770–1831), the brothers August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845) and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829), Max Mueller (1823–1900), Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), and others who had (to varying degrees) interests in things Indian.[205][206]
^ * Wynne states that "The Nasadiyasukta, one of the earliest and most important cosmogonic tracts in the early Brahminic literature, contains evidence suggesting it was closely related to a tradition of early Brahminic contemplation. A close reading of this text suggests that it was closely related to a tradition of early Brahminic contemplation. The poem may have been composed by contemplatives, but even if not, an argument can be made that it marks the beginning of the contemplative/meditative trend in Indian thought."[73]
"When going out for fast food, I used to get the large-size value meal. Now, I satisfy a craving by ordering just one item: a small order of fries or a six-piece box of chicken nuggets. So far, I've shaved off 16 pounds in seven weeks, and I'm on track to being thinner than my high school self for my 10-year reunion later this year." —Miranda Jarrell, Birmingham, AL
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Racism in the United States
Title: Racism in the United States
Subject: Demographics of the United States, Income inequality in the United States, Between Barack and a Hard Place, Race and ethnicity in Brazil, American nationalism
Collection: Racism by Country, Racism in the United States
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Racism and ethnic discrimination in the United States has been a major issue since the colonial era and the slave era. Legally sanctioned racism sanctioned privileges and rights for White Americans not granted to Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latin Americans. European Americans (particularly Anglo Americans) were privileged by law in matters of education, immigration, voting rights, citizenship, land acquisition, and criminal procedure over periods of time extending from the 17th century to the 1960s. At the time, many non-Protestant groups immigrating from Europe - particularly Jews, Irish people, Poles and Italians - suffered xenophobic exclusion and other forms of ethnicity-based discrimination in the American society.
Major racially and ethnically structured institutions included slavery, Indian Wars, Native American reservations, segregation, residential schools for Native Americans, and internment camps.[1] Formal racial discrimination was largely banned in the mid-20th century, and came to be perceived as socially unacceptable and/or morally repugnant as well.
Racial politics remains a major phenomenon. Racism continues to be reflected in socioeconomic inequality,[2] and has taken on more modern, indirect forms of expression, most prevalently symbolic racism.[3] Racial stratification continues to occur in employment, housing, education, lending, and government.
In the view of the Discrimination permeates all aspects of life in the United States, and extends to all communities of color".[4]
Historical context 1
African Americans 1.1
Pre-Civil War 1.1.1
Reconstruction Era to WWII 1.1.2
WWII to Civil Rights Era 1.1.3
Present 1.1.4
Asian Americans 1.2
European immigrants 1.3
Latin Americans 1.4
Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans 1.5
Arab Americans 1.5.1
Iranian Americans 1.5.2
Antisemitism 1.5.3
New antisemitism 1.5.3.1
Antiziganism 1.5.4
Native Americans 1.6
Reservation marginalization 1.6.1
Assimilation 1.6.2
Consequences 2
Developmental 2.1
Societal 2.2
Schemas and stereotypes 2.2.1
Formal discrimination 2.2.2
Interpersonal discrimination 2.2.3
Institutional 2.3
Immigration 2.3.1
Wealth 2.3.2
Health care 2.3.3
Politics 2.3.4
Justice system 2.3.5
Contemporary issues in American racism 3
Hate crimes 3.1
Hateful views from Americans 3.2
Alleviation 4
Pre-Civil War
Atlantic Slave Trade
While the existence of slavery is arguably the root of subsequent conceptualizations of African-Americans, the origins of African enslavement have a large economic foundation. Among the European elite who structured national policy throughout the age of the Atlantic system of trade, there existed a popular ideology called mercantilism, or the belief that policy pursuits were centralized around military power and economic wealth. They attributed the value of colonial possessions, as a source of mineral wealth and raw materials and as a means of exporting products to the home country.[5] The population of Native Americans as labor proved too exceedingly reduced, after decimation through disease and violence. The use of voluntary European peoples as labor also proved unsustainably expensive and detrimental to domestic labor and competitiveness. Unlike the previous populations, Africans were "available in large numbers at prices that made plantation agriculture in the Americas profitable"[6]
It is also argued that, along with the economic motives underlying slavery in the Americas, European world schemas played a large role in the enslavement of Africans. According to this view, the European in-group for humane behavior included the sub-continent, while African and American Indian cultures had a more localized definition of "an insider". While neither schema has inherent superiority, the technological advantage of Europeans became a resource to disseminate the conviction that underscored their schemas, that non-Europeans could be enslaved. With the capability to spread their schematic representation of the world, Europeans could impose a social contract, morally permitting three centuries of African slavery. While the disintegration of this social contract by the eighteenth century led to the abolition of slavery, it is argued that the removal of barriers to "insider status" is a very slow, and presently continued, process.[7]
As a result of these debated elements, the Atlantic slave trade arose. According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, between 1626 and 1850, an estimated total of 305,326 slaves were forcibly transported via U.S. vessels to the Americas.[8][9] Furthermore, approximately one Southern family in four held slaves prior to war. According to the 1860 U.S. census, there were about 385,000 slaveowners out of approximately 1.5 million white families.[10]
Efforts toward Abolition
In the early part of the 19th century, a variety of organizations were established advocating the movement of black people from the United States to locations where they would enjoy greater freedom; some endorsed colonization, while others advocated emigration. During the 1820s and 1830s the American Colonization Society (A.C.S.) was the primary vehicle for proposals to return black Americans to greater freedom and equality in Africa,[11] and in 1821 the A.C.S. established the colony of Liberia, assisting thousands of former African-American slaves and free black people (with legislated limits) to move there from the United States. The colonization effort resulted from a mixture of motives with its founder Henry Clay stating; "unconquerable prejudice resulting from their color, they never could amalgamate with the free whites of this country. It was desirable, therefore, as it respected them, and the residue of the population of the country, to drain them off".[12]
Although the Constitution had banned the importation of new African slaves in 1808, and in 1820 slave trade was equated with piracy, punishable by death,[13] the practice of chattel slavery still existed for the next half century. All slaves in only the areas of the Confederate States of America that were not under direct control of the United States government were declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation, which was issued on January 1, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln.[14] It should be noted that the Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to areas loyal to, or controlled by, the Union, thus the document only freed slaves where the Union still had not regained the legitimacy to claim freedom. Slavery was not actually abolished in the United States until the passage of the 13th Amendment which was declared ratified on December 6, 1865.[15]
About 4 million black slaves were freed in 1865. Ninety-five percent of blacks lived in the South, comprising one third of the population there as opposed to one percent of the population of the North. Consequently, fears of eventual emancipation were much greater in the South than in the North.[16] Based on 1860 census figures, 8% of all white males aged 13 to 43 died in the civil war, including 6% in the North and an extraordinary 18% in the South.[17]
Reconstruction Era to WWII
The mob-style lynching of Will James, Cairo, Illinois, 1909.
Reconstruction Era
After the Civil War, the 13th amendment in 1865, formally abolishing slavery, was ratified. Furthermore, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which broadened a range of civil rights to all persons born in the United States. Despite this, the emergence of "Black Codes", sanctioned acts of subjugation against blacks, continued to bar African-Americans from due civil rights. The 14th amendment was ratified in 1868 to underscore this effort, and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 followed. The latter was eliminated, in a decision that undermined federal power to thwart private racial discrimination.[18] Nonetheless, the last of the Reconstruction Era amendments, the 15th amendment promised voting rights to African-American men, and these cumulative federal efforts, African-Americans began taking advantage of enfranchisement. African-Americans began voting, seeking office positions, utilizing public education. Yet by the end of Reconstruction in the mid 1870s, violent white supremacists came to power via paramilitary groups such as the Red Shirts and the White League and imposed Jim Crow laws that deprived African-American of voting rights and instituted systemic discriminatory policies through policies of unequal racial segregation[19]
Post-Reconstruction
The new century saw a hardening of institutionalized racism and legal discrimination against citizens of African descent in the United States. Throughout this post Civil War period, racial stratification was informally and systemically enforced, to solidify pre-existing social order. Although technically able to vote, poll taxes, pervasive acts of terror such as lynching in the United States (often perpetrated by groups such as the reborn Ku Klux Klan, founded in the Reconstruction South), and discriminatory laws such as grandfather clauses kept black Americans disenfranchised particularly in the South. Furthermore, discrimination extended to state legislation that "allocated vastly unequal financial support" for black and white schools. In addition to this, county officials sometimes redistributed resources earmarked for blacks to white schools, further undermining educational opportunities.[20] In response to de jure racism, protest and lobbyist groups emerged, most notably, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in 1909.
This time period is sometimes referred to as the nadir of American race relations because racism, segregation, racial discrimination, and expressions of white supremacy all increased. So did anti-black violence, including race riots such as the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 and the Tulsa race riot of 1921.
In addition, racism which had been viewed primarily as a problem in the Southern states, burst onto the national consciousness following the Great Migration, the relocation of millions of African Americans from their roots in the Southern states to the industrial centers of the North after World War I, particularly in cities such as Boston, Chicago, and New York (Harlem). Within Chicago, for example, between 1910 and 1970, the percentage of African-Americans leapt from 2.0 percent to 32.7 percent.[21] The demographic patterns of black migrants and external economic conditions are largely studied stimulants regarding the Great Migration.[22] For example, migrating blacks (between 1910 and 1920) were more likely to be literate than blacks that remained in the South. Known economic push factors played a role in migration, such as the emergence of a split labor market and agricultural distress from the boll weevil destruction of cotton economy.[23]
Southern migrants were often treated in alliance with pre-existing racial stratification. The rapid influx of blacks disturbed the racial balance within cities, exacerbating hostility from both black and white Northerners. Stereotypic schemas of Southern blacks were used to attribute issues in urban areas, such as crime and disease, to the presence of African-Americans. Overall, African-Americans in Northern cities experienced systemic discrimination in a plethora of aspects of life. Within employment, economic opportunities for blacks were routed to the lowest-status and restrictive in potential mobility . Within the housing market, stronger discriminatory measures were used in correlation to the influx, resulting in a mix of "targeted violence, restrictive covenants, redlining and racial steering"[24]
Throughout this period, racial tensions exploded, most violently in Chicago, and lynchings—mob-directed hangings, usually racially motivated—increased dramatically in the 1920s.
WWII to Civil Rights Era
The Jim Crow Laws were state and local laws enacted in the Southern and border states of the United States and enforced between 1876 and 1965. They mandated "separate but equal" status for black Americans. In reality, this led to treatment and accommodations that were almost always inferior to those provided to white Americans. The most important laws required that public schools, public places and public transportation, like trains and buses, have separate facilities for whites and blacks. State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education. One of the first federal court cases to challenge segregation in schools was Mendez v. Westminster in 1946.
In response to heightening discrimination and violence, non-violent acts of protest began to occur. For example, in February 1960, in Greensboro, North Carolina, four young African-American college students entered a Woolworth store and sat down at the counter but were refused service. The men had learned about non-violent protest in college, and continued to sit peacefully as whites tormented them at the counter, pouring ketchup on their heads and burning them with cigarettes. After this, many sit-ins took place to non-violently protest against racism and inequality. Sit-ins continued throughout the South and spread to other areas. Eventually, after many sit-ins and other non-violent protests, including marches and boycotts, places began to agree to desegregate.[25]
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing marked a turning point during the Civil Rights Era, by attracting national attention. On Sunday, September 15, 1963 with a stack of dynamite hidden on an outside staircase, Ku Klux Klansmen destroyed one side of the Birmingham church. The bomb exploded in proximity to twenty-six children preparing in basement assembly room. The explosion killed four black girls, Carole Robertson (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Denise McNair (11) and Addie Mae Collins (14).[26][27]
With the bombing only a couple of weeks after Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, it became an integral aspect of transformed perceptions of conditions for blacks in America. It influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act, which overruled remaining Jim Crow laws. Nonetheless, neither had been implemented by the end of the 1960s.
Segregation continued even after the demise of the Jim Crow laws. Data on house prices and attitudes toward integration from suggest that in the mid-20th century, segregation was a product of collective actions taken by whites to exclude blacks from their neighborhoods.[28] Segregation also took the form of redlining, the practice of denying or increasing the cost of services, such as banking, insurance, access to jobs,[29] access to health care,[30] or even supermarkets[31] to residents in certain, often racially determined,[32] areas. Although in the United States informal discrimination and segregation have always existed, redlining began with the National Housing Act of 1934, which established the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The practice was fought first through passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (which prevents redlining when the criteria for redlining are based on race, religion, gender, familial status, disability, or ethnic origin), and later through the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, which requires banks to apply the same lending criteria in all communities.[33] Although redlining is illegal some argue that it continues to exist in other forms.
While substantial gains were made in the succeeding decades through middle class advancement and public employment, black poverty and lack of education[34] deepened in the context of de-industrialization.[35] Prejudice, discrimination, and institutional racism (see below) continue to affect African Americans.
From 1981 to 1997, the United States Department of Agriculture discriminated against tens of thousands of Black American farmers, denying loans provided to white farmers in similar circumstances. The discrimination was the subject of the Pigford v. Glickman lawsuit brought by members of the National Black Farmers Association, which resulted in two settlement agreements of $1.25 billion in 1999 and of $1.15 billion in 2009.[36]
It is argued that there exists a color blindness or an "understanding that cultural differences rooted in racial identities are irrelevant for peoples' prospects and their overall well-being".[37] Yet, one counter-example to this claim is that employer interviews reveal reluctance from both black and white employers to employ "urban young males who exhibit lower-class behavioral styles", highlighting the existence of embedded socio-economic preconceptions.[38]
Furthermore, many cite the 2008 United States presidential election as a step forward in race relations: White Americans played a role in electing Barack Obama, the country's first black president.[39] In fact, Obama received a greater percentage of the white vote (43%),[40] than did the previous Democratic candidate, John Kerry (41%).[41] Racial divisions persisted throughout the election; wide margins of Black voters gave Obama an edge during the presidential primary, where 8 out of 10 African-Americans voted for him in the primaries, and an MSNBC poll found that race was a key factor in whether a candidate was perceived as being ready for office. In South Carolina, for instance,"Whites were far likelier to name Clinton than Obama as being most qualified to be commander in chief, likeliest to unite the country and most apt to capture the White House in November. Blacks named Obama over Clinton by even stronger margins — two- and three-to one — in all three areas."[42]
Sociologist Russ Long alleged in 2013 that there is now a more subtle racism that associates a specific race with a specific characteristic.[43] In a 1993 study conducted by Katz and Braly, it was presented that "blacks and whites hold a variety of stereotypes towards each other, often negative."[44] The Katz and Braley study also alleged that African-Americans and Whites view the traits that they identify each other with as threatening, interracial communication between the two is likely to be "hesitant, reserved, and concealing."[44] Interracial communication is guided by stereotypes; stereotypes are transferred into personality and character traits which lead to have an effect on communication. Multiple factors go into how stereotypes are established, such as age and the setting in which they are being applied.[44] For example, in a study done by the Entman-Rojecki Index of Race and Media in 2014, 89% of Black women in movies are shown swearing and acting in offensive behavior while only 17% of White women are portrayed in this manner.[45]
Asian Americans have experienced racism when they started immigrating to the United States. The Asian American identity has developed to include a number of different types of social identities. To categorize them, Shinsuke Eguchi separates Asian Americans into three identities. One type is the “Asian diaspora.” These Asians are also known as first generation. The second identity pertains to Asians born in the United States, in the second, third, or more generation. Their identity is neither fully Asian nor fully American. The third type identifies with Asian Americans adopted by non-Asian families. No matter which identity Asian Americans may identify with, all of them may experience some sort of racial impact in one way or another. [46]
Many historic events have come to shape the discrimination that Asian Americans unfortunately face today. [47]
When America was still growing industrially, there was a shortage in labor in the mining and railroad industries. This was when Asians began immigrating and there became a huge flow of Asians into America at this time. [48] Chinese immigrants started becoming hated on because they took the jobs of whites for cheaper pay. White Americans wanted them deported. [49] There were so many Asians working in the American industries that in 1882, a Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted. This was the first time that a law was passed to exclude a major group from the nation that was based on ethnicity and class. [50]
In 1907, Japanese workers started migrating to the U.S. to replace Chinese workers in the industries. Theodore Roosevelt restricted the Japanese from continuing to migrate. Later on, the Gentlemen’s Agreement was made and Japan agreed to stop issuing passports to its workers so that they couldn't migrate to the U.S. [51]
In 1924, the National Origins Act was passed. This act restricted emigration from Western nations.
The term Yellow Peril was used in the late 19th century to describe the perceived emerging Japanese threat to Western security. In the early 1940s, the term was resurrected for the Japanese people as a result of Japanese Imperialism.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. This led to Japanese Americans being held in concentration camps. In 1945, the Japanese surrendered to end World War II. Shortly after, the Communists took over China. Then, the Chinese were seen as the new “yellow peril.”
In 1965, Immigration Acts allowed for a wave of immigration into the United States. This act allowed for everyone to come into the States.
In 1990, nonimmigrant temporary working visas were given to help with the shortage of skilled labor within the United States.[52] Asian experience in America has led to the creation of a successful “model minority” where Asians are perceived as educated, and successful. Asian Americans are often considered to be the “model minority,” meaning they are stereotyped as intelligent and hard-working, but socially they are quiet and shy, placing them in a position that is less valued. [53]
There are model minority realities that Asian Americans experience. Because Asians in America are generally seen with positive light from the “model minority” idea, people would not expect them to have any difficulty dealing with any type of racial issues, but in reality, they have to face with issues that come from all groups of people. Asian Americans live the “middle person” role in the social hierarchy. This means Asians stand somewhere between Whites and Blacks. This means Asians have the potential for being discriminated against from not only just Whites, but other ethnic minorities as well. [54] Asian Americans were victimized by racist attitudes coming from all levels of the American society and the American government. [55] When first generation Japanese women came to America, many went into prostitution as a way to earn a living. Their initial motive for coming to America was to find a husband and get married and have children, but many went into prostitution instead. Because of this, the growth of Japanese immigrants added to prejudice towards the Japanese. First and second generation Japanese women who came to America struggled against anti-Japanese sentiments. To prove their contributions, they tried to show that they had a strong work ethic and that they were willing to work, often for less wages than non-immigrants.
In 1913, California enacted an Alien Land Law. This law restricted land leases to 3-year periods. In 1920, California came up with another Alien Land Law. This one made it legal for first generation immigrants to lease agricultural land even though they were deemed eligible for citizenship.[56]
Asian Americans experience discrimination in the workplace. This is also the place where Asian Americans may face the most negative consequences from the “model minority” idea. In 2000, out of 1,218 adult Asian Americans, 92 percent of those who experienced personal discrimination indicated that the unfair treatment was due to their ethnicity. Forty percent of them indicated that they were discriminated against in the workplace in the form of getting jobs or promotions. In 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reported that Asians make up 10 percent of professional jobs, and that 3.7 percent of them held executive, senior level, or manager positions.[57] Asian Americans are stereotyped as being successful in engineering, computing, and mathematics. Asians are perceived as more likely to excel in technical positions as compared to non-technical positions that include more social skills. The perception that Asians lack social skills can be a barrier to Asians who choose paths to careers that require social skills or executive positions. [58]
Other forms of discrimination include racial profiling and hate crimes. Research demonstrates that there is not much difference between racial discrimination and mental disorders among Asian Americans.[59] The experience of racial or ethnic discrimination leads to an inclination to smoking. The social treatment of Asian Americans caused by their race/ethnicity helps to explain the increase in Asian American smoking patterns. [60]
European immigrants
Various European-American immigrant groups have been subject to discrimination either on the basis of their immigrant status (known as "Nativism") or on the basis of their ethnicities (country of origin).
Philadelphia Nativist Riots.
New York Times, 1854 ad, reading "No Irish need apply."
In the 19th century, this was particularly true of anti-Irish prejudice, which was partly anti-Catholic sentiment, partly anti-Irish as an ethnicity. This was especially true for Irish Catholics who immigrated to the U.S. in the mid-19th century; the large number of Irish (both Catholic and Protestant) who settled in America in the 18th century had largely (but not entirely) escaped such discimination and eventually blended into the American white population.
The 20th century saw discrimination against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe (notably Italian-Americans and Polish Americans), partly from anti-Catholic sentiment (as against Irish-Americans), and partly from Nordicism, which considered all non-Germanic, non-Scandinavian, or non-British immigrants as racially inferior – see Nordicism in the USA.
“ Biological laws tell us that certain divergent people will not mix or blend. The Nordics propagate themselves successfully. With other races, the outcome shows deterioration on both sides. ”
—Future US president Calvin Coolidge, 1921.[61]
Nordicism led to the reduction in Southern European, along with Slavic Eastern European and Russian immigrants in the National Origins Formula of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924, whose goal was to maintain the status quo distribution of ethnicity by limiting immigration in proportion to existing populations. This reduced the inflow from the average prior to 1921 of 176,983 from northern, central and western Europe, and 685,531 for other countries, principally Southern and Russia, to a 1924 level of 140,999 for northern, central and western Europe, and 21,847 for other countries, principally Southern and Russia (from a 1:3.9 ratio to a 6.4:1 ratio).
There was also discrimination against German-Americans and Italian-Americans due to these being enemy countries in World War I (Germany) and World War II (Germany and Italy). This resulted in a sharp decrease in German-American ethnic identity and a sharp decrease in the use of German in the United States following WWI, which had hitherto been significant, and to German American internment and Italian American internment during WWII; see also World War I anti-German sentiment.
Specific European-American ethnicities significantly diminished as a political issue in the 1930s, being replaced by a bi-racialism of Black/White, as described and predicted by Lothrop Stoddard, due to numerous causes. The National Origins Formula significantly reduced inflows of non-Nordic ethnicities; the Great Migration (of African-Americans out of the South) displaced anti-White immigrant racism with anti-Black racism; and the Great Depression brought economic concerns to the fore.
Anti-Catholic sentiment remained evident in the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy, who nevertheless went on to become the US's first Catholic (and indeed non-Protestant) president.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many immigrants came to the United States from Russia. A new type of stereotyping, sometimes described as racism, which is based on the former Cold War stereotypes began to target people from the former Soviet states. There are many jokes refer to a communist past, corruption, high alcohol consumption, high crime rate, prostitution, and unemployment. Some people began to use words like Eurotrash, mafia, commie, Borat, and Russki when refer to Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, or Balkan peoples (mainly Serbs and Albanians). During the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver NBC's commenter Mike Milbury used the term Eurotrash to describe the Russian hockey team. Jokes about Russian mail-order brides, European prostitutes and fashion models, the revival of Eastern-European and Latin-European (especially Polish and Italian) ethnic stereotypes in movies and television shows (Jersey Shore, The Sopranos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Real Housewives of New Jersey and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and offensive images became popular among young people in the United States.
Latin Americans
Americans of Latin American ancestry (often categorized as "Hispanic") come from a wide variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. Latinos are not all distinguishable as a racial minority.
After the Mexican-American War (1846–1848), the U.S. annexed much of the current Southwestern region from Mexico. Mexicans residing in that territory found themselves subject to discrimination. It is estimated that at least 597 Mexicans were lynched between 1848 and 1928 (this is a conservative estimate due to lack of records in many reported lynchings). Mexicans were lynched at a rate of 27.4 per 100,000 of population between 1880 and 1930. This statistic is second only to that of the African American community during that period, which suffered an average of 37.1 per 100,000 population.[62] Between 1848 to 1879, Mexicans were lynched at an unprecedented rate of 473 per 100,000 of population.[63]
During The Great Depression, the U.S. government sponsored a Mexican Repatriation program which was intended to encourage Mexican immigrants to voluntarily return to Mexico, however, many were forcibly removed against their will. In total, up to one million persons of Mexican ancestry were deported, approximately 60 percent of those individuals were actually U.S. citizens.[64]
The Zoot Suit Riots were vivid incidents of racial violence against Latinos (e.g. Mexican-Americans) in Los Angeles in 1943. Naval servicemen stationed in a Latino neighborhood conflicted with youth in the dense neighborhood. Frequent confrontations between small groups and individuals had intensified into several days of non-stop rioting. Large mobs of servicemen would enter civilian quarters looking to attack Mexican American youths, some of whom were wearing zoot suits, a distinctive exaggerated fashion popular among that group.[65] The disturbances continued unchecked, and even assisted, by the local police for several days before base commanders declared downtown Los Angeles and Mexican American neighborhoods off-limits to servicemen.[66]
Many public institutions, businesses, and homeowners associations had official policies to exclude Mexican Americans. School children of Mexican American descent were subject to racial segregation in the public school system. In many counties, Mexican Americans were excluded from serving as jurors in court cases, especially in those that involved a Mexican American defendant. In many areas across the Southwest, they lived in separate residential areas, due to laws and real estate company policies.[67][68][69][70]
During the 1960s, Mexican American youth formed the Chicano Civil Rights Movement.
Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans
An Assyrian church vandalized in Detroit (2007). Assyrians, although not Arabs and mostly Christians, often face backlash in the US for their Middle Eastern background.[71]
People of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent historically occupied an ambiguous racial status in the United States. Middle Eastern and South Asian immigrants were among those who sued in the late 19th and early 20th century to determine whether they were "white" immigrants as required by naturalization law. By 1923, courts had vindicated a "common-knowledge" standard, concluding that "scientific evidence", including the notion of a "Caucasian race" including Middle Easterners and many South Asians, was incoherent. Legal scholar John Tehranian argues that in reality this was a "performance-based" standard, relating to religious practices, education, intermarriage and a community's role in the United States.[72]
Arab Americans
Racism against Arab Americans[73] and racialized Islamophobia against Muslims has risen concomitantly with tensions between the American government and the Islamic world.[74] Following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, discrimination and racialized violence has markedly increased against Arab Americans and many other religious and cultural groups.[75] Scholars, including Sunaina Maira and Evelyn Alsultany, argue that in the post-September 11 climate, Muslim Americans have been racialized within American society, although the markers of this racialization are cultural, political, and religious rather than phenotypic.[76][77]
Arab Americans in particular were most demonized which led to hatred towards Middle Easterners living in the United States and elsewhere in the Western world.[78][79] There have been attacks against Arabs not only on the basis of their religion (Islam), but also on the basis of their ethnicity; numerous Christian Arabs have been attacked based on their appearances.[80] In addition, other Middle Eastern peoples (Iranians, Assyrians, Armenians, Jews, Turks, Yezidis, Kurds, etc.) who are mistaken for Arabs because of perceived "similarities in appearance" have been collateral victims of anti-Arabism.
Non-Arab and non-Muslim Middle Eastern people, as well as South Asians of different ethnic/religious backgrounds (Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs) have been stereotyped as "Arabs". The case of Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh who was murdered at a Phoenix gas station by a white supremacist for "looking like an Arab terrorist" (because of the turban that is a requirement of Sikhism), as well as that of Hindus being attacked for "being Muslims" have achieved prominence and criticism following the September 11 attacks.[81][82]
Those of Middle Eastern descent who are in the United States military sometimes face racism from fellow soldiers. Army Spc Zachari Klawonn endured numerous instances of racism during his enlistment at Fort Hood, Texas. During his basic training he was made to put cloth around his head and play the role of terrorist. His fellow soldiers had to take him down to the ground and draw guns on him. He was also called things such as "raghead", "sand monkey", and "Zachari bin Laden"."[83][84]
A 2011 study reported that while official parameters encompass Arabs as part of the White American racial category, many Arab Americans from places other than the Levant feel they are not white and are not perceived as white by American society."[85]
Iranian Americans
A man holding a sign that reads "deport all Iranians" and "get the hell out of my country" during a protest of the Iran hostage crisis in Washington, D.C. in 1979.
The November 1979 Iranian hostage crisis of the U.S. embassy in Tehran precipitated a wave of anti-Iranian sentiment in the United States, directed both against the new Islamic regime and Iranian nationals and immigrants. Even though such sentiments gradually declined after the release of the hostages at the start of 1981, they sometimes flare up. In response, some Iranian immigrants to the U.S. have distanced themselves from their nationality and instead identify primarily on the basis of their ethnic or religious affiliations.[86]
Since the 1980s and especially since the 1990s, it has been argued, Hollywood's depiction of Iranians has gradually shown signs of vilifying Iranians.[87] Hollywood network productions such as 24,[88] John Doe, On Wings of Eagles (1986),[89] Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981),[90] and JAG almost regularly host Persian speaking villains in their storyline.
Antisemitism has also played a role in the United States. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hundreds of thousands of Jews were escaping the pogroms in Europe. They boarded boats from ports on the Baltic Sea and in Northern Germany, and largely arrived at Ellis Island, New York.[91]
It is thought by Leo Rosten, in his book, 'The Joys of Yiddish', that as soon as they left the boat, they were subject to racism from the port immigration authorities. The derogatory term 'kike' was adopted when referring to Jews (because they often could not write so they may have signed their immigration papers with circles - or kikel in Yiddish).[92]
From the 1910s, the Southern Jewish communities were attacked by the Ku Klux Klan, who objected to Jewish immigration, and often used 'The Jewish Banker' in their propaganda. In 1915, [93]
The events in Nazi Germany also attracted attention from the United States. Jewish lobbying for intervention in Europe drew opposition from the isolationists, amongst whom was Father Charles Coughlin, a well known radio priest, who was known to be critical of Jews, believing that they were leading the United States into the war.[94] He preached in weekly, overtly anti-Semitic sermons and, from 1936, began publication of a newspaper, Social Justice, in which he printed anti-Semitic accusations such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.[94]
A number of Jewish organizations, Christian organizations, Muslim organizations, and academics consider the Nation of Islam to be anti-Semitic. Specifically, they claim that the Nation of Islam has engaged in revisionist and antisemitic interpretations of the Holocaust and exaggerates the role of Jews in the African slave trade.[95] The Jewish Anti-Defamation League (ADL) alleges that NOI Health Minister, Abdul Alim Muhammad, has accused Jewish doctors of injecting blacks with the AIDS virus,[96] an allegation that Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad has denied.
Although Jews are often perceived as white in the American mainstream, the relationship of Jews to whiteness remains complex, with many preferring not to identify as white.[97][98][99][100] Prominent activist and rabbi Michael Lerner argues, in a 1993 Village Voice article, that "in America, to be 'white' means to be the beneficiary of the past 500 years of European exploration and exploitation of the rest of the world" and that "Jews can only be deemed white if there is massive amnesia on the part of non-Jews about the monumental history of anti-Semitism".[101] African-American activist Cornel West, in an interview with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, has explained:
“ Even if some Jews do believe that they're white, I think that they've been duped. I think that antisemitism has proven itself to be a powerful force in nearly every post of Western civilization where Christianity has a presence. And so even as a Christian, I say continually to my Jewish brothers and sisters: don't believe the hype about your full scale assimilation and integration into the mainstream. It only takes an event or two for a certain kind of anti-Jewish, antisemitic sensibility to surface in places that you would be surprised. But I'm just thoroughly convinced that America is not the promised land for Jewish brothers and sisters. A lot of Jewish brothers say, "No, that’s not true. We finally—yeah—they said that in Alexandria. You said that in Weimar Germany."[102] ”
New antisemitism
In recent years some scholars have advanced the concept of New antisemitism, coming simultaneously from the Far Left, the far right, and radical Islam, which tends to focus on opposition to the creation of a Jewish homeland in the State of Israel, and argue that the language of Anti-Zionism and criticism of Israel are used to attack Jews more broadly. In this view, the proponents of the new concept believe that criticisms of Israel and Zionism are often disproportionate in degree and unique in kind, and attribute this to antisemitism.[103]
Yehuda Bauer, Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, considers the concept "new antisemitism" to be false, since it is in fact old antisemitism that remains latent and recurs whenever it is triggered. In his view, the current trigger is the Israeli situation, and if a compromise were achieved there antisemitism would decline but not disappear.
Noted critics of Israel, such as Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein question the extent of new antisemitism in the United States. Chomsky has stated that the Anti-Defamation League casts any question of pro-Israeli policy as antisemitism;[104] Finkelstein stated supposed "new antisemitism" is a preposterous concept advanced by the ADL to combat critics of Israeli policy.[105]
The Roma population in America has blended more-or-less seamlessly into the rest of society. In the U.S., the term "Gypsy" has come to be associated with a trade, profession, or lifestyle more than the Romani ethnic/racial group. Some Americans, especially those self-employed in the fortune-telling and psychic reading business,[106] use the term "Gypsy" to describe themselves or their enterprise, despite having no ties to the Roma people. This can be chalked up to misperception and ignorance regarding the term rather than any bigotry or even anti-ziganism.[107]
Members of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma around 1877. Notice the members with European and African ancestry. The Creek were originally from the Alabama region.
[111] Ideological expansionist justification (Manifest Destiny) included stereotyped perceptions of all Native Americans as "merciless Indian savages" (as described in the United States Declaration of Independence) despite successful American efforts at civilization as proven with the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, and Choctaw. An egregious attempt occurred with the California gold rush, the first two years of which saw the deaths of thousands of Native Americans. Under Mexican rule in California, Indians were subjected to de facto enslavement under a system of peonage by the white elite. While in 1850, California formally entered the Union as a free state, with respect to the issue of slavery, the practice of Indian indentured servitude was not outlawed by the California Legislature until 1863.[112]
Military and civil resistance by Native Americans has been a constant feature of American history. So too have a variety of debates around issues of sovereignty, the upholding of treaty provisions, and the civil rights of Native Americans under U.S. law.
Reservation marginalization
Once their territories were incorporated into the United States, surviving Native Americans were denied equality before the law and often treated as wards of the state.[113]
Many Native Americans were moved to reservations—constituting 4% of U.S. territory. In a number of cases treaties signed with Native Americans were violated. Tens of thousands of American Indians and Alaska Natives were forced to attend a residential school system which sought to reeducate them in white settler American values, culture and economy.[114][115]
Further dispossession of various kinds continues into the present, although these current dispossessions, especially in terms of land, rarely make major news headlines in the country (e.g., the Lenape people's recent fiscal troubles and subsequent land grab by the State of New Jersey), and sometimes even fail to make it to headlines in the localities in which they occur. Through concessions for industries such as oil, mining and timber and through division of land from the Allotment Act forward, these concessions have raised problems of consent, exploitation of low royalty rates, environmental injustice, and gross mismanagement of funds held in trust, resulting in the loss of $10–40 billion.[116]
The Worldwatch Institute notes that 317 reservations are threatened by environmental hazards, while Western Shoshone land has been subjected to more than 1,000 nuclear explosions.[117]
The government appointed agents, like [119] Washington had a six-point plan for civilization which included:
1. impartial justice toward Native Americans
2. regulated buying of Native American lands
3. promotion of commerce
4. promotion of experiments to civilize or improve Native American society
5. presidential authority to give presents
6. punishing those who violated Native American rights.[120]
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans. Prior to the passage of the act, nearly two-thirds of Native Americans were already U.S. citizens.[121] The earliest recorded date of Native Americans becoming U.S. citizens was in 1831 when the Mississippi Choctaw became citizens after the United States Legislature ratified the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Under article XIV of that treaty, any Choctaw who elected not to move to Native American Territory could become an American citizen when he registered and if he stayed on designated lands for five years after treaty ratification. Citizenship could also be obtained by:
1. Treaty Provision (as with the Mississippi Choctaw)
2. Allotment under the Act of February 8, 1887
3. Issuance of Patent in Fee Simple
4. Adopting Habits of Civilized Life
5. Minor Children
6. Citizenship by Birth
7. Becoming Soldiers and Sailors in the U.S. Armed Forces
8. Marriage
9. Special Act of Congress.
“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all noncitizen Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That the granting of such citizenship shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of any Native American to tribal or other property. ”
—-Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
While formal equality has been legally estated, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders remain among the most economically disadvantaged groups in the country, and according to National mental health studies, American Indians as a group tend to suffer from high levels of alcoholism, depression and suicide.[122]
Using The Schedule of Racist Events (SRE), an 18-item self-report inventory that assesses the frequency of racist discrimination, Hope Landrine and Elizabeth A. Klonoff found that racist discrimination is rampant in the lives of African Americans and is strongly related to psychiatric symptoms.[123] A study on racist events in the lives of African American women found that lifetime experiences of racism were positively related to lifetime history of both physical disease and frequency of recent common colds. These relationships were largely unaccounted for by other variables. Demographic variables such as income and education were not related to experiences of racism. The results suggest that racism can be detrimental to African American's well being.[124] The physiological stress caused by racism has been documented in studies by Claude Steele, Joshua Aronson, and Steven Spencer on what they term "stereotype threat."[125] Quite similarly, another example of the psychosocial consequences of discrimination have been observed in a study sampling Mexican-origin participants in Fresno, California. It was found that perceived discrimination is correlated with depressive symptoms, especially for those less acculturated in the United States, like Mexican immigrants and migrants.[126]
Along the vein of somatic responses to discrimination, Kennedy et al. found that both measures of collective disrespect were strongly correlated with black mortality (r = 0.53 to 0.56), as well as with white mortality (r = 0.48 to 0.54). These data suggest that racism, measured as an ecologic characteristic, is associated with higher mortality in both blacks and whites.[127] Some researchers also suggest that racial segregation may lead to disparities in health and mortality. Thomas LaVeist (1989; 1993) tested the hypothesis that segregation would aid in explaining race differences in infant mortality rates across cities. Analyzing 176 large and midsized cities, LaVeist found support for the hypothesis. Since LaVeist's studies, segregation has received increased attention as a determinant of race disparities in mortality.[128] Studies have shown that mortality rates for male and female African Americans are lower in areas with lower levels of residential segregation. Mortality for male and female Whites was not associated in either direction with residential segregation.[129]
Researchers Sharon A. Jackson, Roger T. Anderson, Norman J. Johnson and Paul D. Sorlie found that, after adjustment for family income, mortality risk increased with increasing minority residential segregation among Blacks aged 25 to 44 years and non-Blacks aged 45 to 64 years. In most age/race/gender groups, the highest and lowest mortality risks occurred in the highest and lowest categories of residential segregation, respectively. These results suggest that minority residential segregation may influence mortality risk and underscore the traditional emphasis on the social underpinnings of disease and death.[130] Rates of heart disease among African Americans are associated with the segregation patterns in the neighborhoods where they live (Fang et al. 1998). Stephanie A. Bond Huie writes that neighborhoods affect health and mortality outcomes primarily in an indirect fashion through environmental factors such as smoking, diet, exercise, stress, and access to health insurance and medical providers.[131] Moreover, segregation strongly influences premature mortality in the US.[132]
As early as 1866, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 expanded the damages available in Title VII cases and granted Title VII plaintiffs the right to a jury trial. Title VII also provides that race and color discrimination against every race and color is prohibited.
Schemas and stereotypes
This racist postcard from the 1900s shows the casual denigration of black women. It states "I know you're not particular to a fault / Though I'm not sure you'll never be sued for assault / You're so fond of women that even a wench / Attracts your gross fancy despite her strong stench"
Popular culture (songs, theater) for European American audiences in the 19th century created and perpetuated negative stereotypes of African Americans. One key symbol of racism against African Americans was the use of blackface. Directly related to this was the institution of minstrelsy. Other stereotypes of African Americans included the fat, dark-skinned "mammy" and the irrational, hypersexual male "buck".
In recent years increasing numbers of African-American activists have asserted that Imus affair, I began to think that the African-American community must be consistent in its outrage." The Clifton, Maryland minister has also said, "Why are these corporations making these images normative and mainstream?" ... "I can talk about this in the church until I am blue in the face, but we need to take it outside." The NAACP and the National Congress of Black Women also have called for the reform of images on videos and on television. Julian Bond said that in a segregated society, people get their impressions of other groups from what they see in videos and what they hear in music.[133][134][135][136]
In a similar vein, activists protested against the BET show, Hot Ghetto Mess, which satirizes the culture of working-class African-Americans. The protests resulted in the change of the television show name to We Got to Do Better.[133]
It is understood that representations of minorities in the media have the ability to reinforce or change stereotypes. For example, in one study, a collection of white subjects were primed by a comedy skit either showing a stereotypical or neutral portrayal of African-American characters. Participants were then required to read a vignette describing an incident of sexual violence, with the alleged offender either white or black, and assign a rating for perceived guilt. For those shown the stereotypical African-American character, there was a significantly higher guilt rating for black alleged offender in the subsequent vignette, in comparison to the other conditions.[137]
While schemas have an overt societal consequence, the strong development of them have lasting effect on recipients. Overall, it is found that strong in-group attitudes are correlated with academic and economic success. In a study analyzing the interaction of assimilation and racial-ethnic schemas for Hispanic youth found that strong schematic identities for Hispanic youth undermined academic achievement.[138]
Additional stereotypes attributed to minorities continue to influence societal interactions. For example, a 1993 Harvard Law Review article states that Asian-Americans are commonly viewed as submissive, as a combination of relative physical stature and Western comparisons of cultural attitudes. Furthermore, Asian-Americans are depicted as the model minority, unfair competitors, foreigners, and indistinguishable. These stereotypes can serve to dehumanize Asian-Americans and catalyze hostility and violence.[139]
Formal discrimination
Formal discrimination against minorities has been present throughout American history. Within education, a survey of black students in sixteen majority white universities found that four of five African-Americans reported some form of racial discrimination. For example, in February 1988, the University of Michigan enforced a new anti discrimination code following the distribution of fliers saying blacks “don’t belong in classrooms, they belong hanging from trees”. Other forms of reported discrimination were refusal to sit next to black in lecture, ignored input in class settings, and informal segregation. While the penalties are imposed, the psychological consequences of formal discrimination can still manifest. Black students, for example, reported feelings of heightened isolation and suspicion. Furthermore, studies have shown that academic performance is stunted for black students with these feelings as a result of their campus race interactions.[140]
Minority-minority racism
Minority racism is sometimes considered controversial because of theories of power in society. Some theories of racism insist that racism can only exist in the context of social power to impose it upon others.[141] Yet discrimination and racism between racially marginalized groups has been noted. For example, there has been ongoing violence between African American and Mexican American gangs, particularly in Southern California.[142][143][144][145] There have been reports of racially motivated attacks against Mexican Americans who have moved into neighborhoods occupied mostly by African Americans, and vice versa.[146][147] According to gang experts and law enforcement agents, a longstanding race war between the Mexican Mafia and the Black Guerilla Family, a rival African American prison gang, has generated such intense racial hatred among Mexican Mafia leaders, or shot callers, that they have issued a "green light" on all blacks. This amounts to a standing authorization for Latino gang members to prove their mettle by terrorizing or even murdering any blacks sighted in a neighborhood claimed by a gang loyal to the Mexican Mafia.[148] There have been several significant riots in California prisons where Mexican American inmates and African Americans have targeted each other particularly, based on racial reasons.[149][150]
There has also been noted conflict between recent immigrant groups and their established ethnic counterparts within the United States. Rapid growth in African and Caribbean immigrants has come into conflict with American blacks. Interaction and cooperation between black immigrants and American blacks are, ironically, debatable. One can argue that racial discrimination and cooperation is not ordinarily based on color of skin but more on shared common, cultural experiences, and beliefs.[151][152] Furthermore, conflict between Chinese immigrants and Japanese Americans are known to have occurred in the San Gabriel Valley of the Los Angeles area in the 1980s.
Interpersonal discrimination
In a manner that defines interpersonal discrimination in the United States, Darryl Brown of the Virginia Law Review states that while “our society has established a consensus against blatant, intentional racism and in decades since Brown v Board of Education has developed a sizeable set of legal remedies to address it”, our legal system “ignores the possibility that ‘race’ is structural or interstitial, that it can be the root of injury even when not traceable to a specific intention or action”[153]
Interpersonal discrimination is defined by its subtlety. Unlike formal discrimination, interpersonal discrimination is often not an overt or deliberate act of racism. For example, in an incident regarding a racial remark from a professor at Virginia Law, a rift was created by conflicting definitions of racism. For the students that defended the professor’s innocence, “racism was defined as an act of intentional maliciousness.” Yet for African-American’s, racism was broadened to a detrimental influence on “the substantive dynamics of the classroom”. As an effect, it is argued that the “daily repetition of subtle racism and subordination in the classroom and on campus can ultimately be, for African Americans, more productive of stress, anxiety and alienation than even blatant racists acts.” Moreover, the attention to these acts of discrimination diverts energy from academics, becoming a distraction that white students do not generally face.[153]
Institutional racism is the theory that aspects of the structure, pervasive attitudes, and established institutions of society disadvantage some racial groups, although not by an overtly discriminatory mechanism.[154] There are several factors that play into institutional racism, including but not limited to: accumulated wealth/benefits from racial groups that have benefited from past discrimination, educational and occupational disadvantages faced by non-native English speakers in the United States, ingrained stereotypical images that still remain in the society (e.g. black men are likely to be criminals).[155]
Access to United States Roman Catholicism who immigrated from countries such as Ireland, Germany, Italy and France.[156] Other efforts include the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and the 1924 National Origins Act.[157][158] The Immigration Act of 1924 was aimed at further restricting the Southern Europeans and Russians who had begun to enter the country in large numbers beginning in the 1890s.
In conjunction with immigration reform in the late 1980s (seen with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986), there have been noted IRCA-related discriminatory behavior toward Hispanics within employment. As the measure made it unlawful to hire without authorization to work in the United States, avoidant treatment toward “foreign-appearing workers” increased to bypass the required record-keeping or risk of sanctions.[159]
Massive racial differentials in account of wealth remain in the United States: between whites and African Americans, the gap is a factor of twenty.[160] An analyst of the phenomenon, Thomas Shapiro, professor of law and social policy at Brandeis University argues, "The wealth gap is not just a story of merit and achievement, it's also a story of the historical legacy of race in the United States."[161] Differentials applied to the Social Security Act (which excluded agricultural workers, a sector that then included most black workers), rewards to military officers, and the educational benefits offered returning soldiers after World War II. Pre-existing disparities in wealth are exacerbated by tax policies that reward investment over waged income, subsidize mortgages, and subsidize private sector developers.[162]
There are major racial differences in access to health care and in the quality of health care provided. A study published in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that: "over 886,000 deaths could have been prevented from 1991 to 2000 if African Americans had received the same care as whites." The key differences they cited were lack of insurance, inadequate insurance, poor service, and reluctance to seek care.[163] A history of government-sponsored experimentation, such as the notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Study has left a legacy of African American distrust of the medical system.[164]
Inequalities in health care may also reflect a systemic bias in the way medical procedures and treatments are prescribed for different ethnic groups. Raj Bhopal writes that the history of racism in science and medicine shows that people and institutions behave according to the ethos of their times and warns of dangers to avoid in the future.[165] Nancy Krieger contended that much modern research supported the assumptions needed to justify racism. Racism she writes underlies unexplained inequities in health care, including treatment for heart disease,[166] renal failure,[167] bladder cancer,[168] and pneumonia.[169] Raj Bhopal writes that these inequalities have been documented in numerous studies. The consistent and repeated findings that black Americans receive less health care than white Americans—particularly where this involves expensive new technology.[170]
It is argued that racial “coding” of concepts like crime and welfare has been used to strategically influence public political views. Racial coding is implicit; it incorporates racially primed language or imagery to allude to racial attitudes and thinking. For example, in the context of domestic policy, it is argued that Ronald Reagan implied linkages between concepts like “special interests” and “big government” with ill-perceived minority groups in the 1980s, using the conditioned negativity toward the minority groups to discredit certain policies and programs during campaigns. In a study analyzing how political ads prime attitudes, Valentino compares the voting responses of participants after being exposed to narration of a George W. Bush advertisement paired with three different types of visuals with different embedded racial cues to create three conditions: neutral, race comparison, and undeserving blacks. For example, as the narrator states “Democrats want to spend your tax dollars on wasteful government programs”, the video shows an image of a black woman and child in an office setting. Valentino found that the undeserving blacks condition produced the largest primed effect in racialized policies, like opposition to affirmative action and welfare spending.[171]
Racial disparities have been noted in all levels of the U.S. justice system. According to 2009 congressional testimony from Marc Mauer; while African Americans comprise 13% of the US population and 14% of monthly drug users they are 37% of the people arrested for drug offenses; as well as 56% of the people in state prisons for drug offenses. The U.S. Sentencing Commission reported in March 2010 that in the federal system black offenders receive sentences that are 10% longer than white offenders for the same crimes. A July 2009 report by the Sentencing Project found that two-thirds of the people in the US with life sentences are non-white.[172]
Contemporary issues in American racism
Most hate crimes in the United States target victims on the basis of race or ethnicity (for Federal purposes, crimes targeting Hispanics based on that identity are considered based on ethnicity). Leading forms of bias cited in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, based on law enforcement agency filings are: anti-black, anti-Jewish, anti-white, anti-homosexual, and anti-Hispanic bias in that order in both 2004 and 2005.[173] According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics had similar rates of violent hate crime victimization between 2007-2011.[174] The National Criminal Victimization Survey found that per capita rates of hate crime victimization varied little by race or ethnicity, and the differences are not statistically significant.[175]
The Jared Taylor, argues that blacks are more likely than whites to commit hate crimes, and that FBI figures inflate the number of hate crimes committed by whites by counting Hispanics as "white".[176] Other analysts are sharply critical of the NCF's findings, referring to the criminological mainstream view that "Racial and ethnic data must be treated with caution. Existing research on crime has generally shown that racial or ethnic identity is not predictive of criminal behavior with data which has been controlled for social and economic factors."[177] NCF's methodology and statistics are further sharply criticized as flawed and deceptive by anti-racist activists Tim Wise and the Southern Poverty Law Center.[178][179]
The first post-Jim Crow era hate crime to make sensational media attention was the murder of Vincent Chin, an Asian American of Chinese descent in 1982. He was attacked by a two white assailants who were recently laid off from a Detroit area auto factory job and blamed the Japanese for their individual unemployment. Chin was not of Japanese descent, but the assailants testified at the criminal court case that he "looked like a Jap", an ethnic slur used to describe Japanese and other Asians, and that they were angry enough to beat him to death.
Hateful views from Americans
Continuing antisemitism in the United States has remained an issue as the 2011 Survey of American Attitudes Toward Jews in America, released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), has found that the recent world economic recession increased some antisemitic viewpoints among Americans. Most people express pro-Jewish sentiments, with 64% of those surveyed agreeing that Jews have contributed much to U.S. social culture. Yet the polling found that 19% of Americans answered "probably true" to the antisemitic canard that "Jews have too much control/influence on Wall Street" while 15% concurred with the related statement that Jews seem "more willing to use shady practices" in business. Reflecting on the lingering antisemitism of about in five Americans, Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, has argued, "It is disturbing that with all of the strides we have made in becoming a more tolerant society, anti-Semitic beliefs continue to hold a vice-grip on a small but not insubstantial segment of the American public."[180]
An ABC News report in 2007 recounted that past ABC polls across several years have tended to find that "six percent have self-reported prejudice against Jews, 27 percent against Muslims, 25 percent against Arabs," and "one in 10 concedes harboring at least some such feelings" against Hispanic Americans. The report also remarked that a full 34% of Americans reported "some racist feelings" in general as a self-description.[181] An Associated Press and Yahoo News survey of 2,227 adult Americans in 2008 found that 10% of white respondents stated that "a lot" of discrimination against African-Americans exists while 45% answered "some" compared to 57% of black respondents answering that "a lot" exists. In the same poll, more whites applied positive attributes to black Americans than negative ones, with blacks describing whites even more highly, but a significant minority of whites still called their fellow Americans "irresponsible", "lazy", or other such things.[182]
Stanford University political scientist Paul Sniderman has remarked that, in the modern U.S., racial prejudice "is a deep challenge, and it's one that Americans in general, and for that matter, political scientists, just haven't been ready to acknowledge fully."[182]
Alleviation
There is a wide plethora of societal and political suggestions to alleviate the effects of continued discrimination in the United States. For example, within universities, it has been suggested that a type of committee could respond to non-sanctionable behavior.[153]
It is also argued that there is a need for “white students and faculty to reformulate white-awareness toward a more secure identity that is not threatened by black cultural institutions and that can recognize the racial non-neutrality of the institutions whites dominate” (Brown, 334). Paired with this effort, Brown encourages the increase in minority faculty members, so the embedded white normative experience begins to fragment.[153]
Within media, it is found that racial cues prime racial stereotypic thought. Thus, it is argued that “stereotype inconsistent cues might lead to more intentioned thought, thereby suppressing racial priming effects” [171]
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Sanders laying off ‘hundreds’ of campaign staffers
Bernie Sanders’ campaign is downsizing its field staff, as well as some advance and other workers, an adviser told CNN Wednesday afternoon.
The decision follows a bad night for Sanders, in which he lost four out of five East Coast states that voted on Tuesday.
Sanders announced the layoffs in an interview with The New York Times.
“It will be hundreds of staff members,” Sanders told the Times. “We have had a very large staff, which was designed to deal with 50 states in this country; 40 of the states are now behind us. So we have had a great staff, great people.”
The adviser didn’t know how many workers were being laid off but said the number reported by the Times was accurate.
The adviser said this was a natural progression for the campaign considering that they already had staff in California, which votes on June 7.
The Sanders campaign operation multiplied in size after his fundraising exploded earlier this year, hiring staffers across the country. With only 14 contests remaining, the adviser said, there just wasn’t a need for all the field workers.
But it’s a blunt acknowledgment that Sanders is not preparing for the long haul and no longer needs such a robust staff. The campaign also is uncertain whether its fundraising success will continue given the trajectory of the race, and senior advisers concluded it was time to downsize back to a smaller scale.
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Stories from Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Britnell and Whitten win E. Wilson Green Award (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
A huge crowd of local business owners and dignitaries made their way to The Artisan Restaurant in Highland for their 2015 Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Jan. 21. Outgoing president Kathy Austin, recognized Pat Wade for winning a chamber sponsored photo contest, to choose a photo for the cover of the 2015 Chamber Guide. Wade, who submitted a shot of a horse, received a framed cover of the guide which is produced by Areawide Media...
Ash Flat City Council discusses park improvements, welcomes new mayor (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
Ash Flat Mayor Larry Fowler, who took office Jan. 1, chaired the first city council meeting of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The council discussed improvement plans to the city park, a future grant for street surfacing and promoted firefighter Adam Bates...
Cave City man sentenced to 144 months for negligent homicide (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
A Cave City man, charged with negligent homicide in 2013 for his role in the death of his girlfriend entered a plea on Jan. 21 in Lawrence County Circuit Court. Judge Harold Erwin sentenced Daniel Walling, 33, to 144 months in the Arkansas Department of Correction. ...
New charges in knifing/shooting incident (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
In a bizarre case of domestic abuse, a man shot by his brother has been released from the hospital and faces charges for in a Nov. 23, 2014 incident near Cave City. Lemuel Brinkley, 53, of Jonesboro was arrested on Jan. 22 for his role in the shooting. ...
THE EAT BEAT:Bluff Steak House (Column ~ 01/28/15)
BLUFF STEAKHOUSE, Hardy, Ark. Bluff Steakhouse is part of a bed and breakfast operation in Hardy It is located on Bluff Road just north of Hardy in the original 1918 Biggers home. Open Thursday through Saturday, with limited hours on Sunday, it is best to call ahead for reservations...
FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE WAS A BUSY ONE (Editorial ~ 01/28/15)
Our first full week in office was a busy one, but we have already done a lot: The week started with the annual Right to Life March on Sunday. I attended my first march 28 years ago when I was a newcomer to politics. And I noticed that no other candidates or officeholders were present then. ...
Capitol Week in Review (Editorial ~ 01/28/15)
In a unique and historic vote, the Arkansas Senate approved a middle class tax cut in the opening days of the legislative session. No one can remember when the Senate has passed a signature bill so early in a session. Important fiscal legislation usually will not be considered for a final vote in the Senate until the final weeks of a session in March, because of the ramifications throughout the entire state government budget...
New AG Reminds readers of office's duties (Editorial ~ 01/28/15)
Newly inaugurated Attorney General Leslie Rutledge reminds Arkansans that the Attorney General's Office exists to protect consumers, and a change in administration will not change that mission -- it will only enhance it. The Consumer Protection Division helps resolve thousands of complaints every year," said Attorney General Rutledge. ...
Franklin Blunt, Jr. (Obituary ~ 01/28/15)
Franklin Blunt, Junior, 78, of Cherokee Village, Ark., passed away on Jan. 23, 2015. He was born April 4, 1936. He is survived by his wife, Dolores; daughter, Sherri Brown of Farmington, Mo.; sons, Steven (LaRene) Blunt of Monroe, Wis. and Quintin Blunt of Spirit Lake, Iowa; four grandchildren, Jennifer (Danny) Missey of Potosi, Mo., Amanda (David) Orrick of Valles, Wis., Heather Blunt of Monroe, Wis.; 16 great grandchildren; sister, Mary Ann Loftis of Stevens Point, Wis. ...
Cecile W. Hopper (Obituary ~ 01/28/15)
Cecile W. Hopper, 75, of Mammoth Spring, Ark. passed away on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. He was born on Aug. 16, 1939 in Marvell, Ark. to the late Royal and Flossie Mae Hopper. He served his country for 20 years in the USAF before retiring and serving an additional 20 years in civil service. ...
Marvin Stanley Bates (Obituary ~ 01/28/15)
Marvin Stanley Bates, of Ash Flat, Ark., departed this life on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 in Batesville, Ark. at the age of 53 years, 2 months and 11 days. He was born in Salem, Ark. on Nov. 8, 1961 to Claud Edward and Emma Jo Evans Bates. Stan or "Dooley", as he was known to many, worked as a farrier and carpenter. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, rodeos and trail rides...
Death Notices for Week of Jan. 28, 2015 (Obituary ~ 01/28/15)
Charles Crass, 90, of Thayer, Mo., died on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in West Plains, Mo. Arrangements by Carter Funeral Home of Thayer, Mo. Franklin Blunt, Junior, 78, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died on Jan. 23, 2015. Arrangements by McCorkle Funeral Home of Durand, Ill...
Getting ready for Calving Season (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
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Valentines Day giveaway promises to be sweet (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
Areawide Media would like to celebrate the month of love with our readers. With the combined efforts of local businesses, we will be giving away a bouquet of flowers and dinner for two for the special holiday. Love bugs are asked to go to the Areawide Media website and register for the wonderful giveaway. While on our website, please be sure to visit our businesses who support you...
Goodmans to celebrate 50 years (Anniversary ~ 01/28/15)
Dexter and Regenia Goodman will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends on Sunday Feb., 1 at the home of Stan and Jessica Goodman. The couple was married at Saddle Baptist Church on Jan. 30, 1965. Regenia is retired from North Arkansas Electric Company and Dexter continues to raise beef cattle on the family ranch in Sharp County...
Highland students recognized for completing program (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Two Ash Flat high school students, Tristian Wiles, a sophomore at Highland High School, and Kasey Olson, a Junior at Highland High School, have been recognized for completing their first year of Lyon College's competitive Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) Program for 2014-2015...
McFarland and Sullivan to wed (Engagement ~ 01/28/15)
Kenneth and Sandra McFarland of Highland announce the engagement of their daughter, Whitney Nishelle McFarland, to John Wesley Sullivan, son of Pete and Patti Sullivan of Hardy. A May wedding is planned.
ASU announces honor students (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
More than 2,000 Arkansas State University students have been named to the Chancellor's and Deans' lists for fall 2014 semester. The Chancellor's List (designated as CL) includes students who earned a grade point average of 3.80 to 4.0 for fall classes. The Deans' List (DL) includes students with a grade point average of 3.6 to 3.79...
Sharp County Farm Bureau Representatives attend national meeting (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Sharp County Farm Bureau members (from left) Sue Billiott, John Carter, and Betty Carter were among more than 150 Arkansans who attended the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in San Diego, Calif. The event, Jan. 9 to 14, provided farm and ranch leaders from across the United States an opportunity to network with fellow Farm Bureau leaders, attend a trade show and learn about current agriculture issues. ...
Single parent scholarship available (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Spring scholarship applications are available until Feb. 1. A student must be a resident of Izard County and the single head of household with a child under the age of 18 in the home. Applicants must be a high school or GED graduate, demonstrate evidence of financial need and plans for pursuing a career-oriented course of study. ...
WRMC offers mental health facility (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The White River Medical Center (WRMC) has partnered with mental health organization, The BridgeWay, to bring an Inpatient Acute Adult Psychiatric Unit to Batesville. The BridgeWay at WRMC is in a secure space inside the hospital, offering 12-beds, a lounge area, a quiet room and community room...
Izard County Senior Center has busy year ahead (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The Izard County Senior Center at Brockwell will hold its first fundraiser of the year on Monday, Feb. 9, a dance and BBQ dinner, from 3 to 6 p.m. Dinners "to go" will be available. The senior center has scheduled three of its popular vacation trips in 2015: the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, April 18 to 26; Hawaii, June 13 to 20; and a trip to Maine, Sept. 18 to 28...
Arkansas History Commission announces new site (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The Arkansas History Commission has launched a new site for the agency's online digital archives. Going to http://ahc.digital-ar.org/ will direct patrons to a variety of digitized collections of archival material. The online digital archives was relaunched last year through the Online Computer Library Center's (OCLC) program, Content DM. Content DM is used by archives and libraries across the country to share digitized archival material online...
Women's club puts spotlight on human trafficking (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
January is national Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Clubwomen of the GFWC Quapaw Women's Club of Cherokee Village wish to highlight some common myths and truths about human trafficking. Human trafficking and human smuggling are NOT the same. Human trafficking is the recruiting, transporting, harboring, or receiving of a person through force in order to exploit him or her for prostitution, forced labor, or slavery. ...
ASU to host annual Agribusiness Conference (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The 21st Arkansas State University annual Agribusiness Conference will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 11, focusing on the agricultural economy, commodity market outlook and farm business transition planning. On-site registration will begin at 7:45 a.m. at A-State's Fowler Center. Lunch will be served at the Convocation Center at noon; afternoon sessions will follow, ending at 4 p.m...
Scholarships for Spring Semester available at Ozarka College (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Due to recent donations made to Ozarka College, several scholarships are available for the Spring 2015 semester. These scholarships are valued at $250 each and applications are being accepted through Friday, Feb. 6. To be considered, students must be enrolled full time and have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. Applications are available to students when logging into their myOzarka account. Upon completing the application, a written essay will also be required...
Ladies Elks to host dinner (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The Ladies of the Highland Elks will host their annual Spaghetti Dinner on Sunday, Feb. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lodge, 15 Elks Drive, Cherokee Village. All you can eat spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, dessert, and beverage will be available for $6.50. Diners must be 21 years of age or older...
Billy Ray Nix Memorial Scholarship applications (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The North Central Arkansas District Fair will award the Billy Ray Nix Memorial Scholarship and the NCA District Fair scholarship to graduating seniors in the seven-county district fair area. Students in Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone and Van Buren Counties who have participated in county, district or state fairs and meet the scholarship criteria are eligible to apply. ...
Horticulture training classes to be offered (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The Master Gardeners and the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension service will conduct basic horticulture training classes in Independence County over a period of five weeks, beginning March 5. Fee for the classes is $50, and applications can be obtained from the Independence County Cooperative Extension Service office, 1770 Myers Street, Batesville, 8 to 4:30, Monday - Friday. The application deadline is Feb. 9...
Cherokee Village Animal Clinic to host spay/neuter clinic (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The Cherokee Village Animal Clinic will host a low cost spay/neuter clinic Feb. 3 to 5. Veterinarian services will be provided by Dr. Joanna McManus of Arkansas for Animals at the Cherokee Village Animal Control facility at 1531 Highway 289 North. The cost is $55 to spay or neuter dogs up to 75 pounds, and $65 for dogs over 75 pounds. The cost to spay or neuter a cat is $30, and rabies vaccinations are $5...
Community Square Dances at the Ozark Folk Center (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
What better way to shake off the winter ho-hums than a lively square dance with great music and friends? Ozark Folk Center dances are free and open to the public every Tuesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. The dances will be held in the Bois d'Arc Building on Feb. 3, 10 and 17, March 10, 24 and 31 and April 7. On Feb. 24 and March 3 and 17, they will be at the Lodge Recreation Room, and the dance will move to the Large Auditorium on April 14...
Gourmet dinner to benefit Safe Passage food pantry (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Chef David Kugler will present his first ever "Valentine's Day Gourmet Dinner" on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Papa Dicks newly remodeled restaurant at Crown Point Resort in Horseshoe Bend. Hors d'oerves and cocktails begin at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6:30 p.m...
Arkansas ranks eleventh in tax burden on poor (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Arkansas ranks eleventh in the nation when it comes to taxing the poor. The poorest Arkansans, those making under $9,600 per year, pay two times more in taxes as a percentage of their income than wealthy Arkansans who make over $209,800 per year. A new study released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) puts Arkansas among the most unfair tax systems in the country. ...
Six Arkansas crops set state yield records (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Arkansas growers set or tied state records for yields in six crops in 2014, exceeding the national average in per-acre yield in four categories. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2014 Crop Production Annual Survey, Arkansas growers set state records for yields of cotton, corn for grain, all rice and long grain rice; soybeans and sweet potatoes. Average yields for corn, cotton, long grain rice and soybeans all exceeded national averages...
ICARE to host spaghetti supper (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
ICARE will host a Spaghetti Supper on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall in Melbourne. Tickets will be $5 each, with all proceeds going to the care of homeless and abandoned animals in Izard County. Take outs will be available. Please mark your calendar and let ICARE do the cookin' for you!...
Clary Fitness adds classes (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
The Clary Fitness Center, next to Walmart at Ash Flat, has added Tuesday classes in Baby Ballet, Jazz Dancing and Drama and Acting. The classes are being taught by Andee Evers and Shane Cummings of the Studio for the Arts in Pocahontas. For the month of January, tuition is $20. Each month after, the cost will be $40. For information, call 870-892-0030...
Ozarka now offers GED Walmart Scholarship (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
A new scholarship opportunity is now available to adult education students. The GED Walmart Scholarship will cover Official GED testing fees, in full, if the student meets the required criteria. The only criteria for the scholarship is that the candidate must be an adult education student (30 hour minimum), an Arkansas resident, and not earn more than 200 percent of the Federal poverty level. ...
Social Security to expand office hours (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Social Security announces as a result of Congress' approval of the fiscal year 2015 budget, the agency will expand its hours nationwide and offices will be open to the public for an additional hour on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, effective March 16. A field office that is usually open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will remain open until 4 p.m. Offices will continue to close to the public at noon every Wednesday so employees have time to complete current work and reduce backlogs...
To Kill a Mockingbird coming to ASU-MH (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home's (ASUMH) Performing Arts Council will present To Kill a Mockingbird by National Players at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center (The Sheid) on Friday, Feb. 13. The 7 p.m. show will be held in the Ed Coulter Performing Arts Center. ...
Cavemen fall to conference-leading Redskins (High School Sports ~ 01/28/15)
The Cave City Cavemen dropped a 60-38 decision to 3-4A conference leaders, the Pocahontas Redskins, Jan. 20. Jacob Patterson led Cave City with eight points. Nick Smith paced the Redskins with a game-high 19 points.
Rebels blitz visiting Hornets in 3-4A (High School Sports ~ 01/28/15)
Colby McGuire tossed in 12 points, Chase Martin added 11 and Blake Goodson tallied 10, helping the Highland Rebels to a 63-49 rout of the visiting Harrisburg Hornets Jan. 20 in 3-4A play at the Hutson Center. Highland (11-5, 5-3) jumped in front 21-8 after the first period and extended that cushion to 41-16 at intermission...
Lady Rebs notch two big wins (High School Sports ~ 01/28/15)
Highland tops Gosnell and Westside for productive week
Bald eagle shot at Bayou Meto; recovery likely (High School Sports ~ 01/28/15)
Enforcement officials with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission are looking for a person who shot and wounded a bald eagle Monday on Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area. The juvenile eagle was quickly taken to a rehabilitator and probably will recover...
Cavewomen win pair (High School Sports ~ 01/28/15)
They trailed after the first period of play, but the Cave City Cavewomen moved in front in the second and held on for a 45-41 win over Harrisburg Jan. 19 in 3-4A Conference play. The Lady Hornets led 12-10 after the first period, but Cave City stood in front 24-20 at the half and 36-27 heading into the fourth...
Stats & Scores (Community Sports ~ 01/28/15)
Thursday Night Men's League at Indian Hills Bowl Jan. 22 James Oliver..........257;667 Buddy E. Smith.....200;562 Ron Sparks............212;530 Paul Rosebrook.....218;599 Darrell Williams....215;563 Tom Hurdis...........190;527 Leon Moreland......225;557...
Fire guts local church, arson suspected (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
Thayer Police have made an arrest in connection with a Friday, Jan. 23, fire at the Little Rock Church, located at 8th and Pine Streets. The suspicious fire was quickly doused by the Thayer Fire Department, but it caused significant damage to the building, especially the basement and main floor areas...
Thayer City Council takes care of unfinished business (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
The Thayer City Council met in special session on Thursday, Jan. 22 at city hall to take up some unfinished business, including discussing the purchase of a new water truck to replace one that city employees say is unsafe. "We have some things that have come up that need to be addressed," Mayor Ken Cotham told the council and the citizens in attendance as the meeting began. ...
Alton residents welcome new restaurant (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
Diners looking for a new taste of home need look no further than the Hometown Café, the newest place to eat in Alton. Opened on Jan. 19 by Lenda Morrison and her daughter Trisha Marshall, the restaurant is located at the former home of Chelsea Dale's, a popular local eatery that closed its doors last fall...
Koshkonong Elementary and Junior High Honor Roll students for second quarter (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
1st Grade David Mack Buchanan*, Dylan Caldwell*, Alyzabeth Crider*, Andrew Inman*, Noah Johnson*, Abigail Lancaster*, Brylie Orsborn*, Mary Rubado*, Fiona Thompson2nd Grade Andrew Birosh, Chad Carey*, Jordan Collins, Kyler Jones, Blake McCall, Darren Richardson*, Breana Robison, Breanna Tharp, Derrik Villavicencio*...
Koshkonong High School Honor Roll for second quarter (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
9th Grade Jesse Ayres, Shane Bradshaw, Patrick Cobb, Logan Griffin, Amber Howell, Karenza Hunsperger, Kennedy Irwin, Isabel Johnson, Jon Marchant, Jade Smith 10th Grade Sarah Caldwell, Jacquelyn Davis, Jessica Hammond, Brianna Hendrix, Allison Kimbrough, Logan Maffei, Jonathon Petroski, Brook Reid, Emerald Tullos, Tyler West, Dylan Wiggs, Kayla Willis...
Thayer McDonald's to participate in annual Share a Heart campaign (Community News ~ 01/28/15)
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks have launched their annual Share a Heart campaign at 63 Ozarks' McDonald's stores, including the Thayer McDonald's. Citizens are encouraged to adopt a heart by donating $1, $5 or $20 to Ronald McDonald House Charities. ...
Oregon County to receive emergency funds (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Emergency Food and Shelter Program and consists of representations from the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic Charities, USA, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. and United Way of Americ. The Board is charged with the distribution of funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high need areas around the county...
Winter heat assistance available for low income families (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
Compared to last year when winds howled and snow frequently closed schools and businesses, we have had a mild winter so far, a couple of cold snaps but no big snow storms. As usual though, demand is high from people who need help paying their winter heating bills...
Izard County man dies in accidental shooting (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
A 20-year old Izard County man was killed on Sunday, Jan. 25, in an accidental shooting. Izard County Sheriff's Deputies and Melbourne Fire Department First Responders were dispatched to a property on Jumbo Road about 10 a.m. after being notified of the shooting. They found Ethan McFall had been wounded in the back while on a hunting trip with family members. After receiving treatment on the scene, McFall was taken to the White River Medical Center in Batesville where he was pronounced dead...
Governor puts private option foes on the hot seat (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
Leaders of rural hospitals are relieved that Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson has proposed continuing to operate the private option insurance program for poor Arkansas residents through December of 2016. But the decision, announced on Thursday, Jan. 22, in Little Rock, has put some area Republican legislators, who ran on a promise to abolish the program, in a bind...
Mayor Busch runs first council meeting (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
New Salem Mayor Daniel Busch attended many city council meetings after announcing his intention to run for mayor last year, but he got a very different view of things as he sat down to chair his first council session on Thursday, Jan. 22. With Treasurer Pam Bryant nearby to occasionally prompt him, Busch brought up and discussed agenda items and called for votes to be taken -- even getting into his first debate over an issue -- his budget proposal to keep funding the operation of the Salem city pool.. ...
Fulton County Spelling Bee Winners (Local News ~ 01/28/15)
Salem 8th grader Sophie Rossitto (right) won her second Fulton County Spelling Bee in a row on Jan. 13, battling it out with students from Salem, Viola and Mammoth Spring who placed in the top three of their school spelling bees. Mammoth Spring 6th grader Rachel Davis (first on left) placed second. Rossitto qualified to move on to the state spelling bee in Little Rock...
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Katie Hickman at The Richmond Literature Festival
Arts Richmond's contribution to the Literature Festival: Katie Hickman on her new book 'She Merchants,Buccaneers & Gentlewomen' British women in India
She-Merchants, Buccaneers & Gentlewomen
British Women in India 1600-1900
Katie Hickman
Published by Virago, on 2nd May, price £20
‘With her customary brilliance, Katie Hickman has gone beneath the surface of male imperial history to dig out a cast of extraordinary women, living astonishing lives in remarkable times. At times funny, at others sobering, but always engrossing’ - Anita Anand
‘Sharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, She Merchants provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully challenges the stereotype of the snobbish, matron-like memsahib by deploying a riveting gallery of powerful and often eccentric women ranging from stowaways and runaways through courtesans and society beauties to Generals' feisty wives and Viceroys' waspish sisters. It is full of surprises and new material and completely engaging from beginning to end’ - William Dalrymple, Mira Singh Farm, 2019
‘Absolutely brilliant... these are remarkable women, but until now almost unknown. I was so gripped I couldn't put it down’ - Antonia Fraser The first British women to set foot in India did so in the very early seventeenth century, two and a half centuries before the Raj came into being. In stark contrast to the languid memsahibs of popular imagination, these women were tough adventurers, their voyages extraordinarily daring leaps into the unknown. Those who dared the nineteen-month sea voyage, often confined to the lowest bowels of the ship, were at risk of hurricanes, shipwreck, and even piracy. While for some it was a painful exile - in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it could take more than three years to receive and reply to letters from home - for many others it was an exhilarating opportunity to re-invent themselves in the often decadent, and socially porous British enclaves.
While it is well-known that women went to India to find husbands, what is almost unknown is that they also worked as traders, cloth merchants, milliners, bakers, dress-makers, actresses, portrait painters, maids, shop-keepers, governesses, teachers, boarding house proprietors, midwives, nurses, missionaries, doctors, geologists, plant-collectors, writers and travellers. India was the British 'wild east', and many women succeeded in building a new and often independent life for themselves. Through diaries, letters and memoirs (many still in manuscript form), She-Merchants, Buccaneers & Gentlewomen reveals the life and times of hundreds of women who made their way across the sea and changed history.
British imperialism has cast a long shadow over their reputations. The term 'memsahibs', once a title of respect, has become a byword for snobbery and even racism. And it is true: prejudice of every kind - racial, social, imperial, religious - did cloud many aspects of British involvement in India. But it was not invariably the case. Katie Hickman, author of the bestselling Courtesans and Daughters of Britannia, which collectively have sold more than a quarter of a million copies worldwide, challenges our views of this period in this exciting new landmark history.
The She-Merchants:
Eliza Fay: in late 18 century Calcutta, having escaped captivity dressed as a French seaman, then abandoned by her husband, she founded a successful millinery business.
Mrs Hudson: in 1617, one of the first British women ever to travel to India she was forbidden by the East Indian Company merchants to invest in indigo. Instead, they `allowed’ her trade in cloth. She returned to England three years later with her fortune.
The Buccaneers, Risk-takers, Adventurers
Charlotte Hickey: an infamous high-class London courtesan Charlotte left England in 1782 with her protector, the diarist William Hickey, and arrived in India as the respectable ‘Mrs Hickey’, becoming the darling of Calcutta society.
Unnamed Women from Christ’s Hospital: Women were needed to marry the English soldiers stationed in Bombay and when the East India Company advertised in 1668 for single women between the ages of 12 and 40, many orphans from Christ’s Hospital took the chance, even though life-expectancy there was just ‘two mussons’ (two monsoons, two years).
The Gentlewomen
Flora Annie Steel: Founder and Inspector of schools, she collected folk stories for Tales of the Punjab and wrote more than thirty books; her most famous publication was the Complete Indian Handbook and Cook (1888) – a magisterial guide to everything from how to protect your kid gloves from humidity to curing ‘bumble foot’ in chickens.
Maria Impey: Owner of a famous Calcutta menagerie and a naturalist who employed three full time Mughal artists to paint Indian wildlife, and the exquisite paintings in her collection are now housed in museums and art galleries around the world.
Katie Hickman is the author of eight books, including two bestselling works of non-fiction, Daughters of Britannia - in the Sunday Times bestseller lists for 10 months and a 20-part series for BBC Radio 4 - and Courtesans. She has also written a trilogy of historical novels – the Aviary Gate, The Pindar Diamond and the House of Bishopgate - which have been translated into 20 languages. Her other books include two highly-acclaimed travel books, including Travels with a Mexican Circus, which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. Her first novel, The Quetzal Summer, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.
Born into a diplomatic family, she had a peripatetic childhood, growing up in Spain, Ireland, Singapore and South America; she has two children and lives in London.
Ticket available at the end of the month.
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Bacary Sagna’s returning performance showed how much Arsenal have missed him
On Inside The Formation we'll look at an individual player's performance and analyse their input into the game. Today Joss Bennett looks at Bacary Sagna's performance against Bolton.
In his first return to the starting line-up since the defeat to Tottenham four months ago, Bacary Sagna’s performance against Bolton showed the reason why Arsenal’s full-back issues have hit them so hard. When you’re used to consistency and world-class standards, anything else is never going to be good enough.
A snip at less than £10 million, Sagna is yet another example of Wenger’s much-criticised philosophy of buying cheap, under-the-radar players from abroad. Since his debut, the Frenchman has been the perfect combination of attacking flair, and defensive solidity; using his pace and strength to get up and down the wing throughout the game – apparently never tiring.
Sagna almost capped off a brilliant performance as he went as close as possible to creating the opening goal of the match – his low cross from the right finding Robin van Persie, who could only hit the post. After a broken leg kept him from playing football for nearly four months (having made his first return to action against Aston Villa at the weekend), the right-back could be forgiven for a slight drop in quality. Instead – as ever – he reacted to his set-back in the best way possible.
Given the task of handling the tricky Martin Petrov, Sagna did well to make five tackles (only less than one player on the pitch; Mikel Arteta) – although he didn’t make a single interception during the match*. This last statistic is not entirely surprising, however, given that both of Bolton’s wingers prefer to play in front of their markers and take them on rather than looking to make runs behind them; shown by the fact Petrov was caught offside just once and averages a fairly high 0.5 dribbles per game*.
Going forward, Sagna was a little more reserved than usual – perhaps to be expected considering he hasn’t had time to get fully match-fit – and attempted only two crosses (completing one)*. Despite that, he was happy to be involved when Arsenal had the ball, completing 55 passes (sixth-most in the side), with an 89% accuracy, less than only Mark Davies of Bolton*.
Sagna’s importance to the team is further emphasised by the fact that Arsenal have managed to keep clean-sheets in four of his seven appearances in the Premier League this season, while they have kept the same number in sixteen games without him so far**.
Despite a disappointing result, Arsenal can look forward to welcoming back several players from injury as we approach the run-in for the Premier League, as well as two Champions League legs against A.C. Milan and the FA Cup 5th Round.
While players like Jack Wilshere and Andre Santos will be missed, the return of Bacary Sagna was arguably most important. A player who sets examples as an ultimate professional and superb athlete is just what a young squad needs to help them through a difficult period, and Wenger will be delighted that Sagna appears to be relatively unfazed by his injury.
However, while a player of his class is always going to be needed and missed, there remain questions over whether his back-up is sufficient should Sagna suffer a second injury, suspension or simply needs rest.
*OPTA statistics courtesy of whoscored.com
**Statistic via @randomanomaly on twitter
Joss Bennett is co-editor and head writer of Arsenal blog Arsenal Report - a site for all Gooners interested in tactics, stats and the inner workings of the club. You can follow him on twitter and his read is work at Arsenal Report.
Labels: Arsenal, Bacary Sagna, Bolton Wanderers, Inside the formation, Premier League
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FULL OF ENERGY
posted by Matt Thomas
A PROFILE ON BEN KLUNDERT
BY PERRY J GREENBAUM
One thing that characterizes BEN KLUNDERT is his love of building quality and affordable homes, a trait he learned from his father, FRANK, who began building homes in 1959 in Belle River, Ontario, a town about 50 kilometres southeast of Windsor on Highway 401. “My father did everything himself — electrical, plumbing, drywall — the whole nine yards,” Klundert, 44, recounts. “I ended up learning the whole trade from him.” (His father died about a year-and-a-half ago.)
That passion ran deep. Klundert formed his first company with an older brother, JOHN, right after graduating from high school in 1979. They built four houses, selling three rather quickly. Then the recession of 1981-82 hit hard. “We carried that fourth house for four-and-a-half years,” Klundert says, “which was a valuable lesson.”
The brothers closed the business and went their separate ways. Both ended up working for a number of years in the automobile industry in nearby Windsor, an automotive hub. However, Ben Klundert was only waiting for the right moment to return to his love. He formed Ben Klundert & Son Contractors Ltd. in 1987 and, for almost 20 years, has never looked back.
That company lasted until 2000, when Klundert and his right-hand man, KEVIN BRADY, decided to form BK Cornerstone in 2001, mainly to change direction. “The previous company was a small concern, building between 10 and 18 homes a year,” Klundert says. “Part of the change was to increase the number of projects we undertook.”
Maintain Customer Service
BK Cornerstone has 20 employees and sells an average of 70 homes each year, generating annual sales of about $11 million. The company builds homes that sell for between $184,000 and $500,000. It has been a steady and controlled development, chiefly to ensure the company maintains excellent customer service. “One of the things that we can boast about is that, after almost 20 years in business, we haven’t had anyone get into their new home a day late, ” Klundert says. “Each year we grow a little bigger.”
To be sure, BK Cornerstone is building homes, even when many other builders in the area are facing tough times. The company has between 15 and 20 homes on the go at any given moment. It’s very much a family business. Klundert’s wife SUE and son BRENTwork for the company. Brady, 34, is a full partner in the business and his wife TAMMYworks parttime at the office.
Much of the fate of residential construction is inextricably linked to the health of the automobile sector in nearby Windsor. The automobile sector is currently undergoing its own insecurities and trials, and thus the market is very soft for used homes. That greatly affects the new home market. Klundert, past president of the local CHBA chapter, has met many builders in the region who are deeply troubled about the economy. As he puts it, “Some builders haven’t done a thing since September 2005.”
EnviroHome Project
One area that differentiates this builder from many others is the focus on energy conservation and environmental sustainability, chiefly as a way to reduce energy costs. For example, Klundert built his first R-2000 home in 1985, when energy costs were not as high as they are today. “Then, it was difficult to convince people to spend an additional $10,000 to $15,000 on R-2000.” The company was also named an Energy Star builder in 2006, the first builder in Essex County to gain this distinction. “That may be one of the reasons we are so busy right now.”
One of the company’s noted ventures is the EnviroHome project that it is building in Belle River, the first such project in Essex County. Once completed, the 1,900-square-foot, twostory house, which sits on a 60-foot by 121-foot lot (7,260 square feet), will have a market value of $300,000.
The R-2000 home is expected to reduce the cost for heating and cooling by 50 per cent. Among its innovative technologies are the following:
A 1.2-kilowatt solar array consisting of eight solar panels to generate electricity.
An in-floor hydronic heating system for basement radiant heat, which uses a combination heat source — natural gas boiler and solar hot-water heating. The latter consists of Energy Pack and two solar collectors.
Main floor supplemental heat is generated from a dual-stage natural gas furnace with an ECM-DC driven fan motor. The furnace is rated at 95 per cent energy efficiency.
Supplemental heat also comes from two 4- ft x 7-ft solar sheets on the south side of the building, attached to solar-driven fan motors for air distribution.
The house’s plans include installing a 2.3- kilowatt wind turbine that sits atop a 50-foot tower, at a cost of $12,000. The town’s current by-laws do not permit such a structure, but that may soon change. “The town will probably change the by-laws,” Klundert points out. “The town officials know that these structures are stationary and sturdy. The likelihood of one of these structures falling on someone’s house is slim to none. They are built to last.”
Depending on the lot size and setbacks allowed, wind turbines either are attached to the house or sit atop a high tower that is encased in concrete as a supporting base. The footprint of the concrete based depends on how deep the tower goes into the ground. Part of the problem is that the house is being built in a subdivision. If it were not, there would likely be little concern about liability or aesthetics. Even so, everything is on schedule for the completion date of September 29, 2006
Klundert takes all such problems in stride, part of being in the home-building business. He enjoys golf, hockey, volleyball and working out in the gym. The best way to describe Klundert is a man of the people. “He’s very social. He likes to drink beer and tell jokes with the employees after work,” says PAULINE BROCKMAN of BK Cornerstone. “He’s lot of fun to be around. He’s well respected and well liked. He’s not afraid to work alongside the guys and get dirty. ”
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21/06/15 14:02 Filed in: articles
In this week's New Scientist magazine, there's a section in the Letters page discussing the recent article on Mankind's exploration of Mars. One of the letters is from me:
In your article on colonising Mars (Issue 3021, 16th May 2015, pg39), the writer Rhawn Joseph states that 'our cosmic biological destiny is to go forth and multiply'. This isn't a scientific idea but a religious one, originating in the Bible (Genesis 9:7) as part of God's covenant with Noah. It's also woefully short-sighted. The destiny of a dominant, tool-using species that multiplies unchecked in its environment is ecological collapse, something we're now seeing here on Earth. We need a new cosmic destiny for the next four thousand years, one where we don't run away from our problems. How about 'stay, stabilise and save'?
I wrote the letter because I was unhappy that a 'ultimate fact' was being placed in the article that was not only non-scientific but non-sensical. 'Go forth and multiply' makes sense if you've just had your population decimated by a cataclysm and you need to restore healthy numbers, but it doesn't make any sense once your numbers start to overwhelm your environment. Strangely enough, the story of the origins of 'go forth and multiply' includes both problems…
There's a lot of evidence that much of the Book of Genesis in the Bible is based on much earlier, Mesopotamian stories. In the early first millennium BC, Jews from the Kingdom of Jerusalem and other Semitic tribes of the Holy Land were captured and enslaved on multiple occasions by Empires from Mesopotamia, including the Babylonians and the Assyrians. During their time in captivity, there is evidence that the Jews absorbed myths, legends, stories and historical records originating from Mesopotamia and in particular, its oldest civilisation, Sumer. When they returned to Jerusalem, they placed these stories in their holy books, that later became the source of the Christian Old Testament. One book in the Old Testament in particular seems to be heavily influenced by Sumerian stories/historical records; its first book, Genesis.
One of the important stories from Sumer is the Legend of Atrahasis. This is very similar to the early chapters of Genesis, particularly the story of Noah and the Flood. In the legend of Atrahasis, the lower-tier gods of Sumer (the Igigi) are sick of doing the manual labour for the upper-tier gods (the Anunna). They protest and the Annuna agree to create mankind so they'll do the work instead. The gods make mankind from clay and a sort of god-flesh-body template. Once mankind is created, they're put to work and all the gods are happy… until mankind multiplies too much. At this point, the Anunna get fed up with all the human people running around everywhere, making noises, and try and kill them, repeatedly (by famine etc). Mankind only survives these privations because Enki, the nice, water god, keeps helping them out. Finally, Enlil, the autocratic, angry god, decides to flood the world and kill humanity once and for all. Enki hears about this plan and lets one human, Atrahasis, know about what's going to happen. Atrahasis takes Enki's advice, builds an Ark and fills it full of animals. The rain and flood comes and all the humans die except for Atrahasis and his Ark. Enlil is very angry that a human survived, but Enki says he's duty-bound to preserve life.
This is where things get ironic, because the version of the story that a billion people in the last two millennia have been taking guidance from is the version without the key element that it was mankind's overpopulation - excessive multiplying - that caused the Elder Gods to kill nearly all of them with famine and flood in the first place! Instead, we just get God telling Noah to go forth and multiply. Not only that, but God says:
“Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you."
In other words, 'go off and be monsters'. There's no doubt that a lot of mankind has, by and large, followed that instruction, but what a dumb strategy! Now we've got seven billion people, ecological armageddon and rampant climate change. D'oh!
Would things have been different if we'd been given the Sumerian version of the story in school, or in church for the last two-thousand years? It might have helped. Tragically, it looks as if we'll be getting famine and flood all over again, if we don't make some drastic changes soon. It's just as George Santayana said:
Tags: new scientist, history
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Six In A Row
Although I will be giving Donald John Trmp’s acceptance address on Thursday, July 21, 2016, the Feast of Saint Praxedes, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, a bit of attention by Thursday, July 28, 2016, at which point the miscreant pro-aborts of the organized crime family of the false opposite of the naturalist “left” will be on the verge of concluding their jamboree in support of statism and moral evils, including an unapologetic celebration of the butchers of Planned Barrenhood, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Jorge Mario Bergoglio will have arrived in Poland for the jamboree known as “World Youth Day,” former First Lady/United States Senator/United States Secretary of State and consistent mocker of the laws of God and men Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton’s selection of United States Senator Timothy Kaine (D-Virginia) to be her vice presidential running mate demands a bit of attention. Timothy Kaine is a Catholic. Timothy Kaine supports abortion-on-demand as a constitutional “right.” Thus it is that the Democratic Party will feature a pro-abortion Catholic on its national ticket for the fourth consecutive election. What was that business about Catholics having “arrived” in American politics fifty-six years ago with the election of United States Senator (D-Massachusetts) as president of the United States of America on Tuesday, November 8, 1960? Some “arrival.”
United States Senator John F. Kerry (D-Massachusetts) was the unapologetically pro-abortion political party’s presidential nominee in the general election that took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
United States Senator Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. (D-Delaware), was the unapologetically pro-abortion political party’s vice presidential nominee in the general election that took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. It was as Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., that he was re-nominated as that organized crime family’s vice presidential nominee in the general election that took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
Alaska Governor Sarah Heath Palin, a baptized Catholic whose father, Charles Heath, took her out of the Catholic Church when she was twelve years old in 1976 for reasons that are unclear (although the aftermath of the “Second” Vatican Council may have been a factor), was the vice presidential nominee of the organized crime family of the false opposite of the naturalist “right” in the general election that took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Her debate with then Senator Biden represented the first time that two baptized Catholics had faced each other in a national election. (By the way, Mrs. Palin whose son Track just entered a guilty plea to domestic abuse charges—just another chink in the “conservative” armor of the “idyllic” “American family” as some Catholic publications heralded eight years ago—was not at the Republican National Convention this past week. Trump himself said it was because Alaska was a faraway place. Sure. Right. I report, you decide.)
United States Representative Paul Davis Ryan (R-Wisconsin), who is partly pro-life and partly pro-abortion and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the United States Chamber of Commerce and the international banking community, was the vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the general election that took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Ryan’s low-key and ineffective debate with Biden represented the first time that two candidates who were practitioners of what they believe to be Catholicism had ever debated each other at the national level, although such debates are fairly common in state and local elections.
Although Governor Michael Richard Pence (R-Indiana) will be mentioned briefly later in this commentary, he, like Palin, is a baptized Catholic. Unlike Palin, however, he apostatized all of his own when he was in Hanover College in Indiana at the age of eighteen in 1975.
That's six for six, although it should be noted that the first Catholic to be selected by a Democratic presidential nominee to serve as a vice presidential running mate, United States Senator Edmund Muskie (D-Maine), was selected by then Vice President Hubert Horatio Humphrey at the riotously tumultuous Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, that I watched unfold with own my own nearly-seventeen year-old peepers in August of 1968. Muskie had become a complete supporter of contraception and abortion as the years wore on, and it was as a pro-abort that he served as James Earl Carter, Jr.'s, Secretary of State from May 8, 1980, to January 20, 1981.
Ironically, the man who gave the Democratic Party a platform in support of surgical baby-killing in 1972, United States Senator George S. McGovern (D-South Dakota), selected two Catholics to serve as his vice presidential running mate that year, both of whom were pro-life. United States Senator Thomas Eagleton (D-Missouri) was chosen, but had to withdraw after his selection once it had been disclosed that he had undergone electroshock therapy for depression. His replacement, the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's brother-in-law, Robert Sarger Shriver, a scion of the Maryland Shrivers whose participation in the American way goes all the way back to the Seventeenth Century, was also opposed to abortion, as was his wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
The first pro-abortion Catholic to be nominated for the vice presidency was the late United States Representative Geraldine Anne Ferraro-Zaccarro (D- Forest Hills, Queens, New York), who was the selectee of the hapless former Vice President of the United States of America, Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale, in 1984.
Catholics have been on a "roll" since 2004, however, and thus it is that we can behold the fruits of Americanism, which produced men in the past six years alone such as Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., and John F. Kerry, and its rotten fruit, conciliarism, as exhibited, albeit in different ways, by Timothy Michael Kaine and Michael Richard Pence.
As has been noted so frequently in the past on this site, including in Do Not Expect Injustice From Those Who Are Unjust, part two, four days ago now, Catholic immigrants to the United States of America in the Nineteenth Century faced overt hostility, up to and including violence, from thugs of Protestant and Judeo-Masonic nativists. Father Pierre Jean De Smet, S.J., who had to sneak away from his family in Belgium to study for the priesthood in the United States of America, where he was ordained and was especially beloved by the Indians of the Northwest, experienced the violent state of affairs facing Catholic immigrants in the Nineteenth Century:
The Carbonari, then numerous in America, received their orders direct from European lodges. They edited a paper, L’Eco d’Italia, and labored unceasingly to prejudice the people against the Church and trammel the authority of the Bishops. In the hope of recovering their waning influence, the Protestant ministers made common cause with the revolutionaries. This was the beginning of a vast conspiracy, which imperiled, for a time, Catholic liberty in the United States.
The Know-Nothings, a new society, began to be organized about 1852. Theirs was a secret order, which bound its members by a solemn oath. It was formed, ostensibly, to defend the rights of the poor against European invasion. “America is for Americans” was its slogan. With this object in view, they endeavored to have severe naturalization laws enacted against the new arrivals from Europe, and exclude citizens born of foreign parents from holding public offices. In reality, these fanatics combated no so much the foreign immigration as the fidelity of Europeans, especially the Irish, to the Church of Rome. To base calumnies they added murder, pillage, incendiarism, and, before long, found an occasion for opening the campaign. In the spring of 1853 the Papal Nuncio to Brazil, Archbishop Bedini, arrived in New York, bringing the Sovereign Pontiff’s blessing to the faithful in the United States. He was charged, moreover, to investigate the conditions of Catholicism in the great Republic.
The Know-Nothings saw in this mission a grave attack upon American liberties. Their newspapers denounced the perfidious and ambitious intrigues of Rome. The apostate priest Gavazzi came from London and placed his eloquence at the service of his follow-socialists and friends. For several months he followed the Envoy form one city to the other, vomiting forth lies, threatening him with dire reprisals, and through fiery denunciation endeavored to stir up the masses against the “Papists.”
From vituperation and abuse there was but one step to action. On Christmas day in Cincinnati a band of assassins attempted to do away with the Nuncio. Driven off by the police, they revenged themselves by burning him in effigy. This odious scene was enacted in several towns. Conditions pointing to renewed attacks, Archbishop Bedini was forced to depart after a short sojourn in the United States. But the hostilities did not cease with the departure of the Nuncio. The campaign lasted for three years, attended by violent outrages and attacks, and armed forces had presently to interfere to defend life and property. A witness of these disorders, Father De Smet draws a gloomy picture of existing conditions in his letters. “The times are becoming terrible for Catholics in these unhappy States. Nowhere in the world do honest men enjoy less liberty.”
“European demagogues, followers of Kossuth, Mazzini, etc., have sworn to exterminate us. Seven Catholic churches have been sacked and burned; those courageous enough to defend them have been assassinated.” “The future grows darker, and we are menaced from every side. If our enemies succeed in electing a President from ranks–until now the chances have been in their favor–Catholics will be debarred from practicing their religion; our churches and schools will be burned and pillaged, and murder will result from these brawls. During this present time [1854] over twenty thousand Catholics have fled to other countries seeking refuge from persecution, and many more talk of following them. The right to defame and exile is the order of the day in this great Republic, now the rendezvous of the demagogues and outlaws of every country.”
No laws were enacted for the protection of Catholics, and in some States the authorities were openly hostile. “The legislators of New York and Pennsylvania are now busy with the temporal affairs of the Church, which they wish take out of the hands of the Bishops. These States have taken the initiative, and others will soon follow. In Massachusetts, a mischief-making inquisition has just been instituted, with the object of investigating affairs in religious houses. In Boston, a committee of twenty-four rascals, chosen from among the legislators, of which sixty are Protestant ministers, searched and inspected a convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.”
While making a tour of the Jesuit houses with the Provincial, Father De Smet more than once braved the fury of the fanatics. In Cincinnati, a priest could not show himself in the street without being insulted by renegade Germans, Swiss, and Italians. In Louisville, thirty Catholics were killed in an open square and burned alive in their houses. Those who attempted to flee were driven back into the flames at the point of pistols and knives. Even in St. Louis, several attempts were made in one week upon the lives of citizens. The Jesuits were not spared. At Ellsworth, Maine, Father Bapst was taken by force from the house of a Catholic where he was hearing confessions, was covered with pitch, rolled in feathers, tied, swung by his hands and feet to a pole, and carried through the city to the accompaniment of gross insults. (Father E. Lavaille, S.J., The Life of Father De Smet, S.J. (1801-1873): Apostle of the Rocky Mountains, published originally in 1915 by P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, New York, and reprinted by TAN Books and Publishers in 2000 with the additions and the subtitle, “Apostle of the Rocky Mountains.” pp. 262-265.)
This was not taught in American history classes fifty years ago when I was in high school, and it is certainly not being taught today, is it?
Interestingly, the aforementioned the Know Nothing Party (or American Party), was actually formed in 1845 by the first Talmudist elected to Congress, Lewis Charles Levin. Levin formed the Know Nothings not to oppose immigration in general but to to protest the influx of German and Irish Catholic immigrants to the United States of America. In other words, the Know Nothing Party was founded by a Jew to oppose the immigration of Catholics to this country because he wanted to preserve the "American way," which, of course, provides plenty of space for the devil and his false religions, starting with Talmudism, of course, while seeking to intimidate Catholics in this country from knowing anything about, no less proclaiming openly, the Social Reign of Christ the King over men and their nations. Americanism is thus an expression of the Talmudic ethos that celebrates error while scorning the truth incluing Truth Incarnate Himself.
Part of the larger "Know Nothing" movement (named not for fictional Sergeant Hans Schultz of Hogan's Heroes, but for members of this movement saying that they "knew nothing" about its activities when questioned) that sponsored mob riots against Catholics in various areas, including the attacking and killing of individual Catholics and the burning of Catholic church buildings and schools. Know Nothings won control of the Massachusetts General Court in the elections of 1854, being successful as well in electing their candidates as mayors of the cities of Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California. Ohio was a particular stronghold of the Know-Nothings, who nominated former President Millard Fillmore, who had succeeded to the presidency of the United States of America upon the death of President Zachary Taylor on July 9, 1850, and served the remainder of Taylor's term (which ended on March 4, 1853), for president in 1856.
The Blaine amendments, named after the virulently anti-Catholic James G. Blaine (R-Maine), who, in additional to being the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States of America in 1884, served in the United States House of Representatives (where he was the Speaker of the House from 1869 to 1875) and the United States Senate and served two different terms in two different presidencies as the United States Secretary of State, prohibited the use of public funding of any kind to subsidize schools operated by religious organizations.
Members of the Grand Orient Masonic lodge of Oregon, using all of their considerable clout, joined forces with their great ally, the Ku Klux Klan, and others to sponsor an initiative (a referendum that, if approved by voters, becomes law as though it had been passed by a state legislature) to amend the Compulsory Education Act to, in effect, outlaw Catholic schools in the State of Oregon by mandating that all children be "educated" in public schools. This effort was rendered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States of America in the case ofPierce v. Society of Sisters, June 1, 1925. (See America's Concentration Camps).
The State of North Dakota, long a den of Masonic activity (Freemasons in the newly formed state legislature in 1889 sought to "liberalize" existing divorce laws as a means of destabilizing the family, something that was fought by the founding bishop of the Diocese of Jamestown (later Fargo), North Dakota, John Shanley), passed an anti-garb law in 1947 to require priests and consecrated religious to wear lay clothing when teaching in public schools. The Freemasons of North Dakota hoped to force a crisis of conscience for priests and religious that would prompt the two bishops of North Dakota from prohibiting their clergy and religious to teach in public schools. Bishops Leo Dworschak of Fargo and Vincent Ryan of Bismarck got permission from the Holy See for the clergy and the religious to wear lay clothing, thereby avoiding that crisis of conscience:
When the "anti-garb" campaign was waged in North Dakota in 1948, Bishop Ryan led in the defense of the rights of those wearing religious garb to teach in the public schools of the state. The opposition was well organized and had carried on vigorous campaign before the Catholics of the state were aware of their activities. Bishop Ryan rose to the challenge, and his efforts to defeat this measure were very nearly successful. In conjunction with Bishop Leo Dworschak of the Fargo Diocese, he appealed to the Holy See for permission for the sisters to teach in lay clothing. The victory for the anti-Catholics and the bigots was rendered empty when the Holy See granted their request. Friends and enemies alike had a new admiration for Bishop Ryan following this campaign. (History of Bishop Vincent J. Ryan.)
Thus it is that most. athough far from all, Catholics in the United States of America in the latter part of the Nineteenth Century saw partisan politics as the means of upward social, political and economic mobility. Leaders of the Democratic Party saw in these immigrants and their children the means to win elections, thus welcoming them with open arms and making it relatively easy for them to advance the ranks of ward politics. There was a price to be paid for this, of course: one could not be confessionally Catholic in his public discourse. One had to speak in generic, inter-denominational or non-denominational terms, thus advancing the agenda of Judeo-Masonry as the Incarnation and Redemptive Act of the God-Man, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, was held to be of no account whatsoever in public life.
The "identification" of Catholics with the Democratic Party was such that a story was told in the 1930s of a woman in Boston, Massachusetts, who was praying a Novena to Saint Monica for the return of her son to the Faith. A friend asked her what had happened to her son. The woman praying the Novena said in great distress, "He's become a Republican!" Yes, being a Democrat and being a Catholic were considered to be inseparable by the lion's share of Catholics in the Nineteenth and early-Twentieth Centuries.
This alliance of Catholics with the Democratic Party was such that they overlooked the blatant anti-Catholicism of the likes of Thomas Woodrow Wilson and the thirty-third degree Freemason named Franklin Delano Roosevelt time and time again. After all, it was the "party" that mattered. Oh, it was too bad that Wilson supported the slaughter of Catholics in Mexico. Catholics just voted for the Democratic Party, which permitted Franklin Roosevelt, who, unlike his statist predecessor, Woodrow Wilson, in whose administration he worked as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, cultivated friendships with Catholic prelates in order to coopt them into supporting his own statist plans, to unleash a veritable campaign team of Catholic bishops and priests to denounce any "conservative" Catholic who dared to criticize his policies. As noted in We're Not in Kansas Any More seven and one-half years ago now, Roosevelt unleashed the "Right Reverend New Dealer," Monsignor John A. Ryan, to denounce the courageous Father Charles Coughlin for him during his re-election campaign in 1936. And Francis Cardinal Spellman was known as "FDR's errand boy in a miter."
It was, however, after World War II that fissures began to break in the solid Catholic support for the Democratic Party. The threat posed by the spread of the Soviet Union into Eastern Europe and the fall of China to the forces of Mao Zedong in 1949 led some Catholics to turn more and more to the Republican Party, convincing themselves that they could purge that stronghold of anti-Catholic Masons and nativists and transform it into a bastion of "conservatism" to turn back the New Deal and to win the Cold War.
The fissures in Catholic support became more pronounced in the years after the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, January 22, 1973, especially during the years of the administration of President Ronald Wilson Reagan. Having convinced themselves that electoral politics was the means to "transform" the country, well-meaning Catholics of the "conservative" bent engaged in what could be termed a Manichean struggle with Catholics of the "leftist" bent, each side armed with "bishops" who supported their own particular brand of Americanism, each convinced that the "other" side was composed of "bad guys" as they represented the '"true" interpretation of the Constitution and the "rights" of Catholics in a pluralistic society.
Just as Democrats and Republicans agree on the basic naturalistic, anti-Incarnational, religiously indifferentist and semi-Pelagian principles of the American founding, disagreeing on the specifics as to the conduct of public policy in light of those principles, so is it the case that "liberal" and "conservative" Catholics accept those same false principles as they diverge on the specifics of public policy according to the political "camp" which they believe represents the best means of achieving various goals. Both "liberal" and "conservatives" Catholics are as one in rejecting these simple truths of the Catholic Faith as binding upon their consciences and that they apply to the concrete circumstances to be found in the United States of America, believing that their naturalistic or non-denominational ideas and plans and strategies can "win the day" for their respective cause.
The fissures between the false opposites of the “left” and the “right” were reflected after the “Second” Vatican Council in the “hierarchy” of the counterfeit church of conciliarism here in the United States of America as the “social justice” “bishops” fought the “pro-life” “bishops” at the annual meetings of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference (now called the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops). The “social justice” types (Joseph Bernardin, Francis Mugavero, Howard Hubbard, John Dearden, Thomas Gumbleton, Roger Mahony, Peter Rosazza, Donald Wuerl, Raymond Hunthausen, Rembert Weakland, Matthew Clark, Joseph Sullivan of Brooklyn, John Raymond McGann, Joseph Imesch, Daniel Leo Ryan, Joseph Fiorenza, William Borders, Thomas Kelly, John Roach, John May, et al.) made sure to hire all manner of lay bureaucrats who were of like mind, including many who supported the agenda of the homosexual collective or were active participants in it, femnists, and out-and-out pro-aborts. Each was a statist to the core in support of an increase in the size, the scope, and the power of the Federal government of the United States of America.
These “social justice” bishops enabled one pro-abortion Catholic politician after another in the decades after the decisions of the Supreme Court in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, January 22, 1973. Actually, the process of soothing the consciences of Catholic in public life who wanted to remain au courant and not pose as a sign of contradiction by their complete fidelity to the Sign of Contradiction, Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, as He has revealed Himself to us exclusively through His Catholic Church has deep roots in the heresy of Americanism, although the groundwork for moral relativism began a year before the Supreme Court’s decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, June 7, 1965, as a number of leading Modernists, including the late Father Robert “Father Death” Drinan, S.J., himself met at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, to discuss how the Kennedys could accept the chemical and surgical execution of innocent preborn children under cover of the civil law while still claiming to be “good Catholics” who were simply following their “consciences”:
For faithful Roman Catholics, the thought of yet another pro-choice Kennedy positioned to campaign for the unlimited right to abortion is discouraging. Yet if Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of Catholics John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton, abortion-rights advocates will have just such a champion.
Ms. Kennedy was so concerned to assure pro-abortion leaders in New York, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Dec. 18, that on the same day Ms. Kennedy telephoned New York Gov. David Patterson to declare interest in the Senate seat, "one of her first calls was to an abortion rights group, indicating she will be strongly pro-choice."
Within the first week of her candidacy, Ms. Kennedy promised to work for several causes, including same-sex marriage and abortion rights. In responding to a series of 15 questions posed by the New York Times on Dec. 21, Ms. Kennedy said that, while she believes "young women facing unwanted pregnancies should have the advice of caring adults," she would oppose legislation that would require minors to notify a parent before obtaining an abortion. On the crucial question of whether she supports any state or federal restrictions on late-term abortions, Ms. Kennedy chose to say only that she "supports Roe v. Wade, which prohibits third trimester abortions except when the life or health of the mother is at risk." Presumably Ms. Kennedy knows that this effectively means an unlimited right to abortion -- including late-stage abortion -- because the "health of the mother" can be so broadly defined that it includes the psychological distress that can accompany an unintended pregnancy.
Ms. Kennedy's commitment to abortion rights is shared by other prominent family members, including Kerry Kennedy Cuomo and Maryland's former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Some may recall the 2000 Democratic Convention when Caroline and her uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy, addressed the convention to reassure all those gathered that the Democratic Party would continue to provide women with the right to choose abortion -- even into the ninth month. At that convention, the party's nominee, Al Gore, formerly a pro-life advocate, pledged his opposition to parental notification and embraced partial-birth abortion. Several of those in attendance, including former President Bill Clinton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, had been pro-life at one time. But by 2000 nearly every delegate in the convention hall was on the pro-choice side -- and those who weren't simply kept quiet about it.
Caroline Kennedy knows that any Kennedy desiring higher office in the Democratic Party must now carry the torch of abortion rights throughout any race. But this was not always the case. Despite Ms. Kennedy's description of Barack Obama, in a New York Times op-ed, as a "man like my father," there is no evidence that JFK was pro-choice like Mr. Obama. Abortion-rights issues were in the fledgling stage at the state level in New York and California in the early 1960s. They were not a national concern.
Even Ted Kennedy, who gets a 100% pro-choice rating from the abortion-rights group Naral, was at one time pro-life. In fact, in 1971, a full year after New York had legalized abortion, the Massachusetts senator was still championing the rights of the unborn. In a letter to a constituent dated Aug. 3, 1971, he wrote: "When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception."
But that all changed in the early '70s, when Democratic politicians first figured out that the powerful abortion lobby could fill their campaign coffers (and attract new liberal voters). Politicians also began to realize that, despite the Catholic Church's teachings to the contrary, its bishops and priests had ended their public role of responding negatively to those who promoted a pro-choice agenda.
In some cases, church leaders actually started providing "cover" for Catholic pro-choice politicians who wanted to vote in favor of abortion rights. At a meeting at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, Mass., on a hot summer day in 1964, the Kennedy family and its advisers and allies were coached by leading theologians and Catholic college professors on how to accept and promote abortion with a "clear conscience."
The former Jesuit priest Albert Jonsen, emeritus professor of ethics at the University of Washington, recalls the meeting in his book "The Birth of Bioethics" (Oxford, 2003). He writes about how he joined with the Rev. Joseph Fuchs, a Catholic moral theologian; the Rev. Robert Drinan, then dean of Boston College Law School; and three academic theologians, the Revs. Giles Milhaven, Richard McCormick and Charles Curran, to enable the Kennedy family to redefine support for abortion.
Mr. Jonsen writes that the Hyannisport colloquium was influenced by the position of another Jesuit, the Rev. John Courtney Murray, a position that "distinguished between the moral aspects of an issue and the feasibility of enacting legislation about that issue." It was the consensus at the Hyannisport conclave that Catholic politicians "might tolerate legislation that would permit abortion under certain circumstances if political efforts to repress this moral error led to greater perils to social peace and order."
Father Milhaven later recalled the Hyannisport meeting during a 1984 breakfast briefing of Catholics for a Free Choice: "The theologians worked for a day and a half among ourselves at a nearby hotel. In the evening we answered questions from the Kennedys and the Shrivers. Though the theologians disagreed on many a point, they all concurred on certain basics . . . and that was that a Catholic politician could in good conscience vote in favor of abortion." ( See WSJ.com - Opinion: How Support for Abortion Became Kennedy Dogma. David Paterson, a pro-abortion Catholic, ultimately chose another pro-abortion Catholic, Kirsten Gillibrand, who has been the junior senator of the State of New York since January 26, 2009. For a review of David Paterson's moral corruption, see Little Caesars All (Pizza! Pizza!)
Even these notorious Modernist theologians, though, had received inspiration of a sort from two true archbishops, one of the, Francis Cardinal Spellman, had been a prince of the Catholic Church prior to the dawning of the age of conciliarism on October 28, 1958, the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude. Accompanied by the notorious Kennedy-family sycophant, Richard “Cardinal” Cushing, Spellman used a visit of Puerto Rico to cut the legs out from under the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico at a time they were opposing a popular referendum to endorse contraceptives and sterilization:
In 1960, the Puerto Rico hierarchy decided to make one last concerted effort to drive the Sangerite forces from the island. The Catholic resistance was led by two American Bishops--James F. Davis of San Juan and James E. McManus of Ponce. The Catholic Church in Puerto Rico helped to organize a national political party--the Christian Action Party (CAP). The new political front was composed primarily of Catholic laymen and its platform included opposition to existing permissive legislation on birth control and sterilization.
When increasing numbers of CAP flags began to fly from the rooftops of Puerto Rico's Catholic homes, the leaders of the opposition parties, who favored turning Puerto Rico into an international Sangerite playground for massive U.S.-based contraceptive/abortifacient/sterilization experimental programs, became increasingly concerned for their own political futures. Then unexpected help arrived in the unlikely person of His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York.
One month before the hotly contested national election, Spellman arrived in Puerto Rico ostensibly to preside over two formal Church functions. While on the island, Spellman agreed to meet with CAP's major political rival, Governor Luis Munoz Marin, leader of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) and a supporter of federal population control programs for Puerto Rico.
In an interview that followed his meeting with Munoz, Spellman, known for years as FDR's errand boy with a miter, claimed that politics were outside his purview. The cardinal's statement was interpreted by the press as an indictment of the partisan politics of Bishops Davis and McManus. To underscore his message, as soon as Spellman returned to the States he made a public statement in opposition to the latest directives of the Puerto Rico bishops prohibiting Catholics from voting for Munoz and his anti-life PDP cohorts. Catholic voters in Puerto Rico should vote their conscience without the threat of Church penalties, Spellman said.
Boston's Cardinal Cushing, John F. Kennedy's "political godfather," joined Spellman in expressed "feigned horror" at the thought of ecclesiastical authority attempting to dictate political voting. "This has never been a part of our history, and I pray God that it will never be!" said Cushing. Cushing's main concern was not the Puerto Rican people. His main worry was that the flack caused by the Puerto Rican birth control affair might overflow into the upcoming presidential campaign and hurt John Kennedy's bid for the White House.
The national election turned out to be a political disaster for CAP. Munoz and the PDP won by a landslide. Bishop Davis was forced to end the tragic state of confusion among the Catholic laity by declaring just before the election that no penalties would be imposed on those who voted for PDP.
Two years later, with the knowledge and approval of the American hierarchy and the Holy See, the Puerto Rican hierarchy was pressured into singing a secret concordat of "non-interference" in government-sponsored birth control programs--a sop being that the programs would now include instruction in the "rhythm method." While insisting on their right to hold and express legitimate opposition to such programs, the Puerto Rican bishops promised they would "never impose their own moral doctrines upon individuals who do not accept the Catholic teaching."
When the Sangerite storm hit the mainland in the late 1960s, AmChurch would echo this same theme song, opening the floodgates to a multi-billion dollar federal-life-prevention (and destruction) program. (Randy Engel, The Rite of Sodomy, pp. 647-649)
It was five years after this travesty that “Cardinal” Cushing told a Boston radio station that he could not interfere with the “consciences” of state legislators as they considered whether to support or to oppose a bill in the Massachusetts General Court (the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). This made it far easier for the Kennedys and the Careys and Cuomos and the Bidens and the O’Neills, among others, to support the chemical and surgical execution of the innocent preborn in the 1970s with the full support of the ultra-progressives in the counterfeit church of conciliarism, one of whose leaders, Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, another true bishop, invented the “consistent ethic of life” (“the seamless garment) slogan to provide pro-abortion Catholics with the cover of “respectability” as long as they opposed the death penalty and supported one statist measure after another to confiscate wealth and then to redistribute it to the poor while “empowering” illegal immigrants at the same time:
Early in the summer of 1965, the Massachusetts legislature took up a proposal to repeal the state's Birth Control law, which barred the use of contraceptives. (As a matter of historical interest, the repeal effort was sponsored by a young state representative named Michael Dukakis, who would be the Democratic Party's candidate for the US presidency 23 years later.) In a state where Catholics constituted a voting majority, and dominated the legislature, the prospects for repeal appeared remote. Then on June 22, Cardinal Cushing appeared on a local radio program, "An Afternoon with Haywood Vincent,” and effectively scuttled the opposition.
Cardinal Cushing announced:
“My position in this matter is that birth control in accordance with artificial means is immoral, and not permissible. But this is Catholic teaching. I am also convinced that I should not impose my position—moral beliefs or religious beliefs—upon those of other faiths.”
Warming to the subject, the cardinal told his radio audience that "I could not in conscience approve the legislation" that had been proposed. However, he quickly added, "I will make no effort to impose my opinion upon others."
So there it was: the "personally opposed" argument, in fully developed form, enunciated by a Prince of the Church nearly 40 years ago! Notice how the unvarying teaching of the Catholic Church, which condemned artificial contraception as an offense against natural law, is reduced here to a matter of the cardinal's personal belief. And notice how he makes no effort to persuade legislators with the force of his arguments; any such effort is condemned in advance as a bid to "impose" his opinion.
Cardinal Cushing conceded that in the past, Catholic leaders had opposed any effort to alter the Birth Control law. "But my thinking has changed on that matter," he reported, "for the simple reason that I do not see where I have an obligation to impose my religious beliefs on people who just do not accept the same faith as I do."
(Notice that the Catholic position is reduced still further here, to a matter of purely sectarian belief—as if it would be impossible for a non-Catholic to support the purpose of the Birth Control law. The cardinal did not explain why that law was enacted in 1899 by the heirs of the Puritans in Massachusetts, long before Catholics came to power in the legislature.)
Before the end of his fateful radio broadcast, Cardinal Cushing gave his advice to the Catholic members of the Massachusetts legislature: "If your constituents want this legislation, vote for it. You represent them. You don't represent the Catholic Church."
Dozens of Catholic legislators did vote for the bill, and the Birth Control law was abolished. Perhaps more important in the long run, the "personally opposed" politician had his rationale. (Cushing's Use of The "Personally Opposed" Argument.)
Today’s Pontius Pilates had lots and lots of help from true bishops and true priests in the 1960s abd 1970s as their consciences were massaged to make it possible for them to support each of the four sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance.
It is no accident that the “peace and justice” crowd at the now-named United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose work had been “divided,” so they say, in 1966 between the so-called National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the United States Catholic Conference, associated with one pro-abortion and pro-sodomite group after another, many of which received funding from both Catholic Charities and the “Catholic Campaign for Human Development (see the following two news stories of the past decade, although like examples abound today all around the world: Signs of Apostasy Abound and Randy Engel on Catholic Relief Services.)
The list of Catholics in public life who have run for and won elected office while supporting the chemical and surgical execution of the innocent preborn is long and exhaustive, and I am too exhausted shortly after Midnight on the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost and the Commemoration of Saint Christina and, in some places, the Commemoration of Saint Francis Solano, to provide a detailed list yet again. Suffice it to say that that some of the more notorious baptized Catholics in public life currently who support baby-killing are, obviously, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Thomas Vilsack, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Loretta Sanchez Brixey, Richard Durbin, Terence Richard McAuliffe, Kirsten Gillibrand, Andrew Mark Cuomo, Christopher Murphy, Daniel Malloy, Barbara Mikulski, John F. Kerry, Jack Reed, Gina Marie Raimondo, Julian Castro, Thomas Perez, Susan Collins, Robert Menendez, Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Pelosi, Charles Rangel, Martin O’Malley, Patricia Murray and, among so many others, Anthony MacLeod Kennedy. This is not even to mention deceased Catholic pro-aborts of the past who have faced Christ the King at the moment of their Particular Judgment (Edward Moore Kennedy, Mario Matthew Cuomo, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, William Brennan, Geraldine Anne Ferraro-Zaccaro, Edward Speno, Thomas P. O’Neill, Thomas Foley, Peter Rodino, et al.) or those who no longer hold a governmental position (Christopher Dodd, Gray Davis, Thomas Ridge, Rudolph William Giuliani, Carol Mosely Braun, who became an Episcopalian after leaving the United States Senate in defeat on January 3, 1999, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Thomas Harkin, Thomas Daschle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Elmer Pataki, David Paterson, William Richardson, George Mitchell, James Florio, Robert Torricelli, Donna Shalala, Janet Reno, et al.). Those among the living on this list have maintained their “good standing” in the structures of the counterfeit church of conciliarism, and each of those who are among the deceased listed were able to receive their “Mass of Christian Burial” in the Protestant and Judeo-Masonic Novus Ordo liturgical service.
Oh, yes, just as an aside, the woman who will replace the United States Representative Deborah Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) as the Chairwoman and chief toady for the Clinton family crime family, Donna Brazile, a longtime Clinton confidante and operative, is a pro-abortion Catholic who has maintained her own "good standing" in Donald "Cardinal" Wuerl's lavender-colored playpen known as the Archdiocese of Washington.
A deliberate omission on the list provided just above, however, was the name of Timothy Michael Kaine, who will be formally nominated this week at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This omission was deliberate as it is now time to explain that this poor man is, despite his occasional votes to support the “expanded” version of the Hyde Amendment, first passed by Congress in 1977 and signed into law by the otherwise egregious President James Earl Carter, Jr., that has prohibited the use of Medicaid funding for surgical abortions except in cases where it was alleged that a mother’s life was “endangered” by her preborn baby (one “exception,” of course, leads to demands for more “exceptions, and thus it was that in 1993 the late United States Representative Henry Hyde, Republican—Illinois, agreed to include “exceptions” for rape and incest), has taken the “soup” throughout his political career to support the nonexistent “right” of mothers to murder their own preborn children under the cover of the civil law. Timothy Michael Kaine (it is not to write “Dolan” after the sequence of the names “Timothy” and “Michael”—speaking of Happy “Cardinal” Dolan, boy, you should don’t hear about much him anymore) sold his soul to the devil decades ago in order to support the prevailing evils of the day.
Here is an article detailing some of Timothy Michael Kaine’s pro-abortion record:
Democrat presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has chosen Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, a man who shifted to a fully pro-abortion stance in order to be in sync with Clinton, who believes an unborn baby – up until its birth – has no constitutional rights and can be aborted if that is the choice of his or her mother.
Though Kaine has described himself as a pro-life Catholic in the past, the Huffington Postreported that he has moved toward a pro-abortion position since he has been considered a primary contender for the vice president’s position on the Democrat ticket.
According to HuffPo: “Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has had a mixed record on abortion throughout much of his political career, but in the past week has made a series of subtle moves toward a solid pro-choice position as he becomes an increasingly likely pick as Hillary Clinton’s running mate.”
Though, as a senator, Kaine has opposed defunding Planned Parenthood and restrictions on abortion, in 2009, as governor of Virginia, he signed a bill that created the “Choose Life” license plates that raise funds for pro-life causes. Kaine now says, however, that – in his professional life – he is a strong advocate for abortion rights.
Kaine has adopted the stance common among some Catholics in public office: “I’m pro-life in my personal life, but support abortion in my public life.”
“I have a traditional Catholic personal position, but I am very strongly supportive that women should make these decisions and government shouldn’t intrude,” Kaine told CNN. “I’m a strong supporter of Roe v. Wade and women being able to make these decisions. In government, we have enough things to worry about. We don’t need to make people’s reproductive decisions for them.”
In addition to stating that unborn babies have no constitutional rights, Clinton has vowed to work to repeal the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding federal provision that prohibits taxpayer funding of most abortions.
Kaine’s full embrace of the pro-choice position is important since abortion will take center stage at the Democrats’ convention this coming week. For the first time, the Party’s platform specifically mentions its defense of Planned Parenthood, the abortion business that is being investigated by Congress for its apparent practice of selling the body parts of babies it aborts on the open market. (Timothy Michael Kaine Dropped All "Personal Opposition" to Abortion to become Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton' Vice Presidential Selectee.)
Timothy Michael Kaine took the soup as have so many others, including a non-Catholic by the name of Jesse Louis Jackson, in order to be “acceptable” to those who support the pro-death, pro-perversity policies of the organized crime family of the naturalist “left,” the Democratic Party (see Appendix A below.)
“I have a traditional Catholic personal position”?
Well, this false “tradition” dates all the way to 1973, noting the plotting that had begun nine years before at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, when Catholics in public life, starting most infamously with the late United States Senator Edward Moore Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and the junior senator from Delaware at that time, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., and United States Representative Hugh Leo Carey (D-Brooklyn, New York), man who mentored the formerly “pro-life” attorney with an office on Court Street in Brooklyn, New York, Mario Matthew Cuomo, into mouthing the words “I am personally opposed to abortion, but . . . .” that were condemned by Pope Leo XIII eighty-four years, two months, twenty-one days before the decisions of the Supreme Court in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, January 22, 1973:
Hence, lest concord be broken by rash charges, let this be understood by all, that the integrity of Catholic faith cannot be reconciled with opinions verging on naturalism or rationalism, the essence of which is utterly to do away with Christian institutions and to install in society the supremacy of man to the exclusion of God. Further, it is unlawful to follow one line of conduct in private life and another in public, respecting privately the authority of the Church, but publicly rejecting it; for this would amount to joining together good and evil, and to putting man in conflict with himself; whereas he ought always to be consistent, and never in the least point nor in any condition of life to swerve from Christian virtue. (Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, November 1, 1885.)
Timothy Michael Kaine, you are busted, no matter all of the pretense you show by attending what you think is Holy Mass at Saint Elizabeth's Church, in a predominantly black area of Richmond, Virginia. You are busted.
The false “traditional Catholic” position that had been taken by United States Timothy Michael Dolan Kaine (D-Virginia) prior to becoming unreservedly pro-abortion on Friday, July 22, 2016, the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, when the lawless co-capo of the Clinton Crime Family, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (D-Illinois-Yale-Washington, D.C., Little Rock, Arkansas, Washington, D.C., Chappaqua, New York) “tweeted” out the news of his being selected to serve as her attack dog in the general election and then her lapdog if she is elected on Tuesday, November 6, 2016, is not only not “traditional,” it has been condemned by a true and legitimate Successor of Saint Peter.
Moreover, Pope Pius XI spoke of the dreadful fate that awaited pro-abortion public officials and magistrates, no matter their particular religious beliefs, for enabling the direct, intentional taking of innocent preborn human life:
Those who hold the reins of government should not forget that it is the duty of public authority by appropriate laws and sanctions to defend the lives of the innocent, and this all the more so since those whose lives are endangered and assailed cannot defend themselves. Among whom we must mention in the first place infants hidden in the mother's womb. And if the public magistrates not only do not defend them, but by their laws and ordinances betray them to death at the hands of doctors or of others, let them remember that God is the Judge and Avenger of innocent blood which cried from earth to Heaven. (Pope Pius XI, Casti Connubii, December 30, 1930.)
Such, however, is not the position taken by the current universal public face of apostasy, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is a friend of all pro-aborts in public life, including Catholics, if they are in favor of statism and of “saving the world” by means of the “Sustainable Development Goals” that are inherently anti-family and anti-life:
VATICAN CITY, July 22, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis reaffirmed the Vatican’s support for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a June pontifical conference on human trafficking that featured an address by abortion and population control advocate Jeffrey Sachs.
“We can also count an important and decisive collaboration with the United Nations,” the Holy Father told the Judges Summit Against Human Trafficking and Organized Crime, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Added the pope: “I am grateful for the fact that the representatives of the 193 UN member states unanimously approved the new Sustainable Development Goals.”
In his turn, Sachs, a Harvard-educated economist, bestselling author, previous director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute and high-level UN consultant who is currently Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on SDGs, praised Laudato si’.
The pope’s encyclical on the environment “in very important ways,” said Sachs, “made possible” not only the acceptance of the SDGs in September 2015, but the December 2015 Paris climate agreement which “established a framework to implementing a path to climate safety.”
But the pro-family and pro-life groups which lobby the UN have long warned that the UN’s SDGs provide cover for a population control agenda that seeks to enshrine a global “right” to abortion and contraception under the guise of reducing poverty and protecting the environment.
Target 3.7 of the SDGs explicitly calls for “universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services.” The UN defined these terms at the 1994 Cairo conference to mean providing women with “modern contraception” for “family planning” and with “safe abortion” where it is legal.
Last September, Holy See representative Archbishop Bernardito Auza had made formal “reservations” clarifying that the Holy See interprets these terms only in a way that accords with the Church’s teachings. However, pro-family groups were surprised when the Vatican subsequently called for and welcomed the passage of the SDGs, without reservation.
Pro-family activists had also raised alarm when the Vatican invited Sachs — who indefatigably promotes population control with abortion as its cornerstone as essential to sustainable development — to co-host an April 2015 conference on climate change in the lead-up to the release of Laudato si’.
Among those objecting to the conference were UK-based Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), Voice of the Family, and New York- and Washington-based Centre for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam).
But despite these protests, Sachs was conspicuously present at the June event, as The Remnant’s Elizabeth Yore noted. In an analysis of Sach’s influence at the Holy See, she asserts that the economist’s address to the summit was the latest of “over nine appearances and speeches at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy in the last three years.”
Sánchez Sorondo considered Sach’s link to Vatican
Seated between Sachs and the Holy Father was Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, the Argentine bishop who is chancellor of both the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Sánchez Sorondo is regarded as Sach’s connection to the Vatican, according to C-Fam’s Stefano Gennarini, who in a May 2015 report noted that the prelate sits on Leadership Council of Sach’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Sánchez Sorondo dismissed concerns about the UN’s population agenda last July, telling reporters that the “Holy See does not see the United Nations as the devil as certain right-wing thinkers do.”
And in a notable response to Gennarini, Sánchez Sorondo stated that the SDGs “do not even mention abortion or population control” while at the same time conceding they “speak of access to family planning and sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.” But, he added, “the interpretation and application of these depends on governments.”
In defending his contentious climate conference, Sánchez Sorondo stated that far from criticizing him, his “superiors” had “authorized me, and several of them participated.”
At this June’s summit, Pope Francis praised the chancellor’s efforts and noted that a “number of prestigious external collaborators – to whom I offer my heartfelt thanks – have engaged in important activities in defence of human dignity and freedom in our day.”
Sachs took the opportunity to laud Laudato si’ as “a remarkable eye-opening to the world” that “called for an integral human and sustainable development. It called for what Pope Francis called a ‘common plan for our common home’.”
He stated that “if we can remember the least among us, we not only dignify each individual but we protect all of humanity.”
However, Sachs’ published works, and arguably, his entire career trajectory and ambitions, demonstrate that for him, the “least among us” does not include the child in the womb, and that his preferred method to eliminate poverty is to eliminate people who are poor through abortion and contraception.
Sachs on the record
Indeed, Gennarini describes Sachs as “the heir-apparent of the discredited population alarmists of the twentieth century who warned against the ‘population bomb’ and developed the concept of the Earth’s limited ‘caring capacity’.”
In his 2008 book Commonwealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, Sachs argues for legalized abortion as a cost-effective means to “eliminate unwanted children” when contraception fails. He also “praises the widespread adoption of family planning programs in the 60s and 70s, even though they are widely recognized as having been coercive and dehumanizing,” writes Gennarini.
Sachs regards abortion as a “lower-risk and lower-cost option” than having a child, and asserts that “high fertility rates are deleterious to economic development,” and that “legalization of abortion reduces a country’s total fertility rate significantly, by as much as half a child on average.”
As main architect of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, Sachs was part of the successful push to re-insert the phrases “sexual and reproductive health” and “reproductive rights” in the MDG’s implementation strategy, despite these having been initially omitted and despite protests by the United States and the Holy See at the time, noted Gennarini.
Sachs: “Amazing things happen” at the Holy See
SPUC’s Patrick Buckley echoed the fears of pro-life advocates when, on behalf ofVoice of the Family, he protested the Vatican-Sachs-Ki Moon collaboration for the April 2015 climate conference.
“Unfortunately, pro-life and pro-family advocates who lobby at the UN have witnessed the environmental issues become an umbrella to cover a wide spectrum of attacks on human life and the family,” stated Buckley.
The UN SDGs “include strong attacks on life and family” and “will determine the direction and financial aid for the third world countries for the next 15 years,” he warned.
Added Buckley: “Understandably the population control, pro-abortion lobby must be feeling very much empowered by the influence being exercised in the Vatican by two of the culture of death’s leading figures, Ban Ki Moon and Professor Jeffrey Sachs.”
Perhaps that’s why, when addressing the June summit at the Holy See, Sachs seemed almost giddy with enthusiasm.
“For me, this is one of the most remarkable rooms in the whole world,” he effused. “I can only share my sense that when we get together amazing things happen … It’s always a thrill to be here.” (Jorge's Ecocyclical Made Possible Passage of Pro-Abortion SDGs.)
No, no conciliar “bishop,” at least none who are “ordinaries” in the conciliar hierarchy, of the United States of America are going to condemn Timothy Michael Kaine’s support for the chemical and surgical execution of the innocent preborn as he, Kaine, has been described as a “Pope Francis” Catholic. He is a “Pope Francis” Catholic quite indeed, which means that he is no Catholic at all.
Kaine has spent all but one year of his life in the counterfeit church of concilarism. He was catechized as a child during the “Second” Vatican Council and was not even fifteen years of age when the Supreme Court of the United States of America had handed down its decisions in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, January 22, 1973. He has known nothing but conciliarism throughout his formative years, and thus it is that he could have considered the “personally opposed to abortion, but” . . . . stance that he took prior to three days ago now something was an expression of “traditional” Catholicism.
Alas, Pope Leo XIII explained that Catholics have a solemn duty to oppose evils and to profess openly the Catholic Faith no matter what consequences might befall them at the hands of mere mortals in this passing, mortal vale of tears:
But in this same matter, touching Christian faith, there are other duties whose exact and religious observance, necessary at all times in the interests of eternal salvation, become more especially so in these our days. Amid such reckless and widespread folly of opinion, it is, as We have said, the office of the Church to undertake the defense of truth and uproot errors from the mind, and this charge has to be at all times sacredly observed by her, seeing that the honor of God and the salvation of men are confided to her keeping. But, when necessity compels, not those only who are invested with power of rule are bound to safeguard the integrity of faith, but, as St. Thomas maintains: "Each one is under obligation to show forth his faith, either to instruct and encourage others of the faithful, or to repel the attacks of unbelievers.'' To recoil before an enemy, or to keep silence when from all sides such clamors are raised against truth, is the part of a man either devoid of character or who entertains doubt as to the truth of what he professes to believe. In both cases such mode of behaving is base and is insulting to God, and both are incompatible with the salvation of mankind. This kind of conduct is profitable only to the enemies of the faith, for nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good. Moreover, want of vigor on the part of Christians is so much the more blameworthy, as not seldom little would be needed on their part to bring to naught false charges and refute erroneous opinions, and by always exerting themselves more strenuously they might reckon upon being successful. After all, no one can be prevented from putting forth that strength of soul which is the characteristic of true Christians, and very frequently by such display of courage our enemies lose heart and their designs are thwarted. Christians are, moreover, born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God aiding, the triumph: "Have confidence; I have overcome the world." Nor is there any ground for alleging that Jesus Christ, the Guardian and Champion of the Church, needs not in any manner the help of men. Power certainly is not wanting to Him, but in His loving kindness He would assign to us a share in obtaining and applying the fruits of salvation procured through His grace.
The chief elements of this duty consist in professing openly and unflinchingly the Catholic doctrine, and in propagating it to the utmost of our power. For, as is often said, with the greatest truth, there is nothing so hurtful to Christian wisdom as that it should not be known, since it possesses, when loyally received, inherent power to drive away error. So soon as Catholic truth is apprehended by a simple and unprejudiced soul, reason yields assent. (Pope Leo XIII, Sapientiae Christianae, January 10, 1890.)
Is it any surprise that the man whom Timothy Michael Kaine will debate in less than three months, Governor of Indiana Michael Richard Pence (R-Indiana), who is just a year younger than Kaine, left what he thought was the Catholic Church, much to the chagrin of his mother and siblings, who have long equated Catholicism with being members of the Democratic Party, for the heresy of “evangelical Christianity" (see Pence Left Catholicism in College, Much to the Chagrin of His Family.) Pence was seeking a “personal relationship” with Our Lord which he did not find in his parish, which, unbeknownst to Pence or to many others of us until much later, lacked a true offering of Holy Mass and thus lacked the Real Presence of the Divine Redeemer in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Timothy Michael Kaine is a product of Americanism and its offshoot, conciliarism, and Michael Richard Pence is the victim of Americanism and of conciliarism’s “reconciliation” with the very principles that have nurtured and sustained the likes of Kaine.
As will be explained in greater detail in a few days, it will come as no surprise to longtime readers of my writing that my criticism and utter rejection of the Democratic Party, committed as it is to statism, the chemical and surgical slaughter of the innocent preborn, perversity, the surrender of American national sovereignty to bodies of “global governance, excessive taxation, state-sponsored coercion to intimidate into silence and submission anyone who opposes these evils, does not mean that I am a Trumpster. It should be clear by now that I am not, especially after Donald John Trump’s “loving” mention of the “LGBTQ” (a friend of mine informed me that the “Q,” which I thought stood for Queer, stands for “Questioning”) on Thursday evening, July 21, 2016, the Feast of Saint Praxedes.
The purpose of this commentary, though, has been to remind older readers—and to inform newer ones—that we live in the midst of a diabolical trap, the likes of which were described so accurately by Father Edward Leen, S.J., sixty-three years ago (see the home page of this site for my latest citation of Father Leen’s observations). The devil continues to raise up men and women who are so completely committed to evil that anyone, including those who support the sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance, which can never be the foundation of making any nation “great” or “safe,” no matter the protestations of the man who believes that he “alone” can “fix” problems that have been caused by this nation’s promotion of sin and many of citizens’ unrepentant persistence in it, are said to look “better” by comparison.
Believe what you want. This diabolical trap remains what it has been since July 4, 1776, no amount of projecting one’s fondest Catholics onto secular saviours can make them into instruments of justice when they are, objectively speaking, unjust in their own lives and supportive of injustice God and the good of souls in the public realm. This is simple truth. Those who reject it prefer to believe in an illusion of their own making as there no semblance of rationality to believe that men will be different once elected to office than they had been beforehand.
Alas, the problems that we face are supernatural, not merely natural, which means there is no merely natural solution for them. Saint Paul reminded us of this in his Epistle to the Ephesians:
Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high place. Therefore take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice, And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace:
In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one. And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God). By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit; and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints. (Ephesians 6: 11-18.)
We should not fear anything in this world, not from the civil state and not from the counterfeit church of conciliarism. We must be prepared for martyrdom, both figuratively and literally, in order to remain steadfast apostles of Christ the King and Mary our Immaculate Queen, trusting that our few acts of reparation, offered in love to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, especially by praying as many Rosaries each day as our state-in-life permits, will help to plant a few seeds for the end of this era of chastisement and the resurrection of the Church Militant on earth.
Today is the Feast of Saint James the Greater, who was privileged to taken atop Mount Thabor for Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’s Transfiguration and to be with Him, albeit fast asleep, during His fearful Agony in Garden, and whose Epistle was rejected by the heretic Martin Luther because of its emphasis of the necessity of good works to manifest our Faith. Although there is an account of this son of Zebedee’s life in Archbishop Jacobus Vorgine. O.P.’s The Golden Legend that is included in Appendix B, it is useful for present purposes to include a reflection on the life of Saint James the Greater that was written by Saint John Chrysostom and included in the readings for Matins in today’s Divine Office:
Let no man be troubled if we say that the Apostles were still imperfect, for the mystery of the Cross was not yet finished, the grace of the Spirit had not yet been shed abroad in their hearts. If thou wilt behold them in their strength, consider them such as they became after the grace of the Spirit was given them, and thou wilt perceive that they had trodden under foot every vain desire. This is the cause wherefore their present imperfection is made known unto us, that is, that thou mayest see how great a change could be forthwith wrought by grace. But nevertheless let us now look how they came unto Christ, and what they said. Master, they said, we would that Thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. Mark x. 35. And He said unto them: What would ye that I should do for you? Mark X. 36.not, surely, that He knew not what their wish was, but that He would make them answer, and so uncover the wound, to lay a plaster upon it.
Their wish proceeded from earthly motives, and they were shy and ashamed to express it, and therefore they took Christ apart, and so asked Him. The Evangelist saith: For they were gone apart, that they might not be discovered of them and then they told Him what they sought. To me it seemeth most likely that they had heard how that the disciples should sit upon twelve thrones; they were fain to obtain for themselves the chiefest places at this enthronement; they knew that the Lord loved them better than the most of the others; but they feared that Peter would still be preferred before them; and therefore they made bold to say: Grant unto us that we may sit, one at thy right Hand, and the other at thy left Hand, in thy glory. Mark x. 37. They were even instant with Him, saying: Say that we may. And what answered He? To show that they were asking no spiritual gift, nor even knew for themselves what they were asking, nor would have asked it if they had known what it was, Jesus said unto them: Ye know not what ye ask, ye know not how great a thing, how wonderful a thing this is, a thing which even is not Mine to give.
And He said moreover: Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? Behold how He turneth their thoughts at once another way, speaking to them of things altogether different, as though He said, Ye come unto Me treating of honours and crowns, but I speak unto you of the wrestling and the sweat. This is not yet the time of reward, neither is My glory immediately to be revealed; but now death and danger are present with you. But consider how, by the manner of His questioning, He doth both exhort and invite them. He saith not Are ye able to bear death? Are ye able to shed your blood? but: How are ye able to drink the cup whereto He presently inviteth them, saying: the cup that I shall drink of; that He may make them readier for the strife by knowing that it is a strife which they are to share with Him. (Matins, The Divine Office, July 25, Feast of Saint James the Greater.)
Saint James, known as Santiago Matamoras—Saint James the Moorslayer—in Spain, desires us to work hard to save our souls and to view all of the events of the world through the supernatural eyes of the Holy Faith. It is indeed very interesting that the Mexican city in the State of Tamualipas just across the Rio Grande River from Brownsville, Texas, through thousands of illegal immigrants, including Mohammedan “refugees”—aka terrorists—continue to pass into the United States of America, Matamoras, is named after Santiago Matamoras. Yes, the “open borders” policies of the current lawless administration are affront not only to Congressional law and national sovereignty, they are a diabolically-inspired attack upon the work of Santiago Matamoras in Spain, and that is something you are not going to hear from any naturalist of the false opposite of the naturalist “right.”
Remember, the way out of this mess runs through Our Lady’s Sorrowful and Immaculate, and may we beg our dear Blessed Mother, whose own mother’s feast day is tomorrow, July 26, 2016, never to forget that this is so.
Vivat Christus Rex! Viva Cristo Rey!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint John the Evangelist, pray for us.
Saint Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel the Archangel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael the Archangel, pray for us.
Saints Joachim and Anne, pray for us.
Saints Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, pray for us.
Saint James the Greater, pray for us.
Saint Christopher, pray for us.
On Jesse Louis Jackson And Others Who "Took the Soup" To Sell Out Truth for Political Expediency
Jesse Louis Jackson gave an address to the National Right to Life Committee in 1977 that is quoted below and then was the subjected to scrutiny and commentary in article on this site in 2013. This appendix begins with Jackson's address, which coupled support for "family planning" with opposition to abortion
The question of "life" is The Question of the 20th century. Race and poverty are dimensions of the life question, but discussions about abortion have brought the issue into focus in a much sharper way. How we will respect and understand the nature of life itself is the over-riding moral issue, not of the Black race, but of the human race.
The question of abortion confronts me in several different ways. First, although I do not profess to be a biologist, I have studied biology and know something about life from the point of view of the natural sciences. Second, I am a minister of the Gospel and therefore, feel that abortion has a religious and moral dimension that I must consider.
Third, I was born out of wedlock (and against the advice that my mother received from her doctor) and therefore abortion is a personal issue for me. From my perspective, human life is the highest good, the summum bonum . Human life itself is the highest human good and God is the supreme good because He is the giver of life. That is my philosophy. Everything I do proceeds from that religious and philosophical premise.
Life is the highest good and therefore you fight for life, using means consistent with that end. Life is the highest human good not on its own naturalistic merits, but because life is supernatural, a gift from God. Therefore, life is the highest human good because life is sacred. Biologically speaking, thousands of male sperms are ejaculated into the female reproductive tract during sexual intercourse, but only once in a while do the egg and sperm bring about fertilization. Some call that connection accidental, but I choose to call it providential. It takes three to make a baby: a man, a woman and the Holy Spirit.
I believe in family planning. I do not believe that families ought to have children, as some people did where I was growing up, by the dozens. I believe in methods of contraception -- prophylactics, pills, rhythm, etc. I believe in sex education. We ought to teach' it in the home, the school, the church, and on the television. I think that if people are properly educated sexually they will appreciate the act and know its ultimate function, purpose and significance.
In the abortion debate one of the crucial questions is when does life begin. Anything growing is living. Therefore human life begins when the sperm and egg join and drop into the fallopian tube and the pulsation of life take place. From that point, life may be described differently (as an egg, embryo, fetus, baby, child, teenager, adult), but the essence is the same. The name has changed but the game remains the same.
Human beings cannot give or create life by themselves, it is really a gift from God. Therefore, one does not have the right to take away (through abortion) that which he does not have the ability to give.
Some argue, suppose the woman does not. want to have the baby. They say the very fact that she does not want the baby means that the psychological damage to the child is reason enough to abort the baby'. I disagree. The solution to that problem is not to kill the innocent baby, but to deal with her values and her attitude toward life that have allowed her not to want the baby. Deal with the attitude that would allow her to take away that which she cannot give.
Some women argue that the man does not have the baby and will not be responsible for the baby after it is born, therefore it is all right to kill the baby. Again the logic is off. The premise is that the man is irresponsible.
If that is the problem, then deal with making him responsible. Deal with what you are dealing with, not with the weak, innocent and unprotected baby. The essence of Jesus' message dealt with this very problem -- the problem of the inner attitude and motivation of a person. "If in your heart . . ." was his central message. The actual abortion (effect) is merely the logical conclusion of a prior attitude (cause) that one has toward life itself. Deal with the cause not merely the effect when abortion is the issue.
Some of the most dangerous arguments for abortion stem from popular judgments about life's ultimate meaning, but the logical conclusion of their position is never pursued. Some people may, unconsciously, operate their lives as if pleasure is life's highest good, and pain and suffering man's greatest enemy. That position, if followed to its logical conclusion, means that that which prohibits pleasure should be done away with by whatever means are necessary. By the same rationale, whatever means are necessary should be used to prevent suffering and pain. My position is not to negate pleasure nor elevate suffering, but merely to argue against their being elevated to an ultimate end of life. Because if they are so elevated, anything, including murder and genocide, can be carried out in their name.
Often people who analyze and operate In the public sphere (some sociologists, doctors, politicians, etc.) are especially prone to argue in these ways. Sociologists argue for - population control on the basis of a shortage of housing, food, space, etc. I raise two issues at this point: (1) It is strange that they choose to start talking about population control at the same time that Black people in America and people of color around the world are demanding their rightful place as human citizens and their rightful share of the material wealth in the world. (2) People of color are for the most part powerless with regard to decisions made about population control. Given the history of people of color in the modern world we have no reason to assume that whites are going to look out for our best interests.
Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people. Here arguments for in-convenience and economic savings take precedence over arguments for human value and human life. I read recently where a politician from New York was justifying abortion because they had prevented 10,000 welfare babies from being born and saved the state $15 million. In my mind serious moral questions arise when politicians are willing to pay welfare mothers between $300 to $1000 to have an abortion, but will not pay $30 for a hot school lunch program to the already born children of these same mothers.
I think the economic objections are not valid today because we are confronted with a whole new economic problem. The basic and historic economic problem has been the inability to feed everyone in the world even If the will were there to do so. They could not produce enough to do the job even if they wanted to. An agrarian and disconnected world did not possess the ability to solve the basic economic problem. That was tragic, but hardly morally reprehensible. Today. however, we do not have the same economic problem. Our world is basically urban, industrial, interconnected, and technological so that we now, generally speaking, have the ability to feed the peoples of the world but lack the political and economic will to do so. That would require basic shifts of economic and political power in the world and. we are not willing to pay that price -- the price of justice. The problem now is not the ability to produce but the ability to distribute justly.
Psychiatrists, social workers and doctors often argue for abortion on the basis that the child will grow up mentally and emotionally scared. But who of us is complete? If incompleteness were the criteria for taking life we would all be dead. If you can justify abortion on the basis of emotional incompleteness then your logic could also lead you to killing for other forms of incompleteness -- blindness, crippleness, old age. (How we respect life is the over-riding moral issue:Right to Life News, January 1977)
Yes, Jesse, "incompleteness" could lead people of color to kill those whom they have been taught by professional race-baiters to hate and blame for their personal problems. And your support for contraception, Jesse, is offensive to God in se as it denies His Sovereignty over the sanctity and fecundity of marriage, which he has ordained for the propagation and education of children, education, by the way, which is to be supervised by the parents and not by your pal Obama/Soetoro's 'common core" curriculum (see Common Core: From Luther To Mann To Bismarck To Obama). "Family planning" is not only offensive to God. It is injurious to men and their temporal and eternal good (see Forty-Three Years After Humanae Vitae, Always Trying To Find A Way and Planting Seeds of Revolutionary Change).
Jesse Louis Jackson got "inoculated," if you will, from all such talk in the 1983-1984 Democratic Party presidential cycle as he made surprisingly strong showings against former Vice President of the United States Walter F. Mondale (D-Minnesota) and United States Senator Gary Hart (D-Colorado), later to have some difficulties in his 1987 run for the 1988 Democratic Party presidential nomination because of "monkey business" of some sort. Jesse Jackson got the presidential bug, and that is what killed the integrity that he had once demonstrated on the life issue.
Then again, why should Jesse Louis Jackson be concerned about personal integrity when the integrit of the true Faith, about which he knows nothing, has been under attack by the conciliar "popes" and their "bishops" for well-neigh five and one-half decades now.
The very men who should have been speaking to the world about the necessity of seeking to restore the Social Reign of Christ the King and of Mary our Immaculate Queen have made their "reconciliation" with the falsehoods of Protestantism and Judeo-Masonry, thereby becoming active accomplices in the degeneration of the world around us by the daily offenses they have committed against the integrity of the Sacred Deposit of Faith and their sacramentally barren liturgical rites.
The conciliar "popes" and their "bishops" and many of their clergy and professed religious have blasphemed God by personally esteeming the symbols of false religions, by treating the "clergy" of such religions as having a mission from God to serve Him and by entering into the temples of false worship that they call "sacred' and in which they are content to be treated as inferiors. They have promulgated false doctrines aplenty and instituted revolutionary pastoral practices that have robbed most Catholics worldwide of even a modicum of the sensus fidei, which is why they are happy participants in the evils protected under cover of the civil law and promoted with abandon in what passes for "popular culture."
Yet it is that Jorge Mario Bergoglio/Francis does not believe that it is necessary, prudent or advisable to speak about abortion because Catholics supposedly "know" that it is wrong, stressing that this is the time for "mercy":
Patricia Zorzan: Speaking on behalf of Brazilians. The society has changed, young people have changed, and we see many young people in Brazil. You have spoken to us about abortion, matrimony between persons of the same gender. In Brazil a law has been approved which extends the right of abortion and has allowed matrimony between persons of the same gender. Why didn’t you speak about this? [Repeated in Italian]
Francis: The Church has already expressed herself perfectly on this. It wasn’t necessary to go back to this, nor did I speak about fraud or lies or other things, on which the Church has a clear doctrine.[Repeated in Italian]
Patricia Zorzan: But it’s an issue that interests young people…
[Repeated in Italian]
Francis: Yes, but it wasn’t necessary to talk about that, but about positive things that open the way to youngsters, isn’t that so? Moreover, young people know perfectly well what the position of the Church is.
Patricia Zorzan: What is the position of Your Holiness, can you tell us?
Francis: That of the Church. I’m a child of the Church. (Press Conference in English.)
Jorge Mario Bergoglio/Francis is not a child of the Catholic Church. He is a son of perdition who refuses to teach simple moral truths by asserting gratuitously that there is no "need" to do so because young Catholics know all about them.
Ah, yes, I guess this is why Catholics by the boat loads have voted for the likes of Christine Kirchner in Argentina, Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, Francois Hollande in France, Tony Blair in the United Kingdom, Angela Merkel in Germany, Barack Hussein Obama/Barry Soetoro, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Nancy Patricia D'Alsesandro Pelosi, Richard Durbin, Patrick Quinn, Thomas Harkin, Andrew Mark Cuomo, Mario Matthew Cuomo, Rudolph William Giuliani, Christopher Dodd, Daniel Malloy, John F. Kerry, Elizabeth Warren, Martin Malloy, Christopher Murphy, Edmud G. Brown, Jr., Loretta Sanchez-Brixey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Thomas Ridge, the late Edward Moore Kennedy, George Elmer Pataki, Elliot Spitzer, Christine Quinn, Jennifer Granholm, Patricia Murray, Susan Collins, Harry Reid, Bill Richardson, Mary Landrieu, William Jefferson Blythe Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles Schumer, Barbara Mikulski and countless of other public officials who support sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance, including the chemical and surgical assassination of innocent preborn children and the provision of special "rights," including "marriage," for those engaged in acts of unspeakable perversity in violation of the binding precepts of the Sixth and Ninth Commandments.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio/Francis's gratuitously and completely fallacious belief that young Catholics "know" Church teaching obscures the fact that a true and legitimate Successor of Saint Peter would understand that he has an obligation to speak to the entire world, that upon his immortal soul is the solemn responsibility to see to it that the Gospel of Christ the King is preached and that errors and moral evils are denounced in no uncertain terms. That Jorge Mario Bergoglio/Francis refuses to do this for the sake of emphasizing his Marxist view of "serving the poor" by means of statist programs that reduce both the poor and everyone to the status of the slaves of the caesars and their administrative minions while seeking to restrict their legitimate "liberties" is yet another sign that he is does not belong to the bosom of Holy Mother Church and that he is not a true and legitimate Successor of Saint Peter.
True popes have never hesitated to denounce evils as the circumstances required to do so, and the circumstances of the late Eighteenth, Nineteenth and early to middle Twentieth Centuries saw a continuous train of popes from Pope Pius VI through Pope Pius XII do precisely that.
The Golden Legend on the Life of Saint Sames the Greater
This James the apostle is said James the son of Zebedee, brother of S. John the Evangelist and Boanerges, that is the son of thunder, and James the More. He was said James, son of Zebedee, not only in flesh but in the exposition of the name, for Zebedee is interpreted giving or given, and James gave himself to God by martyrdom of death, and he is given to us of God for a special patron. He is said James, brother of John, not only by flesh but by semblance of manners. For they both were of one love and of one study and of one will. They were of one love for to avenge our Lord, for when the Samaritans would not receive Jesu Christ, James and John said: If it please thee Lord let fire descend from heaven and destroy them. They were of like study for to learn, for these two were they that demanded of our Lord of the day of judgment, and of other things to come. And they asked that one of them might sit at the right side of him and that other on his left side. He was said the son of thunder, because of the sound of his predication, for he feared the evil and excited the slothful, and by the highness of his preaching he did marvels in converting them to the faith; whereof Bede saith of S. John, that he thundered so high, that if he had thundered a little higher, all the world might not have comprised him. He is said James the More, like as that other James is said James the Less. First by reason of his calling, for he was first called of Jesu Christ, secondly by reason of familiarity, for Jesu Christ was seen to have greater familiarity with him than with the Less James. Like as it appeareth at the raising of the maid, and at his holy transfiguration. Thirdly, by reason of his passion. For among all the apostles he was the first that suffered death, and he may be said More because he was first called to be an apostle, so he was first called to the glory perdurable.
Of S. James the More, and Apostle.
James the apostle, son of Zebedee, preached after the ascension of our Lord in the Jewry and Samaria, and after, he was sent into Spain for to sow there the word of Jesu Christ. But when he was there he profited but little, for he had converted unto Christ's law but nine disciples, of whom he left two there, for to preach the word of God, and took the other seven with him and returned again into Judea. Master John Beleth saith that he converted there but one man only, and when after he preached the word of God in Judea, there was an enchanter named Hermogenes with the Pharisees, which sent Philetus his disciple to S. James for to overcome him tofore all men, and to prove his preaching false. But the apostle overcame him tofore all men reasonably, and did many miracles tofore him. Philetus then returned to Hermogenes, and approved the doctrine of James to be true, and recited to him his miracles, and said that he would be his disciple, and desired and counselled Hermogenes in like wise to be his disciple. Then Hermogenes was wroth, and by his craft and enchantments he made Philetus in such wise that he might not move, and said: Now we shall see if thy James may save thee. Then Philetus sent his child to S. James and let him have knowledge hereof. Then S. James sent to him his sudary or keverchief and said: Say to him that our Lord redresseth them that be hurt, and unbindeth them that be empeshed; and as soon as he said so, and touched the sudary, he was unbound and loosed from all the enchanting of Hermogenes, and arose up and went joyfully to S. James. Then Hermogenes was angry, and called many devils, and commanded them that they bring to him S. James bound, and Philetus with him, for to avenge him on them, lest his disciples afterwards address them against him. Then when the devils came towards S. James, they cried, howling in the air, saying: James the apostle of God have pity on us, for we burn tofore our time come. To whom James said: Wherefore come ye to me? And they said: Hermogenes hath sent us to thee and to Philetus for to bring you to him, and the angel of God hath bound us with chains of fire and tormenteth us. And James said: The angel of God shall unbind you and bring him to me bounden, but hurt him not. Then they went and took Hermogenes and bound his hands, and brought him so bound to S. James, and they said to Hermogenes: Thou hast sent us thither where we were strongly tormented and grievously bound. And then said they to S. James: Give to us power against him that we may avenge the wrongs and our embracements. And James said to them: Lo! here is Philetus tofore you, why take ye him not? They answered: We may not touch him, ne as much as a flea that is in thy couch. Then said James to Philetus: To the end that thou do good for evil, like as Christ bade us, unbind him. And then Hermogenes was all confused. And James said to him: Go thy way freely where thou wilt, for it appertaineth not to our discipline that any be converted against his will, and Hermogenes said to him: I know well the ire of the devils, but if thou give to me somewhat of thine that I may have with me, they shall slay me. Then S. James gave to him his staff. Then he went and brought to the apostle all his books of his false craft and enchanting for to be burnt. But S. James, because that the odour of the burning might do evil or harm to some fools, he made them to be cast into the sea. And after he had cast his books into the sea he returned, and holding his feet said: O thou deliverer of souls, receive me penitent, and him that hath sustained till now missaying of thee. And then began he to be perfect in the dread of God our Lord, so that many virtues were done by him afterward.
And when the Jews saw Hermogenes converted they were all moved of envy, and went unto S. James and blamed him because that he preached Christ crucified. And he approved clearly the coming and passion of our Lord Jesu Christ in such wise that many believed in our Lord. Abiathar, which was bishop that year, moved the people against him, and then they put a cord about his neck and brought him to Herod Agrippa. And when he was led to be beheaded by the commandment of Herod, a man having the palsy cried to him. And he gave him health and said: In the name of Jesu Christ, for whom I am led to be beheaded, arise thou and be all whole, and bless our Lord thy Maker. And anon he arose and was all whole. A scribe named Josias, which put the cord about his neck and drew him, seeing this miracle fell down to his feet and demanded of him forgiveness and that he might be christened; and when Abiathar saw that, he made him to be taken, and said to him: But if thou curse the name of Christ thou shalt be beheaded with him. To whom Josias said: Be thou accursed, and accursed be all thy Gods, and the name of our Lord Jesu Christ be blessed world without end. Then Abiathar commanded to smite him on the mouth with fists, and sent a message to Herod, and gat consent that he should be beheaded with James. And when they should be beheaded both, S. James desired a potful of water of him that should smite off their heads, and therewith he baptized Josias, and then anon they were both beheaded and suffered martyrdom. S. James was beheaded the eighth kalends of April on our Lady's day of the Annunciation, and the eighth kalends of August he was translated to Compostella. And the third kalends of January he was buried, for the making of his sepulchre was from August unto January, and therefore the church hath established that his feast shall be hallowed in the eighth kalends of August, whereas is most convenable time. And as Master John Beleth saith, which made this translation diligently: When the blessed S. James was beheaded, his disciples took the body away by night for fear of the Jews, and brought it into a ship, and committed unto the will of our Lord the sepulture of it, and went withal into the ship without sail or rudder. And by the conduct of the angel of our Lord they arrived in Galicia in the realm of Lupa. There was in Spain a queen that had to name, and also by deserving of her life, Lupa, which is as much to say in English as a she-wolf. And then the disciples of S. James took out his body and laid it upon a great stone. And anon the stone received the body into it as it had been soft wax, and made to the body a stone as it were a sepulchre. Then the disciples went to Lupa the queen, and said to her: Our Lord Jesu Christ hath sent to thee the body of his disciple, so that him that thou wouldest not receive alive thou shalt receive dead, and then they recited to her the miracle by order; how they were come without any governaile of the ship and required of her place convenable for his holy sepulture. And when the queen heard this, she sent them unto a right cruel man, by treachery and by guile, as Master Beleth saith, and some say it was to the king of Spain, for to have his consent of this matter, and he took them and put them in prison. And when he was at dinner the angel of our Lord opened the prison and let them escape away all free. And when he knew it, he sent hastily knights after, for to take them, and as these knights passed to go over a bridge, the bridge brake and overthrew, and they fell in the water and were drowned. And when he heard that he repented him and doubted for himself and for his people, and sent after them, praying them for to return, and that he would do like as they would themselves. And then they returned and converted the people of that city unto the faith of God. And when Lupa the queen heard this, she was much sorrowful, and when they came again to her they told to her the agreement of the king. She answered: Take the oxen that I have in yonder mountain, and join ye and yoke them to my cart or chariot, and bring ye then the body of your master, and build ye for him such a place as ye will, and this she said to them in guile and mockage, for she knew well that there were no oxen but wild bulls, and supposed that they should never join them to her chariot, and if they were so joined and yoked to the chariot, they would run hither and thither, and should break the chariot, and throw down the body and slay them. But there is no wisdom against God. And then they, that knew nothing the evil courage of the queen, went up on the mountain, and found there a dragon casting fire at them, and ran on them. And they made the sign of the cross and he brake it on two pieces. And then they made the sign of the cross upon the bulls, and anon they were meek as lambs. Then they took them and yoked them to the chariot, and took the body of S. James with the stone that they had laid it on, and laid on the chariot, and the wild bulls without governing or driving of any body drew it forth unto the middle of the palace of the queen Lupa. And when she saw this she was abashed and believed and was christened, and delivered to them all that they demanded, and dedicated her palace into a church and endowed it greatly, and after ended her life in good works.
Bernard, a man of the bishopric of Mutina, as Calixtus the pope saith, was taken and enchained and put into a deep tower, and called always the blessed S. James, so that S. James appeared to him and said: Come and follow me into Galicia, and then his bonds brake and S. James vanished away. And he went up into the high tower, and his bonds in his neck, and sprang down without hurting, and it was well sixty cubits of height. And as Bede saith: There was a man that had done a foul sin, of which the bishop doubted to assoil him, and sent him to S. James with a schedule in which the sin was written; and when he had laid the schedule upon the altar, on the day of S. James he prayed S. James, that by his merits his sin might be forgiven and defaced. And after, he opened the schedule and found the sin effaced and struck out. And then he thanked God and S. James.
Thirty men of Lorraine went together on pilgrimage to S. James about the year of our Lord a thousand and sixty-three, and all made faith to other that every man should abide and serve other in all estates that shall happen by the way, except one, that would make no covenant. It happed that one of them was sick and his fellows abode and awaited on him fifteen days, and at last they all left him, save he that promised not, which abode by him and kept him at the foot of the Mount St. Michael. And when it drew to night the sick man died, and when it was night, the man that was alive was sore afraid for the place which was solitary, and for the presence of the dead body, and for the cruelty of the strange people, and for the darkness of the night that came on. But anon S. James appeared to him in likeness of a man on horseback and comforted him and said; Give me that dead body tofore me, and leap thou up behind me on my horse. And so they rode all that night fifteen days journey that they were on the morn to see the sun rising at Montoia, which is but half a league from S. James. Then S. James left them both, commanding him that was alive, that he should assemble the canons of S. James to bury this pilgrim, and that he should say to his fellows, because they had broken their faith their pilgrimage availed them not. And he did his commandment, and when his fellows came they marvelled how he had so fast gone, and he told to them all that S. James had said and done.
And as Calixtus the pope rehearseth, there was a man of Almaine, and he went to S. James about the year one thousand four score and three, and came to Toulouse for to be lodged, and their host made them drunk. Then the host took a cup of silver and put it in their malle. And on the morn, when they were gone, he followed them as thieves, and bare them on hand that they had stolen his cup, and said that they should be punished if the cup were found on them. And he found it in the malle, and anon they were brought to judgment. And then the sentence was given, that all that they had should be given to the host, and that one of them should be hanged. And then the father would have died for his son and the son for the father. At last the son was hanged, and the father went forth weeping on his pilgrimage to S. James, and came again thirty-six days after, and then went for to see his son, and cried and wept, but the son which was hanged, began to comfort and said to his father: Right sweet father, weep no more, for I was never so well at ease, for the blessed S. James hath alway sustained me and held me up, and hath fed me with sweetness of heaven; and when the father heard him speak, he ran anon to the city and did so much that the people came, and his son was taken down all whole, as though he had never had harm, and the host was hanged which had put the cup in the malle.
Hugo de S. Victor rehearseth that the devil appeared in likeness of S. James to a pilgrim, and told to him many things of the unhappiness of the world, and said to him that he should be well blessed if he slew himself in the honour of him. And anon he took a knife and slew himself; and then the host in whose house he was lodged was held suspect, and was sore afraid to be put therefor to death. Then he that was dead revived again, and said that the devil had caused him to slay himself, and brought him into great torments. And S. James ran, and brought him tofore the throne of the judge, and when the devils accused him, he gat that he should be restored to his life.
There was a young man of the country of Lyons, as Hugh the abbot of Cluny witnesseth, that was accustomed to go oft to S. James, and the night tofore he should go thitherward he fell in fornication. And the next day he went forth. On a night it happed that the devil appeared to him in likeness of S. James, and said to him: Knowest thou who I am? And he answered: Nay. And the devil said to him: I am James the apostle, whom thou hast used to visit every year, and I am glad for thy devotion. But it is not long sith that thou, in going out of thy house, fellest in fornication, and hast presumed to come, not confessed thereof, wherefore thy pilgrimage may neither please God ne me. It appertaineth not to do so, for who that will come to me in pilgrimage, he must first show his sins by contrition and by confession, and after, by going on pilgrimage, punish them and make satisfaction. And this said, the devil vanished away. Then the young man was in great anguish, and disposed him to return home again to his house and confess him of his sins, and then to begin again his journey. And then the devil appeared to him again in likeness of the apostle, and warned him in no wise to do so, but said to him: This sin may in no wise be forgiven but if he cut off his members generative. But yet he should be more blessed if he killed himself, and be a martyr for the sake of him. And he, that same night, when his fellows slept, took a knife and cut off his genitals, and with the same knife smote himself into the belly. And his fellows awoke, and when they saw this thing they were sore afraid, and anon fled away lest they should be taken as suspect of the homicide. And after, as they made ready his pit, to bury him in, he revived again, and then all they were abashed and fled away. And he called them again, and told all that was befallen to him, saying: When I at the suggestion of the devil had slain myself, the devils took me and led me towards Rome, and anon S. James came after us, and blamed strongly the devils of their fallacy. And when they had long strived together, S. James constrained them to come into a meadow, where the Blessed Virgin sat speaking with many saints. And the blessed S. James complained for me, and then she blamed strongly the devils, and commanded that I should be restored again to my life. And then S. James took me, and rendered to me my life again, like as you see. And three days after his wounds were whole, and there appeared nothing but the traces where the wounds were, and then he reprised again his journey, and found his fellows, and recited to them all this by order.
And as Calixtus the pope rehearseth, there was a Frenchman, about the year of our Lord eleven hundred, would eschewe the mortality that was in France, and would visit S. James, and he took his wife and children and went thither. And when they came to Pampelona his wife died, and his host took from him all his money and his jument, upon which his children were borne. And this man, that thus went all discomforted, and bare his children on his shoulders, and led one after him, was in great anguish and sorrow. Then came a man to him, upon an ass, which had pity on him, and lent to him his ass for to bear his children. And when he came to S. James, and had done what he would, and prayed, S. James appeared to him, and demanded if he knew him, and he said nay. And S. James said to him: I am James the apostle, which have lent to thee mine ass, and yet I shall lend him to thee for to return. And I let thee wit that thine host is fallen from a soler and is dead. And thou shalt have again all that he hath taken from thee. And when all this was done, he returned joyous, with his children to his house. And as soon as his children were taken off from the ass, it was not known where it became.
A merchant was detained of a tyrant, and all despoiled, was wrongfully put in prison. And he called much devoutly S. James into his help. And S. James appeared to him tofore them that kept him, and they awoke, and he brought him into the highest of the tower, and anon the tower bowed down so low that the top was even with the ground. And he went, without leaping, and unbound of his irons. Then his keepers followed after, but they had no power to see him.
Three knights of the diocese of Lyons went to S. James, and that one was required of a poor woman for the love of S. James to bear her sack upon his horse; and he bare it. After, he found a man sick, and set him on his horse, and took the burden off the man, and the sack off the said woman, and followed his horse afoot. But he was broken with the heat of the sun, and with labour to go afoot, that when he came to S. James in Galicia, he was strongly sick. And his fellows prayed three days for the health of his soul, which three days he lay speechless, and his fellows abiding his death. The fourth he sighed greatly, and said: I thank God and S. James, for I am delivered by his merits when I would have done that which ye warned and admonished me. But the devils came to me and strained me so sore that I might not do nothing that appertained to the health of my soul. And I heard you well but I might not answer. And then the blessed S. James came, and brought in his left hand the sack of the woman, and in the right hand the bourdon of the poor pilgrim that I helped by the way, and held the bourdon for a spear, and the sack for a shield, and so assailed the devils as all angry, and lift up the bourdon, and feared the devils that they fled away; and thus the blessed S. James hath delivered me by his holy grace, and hath rendered to me my speech again. Call me the priest, for I may not be long in this life, it is time to amend our trespasses toward our Lord. And then he turned him to one of his fellows, and said to him: Friend, ride no more with thy lord, for certainly he is damned, and shall perish shortly by evil death, and therefore leave his company, and then he died. And when he was buried, his two fellows, knights, returned, and that other said to his master this that he had said to him, and he set not thereby, and had despite to amend him. And anon after he was smitten with a spear in battle and died.
And as Calixtus the pope saith, that there was a man of Viriliac went to S. James, and his money failed him by the way. And he had shame for to beg and ask alms, and he laid him under a tree, and dreamed that S. James fed him. And when he awoke he found a loaf, baked under ashes, at his head, and with that loaf he lived fifteen days till that he came again to his own place, and ate sufficiently twice a day of the same loaf, and always on the morn he found it whole in his satchel.
Also the same Calixtus rehearseth that a burgess of the city of Barcelona went to S. James about the year of our Lord eleven hundred, and required only that he should never be taken of any enemies, and as he returned by Sicily he was taken in the sea of Saracens, and led ofttimes to fairs for to be sold, but alway the chains with which he was bounden loosed. And when he had been sold fourteen times he was bound with double chains. Then he called S. James to his help, and S. James appeared to him and said: Because thou wert in my church, and thou settest nothing by the health of thy soul, but demandedst only the deliverance of thy body, therefor thou hast fallen in this peril. But because that our Lord is merciful, he hath sent me for to buy thee. And anon his chains brake, and he, bearing a part of the chains, passed by the countries and castles of the Saracens, and came home into his own country in the sight of all men, which were abashed of the miracle. For when any man would have taken him, as soon as they saw the chain they were afeard and fled. And when the lions and other beasts would have ran on him, in the deserts whereon he went, when they saw the chain they were afeard that they fled away.
It happed in the year twelve hundred and thirtyeight in a castle named Prato, between Florence and Pistoia, a young man deceived of simplesse by counsel of an old man, set fire in the corn of his tutor, which had charge to keep him, because that he would usurp to himself his heritage. Then he was taken, and confessed his trespass, and was judged to be drawn and burnt. Then he confessed him, and avowed to S. James. And when he had been long drawn in his shirt upon a stony way, he was neither hurt in his body ne in his shirt. Then he was bound to a stake, and fagots and bushes were set about him, and fire put thereto, which fire burnt atwo his bonds, and he always called on S. James, and there was no hurt of burning found in his shirt nor in his body, and when they would have cast him again into the fire, he was taken away from them by S. James, the apostle of God, to whom be given laud and praising. (lThe Golden Legend on the Life of Saint James the Greater.)
Appendix C:
The Golden Legend on the Life of Saint Christopher
Here followeth of Saint Christopher and first of his name.
Christopher tofore his baptism was named Reprobus, but afterwards he was named Christopher, which is as much to say as bearing Christ, of that that he bare Christ in four manners. He bare him on his shoulders by conveying and leading, in his body by making it lean, in mind by devotion, and in his mouth by confession and predication.
Of Saint Christopher.
Christopher was of the lineage of the Canaanites, and he was of a right great stature, and had a terrible and fearful cheer and countenance. And he was twelve cubits of length, and as it is read in some histories that, when he served and dwelled with the king of Canaan, it came in his mind that he would seek the greatest prince that was in the world, and him would he serve and obey. And so far he went that he came to a right great king, of whom the renomee generally was that he was the greatest of the world. And when the king saw him, he received him into his service, and made him to dwell in his court. Upon a time a minstrel sang tofore him a song in which he named oft the devil, and the king, which was a christian man, when he heard him name the devil, made anon the sign of the cross in his visage. And when Christopher saw that, he had great marvel what sign it was, and wherefore the king made it, and he demanded of him. And because the king would not say, he said: If thou tell me not, I shall no longer dwell with thee, and then the king told to him, saying: Alway when I hear the devil named, I fear that he should have power over me, and I garnish me with this sign that he grieve not ne annoy me. Then Christopher said to him: Doubtest thou the devil that he hurt thee not? Then is the devil more mighty and greater than thou art. I am then deceived of my hope and purpose, for I had supposed I had found the most mighty and the most greatest Lord of the world, but I commend thee to God, for I will go seek him for to be my Lord, and I his servant. And then departed from this king, and hasted him for to seek the devil. And as he went by a great desert, he saw a great company of knights, of which a knight cruel and horrible came to him and demanded whither he went, and Christopher answered to him and said: I go seek the devil for to be my master. And he said: I am he that thou seekest. And then Christopher was glad, and bound him to be his servant perpetual, and took him for his master and Lord. And as they went together by a common way, they found there a cross, erect and standing. And anon as the devil saw the cross he was afeard and fled, and left the right way, and brought Christopher about by a sharp desert. And after, when they were past the cross, he brought him to the highway that they had left. And when Christopher saw that, he marvelled, and demanded whereof he doubted, and had left the high and fair way, and had gone so far about by so aspre a desert. And the devil would not tell him in no wise. Then Christopher said to him: If thou wilt not tell me, I shall anon depart from thee, and shall serve thee no more. Wherefor the devil was constrained to tell him, and said: There was a man called Christ which was hanged on the cross, and when I see his sign I am sore afraid, and flee from it wheresoever I see it. To whom Christopher said: Then he is greater, and more mightier than thou, when thou art afraid of his sign, and I see well that I have laboured in vain, when I have not founden the greatest Lord of the world. And I will serve thee no longer, go thy way then, for I will go seek Christ. And when he had long sought and demanded where he should find Christ, at last he came into a great desert, to an hermit that dwelt there, and this hermit preached to him of Jesu Christ and informed him in the faith diligently, and said to him: This king whom thou desirest to serve, requireth the service that thou must oft fast. And Christopher said to him: Require of me some other thing, and I shall do it, for that which thou requirest I may not do. And the hermit said: Thou must then wake and make many prayers. And Christopher said to him: I wot not what it is; I may do no such thing. And then the hermit said to him: Knowest thou such a river, in which many be perished and lost? To whom Christopher said: I know it well. Then said the hermit, Because thou art noble and high of stature and strong in thy members, thou shalt be resident by that river, and thou shalt bear over all them that shall pass there, which shall be a thing right convenable to our Lord Jesu Christ whom thou desirest to serve, and I hope he shall show himself to thee. Then said Christopher: Certes, this service may I well do, and I promise to him for to do it. Then went Christopher to this river, and made there his habitacle for him, and bare a great pole in his hand instead of a staff, by which he sustained him in the water, and bare over all manner of people without ceasing. And there he abode, thus doing, many days. And in a time, as he slept in his lodge, he heard the voice of a child which called him and said: Christopher, come out and bear me over. Then he awoke and went out, but he found no man. And when he was again in his house, he heard the same voice and he ran out and found nobody. The third time he was called and came thither, and found a child beside the rivage of the river, which prayed him goodly to bear him over the water. And then Christopher lift up the child on his shoulders, and took his staff, and entered into the river for to pass. And the water of the river arose and swelled more and more: and the child was heavy as lead, and alway as he went farther the water increased and grew more, and the child more and more waxed heavy, insomuch that Christopher had great anguish and was afeard to be drowned. And when he was escaped with great pain, and passed the water, and set the child aground, he said to the child: Child, thou hast put me in great peril; thou weighest almost as I had all the world upon me, I might bear no greater burden. And the child answered: Christopher, marvel thee nothing, for thou hast not only borne all the world upon thee, but thou hast borne him that created and made all the world, upon thy shoulders. I am Jesu Christ the king, to whom thou servest in this work. And because that thou know that I say to be the truth, set thy staff in the earth by thy house, and thou shalt see to-morn that it shall bear flowers and fruit, and anon he vanished from his eyes. And then Christopher set his staff in the earth, and when he arose on the morn, he found his staff like a palmier bearing flowers, leaves and dates.
And then Christopher went into the city of Lycia, and understood not their language. Then he prayed our Lord that he might understand them, and so he did. And as he was in this prayer, the judges supposed that he had been a fool, and left him there. And then when Christopher understood the language, he covered his visage and went to the place where they martyred christian men, and comforted them in our Lord. And then the judges smote him in the face, and Christopher said to them: If I were not christian I should avenge mine injury. And then Christopher pitched his rod in the earth, and prayed to our Lord that for to convert the people it might bear flowers and fruit, and anon it did so. And then he converted eight thousand men. And then the king sent two knights for to fetch him to the king, and they found him praying, and durst not tell to him so. And anon after, the king sent as many more, and they anon set them down for to pray with him. And when Christopher arose, he said to them: What seek ye? And when they saw him in the visage they said to him: The king hath sent us, that we should lead thee bound unto him. And Christopher said to them: If I would, ye should not lead me to him, bound ne unbound. And they said to him: If thou wilt go thy way, go quit, where thou wilt. And we shall say to the king that we have not found thee. It shall not be so, said he, but I shall go with you. And then he converted them in the fatth, and commanded them that they should bind his hands behind his back, and lead him so bound to the king. And when the king saw him he was afeard and fell down off the seat, and his servants lifted him up and releved him again. And then the king inquired his name and his country; and Christopher said to him: Tofore or I was baptized I was named Reprobus, and after, I am Christopher; tofore baptism, a Canaanite, now, a christian man. To whom the king said: Thou hast a foolish name, that is to wit of Christ crucified, which could not help himself, ne may not profit to thee. How therefore, thou cursed Canaanite, why wilt thou not do sacrifice to our gods? To whom Christopher said: Thou art rightfully called Dagnus, for thou art the death of the world, and fellow of the devil, and thy gods be made with the hands of men. And the king said to him: Thou wert nourished among wild beasts, and therefore thou mayst not say but wild language, and words unknown to men. And if thou wilt now do sacrifice to the gods I shall give to thee great gifts and great honours, and if not, I shall destroy thee and consume thee by great pains and torments. But, for all this, he would in no wise do sacrifice, wherefore he was sent in to prison, and the king did do behead the other knights that he had sent for him, whom he had converted. And after this he sent in to the prison to Saint Christopher two fair women, of whom that one was named Nicæa and that other Aquilina, and promised to them many great gifts if they could draw Christopher to sin with them. And when Christopher saw that, he set him down in prayer, and when he was constrained by them that embraced him to move, he arose and said: What seek ye? For what cause be ye come hither? And they, which were afraid of his cheer and clearness of his visage, said: Holy saint of God, have pity of us so that we may believe in that God that thou preachest. And when the king heard that, he commanded that they should be let out and brought tofore him. To whom he said: Ye be deceived, but I swear to you by my gods that, if ye do no sacrifice to my gods, ye shall anon perish by evil death. And they said to him: If thou wilt that we shall do sacrifice, command that the places may be made clean, and that all the people may assemble at the temple. And when this was done they entered in to the temple, and took their girdles, and put them about the necks of their gods, and drew them to the earth, and brake them all in pieces, and said to them that were there: Go and call physicians and leeches for to heal your gods. And then, by the commandment of the king, Aquilina was hanged, and a right great and heavy stone was hanged at her feet, so that her members were much despitously broken. And when she was dead, and passed to our Lord, her sister Nicæa was cast into a great fire, but she issued out without harm all whole, and then he made to smite off her head, and so suffered death.
After this Christopher was brought tofore the king, and the king commanded that he should be beaten with rods of iron, and that there should be set upon his head a cross of iron red hot and burning, and then after, he did do make a siege or a stool of iron, and made Christopher to be bounden thereon, and after, to set fire under it, and cast therein pitch. But the siege or settle melted like wax, and Christopher issued out without any harm or hurt. And when the king saw that, he commanded that he should be bound to a strong stake, and that he should be through-shotten with arrows with forty knights archers. But none of the knights might attain him, for the arrows hung in the air about, nigh him, without touching. Then the king weened that he had been throughshotten with the arrows of the knights, and addressed him for to go to him. And one of the arrows returned suddenly from the air and smote him in the eye, and blinded him. To whom Christopher said: Tyrant, I shall die to-morn, make a little clay, with my blood tempered, and anoint therewith thine eye, and thou shalt receive health. Then by the commandment of the king he was led for to be beheaded, and then, there made he his orison, and his head was smitten off, and so suffered martyrdom. And the king then took a little of his blood and laid it on his eye, and said: In the name of God and of Saint Christopher! and was anon healed. Then the king believed in God, and gave commandment that if any person blamed God or Saint Christopher, he should anon be slain with the sword.
Ambrose saith in his preface thus, of this holy martyr: Lord, thou hast given to Christopher so great plenty of virtues, and such grace of doctrine, that he called from the error of paynims forty-eight thousand men, to the honour of christian faith, by his shining miracles. And Nicæa and Aquilina, which long had been common at the bordel, under the stench of lechery, he called and made them serve in the habit of chastity, and enseigned them to a like crown of martyrdom. And with this, he being strained and bounden in a seat of iron, and great fire put under, doubted nothing the heat. And all a whole day during, stood bounden to a stake, yet might not be through-pierced with arrows of all the knights. And with that, one of the arrows smote out the eye of the tyrant, to whom the blood of the holy martyrre-established his sight, and enlumined him in taking away the blindness of his body, and gat of the christian mind and pardon, and he also gat of thee by prayer power to put away sickness and sores from them that remember his passion and figure. Then let us pray to Saint Christopher that he pray for us, etc. (The Golden Legend on the Life of Saint Christopher.)
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RESOLVE: AN INTIMATE SURVEY OF WORK
A book project initiated with Danielle Inga, Resolve: An Intimate Survey of Work (Concrete Editions 2013) is a study of an ever-burgeoning social movement:40 individuals necessitated or compelled to run small businesses, work freelance or pursue self-employment, each photographed in locations indicative of their work.
Commissioned for The Sustainable Fashion Handbook by Sandy Black this series takes the 'straight up' street portrait as a starting point and uses specially selected locations to create a further visual dynamic.
VISUAL ATHLETICS CLUB
Celebrating the overlooked and the everyday, Visual Athletics Club was established by husband and wife team Edward Barber and Danielle Inga in 2006. It takes the mantra 'always be looking' as a starting point. Images are generated on a daily basis, using a 35mm film camera, documenting trips abroad and across the UK. Most recently online at VAC blogspot, 100 days/4 million conversations, a visual palindrome of 100 images was posted in response to the 2015 UK General Election campaign.
A series of narrative portraits, specially constructed to reflect the occupation of each subject. Using a large format camera and precise lighting, each image has been carefully considered and staged to emphasise the presence of the sitter.
15-18: TEENAGERS IN THEIR ROOMS
This project gained access to these private and sensitive zones, recording teenagers on home territory, exactly as they wanted to be seen. Movie lighting and instant Polaroid prints from a large format 10"x 8" view camera concentrated the minds of all involved. 15-18: Teenagers in their rooms was exhibited at Fashion Space Gallery, London and as part of Teenage Kicks: Adolescence as Subject at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin in 2004.
The first major photographic documentation of London's Square Mile since the Big Bang of 1986. Using an uncompromising formal approach and a large format 5" x 4" view camera these 138 portraits reveal a broad cross-section of City people in immaculate detail, regardless of their status. Edward Barber: In the City was published as a limited edition book (Concrete Editions 2000) and shown as a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2001.
FLOWER PORTRAITS
A series of luminous formal portraits celebrating the intricate detail and complex architectural structure of flowers – from gardens, fields and hedgerows. Photographed in an ambulant studio with meticulous lighting and vivid colour Flower Portraits was first shown at Concord Sylvania Gallery, London in 1997.
Living conditions in the UK recorded across a range of different domestic environments, with initial funding from The Photographers' Gallery Trust in 1990.
An extensive colour documentary record of designers and retailers, this body of work formed part of the British Council touring exhibition All Dressed Up: British Fashion in the 1980s and was published in A Stitch in Time (Gunnersbury Park Museum 1987).
ISLINGTON'S PEOPLE
Documenting changes in the working lives of people in this London borough. Islington's People was funded by Islington Council in 1987 to produce a book and exhibition.
PEACE SIGNS
A five-year documentation of anti-nuclear protest and the peace movement in Britain. The images were widely published in the mainstream media and used extensively by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and peace campaigners worldwide. A photobook Peace Moves: Nuclear Protest in the 1980s (Chatto & Windus 1984) was published and the work was exhibited at Camerawork, London and Watershed, Bristol as
Bomb Disposal: Peace Camps & Direct Action in 1984.
Imperial War Museum London will be re-presenting the work as Peace Signs in May 2016, as part of the IWM Contemporary programme.
CHESHIRE HOME
The residents of the Cheshire Foundation Home in Liphook, Hampshire photographed in the late 1970s — in their own rooms in a way that places the visual emphasis firmly on their humanity and individuality rather than on their disability.
FAMILY UNITS
An in depth examination of families living in a variety of urban surroundings during 1975, using the formal environmental portrait as a means of revealing their very different domestic interiors.
The fitters and turners at the Vosper Thornycroft shipyard in Portchester, Hampshire – photographed with ambient light and grainy 35mm film, these portraits offer an unusual insight into an archetypal male dominated working environment of the 1970s.
A selection of eminent personalities photographed for clients in publishing,
commerce, and the arts.
Contact: concrete.ed@gmail.com
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3 men charged in connection to Hamilton wildfire
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) – Three 18-year-old men have been released on their own recognizance after being charged with starting a wildfire near Hamilton that burned more than 13 square miles of forest land, destroyed 16 homes and 49 outbuildings.
KTMF-TV reports that Steven Banks, Tyler Landon Johnson and Cody William Knez made their initial court appearances Nov. 1 in Ravalli County Justice Court on felony and misdemeanor negligent arson charges.
County Attorney Bill Fulbright asked that they be released on their own recognizance. The judge said they could not bring or handle anything flammable on forest lands. Their District Court arraignments are set for later this month.
Prosecutors say the three Hamilton men and a 16-year-old girl failed to completely extinguish a campfire, sparking the Roaring Lion fire, which began on July 31 and led to the evacuation of around 600 homes. The girl is charged in Juvenile Court.
David O’Connor chosen ‘Lodging Persons of the Year’
MONTANA LODGING AND HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION
David O’Connor of Buck’s T-4 Lodge in Big Sky received the Lodging Persons of the Year Award during the Montana Lodging and Hospitality Association’s annual awards banquet Oct. 25.
Steve Wahrlich, the chair of MLHA, presented the award to O’Connor and detailed his extensive record of achievements. He read portions of a nomination letter that stated, “David spent many years working his way up the Buck’s T-4 ladder to its pinnacle; a managing partner. At Buck’s he works tirelessly to both learn more from the constantly growing world of Montana tourism, and contributing his knowledge and experiences back to the hospitality and tourism industry selfishly throughout the state of Montana.
“David’s passion for tourism is immediately evident the moment you sit down with him. His efforts are unmatched in his participation in several organizations both in our community as well as around the state. He also possesses a relentless desire to learn how to better promote and provide great service to the endless supply of visitors.”
O’Connor serves on the boards of the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce and the Big Sky Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. He also sits on the Yellowstone Country Board and is a Rotary Club member. He is active in many issues that affect the Big Sky community, including tourism promotion, workforce housing, and economic development. In 2006, O’Connor was named Big Sky’s Tourism Person of the Year by the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce.
Can the Griz food drive competition continues through Nov. 19
The 17th annual Can the Griz food drive is an off-field competition between Montana State University and the University of Montana to see which school can collect the most donations for its local county food bank.
The competition began Nov. 5 and ends Saturday, Nov. 19, at the end of the first quarter of the “Brawl of the Wild” football game between MSU and UM, which will be held at UM. The winner of the competition will be announced during halftime.
Organizers of the drive ask that nonperishable food donations be taken to collection locations throughout Bozeman to support those in need in Gallatin County.
Bobcat supporters can designate their contribution to MSU by telling the Gallatin Valley Food Bank or collection location host that their donation is for the Can the Griz food drive.
Those wishing to donate are also invited to bring cans to the MSU football game versus University of California at Davis on Saturday, Nov. 12. Collection bins will be located at the stadium entrances and the Ressler Motors and Interwest Moving and Storage tailgates. Cans will also be collected at the men’s basketball games on Nov. 14, 16 and 18.
Monetary donations may be made directly to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank by visiting canthegriz.com. Participants can text “CAN” to 50555 to donate $10. Each dollar donated counts as 1 pound of food.
For more information or to host a collection box, please contact the MSU Office of Student Engagement at (406) 994-2933 or email canthegriz@montana.edu. A full list of participating locations can be found at canthegriz.com.
David Diamond selected as new Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Executive Coordinator
David Diamond was selected to coordinate the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee executive managers and the ten GYCC subcommittees. Diamond brings a wealth of skills gained through more than 15 years of federal service with the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
As a presidential management fellow, Diamond served in the Secretary of the Interior’s office in Washington D.C. and the Idaho State Office of the Bureau of Land Management. In the Yreka office of FWS, he brought together diverse partners, including federal and state agencies, tribes, farmers, ranchers, and NGOs to solve complex natural resource issues in the Klamath River basin in Oregon and California. In the Office of the Deputy under Secretary for Operations at NOAA he provided senior leaders with alternatives and evidence to support sound decision-making.
“We are fortunate to have David facilitate the GYCC because of his deep experience in federal land management,” said YNP Superintendent Dan Wenk.
“He will bring a renewed emphasis on creative problem solving and community involvement in the Greater Yellowstone region,” added Richard Hotaling, BLM western Montana district manager and GYCC Chair.
The public is invited to attend a meeting of federal land managers within the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA), facilitated by Diamond, to help assess ecosystem issues and to build stronger relationships in the future. The meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Cody Public Library in Cody, Wyoming.
Additional information about the meeting can be found at fedgycc.org/meetings-and-events/ or by contacting David Diamond at david_diamond@nps.gov.
David Diamond named executive coordinator of Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee
David Diamond was selected to coordinate the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee executive managers and the ten GYCC subcommittees. Diamond brings a host of skills learned in more than 15 years of federal service with the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
As a presidential management fellow, Diamond served in the Secretary of the Interior’s office in Washington D.C. and the Idaho State Office of the Bureau of Land Management. In the Yreka office of FWS, he brought together diverse partners, including federal and state agencies, tribes, farmers, ranchers, and NGOs to solve complex natural resource issues in the Klamath River basin in Oregon and California.
“He will bring a renewed emphasis on creative problem solving and community involvement in the Greater Yellowstone region,” said Richard Hotaling, BLM western Montana district manager and GYCC Chair.
2 defendants from the High on Life group plead guilty
Five defendants from the Canadian group High On Life appeared on Nov. 1, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Carman at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming. Hamish Cross and Parker Heuser pleaded guilty to violations in Yellowstone National Park and Death Valley National Park.
The remaining three defendants—Charles Ryker Gamble, Alexey Andriyovych Lyakh and Justis Cooper Price Brown—pleaded not guilty and will be appointed court attorneys.
The group was the subject of multiple investigations by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Cross pleaded guilty to charges in Yellowstone National Park that included disorderly conduct by creating a hazardous condition and foot travel in a thermal area. He agreed to pay over $8,000 in fines, restitution and community service payments to Yellowstone Forever.
Heuser pleaded guilty to two violations in Death Valley National Park that included riding a bike in wilderness and taking commercial photographs without a permit. He will also pay collateral fines that stemmed from violations at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He agreed to pay more than $1,000 in fines and fees.
Both individuals will be on probation for five years, which includes being banned from public lands managed by the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“The judge’s decision today sends a very clear message about thermal feature protection and safety,” said Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk. “Hamish Cross’s egregious actions damaged a world class hot spring and risked his own life coupled with the lives of responding rangers. We look forward to the outcome of the case regarding the three remaining defendants.”
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Fabricating cures for Blindness
Bradford and Bryan Manning
Two Blind Brothers is the name of a clothing company in New York City which was started by two brothers, Bradford and Bryan Manning, who have had Stargardt’s disease since they were young children. Both brothers went on to participate in sports and complete their college education from the University of Virginia in spite of the disease which causes progressive loss of central vision in the eyes. Recognizing that sense of touch is important for the visually impaired, the Manning brothers developed the idea of creating clothing which feels good to the touch. All garments come with a metal tag which is embossed with the word ‘brother’ in Braille. As both brothers have full-time jobs outside of the clothing company they are able to donate all proceeds from it towards research for cures for blindness.
Pramila Komanduri, a regular contributor to the Eyeway website, caught up with the two brothers in a short interview.
Did you have to help each other in dealing with the deterioration in vision when you were children and how did you do that?
Yes, definitely. There is no perfect guide for how to live your life. So a lot of challenges required trial and error. Bradford was diagnosed first and faced a lot of those issues himself, but we share a lot of things that we’ve learned from each other. Mostly we adopted an attitude and framework for approaching issues that involved being assertive, using humour, and a willingness to make mistakes.
What support did you get from your parents and others in meeting vision challenges at home, school and elsewhere?
Our parents set the standard for how we interpreted our condition. As a kid, you model a lot of your attitudes after your parents. We are grateful that they embraced our vision impairment as simply one of the many challenges in life. We never really felt especially disadvantaged because our vision was rarely, if ever, spoken about in that way. Even in extreme circumstances, in which vision was a major factor, such as playing baseball or lacrosse, our parents let us figure out our own limitations.
Did the University of Virginia offer any support while you studied there?
Yes, they had an entire department dedicated to helping students with different impairments. We found them to be generous with their support.
It seems that you were both involved in sports while growing up. How did you manage that with the progressive vision impairment?
We tried a lot of sports. Bradford was a swimmer and still has enough vision today to do so. Naturally, we found that certain sports were more conducive to our abilities. Bryan played football and lacrosse in high school, and in those cases, he adapted his role on the field to fit what he was capable of. Ultimately, he gravitated towards track and field as a shot putter and runner.
Are you still active in sports or physical activities as adults?
Bryan is still an avid runner. He ran the Chicago marathon and plans to run the Dublin marathon in Ireland in 2017. Bradford still swims and works out regularly.
When and how did you get the idea to make clothes with a focus on the visually impaired?
We always have used “touch” to evaluate quality. As any visually impaired person knows, shopping is difficult. When in a store we first focus on the feeling of the material before we see the colours, name brand, or the price. One day we were shopping together and coincidentally purchased the same shirt based on this method. It got us talking about the importance of the fabric, which inspired us to look at doing a clothing line.
Does your market span across all types of customers, not just visually impaired?
Yes, anyone who wants an extremely comfortable, well-designed casual shirt is a good customer.
Did you face any challenges in launching this enterprise in a competitive retail clothing sales market?
We still face them. We are so fortunate to have a strong identifiable brand. People love to share our story, which helped the launch. That said, production and operating any small business requires a ton of work across many disciplines, many of which we are new at.
Do you collaborate with designers on what kind of products you want created and sold through your company?
We haven’t done any collaboration yet. We want to find the right partner, but we are open to it. Sunglasses would be interesting for us to collaborate on considering that they are so important to protecting the eyes, especially for people with our condition.
Since the clothing company’s proceeds go directly to research, is it a non-profit company?
We do not take any salary or profits out of the company. We haven’t structured ourselves as a 501c3, but we may convert it to a charity. It’s just something we haven’t evaluated in our first year.
What areas of medical research have you decided to invest in with the clothing company’s proceeds?
We are funding a lot of pre-clinical researchers looking at gene, stem cell, and pharmacological therapies. There is a program between the Foundation Fighting Blindness and the Harrington Project that we are particularly interested in which gives grants along with business support to moving promising research into commercial enterprises. These programs require a lot of money, but we are excited to see that the science is validated.
Do you see any particular research as being promising in delivering solutions for your area of focus?
Yes, but we also fund research across a lot of eye conditions outside of our own as well. Right now there are exciting trials being done by companies like Spark Therapeutics, RetroSense, and Alkeus. For example, Alkeus is working on a new type of Vitamin A for people with our disease. This new Vitamin A is metabolized in a way that hopefully prevents vision loss for people with Stargardt’s disease.
How do you make time for your regular jobs, the clothing company and investigating the medical research?
In many cases, we don’t! Bradford is nearly full-time on the clothing line. We leverage a lot of great resources and contacts at major biotech firms and national organizations to help direct research. It’s definitely overwhelming at times.
Do you both do any outreach to the visually impaired and if so how?
We receive messages every day from folks with eye disease including a lot of mothers of children who are newly diagnosed. We’d like to build more community-outreach.
What is your vision for the future for yourselves and the clothing company?
We’d like to continue to build this into a national brand, which will also raise money and awareness at the same time.
Who were your sources of inspiration and what words of inspiration do you have for others who are visually impaired?
We have a lot of mentors, but the top spot goes to our parents. We would encourage others to embrace challenges and failures because that is where almost all of your growth and lasting satisfaction will come from.
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Starcraft 2 Released! Starcraft 2 Release Date: July 27, 2010
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STARCRAFT 2 RELEASED!
IRVINE, Calif – July 27, 2010 – Following several years of development and an extensive beta test that resulted in focused feedback from thousands of players worldwide, Blizzard Entertainment is pleased to announce that StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ is now on sale in North America, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. To celebrate the launch with players, Blizzard Entertainment hosted retail launch parties in 12 cities around the world. For video assets from these events, visit www.newsinfusion.com/starcraft2.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to Blizzard Entertainment’s 1998 hit StarCraft, which has been hailed by players and critics worldwide as one of the top real-time strategy games of all time. Sporting a vibrant 3D-graphics engine, StarCraft II once again centers on the clash between the protoss, terrans, and zerg, with each side deploying legions of veteran, upgraded, and new unit types. Unparalleled online play for StarCraft II is available through a new version of Battle.net®, Blizzard Entertainment's world-renowned gaming service. Battle.net has been redesigned from the ground up to be the premier online gaming destination for Blizzard gamers, with several enhancements and new features, such as voice communication, cloud file storage, leagues and ladders, achievements, stat-tracking, and more.
“We've worked hard to deliver an epic continuation of the StarCraft story line as well as the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Combined with the next-generation online environment of the new Battle.net, we believe players will agree that StarCraft II offers an experience unlike anything we've ever created, and we're excited to finally be able to share it with them.”
The solo campaign for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty picks up the saga where it left off in StarCraft: Brood War®. The story line chronicles the exploits of marshal-turned-rebel-leader Jim Raynor and features both familiar faces and new heroes. Players can tailor the experience, choosing their own mission path and selecting technology and research upgrades to suit their playing style throughout the 29-mission campaign. Several challenge-mode mini-games are also included, with focused goals designed to ease players into the basics of multiplayer strategies.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is available on DVD-ROM for Windows® XP / Windows Vista® / Windows® 7 and Macintosh®. The standard edition sells for a suggested retail price of $59.99 and will also be available as of 10 a.m. PDT today as a digital purchase at www.starcraft2.com. The special Collector’s Edition package, available only at retail stores at a suggested price of $99.99, includes the following bonus items in addition to the game disc:
* The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
* An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor's dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War® expansion set
* A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director’s commentary, and more
* The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
* StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
* A World of Warcraft® mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
* Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit
For more information on StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, visit the official website at www.blizzard.com/games/sc2/
- http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...es.html?100727
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STARCRAFT 2 RELEASE DATE: JULY 27, 2010
StarCraft(R) II: Wings of Liberty(TM) in Stores Starting July 27, 2010
IRVINE, Calif., May 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft(R) II: Wings of Liberty(TM), will arrive in stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Mexico, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau starting on July 27, 2010. Players will also be able to purchase StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty directly from Blizzard Entertainment shortly after the retail launch.
"We've been looking forward to revisiting the StarCraft universe for many years, and we're excited that the time for that is almost here," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "Thanks to our beta testers, we're making great progress on the final stages of development, and we'll be ready to welcome players all over the world to StarCraft II and the new Battle.net(R) in just a few months."
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to Blizzard Entertainment's 1998 hit StarCraft, which has been hailed by players and critics worldwide as one of the top real-time strategy games of all time. Sporting a vibrant 3D-graphics engine, StarCraft II will once again center on the clash between the protoss, terrans, and zerg, with each side deploying legions of veteran, upgraded, and new unit types. Unparalleled online play for StarCraft II will be available through a new version of Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment's world-renowned gaming service. Battle.net has been redesigned from the ground up to be the premier online gaming destination for Blizzard gamers, with several enhancements and new features, such as voice communication, cloud file storage, leagues and ladders, achievements, stat-tracking, and more.
The solo campaign for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will continue the epic saga where it left off in StarCraft: Brood War(R). The story line chronicles the exploits of marshal-turned-rebel-leader Jim Raynor and features both familiar faces and new heroes. Players will be able to tailor the experience, choosing their own mission path and selecting technology and research upgrades to suit their playing style throughout the 29-mission campaign. Several challenge-mode mini-games will also be included, with focused goals designed to ease players into the basics of multiplayer strategies.
- http://www.gamespot.com/news/6260963.html
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Alan Cumming - Split Screens TV Festival, IFC Center - May 30, 2019
Instinct S2 starring Alan Cumming Starts Sunday
Instinct on CBS, starring Alan Cumming as a peacock of a professor with a sharp mind for detecting the criminal, will premiere Season 2 this Sunday night. Based on best selling author James Patterson's writings, the show stars Cumming's character Dylan Reinhart, a former CIA operative, author and university professor. Dylan Reinhart now consults for the New York Police Department and has been put on disciplinary leave by NYPD. Lizzie Neehamn is Dylan's partner and the two find ways to work around the barriers of the job. Lt. Jasmine Gooden reinstates Dylan, but he must play by her rules. Dylan's home life is with husband Andy and the storyline has them navigating the adoption process to become parents.
Alan Cumming along with show runner Michael Rauch participated in the 2019 Split Screens TV Festival at the IFC Center at the end of May. Looking forward to the season two premiere. Cumming noted the difference in the two seasons and how the show is blooming as the network allows the cast and crew to create.
Season one is available online at www.cbs.com for binging and catching up before the season 2 series premiere on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 9/8c.
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Emma Westwood joins us to talk the films of Roman Polanski!
Author, journalist and film historian Emma Westwood is our guest this month, joining Rochelle and Lee to talk about some of the key films of November, including Kathryn Bigelow’s historical thriller Detroit (01:20), Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express (05:26), Yorgos Lanthimos’s modern Greek tragedy The Killing of a Sacred Deer (08:05), and DC superhero team-up Justice League (13:20).
Then, in the wake of 2017’s massive revelations about sexual assault and harassment in the film industry, Emma, Rochelle and Lee discuss whether it is actually possible to separate the art from the artist, and whether it is permissible to enjoy the product of makers who turn out to be monsters (16:14).
Emma then introduces us to her filmmaker of the month, the French-Polish director Roman Polanski (28:46). From his early years in western Europe making short films and black-and-white features like Knife in the Water (1962), Repulsion (1965) and Cul-De-Sac (1966), Polanski soon found himself snapped up by Hollywood, where he made the game-changing horror Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and the classic film noir Chinatown (1974). After Chinatown, he famously and controversially fled the US, returning to Europe where he continued to direct. His subsequent films included titles such as Tess (1979), Frantic (1988), Bitter Moon (1992), The Pianist (2002), Carnage (2011) and more. Few filmmakers are as controversial or divisive as Polanski, and in addition to discussing the films themselves, we also examine how his personal life influenced his work, and how it influences our engagement with it.
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Christopher Kimball, host of America’s Test Kitchen on PBS, offers a behind-the-scenes look of the show at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord on Thursday, Oct. 16. Courtesy photo.
America’s Test Kitchen Live
When: Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord
Cost: Tickets range from $35 to $45, or $85 for VIP tickets (include post-show meet and greet and signed copy of The America’s Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook)
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From screen to stage
America’s Test Kitchen goes live in Concord
Fans of the PBS show America’s Test Kitchen can see bow-tie-wearing host Christopher Kimball on stage instead of on screen for a change at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord.
On Thursday, Oct. 16, Kimball will host an insider’s view of the popular culinary show during America’s Test Kitchen Live. The multimedia program includes everything from food tastings to science experiments, plus live audience participation. Audience members will also meet other foodie personalities during the show through audio and video presentation, like competitive food eaters, “vengeful” cheese makers, and even Downton Abbey’s chef. Kimball is also the founder and editor of Cook’s Illustrated. He and the ATK crew just wrapped up filming the show’s 15th season this summer.
Kimball responded to the Hippo’s questions via email in anticipation of his upcoming stop in Concord.
It sounds like America’s Test Kitchen Live is much more than what you’d see in the TV show, including audience interaction and multimedia presentations with competitive food eaters and Mrs. Patmore from Downton Abbey. What’s one of your favorite parts of the program?
I always love the interaction with the audience, whether it is live tastings on stage, science experiments, or just Q&A. My favorite clip in the show is the morning television sequence with Jack Bishop [editorial director of America’s Test Kitchen] when he tries to make a Yule Log but it goes very wrong very quickly and, of course, the time I almost burned down the set of The Today Show.
Is it odd to perform in front of a live audience instead of facing a camera for America’s Test Kitchen Live?
No, no problem. Love a live audience — a whole lot more interesting than doing TV.
Do you have a favorite America’s Test Kitchen memory from over the seasons?
Oh, lots of them. Our test kitchen director dressed up as a giant rabbit. I have always liked dressing up as a hippie. I try to do that every season — I was one for many years. I love the moments when Bridget [Lancaster, executive food editor for New Media, Television and Radio at America’s Test Kitchen] gives it back to me in some unexpected way. Lots of those moments we cannot include on the show!
Have you discovered any new tools for the kitchen that you can’t wait to share with friends and family because of America’s Test Kitchen?
Sure, lots of them. Each year, as we do the testing segments, I run upstairs to order something that I particularly like. I love the new Thermoworks thermometer with the extended cord. I love the Technivorm Moccamaster drip coffee machine. I love the Breville juicer. The list goes on.
Why do you think it is that America’s Test Kitchen is so beloved and has such a following?
We are, if nothing else, authentic. We shoot the main show in our real test kitchen. Everyone on the show has been working together for at least 15 years and up to 25 years. Our Cook’s Country show is filmed in a real farmhouse that I own in Vermont. And none of us is particularly good at acting, so what you see is what you get. Finally, we like to show bad food, mistakes. Other shows always make it seem that nothing can go wrong and that cooking is easy. It isn’t!
Can you share any highlights or teasers for Season 15?
I can’t remember anything about a particular season since we have done so many shows, but I do remember playing a Grateful Dead song for one recipe, I remember a great Carne Asada, sweet potato fries, shrimp burgers and a really interesting recipe for broiling pork tenderloins. And the Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are to die for.
As seen in the October 9, 2014 issue of the Hippo.
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Aretha Hunt
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Position: Assistant Athletics Director for Tickets
Email: aretha_hunt@subr.edu
ARETHA WILLIAMS HUNT is a native of Ville Platte, Louisiana and graduate of Ville Platte High School and McNeese State University who joined the Southern University Department of Athletics in February of 1991.
Her duties range from overseeing the operations of all ticketed athletic events, training staff members on the Ticketmaster System, setting up events for non athletic events held at the university, customer service, overseeing the assigning of reserved parking and tailgating for football games, and the list goes on and on.
Aretha brings over 25 years of experience working in the Ticket Office. She has held various positions in that office and now holds the highest position in that area.
Aretha is a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is married to Baker Fire Chief, Christopher Hunt of Baker, Louisiana where they currently reside. They share the love and joy of one son, Landon Christopher, who is an honor student at Southern University Laboratory School and plays on the football team.
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Jewish World Review June 23, 2011 / 210 Sivan, 5771
The Presidential Race Made Easy
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | In the weeks ahead, I shall be in Europe to speak on American politics. What will I say to old Europe? Well, I shall give them my broad view of American politics and end with the present election cycle, in which I believe Barack Obama will be retired to private life, though he cannot really conceive of private life. He will continue his public life as he has for all his adult life. That is how Democrats live. He will be a community organizer to the world, as Bill Clinton has become, in the words of MSNBC, "president of the world."
Both sound ridiculous, but do any Democrats ever retire to private life today? They always are taking on noble causes, which is to say illusory causes. Harry Truman retired to private life and Lyndon Johnson, but not Bill Clinton or Al Gore or, for that matter, Jimmy Carter. The other day, Jimmy wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times, saying we have lost the drug war and he is now smoking while listening to the Grateful Dead onto death. Perhaps he is not listening to the Grateful Dead and possibly he is not smoking marijuana, but I lost interest at about the third sentence. He might well have said almost anything. He has been latching onto fads for 30 years, anything that will keep him in the ink. The reflective life is not for him. It might cause him to become aware of what a miserable president he was.
His miserable presidency is key to any summation I make of current American politics. The standards of leadership have declined abysmally, especially in the Democratic Party. In its upper tiers, there is not a person who could match Truman, Adlai Stevenson, John Kennedy or Hubert Humphrey, to say nothing of Roosevelt II. The 1960s generation — the Clintons, Gore, John Kerry, et al. — was a bust. Its members quite possibly set the stage for an even more inferior generation, the one led by Obama. Think of it! From Carter to Obama, the Democrats have led a motley string of trivial figures onto the national stage.
The Republicans have done markedly better. Richard Nixon, though flawed, led the opening to China, a tremendous achievement worth revisiting for those who have forgotten, and they can do it by reading Henry Kissinger's new book, "On China." What is more, Nixon and Kissinger managed affairs with the prickly Soviet Union remarkably well, until along came Ronald Reagan to finish the job without firing a shot. Reagan was a giant (known to liberals as a bumbling clown), and the two Bushes who followed him did not do badly, either. They were in the tradition of Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, prudent stewards of American interests.
That brings us up to this election cycle. At any other time, Obama would be challenged from within his party. Teddy Kennedy challenged Carter, and I anticipated that Hillary Clinton would do so this time, but now she cannot. Obama will run and lose to the Republican nominee, but who will the Republican be?
Before the summer is out, Mitt Romney will pull ahead of Obama by 10 points. But that will not give him the Republican nomination. He will have to fight for it. Rep. Michele Bachmann will make a terrific race of it, pulling most of the tea party vote. If the tea partyers are as energetic as they were in 2010, she has a very good chance. Then there is Tim Pawlenty. His policies are sound and even exciting in this time of near bankruptcy, but he has no natural constituency. People forget that Reagan did not search out his constituency. It had been building for years. He was strong in 1976 and overwhelming in 1980 based on his support from the tea party movement of his day, the conservative movement. Pawlenty, Rick Santorum and Rep. Ron Paul all are looking for a movement, but I do not think they will find one.
Then there is Texas Gov. Rick Perry. By the end of July, we shall know whether he is running. I think he will. Can he line himself up with the core of the Republican Party, which is still the conservative movement? It is made up of the religious right, the limited-government types, the strong foreign policy advocates and, for want of a better term, the Reagan Democrats. Well, he was a Democrat, as was Reagan. He has governed a state, and it possesses the most vibrant economy in the union. It also has enormous talent. It is the new California. This will be an exciting nominating process and a very dirty presidential race. A community organizer with union support vs. a statesman (or stateswoman), but we all know who is going to win.
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MainAll NewsMiddle EastOfficial: Help Was in Benghazi within 25 Minutes
Official: Help Was in Benghazi within 25 Minutes
Senior U.S. intelligence official dismisses reports that CIA officials denied requests to assist during the attack in Benghazi.
Elad Benari, 02/11/12 05:44
Damage inside the burnt consulate building in
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A senior U.S. intelligence official discounted on Thursday a Fox News report from last week that said officials within the CIA chain of command denied repeated requests from its officers on the ground to assist during the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.
According to a CNN report, the official insisted that the CIA operators on the ground were in charge of their movements and the safety of those who were preparing to respond was also an important consideration.
"There were no orders to anybody to stand down in providing support," the official said, according to CNN.
The official detailed the minute by minute account of what happened that night. There was a roughly 25 minute gap between when the officers at a nearby annex received the call for help from the mission to when the officers were able to get on their way to assist, he said.
During that time the officers at that annex location were getting their weapons loaded into vehicles, while others were on the phone trying to get local "friendly" militias with heavier weapons to help.
The Fox News report also suggested that the officers on the ground asked for military back-up but the CIA denied those requests. The official again said this report was wrong. The military, the official said, provided drone surveillance and a tactical security team to assist.
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama avoided answering a question by an interviewer, who asked him twice if it was true that the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was denied help as it came under attack.
The father of ex-Marine Tyrone Woods, who was killed in the attack, blamed the White House this week for refusing to send help to the consular compound in Benghazi.
"They watched my son die," said Charles Woods. "As far as I'm concerned, there are people, in the White House, whoever it was that was in that room, watching that video of my son dying, their cries for help, their order 'don't help them at all, let them die,' whoever that might be, it might be numerous people, you have the blood of my son, you have the blood of an American hero on your hands. I don't know who you are, but one of these days the truth will come out. I still forgive you, but you need to stand up."
When asked why he thinks the White House obfuscated the nature of the attack for weeks on end, Woods replied, "I don't know what their motivation is, but Hillary, a couple of days later when the bodies were flown in, she had the nerve to lie to me. I knew she wasn't telling me the truth. She's smarter than I am. She had to know the story she gave me about the film was not the truth either."
He was referring to the Obama administration spin that portrayed the attack as a spontaneous reaction by an angry Muslim crowd to an unprofessional anti-Islamic video made by a group of private citizens in California.
Meanwhile, new documents revealed by Foreign Policy magazine on Thursday found that on the very day of the attack, someone on the U.S. team in Benghazi apparently spotted a suspicious member of the local police force photographing the inside of the U.S. mission.
Foreign Policy reporters found a draft letter expressing concern among documents left on site more than six weeks after the attack.
Notations indicate the letter was intended for the head of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Benghazi. It asked for an investigation of the suspicious photographing, but it's unclear whether the letter was sent and what action may have been taken.
Another draft letter dated two days before the attack complains that requested police support for the visit to the area by Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was murdered in the attack, had not been supplied.
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Ethiopia Undermines Financial Support for Human Rights Groups
October 24th, 2016 by Publisher News Group
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 11:30, Freedom House
<press@freedomhouse.org> wrote:
Washington – October 24, 2016 — In response to Ethiopian security forces disrupting a fundraising event by the country’s most prominent human rights organization, the Human Rights Council (HRCO), Freedom House issued the following statement:
“Authorities’ interference with HRCO’s otherwise orderly event shows the government’s utter disregard for the constitutionally guaranteed right to free assembly,” said Vukasin Petrovic, director for Africa programs. “The government blocking of local fundraising while also effectively barring foreign financial support is part of a campaign to prevent human rights groups from monitoring government actions.”
On October 23, police and plainclothes security personnel broke up a fundraising event that was organized by HRCO to mark the organization’s 25th year anniversary. HRCO officials had requested and were given permission by authorities to hold the event. Police briefly detained three HRCO officials including the executive director, releasing them after issuing a warning not to criticize the government.
Ethiopia is rated Not Free in Freedom in the World 2016, Not Free in Freedom of the Press 2016, and Not Free in Freedom on the Net 2015.
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports democratic change, monitors the status of freedom around the world, and advocates for democracy and human rights.
Join us on Facebook and Twitter (freedomhousedc). Stay up to date with Freedom House’s latest news and events by signing up for ournewsletter.
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Even though the City of Canton was not incorporated in 1821, the threat of fire was very evident in the community. It was a very cold morning on January 26, 182, when the house owned by Mr. Thomas Drayton caught fire. The occupant of the house had her feet frozen, due to -23 degrees temperatures, while trying to get her neighbor's help. She lost every article of clothing and furniture that she owned. On the same morning the roof of the wagonmaker's house caught on fire but was put out with little damage. John Saxton, of the Ohio Repository, wrote about these fires. "these warnings ought to induce us to reflect on our situation as to defense against this element. We are destitute of an engine, ladders, hooks, or buckets."
The city of Canton was incorporated on January 30, 1822. On May 7, 1822, the city trustees had a meeting and named George Stidgen as Fire Master. On July 22, 1822 the trustees of Canton passed an ordinance establishing a fire company. This is the beginning of the Canton Fire Department. This ordinance allowed for the election of officers to the fire company, including a Captain, Lieutenant, and Engineer. The members of the fire company were made in charge of the engine and had the ability to make bye laws to this ordinance.
On May 7, 1822, Geirge Stidgen was appointed as the first Fire Master. The first meeting of the Fire Company of Canton was held on August 17, 1822 and the first election of officers was held on August 31, 1822.
In the early days, water to fight fires was retrieved from rain water cisterns. Ciosterns were a primitive underground water storage tank. Buckets were lowered with a rope into the cistern by hand which was a very laborious and slow method of fighting fires. Once the water was brought to the surface it was sent to the fire by way of a bucket brigade. An ordinance was passed which required every citizen to have a leather bucket in case of fire. The name of the individual was usually marked on the bucket and sometimes wven fancy decorations. every available citizen was expected to help form a line to convey water to the fire and then return the empty buckets to the cistern to be filled again. Usually children and women made up the return bucket line and men made up the bucket line which conveyed the water to the engine.
Canton's first engine was the Phoenix. On July 11, 1822, the trustees of Canton gave J.W. lathrop ther right to contract for an engine as well as its transportation to Canton. The engine was purchase for $270.00. The exact date of its delivery is unknown, but it was delivered before March 8, 1823. The first five bills that the City of Canton paid were for the Fire Company. The first bill paid was for the engine. It was a hand drawn engine with one set of brakes (handles used to pump water from the engine). When the fire alarm bell was sounded the first group of citizens to arrive at the engine house, where the Phoenix was stored, would pull the engine to the fire. Citizens would form a bucket brigade and dump the water into the tank of the engine. Then members of the fire department and bystanders would pump the engine by pulling down and pushing up on the brakes of the engine.
On April 24, 1823 a supplementary ordinance was passed. The first part of the ordinance allowed the President, Recorder and Trustees oc Canton to impose firnes on the members of the fire company if they did not perform their duties. The second part of this ordinance read as follows. "Be it further ordained, That the President, Recorder and Trustees of said town, shall anually appoint four Lanemen, five Ladderman, tow Hookmen, and two Axemen, to hold their offices until the first saturday of April - And it shall be the duty of lanemen, under directions as may be given them by the fire-master or officers of the fire company, to form lines to convey water to the Engine, or place of the fire - The laddermen shall convey ladders, and the hookmen, the hooks, to the same place, where the axemen shall be present, and each one shall discharge his duty as aforesaid, as soon after he has knowledge of a fire, as practicable." The first laneman were John Buckius, Orlando Metcalf, James Gaff and John Augustine. The first laddermen were Jacob Rupp, George Dunbar, James W. Lathrop, George DeWalt and John Webb. Ther first hookmen were John Clark and John Saxton and the first axemen were John Maler and Christian Paulmore.
On November 20, 1830, the Trustees of Canton held a meeting which included dissolving the Fire Company. The company was dissolved because the officers of the fire company refused to serve in their offices and the members of the fire company would not get together to have elections for their company as was required by city ordinance. The President of the Trustees was then made responsible for organizing a new Fire Company and making sure that the elections were held. There was no record of when the Fire company was reorganized but there was an election held on May 2, 1833 which established new hookmen, laddermen, and axemen.
Canton's second engine was the fairmount. It was purchased and delivered in 1835 from John Harris in Philadelphia. It is believed to have been used by the Philadelphia Fire Department. The Fairmount was larger than the Phoenix and had two sets of brakes which required more people to pull it and operate it.
A meeting of the citizens was held on September 26, 1835 for the purpose of organizing two fire companies. the Phoenix Fire Company would consist of nineteen members and the Fairmount Fire Company would consist of sixty nine members. An election of officers was held for both companies. The officers of the Phoenix Fire Company were Eli Lowers as Captain, henry Buckius as 1st Engineer and James A. Sexton as 2nd Engineer. The officers of the Fairmount Fire Company were Lewis Fogle as Captain and Jonas Polley, Samuel Fahnestock, John Laird and Jacob Kauffman as Engineers.
Five nmembers of the fire company were appointed to draw up a Constitution and By-laws. On October 2, 1835 a Constitution and By-laws were accepted for the two fire companies. The Constitution consisted of eight articles. The third article stated "It shall be the duty of the Captain to take the entire command ot the Company whether in the case of fire, direct where the Engine shall be placed; see that the engine is supplied with hands, and that they are changed as often as may be necessary: and shall also direct Engineers when and where to throw the water, and see that they are changed at suitable times..."
Article 5 of the Constitution stated, "It shall be the duty of the Engineers to mange the pipes, under the direction of the Captain - they shall see that the Engine is ke-t in a good state of repair, and at all times in good order, and ready for use; - And should the Engine need repairing, they shall notify the President of the Corporation of the Town of Canton.
The By-laws of the Fire Company included sections on fines that would be asserted to members that did not report to a fire in a timely manner. Captains and Engineers would be fined two dollars and all other members wuld be fined fifty cents for not attending a fire, with a reasonable excuse.
An early tale of fires told the story of a bucket brigade supplying water to an engine. A few of the citizens decided that they were not going to help. The Engineer then turned the stream of water onto the lazy citizens until they were thoroughly drenched. No one refused to help with the bucket brigades for some time after that.
Canton's next engine was a suction engine named the Rescue. Rescue Fire Company No.1 was formed soon after the engine was delivered in 1855. the major difference between this engine and the previous engines was that a suction hose connected to the engine could be lowered into a cistern instead of requiring citizens to convey water to the Engine's tank. theis Engine was a hand drawn engine and still required firefighters and citizens to pull it to the fire. The first two Captains of this Company were R. Allison Dunbar and Thomas W. Saxton. It was reported in 1859 that the engine house was at the northeast corner of Poplar and Eighth.
In 1856, Canton purchased another suction engine named the Washington. the Washington Fire Company No. 2 was then formed. The engine house was located at the northeast corner of Poplar and Eighth. Christioan Oberly was the Captain of this Company and was known for his well drilled Company. His Company was made up of mostly German immigrants. This Company won many awards and medals for its abilitiel to spray water and fight fire.
In 1857 another suction engine was purchased. It was named the Little Stark and thus the Stark Fire Company No. 3 was formed. The engine house was located at the zsouthwest corner of Fifth and Walnut. The first captain of this Company was the late Z.P. Bowen. The Stark was the last of the hand drawn fire engines that was purchased.
There was a lot of competition between the early Canton fire companies. Even though these firefighters volunteered their time they took good care of their engines and showed a lot of pride in their companies. Dress parades and pumping competitions were a big part of the early fire companies.
William Kuhns wrote in his book Memories of old Canton about a story that he had heard when fire companies competed at fires. The story was about a fire that both the Rescue and Washington Companies were racing to. The Washington Company arrived first at the scene of the fire and began pumping water on the fire. The Rescue Company arrived soon after and found a private cistern that they could pump from. The fire was soon out and both companies then turned their hoses on the other " and a grand time is had by all, especially the townsfolk standing out of range."
On December 5, 1859, an ordinance was passed which established fire wardens and property guards. It was the fire warden's duty to "assume chief command in taking measures for the extinguishment of such fire; and the safety of the place." John Patton was elected as First Fire Warden, Louis Miller as Second Fire Warden, Jonathan G. Listers as Third Fire Warden , and James Saxton as Fourth Fire Warden. Fire Wardens were appointed in this manner because there were too many people at fires giving orders which made things very confusing. Property guards were also established under this ordinance. It was their duty to go to the place of the fire and remove any possessions that might be in danger of being damaged by the fire. They were responsible for guarding the property. The first property guards elected were Louis W. Buckius and Peter Trump.
An ordinance was passed on January 2, 1860, which established Canton's first hook and ladder company. This ordinance provided for a company of twenty to thirty men to take charge of the city's hooks and ladders. When enough men were enlisted to establish the company a Captain and two Lieutenants would be elected for a term of one year. The exact time of when this company was established is not known but it has been referred to as the "Dunbar Hook and Ladder Company." On December 10, 1860, Chief Engineer Patton wrote a letter to the City Council regarding the hook and ladder company. In this letter he stated the he had visited Cleveland in search of a hose carriage. He noted the hose carriage had already been sold but it was no better than the hose carriages which sere being made in Canton. Th Chief Engineer then recommended that the mechanics of Canton build a hose carriage as well as new hooks and ladders.
As Canton's fire companies began to progress so did the methods of which to fight fires. The early engines usually had a nozzle mounted on the engine as well as a discharge that a hose and nozzle could be attached to. The suction engines required the engine to be placed close to the cistern or body of water that it would pump from. If the building on fire was not close to the cistern then a hose and nozzle would have to be used to put water on the fire. As technology progressed in this industrial city, buildings were being built all over the city. This brought about the need for hose companies.
Hose companies were comprised of upwards of ten men who would run to their hose house when a fire alarm was sounded. They would then make two lines and pull their hose cart to the location of the fire where they would connect to the engine and continue on to the building on fire. These hose carts were usually a round spool with two large wheels on it. The wheels were as tall as six feet in some cases. Nozzles and spanner wrenches, a tool used to tighten and loosen hose couplings, were also carried on these carts. Upwards of three hundred feet of leather jacketed hose was carried. The hose cart was designed so that it could easily be pulled up steps and hills.
Canton's first hose company was probably Hose Company No. 3, which was established around 1859 and accompanied the "Stark" to fires. Due to a gap of twenty years in fire department records, it is difficult to say when the hose companies were established and exactly when they were disbanded. The Canton Fire Department had at least eight hose companies. Each hose company had one or two hose carts. The following hose companies operated in Canton: Resuce Hose Co. No.1, Washington Hose Co. No.2, Wideawake Hose Co. No. 3, Washington Hose Co. No. 4, Steamer Hose Co. No. 5 (established in 1868), Eagle Hose Co. No.6, Relief Hose Co. No. 7, and Buckeye Hose Co. No. 8.
In January 1868, a disastrous fire in the Cassily block destroyed five businesses including a tailor and clothing store, two dry goods stores, and two boot and shoe stores. Louis Schaefer, owner of the new opera house, pushed city council to purchase a new steam engine. Within three weeks he was given authority to buy a horse drawn Amoskeag steam engine for $4,500.00. A new horse drawn hose carriage and new hose were also needed if the steam engine was going to work effectively. Even though the city council was not happy about having to make another purchase they chose to authorize Mr. Schaefer to make the additional purchases.
On May 3, 1868, the Amoskaeg steam engine was delivered by rail to the City. There were many people present, even at the rail yard. The steamer was polished up on her first day and tested the second day. She was referred to as "Canton No. 1" and the "Schaefer", due to the large part that Louis Schaefer played in purchasing her. Soon after her first test it was very evident that a better water source was needed other than just cisterns. The steamer could empty a cistern in just a matter of minutes. The dilemma soon gave Louis Schaefer another job.
Louis Schaefer, Jacob Hawk and Daniel Worley were appointed on a committee to study a new water works for the City of Canton. Louis Schaefer visited the water works in both Philadelphia and New York. He estimated that the City would need $40,000.00 for this project. A levy to tax real and personal property to provide a $50,000.00 loan for the project was passed. It was established that the source of water would me Meyers Lake. A water works was built along with a system of hydrants for the steamer to connect to.
The delivery of the steamer and hose carriage marked the beginningof Canton's horse drawn fire engine era and the decline of hand drawn hose companies. The hand drawn hose companied continued until sometime around the 1890's when most of these companies were replaced by horse drawn hose wagons and chemical carts.
The three horses which pulled the steamer and hose carriage worked for the road department when they weren't working for the Fire Department. George DeWalt was in charge of the horses and would use the horses for hauling and street scraping, since the roads were not yet paved. When the alarm bell at the fire house rung, George would unhitch the horsesm ride on one of them and lead the other two back to the station. George would then hitch two of the horses to the steamer and take off for the fire. Meanwhile, another fireman would have ignited the fire already in the fire-box and then climbed onto the back step. The thrid fireman would arrive at the station, hitch the third horse to the hose carriage and then speed off to the fire.
On January 14, 1869, on ordinance was passed which related to the fire alarm system and domestic telegraph. This system provided for a method of telling the firefighters which alarm box had been pulled when there was a fire. The telegrapgh operator would strike fifteen rapid blows followed by the box number and repeat this three times. Other governing rules were included in this ordinance to regulate the telegraph used by the fire department.
In 1872. a group of thirty five men were organized which were known as the "fire police." When the fire alarm was sounded the "fire police" would run to the fire station to find out where the fire was. They would then push a cart, which had a reel of rope on it, to the fire. The rope was then stretched around the building on fire to keep back onlookers. It was their responsibility to guard the possessions removed from the burning building by the firemen. The "fire police" continued there organization until a night in 1878 at a saloon fire. A fireman removed a keg of whiskey from the burning saloon and refused to give it over to the "fire police." This started a large argumant and the "fire police" disbanded soon after this event.
The year 1876 marked a new era for the Canton Fire Department when it was reorganized. During this same year A.L. Dunbar became the first paid fire chief. In 1882 the first Station #1 was built at Third Street and Court Ave S.W. It wasn't until 1883 when three paid firefighters were hired. These first paid firefighters were George Wolf, engineer, John Leininger, assistant engineer and Henry Newman. In 1884, four firefighters were hired including R.O. Mesnar, who would later become Chief. Previous to this time the fire department consisted of only minutemen, who would leave work or home to fight fires. The minutemen remained in existence until 1910.
It was sometime around 1877 when a new hand drawn hook and ladder carriage was purchased. In 1878, the "Robinson Hook and Ladder Company" was formed by the help and persistence of Edward Weber. The hook and ladder carriage was heavier and larger than the first hook and ladder carriage. A photograph of this compny still exists which shows the carriage along with the twenty one members of this company.
In 1889 an Ahrens horse drawn steamer was delivered tot he fire department. It was named the "Daniel Worley." It is believed to have acquired this name due the large part that Daniel Worley played in the formation of the Canton water works. The "Daniel Worley" was last used around the mid 1920's. It is still in existence in Canton at the McKinley Museum, where it is on permanent loan. In 1996, the museum built a firehouse for the steamer, where it now sits.
There was an addition of five firefighters in 1888 with a total of twelve paid firefighters and eighty five minutemen. Station #2 was first built in 1892, at Second Street and Gibbs N.E., along wiht Station #3, at Navarre Rd. and Court Ave S.W. Also during the same year, there were a total of seventeen paid firefighters and sixty nine minutemen. Station #4 was built in 1893, at Tenth Streete and Dewalt N.W., along with Station #5, at Dueber Avenue and Second St. S.W. There was a total of twenty six paid firefighters and fifty three minutemen in 1893. In 1894, Canton received it first aerial ladder. The two hiik and ladders before this time were just hand drawn carriages used to carry ladders, hooks and equipment. The new aerial ladder was not only the first horse drawn ladder truck, but now firefighters could climb ther permanently mounted ladder without haveing to remove a ladder.
In 1900, the Canton Fire Department added Station #6 at Eighth Street and Thompson S.E. in 1902 there was a total of thirty nine paid firefighters and thirty four minutemen. Station #7 was built in 1907, at Mahoning Avenue and Harrisburg Rd N.E., along with Station #8, at Dueber Avenue and Fifteenth Street N.W. A new station #1 was built in 1908 at the smae location as its previous house and had five bays in it.
The year of 1912 marked another era in the Canton Fire Department with the delivery of its first motorized fir engine. It was a robinson Combination Hose and Chemical Wagon and was designated as "Squad No. 1" It only took a total of four years for the conversion from horse drawn to motorized fire apparatus to be complete. In four years the department had purchased a total of ten pieces of motorized fire apparatus.
A two-platoon system was begun in 1920 which provided firefighters one day off in seven. In 1921 a new Station #2 was built and opened, at the corner of Third Street and Monroe N.E. There were a total of 101 firefighters in 1929. In 1930 Station #3 was remodeled. New stations were built in 1931 for Station #4, at Cleveland Avenue and 25th Street N.W., and Station #5, at West Tuscarawas Street and Raff Road N.W. During the depression years the number of firefighters was trimmed back to seventy eight as well as three stations were closed. As the economy began to slowly bounce back, the firefighter manpower started to get strong agoan with a total of eighty five firefighters.
During the war years there were a total of 108 firefighters and 168 auxiliary firemen. In 1943, Station #9 was built and opened, at the corner of Market Avenue and 19th Street N.E.
In May1949, the Canton Fire Prevention Bureau was established. Captain Kenneth Ash was put in charge of the bureau and firefighter Robert T. Wilson assisted him. The first members of the Fire Prevention Bureau were sent to Cleveland and Akron to observe their fire prevention bureaus. On December 1, 1949, the new office of the bureau was completed at Station #2. A master card filling system was implemented in order to list every business and apartment house in the city. the members of the bureau gave lectures on fire prevention as well as performed inspection within the city. In 1950, Karl Lehr was added to the bureau and all three inspectors were sent to Ohio State University for the fire inspectors school.
On September 16, 1965, Pump Company #10 was established. Company #10 was located at Station #4 and utilized a 1937 Ahrens Fox 750 g.p.m. Pumper.
A Fire Training Academy was organized in August of 1971 by Assistant Chief Kilcullen and Chief Waddell. The purpose of the academy was to make sure that all firefighters are properly trained in use of regularly used equipment as well as equipment that might not be used on a regular basis. The academy also provided cadets with the state mandated 160 hour course that was necessary to be completed in a cadets first year. Currently the training required is 240 hours.
A new station #10 was built in 1982. During the same year, the department was visited by ISO and had its classification changed from Class 4 to Class 3. This classification is what determined insurance rates for home and business owners. In 1983 there was a major reorganization of the fire department which eliminated three engine companies abnd established a third ladder company. there was another restructuring of the department in 1993. This restructuring provided the department wiht 1 Chief, 2 Division Chiefs, 3 Battalion Chiefs, 31 Captains, 132 Firefighters (43 were also Paramedics), 2 Mechanics and 3 Secretaries.
The year 1997 not only marked the Canton FIre Department's 175th Anniversary, but it also marks some significant changes. The year began with the bidding of two construction projects including major renovations at Central Station and a new Station #2. The City of Canton also authorized there to be a total of 182 firefighters.
The firefighter of today has to be a master of many skills as well as have a background in fighting many different types of fires. As our technology has increased so has the possible types of hazards that a firefighter must be aware of. As a new Cadet enters the Canton Fire Department they are required to complete within their first year a 240 hour firefighter course, 120 hour EMT-Basic course and the 7 month EMT-Paramedic course.
It has been many years since the City of Canton first provided for a fire department. Since that time there have been a lot of monumental changes in the department. The one thing that has remained constant all of these years is that there has always been men and women who were and are willing to give his or her life in order to protect our lives and property. When a Canton Fire Department vehicle pulls up to your house or business you can be sure that the men and women on that crew will do everything that they can to help you, your family or co-workers.
Copied from the Canton Fire Department 175th Anniversary Book
Prior to 1959 the Canton Police Department took care of all ambulance servie in the city of Canton. In 1959, the Canton Fire Department took over ambulance service using a 1942 Dodge panel truck that the police department was using. This truck was manned daily by two firefighters who had Red Cross Basic First Aid training. There was very little equipment on this first first aid truck including a first aid kit. two hare traction splints, an army cot, an oxygen unit, a mechanical resuscitation unit and some grappling hooks and rope. A 1959 International Travelall Ambulance was purchased the first year for $3,400.00. The majority of the emergency calls were responded to by the ambulance crew with a total of 553 runs just in the first year. In 1960 the ambulance responded to 1,003 emergency calls.
An International Travelall Ambulance was purchased in 19666 and 1967. This provided the department with a first line ambulance and a reserve ambulance. In 1967 the ambulance responded to 2,320 emergency calls. During this same year the mechanical resuscitation unit was used on 173 people.
In 1972 a second ambulance crew was established due to an increase in calls. During 1972 the ambulance crews responded to 4,303 emergency calls.
In October 1975, the Canton Fire Department and Aultman Hospital initiated the first Paramedic Program in Stark County. This required the department to purchase new specialized ambulances and equipment. The new paramedics were provided with 280 hours of advanced training. It was from this time on that all members joining the fire department had to become paramedics as well as firefighters. In 1975 the ambulance crew respnded to 4,531 emergency calls.
A third medic unit was established in 1988. Just like the establishment of the second medic unit, it was established due to a large increase of emergency calls. In 1988 there were 6,975 emergency calls.
In 1996, the medic units responded to 8,810 emergency calls. Today, the medic units are located at Station 2,4,7 and 8. Firefighter/Paramedics rotate on and off the ambulances and fire engines and trucks.
Throughout the years, the Canton Fire Department has had to change all of its focus for firefighting to include emergency medical services. It is very evident from the number of calls received and its increase each year that more focus will have to be placed in this area in the future.
Year Total # of Runs EMS Fire Non-Fire # of FF
2008 17,517 11,965 261 5,291 177
2005 15,129 9,490 363 5,276 159
2003 14,376 8,761 485 5,130
1987 9,437 6,497 651 2,289
James "Marty" Hall May 30, 2009
Captain Hall was hired at the city of Canton Fire Department on June 7, 1993 as a firefighter/paramedic and worked on 1st shift. He was promoted to Captain on March 5, 2001 and was transferred to 2nd shift at station 9 at Market and 19th St NW. As Captain at Station 9, Marty recieved a Firefighter of The Year Award on October 7, 2003 for his part in rescuing a child from a burning house. In January 2009 he received a Citation of Merit for his exemplary work at a structure fire in December of the previous year.
Marty competed for the city of Canton on the combat challenge team from 1995 to 2000 helping the team reach 2nd place in the national competition in September of 1996. His personal best time was 1:59.00 at Cleveland Regional in 1997 and places 3rd at Cleveland Regional in 1996.
On May 30, 2009, Captain Hall suffered a heart attack while representing the Canton Fire Department in a charity basketball tournament. He is survived by his daughters, Arika, Chloe and Ashley; his father James (Sue); mother Joyce (Glenn) Moore; sister Traci (Rob) Farmwald; former wife Renee; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Russell E. Nunamaker June 4, 1936
On June 2, 1936, the crew of the 85 foot aerial ladder was sent to the Kittoe Boiler Company plant because big sheets of metal from the sides of the boiler were falling off and blowing away during a storm. Lieutenant Nunamaker, while removing the metal sheeting, had noticed that the ladder had twisted and buckled. He had an inspection of the ladder scheduled for June 4, 1936. He decided to climb the ladder and was three rungs from the top when the ladder buckled and splintered at the base. He rode the ladder down to the ground and attempted to jump before it hit the ground, but became tangled and ended up hitting his head on a metal grate in the street. He died just two hours after his accident. Nunamker had joined the fire department on October 14, 1913. He was survived by his wife, three daughters, sister and brother.
Christ Schauweker April 26, 1931
On April 25, 1931, Christ Schauweker was thrown from the squad truck when it was unable to stop at a railroad crossing. The truck skidded on wet pavement and proceeded to hit a machine and ride accross the train tracks. Schauweker received a broken pelvis and internal injuries from the crash and died early the next morning on April 26, 1931. The alarm that they were responding to proved to be false, which angered the community, especially Chief Mesnar. Chief Mesnar said that " The person who turned in that false alarm can consider himself guilty of manslaughter." Christ Schauweker was survived by his mother, sister and brother. He had been a member of the fire department for eleven years.
Oscar Danford February 8, 1919
Firefighter Oscar Danford was riding on the back of the hook and ladder truck on February 8, 1919, when a Garaux truck caused a collision. The Garaux truck attempted to turn in front of the speeding hook and ladder truck when the collision occurred. Danford jumped off the truck, but then fell under the wheels of the ladder truck. He was taken to Mercy hospital, but died before arriving there. Danford had been a member of the fire department since April 1907. Chief Mesnar said that he was one of the most reliable members of the fire department. He was survived by his wife.
Robert Little March 6, 1916
On December 4, 1914, firefighters responded to a fire at the Royal brick plant. While fighting the fire a heavy cornice broke loose and fell on Robert Little, Chief Mesnar and Lieutenant William A. Noaker. Robert Little received the worst injuries after breaking his back. He was paralyzed from the chest down. On March 6, 1916, he died due to the injuries received at that fire. One of the last things that he said to Chief Mesnar was, "It's all in the game, fellows, got mine and I'm prepared." Little was survived by his mother, four brothers and four sisters. Chief Mesnar said that Little was the best fireman that he had ever known and that there could never be another one like him.
Peter S. Dannemiller May 20, 1895
On May 20, 1895, firefighter Dannemiller responded on the chemical wagon to a house fire at the Pfeffer commission house. Dannemiller was working outside at the chemical wagon when to horses became spooked by the sound of turning on the chemical tank. The horses started down the street with Dannemiller still holding on while he was attempting to regain control of the horses. He held on until the horses rounded a corner at which time he fell down and was run over by the wheels of the chemical wagon, near his hips. Peter S. Dannemiller died four hours later of his injuries. he was thirty five years old and had served the fire department since February 14, 1893. He was survived by a wife and three small children.
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Walter Meurant
6th Light Horse Regiment / 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Died of wounds
Gunner Walter Meurant (service no. 1097) was born in Mount Victoria, New South Wales. The family were living in the Illawarra when he enlisted.
At the time of enlistment Walter was working as a fettler at Port Kembla. His father was deceased by this time and his mother is next of kin. Walter had two brothers, William and Henry, who were unfortunately killed in in the Mount Kembla mine disaster.
Walter embarked on HMAT A51 Chilka on 7th June, 1915 and saw service at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Walter survived Gallipoli and returned to Egypt at the end of that campaign. He went to France with the 5th Battery, 14th Field Artillery and served until he was wounded in action on 3rd August, 1917. He was evacuated to hospital with severe multiple wounds to his head, arms and abdomen. At 11pm on 4th August, 1917 he died from these wounds.
Walter is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Plot iv, Row B, Grave 5.
Walter had a number of relatives who also served.
NAA: B2455, MEURANT WALTER
NAA: J34, C46857
First World War Embarkation Rolls - Walter Meurant - https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1960406/
Roll of Honour - Walter Meurant - https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1646781/
Red Cross Wounded and Missing - Walter Meurant - https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1494382/
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Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience World Tour 2014
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Justin Timberlake announced the European leg of “The 20/20 Experience” World Tour and will bring his show to Sheffield, London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham.
Timberlake will start the UK leg of his world tour on March 30th at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. Tickets for the tour will be available on Friday, October 4th. However, for all fan clubs a special pre-sale is scheduled from October 1st.
The Emmy and Grammy winner released his third album “The 20/20 Experience” on March 19th and it climbed straight to number one selling over 3.5 million copies worldwide. The release of all 10 tracks charted on the digital songs chart and have sold over 6.2 million tracks in the US The fourth studio album „The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2” followed and was released on September 30th with lead single “Take Back The Night.”
Justin Timberlake’s tour marks the start of one of the most exciting comebacks this year. Justin Timberlake brought the house down when he performed at the iTunes Festival in London on September 29th. The mix of crowd pleasers such as “Cry Me A River” and “Sexy Back” as well as the new material such as “Mirrors” and “Suit and Tie” were quite impressive.
Timberlake is certainly one of the big names in music business and “The 20/20 Experience” will be among the most exciting and best tours of 2014. Get your Justin Timberlake tickets now!
Justin Timberlake Tickets
Please note, that there will be a limit of 4 tickets per credit card during the pre-sale. After the pre-sale the limit will be 8 tickets per credit card.
For Sheffield, seated tickets will be £104.50 for the floor and the first tier. Seated tickets for the second tier starts at £55.75. Standing tickets start at £122.
For the O2 Arena in London, seated tickets will be £122 for the floor and the first tier. Seated tickets for the second tier starts at £51.75. Standing tickets start at £122.
VIP tickets are quite pricy. The 20/20 experience package which includes a table for two people starts at £512.69 for Sheffield and £662.35 for London. The club experience at the O2 Arena in London starts at £315 and goes up to £375.
Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience
08.05.2013 Justin Timberlake will release a second instalment of “The 20/20 Experience” and is set to announce his first solo tour in 6 years!
It was revealed that Justin will release a second volume of “The 20/20 Experience” on September 30th with 10 new tracks. The news was revealed by The Roots drummer Questlove. The “Mirrors” singer is also set to announce his solo tour. The solo tour would be Timberlake’s first since his highly successful “FutureSex/LoveShow”, which saw him play 20 UK dates including five nights at London’s O2 Arena in 2007.
When Johnny Wright, JT’s long-term manager, was asked about JT’s solo tour, he said: “Yeah. Probably he’ll go out sometime in the fall. We haven’t routed that yet or figured out what cities we’re going to play. I know we’ll start in North America first. But again, our focus is getting the album out and getting the Jay/Justin piece done.”
The “Suit & Tie” singer will co-headline at the Wireless Festival this July, before joining Jay-Z in July and August for the North American “Legends of Summer Tour”. He will also host the Capital FM Summertime Ball 2013 this summer.
Stay tuned and we will keep you up to date about new Justin Timberlake news.
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Three Police Officers Arrested for Raping Woman in Bolivia
LA PAZ – Three National Police officers were arrested in Oruro, a city in western Bolivia, for allegedly drugging and raping a young woman, media reports said Sunday.
The three officers were turned over to prosecutors and an internal investigation has been opened by police, the La Razon newspaper reported, citing FELCV law enforcement unit director Col. Franz Ticona said.
The young woman was friends with one of the officers and went with him to a club on March 2, meeting with the other two suspects at the establishment.
The suspects allegedly put a substance in the young woman’s drink, waited until she was unconscious and then took her to a house, where they raped her, Ticona said.
Investigators determined that the woman was sexually assaulted.
The incident is just one more black mark on the National Police, whose members have been involved in numerous attacks, rapes, corruption schemes, drug trafficking and other crimes, with high-level officers involved in some cases.
Two police officers were arrested in November in the central region of Cochabamba for raping a woman in front of her 2-year-old son.
Since taking office in 2006, President Evo Morales’s administration has tried to reform the National Police, which has about 37,000 officers.
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Lynn Bryant’s Writing with Labradors
Website of Lynn Bryant, historical novelist and author of the Peninsular War Saga
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Books by Lynn Bryant
An Unconventional Officer
An Unwilling Alliance
An Irregular Regiment
An Uncommon Campaign
A Redoubtable Citadel
An Untrustworthy Army
A Regrettable Reputation
A Marcher Lord
A Respectable Woman
An Exploring Officer
A Regimental Christmas: a Peninsular War Saga Christmas Story
An Impossible Attachment – a Peninsular War Love Story
The Quartermaster
The Christmas After
A Winter Idyll: a story about coming home
The Peninsular War Saga – the story of a regiment
The Scottish Queen Trilogy by Jen Black
Riflemen: The History of the 5th Battalion, 60th (Royal American) Regiment – 1797-1818
A Suspicion of Silver by P F Chisholm
Earl of Shadows by Jacqueline Reiter
The Late Lord: The Life of John Pitt – 2nd Earl of Chatham by Jacqueline Reiter
Red Horse by M J Logue
Lucky Woman by Patricia Finney
Priced above Rubies by Patricia Finney – Review
A Clash of Spheres by P F Chisholm (Sir Robert Carey 8) – Review
An Air of Treason by P F Chisholm (Robert Carey 6)
A Chorus of Innocents by P F Chisholm (Sir Robert Carey 7)
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Chronicles of St Mary’s book 1)
Duval and the Infernal Machine by Michele McGrath
Posted on 10th September 2018 11th September 2018
Joey the Labrador
Welcome to the very first guest blog post from yours truly, Joey the Labrador, senior officer here at Writing with Labradors.
I’ve wanted to do one for a while, but the first couple of posts had to come from our senior officer and I was okay to wait my turn. I didn’t expect it to come like this, with Toby gone now and me in charge of Oscar, our young subaltern. Still, it’s time to step up and do the job.
It’s been more than six weeks since we lost Toby and we’re all getting more used to it, though we’ll never stop missing him. At first I used to forget he was gone and wander around looking for him but I’m over that now. Having Oscar has been the best thing ever, I’m never lonely. He’s always close by, sometimes a bit closer than I need him to be, to be honest. I know I loved old Toby, he was my best mate all my life, but I’m pretty sure I never used to sit on him. Still, although I tell him off from time to time, I secretly quite like Oscar wanting to be that close to me.
Life goes on and there are always changes. Jon-human has started work now and isn’t around studying all the time so there have been some changes in the study. The big table has gone and we’ve got a very comfy sofa and armchair instead which makes it much more homely. Personally I still like my bed best, just behind her chair, so she has to ask me to move if she wants to get up for a cup of tea, but Oscar loves the sofa and we’re very settled in there all day when she’s writing. The extra space means that there’s a lot more space for playing as well. She gets very aggy when we make too much noise in there, but I know she likes it really, she’s soft in the head when it comes to us labradors.
The writing is going very well, apparently. The new book is doing well. It’s my favourite, An Unwilling Alliance, since a chunk of it is set right here on the Isle of Man and talks about the places she takes us for walks. Mind, there’s not enough dogs in it. Toby used to complain about that and he was right, although she promises that Craufurd the Puppy features very regularly in the next one which is out in a couple of months. She’s also planning on introducing a second dog, called Toby at some point, in honour of the old fella. I like that idea, don’t know much about how it’s going to work, I just know that every time she thinks about it, she starts laughing. Madwoman, I’ve always said it.
Meanwhile, she’s been off doing research which means Anya-human is in charge of us. This is great news as she spoils us rotten and even lets us sleep in her bedroom which is normally off-limits. I particularly like it when she sends photos of this to her mother who can do nothing about it because she’s stuck in a castle in some remote part of Spain gibbering about battlefields. Next month she away at the Malvern Festival of Military History, whatever the hell that is. She seems very excited about it. I’m excited because I bet the teen humans have friends over which means illegal pizza, illegal sleeping in the bedrooms and more fuss and attention that I know what to do with. Great news…
Autumn is on its way, and it’s fun teaching Oscar how to chase leaves in the wind. My legs are a lot better now and although I’ve been grumpy about it, I think losing a bit of weight has done me good. I’m getting on a bit, no question, but I want to stick around as long as I can for Oscar and the rest of the family. And having this puppy has definitely made me feel a lot younger again. He’s a lot of fun, although between you and me, I’m not really sure he’s all that bright. A bit like Toby, who was the best friend in the world, but not much between his ears other than daylight. Sometimes I see him in Oscar…
Writing with Labradors is back on track and I think our senior officer would be proud of us. Sitting out on the porch on sunny days, I look at his statue and I’m very glad to have known him. One day Oscar will sit here thinking of me like this, but it’s great to know the tradition is going to carry on through him.
She probably wants me to mention that there is another book coming out soon, An Untrustworthy Army, which is book 5 in the Peninsular War Saga. Most importantly it features at least one dog. I recommend you read it on that basis alone.
In the meantime, I’ve just realised the time. Must be lunchtime by now…
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
Fa’side Castle, Pinkie Cleugh by Kim Traynor (Wikimedia)
On September 10th 1547 the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh was fought on the banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh in Scotland. It was the last pitched battle between Scottish and English armies and took place during the wars of the Rough Wooing. The Scottish defeat was so severe that it became known as Black Saturday in Scotland.
At the end of his reign, Henry VIII was keen to marry his young son, Edward to the baby Mary, Queen of Scots. Diplomatic efforts failed as the Scots preferred a French alliance, so Henry invaded Scotland to secure the young queen, sparking the conflict which became known as the Rough Wooing. When Henry died soon afterwards the war was continued by the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset.
Somerset was keen to pursue the policy of pushing Scotland into an alliance by marrying Mary to Edward and hoped to force an Anglican Reformation onto the Scottish church. In September 1547 Somerset led his army into Scotland, supported by a large fleet. He marched along the east coast of Scotland to keep contact with the fleet in order to secure his supplies. His troops were constantly harassed by local horsemen but their advance could not be stopped.
Meanwhile, to the west, Thomas Wharton and the Scottish Earl of Lennox, who chose to support the English invasion, invaded with 5000 men in an intended diversion, burning Annan and taking Castlemilk. The Earl of Arran had raised an army which consisted mostly of local pikemen and some Highland archers. He had some guns although these were not mobile enough to be particularly useful, and 2000 cavalry under the Earl of Home, consisting mainly of Borderers, whose loyalty tended to be somewhat fluid.
Arran decided to make his stand on the west bank of the River Esk to stop Somerset’s march. His left flank protected his left flank and a boggy area was on his right. The Scots constructed basic fortifications to mount cannon and arquebuses, some of which were pointed into the Forth to keep English ships at bay.
Part of Somerset’s army took possession of Fawside Hill to the east of Arran’s position on September 9th and later in the day, occupied the Inveresk Slopes with guns, overlooking the Scottish position. Lord Home, in a dramatic and pointless gesture, led 1500 cavalry towards the English and challenged them. Lord Grey accepted the challenge and led a force of men-at-arms and demi-lancers against the Scots. The Scots were routed and pursued for three miles westwards, depriving Arran of the bulk of his cavalry. During the night further challenges were issued, one from Arran asking that the dispute be settled by single combat between Arran and Somerset and a second for a battle between 20 champions from each side. Somerset rejected both of these anachronistic proposals; he was probably astonished that they had been made at all.
On the morning of Saturday, 10 September, Somerset moved his army to join up with his guns at Inveresk. He realised that Arran had moved his army across the Esk by the Roman bridge and was marching rapidly to meet him. Arran knew that he was badly outgunned in terms of artillery and hoped to force close combat before the English guns had time to deploy. Unfortunately, this advance moved him out of the protection of his guns on the Forth and the Scottish left flank was badly mauled by fire from the English warships.
The Roman Bridge over the Esk where some of the fleeing Scots came under heavy fire (Kim Traynor, Wikimedia)
Thrown into confusion, Arran’s left wing crashed into his centre while on the other flank, Somerset send in his cavalry. The Scottish pikemen drove them back, inflicting heavy casualties onto the cavalry and Lord Grey was wounded by a pike through his throat. Despite this success, the Scottish advance had faltered and their army was now under heavy fire from the warships as well as English artillery and archers. Unable to stand any longer they broke and ran, just as the English cavalry, which had regrouped, joined the battle, preceded by the English vanguard of 300 men under Sir John Luttrell. The fleeing Scots were chased towards the Esk and into the bogs. Many were drowned or slaughtered while trying to escape and the retreat turned into a bloody rout.
The Scottish army was shattered but their government stubbornly refused to come to terms with the English. The young Queen was sent into hiding as Somerset occupied Scottish castles and towns along the border and held large swathes of territory in the Borders and Lowlands. Still the war dragged on, costing men and money, and Somerset was distracted by political problems at home. On 7th August, Mary sailed to France from Dumbarton and French troops were beginning to arrive in Scotland to support their allies. The war formally ended with the Treaty of Norham on 10 June 1551 and the last English troops were withdrawn from Scotland.
Despite the disaster at Pinkie Cleugh, the English failed to achieve their aims and probably felt that the war had resulted in a waste of men and money. The Franco-Scottish alliance went ahead, and Mary was married to the young Dauphin of France. She remained in France until her young husband unexpectedly died in 1560 and suddenly, the marriage of the Scottish queen became, once again, a matter of interest to England, now under the very different rule of her cousin Elizabeth. While the battle’s political consequences were slight, military historians have given it a greater significance as what may be seen as the first ‘modern’ battle on British soil, an idea explored in more detail in this article by Gervase Phillips originally published in Military History magazine in 1997.
A Marcher Lord – a story of the Anglo-Scottish borders
My own introduction to Pinkie Cleugh, which I had never heard of before, was in the first of Dorothy Dunnett’s Lymond chronicles A Game of Kings, where the battle is a key point of the story. The battle is significant in A Marcher Lord, set on the Borders during the War of the Rough Wooing where defeat at Pinkie Cleugh sends Will Scott back to his border fortress along with many other loyal Scots to try to hold it against the invading English. I love the Scottish borders and have spent many hours walking the hills and driving through the valleys, my feet in the present and my head very much in the past. There is an excellent battlefield walk which I would recommend to anybody visiting the area, and especially on a misty day as it was when I visited, it is very easy to imagine the sound of guns, the clashing of pikes and swords and the screams of dying men and horses on that Saturday in 1547…
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GIVING VOTING RIGHTS TO OVERSEAS PAKISTANIS: THE NEGATIVE ASPECT
Shahed Sadullah
A few days ago, the Pakistani media reported that the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan had expressed appreciation and support for the efforts made by NADRA and the Election Commission of Pakistan towards the development of a system that would allow overseas Pakistanis to vote in Pakistani general elections. It is not clear whether this will involve coming to the Pakistan Embassy in London or the nearest consulate to exercise this right, but if that is the case, it could make it a very expensive business given travel costs in the UK.
There are other countries that allow their citizens living abroad the right to vote. Britain does so but only for a limited period of 15 years after the person has left the UK to reside abroad. Canada does so for a much shorter period of five years after which a Canadian expat is no longer allowed to vote. Both these arrangements clearly imply that in order to be allowed to vote, citizenship is not enough. A British citizen living abroad for more than 15 years and a Canadian living abroad for more than five years would not lose his or her citizenship of Britain or Canada, but would not have the right to vote. This suspension of the right to vote is, again, not a permanent ban for life. If a British citizen returns to the UK after a stay of more than 15 years abroad, he or she would be entitled to get back on the electoral register and therefore be able to vote. What this implies is the fact that more important than citizenship is a direct connection with the country of origin which Britain believes cannot be maintained after an absence of 15 years and Canada, rather more strictly, believes is lost after just five years. Pakistan expats in the UK, for the most part, have been living for much longer than even 15 years. There are some Pakistani families into their fifth and even sixth generation in the UK, with many never having ever seen Pakistan.
In addition to this, Pakistani citizenship laws are not very definite. When one applies for the citizenship of another country, one continues with one’s Pakistani citizenship more or less ad infinitum. There is no prescribed period after which one loses one’s Pakistani citizenship without reclaiming it. The concept of automatic lapse of citizenship does not exist in the case of Pakistan and citizenship automatically devolves from a father to his children and, by implication, to their children. So theoretically, my great-grandchildren, 20 generations later, would still be eligible for Pakistani citizenship and consequently, if press reports are to be believed, to vote in Pakistani elections. That is something the authorities in Pakistan may not have considered.
But what is of much greater importance is the issue of unity of expat Pakistanis living abroad. There is nothing more divisive than Pakistani politics and it may already be said that perhaps no single issue divides Pakistanis living in the UK more than a very unhealthy importation of Pakistani politics. Thus we have UK branches of most of the Pakistani political parties strutting around and showing their importance when, in fact and deed, they should have none because nothing of what they do impacts in any way on our lives here in the UK. Members of these UK branches bask in the reflected glow of their leaders, showing their importance by having their pictures taken with them when the leaders visit the UK, for which favour they usually have to pay their shopping bills. These pictures are then carried in the Pakistani papers and sometimes even by Pakistani TV stations. These differences would multiply manifold when there is something on the line – votes. This preoccupation with Pakistani politics, already much more of a passion than it should be with many Pakistani expats – is, of course, bound to diminish as time goes on and a third or fourth generation of Pakistani expats comes up which is bound to have much less interest in Pakistani politics when the prospect of selling and buying of votes would become a very real one. But worst of all, the chance of an increasing division along Pakistani political lines and, at least in the short term, the prospect of increasing interest in Pakistani politics, would shift the focus of the community from British politics where it should be; for here is where the future of this community lies. If our representation in British politics is not increased manifold, our prospects here will not improve and thus British politics is of far greater importance to us than Pakistani politics. The grant of voting rights to Pakistani expats in Britain will not serve that end. There is a huge argument about integration of Pakistani communities which have settled abroad in western countries and that argument will not be furthered by this arrangement and, in so far, will not be helpful for them.
Of course, it is different in some countries, say of the Middle East, where Pakistani expats are not granted citizenship, where there is little or no local politics allowed and none in which expats are allowed to participate. These expats, since they are never granted citizenship, are obviously looking to return to Pakistan one day and therefore a case may be made out for them to vote in elections in Pakistan. But for the vast majority of Pakistanis settled in the UK, USA or Western Europe, return to Pakistan is no longer an option, mainly for cultural reasons. Their children have been brought up in such a vastly different atmosphere, where the Urdu language is barely known to them, that they could not function if they were to return to Pakistan. It is difficult to see why people, who have no intention to ever return to Pakistan on a permanent basis, should be allowed to vote in Pakistani elections – and that must be the argument why they are not allowed to hold public office in Pakistan either. The possession of mere citizenship is not enough; there has to be a clear and demonstrable personal interest in Pakistan and this demonstration of personal interest has to go beyond watching Pakistani TV stations and supporting the Pakistan cricket team.
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Dr. Syed commented one year ago
Thanks for the elaborate explanation of problem. Overseas Pakistanis residing in Saudi Arabia and Middle East countries are not only contributing to foreign exchange reserves but are bound to come back home due to non-availability of permanent residency there. Therefore they remain more concerned
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The Latest Release in Majesco’s Go Play Video Game Line Features Motion-Based Casual Sports in an Urban Setting
EDISON, N.J., Sept. 8, 2009 – Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that Go Play City Sports for Wii™ is available at retailers nationwide. The third title in Majesco’s Go Play line of interactive, family-friendly titles, Go Play City Sports recreates the experience of growing up playing sports in the city.
Players take to the streets with six classic city-based games: Stickball, Street Hockey, Kickball, Shootout Soccer, Handball and Jump Rope. Authenticity is brought to the game via courts made out of manhole covers, fire hydrants and parked cars. With Wii Balance Board™compatibility, players get active, showing their skills to gain respect as the best athlete in the city. Go Play City Sports also boasts team-based and head-to-head multiplayer options, as well as custom character creation and a fully explorable single player environment.
Developed by Digital Embryo, Go Play City Sports is rated E for Everyone and is in store now for the suggested retail price of $29.99. To watch the gameplay trailers and find out more about Majesco’s Go Play line of games, please visit the official site at www.goplaymajescogames.com.
About Majesco Entertainment Company
Majesco Entertainment Company is a provider of video games for the mass market. Building on 20 years of operating history, the company is focused on developing and publishing a wide range of casual and family oriented video games on leading console and portable systems. Product highlights include Cooking Mama™ and Cake Mania(R)2 for Nintendo DS™, and Cooking Mama World Kitchenand Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 for Wii™. The company’s shares are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol: COOL. Majesco is headquartered in Edison, NJ and has an international office in Bristol, UK. More information about Majesco can be found online at www.majescoentertainment.com. @Majesco is on twitter or at www.twitter.com/majesco.
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Live Music at the Festival
Over the years, Lincoln Beer Festival has built a reputation for the quality of the live music programme. In the intimate atmosphere of the Drill Hall café, local performers are showcased and bigger names provide a treat for music fans.
Relax and chill out as festival regular, Dave Mallett, takes to the piano. Dave is a man of many talents, being a solo pianist, keyboards player with a number of groups and musical director of many notable productions.
Friday Evening
The Rye Sisters are an Americana and folk-country duo who perform in close harmony to guitar, mandolin and fiddle. They sing original songs and covers and are known for beautifully-blended harmonies and a winning balance of bouncy numbers and gentle ballads. Much-loved locally, playing in pubs and venues around Lincoln, they have also begun to emerge onto the festival scene performing at Gate to Southwell, Gower and, this year, Bristol, Tamworth and Crossover. Last year, they released their debut album “Brave Unbeaten Paths” containing Song for Lincolnshire 2016 winner “White Mercury”.
Stone Mountain Sinners are a 5-piece, country rock/Americana band from Worcester. Their debut album, “Tones of Home”, was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales with producer Paul Cobbold (The Waterboys, The Pogues) and went straight in a number 5 on the iTunes UK country chart in its first week of release. The band were described by No Depression magazine as “having the American Heartland running through their veins”. Influences include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Seger, Sheryl Crow and Chris Stapleton.
Lincoln Beer Festival is one of only a handful of live gigs for the band this year as they ready their next album due to be recorded in the summer of 2019.
Saturday Lunch
Having been in numerous bands, Keith Luckey now plays regular solo gigs in pubs, cafés and at private events. He has also built up a reputation as an acoustic street musician who has performed regularly at Cambridge and Lincoln Busking festivals. Keith plays a selection of Americana, country-blues, skiffle, a few 50s and 60s favourites, as well as a couple of sad country songs – collective noun “Lo-Fi-Punkabilly”.
No Eye Deer – The 1970s rockers are back for a second time around. The four-piece band play hits from the likes of the Rolling Stones, Free and Deep Purple.
Simcha – Simcha play Klezmer, a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe. “Simcha” means celebration and, while some tunes are wild and others are mellow, all are in celebration. Whether you’re holding a beer or holding your partner, you’ll be tapping your feet in no time.
Saturday Evening
Relentless have been described as one of the most exciting live bands in the country. Guaranteed to please, with songs from Elvis to T Rex , Eddie Cochran to ELO, and the Stray Cats to the Kings of Leon. With their own original songs put into the mix and great banter between the band and audience, they are not to be missed.
Details of the music programme may be subject to change.
CAMRA Diary
ImpAle Editorial Meeting
23/07/2019 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm @ BeerHeadZ, Lincoln
Social and Meet-the-Brewer
25/07/2019 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Ritz Wetherspoons, Lincoln
28/07/2019 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Joiners Arms, Welbourn
Branch Meeting
15/08/2019 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm @ Duke William, Lincoln
01/09/2019 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ Bottle & Glass, Scothern
04/09/2019 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm @ Lincoln Green, North Hykeham
East Midlands Regional Meeting
07/09/2019 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm @ Dronfield & District Branch (Venue to be Confirmed)
Market Bosworth Rail Ale Festival (in conjunction with CAMRA)
26/07/2019 - 28/07/2019 @ Market Bosworth
Witham St Hughes Beer Festival
02/08/2019 - 03/08/2019 @
Dog & Bone Beer Festival
02/08/2019 - 04/08/2019 @ Lincoln
Nettleham Cricket Club Beer Festival
CAMRA Great British Beer Festival
06/08/2019 - 10/08/2019 @ Olympia, London
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