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Farmer petitions Supreme Court to review Roundup Ready patent case
Monsanto owns at least two patents on “Roundup Ready” crops that are resistant to glyphosate herbicides. When farmers purchase seeds for Roundup Ready crops they sign a “Technology Agreement”, which requires among other things, that the farmers do not retain any seeds for replanting and that they pay a licensing fee. In 1998, McFarling, a farmer from Northern Mississippi, signed the agreement, paid the license fees, and ultimately purchased Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybean seeds. In 1999 and 2000, he replanted seeds saved from 1998 without paying license fees. After learning of this, Monsanto sued McFarling for breach of both of their patents (U.S. Patent No. 5,633,435 and U.S. Patent No. 5,352,605).
Following the Federal Circuit’s decision in the second appeal, Monsanto withdrew all claims other than breach of the ‘605 patent for which the company sought damages. McFarling proceeded to argue new grounds for his defense, as Monsanto had withdrawn some claims, which was denied by both the district court and the Federal Circuit.
McFarling claimed that Monsanto's established licensing fee should limit the size of damages awarded. However, a Missouri jury found McFarling liable and awarded damages of $40 per seed bag, even though Monsanto only charges a $6.50 license fee per bag of seed. An injunction was also issued, requiring McFarling to cease usage of seeds saved from 1998. The Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit (CAFC) found that Monsanto's default licensing fee did not limit the possible damages. Furthermore, the court noted that infringement damages could properly include (a) any harm felt by Monsanto as a result of the infringement, as well as (b) any additional benefits gained by McFarling. This included: reputational harm as a result of rogue planters, potential lapses in Monsanto’s database of planting techniques, McFarling’s increase in yield of $31-61 per acre, as well as bargaining power. This decision by the CAFC changes the way patent infringement damages can be calculated and potentially makes allowable damages signifigantly larger.
McFarling has now petitioned the Supreme Court for a grant of a Writ of Certiorari. For further information, please see the following links:
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/08/mcfarling-petit.html
http://www.patentdocs.us/patent_docs/2007/06/monsanto_co_v_m.html
http://www.fulcruminquiry.com/Monsanto_reasonable_royalty_case.htm
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Digital platform for farmers to sell their produce to be launched on April 14: PM Modi
A digital platform for enabling farmers to sell their produce at a better rate anywhere in the country will be launched on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday as he resolved to ensure doubling of the farmers’ income by 2022.
Modi, who unveiled guidelines for the recently-launched Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme at a rally here, said this was one of the various initiatives of his government aimed at ensuring the welfare of the farmers who have been in distress due to vagaries of weather.
Besides the Crop Insurance Scheme, he spoke about Soil Health Card scheme, PM’s Irrigation Scheme, Organic farming, ensuring adequate availability of urea and ethanol-blending programme to help the sugarcane farmers and also pitched for ‘Start-Up’ initiatives in agriculture sector.
He pushed for more and more use of modern technology and equipment along with traditional wisdom of farming to boost the agriculture sector, not only to meet the domestic needs but also cater to the demands from abroad.
“We want to integrate technology in the agriculture sector. There should be a mix of progressive farming and age-old wisdom,” the Prime Minister said.
Noting that the farmers do not get adequate price for his produce despite working hard as he has no choice but to sell in the nearby mandis, he said the government has decided to address this by adopting a digital mechanism.
“We are setting up a National Agriculture Market, a virtual and digital platform, in the coming days….On April 14, the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, we will launch the online platform,” Modi said at the rally which was attended by union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Radha Mohan Singh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan besides others.
He said this platform will enable the farmers, using a mobile phone, to sell their produce anywhere in the country, wherever they can get a better price.
At the rally, the Prime Minister said all states as well as agriculture community should take a pledge to double the farmers’ income by 2022, the 75th year of the country’s Independence. “We will do whatever is required achieve this.” Under the e-agri platform, the government is working towards integrating all the 585 wholesale mandis of the country by 2018 in a phased manner, for which Rs 200 crore have been earmarked as of now.
In the first phase, 200 mandis will be integrated by this March-end while another 200 will be connected to the online platform in 2017 and the rest by 2018.
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Forty Years in Chandler’s Ford – a Journal (Part 54)
June 3, 2018 By Rick Goater 1 Comment
Coronation Day; up and down for the National Anthem; a civic reception; Swifts at Staines; a night visit to London; orchids and seabirds; Dad gets under two minutes – just; Wimbledon again – and the Americans should enjoy it more.
On May 28th 1953, Jane and Gran go to the Winchester County High School Open Day, and after the school has been inspected, the visitors are treated to a “delightful concert by members of the school”. This includes ballet by Kay Lardy, “who has recently won a scholarship to Sadlers Wells”; a pianoforte solo, “admirably executed by Mary Sales”, and a violin solo, “played with great sensitivity and from memory, by Janet Ashford. A trio of very talented children”, Gran writes. They are driven home by the Ashfords as the sun is setting.
There is another minor hint at provisions for a family dinner on May 31st, presumably a Sunday, when Gran is in a tizzy because:
Having lost a day somewhere this week I imagined today was Saturday and had quite forgotten to get any vegetables for dinner, so I had to dash round to Mr Woods in Park Road and see if he had anything. He had – cauliflowers, which were some of the nicest I have ever had. On the way to his nursery I heard a Whitethroat singing…
And she is unkind again to Eastleigh, where, that afternoon, she “unfortunately” had to play in a tennis match:
What a deadly, dismal, dirty place is Eastleigh – even the gay flags and bunting for Coronation Week could not disguise its squalor and ugliness. It never seems to be clean and impressions on emerging from the railway station – itself one of the dirtiest I know – are depressing in the extreme.
The railway town of Eastleigh – not the prettiest place but I’ve seen some great locomotives there! Image by Thomas Simpkins via Flickr.
Of May, she writes:
The flowers have been beautiful and several days have brought me great pleasure, almost happiness in spite of all. Next month, D.V. will see our own young Queen crowned, and I pray that she may find her path through life strewn with the roses of joy, love and happiness, and that, through her unselfish dedication of herself to her country’s need, she may be rewarded by seeing this dear England once more renewed and prosperous. God bless her.
And on June 1st:
Tomorrow is Coronation Day, and I must be about early since I want to do a large arrangement of flowers under the oak tree in honour of our Queen. I have collected together a goodly show in red, white and blue, Miss Bainbrigge having helped with Arum Lilies and Iris siberica in a lovely shade of blue. I hope the weather will be kind, but I am afraid it means to be showery, and the cold, high wind persists.
Gran quotes a prayer by Joyce Biddell on June 2nd, and follows this with:
Thus I prayed on waking this morning before rising at a quarter past five to arrange my flowers for Queen Elizabeth, and before the day was over I was so full of emotion and pride and of colour that I was almost beyond speech. I was glad it was an oak tree beneath which I worked – it seemed fitting to the occasion – it was symbolic of that dear England whose young and beautiful Queen was about to be crowned, that England that I love so well, and never have I been so proud to be British than today.
And I quote Gran’s description of this, for her, very special day, in full because it illustrates a patriotism and unquestioning regard for royalty that may have been common in the 1950s, not long after a war which drew the population together under the figurehead of the Royal Family, but which must seem incongruous to most people today. She continues:
I worked steadily with the flowers for about an hour, alone with my thoughts, and watched for a time by a small Corgi dog from the paper shop, whom, I surmise is in the habit of visiting my garden early in the morning, since he was making straight for the gateway when he saw me on the bank. Whereupon he stopped dead in the middle of the road and stared in amazement for several minutes before turning away. I must say the flowers looked really lovely when I had finished. I had previously covered a round, galvanised container with Sphagnum moss, and given it a false handle which I had covered in red, white and blue with a large bow on one side, and this I now filled with the flowers, putting tall fern fronds fanwise at the back first. For red I used Valerian, Wygelia and Pyrethrums, for white, Philadelphus, stripped of some of its leaves, Arum Lilies and wild Ox-eye Daisies, and for blue Iris siberica in two shades, Columbines and Cornflowers. The Philadelphus in the garden has never been finer nor more massed with bloom and this I used generously at the back, the taller flowers graduated towards the front, where I massed the Pyrethrums, Daisies and Cornflowers.
The base of the oak tree that was decorated for the Coronation. The railings at the foot of the bank, mentioned by Gran, have gone.
I put a shield-shaped Union Jack on the tree, from which a white ribbon fell straight to the ground behind the flowers, and the red and blue crossed twice round the tree and it, finishing in the front in a bow. To complete the effectiveness I draped the railings along the front of the bank at the bottom with the red, white and blue ribbons also. Later I was rewarded for the time spent by little Janet Ross, who lives two doors away, who told her mother that my decorations were, “the bestest Coronation decorations I have seen anywhere”.
After an early breakfast I went to the special service at Compton Church. I went alone, since Jane had to represent her School in the procession to the Cathedral in Winchester. A Turtle Dove was cooing in Hocombe road as I cycled along…The flowers in Church were also in our national colours, those on the Altar being large, scarlet Poppies, double white Lilac and spikes of Delphiniums. Geums were used in place of Poppies beneath the memorial. My emotions were already highly pitched when I reached Church and the playing of Handel’s Largo on the organ before he service began did nothing to steady them for me. Mr Burdett, our Rector, opened by reminding us that our National Anthem was intended for a prayer, and that it is a pity that it has now deteriorated into something which is often used merely to mark the end of some performance or other.
Today we would start our service by singing it – as a prayer, following the hymn, “All creatures that on earth do dwell”. He then said that first we must thank God that we had been given so good and so beautiful a Queen and secondly we must ask His blessing upon her, and we should remember also our little Church with pride and gratitude for here was celebrated, among the several preceding Coronations, such events as the victory at Agincourt, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada, in the reign of the first Elizabeth. How small and insignificant such a realization made me feel! All those centuries ago, yet still the little Church stands, solid and inviolate as ever.
The little Church at Compton, where National Events have been celebrated for centuries.
The Service then followed the order recommended for use in all the Churches of England on the Sunday preceding the Coronation. It was a privilege and a pleasure to attend it.
After I reached home again we spent the rest of the day almost glued to the wireless, since the Coronation at Westminster Abbey was broadcast and an account of the processions commented upon with such enthusiasm and detail that one could almost see the colours and pageantry of it all.
Coronation Day. Gran owned a little, slightly broken, model of the gold coach and horses, which I enjoyed playing with as a child. Image by Biblio Archives/ Library Archives via Flickr.
Barry and Jock came to lunch and tea since they have no wireless at their flat, and, of course, we had the added pleasure of Julian. We seemed to spend a great deal of our time jumping up and down, since we stood up every time the National Anthem was played, which was when the Queen’s procession passed each successive vantage point along the Coronation route. Once, as we stood, I stole a glance at Barry’s face and afterwards I said to him, ”Do you know, I am proud today for the first time and almost glad, too, that you are in the Air Force this year?” He replied, “I was feeling the same about it just then”. Later he said, “Do you realize, Mother, that I hold the Queen’s commission?” It made us both feel quite differently about his Service period.
We listened to the wireless until after the Queen appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, when the cheers from the mighty crowd which had gathered at the gates were unbelievable and must have filled foreigners with amazement. Nowhere but in England could such a wholehearted demonstration of affection and loyalty be heard.
And she ends her entry quoting in full the poem by John Masefield, the Poet Laureate, which begins:
“This Lady whom we crown was born
When buds were green upon the thorn
And earliest cowslips showed;
When still unseen by mortal eye
One cuckoo tolled his “here am I”…”
Working at Fowler’s a couple of days later, a new Carnation catches Gran’s attention –“a brilliant magenta, named after Richard Dimbleby, the B.B.C. commentator”.
On June 5th, after an afternoon spent with strawberries outside at the Pinewood Gardens, and with tomatoes in the greenhouse while it rains, Gran surprises us by enjoying a social evening:
This evening I attended as a representative of the Southampton Natural History Society, a Civic Reception at the Guildhall, Southampton, and was presented to the Mayor. I had accepted the invitation with some trepidation, such functions being, as a rule, quite outside my usual activities, but in the end, thoroughly enjoyed it.
It was an event to celebrate the Coronation, with a large portrait of the Queen as a centrepiece, incidental music, exhibition ballet, the singing of patriotic English songs and a comic turn. Of the dainty refreshments served at nine o’clock, Gran notes, “soft drinks were provided without comment for those who, like myself, preferred them”.
Gran and Jane join a night-time coach tour of London, leaving on the evening of the 8th and arriving back at Kingsway Post Office at 5 o’clock the following morning. Twelve pages of detailed description of the congestion, the landmarks, the views, and the lights and Coronation decorations of the Metropolis are written. It is still daylight as the coach passes Staines on the way in, and what Gran notices there stir pleasant birding memories for me, the reservoirs there being regular haunts of mine during the early 1970s:
…there were more Swifts around a reservoir…than I have ever seen at one time. There must have been hundreds, hawking flies over the water, since only one side was visible from the road, and the reservoir itself high above it.
The causeway at Staines Reservoir. Image by Maxwell Hamilton via Flickr.
In May and June each year, I remember, it was hard to walk along the causeway of this reservoir without risk of inhaling some of the millions of black flies that formed clouds along it. Thousands of Swifts would harvest these creatures, tearing past, just inches away from birdwatchers’ heads, their wings audibly scything the air. It was fantastic!
June is a busy month for outings for Gran, two of which are with B.N.A. members. She leads a trip to Cheesefoot Head, particularly to look for orchids on the 12th– and she finds several of the much sort-after Man Orchids there for the group. The next day, she is driven down to Durleston Head near Swanage, by brother Norris to join members from the Guildford and Aldershot Group, and she is particularly delighted to see Fulmars, “…one of the loveliest and most graceful birds I have ever seen”, she writes, and she is equally delighted with other seabirds that are not familiar to her – Razorbills, Puffins and Guillemots.
Northern Fulmar – “one of the loveliest and most graceful birds I have ever seen”. Image by Ron Knight via Flickr.
On the 23rd, she takes the bus to see the family’s entomological friends, Hugh and Mary Robinson and their children, one a new baby, at Farringdon, where she relates this charming story:
Small Gaden, aged four, soon showed me his moths, which, he explained, “are those that Daddy does not want for the museum, but I only keep the prettiest ones – I could not keep them all”. He proceeded to tell me the names of them all, interspersed with such remarks as, “That is an Orange Moth – Daddy got it at Ham Street. This is quite a beautiful Hart and Dart”. Once, when he could not remember, I said, “It’s a Swift isn’t it?” He immediately said, “yes, an Orange Swift – you remembered one half of the name and I remembered the other”. A most engaging little boy and not in the least precocious in spite of his knowledge…
Towards the end of the month Dad has been running for the RAF, and Gran is pleasantly surprised as he makes a quick visit – she always loved it when people, as she would say, “blew in”:
A Song Thrush is singing in the garden though it is nearly ten o’clock. Barry has just rushed in! The other members of his team, who have been running at Uxbridge, are staying the night in London, but he seized the opportunity to come home for the night, calling in here for a drink of Ribena and to borrow my bicycle. He ran second in the half mile, but broke his two minutes, doing one minute, fifty-nine point eight seconds! He was highly delighted but stayed only long enough to tell us the news.
The post on the 26th brings a letter from Kew Gardens:
…confirming that the plant I found outside Hampton Court on June 17th, [during a visit to Kingston] was, indeed, Purple Viper’s Bugloss Echium plantagineum, a native of Southern Europe, which according to Bentham and Hooker has been found in Jersey and near Penzance, in Cornwall. It must be admitted that the plant I found might be an escape…
I remember Gran writing a few years ago, that she hoped to be able to visit Wimbledon for the tennis at least once in her life, but here she is, in 1953, about to go for a third time! Jane is going too. Gran writes on June 28th:
I have to rise at five-thirty the next two mornings, for Jane goes to Wimbledon tomorrow, and on Tuesday Mary Harding comes with me for her first visit. I hope it will be a memorable one and that the weather will be kind.
Tennis news told “regretfully” by Jane, on the 30th, is, Gran writes, “the Australian favourite for the Men’s singles at Wimbledon, Ken Rosewall, had been beaten by a Dane, K. Neilsen, which result makes the winner now an open question”. Frank Harding drives Gran and Mary to Eastleigh station to catch the 7.20 to Waterloo.
Ken Rosewall – one of the greatest tennis players, but not a Wimbledon winner in 1953. Image sourced from Tennis Streaming via Flickr.
They arrive and are comforted to find themselves quite far along the Wimbledon queue, which rapidly builds behind them, and they note the usual entertainments, and also various items on sale; strawberries:
…at the fabulous price of four shillings a punnet, which three girls, who were deluded into buying one, found worked out at two pence each fruit, dark glasses at various prices and an alarming and lurid “weekend novel” which was given free to entice people to buy it weekly. One glance at it was enough for me, but, Mrs Bailey, of the Southern Railway Club, said not to throw it away, it might be useful to sit on or to keep the sun off our heads!
They cannot get seats for Centre Court, but are amongst the first three-hundred in the queue offered seats at Court No 1, where, at two o’clock, play begins:
…a Ladies Single between an American and a Hungarian, which was a sparkling display by the loser, the Hungarian, but a rather tired and bored, though extremely efficient, display by the winner. The more I see of Wimbledon, the more I think it is a pity that the better the players, and the best are often Americans, the less they seem to enjoy the game, and that the game itself seems to lose its charm when it becomes a grim business. Stroke perfection is, I know, a joy to watch, but how much nicer if the face relaxes into a joyous smile occasionally. The Americans seldom smile but often win, the British smile often but they seldom win, yet I like them better for it.
The Austrian, Huber, was a downright comic but a clever player withal, and though we saw only a few games of his Mixed Double before leaving for our train, he certainly proved himself to be a curious addition to the sacred precincts of Wimbledon. Red-headed, and wearing a constant crooked smile, he once even poached so alarmingly that he collided with his partner, knocking racquet and ball out of her hands, and, whilst she retreated to the back of the court, leaving them on the ground, he darted hither and thither alone and eventually won the point. Whereupon he gallantly picked up racquet and ball, patted his partner’s shoulder with an engaging smile and the game proceeded. How it ended I do not know but serious tennis must have been an impossibility!
The Men’s Singles final takes place on July 3rd. Gran’s favourite does not win, and she relates this as well as another disappointment:
Hurrying home to hear part of the commentary on the final of the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon, I forgot, and came past the oakwood [which she had intended to avoid because of the destruction there]. To my horror the men were clearing the plot where the Wintergreen grows and had felled the beautiful Silver Birch among whose roots the best clump was in flower. Burning was in progress…what a sickening sight it was. More disappointment awaited me, for the American, Victor Seixas was winning against Kurt Neilsen, the Dane, and I had so hoped for the first Danish win at Wimbledon this year. Still, Seixas is the best sport among the Americans, and does, at least, appear to enjoy the game for its own sake.
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About Rick Goater
I have never lived in Chandler's Ford, though know bits of it well because both sets of grandparents lived there and I often visited.
I was fascinated by descriptions of rural life there during the 1930s and '40s and I have to admit it, am a bit depressed by its urbanisation since then.
I'm retired now, having worked first as a warden and ranger on mainly estuarine nature reserves (the Severn, the Solway and Montrose Basin) after which I spent ten years in Ecological Consultancy, based in Cambridge and then in Central Scotland.
Wildlife, especially birds, and wild habitats are what interest me and I'm most at home on British off-shore islands during migration time - the Scillies, the Isle of May, Shetland and Orkney, the Western Isles.
On the mainland, the New Forest is still a favourite place, though a long way from my home near Dunblane and sadly, somewhat depleted in its wildlife since I first knew it.
Jo Hutchison (nee Harding) says
Truly delighted to have discovered this blog with the extracts from your grandmother’s diaries. What a time capsule to delve into. My grandmother and grandfather were Mary and Frank Harding, and my dad is Tim Harding – one of their three children, and twin brother to Jill Harding. Their younger brother is Tony Harding. So lovely to be transported back to days gone by in Chandlers Ford. Will look forward to reading more over time. Kind regards, Jo
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How to take advantage of global accounts, while complying with domestic banking and tax laws
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In China, what has happened in the wake of economic slowdown is an uptick in alternative investment vehicles, particularly those offshore, as the government has looked to the country’s tax base to replenish funds.
In 2019, the government began a tax on global income from all holders of "hukou" household registrations regardless of whether they have any additional nationalities.
Additionally, China adopted the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), an information standard regarding bank accounts on a global level between tax authorities, which has the potential to severely affect China’s high net worth individual population.
The CRS reporting means overseas assets, bank accounts and shell companies are easier to track, as foreign governments will share the information with domestic authorities.
According to Bobby Afshar, managing director at LehmanBush, Chinese investors from all socioeconomic backgrounds are looking for safe and secure means of protecting "nest eggs," and trying to build a portfolio that can be passed on to the next generation.
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"We aren’t offering our clients the option to game the system," says Jeremejev. "The purpose is to help save money, and build on an investment. And that’s what we do with clients."
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CamWorld Daily
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Regarding the iterative designs of CamWorld, …
Regarding the iterative designs of CamWorld, I’m starting to think about dropping the entire site into a content management system. Likely this will be a PHP/MySQL setup that uses some kind of template to render the pages. I’m seeking opinions about the various content management systems people are using. I have already ruled out using UserLand Frontier and Vignette Storyserver because of the high overhead costs. Requirements: must run on Apache or as a CGI.
Byte: A Stupid Decision by Microsoft.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Oh my God, you can read the webmaster’s email. [Now disabled]
There’s no such thing as “free“. Another popular saying that rings true: “You get what you pay for.”
From Microsoft’s site:
The AREA element is not rendered and requires a closing tag.
From W3:
Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden
Victims of Credit Reporting. [This is very valuable info!]
Research Challenge: I recently registered the domain iwear.com and put up a simple placeholder until I have time to develop the site. In the two weeks I’ve owned the domain I’ve received nearly two dozen requests for information, misdirected mail, or cryptic messages that are probably not intended for me. So, I’ve been trying to find out if there was a previous owner of the domain, what kind of company it was, and what they sold but have found very little. Let’s see what you can turn up.
New Reviews:
Movie: The Blair Witch Project
Book: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Stephen King
Travel: American Samoa
I’ve earned a whole $1.11 in eroyalties from epinions.com. At this rate I’ll be a millionaire in 4936.44 years.
OK, so yeah, it’s juvenile, but it’s pretty damn funny.
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Our Charism
Magdalen of Canossa
St Josephine Bakhita
Canossian Life
Canossian Communities of Australia
Holy Family Child Care Centre
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Her Story 1869-1947
Bakhita was born into a well-to-do family of the Daju tribe of south-western Sudan. Her father was the brother of the village chief. He owned a lot of land and had hired servants working for him.
At the age of approximately seven years, Bakhita was kidnapped by slave traders and consequently endured many years of physical, emotional and spiritual deprivation. There were long forced marches in slave caravans from her village of Olgossa to the slave markets in El Obeid and then on to Khartoum. Bakhita was sold and re-sold four times in a ten-year period. During this time she was tattooed all over her body with over one hundred incisions. Salt was poured into the wounds to make the pattern of scars stand out. This torture left her immobile from the bleeding and pain for over a month during which time she almost bled to death.
The name “Bakhita” comes from the Arabic language and means “The lucky one.” This name was given to her by the slave traders since, in the trauma of abduction, she had forgotten her own name.
Bakhita continually searched for the meaning in her experiences of life. As a young adult woman she was taken on a trip to Italy with the last family who “owned” her even though they treated her well. During her stay there Bakhita came to know the Catholic faith through the Canossian Daughters of Charity. She decided to be baptized and held firm against returning to the Sudan with her “owners”. With the help of the sisters and some good friends Bakhita gained her freedom. She decided to join the sisters who had taught her about the God she had already experienced in her trials and in her wonderment at the beauty of creation:
Bakhita died in Schio on 8 February 1947. She was declared “Blessed” on 17 May 1992, and proclaimed “Saint” on 1 October 2000 in Rome. In her Diary she writes:
At her canonization Pope John Paul 11 said of her:
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The Terror and the Time
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In 1953, what was then known as British Guiana elected its first “internal self government” under colonial rule. Nervous about the government’s progressive programs and supposed Soviet influence, the British suspended the constitution, jailed the democratically elected leaders, and staged a military invasion. Made in 1978, The Terror and the Time is an incendiary piece of agitprop documentary filmmaking that revisits the events of that seminal year in Guyanese history. Set to a series of poems by the great poet Martin Carter and against the backdrop of the cold war and events of 1953 in such places as Iran, Guatemala, Kenya and the US, this film—the first of only two works by the Victor Jara Collective—was banned by Guyana’s government, and has rarely screened since it was made.
This film is a part of Dreaming to Change the World: The Films of The Victor Jara Collective retrospective, and precedes In the Sky’s Wild Noise.
Lewanne Jones of the Victor Jara Collective, will be in attendance for a Q&A.
Presented in association with:
Director: The Victor Jara Collective
Type: Short Films
Named in honor of Chilean musician and dissident Victor Jara, who was murdered by the Pinochet regime in 1973, and influenced by the politically committed New Latin American cinema of the 1960s, Guyana’s Victor Jara Collective formed with the intention of making formally daring films that explored the country’s own political, social and economic struggles as an emerging postcolonial nation.
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Amanda Bynes Wants To Return To Acting Proving Dreams Do Come True!
After staying away from the spotlight for a while, Amanda Bynes is ready to be back in the show business. The former Nickelodeon standout, whose notorious meltdowns made for much Hollywood schadenfreude, last appeared in a film more than seven years ago in the Emma Stone 2010 comedy " Easy A ".
'Hurtful' romantic film dramatising Bataclan terror attack put on hold
Filming finished earlier this month but France 2 said late on Thursday that the project was being put on hold. She said it was far too soon for "such a painful" story to be revisited, just over two years after 90 people were slaughtered by jihadist gunmen at the Paris theatre.
Cardi B & Offset SLAM Woman's Pregnancy Claims!
The rapper's attorney, Scott Manson told TMZ that the videos were illegally obtained and that they would be going after the culprits responsible for releasing the videos online. Celine, who's Twitter bio reads she's "God's gift to rappers", has apparently previously accused Fetty Wap and Chief Keef with claims of fake pregnancies.
Longtime Atlanta news anchor dies after suffering massive stroke
He said her colleagues were still struggling to deal with the news on Thursday. According to AJC.com , Davis, who was 62, was waiting to board a flight when she was stricken. Davis leaves behind a daughter. She wrote about the importance of sharing her story to help others and appreciating second and third chances in a piece for CBS 46 .
Light snow, freezing temperatures expected in York leading into New Year's Eve
The weather service in Birmingham said a light wintry mix of rain, sleet or freezing rain will be possible in parts of north-central Alabama starting at midnight tonight and could last until 9 a.m. However, each model run is trending drier, so this chance of winter weather could dry up as well as the week progresses, forecasters said. Temperatures for Tuesday are expected to range from 20 degrees to 31.
Xiaomi unveils Cortana powered smart home speaker
The button placement atop Xiaomi's solution would also remind you of Amazon's offering, although, unlike the Echo Dot, the Yeelight smart speaker comes with a fifth button that apparently allows users to mute the mic so it's not always listening.
Final Session Of A Day Will Be Crucial Against India: Morne Morkel
Having led South Africa to an innings victory over Zimbabwe in less than two days, AB de Villiers said on Wednesday that he loves day/night Test cricket but added that teams are going to have to adapt quickly to the different demands posed by playing under floodlights with the pink ball.
Krypton premiere date revealed, plus see new pics from SYFY's Superman prequel
But a new series from SyFy is looking to change that by showing a conflict involving the House of El long before the planet's tragic annihilation, as its release date has officially been unveiled. " Krypton " is set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel's home planet. " Krypton will be produced by Warner Horizon Television and is based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics".
Khloe Kardashian fires back at haters for mom-shaming her
In the video, Khloe wears a fitted hoodie with spandex while working out her core, legs and arms. The Good American jeans co-founder shared a picture of her growing baby bump with her boyfriend, Tristan Thompson , as he cupped her stomach.
Rose Marie, of Dick Van Dyke Show, dead at 94
Marie had been resting in bed at her Los Angeles-area home when a caretaker found she had stopped breathing, said family spokesman Harlan Boll. That same tweet also linked to her website , which featured more information about her career as a whole.
Sylvester Stallone buys replica Rocky statue
A rep for SCP Auctions told TMZ Sports that the 9-foot tall, 1,800-pound piece was sold for $403,657 to a new customer (through a buyer) and the statue was shipped to Los Angeles, TMZ reports. On the professional front, Stallone is gearing up for his upcoming movie " Creed II ", which is a sequel to the 2015 hit "Creed". IBTimes added: "There were only two Rocky statues made by the original artist, A.
Black Mirror season 5: When could Netflix series premiere, if renewed?
Which says a lot about this new batch of material delivered by Charlie Brooker and Netflix . "It's not so easy, I think, with female children". The series was acquired by Netflix in 2015, and the six-episode fourth season debuts Friday. There is no " San Junipero ", nor is there an episode that has the weight of " Be Right Back ". Do we find ourselves as attached to our central couple in " Hang the DJ " as we were to Kelly and Yorkie in " San Junipero ", though? No.
Twinkle Khanna shares heartfelt message for dad Rajesh Khanna on birthday
She was born on December 29, 1974, and shares her birthday with her late father superstar Rajesh Khanna . On the professional front, Akshay Kumar will be seen in Padman . Diamonds! Diamonds!" I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants ME! Check out these pictures from Akshay and Twinkle's Cape Town diaries.
ABCD 2 team Varun, Shraddha, Remo is back and how!
He adds, "It was a lot of fun, sharing screen space with Shraddha again". The two talented actors who impressed movie buffs with their sizzling chemistry in the hit movie ABCD 2 will be seen in an upcoming movie. The song is a popular Punjabi track " High Rated Gabru " by Guru Radhawa. Shraddha too did not want to miss the opportunity of re-uniting with the ABCD 2 team.
Salman Khan dance on his 52nd birthday
We have no more words to describe what's going on with Salman Khan , Katrina Kaif's Tiger Zinda Hai at the Box Office! Taran Adarsh further said that the speed at which Tiger Zinda Hai is racing, it is all set to cross the earnings of its first instalment, Ek Tha Tiger .
Julianne Hough was told she was fat every day
The " Dancing with the Stars " professional has recalled how she compared herself to everyone and was even told she was big even though it "was the skinniest she'd ever been". "My butt's bigger , my boobs are bigger , my waist is smaller.' It's kind of nice!" The Dancing With The Stars judge also spoke about refocusing on acting after taking a brief break for her dancing career.
Injured Minnesota guard Teague to undergo knee scan
Minnesota are 2-1 in those games, with the lone road contest a 120-102 rout of New Orleans in which Jones had 16 points and six assists while hitting six of nine from the field, including two of three from beyond the arc. With Minnesota having taken over a G League franchise in Iowa, and renaming it the Wolves, each Thursday we'll either track the progress of the players who might be of help to the Timberwolves in the future or a current member of the Minnesota roster.
Liza Soberano chosen as world's 'Most Beautiful Face' of 2017
Meanwhile, Filipino-American actress, model and singer Liza Soberano topped the women's ranking, followed by French model Thylane Blondeau at No. 2 and K-Pop star Tzuyu at No. Other celebrities were also part of the list: Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke (27th), Suicide Squad actress Margot Robbie (33rd), and singer Selena Gomez (56th).
Prince Harry: Meghan Markle had 'amazing' Christmas with family 'she's never had'
The show focused on themes central to Harry's charitable work - youth empowerment, support for former service members and mental health awareness - and Harry was also asked about Markle, who joined the royal family on Christmas Day . As some you may already know, Harry and Obama are pretty good friends so naturally, he and his wife Michelle are probably going to be on the guest list.
Some people have a pretty odd issue with Meghan's Christmas outfit
The actress was with her fiancee Prince Harry , and his family in the United Kingdom for Christmas , which was obviously a pretty daunting event. Her overall look was sophisticated and stylish with a modern twist. Markle paired her chic outerwear with a brown Philip Treacy hat, Stuart Weitzman suede boots and a Chloe Pixie bag. Markle's appearance with her future-in-laws for Christmas Day services at the Queen's Norfolk estate was highly anticipated.
Signet Jewelers LTD (NYSE:SIG): Negative Stock Sentiment
Allen Investment Management Llc sold 7,728 shares as the company's stock declined 20.65% while stock markets rallied. Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG ) was downgraded by research analysts at Vetr from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report released on Monday, December 11th.
Liverpool beat Manchester City to the record £75m Virgil van Dijk signing
The Reds have been hit or miss lately, drawing three of their last six matches but winning the other three by margins of seven, four and five goals respectively. Many Saints fans will be disappointed to let yet another top player slip through their fingers to Liverpool - following the departures of Sadio Mane, Dejan Lovren, Nathaniel Clyne, Adam Lallana and the now-retired Rickie Lambert.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALNY) is Signpost Capital Advisors LP's 7th Largest Position
About 4.17M shares traded. It has underperformed by 3.05% the S&P500. Jefferies Group reaffirmed a buy rating and issued a $102.00 price target on shares of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in a research note on Monday, September 18th. Therefore 38% are positive. (NASDAQ:ALNY) on Thursday, September 21 with "Buy" rating . Alnylam Pharmaceuticals now has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $64.97.
Rihanna mourns cousin's death, calls an end to gun violence
Alleyne's shooter is still on the loose and has not been identified as an investigation is ongoing. The young man was a cousin of Rihanna and resided in the singer's home country, Barbados. Rihanna's cousin was popular on social media, with 10,000 followers on his Instagram page. Rihanna is mourning the death of her cousin and calling for an end to gun violence.
RHOBH's Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky's Home Burglarized For Over $1 Million
Richards and Umansky had thought about moving for quite some time. The home did have working surveillance cameras so cops are hopeful the robbers will be apprehended. When asked about her decision to leave Beverly Hills , Richards told People that she wasn't looking for a new home , but was "blown away" when she saw the Encino property.
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Willy Wonka star Denise Nickerson,62, is taken off life support
Kanye West Terms Yeezy the 'Lamborghini of Shoes'
Big wardrobe change Meghan Markle is making
Men in Black and Larry Sanders Star Rip Torn Dead At 88
Stranger Things Season 4 Will 'Open Up,' Says The Duffer Brothers
Kate stuns at Wimbledon alongside William as Federer takes on Djokovic
Fans are convinced Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes romance is a PR stunt
Lashana Lynch To Take Over James Bond's Iconic 007 Code Name
Mattel releases David Bowie-themed Barbie
YouTube star Emily Hartridge killed in electric scooter crash in UK
WWE Wrestler Jeff Hardy Arrested for Drunk in Public
Jeff Hardy has reportedly been arrested for public intoxication. He is now on the sidelines from the wrestling promotion because of a nagging leg injury. Hardy was again arrested, this time for driving while intoxicated, after a auto crash in March 2018 in Concord, North Carolina. If convicted of public intoxication, Hardy could face up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Ben Stokes Experiences Cricket World Cup Redemption With Batting Masterclass At Lord's
Needing 15 runs off the final and 50th over of their innings, a stroke of fortune helped Stokes level the scores. Then, he along with Jos Buttler scored 15 runs in the super over bowled by Trent Boult. However, even the end of the regular match was shrouded in drama as Stokes hit 84 not out and both teams finished on 241. The drama of the finale was at odds with nearly of all the match, which was an attritional affair on a tricky surface.
When and where to watch Federer vs Djokovic final?
LONDON: Novak Djokovic said it was "unreal" to be holding the Wimbledon trophy for a fifth time having saved two match points against eight-time champion Roger Federer in Sunday´s final. Federer has also lost all four of their most recent meetings at the Slams. It was long, it had everything, I had my chances, so did he. Federer said there were for sure similarities with his loss to Nadal in 2008 but differences too.
Lea Michele honors Cory Monteith of anniversary of his death
Last year, the " Scream Queens " star, who married Zandy Reich in March, posted a similar sentiment online. "The light always remains ❤️", she captioned the post on Twitter . Jenna Ushkowitz , or Tina on the show, shared a picture of Cory in a tuxedo and simply captioned it "Miss you pal". Amber Riley , who played Mercedes, posted an adorable candid of she and Cory flexing their muscles with the caption "6 years without those bear hugs".
Beth Chapman's life honored at Colorado memorial service
Dog also became emotional when he recalled one of his last conversations with Beth. "She'd gotten sick, they told her she got cancer ". I want to wake up from a dream. 'She was so gorgeous, ' he continued. And I said, "I don't know". Additionally to Duane's request, their son Gary also briefly spoke about his mom.
'Star Trek' actress Stephanie Niznik dead at 52
The WB's format told the story of a widowed surgeon's life in a fictitious small town in Colorado. The actress was famously known for her role as Nina Feeney in the television serial Evergreen. Stephanie Niznik returned to the Star Trek franchise. She was originally from Bangor, Maine native and graduated from Duke University. Furthermore, she did volunteer work for animal welfare organizations, among others.
Romanian billionaire Ion Tiriac proves to be lucky charm for Simona Halep
Watching her daughter do that - and win - her mum Tania had no more words. Just stop all this insanity because she is trying to be everything. "When I came back from Montreal in 1976, there were 10,000 people who had turned up to greet me and I didn't know what hit me", recalled Comaneci about the welcome she received as a 14-year-old.
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Two Strokes and You're Out
Impressive new tech reduces pollution from small engines by almost 90 percent.
By David Kushner|Wednesday, May 21, 2008
RELATED TAGS: POLLUTION, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, GLOBAL WARMING, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
In 2001 Mary Jane Ortega, then mayor of San Fernando City in the Philippines, knew her city was choking to death. The cause? Air pollution, specifically that from two- and three-wheeled vehicles powered by dirty two-stroke engines, including motorcycles, scooters, and the motorized rickshaws known as tuk-tuks.
Around the world, outdoor air pollution kills 800,000 people a year and sickens many more. While big vehicles like Hummers and other SUVs are often blamed for excessive emissions, some of the worst culprits are the smallest rides around. Throughout Asia, vehicles with two-stroke engines produce vast amounts of pollution. “In the cities of many developing countries, the pollution is horrific,” says Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies and acting director of the Energy Efficiency Center at the University of California at Davis. “Two-stroke engines are a big part of the problem.”
Unlike the developed nations’ larger but much more efficient automobiles, which use four-stroke engines, two-stroke vehicles spew great volumes of dangerous hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and smoke. A single two-stroke engine produces pollution equivalent to that of 30 to 50 four-stroke automobiles. With roughly 100 million motorcycles in Asia—roughly half of them using two-stroke engines—that translates into as much as 2.5 billion cars’ worth of smog. The obvious solution would simply be to get rid of the two-strokes, which Ortega tried by offering economic incentives, including an interest-free $200 loan for a down payment on a new four-stroke-engine vehicle. Within three years, 400 four-stroke engines had replaced two-strokes in San Fernando—but more than 800 registered two-stroke tricycles remained on the city’s streets. Even with a loan, upgrading to a four-stroke vehicle proved too costly for many. Furthermore, the tossed vehicles get sold and reused, merely transferring the pollution somewhere else. What is needed is a cheap solution to those two-stroke engines already in place.
Bryan Willson, director of the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, has cofounded a start-up, Envirofit, that sells a retrofit kit for two-stroke engines. The technology reduces hydrocarbon emissions by almost 90 percent while increasing fuel efficiency by as much as 35 percent. The first 400 kits were made available in the Philippines last fall. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Envirofit a contract to retrofit two-stroke auto-rickshaws in Pune, India, and is spending about $100,000 to test the Envirofit kit there this year. “We’re sponsoring a pilot program to see if conversions are a viable technology solution for these vehicles in India,” says Margot Perez-Sullivan, a spokeswoman for the EPA. The goal is to have 15,000 retrofits in Asia by the end of 2008.
The United States is interested in Asia’s two-stroke problem because “pollution knows no boundaries,” Perez-Sullivan says. In America, two-stroke engines are limited to recreational vehicles such as snowmobiles, Jet Skis, and outboard motors. The industry will introduce its own two-stroke direct-injection alternatives this year.
Two-stroke engines produce a lot of pollution because the fuel-air mixture in them gets contaminated with the engine’s lubricating oils. Simultaneously the combustion chamber draws in the contaminated mixture as exhaust gases are expelled through an exhaust port. Some of the fuel and oil gets mixed with the exhaust.
Envirofit’s fix replaces the engine’s carburetor, which mixes the air and fuel before they enter the combustion chamber, with a direct in-cylinder fuel-injection system. This allows fuel to enter the combustion chamber when the exhaust port is closed. Eliminating nearly all the unburned fuel significantly reduces the ensuing smoke and hydrocarbons. The conversion kit includes an air compressor, wiring harness, custom brackets, and a new cylinder head.
Envirofit developed the technology somewhat by accident. In 2002 a group of Willson’s students entered a contest sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers; the goal was to develop a clean snowmobile engine for use in Yellowstone National Park. The team built a two-stroke snowmobile that won the competition and sparked a business idea.
In 2005 Envirofit field-tested the retrofit kit on 13 tricycle taxis with sidecars in the Philippines, which had struggled with emissions problems for years. After eight months, the results were impressive. Not only did the kits cut back emissions, but they saved taxi drivers money and enticed them to get on board. Glenn A. Concepcion, city environment and natural resources officer in Vigan, the Philippines, says the people in his city were initially skeptical of the kits. “But now, this is diminishing with the convincing results of the field test and the actual experiences of the tricycle drivers in the field sharing those experiences with other drivers,” Concepcion says.
Saving money is critical to persuading these drivers. “It’s not like a New York City cab company,” says former CSU student and Envirofit cofounder Tim Bauer. “These two-strokes are owned by one person making $1,500 a year. You have to make them understand it will make them more money,” which it does, Bauer says. By cutting fuel loss and reducing oil use by up to 50 percent, the modified engines may save their users as much as $600 a year. Bauer believes that Envirofit could produce up to 500,000 kits in five years, “putting $190 million into the hands of some of the poorest people” in the world.
“After six months of using the Envirofit retrofit kit, my extra income helped me save for a matching house grant,” says Rolando Santiago, president of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association, in the Philippines, and among the first to retrofit his bike. “I rebuilt my home and my neighbor’s home, which provided housing for six families,” he says—proof that better air can lead to a lot of other better things.
Research showing steeper increases in ocean heat is not exactly new. So what's up with all those headlines?
Feasting off unusually warm sea surface waters, Hurricane Florence has exploded in strength
NASA says the Sun is "tangled up in blue"
Earth's climatic report card is out — and we humans are still receiving a failing grade
Solution for Climate Change Could Come From A Few Targeted Actions
What's up with all this wild, weird weather — and is it linked to climate change?
Wine And Whines: Listening To Insect Booty Calls To Preserve Vineyards
Scientists Issue Warning To Humanity: Climate Change Depends On Microbes
Borderland Rebellion: One Texas Naturalist Takes Conservation Into His Own Hands
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News Football
AP Updated: 30 March, 2019, 11:19 AM IST
Cristiano Ronaldo will not be risked for Juventus' first match of the Champions League quarterfinals against Ajax if he is not fully fit, coach Massimiliano Allegri said.
Ronaldo injured a right thigh muscle and limped off 30 minutes into Portugal's 1-1 draw against Serbia on Monday in qualifying for the 2020 European Championship.
"He will have tests on Monday, we'll evaluate things from there," Allegri said. "There is a risk — and a lot of risk — that he will miss the match against Ajax, he knows it, too, and he knows, too, that if he is not fit then he will stay out."
Juventus travels to Ajax for the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on April 10, then hosts the Dutch team the following week.
The 34-year-old Ronaldo told Portuguese media after Monday's international that he "should be back in one or two weeks."
"Ronaldo is fine, he started moving again yesterday a bit, but caution is needed because it's best to miss one match than the end of the season," Allegri said. "We are in a delicate phase; he will return when he is well and there will be no danger that he may have a relapse."
Ronaldo scored a hat trick against Atletico Madrid in the return leg of the last 16 as Juventus overturned a first-leg deficit.
"Juventus has the good fortune to have an in-depth squad," Juventus president Andrea Agnelli said. "Cristiano is the best player in the world, if you have him on the pitch he gives you an extra sense of security.
"That said, when you have muscle injuries you have to be very careful. For one match you risk compromising the next two months. ... It's more important to safeguard two and a half months than one match only."
Ronaldo will definitely miss Sunday's Serie A match against Empoli. Seven-time defending champion Juventus has a 15-point advantage over second-place Napoli.
Sundaram Ravi will just have to live with it. There are umpiring errors and umpiring errors and while some of them are either minor or do not have a major impact on the result of the match his overlooking of the no ball sent down by Lasith Malinga in the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians on Thursday has predictably – and rightly - caused an uproar.
It was the last ball of the match and a right call from Ravi would have given RCB an opportunity to win. The wrong call meant that MI won by six runs. Unfortunately for Ravi it also turned out to be a high profile game and as Virat Kohli fumed ``We are playing at the IPL level and not playing club cricket. That’s a ridiculous call off the last ball.’’ Yes, and in a game of small margins umpiring blunders can be decisive.
Ironically Ravi is the only Indian representative in ICC’s elite panel and is regarded as one of the better Indian umpires. However neither he nor the other umpire C Nandan who unfairly signaled a wide in the previous (19th) over have been adversely reported by the match referee Manu Nayyar. Also Ravi is unlikely to be sanctioned due to lack of officials with international experience on the BCCI roster.
There have been a fall in umpiring standards of late in domestic cricket – particularly in the Ranji Trophy – and experts have put this down to a lack of professionalism on the part of the BCCI. It’s been two years since the umpires subcommittee has functioned. In the past a process was followed wherein the umpires were assessed during the year by a panel of former officials.
The umpiring howler has led to calls for greater use of technology. Many former cricketers are of the view that there should be a separate technology to spot no balls while others have said that the third umpire can check for no balls for every delivery. Either way a solution has to be found to this problem which is causing growing annoyance.
Two other separate points too need to be discussed. One, what was Malinga doing bowling a no ball at that critical juncture? A bowler of his skill and experience sending down a no ball off the last delivery of a T-20 match is absolutely unacceptable. Secondly a close look at the photograph of Malinga about to send down that delivery has the tell-tale image of the non-striker (AB de Villiers) still in the crease. Obviously Ravi Ashwin’s run out of Jos Buttler has had the desired impact.
Even as the Australians are using the Indian Premier League as a distraction from their ball tampering saga as well as a way to rebuild their ICC Cricket World Cup form and plans, the doubts and suspicions about the Australian cricket team continue to do the rounds.
It appeared that Australia’s recent success against India in the one day internationals had helped assuage some of the concerns Australia had going into the ICC Cricket World Cup about their batting order and form. However, even as Australia’s cricketers are using the IPL as a platform to put Australia’s troubles behind them, it appears that they cannot quite shake off the ghost of ball tampering quite yet.
For the past year, the ball tampering that damaged Australia’s reputation in the course of the Newlands Test has refused to leave the headlines. Even as Australia have tried desperately to focus on the redemption part of the return of Steven Smith and David Warner, not in Australian colours, but rather conveniently in IPL shades, the focus of the fallout of the ball tampering refuses to leave Australian cricket circles.
Furthermore, even as former Australian greats themselves are voicing serious concerns about the depth of the malice and whether enough has been done to go deep not only to unearth the truth but also, to find appropriate remedial measures, the story that once did the rounds when the story first broke out continues to gather storm. And not surprisingly it revolves around David Warner.
Although deliberate attempt is being made to shift focus by dubbing Warner’s enterprising IPL 2019 debut match innings, it has not really allowed people to shift the focus of the conspiracy theory that Warner, whose career was stated as being practically over, was blamed as the mastermind of the fiasco was in fact just a scapegoat to cover a deeper problem, one that penetrated more than just the ‘leadership group’ as stated by Smith in the press conference following the breaking out of the story last March in Cape Town.
Warner, who had been the perennial bad boy of cricket, was attributed even by his own team mate and fellow perpetrator, Cameron Bancroft, as being the one to hatch the idea in the first place of using sandpaper to manipulate the surface of the ball in a desperate attempt to change the course of the match. However, while it seemed fishy to many that the Australian team that did not want to have anything to do with Warner last year was willing to welcome him back into the fold right before the ICC Cricket World Cup, it has allowed for the emergency for the alleged back story that Warner was made to look back not only because of the escalating level of personal transgressions that involved Quinton de Kock but also, and perhaps more importantly, because Warner had apparently reported that the entire Australian team was in on the act, which did not amuse the rest of the team.
At the time of the ball tampering incident, Smith had suggested there was a group behind the decision and that he was merely a passerby who did nothing, which is quite serious in itself given that he was the captain and a batsman of fair repute at the time, and many conjectured that the bowlers could not have possibly been ignorant that the nature of the ball was being deliberately manipulated. It raised furious reactions back and forth and it seemed that Australia had more to cover up when Darren Lehmann, the coach at the time, refused to resign under pressure but eventually stepped down at the end of the Test tour. If Smith must be believed, then Warner alone is not culpable. That said, if Cameron was being a spokesperson for the rest of the team by throwing Warner under the bus for spilling the beans, it explains a lot. As conspiracies abound, this one would take the cake for the lack of clarity.
In what seems like unfinished business, perhaps it is for these cricketers to then convert their back stories into juicy bestsellers when a financially lucrative proposition presents itself though it leaves cricket none the richer now or in the future.
David Warner's international ban has come to an end. He is now available for selection at the highest level. Warner had got banned for one year post his involvement in ball-tampering scandal. Former England captain, Mike Atherton has praised David Warner's conduct during and after the whole fiasco that shocked the cricketing community.
“He has stayed out of view. He has refused all of the presumably many juicy offers to reveal his side of the story and maintained a telling silence,” Atherton wrote in an article for The Australian.
“Warner has simply kept his head down, his mouth shut and accepted the punishment.
“The list of those who have left their jobs in Australia in the past year is a long one: gone are the chief executive James Sutherland, chairman David Peever, high-performance manager Pat Howard, head coach Darren Lehmann and bowling coach David Saker.
“Having wisely kept his counsel, Warner will outlast them all.”
David Warner has made a scintillating return to IPL. He has made half-centuries in first two games for Hyderabad and is looking in red-hot form.
David Willey will take no further part in the ongoing Indian Premier League because of personal reasons. Willey, who played three matches for CSK in 2018, was looking forward to play for his IPL franchise.
"We are due for our second baby and my wife's had a bit of a tough time, so I'm having to make sure she's alright," he said.
"It's a bit open-ended as to when I'll be available for Yorkshire, but hopefully I'll be available for the start of the 50-over competition," Willey added.
He stated that it was not an easy decision to take.
"Chennai were very understanding and very supportive, as have been Yorkshire. It's never an easy decision. But, nonetheless, it's the right decision," the 29-year old said.
"I need to put my family first and cricket's secondary to that. We'll get that sorted and then I can concentrate on cricket."
Sanju Samson’s magnificent ton went in vain as David Warner's blistering knock took Sunrisers Hyderabad to win in their match against visiting Rajasthan Royals. Samson scored 102 not-out, his second-hundred of the Indian Premier League career but Warner's 69 off 37 proved to be the difference in the end as home team won the game by five wickets.
After the match, Warner interviewed Samson. “You destroyed my day. My 100 was not enough because of the way you batted. The way you started the innings we lost the game in the powerplay. We needed some 250 on the board with someone like you in the opposition. It was special,” Samson told Warner.
David Warner praised Samson for his exceptional batting. “We didn’t get off to a good start, a serious innings from Sanju and full credit to him. He came out and played really well. He allowed himself time and the wicket got better. Actually, I didn’t think it was a 200 wicket. We have played on similar wickets where if you bowl that hard length it is tough to get under. He showed us how to go about it,” said Warner.
Sanju Samson played one of the finest innings of Indian Premier League at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad. Despite losing Jos Buttler, Rahane and Samson combined together to lead Rajasthan Royals to a competitive total. While Rahane scored 70, it was Samson, who earned a lot of praise for his chance less knock. He second century of the Indian Premier League came off only 52 deliveries. Gautam Gambhir was mighty impressed with Samson and heaped praise on the young batsman.
"I normally don’t like to talk about individuals in cricket. But seeing his skills I am glad to note that Sanju Samson is currently the best Wicketkeeper batsman in India. For me he should be batting number 4 in the World Cup @BCCI @rajasthanroyals @IPL @StarSportsIndia," he wrote on his Twitter handle.
Men in Blue have tried different players at the No. 4 spot but they haven't been able to finalize one till date. With Gambhir backing Rajasthan Royals' batsman Sanju Samson, it will be interesting to see whether wise men of Indian selection committee would consider him while naming World Cup squad.
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Sanju Samson scored an impressive hundred, becoming the first player to reach three-figure mark in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. While he was batting on 44, he had to stop his innings, courtsey pizza delivery guy. Actually, a pizza delivery guy was walking in front of the sight screen when Samson was about to face a ball. The match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan was stopped for a moment to allow the delivery guy to get out of the way. Samson resumed his innings after that and went on to score second century of his IPL career.
Sanju Samson remained unbeaten on 102 with the help of 10 fours and 4 sixes. However, his knock went in vain as David Warner (69 off 37 balls) and Jonny Bairstow (45 off 28 balls) stitched a 110-run stand for opening wicket to lead Sunrisers' charge. Vijay Shankar’s 35 runs off just 15 balls and Rashid Khan's 15 off 8 helped their team in registering first win of the season.
R Ashwin had to face flak for mankading Jos Buttler during one of the IPL matches. However, the skipper of Kings XI Punjab was unfazed by the criticism coming his way after his controversial decision to run-out Buttler. The incident has inspired Kolkata Police, who have used Ashwin's picture on Twitter to create awareness among residents of the city. "Crease or road, you will regret, if you cross the line".
Many former cricketers including Shane Warne had questioned Ashwin's move, saying it was against the spirit of the game. This was not the first time Kolkata Police used an incident from cricket world to promote their campaign. When Cheteshwar Pujara scored a sublime hundred in Australia in December 2018, Kolkata Police combined his picture with a picture of a person wearing the seat belt while driving his car. "Defence should be like Pujara," they wrote.
The Australian superstar, David Warner is back to what he does the best and that is scoring runs quickly and winning games of cricket for his side. Warner's international ban has also expired, which means he is now available for selection at the highest level too. Right now, he is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. The left-hander has made back-to-back fifties as well and is looking in red-hot form.
Warner revealed what inspires him to perform so consistently for the Hyderabad franchise. “One thing that inspires me is the local fans, they are amazing. We try and put on a good show. We didn’t get off to a good start, a serious innings from Sanju and full credit to him. He came out and played really well. He allowed himself time and the wicket got better. Actually I didn’t think it was a 200 wicket. We have played on similar wickets where if you bowl that hard length it is hard to bat,” he said.
Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan by five wickets and have finally opened their account in points table after they lost the first game against Kolkata Knight Riders.
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13.48(12)(b)5. 5. A facility constructed by or for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
13.48(13) (13) Application of laws, rules, codes, ordinances and regulations.
13.48(13)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), every building, structure or facility that is constructed for the benefit of or use of the state, any state agency, board, commission or department, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational System Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, or any local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 if the construction is undertaken by the department of administration on behalf of the district, shall be in compliance with all applicable state laws, rules, codes and regulations but the construction is not subject to the ordinances or regulations of the municipality in which the construction takes place except zoning, including without limitation because of enumeration ordinances or regulations relating to materials used, permits, supervision of construction or installation, payment of permit fees, or other restrictions.
13.48(13)(b) (b) Every building, structure or facility that is constructed at state fair park shall be in compliance with all applicable state laws, rules and codes but is not subject to zoning or any other ordinances or regulations of the municipality in which the park is located.
13.48(13)(c) (c) No construction undertaken by the state for the purpose of renovation of the state capitol building is subject to any state law, rule, code or regulation, or any zoning ordinance or regulation of the city of Madison, governing such construction.
13.48(14) (14) Sale or lease of property.
13.48(14)(a) (a) In this subsection, “agency" has the meaning given in s. 16.52 (7).
13.48(14)(am) (am)
13.48(14)(am)1.1. Except as provided in this paragraph, the building commission shall have the authority to sell or lease all or any part of state-owned real property unless the sale or lease is prohibited under the state or federal constitution or federal law or the sale is conducted as a part of a procedure to enforce an obligation to this state, and may transfer real property under its jurisdiction among agencies. The commission may sell or lease property under this paragraph with or without the approval of the agency having jurisdiction over the property and regardless of whether the property is included in an inventory submitted under par. (d). The building commission does not have the authority to sell or lease any state-owned real property under this paragraph after the department of administration notifies the commission in writing that an offer of sale or sale or lease agreement with respect to a property is pending under s. 16.848 (1). If the sale or lease is not completed and no further action is pending with respect to the property, the authority of the building commission under this paragraph is restored.
13.48(14)(am)2. 2. If the building commission proposes to sell or lease any property identified in subd. 1., the commission shall first notify the joint committee on finance in writing of its proposed action. The commission shall not proceed with the proposed action unless the proposed action is approved by the committee. Together with any notification, the commission shall also provide all of the following:
13.48(14)(am)2.a. a. The estimated value of the property as determined by the department of administration and by at least one qualified privately owned assessor.
13.48(14)(am)2.b. b. The full cost of retiring any remaining public debt incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of the property.
13.48(14)(am)2.c. c. A cost-benefit analysis that considers the short-term and long-term costs and benefits to the state from selling or leasing the property.
13.48(14)(am)2.d. d. The length and conditions of any proposed sale or lease between this state and a proposed purchaser or lessee.
13.48(14)(am)2.e. e. The estimated budgetary impact of the proposed sale or lease upon affected state agencies for at least the current and following fiscal biennium.
13.48(14)(am)2.em. em. The methodology to ensure the competitive and transparent sale of the property.
13.48(14)(am)2.f. f. Any other information requested by the committee.
13.48(14)(am)3. 3. Except with respect to property identified in s. 16.848 (2), if any agency has authority to sell or lease real property under any other law, the authority of that agency does not apply after the commission notifies the agency in writing that an offer of sale or sale, or a lease agreement, is pending with respect to the property under this subdivision. If the sale or lease is not completed and no further action is pending with respect to the property, the authority of the agency to sell or lease the property is restored. If the commission sells or leases any state-owned real property under this subdivision, the commission may attach such conditions to the sale or lease as it finds to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the sale or lease in the best interest of the state.
13.48(14)(am)4. 4. This paragraph does not apply to real property that is exempted from sale or lease by the department of administration under s. 16.848.
13.48(14)(am)5. 5. This paragraph does not apply to agricultural land acquired by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 36.33 (1).
13.48(14)(b) (b) The building commission shall sell on the basis of either public bids, with the building commission reserving the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the state, or on the basis of negotiated prices as determined through a competitive or transparent process. Buildings, structures and land mentioned in this subsection shall be subject to general property taxes levied by those taxing bodies within whose area they lie if used for commercial purposes, and shall be subject to special assessments for public improvements in the same manner and to the same extent as privately owned real property, subject to approval of the building commission when required under s. 66.0703 (6).
13.48(14)(bg) (bg) If any property that is proposed to be sold by the commission under par. (am) is co-owned by a nonstate entity, the commission shall afford to that entity the right of first refusal to purchase the share of the property owned by the state on reasonable financial terms established by the commission.
13.48(14)(br) (br) If the building commission sells or leases any real property under par. (am) that was under the jurisdiction of an agency prior to the sale or lease, the agency shall convey all systems, fixtures, or additional property interests specified by the commission to the purchaser or lessee of the property on terms specified by the commission. If the commission sells or leases a state-owned heating, cooling, or power plant that is under the jurisdiction of an agency, the agency shall convey all real and personal property associated with the plant to the purchaser or lessee on terms specified by the commission.
13.48(14)(c) (c) Except as provided in par. (e), if there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any property that is sold or leased under par. (am), the building commission shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the property in the bond security and redemption fund under s. 18.09 to repay the principal and pay the interest on the debt, and any premium due upon refunding any of that debt. If there is any outstanding public debt used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any property that is sold or leased under par. (am), the building commission shall then provide a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the property for the costs of maintaining federal tax law compliance applicable to the debt. If the property was acquired, constructed, or improved with federal financial assistance, the commission shall pay to the federal government any of the proceeds required by federal law. If the property was acquired by gift or grant or with gift or grant funds, the commission shall adhere to any restriction governing use of the proceeds. Except as required under par. (e) and ss. 20.395 (9) (qd) and 51.06 (6), if there is no such debt outstanding, there are no moneys payable to the federal government, and there is no restriction governing use of the proceeds, and if the net proceeds exceed the amount required to be deposited, paid, or used for another purpose under this subsection, the building commission shall use the net proceeds or remaining net proceeds to pay principal and interest costs on outstanding public debt issued to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of property. If any net proceeds remain thereafter, the commission shall use the proceeds to pay principal and interest costs on other outstanding public debt. For the purpose of paying principal and interest costs on other outstanding public debt under this paragraph, the commission may cause outstanding bonds to be called for redemption on or following their optional redemption date, establish one or more escrow accounts to redeem bonds at their optional redemption date, or purchase bonds in the open market. To the extent practical, the commission shall consider all of the following in determining which public debt to redeem:
13.48(14)(c)1. 1. To the extent that debt service on the property being sold or leased was paid from a segregated fund, other outstanding public debt related to that segregated fund should be redeemed.
13.48(14)(c)2. 2. The extent to which general obligation debt that was issued to acquire, build, or improve the property being sold or leased is subject to current optional redemption, would require establishment of an escrow, or could be assigned for accounting purposes to another statutory bond purpose.
13.48(14)(c)3. 3. The fiscal benefit of redeeming outstanding debt with higher interest costs.
13.48(14)(c)4. 4. The costs of maintaining federal tax law compliance in the selection of general obligation debt to be redeemed.
13.48(14)(cm) (cm) If there are any outstanding revenue obligations, issued pursuant to subch. II of ch. 18, used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any property that is sold or leased under par. (am), the commission shall deposit a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the property in the respective redemption fund provided under s. 18.561 (5) or 18.562 (3) to repay the principal and pay the interest on the revenue obligations, and any premium due upon refunding any of the revenue obligations. If there are any outstanding revenue obligations, issued pursuant to subch. II of ch. 18, used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any property that is sold or leased under par. (am), the commission shall then provide a sufficient amount of the net proceeds from the sale or lease of the property for the costs of maintaining federal tax law compliance applicable to the revenue obligations. For the purpose of paying principal and interest costs on other outstanding revenue obligations, the commission may cause outstanding revenue obligations to be called for redemption on or following their optional redemption date, establish one or more escrow accounts to redeem obligations at their optional redemption date, or purchase bonds on the open market. Except as required under par. (e) and ss. 20.395 (9) (qd) and 51.06 (6), if the net proceeds exceed the amount required to be deposited, paid, or used for another purpose under this paragraph, the department shall use the net proceeds or the remaining net proceeds to pay principal and interest costs on other similar revenue obligations.
13.48(14)(d) (d) Biennially, beginning on January 1, 2014, each agency other than the investment board shall submit to the department of administration an inventory of all real property under its jurisdiction. Except with respect to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the inventory shall include the estimated fair market value of each property. The agency shall specifically identify any underutilized assets in the inventory. No later than July 1 following receipt of the inventories, the department of administration shall obtain appraisals of all properties in the inventories that are identified by the department for potential sale and shall submit to the building commission an inventory containing the location, description and fair market value of each parcel of property identified for potential sale. This paragraph does not apply to the agricultural land acquired by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 36.33 (1).
13.48(14)(e) (e) If the state office building located at 3319 West Beltline Highway in Dane County is sold by the state, the building commission shall ensure that the transferee pays $476,228 from the proceeds of the sale to the Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Foundation, if the foundation exists at the time of the transfer.
13.48(15) (15) Acquisition of leasehold interests. Subject to the requirements of s. 20.924 (1) (i), the building commission shall have the authority to acquire leasehold interests in land and buildings where such authority is not otherwise provided to an agency by law.
13.48(16) (16) Madison downtown state office facilities. The eminent domain authority of the building commission under ch. 32 is limited to the acquisition of such parcels of land as it deems necessary for a site for Madison downtown state office facilities, whenever the building commission is unable to agree with the owner upon the compensation therefor, or whenever the absence or legal incapacity of such owner, or other cause prevents or unreasonably delays such agreement.
13.48(17) (17) Advanced land acquisition. In the interest of preventing land speculation the building commission may acquire property within the blocks bordered by East Washington Avenue, South Webster Street, East Wilson Street and South Hancock Street in the city of Madison for possible future construction.
13.48(18) (18) Acquisition of open spaces. The building commission may acquire property adjacent to or within 2 blocks of any state facility for the purpose of establishing and developing open green spaces or possible future construction. Any acquisition in the city of Madison within block number 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 83, 84, 89, 90, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 or 104 of the original plat of the city is exempt from enumeration under s. 20.924 (1) if such acquisition is to be solely used to meet the space needs of the state law library, the legislative reference bureau library and legislative and judicial branch agencies and support staffs.
Effective date note NOTE: Sub. (18) is amended by 1997 Wis. Act 5, eff. 7-1-02 or upon completion of acquisition of property sufficient for the construction of a facility to meet the space needs of the state law library, the legislative reference bureau library and legislative and judicial branch agencies and support staffs, to read:
13.48 Note (18) Acquisition of open spaces. The building commission may acquire property adjacent to or within 2 blocks of any state facility for the purpose of establishing and developing open green spaces or possible future construction.
13.48(19) (19) Alternatives to state construction.
13.48(19)(a) (a) Whenever the building commission determines that the use of innovative types of design and construction processes will make better use of the resources and technology available in the building industry, the building commission may waive any or all of s. 16.855, except s. 16.855 (13) and (14m) (a) to (c), if the action is in the best interest of the state and is approved by the building commission.
13.48(19)(b) (b) Subject to the requirements of s. 20.924 (1) (i), the building commission may authorize the lease, lease purchase or acquisition of facilities in lieu of state construction of any project enumerated in the authorized state building program.
13.48(20) (20) Residence halls. Except as provided in sub. (14) (am), the building commission may approve the sale or lease of state-owned residence halls by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to another state agency or a nonstate nonprofit agency for purposes provided in s. 36.11 (1) (e).
13.48(21) (21) Debt increase for Medical College of Wisconsin.
13.48(21)(a)(a) The building commission may authorize up to $8,000,000 of general fund supported borrowing to aid in the construction of a basic science education facility at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Prior to the approval of any state funding commitment, the building commission must satisfy itself that the Medical College of Wisconsin has secured additional funding commitments of at least $34,000,000 from other nonstate revenue sources; that such revenue sources are reasonable and available; that the nonstate funding commitments will not exceed $10,000,000 in borrowed funds, the repayment of which shall be amortized over a period of years equal to at least three-fourths of the amortization period for retirement of the bond issue authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (zb), and that the nonstate funding commitment will not jeopardize the operating funds of the medical college; and that the total funding commitments will enable the signing of contracts for the construction of a complete basic sciences educational facility. If the building commission authorizes a construction grant to the Medical College of Wisconsin, the medical college, in return, shall provide the state with an option-to-purchase with the following provisions:
13.48(21)(a)1. 1. The option price shall be the appraised fair market value at the time the option is exercised, less a credit recognizing the amount of the state's initial grant. The option shall be subject to any mortgage or other security interest of any private lenders and to the lease existing between the college and Milwaukee County.
13.48(21)(a)2. 2. The option could be exercised only upon the occurrence of any one of the 3 following events:
13.48(21)(a)2.a. a. Suspension of operation of a medical school by the Medical College of Wisconsin or any successor organization;
13.48(21)(a)2.b. b. Foreclosure of the mortgage by a private lender; or
13.48(21)(a)2.c. c. Termination of the lease by Milwaukee County.
13.48(21)(b) (b) If the state does not wish to exercise the option, and if the building is sold to any 3rd party, such agreement shall provide that the state has the right to receive an amount equal to construction grant from the net proceeds of any such sale after the mortgage has been satisfied and all other secured debts have been paid. This right shall be paramount to the right of the college to the proceeds upon such sale.
13.48(22) (22) Sale or lease of capitol area lands. The building commission may lease or resell lands acquired in the capitol planning area for public or private redevelopment and may set such conditions of sale or lease as it deems necessary to ensure development compatible with the needs of the community and the state. This subsection does not apply to lands that are authorized to be sold or leased under s. 16.848 while an offer of sale, sale, or lease agreement is pending or while the lands are leased.
13.48(23) (23) Lease of space for commercial use. Except as provided in sub. (14) (am), the building commission may lease space in state office buildings for commercial use, including without limitation because of enumeration, retail, service and office uses. In doing so the building commission shall consider the cost and fair market value of the space as well as the desirability of the proposed use. Such leases may be negotiated or awarded by competitive bid procedures. All such leases of space in state office buildings shall provide for payments in lieu of property taxes.
13.48(24) (24) Terms on debt for maintenance projects. The building commission shall limit the term of debt issued to finance maintenance projects.
13.48(25) (25) Wisconsin initiative for state technology and applied research. There is created a program, to be known as the Wisconsin initiative for state technology and applied research, for the purpose of providing financial support to maintain the ability of the University of Wisconsin System and other state agencies, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), to attract federal and private research funds which enable the state to engage in high-technology endeavors, which expand the state's economy and which influence the ability of the state and nation to compete in an increasingly complex world. To carry out the program, the building commission may authorize new construction projects and projects to repair and renovate existing research facilities and supporting systems. Projects shall be financed from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (z) or as otherwise provided in the authorized state building program.
13.48(25m) (25m) Healthstar program. There is created a program, to be known as the healthstar program, for the purpose of providing financial support to attract federal and private funds to construct health science facilities to spur interdisciplinary education and research activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Projects financed under the program shall be designed to provide interdisciplinary health sciences education and research facilities, ancillary systems and supporting infrastructure. Projects shall be financed from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (z) or as otherwise provided in the authorized state building program.
13.48(25p) (25p) Biostar initiative. There is created a program, to be known as the biostar initiative, for the purpose of providing financial support to attract federal and private funds to construct biological sciences facilities to spur biological sciences education and research activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Projects financed under the program shall be designed to provide biological sciences education and research facilities, ancillary systems, and supporting infrastructure. Projects shall be financed from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (z) or as otherwise provided in the authorized state building program.
13.48(25r) (25r) Wisconsin Institute for Discovery initiative. There is created a program, to be known as the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery initiative, for the purpose of providing financial support to attract federal and private funds to construct facilities for biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology education and research activities at the University of Wisconsin. Projects financed under the program shall be designed to provide computational and biological sciences education and research facilities, ancillary systems, and supporting infrastructure. Projects shall be financed from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (z) or as otherwise provided in the authorized state building program.
13.48(25s) (25s) Milwaukee initiative. There is created a program, to be known as the Milwaukee initiative, for the purpose of providing financial support to attract federal and private funds to construct research and academic facilities to spur science education and research activities at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Projects financed under the program shall be designed to provide engineering, science, freshwater science and health education and research facilities, ancillary systems, and supporting infrastructure. Projects shall be financed from the appropriation account under s. 20.866 (2) (s) or as otherwise provided in the authorized state building program, except that total funding commitments shall not exceed $240,000,000, with up to $123,410,000 in general fund supported borrowing; $55,590,000 in program revenue supported borrowing; $60,000,000 in funding from gifts, grants, and receipts; and $1,000,000 in funding from moneys in the state building trust fund.
13.48(25t) (25t) Wisbuild initiative. There is created a program, to be known as the “Wisbuild initiative", for the purpose of providing financial support for the maintenance, repair and renovation of state-owned buildings. Funding may be provided under the initiative for high priority, comprehensive building renovation projects, as well as for the maintenance and repair of the exterior components of buildings and, without limitation because of enumeration, systems such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing and other building systems. Funding may also be provided under the initiative for projects to remove barriers that reduce access to and use of state facilities by persons with disabilities. The building commission shall allocate available funding for the initiative. Projects funded as a part of the initiative shall be financed from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (z) or as otherwise provided in the authorized state building program.
13.48(25x) (25x) History preservation partnership initiative. There is created a program, to be known as the “History Preservation Partnership Initiative," for the purpose of providing financial support to attract private and federal funds to acquire, construct, develop, enlarge, and improve facilities for collections care, public programs, and visitor services at the historic sites owned by the historical society and at the headquarters of the historical society. Projects financed under the program shall be designed to provide facilities for collections care, public programs, and visitor services at those historic sites and at that headquarters, ancillary systems, and supporting infrastructure. Projects shall be financed from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (zfm) or as otherwise provided in the authorized state building program.
13.48(26) (26) Environmental improvement annual finance plan approval. The building commission shall review the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments to the biennial finance plan submitted to it by the department of natural resources and the department of administration under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) and the recommendations of the joint committee on finance and the standing committees to which the versions of the biennial finance plan and any amendments were submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm). The building commission shall consider the extent to which that version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act will maintain the funding for the clean water fund program and the safe drinking water loan program, in the environmental improvement fund, in perpetuity. The building commission shall consider the extent to which the implementation of the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program, as set forth in the biennial finance plan updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, implements legislative intent on the clean water fund program, the safe drinking water loan program and the land recycling loan program. The building commission shall, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the biennial budget act, either approve or disapprove the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act. If the building commission disapproves the version of the biennial finance plan that is updated to reflect the adopted biennial budget act, it must notify the department of natural resources and the department of administration of its reasons for disapproving the plan, and those departments must revise that version of the biennial finance plan and submit the revision to the building commission.
13.48(27) (27) Lease of correctional facilities. Subject to the requirements of s. 20.924 (1) (i), the building commission may lease any facility for use of the department of corrections as a part of the authorized state building program, with an option to purchase the facility by the state. Any lease shall provide for the facility to be constructed in accordance with requirements and specifications approved by the department of administration and shall permit inspection of the site and facility by agents of the department.
13.48(27m) (27m) Secured residential care centers for children and youth.
13.48(27m)(a)(a) The legislature finds and determines that the legislative intent set forth under s. 938.01 (2) is served by the design and construction of secured residential care centers for children and youth and attached juvenile detention facilities and that the design and construction of such facilities is a statewide concern of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist counties in designing and constructing secured residential care centers for children and youth and attached juvenile detention facilities.
13.48(27m)(b) (b) The building commission may authorize up to a total of $40,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist counties in establishing or constructing secured residential care centers for children and youth and attached juvenile detention facilities. Any such state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to a county issued under 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, section 110 (4).
13.48(27m)(c) (c) If for any reason, the facility that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used for the purposes identified in the grant under 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, section 110 (4), the state shall retain an ownership interest in the facility equal to the amount of the state's grant.
13.48(28) (28) State property leased to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. The building commission may not authorize public debt to construct or improve any on-campus facilities, as defined under s. 233.01 (7), if the building commission believes, at the time that the public debt is authorized, that the facilities are or will be leased to the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
13.48(28m) (28m) Carroll University.
13.48(28m)(a)(a) The legislature finds and determines that there is a growing shortage of primary medical care workers in this state, particularly for medically underserved populations in rural and urban areas of the state, and that assisting institutions of higher education in training primary medical care workers is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist Carroll University in the construction of a science laboratory facility.
13.48(28m)(b) (b) The building commission may authorize up to $3,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist Carroll University in the construction of a science laboratory facility. The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to Carroll University. Before approving any state funding commitment for construction of such a facility, the building commission shall determine that Carroll University has secured additional funding for the project of at least $23,500,000 from nonstate revenue sources.
13.48(28m)(c) (c) If the building commission authorizes a grant to Carroll University under par. (b), and if, for any reason, the facility that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used as a science laboratory facility, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the facility equal to the amount of the state's grant.
13.48(28p) (28p) Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc.
13.48(28p)(a) (a) The legislature finds and determines that providing education, programming, and access to arts and culture vastly enriches the lives of the citizens of this state and is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., in the construction of a regional arts center in Eau Claire County.
13.48(28p)(b) (b) The building commission may authorize up to $15,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., in the construction of a regional arts center in Eau Claire County. The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for construction of such a center, the building commission shall determine that Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project from nonstate revenue sources at least equal to the state's grant.
13.48(28p)(c) (c) If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Eau Claire Confluence Arts, Inc., under par. (b), and if, for any reason, the center that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used as a regional arts center, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the center equal to the amount of the state's grant.
13.48(28r) (28r) Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc.
13.48(28r)(a) (a) The legislature finds and determines that educating the citizens of this state on where our food comes from and its impact on our lives, and that promoting the dairy and agriculture industries of this state is a statewide responsibility of statewide dimension. It is therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., in the construction of an agriculture education center in Manitowoc County.
13.48(28r)(b) (b) The building commission may authorize up to $5,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing to assist the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., in the construction of an agriculture education center in Manitowoc County. The state funding commitment shall be in the form of a grant to the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc. Before approving any state funding commitment for construction of such a center, the building commission shall determine that the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., has secured additional funding for the project of at least $6,626,800 from nonstate revenue sources.
13.48(28r)(c) (c) If the building commission authorizes a grant to the Wisconsin Agriculture Education Center, Inc., under par. (b), and if, for any reason, the center that is constructed with funds from the grant is not used as an agriculture education center, the state shall retain an ownership interest in the center equal to the amount of the state's grant.
13.48(29) (29) Simplified policies and procedures for construction projects. Except as otherwise required under s. 16.855 (10m), the building commission may prescribe simplified policies and procedures to be used in lieu of the procedures provided in s. 16.855 for any construction project involving a cost of not more than $300,000, except projects specified in sub. (10) (c).
13.48(31) (31) Debt increase for construction of a biomedical research and technology incubator at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
13.48(31)(a) (a) The legislature finds and determines that it is in the public interest to promote the public health and welfare and to provide for economic development in this state by ensuring a fundamental and expanding capacity to conduct biomedical research and to create new technologies; by training students in the substance and methodology of biomedical research; and by providing scientific support to individuals and organizations in this state who are engaged in biomedical research and technological innovation. It is therefore the public policy of this state to assist the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., in the construction of and installation of equipment at facilities that will be used for biomedical research and the creation of new technologies.
13.48(31)(b) (b) On or after July 1, 2003, the building commission may authorize up to $35,000,000 of general fund supported borrowing to aid in the construction of and installation of equipment at a biomedical research and technology incubator at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. The state funding commitment for the construction of and installation of equipment at the incubator shall be in the form of a grant to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. Before the building commission may award the grant under this paragraph, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., must certify to the building commission that the total funding commitments of the state and nonstate sources will pay for the construction cost of and the cost of installation of equipment at the incubator.
13.48(31)(c) (c) If the building commission awards a grant to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., under this subsection, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., shall provide the state with an option to purchase the biomedical research and technology incubator under the following conditions:
13.48(31)(c)1. 1. The option price shall be the appraised fair market value at the time that the option is exercised, less a credit recognizing the amount of the state's construction grant. The option shall be subject to any mortgage or other security interest of any private lenders.
13.48(31)(c)2. 2. The option may be exercised only upon the occurrence of any of the following:
13.48(31)(c)2.a. a. Suspension of operation of a program of biomedical research and technology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., or any successor organization.
13.48(31)(c)2.b. b. Foreclosure of any mortgage on the incubator by a private lender.
13.48(31)(d) (d) If the state does not exercise the option to purchase the biomedical research and technology incubator under par. (c), and if the incubator is sold to any 3rd party, any agreement to sell the incubator shall provide that the state has the right to receive an amount equal to the grants awarded to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., under this subsection from the net proceeds of any such sale after any mortgage on the incubator has been satisfied and all other secured debts have been paid. This right shall be paramount to the right of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., to the proceeds upon such sale.
13.48(32) (32) Debt increase for construction of a dental clinic and education facility at Marquette University.
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More or Less Spin?
Since August last year we have waited for the Minister for Mental Health to talk with us about the impact of cuts to the Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative. So far our patience across those 8 months has not paid off. However tonight the Minister will be on ABC’s ‘Q&A’ program where many of us are hoping he will finally address the concerns of the public. To date, responses from the Minister about the cuts to psychological therapy in Medicare have followed a fairly predictable pattern. My hope is that the producers, the host, and the panelists on the ‘Q&A’ program have some understanding of the kind of spin that is going on around this serious issue. That’s why we will take a moment now to remind everybody what this issue is really about and how to address the usual spin. Our goal in doing so is to keep debate honest with a view to arriving at a proper resolution of the current problems in the system.
First off we need to appreciate the value of providing psychological care. This goes far beyond economic value of course, extending into areas like helping people live happier and more productive lives. Providing good mental health care is valuable to so many areas, but even if we did just look at Gross Domestic Product (GDP) the benfits of funding treatment are clear. Comprehensive estimates that been calculated showing that there is a five-fold return on investment to Australia’s GDP when directing funding to psychological care. This issue is very important to consider today, with the PM’s announcement of a $12 billion budget deficit. Clearly we need to be looking at how to add value to the system. Providing timely psychological care to our workforce clearly benefits our productivity as a nation.
The Minister has previously cited statistics which show that “the majority (87%) of current Better Access users receive between one and ten sessions, and will be unaffected by the new cap.” The problem is that the Minister can’t have it both ways. If so few people use more than ten sessions then cutting access to therapy wont save much money. Conversely, if the Minister argues that significant cost savings can be made then this only goes to show how many people rely on Medicare support for the treatment they need. Those who do rely on Medicare support to access psychological therapy are being cut off prematurely, which makes it much more difficult for disadvantaged populations to recover.
A broader issue is that the Minister relies on Medicare data to justify the cuts, which overlooks decades of controlled research about how many appointments people need. The evidence from research is that people need closer to 20 appointments for a lasting recovery. Many researchers and practitioners are wondering how the Minister can justify capping access to therapy at 10 sessions when he has endorsed clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of BPD (borderline personality disorder), the Beyondblue guidelines on anxiety and depression, and the ASCA guidelines for the treatment of trauma, which all recommend access to 20 sessions or more? To put this really simply, researchers and practitioners working in mental health care need our politicians to implement evidence-based policy rather than relying on popular opinions, fads, or ideology to drive mental health care.
The Minister has also often repeated the false claim that the Better Access initiative wasn’t intended to treat people with complex, chronic, or severe conditions. This seems to come up every time the cuts are challenged, but it is a completely false claim: a political construction. We know from documents still available today that the Better Access initiative was always intended to expand access to treatment for all groups, specifically including those with serious mental health issues. Page 11 of the Better Access manual lists the client eligibility criteria for the program, identifying chronic psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other conditions, which are all frequently complex and severe in nature. For those who are interested in finding out more about this, we addressed these claims over a year ago in detail (here) but more recently we published a piece on this in the August 2012 edition of the journal Psychotherapy in Australia (which you can read here).
One of the big branding issues is that politicians want to be seen as helping the needy. When cuts to the Better Access program were announced the political discourse was all about the percentage of people seen in Medicare who are identified as being the most disadvantaged. It was claimed that other programs like ATAPS see a larger percentage of people from disadvantaged areas. What they neglected to mention was that the ATAPS program is accessed by far fewer people. When we look at the figures in terms of real human beings (rather than percentages) it turns out that Better Access provides psychological care to 75,000 people from the most disdvantaged areas every single year. This is close to 7 times the amount of disadvantaged people who receive the same care in the ATAPS program. Another way to look at it is in terms of value for money in delivering each session of care. From that standpoint, the Better Access program costs under $125 per appointment (in the majority of cases it is under $85 each session) whereas ATAPS costs an average of $167 per appointment each time. It just doesn’t make financial sense to cut funding from Better Access to fund ATAPS when both programs compliment each other. Both programs help us to reach disadvantaged people in the various settings where people seek help.
Nevertheless, what we often hear from those in favour of the cuts is that the Better Access initiative does not specifically target disadvantaged populations as some components of the ATAPS program do. This opens up the issue of means-testing Medicare, or similar proposed measures such as providing additional sessions beyond 10 to those who are disadvantaged. There are a couple of important things to realise here. First, we need to acknowledge that the ATAPS program isn’t means tested either, but rather, the referring GP ticks a box indicating whether they deem a patient to be on a ‘low income’ or not. Second, we need to appreciate that means-testing mental health care is problematic in itself because there are no other areas of health which are means tested under Medicare. The implication is that mental health disorders are given a lower status than all other physical health conditions covered under the universal Medicare system. If the reach of Medicare to disadvantaged populations is really the issue, then the fairness test would dictate that the same tick-the-box system used by ATAPS could be employed. The great difficulty with that proposal is that mental health disorders are experienced by people from all walks of life, living in every suburb, and doesn’t just affect those who look worse off in an appointment with their GP. Deeper than this though, we have to wonder how serious our politicians are about targeting mental health problems in Australian society when the topic is shifted to an issue of class rather than medical or psychological necessity. One would hope that mental health care is as important to our politicians as it is to the rest of the Australian population.
In any case, let’s hope the Minister addresses the questions tonight in an open and honest way. We are looking forward to some constructive proposals on how people can get enough psychological care to recover. Please share your comments and reflections below.
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Attitudes toward sexual contact between general practitioners and their patients
Thomson, AN and White, GE, Attitudes toward sexual contact between general practitioners and their patients, New Zealand Medical Journal, 108, (1002) pp. 247-249. ISSN 0028-8446 (1995) [Refereed Article]
AIMS. To examine attitudes toward sexual contact with patients including seductive and sexually demeaning verbal behaviour. METHODS. Anonymous questionnaire mailed to a nationwide randomised sample of 217 general practitioners. A response rate of 88% was obtained. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES. Attitudes were appraised through responses about the acceptability of sexual contact with current and former patients. Knowledge of colleagues engaging in sexual contact, seductive or sexually demeaning behaviour was also assessed. Disposition toward reporting colleagues was explored. RESULTS. Ninety per cent of general practitioners indicated that it was never permissible to have sexual contact with a current patient. Twenty per cent agreed that it was never permissible to have sexual contact with a patient even when treatment had been terminated. While only 4% and 6% respectively knew of a general practitioner who had engaged in seductive or sexually demeaning verbal behaviour, 32% had personally known of a colleague who had engaged in sexual contact with a patient. Participants were divided in their attitudes toward reporting colleagues for sexual misdemeanours with patients. CONCLUSION. The results have implications for the development of guidelines and the training of general practitioners.
Religion and Ethics not elsewhere classified
Thomson, AN (Professor Alex Thomson)
White, GE (Ms White)
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FinCEN Issues Advisory To Financial Institutions Regarding SAR Confidentiality
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On March 2, 2012, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued an advisory to counsel of financial institutions advising them of the requirement to maintain the confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports (“SARs”). FinCEN issued the advisory because of a growing concern that private parties who are not authorized to know of the existence of a filed SAR are seeking information on SAR filings for a variety of purposes including civil litigation. FinCEN believes that unauthorized disclosure could undermine its investigations by tipping off suspects and threaten the safety and security of financial institutions and personnel who file such reports. A copy of FinCENs advisory can be read here.
Pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act, codified partially at 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5332, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to require financial institutions to keep records and file reports that the Secretary determines to have a high degree of usefulness in criminal and tax matters as well as counter-terrorism and anti-money laundering compliance. One such report is the SAR. Generally speaking, a SAR is a report prepared by a financial institution regarding suspicious activity which may be indicative of a possible violation of law or regulation. See 31 U.S.C. § 5318 (g). Financial institutions submit completed SARs to FinCEN, the organization responsible for implementing the BSA. More information on FinCEN and its use of SARs can be found on its website here.
The unauthorized disclosure of a SAR is a violation of federal law. More specifically, financial institutions and their current and former directors, officers, employees, agents, and contractors are prohibited from disclosing: 1) that a SAR has been filed and 2) any information that would reveal the existence, or non-existence, of a SAR. Thus, financial institutions must be aware that the scope of potential unauthorized disclosures is broad. Violators can be subject to both civil and criminal liability. 31 U.S.C. § 5321 provides for civil penalties of up to $100,000 for each violation. See also 31 C.F.R. § 1010.820. Criminal penalties include fines of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 5 years. See 31 U.S.C. § 5322; 31 C.F.R. § 1010.840. In addition, financial institutions can be subject to civil money penalties for anti-money laundering (“AML”) compliance program deficiencies that led to the unauthorized disclosure of up to $25,000 for each day the AML program deficiency existed or continues.
FinCEN advises that financial institutions provide information relating to the requirement and scope of confidentiality of SAR and SAR related information as part of the institutions employee training programs. In addition, FinCEN advises that financial institutions take other risk reducing measures to reduce the risk of unauthorized disclosure including: 1) limiting access to SARs, 2) logging access to SARs, 3) using cover sheets on SAR and SAR relating information, and 4) providing electronic notices that highlight confidentiality requires before a person can access or disseminate the information. FinCEN also advises that if a financial institution or its counsel receives a subpoena or other request for a SAR from anyone other than an authorized government authority or a self-regulatory organization, then counsel should contact FinCENs Office of Chief Counsel.
If you have questions pertaining to SAR confidentiality, the BSA, anti-money laundering compliance or how to ensure that your business maintains regulatory compliance at both the state and federal levels, contact Fuerst Ittleman PL at contact@fidjlaw.com.
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Director: Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
Writer: Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, Mark Victor
Keywords: Oscar-nominated, horror, haunted house
Actor: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O'Rourke, Michael McManus, Virginia Kiser, Martin Casella, Richard Lawson, Zelda Rubinstein, Lou Perryman, Clair E. Leucart, James Karen, Dirk Blocker
Series: Poltergeist >>
Review date: 20 February 2009
Poltergeist is one of those films that's famous for extracurricular reasons.
The first is the small matter of who directed it. Spielberg was the writer-producer, was getting ready to shoot E.T. and had a clause in his Universal contract preventing him until then from directing any other film. Officially the director was Tobe "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Hooper. However as everyone knows, Spielberg is a colossus of his generation while Hooper, um, isn't. Soon enough stories were circulating about the production to make the Director's Guild of America open an investigation into whether Hooper's official credit was being denigrated by all these claims about Spielberg. In Spielberg's own words, they'd had a "rather unique, creative relationship".
E.T. and Poltergeist came out within a week of each other, incidentally. Time and Newsweek called it the Spielberg Summer.
The second concerns its rating. At first the MPAA saw Hooper's name and rated it R. Spielberg got this reduced on appeal, with no cuts, to a PG. In other words, he went in with a big smile and said, "Hey, guys, it's me." This is of course hilarious and gave the world probably its only out-and-out PG horror film, in a similar trick to that which Spielberg had already pulled with Jaws. No, really. Admittedly this is just a haunted house film and thus has no fatalities and only a single gore shot. Even that's just the equivalent of a dream sequence. However it's a pretty spectacular effect (a man's face being pulled off) and more importantly the overall film could certainly reduce an entire nation of ten-year-olds to insane gibbering wrecks. Hell, even I jumped once or twice. Clown under the bed. Gyaaah.
Third is the Poltergeist curse. Of course with so many movies being made every year, by the law of averages some will have a higher mortality rate than others. That's inevitable. However even leaving aside the sequels, the incidents associated with this film include:
1. Dominique Dunne (age 22), murdered by her boyfriend before the year was out. She played the elder Freeling daughter.
2. Heather O'Rourke, who died of intestinal stenosis in 1988 after appearing in all three Poltergeist films. She was twelve at the time and was buried in the same cemetery as Dunne.
3. JoBeth Williams would come home from the set each day to find pictures on her wall askew. She'd straighten them, only to find them crooked again the next day.
4. The house in Simi Valley, California, that they used for exterior shots of the Freeling home was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
5. Tobe Hooper says he experienced poltergeist activity when he was a teenager. For several weeks after his father died, he saw things like doors breaking in, dishes flying around the house and more. Okay, that's not really part of the curse, but it's still worth mentioning.
The film itself has Spielberg's name tattooed on its backside. This would make a fascinating double bill with E.T., in which another child comes face to face with the unknown. (Spielberg found Drew Barrymore in the Poltergeist auditions.) Both films are full of charm where you wouldn't expect it. Both are absolutely centred on their family, which is evoked with love, realism and some remarkably deft handling of child actors. Note the way in which we start with everyone being childish and shitty to each other. You'd expect it of the brats and their remote-controlled car, but check out Dad with his football game or Mum with her canary compassion bypass. I laughed when O'Rourke caught her about to flush it down the toilet. Naturally the deceased pet gets a proper burial after all, only to appear to suffer two completely different disinterral indignities. This is reflecting in miniature the backstory for the whole film, incidentally.
However after establishing that these people are real, we then go on to find that they're also charming. They're a lovely family. They care for each other. Dad knows things about thunderstorms. They have fun, non-cliched reactions like Mum's excitement on successfully demonstrating a moving chair to her husband. O'Rourke is the main focus of the poltergeist activity, but she's also offhand and even sometimes bored when talking about them. She calls them the "TV people" because they talk to her from the white noise of the TV. What's particularly remarkable about this cast is their effect on the film's tone. It's a positive experience, despite the fact that it's working in a genre that tends to be dour and unrelenting. Compare it with The Amityville Horror, for instance. Both films are outrageously silly, but Poltergeist manages to be scarier and yet also much more fun to watch.
Here's just one example of how much detail went into portraying the Freelings. How many films take the trouble to characterise the dog? It's always thinking with its stomach, but what's more they've chosen the right breed and made it a Golden Retriever. If you want a greedy dog, it's either them or Cocker Spaniels.
Back to the film. Did I call it "silly"? Make no mistake, the special effects are some of the biggest you'll ever see. It's not that they're going apeshit all over the place, because they're not. The number of effects-heavy scenes is less than it looks. It's just that almost every single one is mind-blowing, taking anything that might smack of subtlety and killing it with an axe. The tree! Oh my sainted aunt, the tree. It's doing what Carpenter also managed that year in The Thing, in that its special effects are so extreme that you soon decide that there are no limits whatsoever on what might happen next. Subtlety is good, but I can hardly imagine a better example of how to go the other way. Although having said that, even Spielberg can't stop the finale from tipping over into Goofyland.
If they remade this film, I dare say we'd all be calling it yet more CGI-laden silliness. Oh, I see they are. Might be a laugh.
The film isn't without problems. I've already mentioned the climax, which starts heading downhill around the time of the gigantic fleshy orifice. The psychic investigators talk a lot of hogwash, which I'm not sure even the scriptwriters really understood. Towards the light? Away from the light? Eh? If anyone can explain that to me, I'm all ears. It's also hard to hear anything said by the psychic dwarf, although, well, she's a psychic dwarf. Respect is due.
Overall, this film blew me away. I wouldn't say it's particularly good, but that's because at the end of the day it's telling a stupid story in the most outrageously unsubtle way imaginable. Nevertheless I adored that lack of subtlety. I love the way the film shortcuts the usual official scepticism from the psychic investigators, even if it's hard to suspend one's disbelief at phenomena that are so over-the-top and so willing to perform on cue for witnesses. If the world really operated like that, the Ghostbusters would be one of the regular emergency services. (That's a film that wouldn't exist without Poltergeist, incidentally. It came out two years later, you know.) There's no death or nudity, but I can live with that.
Despite what you'd expect this is Nice Spielberg, which is bizarre given what's pretty much the only no-questions horror film on his resume. You've got Jerry Goldsmith doing his best John Williams impersonation. However most importantly you've got a Spielberg Family and in this genre, that's something special.
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Why ‘Mad Men’ Fans Want Megan Draper to Die
buzz | By Elisabeth Donnelly | May 23, 2014
It is the dumb Internet theory that won’t, well, die: in the sixth season of Mad Men, Megan Draper (played by Jessica Paré), Don’s second wife, wore a T-shirt that was the same T-shirt worn by the late actress Sharon Tate in a 1967 Esquire shoot. This led people to theorize that, like Sharon Tate, who was one of the victims of the Charles Manson murders in 1969, Megan was not long for this world.
But the obsession over the possibility of a tragic end for Megan speaks to something different than just generalized bloodlust. I don’t think that Megan is going to die, despite the fact that the Mad Men team has kept the flame alive with a series of Tate/Manson/slightly ominous and gloomy references, whether it’s Sally reading Rosemary’s Baby or Megan’s new place in the LA canyons, where you can only hear the coyotes.
I think the fact that Megan’s ominous end has taken hold of the audience’s imagination speaks to this: who is Megan Draper as a character? What does she even stand for? The struggle of French-Canadian immigrants in the ’60s? The difficulties of being pretty and smart and charming and marrying rich and having everything you want just come to you? (Peggy wrote that, obviously.) Mad Men is a show that has very well-drawn female characters. Joan, Peggy, Betty, Sally: you can talk about their wants and desires, their struggles for definition against the tides of the times.
For awhile, in the fifth season, Megan made sense. She was a foil to all the other female characters. Don marrying her led to Joan and Peggy’s mutual WTF scene in Joan’s office. Peggy has been completely befuddled by Megan’s charmed life plenty of times. When she was working in the office, her conflicts with Don were organic. Megan’s wacky Canadian family was the engine behind one of the best episodes, “At the Codfish Ball,” in which Sally realizes that the world is “dirty.”
But I would argue that ever since Don walked away from Megan, dressed up like a fairytale princess in a commercial for Butler shoes, she hasn’t had much to do. Part of this was by choice, of course — much of Mad Men Season 6 was devoted to Don’s affair with Sylvia Rosen (Linda Cardellini). Megan was in the dark about that affair, and mostly caught up in her new life as a soap actress. But much of Megan’s foray into acting has been far in the background, seeming like a lark and a whim. Perhaps that’s because, while Mad Men has always been fascinated by Hollywood, movies, and images, it’s mostly ignored the day-to-day grind of Megan’s acting. It’s been an opportunity for ’60s references and not much more.
Season 7 has been even worse for the character. Since Megan moved to Los Angeles to further her career, she’s far away from the action of the show. The only person she’s interacting with is Don. Sterling Cooper & Partners does have an LA office, but Don visiting Megan and SC&P out there wasn’t much of a possibility, for plot reasons. Rumor has it Megan is not doing quite as well in Los Angeles, at least career-wise, but we don’t see her fail. We just see her becoming more petulant when she’s with Don, flailing for attention.
The first half of Season 7 has seemed like a slow-burn break-up between Megan and Don. They’re in a long-distance relationship, and, worryingly, they have little-to-no sexual tension when Don walks through the door in California. (Long-distance relationships with no sex are relationships that are basically over.) They fight over something in nearly every scene they have together, and there’s nothing keeping them tied to each other as a family. Not the world’s saddest threesome. Certainly not any children. The distance between these two characters doesn’t make for good TV, or even entertaining TV. It’s so lacking in stakes or emotional context that it feels like they keep replaying their breakup every week.
If Matthew Weiner were to do it, to have Megan murdered and pregnant and alone, it would be trashy to no end, but it would also give Don some emotions to play, some reason to have feelings for Megan besides the fact that she’s very pretty and talented at things and likes to have the attention of the room. It could give the audience a reason to care about Megan, too, beyond the fact that she’s Don Draper’s second wife. Betty is also very separate from the show’s one true romance (which is the office, of course, and everyone in there), but she is also the mother of Don’s children — and frankly, one of the most interesting female characters on the show, laden with the burden of the ’50s and seething with rage. Between the writing and January Jones, you could write whole separate adventures about what Betty’s day is like.
Megan, on the other hand, is a cipher. She remains a mystery, even three seasons in, and that’s a combination of the writing and Jessica Paré’s flat acting. The mystery was fun in Season 5, but it’s been growing tiresome ever since. We’ll always have “Zou Bisou Bisou,” though, won’t we?
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The World’s First Cannabis Arbitration Institute Wants To Take The Legal Uncertainty Out Of The Pot Business
by smix » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:51 am
URL: http://www.ibtimes.com/worlds-first-can ... ot-2220935
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Description: At the time, the lawsuit must have seemed like an open-and-shut case. In August 2010, Arizona entrepreneurs Mark Haile and Michele Hammer each loaned $250,000 to Today's Health Care II, aka “THC,” a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado Springs, Colorado. But in March 2011, THC defaulted on its loan, which meant that, according to the contract, the dispensary had to repay the principal loan at a default interest rate of 21 percent. When THC didn’t do so, the two lenders sued the business in Arizona Superior Court in order to enforce their agreement. That didn’t happen. That April, Judge Michael McVey threw out the lawsuit. The dismissal wasn’t due to errors in the contract or mistakes made by Haile or Hammer. The problem was the loan was for a marijuana business. In his ruling, which he admitted was “harsh,” McVey noted: “The explicitly stated purpose of these loan agreements was to finance the sale and distribution of marijuana. This was in clear violation of the laws of the United States. As such, this contract is void and unenforceable.” In other words, because marijuana is still federally illegal, judges are free to rule that all contracts and business arrangements related to marijuana are illegal, too. Four years later, much has changed in the marijuana movement: Now four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana, with potentially several more on the way next year. But the specter of business contracts being unenforceable still haunts the industry. Business deals, financial loans, lease agreements, employment contracts, banking arrangements, intellectual property rights -- all of these vital matters and many more could be invalidated in court based on marijuana’s federal status. And in some instances, they have. “The cannabis industry is in a weird position because a lot of issues that other industries might handle in the court system are a little more fraught in the marijuana industry because everything brings up federal oversight, federal illegality, conflicts between state and federal law,” says Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. “There is just this added wild card any time you are looking into the court system.” Now three Coloradans believe they’ve found a solution. They’re launching the Cannabis Dispute Resolution Institute (CDRI), a Denver nonprofit that aims to be the world’s first arbitration organization focused on marijuana. In a scene awash in Snoop-branded pot strains, designer marijuana handbags and smartphone-enabled grow machines, a marijuana arbitration institute might sound like the least exciting enterprise imaginable. But its founders say they’ve hit upon the sort of legal protection and stability all of these other businesses desperately need. That’s because according to the Federal Arbitration Act and repeated court decisions, arbitration arrangements are legally binding -- even if the matters being arbitrated are potentially illegal in the eyes of the court. In short, CDRA aims to use federal arbitration law to circumnavigate federal drug law. “The industry is being denied access to justice,” says Michael Reilly, one of CDRI’s principal founders and chairman of its advisory board. “Through arbitration, we can end up with a legal resolution to a dispute. There is a chance to be on the leading edge of this whole process.”
Love Of Arbitration
Like many diving into marijuana business endeavors, the three men behind CDRI are fervent advocates. But unlike most people in this space, their No. 1 passion isn’t cannabis; it’s arbitration. Todd Wells, CDRI’s executive director, tends to launch into tangents on the vagaries of international trade agreements and first came up with the idea of a cannabis dispute-resolution institute while running students through mock coffee-industry arbitrations at the University of Denver’s law school, where he’s an adjunct professor. He looped in one of his students, Tay Minshall, who dresses in slick designer suits, references his astrological sign and dabbled in various social entrepreneurial ventures before becoming fascinated by international trade law. Then came Reilly, whose long and varied career had already stretched from the tech industry to the oil and gas business before he went to law school and decided he wanted to break into arbitration. The trio realized that everything they loved about arbitration -- the way it spans borders and legal jurisdictions; the way it’s geared toward prompt and private resolutions; the way arbitration institutes bring deep expertise to the industries they’re focused on -- made it the perfect tool for the cannabis industry. And while there are growing concerns that arbitration businesses are bypassing court systems to the benefit of corporations and detriment of consumers, the three are confident these same developments can help ease the marijuana movement’s legal woes. Federal law and several U.S. Supreme Court decisions have indicated that arbitration is a valid and, when required by arbitration clauses, mandatory legal avenue, even when the matter being arbitrated is illegal under federal or state law. And once arbitration is concluded, and one or both parties take the decision to a state court to be converted into a legal judgment, the court must do so despite the illegalities of the underlying contract, according to a 1908 Supreme Court decision. And thanks to the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution, other states must abide by that judgment, no questions asked. “The delicious irony is the Supreme Court has been unbelievably friendly to the enforcement of arbitration agreements,” says Sam Kamin, a marijuana law professor at the University of Denver. “You take a pro-corporate Supreme Court and pro-corporation rulings and you use them to benefit countercultural businesses. It’s too good.” For CDRI, the first step will be to get marijuana businesses around the country and beyond to include its model arbitration clause in their contracts and agreements. The clauses will call for business disputes to be arbitrated by the institute and resulting decisions to be confirmed by a Colorado state court, because the state currently boasts some of the most thorough and cannabis-friendly legal decisions in the country. (People and businesses can choose to arbitrate disputes through CDRI even if they don’t have such a clause in their original agreement.) The resulting arbitrations will be conducted by one of CDRI’s roster of arbitrators, all of whom will be prohibited from voiding contracts simply because they’re related to marijuana. While most of these arbitrators will likely be lawyers, some will instead be CDRI-trained marijuana industry alums, to handle disputes related to issues like product quality.
While CDRI likely won’t officially launch until sometime next summer, some in the marijuana industry are already excited about the endeavor. Christian Monson, general counsel for MJardin, a Denver marijuana cultivation company, welcomes the legal safeguards that could come with marijuana arbitration. “We enter into long-term contracts with our clients,” he says. “And one of the issues is, ‘What if, in year seven, we have a dispute? How do we get that resolved?’ Having an organization like CDRI gives us some reassurance that we will be protected.” But CDRI’s founders know not everyone is likely to appreciate their services. As Wells says, “When we talk to attorneys, we have to be somewhat sensitive. In one way, we are telling them they are committing malpractice. But we also think we are providing them a good way to solve that.” There's another challenge facing CDRI: If the federal government softens its position on marijuana, resolving business issues through the court system will no longer be such a dicey proposition. But those behind CDRI insist that there would still be a need for an arbitration institute that specializes in the complexities of marijuana issues, especially as the industry goes global and international trade issues increasingly come into play. After all, Wells points out, most globally traded commodities have specialized dispute-resolution procedures, and as CDRI notes in a PowerPoint presentation explaining its business, “Cannabis and hemp may very well become the number one legally traded commodity on Earth.” That means that those who corner the market on marijuana arbitration could stand to gain financially. Wells admits: “When we started telling law firms around Denver about what we were doing, most people sat there and said, ‘How are you trying to make money off of me?” But he insists he’s not out to make a killing. The operation is awaiting 501c3 nonprofit approval from the IRS, and is aiming for a first-year operating budget of just $250,000. Instead, Wells says he and his colleagues are pursuing the endeavor because they want to put their passion for arbitration into action. “It is very interesting law to me and I love the opportunity to apply all this arbitration law knowledge I’ve gained over the past 10 years,” he says. Founding cannabis’ premier arbitration institute in Denver could also be a way to keep Colorado a center for the marijuana industry, even as legalization spreads across the country and beyond. “We want to plant a flag in Colorado soil,” Wells says. “We want to make this the permanent headquarters for the marijuana industry. We deserve it.” It’s why CDRI is in talks with the National Cannabis Industry Association, also based in Denver, about potential future collaborations. Finally, while bringing a notoriously pro-corporation dispute-resolution mechanism into the cannabis industry might be cause for concern among those who are already afraid that big-money interests are taking over the marijuana movement, Wells insists that CDRI isn’t just about helping marijuana businesses. It’s also about fixing the arbitration industry so it benefits everyone, he says. Among other things, CDRI arbitrations will allow parties the right to discovery, which many arbitration proceedings now limit, meaning that relevant company records won't be able to be concealed as part of the process. And when one of the parties is a consumer or an employee, the company on the other side of the dispute will shoulder 70 percent of arbitration costs. “Arbitration has gone completely overboard in America,” Wells says. “We are taking a very different approach. We are trying to push the pendulum back in the other direction. Instead of arbitration being seen as obtrusive to the little guy, we at least want an equal playing filed and a fair fight.”
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With Watson Supercomputer,Artificial Intelligence Comes To Cancer Care
Watson is an artificial intelligence computer system invented by IBM.The machine was particularly developed to answer questions on the quiz show “Jeopardy”. In the show,it consistently surpassed its human opponents on the game’s signaling device.Being a perfect example of a battle between man and machine,the super computer gained recognition all over.
As a matter of fact,Watson’s role at Jeopardy was amusing and entertaining.It is not just good at answering the quiz questions but can also diagnose medical problems,claim scientists.A new report from the New York Times shows that IBM Watson is ready for a new challenge i.e.,advising clinicians on the treatment of cancer.
IBM in association with WellPoint, Inc., and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center announced this new venture along with a set of utilization management tools to bring Watson’s powerful abilities to more industries which might give IBM an edge in the field of “big data”.
Watson has spent an year analyzing data on cancer treatments from the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Center and is now being offered as a cloud-based application for determining the best course of action for cancer patients.It has been learning how to practice medicine through simulations carried out using an app IBM created.
Previously,Watson succeeded as a diagnostic assistant at a few medical centers.The new Watson projects assist in the development of new pharmaceutical drugs, and can also predict when industrial machines will need maintenance.By using advances in natural language processing and analytics,it is able to process information and has improved by 240% in system performance since its Jeopardy confinement,according to the press statement.
The Watson product in oncology i.e.,the study of tumors,helps to identify individualized treatment options for patients with cancer.In other words,with the help of it,oncologists anywhere will be able to access detailed treatment options to help them decide how best to care for a patient.
To prepare for its work in oncology,scientists has taken about 600,000 pieces of medical evidence, 2 million pages of texts from medical journals, and 1,500 lung-cancer cases.Watson searched through 1.5 million patient records and assisted doctors with evidence-based treatment options in seconds.
In near future,this intelligent computer will start seeing actual patients and it will take data from a person’s chart, crunch it through some algorithms, and advice with the course of treatment to be given.
For example, it might suggest two courses of chemotherapy, but it will also say that it has a 90 percent level of confidence in one and just 75 percent in the other. That’s when an actual doctor would come in and make the final decision.
“Ultimately, we expect this comprehensive, evidence-based approach will profoundly enhance cancer care by accelerating the dissemination of practice-changing research at an unprecedented pace.”Craig B. Thompson, MD, the president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said in a statement.
As the data is compiled,Watson is being offered as an app that is accessible through a computer that will compare a cancer patient’s medical records with Watson’s index.It is expected to become more efficient as it works more around the hospital.
The application is presently used and owned by WellPoint and is set to be adopted by medical groups at the Maine center for Cancer Medicine and WestMed in Westchester County, New York.
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The New Marvel: 'New Avengers'
The New Marvel is a series that looks at the changes that the mega-comic empire made following the events of Avengers vs. X-Men and the impact that those changes have on the stories of Marvel NOW! Six issues (or more) into each Marvel NOW! title, we see what our favorite characters are up to and what to keep an eye out for in the future.
A secret cabal of the most powerful and influential men in the world meet every now and then to discuss the way the world should be run. Dubbed the Illuminati, the group formed right after the initial Kree-Skrull conflict and has been keeping tabs on Earth’s goings-on for years. Guided by their concept of good and right, these men come together once more to protect an endangered Earth in a more direct fashion, and while they may not be Luke Cage’s team, they are the New Avengers..
MINOR SPOILERS BELOW
Covering Issues #1-6
While the idea of an all-powerful, influential, clandestine group of do-gooders protecting the Earth and “guiding” it in the right direction is certainly appealing, I don’t see how this really has anything to do with the Avengers. Everyone in the group has either been on an Avengers team at one point or served alongside them in battle, but that doesn’t automatically make them an official part of the Avengers. I feel as though they really should have named the series Illuminati since those are the main characters, and while I know he’s a central figure of the Illuminati, the presence of Reed Richards goes against his current life in the Fantastic Four titles (as well as Steve Rogers’s presence in everything that isn’t Captain America). At least they do a somewhat decent job of explaining Tony Stark’s “absence” through the use of his technology. I’m pretty disappointed that this is considered an Avengers title, though the premise of the series itself is excellent.
Going forward, I’d really like to see an addition of a female member to the group; while the Illuminati does consist of some very famous and iconic Marvel superheroes, it is very much dominated by men, and I can’t begin to think that there isn’t at least one female superhero who is as influential and powerful in the shared Marvel 616 universe. Even though there are female supporting characters in the title, it isn’t the same as having them on the team itself, but I also don’t want a woman to be added to the team just to fill a quota. I want it to be an earned position, which I know there are plenty of female heroes out there capable of doing. It really isn’t much to ask for or expect from a group of do-gooders.
I would also like to know just what happened to the old New Avengers team. Despite having a decent end to the series in 2012, there was no reason given to what happened to them, and it has left me wondering just what went on. If you’ve read the older series, you’ll remember that Luke Cage left the team to spend time with his family, but there were still plenty of other superheroes around that were still on the team. While some of them have been added to the roster in the Avengers title, not all have. So, come on, Marvel. Fill me in on the backstory that’s been bugging me for months: what happened to the “old” New Avengers?
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Maxx Williams: Ready for NFL, Not Ready to Impact!
Gene Clemons, FBGP Analyst
Many believe that Minnesota Redshirt Sophomore tight end Maxx Williams played his final game for the Golden Gophers in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl. After a seven catch, 97 yard day which included a highlight, double hurdle, 54-yard touchdown reception, it seems like that decision would be the correct one. His size 6’4” 250 pounds and athleticism certainly agree. His versatility in the passing game makes NFL fans who appreciate the passing game agree. He certainly fits the mold of the new breed of pass-receiving tight end.
But the NFL is fickle. The most successful pass-catching ends are either matchup nightmares because of their height and athleticism (Jimmy Graham, Julius Thomas) or because they possess the ability to catch and block in-line effectively (Rob Gronkowski, Dwayne Allen). Guys who possess only one of those abilities not only see their draft stock drop, but they end up as journeymen in the NFL. This is the category that Williams must try to avoid if he does not want to be a predictable spot duty guy in the NFL.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Troy Niklas, and Jace Amaro possessed the size, athleticism, and offensive skill to be day one draft picks but dropped in the draft because of their perceived lack of blocking ability. ASJ and Nicklas were labeled as a “work in progress in-line blocking” and many evaluators believed that Amaro was nothing more than an over-sized slot receiver. In all three cases they dropped to second round picks and spent the season playing in a platoon role.
The lone first round pick from the 2014 draft, Eric Ebron, has spent most of his rookie season in a three TE rotation where he serves as the “stretch the field” end. It’s hard to argue that any of those guys made a mistake by coming out after being selected in the first two rounds of the draft, but it’s easy to see that none were ready to make a significant contribution to their team. All four will probably have long NFL futures, but nobody can truly say they will be elite.
Florida State TE and Mackey Award winner Nick O’Leary had similar stats last season: 33 receptions, 557 yards, and seven touchdowns as Williams this season: 36 receptions, 569 yards, and eight touchdowns. However, O’Leary decided to come back to school this year to improve his stock by improving his in-line blocking. It no doubt will help him in his draft positioning and in his ability to make an impact on the field.
Williams impact for the Golden Gophers is undeniable. Just in the Citrus Bowl they lined him up out wide, in the slot, as a wing, sent him in motion, and yes even in-line. He blocked well in space versus defensive backs and linebackers, but he only asked to block in-line on backside cutoffs. The majority of that in-line blocking duty went to Senior Drew Goodger and Junior Lincoln Plsek. It is something that Williams would be relied on to do more if he returned next season.
Williams has desire and dedication similar to O’Leary, but he has not had the time. There is always the belief that players should get their professional clock started as soon as possible, but quality tight ends tend to have much longer careers than the average player. Williams needs to ask himself, “Is my goal to be in the NFL or be a factor in the NFL?” Another year would give him four in the program, allow him to finish his studies, and complete his metamorphosis from a 210-pound true freshman, who had never put his hand in the dirt, to the 2015 Mackey Award winner.
Oh, and most likely a more valuable NFL prospect.
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The Future is Very Bright in Arizona!
Ironically, on the same day that now former Michigan head coach Brady Hoke was fired, Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year. It’s interesting to note that the school who decided Rodriguez was not a worthy hire, a coach who truly embodies that sentiment, celebrated Hoke’s success with Rich Rod’s players and offensive scheme in his first season; and then watched as the kingdom came tumbling down during the next three seasons.
But this is not about Hoke’s failure or Michigan’s idiotic decision to fire Rodriguez. It’s not even about Rodriguez’s success this season. Let this serve as notice to everybody in the Pac-12 and beyond; there’s a new big dog on the block.
When Arizona takes on Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game, they will do so playing with house money. Nobody expects them to win the game. Many don’t think the game will be competitive…which is strange considering the Ducks have lost their previous two games against the Wildcats. For Arizona, this season is already a success. They could lose the Pac-12 Championship Game; they could even lose their bowl game and most likely still be ranked in the Top 25.
But next season, watch out!
If you think your head was spinning this year keeping up with the Cats, next year you may have to watch their game like you watch NASCAR: “There they go, there they went!” Remember the last time Rodriguez found the perfect quarterback for his offense? His West Virginia teams went 11-1 in 2005, 11-2 in 2006, and 10-2 in 2007 with Pat White at the helm. Two of those three seasons ended in BCS bowl games. Now he has Anu Solomon at Arizona, and “magically”, Rich Rod has another 10 win season after two impressive eight-win marks in his first two campaigns.
What makes this current season more impressive is that Arizona has put together such a phenomenal march to the Pac-12 title game relying mostly on kids. Seventeen of the 22 players on the Arizona offensive two deep are underclassmen. Thirteen of those 17 are freshmen and sophomores, including Pac-12 honorable mention players Solomon (rFR), sophomore wide receiver Caleb Jones, and true freshman running back Nick Wilson. The defense looks very similar with 14 of their 22 as underclassmen, 11 of those being freshmen or sophomores. Sophomore linebacker Scooby Wright was named the Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year.
Thirteen starters are expected to return for the Wildcats next season. Most of them are in key positions necessary to make the Rich Rodriguez machine run smoothly. All but one (two if you count their tight end) offensive skill position starters will return. The entire linebacker corps and their nose guard, will continue to man the defensive core. The kicker, second team all-conference punter Drew Riggleman, and both punt and kick returners will be back to solidify the special teams units.
When you add in the beautiful campus and phenomenal football facilities, thanks to renovations made to Arizona Stadium and the construction of the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility in 2013, it’s not hard to imagine that recruiting high-caliber athletes to Tucson will be easier and easier.
Regardless of the finish to this season, put your shades on because the future looks bright for the Wildcats. Rodriguez can be accused of many things, but he will never be accused of not knowing how to use talent. Thankfully for the Wildcats, the Gators decided to go the safe route and not reach out to Rich Rod. Unfortunately that’s bad news for the Pac-12!
2014 Florida Classic has a Plethora of Storylines
This Saturday will mark the 69th meeting of Florida A&M University and Bethune Cookman University on the gridiron and their 35th meeting in the Florida Blue Florida Classic. This game has become a premier sporting event in Florida and a national highlight for the Historically Black College and University community. For the schools and their alumni, this game represents bragging rights for an entire year, but for the teams it means so much more.
The BCU Wildcats are looking at this game as a must-win if they want to keep their playoff hopes alive. Cookman has put together another good season under head coach Brian Jenkins who in his five seasons, has amassed a 45-14 record at the helm of the Wildcats. He has led BCU to three FCS playoff bids and they were looking poised to make a fourth appearance (third in a row) this season until they hit a hiccup last week. They traveled to Hampton University and the Pirates were able to pull off a 40-35 upset.
With that loss, Jenkins’ squad no longer holds their playoff destiny in their hands. BCU needs a win, and some help, to capture the conference title and its automatic playoff bid. The only time the Wildcats have not reached the post season under Jenkins was in 2011 when, like this season, they lost three contests as well. In the other three seasons, the playoffs have not been kind to BCU; they have had one 2nd round exit and back-to-back 1st round losses the previous two seasons. If the Wildcats don’t get help, at least the win would leave them at 9-3 for the season with a win over their arch rival and the opportunity to earn an at-large bid.
The looming question will be if Jenkins, who is a fast-riser-up in the football ranks, will be courted heavily by FBS programs in the offseason. After the success the Wildcats have experienced over the past five seasons, one would surmise that the alumni are not ready to deal with life without Jenkins at the helm. He has definitely cemented himself as one of the best coaches in Bethune Cookman football history in only a short amount of time.
The FAMU Rattlers will look to “Strike and Strike again” after a season that has been less than stellar. It has seen the return of the world famous Marching 100 band. It has also seen the controversial departure of head coach Earl Holmes the week of FAMU’s homecoming game.
Holmes, a Rattler’s alum, rose up the ranks and was named the head coach in 2013 and was charged with creating a more sustainable winning culture. However, in only his second season at the helm, he was fired by newly appointed athletic director Kellen Winslow Sr. after only 19 games, and four days before homecoming. Holmes had amassed an unimpressive 3-14 record before winning the final two games before he was shown the door by Winslow. Firing the incumbent head coach when a new athletic director comes in is not abnormal, especially when the success has been minimal, but the timing was. Many alumni were unhappy with the timing of that decision and Winslow received plenty of backlash for it.
Just less than a week ago, the Rattlers added more fuel to their fire when the FAMU board of trustees issued a 6-3 vote of no confidence in Winslow even after he apologized for the timing of the aforementioned actions. So the green and orange will have mixed emotions going into the game. There will be some who believe their season was ripped from them just as it was getting on track. There will be others who believe that the shake up was needed to wake up a sleeping giant.
The Rattlers will be competing for pride and an opportunity to bond their community back together with a common goal; beating the Wildcats. They also have the added pleasure of ensuring that both seasons will come to an end concurrently if they are able to pull the upset. As always with a rivalry game, you can throw the records out the window.
For several individuals this game may represent their last opportunity to produce good film for pro evaluation. Most FCS programs struggle for national attention and that’s especially true for historically black colleges and universities because they are normally underfunded and their facilities fall short of some of the more prominent FCS programs. So when they get the opportunity to perform in the national eye they must take advantage. Many of the seniors have professional aspirations and this is a nationally televised audition for the next level. It’s potentially the last entry on their professional resume. How will they use this platform to help their team to victory and raise their individual profile as well?
On the other side of the spectrum are those who are playing their final football game ever. It definitely snuck up on them and they finally realize the significance of this rivalry. They have most likely spent the entire week talking about past Classics they have competed in with freshmen who are about to experience it for the first time. “You will remember this week and these games forever!”
For those people on the outside looking to simply enjoy the spectacle, this is a week full of concerts, fraternity and sorority parties, fundraisers, bands, bands, bands, and a football game. This contest will be consumed by people sporting hangovers with heads full of newly etched memories that will be shared with others and hoping they can leave with an overall positive outlook on the HBCU football atmosphere.
It’s love, it’s hate, it’s passion, extremes, a fight for respectability on the field, the standard of excellence in music and the hope of national equality. These are teams that are regionally known, bands that are nationally acclaimed, and an event that is universally recognized as a must experience in college football. It’s the Florida Blue Florida Classic and if you don’t know, you better ask somebody!
College Football Committee Decision Ripples
You should be thankful you are not a member of the college football selection committee because this is the week that things will get real. They have a tough task ahead and they may have made their own job more difficult.
If you ask most of the experts, the reign of the Mississippi State Bulldogs as the number one team in the nation will end this weekend when they face the fifth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa. If that prediction comes true, many believe that the rankings will be shaken up, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s a chance that the changes in the top four could be as simple as one team moving out and the next moving in.
Unfortunately, for the college football selection committee this is finally the week where their consistency will be put to the test. With the release of their first rankings, they set the precedent for not overreacting to “good losses” they ranked Ole Miss and Auburn in the top four despite having recent losses. They realized that any SEC West team would have a near impossible time making it unblemished through their conference schedule.
They have been reluctant to move Alabama back into the top four and many outsiders believe that they did it because they knew the “Tide” could win their way back in. If Mississippi State loses their first game of the year to a top five team on the road, how will they be able to justify not giving them the same respect they showed Auburn and Ole Miss?
For that reason, if the Bulldogs lose on Saturday, they will still be a top four team. The only reasonable drop for the number one team in the nation is to number four, especially in lieu of the opponent. If this comes to fruition, then either TCU or FSU (as long as they both win) will drop out of the top four. If TCU drops out then it will show that the selection committee doesn’t respect the BIG 12 as much as the SEC West. If FSU is dropped, it will show that the committee cares more about the way you win, rather than simply winning. They’ve already started down that road by allowing a one-loss Oregon team to leap over the Seminoles because their undefeated record has not been as impressive this season as it was last season.
The reverberations of these actions are why you see teams beginning to ‘run up the score’ again and throwing sportsmanship out the window. It will not only be important to win, but to win by a substantial margin to impress the committee. This has prompted Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher to state that he would not compromise his beliefs in order to placate the selection committee. “I’m hoping to hold the integrity of the game higher than everybody else. If people on the committee can’t see that, then that’s it. We’ll play the game the way it’s supposed to be played.”
Because the BCS was formed to take a lot of the human bias out of selection, teams were more inclined to put the backups in and/or turn off the pressure in a lopsided game because the computers didn’t consider margin of victory. Over the years this has allowed teams to keep their starters fresher, and give their backups more experience in game.
The earlier actions of the committee may have backed them into a corner. If Alabama beats the Bulldogs, and the other three top four teams win, they are going to make a decision that they won’t be able to explain away with metrics or by their previous actions. The amount of scrutiny and second guessing in the air would be palpable. It’s when we will find out if public perception has the power to sway the thoughts of the committee.
Say what you want about the BCS, but their computers couldn’t read the negative feedback received from their decisions. That’s the beauty of impartiality and anonymity. It’s something the selection committee will find out about 10 minutes after their rankings are released on Tuesday.
Let’s Be Real About K-State
Listen to any college football talk show, to any analysis and breakdown of teams with a chance to appear in the college football playoff and you will hear the name Kansas State. These analysts say things like “Kansas State should have more respect nationally” or “Watch out for Kansas State” but the truth is why? Why should we? What have they ever done to make us believe they are legitimately a national title contender?
This is going to come off as disrespecting Kansas State, and that’s fine if people want to grab at low hanging fruit, but truthfully it’s not. They should be commended for the way they keep themselves competitive. It’s hard for any program when they have to heavily populate their roster with junior college transfers and elite-level program cast offs. When you compare that to Kansas University and their inability to put a quality program on the field, you are even more impressed by what Kansas State has done. However, when “experts” defend your right to be a top 4 team by citing a close loss to a top program the argument falls flat on its face.
Let’s look at the two biggest reasons the arguments for K-State just don’t hold much water.
1. Their schedule’s not that great.
Auburn is the best game and they lost. Before someone says that they played them tough, understand that there have been a few teams that have played Auburn tough and throughout the years, top teams have been tested by teams they are better than. The object is to win, they didn’t, and they were at home.
Oklahoma was a good win but it could have easily been another good loss. The problem with taking credit for a good loss is that you have to take criticism for a close win. Many still believe they Oklahoma is a better football team than K-State.
While the Auburn loss was considered a “good loss” the Iowa State win has to be a “bad win.” When you barely beat a team who routinely loses to FCS opponents, how can you stake a claim to be one of the best teams in the nation? Kansas State could have easily lost that game and if they did, we would consider them just another bad team in the Big 12.
K-State’s other opponents are teams that are not only unranked but are nowhere near the upper echelon of college football.
2. They don’t pass the eyeball test.
Name a player on the Kansas State roster. In fact, other than Collin Klein name any player on the Kansas State roster in the last three years. In those three years Arthur Brown was the highest NFL draft pick for the Wildcats as a second round pick. Overall they have only had six players drafted in that time.
Their offense doesn’t scare you. There are no backs that put fear in your heart. The quarterback doesn’t seem to have the ability to win the game on his own. Their receiving Corp and offensive line are nondescript. The defense is essentially the same. K-State reminds you of the movie where a bunch of discarded rag tag players come together to form a champion. The problem is that in the real world those teams are nice stories but never win it all.
That’s what K State is. They are very nice story, of a nice teen, with a nice coach, but they’re not nearly the best team in the nation. On a neutral site with the chips on the line you can’t have faith that Kansas State is going to pull off a win against one of the top teams in the nation.
Despite the results of their game versus the University of Georgia, it seems safe to say that, barring a miracle, University of Florida head football coach Will Muschamp has had an unsuccessful tenure at the helm of the Gators. This season is the culmination of ineptitude on the offensive side of the ball. The Gators no longer resemble the high-flying, high powered, offensive juggernaut that brought two national championships to Gainesville.
The one thing that has remained consistent at the University of Florida is its defense. Muschamp came to Gainesville known as a great defensive coach and in his time with the Gators, he has done nothing to change that perception. Florida’s defense had been one of the tops in the nation since Muschamp’s arrival. While he continues to miss the mark on the offensive side and picking offensive coordinators, he continually hits on stellar defensive recruits, and he knows how to use them correctly.
When he is relieved of his duties as head coach, he will certainly have an opportunity to take the reins at a lower level university. He could also take a break from coaching and be an analyst on some Saturday morning college football show. What he should do is go back to doing what he does best; coaching defense.
He should look no further than Gator rival Florida State as a perfect landing spot!
Florida State has enjoyed success throughout the Jimbo Fisher era. They are currently on a historic run that has yielded one national championship, one Heisman Trophy winner, and currently in position to make a run at a second consecutive undefeated season and national crown.
While the Florida State defense has been scary good over the past several seasons, this year the defense has looked pedestrian. As they break in more inexperienced players and their third defensive coordinator in three seasons, the quality of play on the defensive side of the ball has waned.
Over the past two seasons, Florida State has watched eleven defensive starters be snatched up in the NFL draft. They also watched their first defensive coordinator under Jimbo Fisher, Mike Stoops, become the head football coach at the University of Kentucky. The second defensive coordinator, Jeremy Pruitt, left to take the same position at Georgia after only one season on the job with the Seminoles.
Current FSU defensive coordinator Charles Kelly has not been able to produce the consistency and dominance that the past two coordinators have. It could simply be a result of players not maturing as quickly as they’d like or it could be that while Kelly is a fine coach, he just needs now time to find the right formula for this current Seminole defense. Either way it seems that as of right now, if the Seminoles do not repeat, it will be a direct result of an under-performing defense.
What Muschamp would bring is another respected mind on the defensive side of the ball. It would allow Kelly to focus strictly on defensive backs, while Muschamp devised the game plan to allow the Seminoles to take advantage of their vast amount of defensive talent. If the many reports that this will be Jameis Winston’s final season in Tallahassee are true, the defense will need to be greatly improved as Jimbo Fisher breaks in a new quarterback.
What makes this an easy transition, is that Fisher and Muschamp have a great relationship. They even own a beach house together, which they purchased together when they were both on the staff at LSU under Nick Saban. They have remained good friends and Muschamp would satisfy everything that Fisher would want in a defensive coordinator. It would also give Muschamp the opportunity to rehabilitate his career and eventually take another chance at being a head coach at a premier university.
Gators fans would hate it, which would be another reason that it would be great move for the Seminoles. They should even consider bringing him on immediately following their rivalry game to help them prepare for the college football playoff.
It’s an out-of-the-box move, but if Fisher is dedicated to continuing to improve his team, he can’t be naive enough to think that the answers will always come from within.
A College Football Compromise
There has been a long debate about whether or not college football student-athletes should be paid. Football is only one of two (men’s basketball) major revenue generating sports in college athletics. The debate was heated last season when for Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was accused of taking money to sign memorabilia. This season, the discussion seems even more explosive as Georgia running back Todd Gurley and reigning Heisman Trophy winner, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston deal with similar issues as Manziel.
It’s illegal to make money off of your image or likeness according to the NCAA, which seems ridiculous because they essentially are saying its okay for us to profit off your name but you can’t do the same. This type of hypocrisy angers some but others feel it is a fair exchange. NCAA student-athletes receive scholarships that cover their tuition, room, and board. They are also afforded the opportunity to travel around and have all expenses paid for. Many of those same people believe that the only reason a large majority of these athletes are in institutions of higher education is because of athletics and those student-athletes could care less about the student part. They feel as if these young men are squandering a free education.
Both points are valid and in an effort to never provide criticism without solution, there is a way that both sides can be appeased. It’s a fair exchange that the NFL should be on board with as well. After all, student-athletes are the one’s that drive jersey sales and are promoted on media guides and posters. They are the ones who are sacrificing their bodies for their school so they should be given some slice of an extremely large pie. But, there is no excuse for a player to spend four, five, and even six years in school and not receive at least one degree; that’s just wasteful.
The Compromise!
College players should have the option to profit off their image and likeness. But if they do, they have to get a college degree before they can declare for the NFL. The last four starting quarterbacks for Florida State all received their degrees and it seemed as if Winston wanted to do the same, but all of this trivial stuff surrounding him may force him to move on and forgo the two years of eligibility he has remaining. He has been a revitalizing force in Tallahassee and he should be able to live out his college career while profiting from the millions that FSU is making because of him.
If a player chooses not to profit off their image or likeness, they can declare for the NFL after two seasons instead of three. This is especially effective for those players who are simply in college to play professionally because football, has no farm system and they want to get out as soon as possible. Jadeveon Clowney wasted a year of his NFL career protecting himself against injury because of the three years removed from high school rules. It was clear Clowney didn’t want to be in college so why force him to?
A student-athlete will have the right at any time during his collegiate career to opt into the career student-athlete track which would make him eligible to receive compensation for his likeness. When Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott arrived in college he had to fight for his position and once he took it, he established himself as one of the best signal callers in the SEC. As a result, the Bulldogs have experienced unprecedented success so why should he not be allowed to make money when his value is the highest. Many evaluators don’t believe he is an NFL caliber quarterback so college is his only true opportunity to cash in on his talent. He is a guy who is likely to stay and receive his degree so the school wins, the player wins, and everybody is happy.
There are so many football players that love the college experience and it gives them their final years of sophomoric freedom before they have to live in an adult world and make mature decisions. It’s a shame when a young man is forced to accelerate this process based solely on financial concerns. This would bridge that gap while supplying them with something far more valuable than money: an education.
College football would produce more mature and level-headed graduates to populate professional football and private industries, which would in turn, be better for their products.
Greed and selfishness is at the heart of the issues with the NCAA; it’s very similar to the AAU in the Steve Prefontaine days. We all know what happened to the AAU and how track and field continues to thrive today. The NCAA better wake up to this reality before it is overthrown for a better system.
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Congratulations Mississippi, But…
The state of Mississippi is flying high after last weekend. Mississippi State moved their record to 5-0 with a convincing win over Texas A&M and Ole Miss followed suit by upsetting Alabama. Both teams find themselves ranked third in the nation depending on what publication you follow. That’s rarified air for the state of Mississippi and it makes you wonder exactly how long they can stay that high.
The SEC, especially the SEC West, is a marathon not a sprint. It’s not won in a week but won, one week at a time. You can never get too high or too low because the one thing you can guarantee, especially now that the two Mississippi teams are good, is that the team you face next week will be a quality opponent. Both teams will find that out this weekend when they return to action.
Ole Miss has been on cloud nine since defeating Alabama. The Rebel fans rushed the field last week and tore the goal post down. The players had to get back to work on Tuesday and while receiving pats on the back and kudos for a job well done, they must prepare for a desperate Texas A&M squad. The Aggies, who are coming off a loss to Mississippi State, understand that two losses in their division will most likely put them on the outside looking in come SEC championship time. If Ole Miss wants to be taken seriously they must follow up the epic win over Bama with another win. If they allow the glow of the Bama victory to blind them from their ultimate goal, they could fall to a good Aggies squad.
The Bulldogs knew they were in for a rough stretch and after dispatching of Texas A&M they didn’t rush the field because they knew that their next test would be even tougher as they welcome Auburn who is currently ranked second in the nation. The Tigers were just in the national championship game last season so they know what playing in big games are like. This might be the biggest game in Bulldog history. Even if they find a way to win a game they will definitely be the underdog in, they will still have to navigate through games against an Improved Kentucky squad and SEC West foes, Arkansas, Alabama, and of course interstate rival Ole Miss.
The road to utopia in Mississippi is clear to see, but that road is full of dangers and perils. There is no guarantee both, or even one of the two Mississippi universities will get through the season unblemished. This season can really be an opportunity for these programs to build their profile up beyond one year and become a regular factor in the SEC West. The season can have an extremely positive effect on their recruiting and fundraising. Will Mississippi become football heaven? Can they run the table or even get into the playoffs this year? Are they one year away? Are they one-year wonders?
There are definitely more questions than answers right now and that’s okay because the answers will come by continuing to win. Winning is the ultimate equalizer. It will be interesting to see how winning will affect these two Mississippi universities. Will it motivate them to continue to strive for more or will it pacify them? Or are they just happy to get here in time to be considered as a prospect?
Stay Strong, Charlie!
Charlie Strong was named head coach at Texas on January 5th after the Longhorns brass exhausted every avenue to find their next head coach. Strong was by no means the first choice, or close to it, but he had to take this job. As a black man, Strong had to realize that minorities rarely have been afforded the opportunity to run the football program at a storied university. Strong also has to know that he will have less time to return the Longhorns to prominence.
This is just the way for minorities in these power positions. Strong is already taking heat in Austin because he is cleaning up a mess that the Mack Brown era left behind. In this climate of football, being wild and undisciplined, Strong is being criticized for trying to implement discipline and accountability. Media personalities like Danny Kannell and Paul Finebaum have led the charge against Strong and his tenure at Texas so far. These things are never surprising, especially when you consider the landscape of football especially in the South. While these football teams are filled with minority players, there is only a spattering of minority coaches.
Currently there are 13 minority heads coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Only seven of those coaches’ head power five conference schools and two are in charge of programs with historic national reach (Strong, Texas and Franklin, Penn State). The 13 minority head coaches reflect 10.1 percent of the 128 FBS universities. That is incredibly low percentage considering the amount of minority players they lead.
Why are minorities lacking representation in college football?
There seems to be no real answers but one of the thoughts is that college football is still an “old boys’ club” and they are still not willing to open the flood gates to minority coaches like they have to minority players. Like in the NFL, the problem goes much higher because there are only nine minority athletic directors in the FBS. I would venture to say that there are even less minority presidents. The question becomes how you get people to hire men that they can’t identify with? We normally attract people we feel most comfortable around and that seems to come back to race at some level. The changes have to be made from the top down and these minorities have to be given a chance to succeed or fail.
Brian Jenkins (Head Coach Bethune-Cookman)
The number of minority coaches represented at the Football Championship Subdivision (21.3%) doubles the FBS. That number is deceiving because it includes Historically Black College and University conferences. The SWAC (nine of 10 coaches are minorities) and the MEAC (10 of 11 coaches are minorities). When those two conferences are removed that percentage (6.9%) is even lower than the FBS. So there are no signs that change is coming from the bottom up.
When was the last time you saw a minority assistant coach from the NFL given an opportunity at a major university?
Name a minority coach who was able to go from successful high school head coach to power-five conference head coach in nine years a la Gus Malzahn?
Name a minority coach who has been given several opportunities at different FBS universities?
Qualified minority candidates are out there but it takes outside the box thinking to find them. In the NFL, you see position coaches receive head coaching jobs but you rarely ever see that at the collegiate level. With head coaches being figureheads and CEO’s now, isn’t it possible that a strong minority candidate may be a wide receivers coach, a defensive backs coach, or a special teams coordinator? They usually end up being great recruiters and that is the name of the game in college football. The Rooney rule in the NFL has not seemed to increase the number of minorities dramatically but it has stabilized it. The NCAA does not have a stabilization problem, but they definitely are not growing their minority numbers.
James Franklin (Head Coach, Penn State)
When do we stand up as a society and say that this is not right? When do we leave the old world behind and step into the 21st century? Will recruits and parents even begin to look for programs being ran by men that look and possibly grew up similar to them? Can HBCU’s increase their profile to attract more prominent recruits?
There are far more questions than answers about this subject. The only answer I have is that if you give a quality minority coach an opportunity (like Charlie Strong) they will have success just like any other quality coach.
He is Twenty! Remember Twenty?
Do you remember when you were twenty?
You probably felt invincible and powerful, like the world was yours for the taking. You walked with confidence, spoke with a purpose, and pretended that you were listening to the advice of others. You were king of the jungle; queen of the night, and the world had no idea what was about to hit it. You ruled your campus and were looking to spread your empire very soon.
Or, were you invisible? Did you walk in anonymity? Did you hope for the admiration of others or just wish someone would talk to you? You probably thought to yourself that one day you would be seen for who you really are. The campus just didn’t get you but the world would appreciate what you have to bring to the table.
However your college career unfolded, when you were twenty you made some mistakes that you would never want anybody to know about. You did things publicly that were embarrassing but you did them knowing that in college everybody does stupid things. Even the most well adjusted student does things in college that they are not proud of. Research shows that women mature faster than men but female coeds do things that are rather forgettable, so of course men definitely will. Weather you were shy or gregarious in college you did things to either make people pay attention, or to raise/ keep up your status. Maybe we were just duped into doing something stupid. Peer pressure is real and it permeates throughout a college campus.
Imagine living that college life in front of cameras and social media. Imagine growing up in the public eye.
Jameis Winston was suspended yesterday for the first half of Florida State University’s ACC clash against Clemson University. While many might read these words and think that it is apologizing for Winston’s behavior think about this. These words, are not condoning Winston’s actions, they just explain them.
Over the past 24 hours, members of the media and every personal opinion from social media have said similar things.
“He just doesn’t get it.”
“He seems like and entitled punk.”
“He is being enabled.”
“He’s a baby.”
The commentary on social media became much worse than that and won’t be repeated here.
Here’s the truth. Who would get it? Who would not seem entitled? Of course he’s being enabled and yes he is a baby; he’s twenty!
For the record here’s what he has really done.
Let’s assume that he actually shot a BB gun through a window. Okay, many young men have done that. What is that supposed to represent?
He allegedly stole a soda from a fast food restaurant. How?
He was accused, ACCUSED, of sexual assault. He was not charged and therefore his actual crime was having sex with a young woman who had ulterior motives which is simply poor judgment.
He “stole” crab legs from a store but he says he just forget to pay. We can assume he stole them but we can also understand the narrative that he was ‘getting a hookup’ that went wrong. So let’s just file that under bad judgment.
This most recent “transgression” was Winston jumping on a table and screaming an obscenity.
The only thing of concern is the rape allegation because as a young man in the public eye who will soon earn millions of dollars, he has to be aware of women who have dollar signs in their eyes and are looking at Winston as a pay check and not as someone they are genuinely interested in.
Apparently these things have soured people on Winston. Mel Kiper dropped Winston from #3 to #25 on his big board. Did he become a worse football player because he screamed obscenities?
He’s been growing up in the public eye. Between the ages of 17-20 have been spent on ESPN and every other major sports outlet. Let’s remember, other the talented youngsters hitting speed bumps as they grew up in the public eye. Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, Robert Downey Jr., Drew Berrymore, all had a long list of transgression or bad decisions while growing up in the public eye and that list goes on and on.
When we screwed up we apologized and said we would do better but inevitably we screwed up again. The key was to not make the same mistake twice. That’s what Winston is doing; he’s going through normal growing pains that are being lived out in the public eye. Just because he is not progressing to adulthood at the rate that others want him do doesn’t make him a bad guy, it just makes him human.
We can be disappointed in a person’s actions without turning our back on that person. Before you make a determination on Winston’s character, just imagine if we were judged on what we did at age 20. Wow!
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The Suicide of Michigan Football
The top definition of suicide is intentionally taking one’s own life and the second definition is the destruction of one’s own interests or prospects. Both seem to apply to the situation at the University of Michigan and its once proud football program.
In any potential suicidal case, one should look for a traumatic event or events that may cause someone to consider suicide.
For Michigan football that is easy to identify. Long time Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr announced his retirement on Nov. 19th 2006 amidst talk that the offensive innovation had fallen on hard times. Although Carr had amassed a 121-40 record over his 12 seasons in Ann Arbor, his losing record (6-7) versus Ohio State was a big reason for him finally retiring from his post. Of course Michigan brass believed that the prestige of their program would net them whomever they wanted to take over the program. After all, they have the notoriety, educational clout, facilities, and they recruited nationally, so who wouldn’t want to coach the maize and blue.
Michigan first reached out to a “Michigan Man” in Les Miles but he turned them down. He was fighting for a national title that season and he realized the recruiting jewel he had in LSU. They did not reportedly reach out to a fellow “Michigan Man” in Jim Harbaugh who was finishing up another great season at San Diego and Stanford University swooped in and scooped him up in December of 2006. They then turned their attention to a “Michigan-Like” coach in Greg Schiano, who was the head coach at Rutgers at the time, but they were again turned down. The realization that they couldn’t have anyone in America quickly set in and made this changing of the guard even more dramatic.
Behavior changing 180 degrees can be a sign that something is not okay.
After waiting until it was almost national signing day, the Wolverines finally tabbed Rich Rodriguez as its new head football coach. They were able to wrestle him away from West Virginia where he had turned a fledgling program into a Big East and national power. Rodriguez definitely signaled a new day at Michigan because he was a far cry from what a “Michigan Man” looked like. He spoke with a twang and ran different innovative offenses and defenses. He conducted practices differently than the conventional football program and had his own unique ideas about creating excitement again in Ann Arbor. Most importantly, he was looking to recruit different types of players to run his philosophy.
The good thing is that when given time, Rodriguez had been successful everywhere he landed which included Glenville State, Tulane, Clemson, and West Virginia. He was hoping that the change could be quick and it would have been if they landed the nation’s top recruit quarterback Terrelle Pryor whom he was recruiting at West Virginia and was now deciding between Michigan and rival Ohio State. Rodriguez lost his first battle against the Buckeyes when Pryor picked Columbus over Ann Arbor. This was another reason for despair at Michigan and was ultimately the reason Rodriguez didn’t succeed.
Rich Rod went into his first season with very few of his own recruits because of how late he received the job. His first season was terrible at 2-9, the worse in school history. His second season they were 5-7, but by his third campaign they were 7-5 and bowl eligible. He had recruited players that valued his philosophies and believed in his schemes and practices. He had recruited a dynamic quarterback in Denard Robinson who had two seasons remaining and another one the way in Devin Gardner. He also boasted several players who would go on to be NFL draft picks and extremely effective players at Michigan. Unfortunately after that season Rodriguez was fired.
When Michigan fired Rodriguez they essentially committed program suicide. They went away from what makes any program successful, consistency.
It took Rodriguez three seasons to get the type of players he needed to run his system and once he had them, he was fired; not allowed to see what he could do in year four with his players in place. Because they had not achieved at a high level, it meant that any elite level coach was out of the question. College football’s elite would not want to come in and clean up that mess. Michigan was again shunned by Les Miles and this time they reached out to Jim Harbaugh but he chose the NFL instead.
This time Michigan, determined to employ a Michigan man reached out to former assistant Brady Hoke, who was the head coach at San Diego State. Hoke and Michigan brass wanted to return Michigan to its original roots which meant once again the program had to go through a 180 degree change. Hoke did a smart thing and won big in his first year essentially running a Rodriguez-style offense and leaning on Junior stud Robinson at quarterback. But his inability to recruit at the level of other top quality head coaches, and trying to return Michigan to a traditional style of play, has caused the program to slip back down into mediocrity. The man Jason Whitlock referred to as; “The perfect coach for Michigan” just can not get it done at Michigan.
Imagine what Michigan would have been if Rodriguez was allowed to see his vision through. Imagine what the program would be if Rodriguez was able to convince Pryor to attend Michigan. Imagine what would have happened if they would have reached out to Jim Harbaugh the first time.
Now Michigan, like the entire Big 10, is flat-lining in irrelevance and there does not seem to be any chance of resuscitation. Did I mention they just lost to Notre Dame 31-0?
Time of death, Saturday September 6th 2014 at approximately 11:30 pm. It was a good run Wolverines.
“We Are” Ashamed!
The NCAA is sending flowers and candies to the NFL offices every hour on the hour. James Franklin is running around Happy Valley high fiving everybody he can possibly reach. Under the cloud of the Ray Rice incident, which has now become an NFL debacle, the NCAA announced that they were lifting the sanctions against Penn State football.
The Nittany Lions were punished for covering up the awful crimes of Jerry Sandusky who used his affiliation with the university to rape and molest countless amounts of boys. It was proven that Penn State knew what Sandusky was doing but instead of calling the police and having him arrested, they decided the best course of action was to try and distance themselves from him without completely disconnecting. In essence, Penn State funded Sandusky’s abuse of these kids and never thought to protect these boys from a monster.
For their despicable inaction, Penn State was given probation for five years, banned from postseason play for four seasons, had scholarships reduced for four years, and was fined $60 million dollars.
Within one season of serving their sentence PSU had their scholarship reductions lightened and now after two seasons, everything is being reinstated. Why? Nobody was banging the drum for Penn State other than Penn State. Their crime was horrific and legitimately punishable. But it only amounted to a two-year bowl ban, scholarship reductions, and $60 million dollar fine.
The fine was a joke because Penn State prints money. While the scholarship reductions for two seasons sting, they don’t cripple you. A two-year bowl ban can be easily absorbed. How could the NCAA possibly believe this was enough; that Penn State had paid their penance? When you think of how they have handled previous high profile cases, when did the NCAA get into the change of heart business?
USC was given similar sanctions as PSU but was not given any relief from those sanctions. USC’s crime was “oversight”; not knowing that Reggie Bush’s parents were making deals with agents. It’s a crime that had no victim. Nobody was hurt, and nobody’s life was forever affected by the actions or inaction of the Trojans athletic department. Now, Penn State has made significant steps to change their athletic department but so did USC. Both schools have new presidents, athletic directors, and head coaches. So why didn’t USC get relief? That could have saved Lane Kiffin’s job.
There’s this sense that Penn State represents something more special, elitism, and that arrogance led them to sweep horrible acts under the rug and try to pin it all on their long-time iconic coach who ultimately died shortly after of cancer and to some extent a broken heart.
But Penn State made significant changes? They were covering up a rape case by someone involved in their football program but still thought it was a great idea to hire a coach who less than a year ago was involved and accused of helping cover up a rape allegation on this football team. That doesn’t seem like the smart way to go. I think that James Franklin is a great coach, but trying to contact the victim that is accusing your players of rape is a bad look no matter the reason. Months later he was saying goodbye to Tennessee and moving on up to Happy Valley where everyone conveniently forgot what went down on his watch at Vanderbilt.
This type of inadequate action by the NCAA sets a bad precedent that if you do what the NCAA tells you to do faster than they said, they will reduce your sanctions. They should have told Penn State thank you for complying but your punishment is your punishment. Because your actions significantly hurt a countless amount of young men you must pay the penalty for those actions. The NCAA has a lot of warts and eventually they will be too ugly to look at, and the NCAA will go the way of the AAU because they seem to just not get it.
It makes you wonder how the young men raped and molested by Jerry Sandusky feel about Penn State being let off with a slap on the wrist? Did they wake up and see the announcement and wonder if they were all alone again? Are they reaching out again and finding no hand reaching back? Those that have come forward and told their story about being attacked by that monster at Penn State are disgraced again. Those that will never come forward and tell their story feel that chilly twinge down their spine as they deal with their grief in silence and anonymity.
The NCAA should be ashamed but their not. This has become the rule not the exception.
Don’t Be Selfish Fans
So you’re tired of watching top-level FBS teams play small schools? You want to see the heavyweights cannibalize each other during the regular season? Okay, that’s fine, but you also want the little guy to get a shot at the big guy? We all love a David versus Goliath story; Appalachian State beats Michigan, Georgia Southern beats Florida. We all stay glued to the television or turn to the game when the overwhelming underdog is standing their ground against the big bad FBS. With all that said we must realize…..
We can’t have it both ways!
There are no preseason games in college and scrimmages are not allowed. Coaches must use the first couple games of the season to figure out their strengths and weaknesses. We all know the structure of FBS college football frowns on losses. So today, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Clemson have an uphill battle to make the new four-team playoff and in the old system they would have practically no shot of a title. Many teams are not willing to put their entire season on the line in week one, especially those with championship aspirations.
For FCS teams, losing their first game doesn’t have any bearing on their season. Because their playoff system is so much more substantial, they can take a couple shots in the regular season and still end up in the playoffs. This allows them to schedule games against FBS teams who help them fund their athletic program’s season budget. The Idaho Vandals football team received 950 thousand dollars for their game against Florida State last season according Josh Wright a writer for the Idaho Spokesman-Review. Game guarantees accounted for 20 percent of the Vandals’ athletic budget last season. So imagine what would happen if they didn’t have that revenue coming into the program.
This season’s guaranteed game against the Florida Gators was for a reported 975 thousand dollars. The game was canceled due to an “Act of God” or rainstorms and as a result, the Gators are not obligated to pay that money. If Florida does not, the ripple effect could be felt in the Vandals’ athletic program for the next couple of years. If someone told you to do the same things this year as you did last year but this year they are going to decrease your finances by 20 percent, you would deem it practically impossible.
The major FBS programs feel the financial ramifications as well. The guaranteed games allow them to have extra home games, which in most cases, account for millions of extra dollars being poured into the program. When major FBS teams play each other, they usually play at neutral sites or they sign a ‘home and home’ which means one less home game in one of those seasons and millions of dollars lost.
Many FCS football programs have folded over the years because they could not afford to
Cal-State Fullerton dropped its football program back in 1992 because of financial problems
continue to operate. If they were able to consistently procure one of those guaranteed games, they may have saved their football programs. We all acknowledge that college football is big business. That business is felt throughout the university. Their commercials run during their games against major FBS teams and in almost all cases this will be the only time during the year that these FCS teams will be on national television. That effect of that on a school’s enrollment is incalculable especially if they could find a way to win the game.
Yes, we would like to see the heavyweights play each other. Yes, some of these David versus Goliath matchups don’t end well for David. Yes, we want to see the college stars battle against each other… but be patient. Every season we are gifted with great matchups weekly and with the new college football playoff, we will be ensured three epic games at the end of the season. Why should we be selfish? Everyone should get a piece of the action.
Apparently Loyalty is a One Way Street for Louisville
So let’s get this straight, everything that the NCAA and its member affiliates do is for the kids? That’s what they are selling, that’s what they hope you believe. The problem is every time you look up it’s the kids that are being penalized the most. I guess mom and dad can’t punish themselves can they?
The University of Louisville just recently brought back possibly the most immoral and untrustworthy coach in America, Bobby Petrino. They can give you all of the song and dance routines they want but they brought him back for one reason, he is one hell of a coach. That has never been disputed. One could understand the move and even applaud the school for giving Petrino another chance (well… this is actually like his fourth chance but, semantics).
Everyone is entitled to a second chance right? Apparently not!
Fort Pierce Central outside linebacker, Sharieff Rhaheed, was a highly touted and sought after prospect this past season. On national signing day, he decided to continue his academic and athletic career at Louisville despite the fact that the coaching staff that recruited him had since moved on to join former Louisville head coach Charlie Strong at Texas. He committed. He signed his name on the line and he legally bound himself to this university that told him that he was going to be a part of their family.
Then Rhaheed got into trouble. This high school boy had sex with a high school girl and she ended up pregnant. Things further deescalated when the girl told her mother she had an abortion in November. In February Rhaheed was arrested and charged with felony lewd and lascivious behavior with a victim aged 12 to 16. The girl was 14, so in essence he was arrested for having sex with a girl three years younger than he was. She told the police that she was not forced, but Florida law mandates that any child under 16 cannot consent to sexual activity.
So Rhaheed pled no contest and was charged as a juvenile. We won’t focus on how the details of this minor’s case were made public; apparently he doesn’t have any rights as well. His name was drug through the mud by headline-grabbing news media and he was vilified as a hoodlum by social media. What was his “real” crime? Bad judgment! How many of us displayed good judgment all the time at 17 years old?
This is where your family sits you down, talks to you, tells you they are disappointed in you for making a bad choice but they still love you and have confidence that you will grow from this situation. This is where a family puts their arms around you. This is where a family makes you feel safe and secure because family is all you’ve got. Unfortunately, this is not what Louisville did.
A kid, who had to be scared to death that he could go to jail for up to 15 years just for having consensual sex with another high school kid, should have heard encouragement coming from the ‘family’ he decided to join but he heard a “no comment” and “we are aware of the situation.” Then right around his 18th birthday Rhaheed was informed that Louisville was rescinding his letter of intent, or breaking their contract, with the kid. This was a shock to everyone involved because according to Central’s head coach Josh Shaffer, a conversation with Petrino had led him to believe that everything was still a go for Rhaheed at Louisville.
“Sharieff Rhaheed-Muhammad will not attend the University of Louisville. At this time, we believe this is the right decision in the best interest of the University and the athletic department.”
And with those words Louisville had washed their hands of the problem, of the minimal media attention generated out of a small city on the Treasure Coast of Florida. In the process they screwed over a kid whom they told they would treat like family.
Now Rhaheed found himself a few weeks away from graduation with no place to call home and little options. His dream of playing football at Louisville dashed. The numerous offers that he possessed from other programs including Arkansas, Michigan State, and Missouri were gone. He was left with, finding a prep school and starting the process all over again next year or going to junior college.
Rhaheed chose to start his college career now. He is playing at Nassau Community College in New York. Since he is already D1 eligible, he is most likely banking that he can have an immediate impact and parlay that into another D1 offer. It’s surely not the road that he wanted to take but it’s what he’s left with after not being afforded a second chance by a school that practically begged him to come and that he entered into a contractual agreement with.
So Louisville chose to give an adulterer who is a lying, disloyal, crooked, man who could give a damn less about anyone but himself another chance; but giving a kid who used poor judgment another shot was, “Not in the best interest of the university and the athletic department.”
Maybe if Rhaheed was married they would have honored his contract. Adultery worked for Petrino and Petino, it could have worked for Rhaheed as well.
That’s a bad look Louisville, that’s a really bad look!
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Coney Island's Steeplechase Man. Note the resemblance to HRC?
Trump - Boisterous
Cruz - Clamorous
Rubio - Vociferous
Christie - Loqacious
Kasich - Articulate
Carson - Judicious
Bush - Pretentious
One of two adults in the room. Who was the other?
See Saw from whore to whore.
Soon, we’ll be newly mastered,
But nothing’s ever going to change,
‘Cause each candidates is a bastard.
~ Marjorie Daw
Posted by FreeThinke at 4:00 AM 251 comments:
Well, what do
think of
The Speech?
________ A Sad Anniversary ________
A little gray one looked up from the floor,
Locked in my gaze with piercing topaz eyes.
I felt odd fear, but soon came to adore
The fluffy little beast, who’d mesmerize
The faintest trace of doubt away. Her cries
Left me helpless, as she deftly climbed
Eagerly upon my knee. My sighs
Gave in to her seduction so well-timed
Removing doubt that I had been well-primed ––
A target from the moment I arrived ––
Yearning that my inner bell be chimed.
O, little beast, affection for you thrived.
No pleasure since disease took you away
Eased the pain of loss renewed each day.
Priscilla (June 2004 - January 12, 2015)
“May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice, and looked on their adversity, &c. Let them therefore praise the Lord, because He is good, and His mercies endure forever. Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the; desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry, and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord His loving kindness, and His wonderful works before
the sons of men.”
~ William Bradford (1590-1653)
Wm. Bradford served as the Plymouth Colony Colonial Governor at different times for over 30 years, from 1621 to 1657. His journal, written from 1620 to 1647, and published as "Of Plymouth Plantation," is credited as the first civil authority to designate the First Thanksgiving on North American Shores. He is considered by historians to be one of the most influential of the Pilgrim settlers for his outstanding leadership, his desire to hold steadfastly to his religious and moral ideals and his determination to keep Plymouth a thriving and independent colony.
Born to a wealthy family, his early childhood was marked by tragedy, His father died when he was about a year old. His grandfather, with whom he lived after his mother remarried died when he was six years old Then his mother died when he was 7. He then went he went to live with his uncles, where he became interested in reading the Bible and classical literature.
At age 12 he heard the sermon of a Puritan minister, Reverend Richard Clyfton, and was greatly inspired by his preaching. He soon joined the Puritan faith who met secretly at Scrooby Manor and in 1607 they severed ties with the traditional Church of England and became known as Separatists.
The Separatists, or Puritans, were subject to religious persecution and many were either fined or imprisoned for religious disobedience. In 1607 the Scrooby congregation attempted to leave England and go to the Dutch Republic of the Netherlands, where freedom of religion was allowed, but they were betrayed by the English sea captain who had agreed to take them there and most of the congregation, including Bradford, were imprisoned for a short time.
The following year he and the congregation managed to escape and settled at Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, where they had to work at low-paying jobs and live under poor conditions. Nine months later he moved with the congregation to Leiden, in an attempt to better themselves.
In 1611 he was able to claim his family inheritance and his living conditions improved. He bought his own house and established a workshop as a fustian weaver, earning a reputable living.
In 1617 the congregation made plans to relocate to America and establish their own colony in Virginia and in July 1620 and with Bradford's assistance they secured financial backing in London to embark on their first journey to America with about 50 people, including Bradford and his wife, on the ship "Speedwell," which was to meet up with the ship "Mayflower" that was transporting non-Separtists who had been recruited for their vocational skills.
The "Speedwell" proved to be unsuitable to make the long voyage and its passengers were put aboard the "Mayflower" for its trip across the Atlantic Ocean. They left England in September 1620 and after two months of extremely harsh sailing conditions, they spotted land (Cape Cod).
Attempting to sail south to reach their final destination in the Colony of Virginia, the ship was rebuffed by strong winter seas and they were forced to return to Cape Cod Harbor. Bradford volunteered to be a member of the exploration party to find a suitable settlement location, eventually choosing present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts.
When he returned to the ship with news of the settlement selection, he learned that his wife had died by drowning after falling overboard. Arriving in Plymouth Bay on December 20, 1620 the settlers disembarked and started building houses. By the following spring almost half of them died from disease. In April 1621 Bradford became governor of the Plymouth Colony upon the death of John Carver and would remain in that position for most of the remainder of his life. Through his faith and perseverance he kept the Plymouth colony alive. He died there in 1657 at the age of 67. - by Wm. Bjornstad (edited by FT)
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection.
~ Lewis Thomas (1913-1993)
Dr. Thomas was Chair from 1954 to 1958 and, in this short time, broadened the role of the Department from academic morphologic pathology to experimental pathology with a strong emphasis on immunology and inflammation, turning NYU Pathology into one of the preeminent pathology departments in the country. Until his departure from NYU in 1969, he also served as Chair of Medicine at Bellevue Hospital and Dean of the NYU School of Medicine. Among his many interests were infectious diseases, post streptococcal rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis. He was a gifted teacher, noted author of The Lives of a Cell, and founder of the School of Medicine Honors Program and an experimental pathology training program, both supported with NIH funding. Thomas recruited many significant faculty members and profoundly shaped the leadership role of the Department. His extraordinary work provided the basis for genuine interdisciplinary and collaborative research at NYU. Frequently hailed as the "father of experimental pathology," Thomas was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961 and the National Academy of Science in 1972.
TRUE or FALSE?
More Killed by Autos than by Guns
~ § ~
Gun Deaths Are Mostly Suicides
Margot Sanger-Katz
When Americans think about deaths from guns, we tend to focus on homicides. But the problem of gun suicide is inescapable: More than 60 percent of people in this country who die from guns die by suicide.
Suicide gets a lot less attention than murders for a few reasons. One big one is that news organizations generally don’t cover suicides the way they do murders. There’s evidence that news attention involving suicide can lead to more suicides ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/upshot/gun-deaths-are-mostly-suicides.html?_r=0
Should we restrict access to automobiles, and subject drivers to routine, periodic
psychiatric examinations?
Should we ban, or severely limit
news coverage of suicides?
COME ONE, COME ALL,
and be sure to bring your
favorite statistics.
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cares nothing about women at all
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The day the laughter stopped.
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It might be a really smart idea not to, as they say,
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BUNDY v. the FEDS in OREGON?
C-A-R-N-A-V-A-L
by Robert Schumann
Guiomar Novaes, pianist
"Estrella" (Ernestine von Fricken)
Valse noble
Florestan
Sphinxes
A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A: Lettres Dansantes
Chiarina
Pantalon et Colombine
Valse allemande
Intermezzo: Paganini
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Pianist Guiomar Novaes (1895-1979
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________ A Sad Anniversary ________ A little gr...
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I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against...
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Karla Bonoff
w/ Kenny Edwards & Nina GerberSaturday, December 5, 2009, 8:00 pm legendary singer-songwriter $22.50 advance / $23.50 at doorPurchase tickets online
Start: December 05 8:00 pm
Karla Bonoff, a singer-songwriter known for moody, affecting ballads with soaring melodies and soul-searching lyrics, may be best known for penning hits made famous by Bonnie Raitt ("Home"), Linda Ronstadt ("Someone To Lay Down Beside Me," "Trouble Again," "All My Life"), and Wynonna Judd ("Tell Me Why")—but Karla's fans know that nobody sings them quite like she does. Performed with her sweet, soft, powerful voice, Karla's songs seem to spill from her heart like intimate conversations.
Growing up in the fertile Los Angeles music scene of the early 1970s, Karla began writing songs at an early age. She performed with an early singer-songwriter supergroup, Bryndle, as well as releasing four solo albums. Tonight's show features selections from her recent double CD, Karla Bonoff Live, a retrospective of some of her most popular tunes.
Visit Karla's website
Listen to a track from Karla Bonoff:
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Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Hatch Introduce Serve America Act of 2008 at Service Nation Summit
This morning at the Service Nation Summit, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), represented by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, announced that they are introducing the Serve America Act of 2008. Barack Obama and John McCain have both agreed to co-sponsor the bill. They will be joined by Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), Senator Hilary Clinton (D-NY) and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT).
Some of the elements of the Act are:
Build on the AmeriCorps and create new "Corps" focused on areas of national need. Ask 175,000 Americans to give a year of service through these Corps.
Improve opportunities for low income young people to be of service in their communities.
Establish a tax incentive for employers who allow employees to take paid leave for full-time service.
Enhance incentives for retirees to give a year of service through the Corps, and establish "Encore Fellowships" to help retirees who wish to transition to longer-term public service.
Establish a "Volunteer Generation Fund" to help nonprofit organizations recruit and manage more volunteers.
Establish a Commission to study and improve how the federal government, nonprofits, and the private sector work together to meet national challenges effectively.
Establish a network of "Community Solution Funds," venture capital funds for the nonprofit sector to support innovation in the sector.
Support short-term international service opportunities and strengthen the Volunteers for Prosperity program, which supports short-term international service opportunities.
Pretty cool, huh? If you think this is a good idea, let your Congressperson know.
Labels: servicenation
Why would low income people serve the community for no money? They need to be paid a salary and it should be equal to the regular work force. It doesn't make sense to serve without making money equal to the regular work force.
RPCV
E Pluribus Unum 5:56 AM
The Serve America Act is a great step forward -- expanding AmeriCorps and offering more opportunities for young people to serve is a great idea. But there's something missing...There's no bold, exciting institution that will capture the imagination of young people and help them rethink the entire idea of "service" the way the Peace Corps did in the 1960s.
I don't understand why Sens. Kennedy and Hatch chose not to include a provision to build the U.S. Public Service Academy as the civilian counterpart to the military academies. There's a grassroots movement behind this idea, and it would energize the service movement.
http://www.uspublicserviceacademy.org
Anonymous - My understanding was that one of the purposes of the Act was to provide service opportunities for all people regardless of age or income. It is possible that there would be a job training element. Also, I think the idea was that instead of having wealthy people come in and "help" a low income community with a service project, the community would be working with each other on say, building a community garden. I'm sure you could contact Sen. Kennedy or Hatch's office for more information.
e pluribus unum - Sen. Clinton, who is one of the Senators involved with the Serve America Act, is working with Sen. Arlen Spector (R-PA) on the United States Public Service Academy
I don't know why it wasn't included in the Act. I'm sure you could contact her office for more information.
Britt, thanks for this. I'm concerned that the New Corps will bring in a flood of people who did not support the President. How do we get it through to some people that times have changed and everybody needs to get onboard. I think, mandatory political training. National Service in many countries provide examples of ensure unit cohesion.
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Norbert of Xanten
(Redirected from Saint Norbert of Xanten)
For other uses, see St. Norbert (disambiguation).
Saint Norbert of Xanten
Saint Norbert of Xanten, with the St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp
Bishop and Confessor
Genneperhuis, diocese of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire
Magdeburg, Archbishopric of Magdeburg (now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
1582, Rome by Pope Gregory XIII
monstrance; cross with two beams[1]
invoked during childbirth for safe delivery; Magdeburg[1]
Saint Norbert of Xanten (c. 1075 – 6 June 1134) (Xanten-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a bishop of the Catholic Church, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint.
1 Life and work
2 Canons Regular of Prémontré
3 Veneration
Life and work
Saint Norbert was born in Xanten, near the Rhineland in Germany. He grew up and was also educated in Xanten, near Wesel, in the Electorate of Cologne. His father, Heribert, Count of Gennep, was a member of the high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and related to the imperial house and also to the House of Lorraine. His mother was Hedwig of Guise. Through the influence of his family he obtained a financial subsidy from the parish church of St. Victor at Xanten when he accepted ordination to the subdeaconate. His only task was to chant the Divine Office at the Church, but he apparently paid someone a small fee to take his place in the choir, because he gained an appointment as a chaplain (religious counselor) to the emperor Henry V in Cologne. The salaries from the Xanten fund and the royal treasury were enough to equip him to live in the style of the nobility of the times.[2]
He avoided ordination to the priesthood and even declined an appointment as bishop of Cambrai in 1113. One day in the spring of 1115, as he rode his horse to Vreden, in the western part of the Münsterland, a thunderbolt from a sudden storm struck at his horse’s feet. The animal threw him and he lay unconscious for nearly an hour.[3] After this near-fatal accident, his faith deepened, he renounced his appointment at Court and returned to Xanten to lead a life of penance, placing himself under the direction of Cono, Abbot of St Sigeberg, near Cologne. In gratitude to Cono, in 1115, Norbert founded the Abbey of Fürstenberg, endowed it with a portion of his property, and made it over to Cono of Siegburg and his Benedictine successors. Norbert was then in his thirty-fifth year.[4] He was ordained to the priesthood soon afterward. St Norbert was a great devotee of the Eucharist and Our Lady.
He also adopted an asceticism so fierce that it killed his first three disciples. This may account for the failure of his attempts to reform the canons of Xanten,[5] who denounced him as an innovator at the Council of Fritzlar in 1118. He then resigned his benefice, sold all his property and gave the proceeds to the poor. He visited Pope Gelasius II, who gave him permission to become an itinerant preacher and he preached throughout lands in what is now western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and northern France, being credited with a number of miracles. In settlement after settlement he encountered a demoralized clergy, lonely, often practicing concubinage and feeling that the official Church cared little about them.[2]
In Paris he would have witnessed the Canons of St. Victor, who had adopted the ascetic ideals of William of Champagne. At Clairvaux and Citeaux he would have seen the Cistercian reforms among the monks. He also became acquainted with the Cistercian administrative system that created an international federation of monasteries with fair amount of centralized power, though local houses had a certain amount of independence. These reforms, written up in their “Charter of Charity” would affect him significantly in his own future work.[2]
Canons Regular of Prémontré
Norbert (on the right) receives the Augustinian Rule from Saint Augustine. From the "Vita Sancti Norberti," 12th-century manuscript.
At the Council of Reims in October 1119, Pope Calixtus II requested Norbert to found a religious order in the Diocese of Laon in France. On Christmas Day, 1120, Norbert established the Canons Regular of Prémontré.[3]
For a Rule of life, Norbert chose the Rule of St. Augustine as was common among communities of priests -‘canons’. In addition he adapted some of the customs of the Cistercians. Even more of these would be brought in later by Norbert's successor, Abbot Hugh of Fosse. In effect he produced a community that would be somewhat monastic as far as house ministry. The whole idea was that his active priests needed an ascetic and contemplative haven and that was the purpose of the abbey discipline.[6]
Norbert chose a valley in the Forest of Coucy (a grant from the Bishop of Laon), about 10 miles from Laon, named Prémontré. Blessed Hugh of Fosses, Saint Evermode, Antony of Nivelles, seven students of the celebrated school of Anselm, and Ralph of Laon were among his first thirteen disciples. By the next year the community had grown to 40. They all took their vows and the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré was founded. The young community at first lived in huts of wood and clay, arranged like a camp around the chapel of Saint John the Baptist, but they soon built a larger church and a monastery for the religious who joined them in increasing numbers. Going to Cologne to obtain relics for their church, Norbert is said to have discovered, through a dream, the spot where those of Saint Ursula and her companions, of Saint Gereon, and of other martyrs lay hidden.[7] In 1125, the constitution for the order was approved by Pope Honorius II.
St Norbert gained adherents in Germany, France, Belgium and Transylvania, and houses of his order were founded in Floreffe, Viviers, St-Josse, Ardenne, Cuissy, Laon, Liège, Antwerp, Varlar, Kappenberg, Grosswardein (Oradea/Nagyvárad) and elsewhere. Count Theobald II of Champagne wanted to enter the new order, but Norbert counseled him to remain a layman and marry. Norbert prescribed a few rules and invested Theobald with the white scapular of the order, and thus, in 1122, the Third Order of St. Norbert was instituted.[4] He continued to preach throughout France, Belgium and Germany and was successful in combatting a eucharistic heresy in Antwerp proposed by one Tanchelm. In commemoration of this, St. Norbert has been proclaimed the "Apostle of Antwerp".[4]
In 1126 Pope Honorius II appointed Norbert to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg, where he put into practice the precepts he instituted at Prémontré.[3] Several assassination attempts were made as he began to reform the lax discipline of his see[8]. He was especially vigilant in protecting the Church's rights against the secular power.
In the schism following the election of Pope Innocent II in 1130, Norbert supported Innocent and resisted Antipope Anacletus II. In Norbert's last years, he was chancellor and adviser to Lothair II, the Holy Roman Emperor, persuading him to lead an army in 1133 to Rome to restore Innocent to the papacy.
Statues of Saints Norbert, Wenceslaus and Sigismund on the Charles Bridge in Prague. The statue of Saint Norbert is in the middle); on the left is Saint Wenceslas, while on the right is Saint Sigismund.
When Norbert died in Magdeburg on 6 June 1134, both the canons at the cathedral and the canons at St. Mary's Abbey claimed the body. The two parties resorted to Lothair III who decreed the body should be buried in the Norbertine Abbey. In 1524, Martin Luther preached in the city and, as a result, Magdeburg became a Protestant city. Numerous attempts were made over the centuries by the Abbey of Strahov in Prague to retrieve the saint's body. Only after several military defeats at the hand of Emperor Ferdinand II was the abbot of Strahov able to claim the body. On 2 May 1627 the body was finally brought to Prague where it remains to this day, displayed as an auto-icon in a glass-fronted tomb.[9]
Saint Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582, and his statue appears above the Piazza colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Premonstratensian (or Norbertine) Canons in Europe, the US, Canada, South America, Zaire, South Africa, India and Australia are involved in education, parochial ministry, university chaplaincy also youth work. St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, is the first institution of higher education to be founded by the Norbertine order. St. Norbert College also houses the Center for Norbertine Studies, a collaborative partnership between the college and the Premonstratensian order[10].
Biography portal
Saint Norbert by Marten Pepijn
^ a b Norbert von Xanten - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
^ a b c "Saint Norbert of Xanten", Norbertines of Saint Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wisconsin Archived 2013-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b c "Norbert of Xanten", St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin
^ a b c Geudens, Francis Martin. "St. Norbert." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 16 Jun. 2013
^ "The priest whose asceticism killed three disciples", Catholic Herald, 9 June 2011
^ "About St. Norbert of Xanten", Center for Norbertine Studies, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin
^ Daniello Bartoli (1855). History of the Life and Institute of St. Ignatius de Loyola: Founder of the Society of Jesus (Original from the New York Public Library, 2006 ed.). E. Dunigan. p. 324. "God has sometimes announced beforehand the rise, works, and merits, whether of certain Orders whom He has sent to the assistance of His Church or of their founders. We find examples of this in the dream He made known... ... in the seven rays of light which appeared to St. Norbert, surrounding the head of the crucified Redeemer, and the pilgrims who came to him from the uttermost extremities of the earth;..."
^ Kunkel, Thomas. Man on Fire: The Life and Spirit of Norbert of Xanten. USA: St. Norbert College Press in association with the Center for Norbertine Studies. ISBN 978-0-9851080-7-6.
^ "Saint Norbert the fondator", Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Leffe
^ "About the Center". St. Norbert College. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
The Life and Miracles of St. Norbert
Center for Norbertine Studies, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin
“Man on Fire: The Life and Spirit of Norbert of Xanten” by Thomas Kunkel
“It‘s Not Just About the Bones” article from St. Norbert College Magazine (Summer 2014)
Founder Statue in St Peter's Basilica
‹See Tfd›(in German) Norbert von Xanten (von Prémontré)
Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norbert von Xanten.
Viten s. Norberti at the Wayback Machine (archived February 11, 2008) (in English).
Acta Sanctorum Juni I with Vita B and comprehensive Latin material from p. 804, facsimile at Gallica, pdf.
Wolfgang Rosen: Biografie in the Rhenish History portal
Biography at the internet portal of the Premonstratensian Order.
OPAC of the Regesta Imperii
"Norbert of Xanten". Germania Sacra people index (in German). Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Rekonstruktionsversuch seines Gesichts at the Wayback Machine (archived August 27, 2007)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norbert_of_Xanten&oldid=898424825"
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Islam in the Russian Army
Bashkortostan
Islam in Russia
Muslim soldiers
Russian Muslims
When did Islamic history begin in Russia? Most people would probably say
By Ilshat Nasirov : Islam Magazine | Makhachkala | 2005
Legal status of Muslims in the Russian Imperial Army in the 17-19 centuries on the example of Bashkirs
In the 16th century Russia was turning into a multinational state. The Russian army, the most important component of the Russian statehood has been multi-ethnic and multi-confessional since then. Thus, Muslim Bashkirs constituted a big part of the Russian troops.
The voluntary inclusion of Bashkortostan into Russia in the 16th century stipulated, that Bashkirs kept their right to land, local government and religion, Islam, but had to serve in the army. Bashkir cavalry regiments participated in the Livonian War, the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612, in the Azov campaign of Peter the Great’s, the Great Northern War against Sweden, in the Seven Years’ War in Germany (1756-1763) and other wars waged by Russia.
Even after the Russian navy formation and Peter the Great’s military reforms Bashkir cavalry regiments kept their usual irregular structure – with their internal regulations, Bashkir aristocrats officers, tarkhans and elders, their troop imams.
The reason is not only boosting the efficiency of Bashkir cavalry, but also the weakness of Russia’s position in Bashkortostan in the 17th – 18th centuries. Bashkirs often took part in the Russian military campaigns as a punishment for their participation in the grand uprisings in Bashkortostan in the 17th and early 18th centuries. These revolts were their violent reaction to their gradual oppressing by the Russian Empire.
Bashkortostan lived in permanent unrest during the first three quarters of the 17th century.
Bashkir Tarkhan (Prince) Aldar Isyangildin, who took part in the Azov campaign of Peter the Great, was the mastermind and leader of the Bashkir uprising in 1705-1709. He ordered to assault and destroy many Russian fortresses, the Russian settlements in the basin of the Belaya and Kama rivers and on the Volga. He is also known to attach great importance to opening new madrasahs in Bashkortostan, inviting teachers from Khiva, Bukhara and Daghestan.
In 1756-1763, 12 regiments numbering 15 000 Bashkirs under the command of General Apraksin fought in the Seven Years’ War. Bashkir soldiers displayed bravery in the battles of Gross-Jägersdorf near Königsberg. Bashkir regiments made a significant contribution to the victory of Russian troops led by General Saltykov over the Prussian army at the Battle of Kunersdorf near Frankfurt-on-der-Oder. In 1760 General Chernyshev temporarily captured Berlin. Bashkir regiments were in the forefront of the Russian army during the assault and capture of the city. Bashkir patrols maintained order in the urban areas and institutions of Berlin, as the Islamic ban on drinking disciplined the Bashkir soldiers.
But not all the Muslims soldiers in the Russian army had legal religious protection like the Bashkirs in the irregular cavalry. According to the ‘Fusilier Regiments Personnel in 1765’, ‘Field Infantry Regiment Personnel in 1732’, ‘Infantry Regiment Personnel in 1765’, etc, each regular regiment had a Christian priest. Among peasants, army recruits, there were both Russians and Muslim Tatars. Just like all other ethnic minorities, Tatars served in the Russian regular army.
Despite the scarce sources about the Muslim soldiers in the Russian regular army, we can still obtain some information. Thus, a Ufa historian Robert N. Rakhimov found archives, which show that in October, 1741, a Tatar soldier of the Koporsky regiment quartered in St. Petersburg, Mika Zanalov filed a petition to be baptized (the request was satisfied). In addition, Zanalov indicates he was recruited in 1737 and that until 1741he remained a Muslim for five years. (Request by a Tartar soldier / / Archives of Prince Vorontsov. Book 1. M., 1870. P. 91.)
As already mentioned, the Bashkirs did not serve in the regular army. But until the second half of the 17th century Russian authorities recruited Bashkirs as a punishment for participating in the Bashkir riots into the regiments in the Baltic, and into the Baltic Fleet. A French historian Roger Portal in ‘Bashkiria in 17-18th centuries’ writes about the Bashkir uprising in 1735-1740, “Repressions by Colonel Alexei Tevkelev were extremely cruel.
Apparently, this Bashkir soldier in the Russian army felt no remorse carrying out the orders. His soldiers burned the Bashkir villages, murdered men, women and children, and sent the survivors as serfs to the central regions of Russia or as recruits to the Baltic regiments. In December, 1735, the Senate Secretary Kirillov presented in St. Petersburg his plans for the assimilation of Bashkiria and persuaded the Empress to approve the plan of total extermination of Bashkirs, which he followed up to his death in April 1737.” Incomplete statistics says, that in 1735-1740 Bashkirs lost in battle or execution over 40 thousand people.
According to General Saimonov, Head of the Bashkir Committee, in 1737-1740 the executioners burned down 880 Bashkir villages, took as serfs thousands of women and children, recruited over 500 Bashkir soldiers, and punished 300 people by flogging and cutting off their noses and ears. After the suppression of the Bashkir uprising in 1755 “thousands of Bashkirs were sentenced to flogging, hard labor in the Ural plants or manor-houses in Central Russia. Others were sent to the army or the Baltic Fleet. Long columns of the former rebels headed to the west, most of them died of exhaustion of diseases. Thus, in order to greatly facilitate the assimilation of Bashkortostan, the authorities resorted to the mass extermination of the Bashkir population” (Portal. Bashkiria in the 17 –18th centuries).
After the introduction of the military canton system in Bashkortostan, the decree of April 10, 1798 established the Bashkir Cossack Host (Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire. V. 25. № 18477). The decree stated: “Calculate all the Bashkirs able to perform military service, aged 20 to 50 years, and organize them into cantons.”
All the administrative staff of cantons and yurts (teams) went into the military. Bashkirs formed an irregular army, divided initially into 11 cantons, then 12, and eventually 28. Every adult Bashkir became a Cossack ready to fight anytime. In case of participation of Bashkir troops in the Russian campaigns the Host formed 500-men regiments with a military imam (regimental mullah). The Bashkir Cossack regiment command consisted of 30 people: the commander, Lieutenant-Colonel, 5 majors, 5 Senior Lieutenants, 5 Lieutenants, a quartermaster, a mullah, 1-2 host clerks, and 10 Seargeants.
In 1806-1807 the Russian army sent 20 Bashkir regiments into the European campaign. Eight more regiments fought in the Napoleon war of 1812-1814. Bashkirs displayed bravery and courage in the battles of Leipzig, Weimar, Hanover, Danzig in Germany, Chateaubriand and Paris in France. Many of the Bashkir soldiers were awarded for heroism. Among them were Bashkir women. The bravery of the Bashkir soldiers is mentioned in the memoirs of the French General de Marbot. He was amazed by the courage of Bashkirs, who attacked Napoleon’s convoy and pushed back the French with nothing but cold weapons, bows and arrows.
The great German poet Goethe met Bashkir soldiers in Weimar and got interested in the oriental culture. At the same time a German scientist brought him the Holy Qur’an from Spain. The beautiful calligraphy verses of the Qur’an delighted Goethe. He even tried to rewrite the ayahs, although, of course, he knew no Arabic. Goethe ordered a German translation of the Muslim Holy Book. He was very much into the verses of the great Iranian poet Hafiz Shirazi translated into German. The appearance of the Bashkirs in Europe meant a real coming of the East to Weimar. Bashkirs performed a congregational prayer (salah al-jamaat) in the Weimar school. Goethe attended one of them. Perhaps it was a festive prayer, and the poet wanted to see the Muslim ritual of worship. Among the Bashkirs there was a high rank officer, whom they called a prince. Goethe met him. When the Bashkirs visited theWeimar Theatre, Goethe welcomed them with a speech, and they, in turn, gave him a bow and arrows.
In March, 1814, the Bashkir regiments were in the forefront of the Russian army, who took Paris. All Bashkir officers and soldiers were awarded with medals “For the capture of Paris” by the Commander-In-Chief of the Russian Army. As in the Germany, the Bashkir soldiers were entrusted with the protection of the most important Parisian government offices and palaces due to their high military discipline, maintained by the commanders and imams.
To my deepest regret, some people far from historical knowledge are often mistakenly enthusiastic about the Bashkirs’ participation in the war against Napoleon. In fact, their transformation into the Cossack Host caused enormous suffering. By generals’ orders Bashkirs rushed into the thick of bloody battles like the Battle of Borodino in 1812, Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and suffered heavy losses. Yakshigul Yansurov, an army imam in a Bashkir regiment sent the following verses from Paris to Bashkir Tarhan Musa Kuchukov: “O Providence, you’ve separated us from home for us to wail. / / We suffer a hundred thousand adversities daily to get back safe and sound. / / We trust in Allah and confide our lives to Him. / / Is it surprising that the heavenly angels accompany us?”
In 1862, the Bashkir army and military canton system were abolished. Bashkirs served in the Russian regular units, without the mullahs. That made their religious duties extremely difficult. Ahmatshah, the father of Zaki Validi Togan (1890-1980), the famous Turkic researcher and founder of the Bashkir republic, was a village mullah and had served in the Russian regiment in Gunib (Daghestan) in his youth.
As you know, a Muslim, who have experienced wet dreams (ihtilam) must bathe completely washing his whole body (ghusl). But when Ahmatshah was performing ablutions at night, he ran into a Russian officer on duty. The officer, unaware, heavily punished the Bashkir soldier. Ahmatshah was rescued by the commander of the Daghestan unit, who took him temporarily under his commandment. As he spoke no Russian, he talked to the Daghestani officer in Arabic, and the latter was very pleased. While serving in Gunib, Ahmatshah met a former clerk of Imam Shamil and until the Revolution in 1905 wrote to him and his brother in Arabic. After the service Ahmatshah stayed in Daghestan for a year and continued to study Arabic.
To sum up, the position of the Muslim soldiers in the Russian army in the 17-19 centuries was ambiguous. Russia allowed regular Muslim soldiers to profess Islam, yet encouraged baptism into Orthodox Christianity. The legal status of the soldiers in the Muslim irregular cavalry was much better. The state supported Islam by allowing imams in the Bashkir troops. This ensured the combativity of the Bashkir troops.
Taken from: Spiritual and Educational Magazine ISLAM № 1 (11) / 2005. Author: Ilshat Nasyrov
History of Islam in Russia
History of Hajj in Russia from 18th to 21st century
Murat Ramzi - the great son of the Bashkir people
Arab Dagestanis - direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammad
Tatarstan:Smooth Islamization Sprinkled with Blood
History of Hajj in Russia
The Khanty and Mansi once were Muslims
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Economy & Tech / Politics & Security
activists, china, East Turkestan, Free Indo-Pacific Alliance, G20, Hong Kong, human rights, J20, Mongolia, Osaka, Rebiya Kadeer, summit, Tibet, us, Uyghur
As the G20 summit was in full swing in Osaka on Friday, June 28, with leaders and ministers from 20 countries holding multilateral discussions on the digital economy and world trade, a number of international organizations held side events to bring to the fore other concerns.
Multiple organizations spoke up regarding the infringement of human rights in China, among them the treatment of the Uyghur minority in China’s western Xinjiang region, also called East Turkestan and Uyghurstan. News reports indicate as many as three million ethnic Uyghurs have been forcibly interned in indoctrination camps resembling ethnic concentration camps.
In a press conference, Rebiya Kadeer, the president of the Free Indo-Pacific Alliance and tireless activist for the rights of the Uyghur minority in China, spoke almost in tears about how China’s infringement of human rights needs to be stopped, saying, “Nowhere in the world is there such a terrible situation.”
Other enthic groups participating in the event added their own points about human rights in China. Among those present were the Southern Mongolia Congress led by Shobshuud Temtselt and Students for A Free Tibet Japan Association led by Tsering Dorjee. The president of the Japan Uyghur Association, Ilham Mahmut, also participated.
In particular, Ilham Mahmut brought attention to how crucial it was that something be done now, with so many world leaders gathered in Osaka. “Eighty percent of the world economy is gathered here in Osaka. China is one of the biggest economies in the world. We want people to understand the issue,” he said.
The most recent example of criticism of China for its attempts to control its citizens has been the Hong Kong protests.
Unfolding earlier in June, the demonstrations were over the Hong Kong executive’s proposed extradition bill, which would allow the extradition to mainland China of fugitives from Hong Kong that are accused of crimes in Taiwan, Macao, and Hong Kong, for trial under China’s justice system. The protests were so massive that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam shelved the proposed bill “indefinitely,” though she refused to withdraw it.
Fittingly, the former founder of the Hong Kong National Party Andy Chan Ho-Tin also attended the press conference in the center of Osaka on Friday. The first leader of a party with a nationalist agenda since Hong Kong was handed over from British administration to Chinese rule in 1997, he warned the people present about the dangers of working cooperatively with China.
He described the situation as follows: “We were once colonized by those who built, we are now colonized by those who destroy.”
Shinzo Abe’s Jab at Xi Jinping
Bilateral talks between Japan and China in Osaka were positive in general. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe even invited President Xi to Japan for an official visit in the spring of 2020 — his first visit to Japan in his position as president of China.
Nevertheless, Abe, during their talks Thursday evening, June 27, brought up the importance of respecting the “freedom of Hong Kong” and human rights.
On this account, both Rebiya Kadeer and Andy Chan Ho-tin expressed gratitude on behalf of their organizations to Prime Minister Abe.
“I want to thank Prime Minister Abe. The fact that he mentioned the issue for us in the context of the G20 meant the world to us,” said Kadeer.
Ho-tin also expressed similar sentiments: “We would like to express gratitude that [Prime Minister Abe] raised the issue right to his (Xi’s) face.”
However, Ho-tin also warned against getting too friendly with Japan’s neighboring country. “China is the enemy of the civilized world, so one should always be careful when working together with the enemy,” he said.
The press conference, which was organized under the Justice 20 Committee, a group which aims to bring attention to the human rights infringements of China, also held a rally at an intersection in Namba in the center of Osaka on the evening of June 28. An estimated 300 people were expected at the event.
Other Unresolved Issues
Issues beyond human rights in China are also competing for the attention of G20 leaders. With the much awaited United States-China talks on the calendar for Saturday morning, June 29, some of those unresolved issue of concern are likely to come up.
World leaders agreed on better regulation of the World Trade Organization and the importance of “free, fair world trade” following multilateral economic talks. However, no specific measures were decided. One reason is that the current trade conflict between the U.S. and China eclipses many of the other issues.
Observers took note when, in comments following bilateral talks with the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was feeling hopeful ahead of talks with his Chinese counterpart. “At a minimum, it will be productive — we’ll see what happens and what comes out of it,” Trump said.
Further multilateral and bilateral talks are scheduled in the next few days. At this point, however, questions remain about whether any concrete agreement will emerge in relation to the G20 countries’ relations with China.
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‘Strategic Partners’ U.S., China Agree to Resume Trade Talks As Osaka G20 Closes
The meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, June 29, was un
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Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies : Turkiy...
By Inat, Kemal, Dr.
Reproduction Date: 12/30/2017
Title: Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies : Turkiye ortadogu Calismalari Dergisi, Volume 4-2
Author: Inat, Kemal, Dr.
Volume: Volume 4-2
Language: Turkish
Subject: Non Fiction, Social Sciences, Middle East
Publisher: Middle East Institute, Sakarya University
Member Page: Haydar Oruç
Kemal Inatitor, P. D., & Telciitor, I. N. (Eds.). (2017). Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies : Turkiye ortadogu Calismalari Dergisi, Volume 4-2. Retrieved from http://ipod-library.net/
Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies is a peer-reviewed journal, which is published twice in a year. The papers sent to the journal are reviewed by at least two referees (if necessary a third referee will also review the articles) and after their approval, they will be sent to the editorial board before being published. The editorial board has right to accept or reject submissions that are papers of symposium, congress, news or book introductions etc. without evaluation of an expert of the board. With its new issue, The Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies continues to better make sense of the recent developments of the region and its people.One primary objective is to present thorough analyses about the Middle Eastern affairs in particular by shedding new insights on Turkey’s now a decade old activism in regional affairs. The Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies publishes academic studies that analyze political, economic and social dynamics and developments of the region. It prefers research written from multi-disciplinary perspectives and from a number of fields: political science, international relations, history, theology, sociology, and economics.
The Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies is a peer-reviewed journal indexed by prominent databases and indexes. Materials sent to the journal are being peer-reviewed at least by two academic referees before publication. It is published biannually by Sakarya University’s Middle East Institute which is one of the biggest institutions in Turkey focusing on the region. The Institute houses 35 researchers from Turkey and regional states who study and teach the foreign policy of the regional states, local communities, and religious associations as well as Turkey’s Middle East policy. In addition, it employs experts on individual country studies such as Iran, Iraq, Egypt, the Levant, and Israel. The Middle East maintains an important chapter in academic studies. It has a major share in Turkish Foreign Policy as well.
In the first article of the eighth issue, Zehra Yılmaz explains the ISIS policy towards women. Yılmaz’s study focuses on the rationale behind the participation of women to ISIS sides despite the former applies a harsh ideological attitude towards women in general. In the second study of the issue, Tunahan Yıldız discusses the Turkomans of Iraq from the perspective of sectarian confrontation and conflict. Nurcan Baklacıoğlu’s study focuses on one of the most vital consequences of the Syrian civil war. Baklacıoğlu focuses on the Syrian women on a quest of reaching Europe while it presents a snapshot of the dramatic journeys of the migrants. In his article, dealing with the Regime Security and Tunisian Foreign Policy, Selim Dursun focuses on the dual relationship between the regime security and foreign policy making in Tunisia where Arab Uprisings had started. The fifth article written by İlhan Aras critically analyzes French politics towards the Middle East during the Arap Uprisings. In the article entitled “Gulf Security Policy based on the US-Saudi-Iranian Cooperation: Double Column Policy”, Hafız Mammadov examines an important period of history between Saudi Arabia and Iran which are prominent actors of the region. Together with his study, the present issue provides an in-depth analysis of USA’s Middle East policy.
Introduction......................................................vııı Critique of ISIS’ Women Policy,Zehra Yılmaz .....................13-40 Looking at Sectarian Conflict through an Ethnic Group and a Local Context: The Case of Iraqi Turkmens and Tal Afar, Tunahan Yıldız...........................................................41-73 Gendering Migration Across Euro-Mediterranean Borders:Syrian Refugee Women on the Way to Europe,Nurcan Özgür Baklacıoğlu .............75-101 Regime Security and Tunisian Foreign Policy,Selim Dursun .......103-134 French Policy Toward the Arab Spring,İlhan Aras ................135-167 The USA Security Policy in the Gulf Based on Saudi Arabia-Iran Cooperation: The “Twin Pillars” Policy,Hafiz Mamadov............169-196 Book Review ....................................................197-200
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President George Bush – An American Life
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By Steve Hunley
The passing of former President George Herbert Walker Bush reminds me of what a uniquely American life he led. Part of what has rightly been called “the greatest generation” by author David Halberstam, George Bush grew up in a privileged family – – – his father Prescott was a wealthy businessman who later served two terms in the United States Senate from Connecticut. Bush served his country during World War II and was the last President of the United States who served in the most violent global conflict of our times.
At eighteen years old, George Bush was one the youngest naval pilots to fight in World War II. Like so many of his generation, George Bush was a genuine military hero. While flying a mission over the Bonin Islands, Japanese flak caused his Gruman bomber to catch fire and the young pilot was able to keep the plane airborne to reach open water. Two of the crewmen died after bailing out with Bush, who was rescued by a submarine. George Bush was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as well as three other Air Medals.
Bush left his Connecticut home to move to Texas with his wife Barbara and made his own fortune in the oil business. Barbara and George Bush experienced personal tragedy in the loss of their four year-old daughter to leukemia. One testament to George Bush’s character is from his own family, as he was truly adored by his children and grandchildren. Another is from those who knew the former president well. A thoughtful, kind and generous man, George Bush, like the man he served for eight years as vice president, Ronald Reagan, was known for his innumerable hand-written notes to friends, associates and many whom he did not know personally.
George Bush was a pioneer for a budding Republican party in Texas, running for the U. S. Senate kin 1964, the year Texan Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory. Bush was elected to Congress from Houston and served two terms before losing another Senate race in 1970. George Bush served the American people in several capacities; CIA Director and Ambassador to the United Nations. Bush served as Ambassador to China under President Gerald Ford before later being appointed as Director of the CIA.
Running for the Republican nomination for president in 1980, Bush was selected by eventual nominee Ronald Reagan to run with him against Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. George Bush was the epitome of a vice president, capable and loyal to his chief. Many thought Bush was elected to serve Ronald Reagan’s third term and his presidency was largely driven by foreign policy issues.
Although a modest man, George Bush was a tough competitor and capable of running hard campaigns. Yet Bush never took himself too seriously, once inviting comedian Dana Carvey to poke fun at him. Never as articulate as his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, it was easy to forget George Bush was an honors graduate of Yale University. Unlike most politicians, the subject George Bush found the most difficult to express in spoken words always involved himself.
Bush knew his own limitations, writing in his diary, “Some wanted me to deliver fireside chats to explain things, as Franklin D. Roosevelt had done. I am not good at that.”
George Bush lost his bid for a second term in 1992 and once again, he set the example for the role of former presidents. Living in Texas with his beloved wife Barbara, George Bush was a model of decorum in statesmanship. Gracious to his successor, Bill Clinton, George Bush saw his son and namesake elected president in 2000 as well as another son, Jeb, elected governor of Florida. Bush also lived to see his grandson, George P. Bush, elected to statewide office in his adopted home state of Texas.
George Bush came from a generation which did not get to enjoy the traditional benefits of being young; the depths of the Great Depression and the advent of World War II cut that short. While barely out of adolescence, George Bush was flying bomber missions in the Pacific theatre of the war.
Again, like so many of his generation, he married the girl of his dreams. Barbara Bush remembered, “I thought he was the most beautiful creature I had ever laid eyes on. I couldn’t even breathe when he was in the room.” Mrs. Bush said, “I married the first man I ever kissed.”
With wealth, came responsibility; George Bush never forgot his father’s admonition to “put something back in, do something, help others.” George Bush lived that adage for the length and breadth of his long life.
It was not surprising that George Bush died so closely following the loss of his wife, nor was it surprising he lived his life so well. As with so many of that greatest generation, George Bush was both an inspiration and example in living such a uniquely American life. George Bush’s entire life is a summary of why America is still the greatest nation on earth.
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January 18, 2018 Pleasantview leader set to return to church after seven-plus years of service
Pleasantview Home Executive Director David Heusinkveld has been the chief leader of Pleasantview for the past seven-and-a-half years. Heusinkveld will be resigning his post at Pleasantview at the end of February to return to his spiritual calling of doing work as a pastor. More specifically, he hopes to do work as an interim or transitional pastor.
Prior to joining Pleasantview in October 2010, Heusinkveld served six years as the executive director of MDC Goldenrod, a nonprofit company that provides assistance to people with intellectual disabilities. Before that he was pastor at Holdeman Mennonite Church in Wakarusa, Ind.
“I am so grateful I came to Pleasantview,” Heusinkveld said. “But now I believe God is calling me back to pastoral ministry. It’s hard to leave here, but I’m excited about what’s next and returning to the work I think suits me best.”
Board of directors chairman Michael Loss also expressed his appreciation for Heusinkveld’s dedicated work for Pleasantview.
“David Heusinkveld came to Pleasantview at a time that we needed his expertise in leadership style,” Loss said. “David has brought new structure and faithfully served our community in ways that will have a lasting effect upon us.”
Nick Jedlicka, who has worked as the clinical administrator for Pleasantview over the last four years, was chosen unanimously by the Pleasantview board of directors to take over Heusinkveld’s role as the executive. Jedlicka is from Solon, and prior to joining the Pleasantview team, worked as the director of Lakeview Lodge Assisted Living in Waterloo, Iowa, for six-plus years.
“I’m grateful for the opportunity David gave me four years ago, and we will certainly miss him,” Jedlicka said. “I’m also excited for the future; we’re blessed with exceptional staff members and are honored to be able to provide care for the residents at Pleasantview. We are heading towards a future that is very bright.”
“I’m thrilled the board chose Nick to replace me,” Heusinkveld said. “He’s a person of strong faith, strong character, and strong leadership skills. I simply cannot think of someone better suited to maintain good community ties and lead Pleasantview into the future.”
A farewell for Heusinkveld to recognize his dedication and years of service is set for Sunday, Feb. 25. It will be held in the Miller Chapel at Pleasantview from 2-4 p.m. and is open to residents, families, and staff of Pleasantview as well as the public.
“We are thankful that God sent him to us. Transitions are a time for growth,” Loss said. “We are looking forward to the direction God leads us in the future. We have an excellent group of people to lead us forward.”
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Halloween 2 (2009): A jumbled mess of every Halloween sequel, mixed in with Rob Zombie’s craziness.
A spoiler-free review (mostly, see warning).
First things first, I’ll unload my paradigms. The original Halloween (1978) is my favorite film, but I’ve been open-minded towards Zombie’s reimagining of the franchise. I wouldn’t expect Zombie’s films to be all that similar to Carpenter’s vision. If they are the same, then what’s the point? That said, I wasn’t hostile toward the changes he brought to the 2007 Halloween. All in all, I thought the film was “okay.” I didn’t share the hatred that so many fans held, nor the love of others. Going into the sequel, I would like to think that I was neutral, for lack of a better word.
I’m trying to keep this review relatively free of spoilers, so I won’t get into the nitty-gritty details, but I will say that I slowly turned myself away from the film as the runtime progressed. Oddly enough, my frustration came to a climax at the film’s conclusion. It’s almost as if any goodwill towards the movie was put on a constant fade, as I was enjoying the beginning of the film and simply enduring the last moments.
One of the most annoying features of the film was the characters. Laurie has turned into an anarchist punk (that’s still a good girl) over the course of a rough year. During the film, I jokingly mentioned to my husband that Scout Taylor Compton turned into Rob Zombie (that hair!). This new attitude that Laurie adopts is painfully cliché and laughable at times. She actually has an anarchy symbol and “666” spray-painted on her bathroom door (which isn’t really her bathroom either). What kind of ankle-biter does that (especially in someone else’s house that she is lucky enough to be staying in)? Unfortunately, she’s annoying as a punk rock chick (chirping with her punk friends in that high-pitched voice) and as a broken-up survivor (screaming in that high-pitched voice). Annie and Sherriff Brackett, who have basically adopted Laurie, are the film’s highlights and they are not in it enough. Instead, we get a lot of useless scenes with Dr. Sam Loomis, who has turned into a complete asshole (and you thought he was mean in Halloween 5). As other reviewers have mentioned, why was he in the film at all? He could have just died in the first Halloween, as it appeared in the theatrical cut.
She's sooo punk.
THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH MAY CONTAIN VAGUE SPOILERS, BUT I DON’T REALLY CONSIDER THEM SPOILERS SO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK:
Why do I say it’s a mess of other Halloween sequels (excluding H3 of course), even though it’s an entirely different type of film for the franchise? Well, let’s just look at the film on a basic, superficial level: You got the hospital action from H2 (which had a very similar feel in the way the stalking scenes played out), the weird ending like H4, the psycho-connection nonsense from H5, the overall strange feeling of H6 (which also turned the series in a bizarre direction), the brother-sister connection that plays out in the end of H20, and the psychological breakdown of Laurie as seen in the beginning of Resurrection. My main problem with the film is that I couldn’t buy the fantastical elements because they were anticlimactic, trite, unnecessary, and completely inconsistent with Zombie’s first run at Halloween. I’m all for doing new things, but for whatever reason, I found the new style/sub-plot to be unrewarding.
YOU’RE SAFE NOW.
Why is the film totally different from these movies? Well, because it’s Rob Zombie. He brings the handheld camera, long lenses, and 16mm grit from The Devil’s Rejects and the weirdness of House of 1000 Corpses into Halloween 2. I can’t say that I’m always a fan of his style. It sometimes feels as if shots are composed with out-of-focus foreground elements as an afterthought, because they end up being distracting despite any apparent visual symbolism they might have. Sometimes I just wish the camera would back off for a minute, slow down, allow us to really see what’s going on. When the editor does cut to relatively stable wides, especially when it’s of Michael Myers, it’s pretty effective. In tandem, the editing and cinematography, were not working for me.
I’ll conclude this review by saying some things I did like about the film:
-Danielle Harris and Brad Dourif
-The Hospital Sequence (aside from it’s disappointing…ummm…conclusion?)
-The sparse wide shots during action scenes that played up Michael’s brutality
-The score has improved since the first film, with less unintentionally comical music cues
-Some good moments of gore (when it’s onscreen)
-A scarier Michael Myers than in 2007
Posted by B-Movie Becky at 2:47 AM
Aaron August 29, 2009 at 6:03 AM
I'll be sure to leave feedback once I see the movie but for now I'll say that I've always had pretty "meh" expectations going into this. It really sucks because I think Rob Zombie is a great guy because he's a horror fan, first and foremost, but at the same time there's never been a director who I've been so AGAINST when it comes to spending my money on and wanting him to succeed. I'm not ashamed to say that I'm gonna spend my hard-earned money on another more well-deserving movie with the intentions of sneaking into this one. I know there aren't a lot of people who feel as strongly as I do when it comes to speaking with my wallet and I know my measly nine or ten dollars won't make a difference, but I seriously hope this movie fucking FAILS(!!!!!) at the box office this weekend. Ugh. Sorry, just had to vent there, Becky. :)
Carl (ILHM) August 29, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Not looking forward to it at all.. ugh.. Just your description of the new Laurie kinda makes me want to throw up
The Man With No Name August 29, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Yup. the cinematography sucked through the entire things the only cools shot was a high contrast helicopter shot of Hobo Meyers walking through a field. Strode was pretty annoying also. *whine and cry in a high pitched manner*? Then there is the visions of the meyers mother IE any way to get moon zombie back into the film. Give me a break, they should have just made her a stripper again. She could have played that one who runs into the wall (best part of movie).
I went and saw this last night as well and I was only a little bit disappointed. I guess I just wish it wasn't so crazy. And I, like you, very much love Danielle Harris and Brad Dourif. They made the movie for me. I love listening to Sheriff Brackett and thinking, "You sound just like Chucky. Oh wait."
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B-Movie Becky August 29, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Aaron- It's cool. I understand the desire to vent. I wrote this post a 2:47 AM...that's some pretty desperate venting right there. :)
Carl- Sorry man, maybe Rob should see SLC Punk! Haha
Nick- Yeah, I was gonna mention that about Sheri Moon. It's like he made up the flashy visions just so she could be in his movie.
atomicfox- Thanks for dropping in. I'll check out your blog. :)
Keegan August 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Halloween 3 sans Zombie supposedly to be another 3D 'spectacular'.
Lordy lord.
B-Movie Becky August 30, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Yeah I heard about that.....sigh....
J. Astro August 31, 2009 at 8:03 PM
After slogging through more than enough negative reviews of H2 on Rotten Tomatoes, and then seeing for myself and liking the movie, I've been really interested in the widely varying reception among us all re: varying points of HALLOWEEN II. Yours is another fine entry into that canon of carefully considered opinions, and you thoughtfully give it props where deserved without just tearing it down on general principle. That's the best sorta review to read: a fair one! That said, while I definitely share everyone's low opinion of the new Laurie, I'd still urge those who haven't seen HALLOWEEN II to go in with an open mind if at all possible... perhaps not completely rejecting it before it begins will help. I too was all against it at first, but I gave it a shot, and it paid off. I'm normally a cynical prick, but it won me over, in the long run.
B-Movie Becky August 31, 2009 at 8:28 PM
I can definitely see where people are coming from on the both sides--or those who are somewhere in the middle, but people are getting so angry about it and it's a little frustrating. I know we all love film to death, but damn, it's still just a movie.
It's good to hear that you liked it! I was pretty open to this film and wanted to like it; I had no negative feeling going in (other than the concerns I had from the film's trailer which left me uncertain as to the new plot direction).
And thanks for the nice things you said about the review. :)
The M'hael August 31, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Gamer, Pandorum and Whiteout will clear our tainted pallets in September, I hope! :)~
I'm not holding my breath over The Thing rip off--I mean Whiteout, but I'm so excited for Pandorum and Gamer will be deliciously fun action. :D
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Does the Daily Mail’s criticism of aid matter?
By Martin Scott (@martinscott2010). Originally published on:
the Guardian.
In the wake of the UK General election result, the assumption that British newspapers have a significant influence over their reader’s voting behaviours is being challenged.
The results of a recent YouGov poll found that a majority (52%) of Sun readers didn’t vote last week and just 59% of those who did, voted the way the paper suggested. Perhaps even more surprising is that one in six readers of the Daily Mail voted for Labour.
Given this, perhaps it is also time to question similar assumptions about the power of the press over public attitudes towards aid.
The UK’s Department for International Development (DfID), for example, was recently criticised by a group for MPs for basing its decisions on media coverage rather than evidence.
“We note that programmes occasionally appear to be closed based on negative media headlines, despite performing well in DfID’s own assessments and without a proper review of the programmes being undertaken,” they said.
In January this year, government plans to extend funding to a campaign for girls’ empowerment in Ethiopia called Yegna were dropped after critical coverage of project in the Daily Mail and the Telegraph. The Daily Mail described it as a “blood boiling” waste of taxpayers’ money. Yegna addresses issues such as early forced marriage, violence and barriers to education.
The MPs conclusions were informed, in part, by evidence from Jonathan Fisher at the University of Birmingham, who claims that, “DfID officials interpret public support for or opposition to key decisions through media headlines”
Are DfID and others right to be concerned about critical newspaper campaigns? Do they really drive – or even accurately reflect – public opinion? The results of an ongoing survey of public attitudes towards aid in the UK, France, Germany and the US, suggest not. The Aid Attitude Tracker (AAT), funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, surveys 8,000 people in each country, every six months since 2013.
The results do show that the Daily Mail is the second most important newspaper in the UK as a source of information about international development – behind only the Guardian. Daily Mail readers are also more likely than non-Mail readers to think that aid is ineffective, that it “ends up in the pockets of corrupt politicians in the developing world” and that levels of aid spending should decrease.
However, this does not prove the influence of the Daily Mail over attitudes towards aid. It could simply be that individuals who are more sceptical towards aid spending are more likely to read the Daily Mail. Indeed, a number of other results suggest that the media in general, and newspapers in particular, may not be as important in shaping public opinion, at least in the short term, as is often assumed.
When asked what source of information had the greatest influence over what they thought and felt about global poverty, only 8% of respondents mentioned newspapers or news websites.
Moreover, if public opinion were significantly affected by negative media campaigns, then we might expect support for aid to decline or at least fluctuate over time. It did not. The results showed no significant change in UK respondents’ perceptions of the effectiveness or wastefulness of government aid spending between 2013 and 2016. Even during the Daily Mail’s campaign in 2014 to encourage spending of the foreign aid budget on flood victims in the UK, there was no discernible drop in support for aid from any demographic, including Mail readers.
In fact, the percentage of UK respondents who claimed to be supportive of UK aid actually increased slightly over time, as the graph below shows (although the number of people taking action on global poverty has declined).
In addition, the association between newspaper readership and levels of support for oversees aid was positive, rather than negative. Those who regularly used newspapers and news websites as a source of information about news and current affairs were more likely to be supportive of aid.
Finally, the results show most people are simply not interested in news about aid. In the UK, only around a quarter (26%) of respondents claimed to regularly follow news about international development. This was significantly lower than for any other international issue – including human rights (37%), climate change (37%) and foreign affairs coverage in general (55%). Indeed, despite its relative popularity, only 16% of UK respondents to YouGov’s online panel claimed to use the Daily Mail or Mail Online as a source of news about international development.
The point here is not to suggest that news coverage doesn’t matter. It does. And misleading headlines should be challenged, particularly because of the potential longer-term effects they might have on public attitudes, which are much harder to capture in surveys. It is also important to highlight the crucial role that effective media scrutiny can play. MPs rightly acknowledged that the Mail on Sunday’s coverage has helped to uncover serious issues in UK aid spending.
Rather, the key conclusion is that newspaper headlines are not an accurate reflection of what people think about aid. Nor do they appear have an immediate, direct and mass effect on public perceptions. If government officials do interpret public attitudes towards aid through media headlines, they are wrong to do so.
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Re-Thinking The Question, Part 2
“Dabney refers somewhere to a pathetic kind of conservatism that has no intention of being guilty of the folly of martyrdom. But there is also a kind of conservatism that has no intention of running the risk of success. The same kind of timidity underlies both. But biblical faith always swings for the fence…”
Douglas Wilson, Blog and Mablog, Oct. 3, 2010
(Part 2)
That doesn’t negate the responsibility for Christian churches to stop, for God’s sake, the massive building programs that benefit (perhaps “pamper” is a better word) well-off congregations and neglect the poor. The Church has to be faithful in its care for the indigent, aged, young, weak, powerless, sick, and bereft, and only it can offer the Gospel message we dare not entrust with government. But even in the age of the mega-church, the majority of congregations in this country are small, with fewer than 200 people. One health crisis, a handful of sudden or lingering unemployments, and a childcare need can swamp a small church. In a diverse, geographically vast, and taxpaying society, only the government has the critical mass necessary to extend to its citizenry the services the people need — and have paid for in taxes.
Those may be “social safety net” programs, or the infrastructure and institutions all of us depend on, but they cannot effectively be conceived, implemented, and administered by thousands of different churches representing hundreds of different denominations. God hasn’t left us without guidance on this, and we can infer from the Word that governmental bridge-building programs aren’t sinful. But it ought to be cause for profound dismay that so many believers pore over the Word in the hope of finding ways to excuse themselves from helping the poor while rallying to Tea Parties to condemn government for trying to do for “the least of these” not only what the Church can’t, but too often won’t.
That in taxation the rest of us pay for the support of others and may have, in times of need, others paying for ours, is undeniable. That so many Christians on the right object to it is clear, too. Since the 1970s and the rise of the gaseous Moral Majority, the Religious Right has announced its devotion to a theology that is peculiarly bedroom-focused and profoundly hateful both in rhetoric and in its inattention to the concerns of Others Not Like Them. As the American Church’s theological ignorance skyrockets, so does the perception that it is primarily concerned with excoriating — in the name of Jesus — homosexuals, abortion providers, immigrants, and those dreary, unwashed hordes who pick their pockets, with government encouragement, for their support and maintenance. “Charity at gunpoint” may be a catchy way for religious conservatives to describe taxation, but it belies an attitude of hard-heartedness and self-centeredness entirely in opposition to the character of true disciples of Jesus. I think that the Bible gives us an idea of how Christ would treat homosexuals, abortion providers, immigrants, and the poor, and it seems different to me from how Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bauchmann and Haley Barbour would.
That doesn’t mean that the left gets it right all of the time, not even most of the time. But when I examine the policy agendas of the Democrats and the Republicans, I can’t help but see that while both can be described as “imperfect” and “incomplete,” it’s not the Christian-controlled GOP that evinces a social gospel of concern for the poor. Further, the rank hypocrisy of public posturing and private debauchery revealed just in the last decade originated primarily from the right — which, given the warm embrace Christians have offered the GOP and the Tea Party, is particularly tragic. I will grant that liberals tend not to engage in a lot of rhetoric about sexual morality, which, perhaps, gives them more of a cover for any bad behavior they might engage in, but the right’s focus on sexual morality, whenever hateful and at the expense of concern for the poor, wounds the message of Christ and hobbles his people when they do engage in the public square.
I hate the killing of unborn children, I loathe pornography and its effects on women and men, and I lament the coarse, licentious nature of today’s culture. I wish someone — maybe even a Christian — would rise to a position of prominence and address these things in a reasonable, Gospel-mirroring and effective manner. But I believe it’s wrong to deny GLBT people the civil protection I enjoy as a heterosexual woman, and because I’m not a doctor, and you’re likely not one, either, I believe that abortive procedures have to involve complete truth and medical necessity as determined by the doctor and her patient, not by elderly Southern gentlemen still struggling with their discomfort over women’s sexuality and liberation.
But my theology requires that in addressing those things, I also address — and advocate for — the poor around me. I have to not only do my work in feeding the hungry and extending a hand to the outcast, but I have to support my government when it tries to do the same. The Lord Jesus requires that I contend for justice, seek peace, speak truth, and leave no area, no thought, no action, closed to the Holy Spirit. I don’t expect the government to bow publicly to the Spirit, but I know that God works through the institutions he’s established, and I’m bound to honor those who serve. My politics has to mirror a Gospel that in its promise of individual, personal relationship with Jesus also makes it clear that everything’s not all about me, my comfort, and my advancement — nor should it be. That’s just not something I see in the GOP, the Tea Party, the Religious Right, and in evangelicalism in general. And Lord knows that here in Moscow, tremendous effort is made in weaving a theology that excuses the believer, as I said earlier, from coming to the aid of the poor and also ties in ugly threads of blame and shame toward those who should find the Church a place of nurture — not censure.
It should go without saying, but current times require it, that the vitriolic hatred and suspicion of President Obama as a swarthy, shadowy usurper and tyrant comes from the right, most often the Christian right, and ought to be condemned by anybody who utters the name of Christ with even minimal reverence. Liberals criticized our former president because of what he did, things that make him the worst president in memory and probably in history, and that made his Christian commitment seem like a cheap suit. I would publicly applaud any Republican or Tea Party supporter who condemns the dangerous viciousness of the anti-Obama sentiment around us. I would also publicly applaud my son for making me an omelette with fresh morels and bacon. Neither one’s gonna happen, but the consequence of the former could be catastrophic, and every conservative who doesn’t condemn it shares responsibility for any tragedy that results. That includes Moscow’s Doug Wilson, an Obama hater of the first degree.
So I’ve established that I can most often be found, for those who care to look, on the left side of the spectrum when politics is involved. I am conservative, fiercely so, in my theology, and I live a pretty conservative life. And while all of that may be interesting, here’s the one thing I’d want you to know about me: I just want my every idea, word, action, and belief to find themselves seeking the heart of Jesus Christ. If matters of social and economic policy slide to the left for me, may the glory go to God and not the Democratic Party — but may any rebuke implied be heard by the GOP and the Christ-followers who inexplicably dance to its tune.
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One Response to “Re-Thinking The Question, Part 2”
Ashwin says:
I got the impression from our last exchange that I was not to comment here anymore. But from your latest post, it appears not to be the case. I am glad.
Your “Re-thinking the Question” posts are very good in that it is the first balanced article you have written in a long time. You most wrote like a Marxist reactionary – a couple of really decent post notwithstanding.
THIS is the sort of writing you should be engaged in.
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FAQs on Kenya’s Floricultural Exports
The country continues to play a significant role in the international trade, exporting to the world market over 35% of cut flowers and ornamentals, while earning the country great revenue in foreign exchange. Below are the reasons behind the success of the floriculture industry.
1. Why is Kenya a top producer and exporter of flowers?
Kenya is a top producer and exporter of cut-flowers and ornamentals owing to the fact that the country has got an ideal climate for producing a wide range of top quality flowers in different parts of the country all year round. With the equator cutting across the country, the light levels at the equator are maximized while high altitude keeps temperatures from exceeding optimum levels for temperate crops. Some tropical crops can also be grown at low altitudes e.g. Anthurium.
Having the sun directly overhead produces straight stems naturally. The country is also endowed with plenty of good quality water for production, and highly educated, trained and hardworking work force at competitive wage levels. The country’s JKIA is a major regional hub and is very well served by major airlines and charter operators giving easy airfreight access to the European markets and from there to the rest of the world, compared to other competing countries.
The country has a dynamic small holder production base for certain crops which are labour intensive, with a massive investment by both local and overseas investors in high tech projects with emphasis on varieties and adding value coupled with good marketing by the growers.
2. What is the current value of exports?
The total declared FOB value of flower exports in 2013 was Kshs 46.5 billion with export volumes of 124,858 tonnes. Horticultural exports are Kenya’s biggest export earnings after tourism. The economic stability of the country is therefore dependent on the continued success of the industry.
Kenya’s economy largely relies on the agriculture sector which contributes 25.3% of GDP. 2.63% of the national GDP is from the horticulture sub-sector while 1.29% is from the flower industry.
Horticulture is one of the top foreign exchange earners for the country generating approximately US$ 1 billion annually.
3. What are the main products?
Although the main flower under production are roses, the country produces a diverse range of other high quality cut flowers and ornamentals, including summer flowers used as fillers mixed with other flowers and greenery in bouquets.
4. Which are the most important destinations?
The biggest percentage of exports are to the EU, which is believed to consume over 50% of the world flowers. The major markets for the flowers are to the Netherlands, UK, Germany, France, and other EU countries. With market diversifications, Russia , USA, Japan and Dubai are coming up quite fast.
5. What is the level of investment?
There are currently over 300 active exporters of floricultural products to the EU, with total capital investment being more than $800 million (€600 million). The area under commercial floriculture is more than 2,500 hectares. The government provides a high level of supporting infrastructure including a port, airports, roads, telecommunication etc.
6. How much employment is generated by the industry?
The number of direct employees in the export industry is estimated to be over 90,000, while indirect employees in affiliated activities on service provision, and inputs etc are approximately 2 million people who derive a livelihood from the export industry. If each has four dependants, the total beneficiaries are 4.8 million people or 14% of the population.
7. What steps have been taken to comply with new market standards?
Majority of all producers are compliant with main trade and statutory environmental, health & safety, traceability and social standards e.g. Kenya Flower Council Code of Practice, GlobalGAP, MPS, ETI, Fair Trade, BRC etc. Kenya has been a pioneer in accreditation to EurepGAP, now GlobalGAP, where Kenya Flower Council was the first national scheme world wide to be accredited to GlobaGAP in 2005.
The Council is accredited to carry out farm audits against the Kenya Standard for Flowers and Ornamentals (KS1758), on behalf of Kenya Bureau of Standards.
The Council is also a fully fledged Products Certification Body by the South Africa National Accreditation Services (SANAS).
8. Is horticulture having a negative effect on the environment?
Kenya has more protected conservation areas than most African countries and is providing unique wildlife and eco-friendly holidays to record numbers of tourists. High altitude growing at equatorial latitudes produces quality flowers without fossil fuels (heating and lighting) – Kenyan produce is “grown under the sun”. There is an ongoing project to participate in the formulation of national environmental standards as pertains the industry to ensure that not only are growers part of the decision makers, but that they also comply with national as they strive to meet international standards.
Never the less, Kenyan growers are actively seeking cleaner technologies by using geothermal and solar techniques for power generation, while water and organic matter are recycled by most farms. Studies carried out show relatively low carbon footprints, estimated at 1 ton per capita compared to the developed world, where levels of up to 40 tons per capita have been cited.
9. What is the level of research and training?
Top quality research on new varieties and products is carried out continuously by the private sector with public sector support. Research to reduce freight costs is a priority, for example by using more efficient packaging by air and by developing sea freight systems for many products. More than 120 graduate horticulturalists are produced each year by four universities and a new vocational training institute is in the pipeline.
10. Why is Kenya a top producer and exporter of flowers?
Kenya is a top producer and exporter of cutflowers and ornamentals owing to the fact that the country has got an ideal climate for producing a wide range of top quality flowers in different parts of the country all year round. With the equator cutting across the country, the light levels at the equator are maximised while high altitude keeps temperatures from exceeding optimum levels for temperate crops.
11. Where, how big, how developed is Kenya?
A republic since 1963, Kenya has a land area of 569,259 square kilometres (about as big as Germany), straddles the equator and is on the eastern seaboard of Africa. The Great Rift Valley with its lakes and volcanoes bisects the country north to south. The capital City is Nairobi and has a major port in Mombasa. The population is 40 million with GDP per capita of $514 (€367).
12. Impact of post-election crisis 2008 on the industry?
The flower sector like most other industries in Kenya, has experienced major challenges during this difficult time for the country. Fracas following announcement of polls elections caught growers totally unawares. From estimates on the ground the, the impact of some 5-7 days of interrupted business as a result of blockaded roads and threats of violence to drivers led to an estimated loss of approximately Ksh 1 billion. Affected areas included Eldoret, Kericho, Mt. Elgon, Kitale and Molo.
However, farms continued with production throughout the country, even in the mentioned areas, without too much disruption until the period of 27th – 30th January, when trouble erupted in Naivasha. Workers going to work were attacked by rowdy youths, in the name of avenging violence meted on certain tribes in parts of the country. Fortunately, the situation has returned to near normal with 80- 90% staff reporting to work during normal hours. Most of affected farms were where workers are not housed by companies, in which case management provided ample security.
Information on Naivasha region
1. How many hectares of roses is it around Lake Naivasha?
Estimated to be about 1200 ha. Roses account for roughly about 70% (840 ha.) of the flowers grown in Naivasha
2. The percentage of certified production area around Lake Naivasha
Those certified by KFC are about 53.2% of the total hectares in Naivasha which is 638.49 ha
3. How many hectares of greenhouses collect rain water on the roofs?
All farms growing their flowers in green houses harvest rainwater which is collected in the reservoirs.
4. The percentage of hectares with re-circulation of irrigation systems?
Farms recycling water are mostly those who grow under hydroponics that is, 70% of the 1200ha.
5. The percentage of hectares with drip irrigation systems?
All greenhouses (1200 ha) use drip. 70 percent grow under hydroponics. Growing on soil is being phased out as its more water use inefficient. Outdoor growing is a mixture of drip and overhead irrigation
6. The estimated amount of water per square meter rose production?
55 cubic metres per ha Per day
7. Number of people directly employed by the floriculture industry in Kenya?
In Naivasha about 30,000 livelihoods are directly employed in the Flower industry. On average of 8 people rely on one single job in Kenya. This implies about 240,000 people indirectly rely on employment in the farms around Naivasha.
8. Number of people indirectly depending from the floriculture industry in Kenya?
Floriculture industry in Kenya employs about 90,000 directly and about 500,000 livelihoods depend indirectly on the industry.
9. Annual amount of rain a normal year in mm per square meter?
On average Naivasha receives 700mm/annum
10. The amount of rain in mm per square meter the dry year of 2009?
661mm/m2
11. The amount of rain in mm per square meter the rainy year of 2010?
971.3 mm/m2
Lake Naivasha is one of Kenya’s most valuable freshwater resources, known for its crystal clear waters and extremely rich biodiversity, with over 150 wetland species and 350 others recorded around the lake. Today lake levels have improved and also rush growth of papyrus after the rains.
Through the Lake Naivasha Growers Group, growers have relentlessly remained at the forefront of stewardship of the Lake Naivasha, by initiating effective measures on the usage of available water equitably and responsibly to ensure that all water sources, including the Lake are used in a manner that minimizes wastage of water as well as ensuring the most efficient use. This is done by way of use of hydroponic techology in feeding the flowers, compared to other methods such as overhead irrigation ensuring that each crop is given only the amount of water it needs, thus avoiding wastage.
In addition, approval for abstracting and use of water is given by Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) where water usage by growers is monitored. All abstarations are metered, enabling growers to monitor usage at every point . We wish to reiterate our commitment to ensuring the sustainable use and protection of Lake Naivasha and its catchment area.
According to a survey report by Lake Naivasha Water Resource Users Association LANAWRUA), the actual volume of the water abstracted is 82% of the volume allowed where by 98% of the of the volumes are under permits.
Some growers monitor the quality of water from the lake ,Lake levels and physical parameters such as pH and EC where water samples are collected regularly and sent for Microbial and full chemical/mineral analyses to Government accredited laboratories every 3 months and results are sent to various regulatory agencies and shared with local research institutions.
Farms that have put in place strict measures to ensure the prevention of pollution of the environment where waste water is treated before disposal through acceptable means as outlined in the Environment Management and Coordination Act (EMCA99) and monitored by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA).
They work closely with government agencies dealing with environmental issues, including water use. For example WRMA, KMFRI (Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute), the Ministry of Water, LNGG ( Lake Naivasha Growers Group), LNRA (Lake Naivasha Riparian Association) and LANAWRUA ( Lake Naivasha Water Resource Users Association).
Rehabilitation and restoration of the highland areas that form the L. Naivasha catchment is a priority with farms donating tree seedlings annually to the local community to support catchment rehabilitation efforts.
– Employees are provided with protective clothing and also provided trainings where the package caters for safe use of chemicals, conservation of the environment, safety in work place, first aid, and other disciplines related to their operations.w3
– It is important to note that salaries under the KFC code are generally 15 per cent higher than those paid in other productive sectors for unskilled workers not to mention other benefits accrued from Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes such as education, water, health for workers and communities.
– Farms have wetlands that take care of all the technical water waste.
– In addition to KFC certification, growers are also certified by MPS, FairTrade, Globalgap through the KFC certification scheme, FLO, Tesco among others.
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Logos of the Sillon
You can find the most well known logo used by the Sillon in the top left corner of this page.
The most famous of these logos is of course that of Saint Francis at work behind the plough tracing the Furrow - Sillon in French - from which the movement took its name.
Let's take another larger look at this image which comes from a painting done in Rome around 1883 by the French artist, Théobald Chartran (1949-1907). On show in Paris at the Univeral Exposition in 1889, it made a great impression on the young future sillonnists, then students at Stanislas College.
Here's the next Sillon logo the sheaf of wheat - very symbolic in Christian imagery and prophetic in terms of the Sillon's own destiny - recalling the scriptural grain of wheat which must die in order to give life.
And, of course, last but not least the art nouveau style S logo on a floral background where the ivy represents immortality or life everlasting - an often used 19th century symbol. Somehow, there also seems to be a prophetic element here as well. Recall Marc Sangnier's final exhortation "The mission of the Sillon has not yet been accomplished".
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Enabling the transition to electric mobility in Asian intermediate public transport fleets
Intermediate public transport fleets cater to a huge demand in mobility services in many countries – especially in Asia. As local governments invest in clean mobility initiatives, there are many challenges to enabling the transition to electric IPT fleets.
What are intermediate public transport fleets?
Intermediate public transport (IPT), sometimes referred to as paratransit, are road vehicles used for passenger transportation which do not follow a fixed time schedule and may not follow a fixed route. IPT vehicles include: rickshaws, tuk-tuks, taxis, minibuses, carpools, vanpools, buses and demand-responsive (dial-a-ride) vehicles.
IPT is often an informal mobility solution, providing an accessible transport service to passengers of different income backgrounds and complementing the existing formal networks of urban transportation.
IPT is usually highly frequent and covers short-trip length – hence why it is important for last-mile connectivity. In other words, IPT helps people get to places that are not always covered by formal public transport.
In many regions around the world, particularly in South and Southeast Asia, IPT fleets are extremely popular. IPT demand is approximately 40-70% in smaller cities, 16-17% in metropolitan cities and 4-5% in mega cities each year.
However, although IPT hugely contributes to satisfy the transportation demands, there are still some challenges around its operation.
First, IPT vehicles are known to be a big part of the urban pollution problem. Many IPT vehicles lack technology and use dirty fuels because they are owned by small-level owners. Depending on the city, IPT fleets contribute 15%-21% to high particulate pollution.
Second, both IPT and the formal public transport services (bus, rail, metro, etc) need to be well integrated. The introduction of a formal transport system without consideration of IPT can lead to conflict between the two systems.
Finally, a third challenge relates to the policy implications around IPT. When it comes to regulation, in many cases the focus is on fixing routes and penalty fares, but deployment strategies often lack clarity.
Many cities have taken initiatives for moving towards cleaner fuel for some IPT. In Delhi, auto rickshaws now use compressed natural gas, policies for cycle rickshaws are being developed and GPS connectivity is being envisaged to improve compliance.
Other cities in India, such as Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata, have implemented a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) program for IPT 3-W vehicles. In Alwar, incentives are given for taxis to switch to electric vehicles.
Enabling the electrification of IPT fleets
India, and other countries in Asia, has also made considerable efforts and progress in the electrification of paratransit fleets. However, there are common challenges associated with electrifying IPT fleets, such as unregistered vehicles and an absence of certain regulatory frameworks.
Although Central Motor Vehicle Rules in India have been updated to include e-rickshaws, in Delhi, e-rickshaws do not have government permits that allow them on arterial roads, so they are limited to a few routes and their drivers face police harassment.
Mechanisms for charging and ensuring efficiency of electric vehicles should also be in place, as well as policies relating to safety norms and to environmental issues, such as battery disposal.
IPT fleets also experience lack of financial support. Being in the informal market, they fail to leverage existing financial support mechanisms such as bank loans and leases.
Poor infrastructure (for example, lack of public charging stations, parking spaces) and overcrowding are also responsible for difficult operating conditions for e-rickshaws.
According to Anumita Roy Chowdhury, Executive Director of Research and Advocacy at the Centre for Science and Environment, there are several possible solutions to overcoming the challenges above and enable the electrification of IPT fleets.
First, governments and policy-makers need to recognize IPT as a legitimate public transport system and an important source of livelihood upon which many poor and lower middle-class families depend on.
IPT fleets should be integrated and developed based on route rationalization to meet commuting demands. Street design also needs to consider and provide for IPT parking, drop off and pick up.
Finally, the electrification of IPTs needs to be strategic and link to the zero emissions mandate of the city. Local governments should seek to improve service quality, monitoring and enforcement and provide a fiscal strategy for creating the infrastructure for electric paratransit to work effectively.
This blog summarizes discussions raised in the webinar ‘Enabling a transition to electric mobility in Intermediate public transport fleets: policies and enabling environment’. The online session was organized by the Asia LEDS Partnership Clean Mobility Community of Practice.
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly CC BY 3.0
by: LEDSGP Global | posted: 3pm, November 12, 2018
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Joshua Ferris [ USA ]
Wir waren unsterblich
Reinbek, 2007
[Ü: Frank Wegner]
Ins Freie
Luchterhand Literaturverlag
München, 2010
[Ü: Marcus Ingendaay]
Joshua Ferris was born on November 8th, 1974 in Danville, Illinois (USA), and grew up in Key West in Florida. In 1996 he graduated with a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Iowa. His first short story, »Mrs. Blue«, was published in 1999 in the »Iowa Review«. Before commencing his Masters Degree in Creative Writing at the University of California, Ferris lived for a few years in Chicago, where he worked in an advertising agency.
A Chicago advertising agency is also the setting for his début novel »Then We Came to the End« (2007). Written in the first person plural, the novel is about the absurdity of office life and the dark side of today's working world. With plenty of irony, but not without empathy, the author deals with questions of the value of work, the relevance of work to feelings of self-worth, and the fear of unemployment. Ferris' writing has been compared by critics with Don DeLillo. The story of the office community as protagonist is not told in a linear structure, but instead in numerous flashbacks and fast forwards. Translated into 25 languages, the novel was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the P.E.N./Hemingway Foundation Award. Further short stories followed which were published in, among others, the »New Yorker« (which also included Ferris in their »20 Under 40« list of the most promising young authors) and the »Guardian«, as well as in the anthologies »Best New American Voices«, 2007, and »New Stories from the South«, 2007. Ferris' second novel »The Unnamed« was published in 2010. Shifting between an authorial and a personal narrative perspective, »The Unnamed« is about the successful New York lawyer Tim Farnsworth, who appears to be leading a full and satisfied life. He is happily married, lives with his wife and daughter in a large, beautiful house, he loves his work – and takes it all for granted. But he is stricken by a mysterious illness. Driven by a compulsion to quite literally run away - to run out of the house and to keep running until he collapses from exhaustion - he destroys everything in his life which he values: his family, his friendships, his professional standing, and the prosperous life he has led. With this story of a descent into the middle-class' abyss, Ferris has written »an unnerving portrait of a man stripped of civilization's defences« (New Yorker).
Joshua Ferris lives as a freelance writer near New York.
[http://www.joshuaferris.com/]
Filed under: literaturen_der_Welt
Joshua Ferris and the lunacy of modern life
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US appeals court sides with Trump in lawsuit involving hotel
Legal Interview 2019/07/11 01:22
A federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel, handing Trump a significant legal victory Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the ruling of a federal judge in Maryland who said the lawsuit could move forward.
The state of Maryland and the District of Columbia sued in 2017, claiming Trump has violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting profits through foreign and domestic officials who stay at the Trump International Hotel. The case is one of three that argue the president is violating the provision, which prohibits federal officials from accepting benefits from foreign or state governments without congressional approval.
In the case before the 4th Circuit, the court found the two jurisdictions lack standing to pursue their claims against the president, and granted a petition for a rare writ of mandamus, directing U.S. District Court Judge Peter Messitte to dismiss the lawsuit.
Trump heralded the decision in a tweet, saying, "Word just out that I won a big part of the Deep State and Democrat induced Witch Hunt." Trump tweeted that he doesn't make money but loses "a fortune" by serving as president.
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till we have faces , 2011, 13:57.00, edition of 3, HD wide screen, with sound
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Our culture shapes how we perceive the normal events in our lives as well as the ways in which we try to interpret life’s mysteries. Increasingly reliant on quantitative analysis in arriving at our worldview, we now arrive at conclusions and assumptions that, in the past, would have been explained by myths, fables and superstitions. Understanding the function of myths in a social structure serves to clarify various stages in the history of human thought and also helps us to better understand contemporary life. Mythological stories reflect the vulnerabilities of human existence through the manipulations of superhuman beings. Our work explores this notion of frailty by building on examples from past societies where myth supplied models for human behavior. We begin working with a story from mythology and remove its narrative, producing an animation that becomes a visual cacophony of moving imagery, totally abstracting the original story while still reflecting its content.
By using a digital whole body scanner, we’re able to place three-dimensional photographically recorded figures, generally our own, into a computer to work with as 3d objects. With these scans and the use of custom software, we create animations exploring the human body. It becomes distorted and grotesque, altering the way we visualize the figure. The scanner’s cameras used in our current work only record external information. Subsequently the figures are hollow three-dimensional objects and in sectioning them they become ribbons of flesh. These calligraphic shards of sliced figures are meant to emphasize our vulnerability. They become painterly abstractions, at times like brushstrokes, of varying weights and intensities. The hollowness of the whole figures contributes to a sense of de-realization or the feeling that nothing is real while the shredding of the figures also makes them seem both anonymous and universal.
Looking at legends through contemporary eyes, we are better able to understand how we continue to be as manipulated by our culture now as we were in the past. Many of these myths, ostensibly lovely, romantic stories, are quite brutal. till we have faces was formatted like an opera, loosely based on the mythical love story of Cupid and Psyche. The video is an eight channel animation, each channel representing a section of the opera’s composition, the prologue, two acts composed of three scenes in each act and the epilogue. It is about the failed perception of love and the dysfunctional nature of a family unit. It expresses human conflicts and connections between those distressed and suffering. The tension, in an abstracted way, creates a thin line between the grotesque and the beauty of human life.
This animation also exists as an eight channel installation.
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“Twentieth-Century Affectations”: A Review of Looper
September 29, 2012 May 29, 2018 admin 2 Comments Gary Westfahl
by Gary Westfahl
There are at least three approaches one might take in evaluating Rian Johnson’s Looper. Considered in terms of what the film aspired to be – a crowd-pleasing blockbuster that would earn its creators lots of money – it seems a likely success: the film provides more than enough of the thrills and excitement that today’s audiences crave, and it admirably does so with a story that is far from predictable, to hold the interest of viewers seeking something to think about as well as something to raise their adrenaline levels. Placed within the context of the science fiction tradition that it is knowingly or unknowingly joining – the intricately constructed time-travel paradox – the film falls short of the standards set by its distinguished predecessors, though not in a manner that insults the intelligence of its audience or is beyond the possibility of repair. Finally, examined as one of many contemporary cultural documents conveying prevailing attitudes toward present-day society, this film is fascinating in ways that are challenging to articulate.
Since there seems little reason to expand upon this film’s qualities as a marketable Hollywood product, allow me to move immediately into its qualities as a work of science fiction. Long ago, genre writers discovered that time travel could be employed to have chrononauts return to the scene of particular events at various ages and interact with different versions of themselves to generate seemingly paradoxical outcomes or endless cycles; the classic examples I am thinking of include Robert A. Heinlein’s “By His Bootstraps” (1942), Charles L. Harness’s Flight into Yesterday (1953), and Philip K. Dick’s “A Little Something for Us Tempunauts” (1974). One dream provoked by this film is that someone might undertake a film adaptation of Heinlein’s delightful exercise, a story in which every character is the same person at different ages, or its successor “`All You Zombies –’” (1958), wherein a sex-change operation adds differently-gendered versions of the protagonist to the mix; the difficulty for a modern filmmaker, of course, would be interpolating the requisite number of gun battles and car chases into Heinlein’s intriguing but sedately unfolding narratives. Looper is not nearly so complicated, as it posits a future world of 2074 in which the underworld employs illegal time travel to first send trained assassins back to the year 2044 and then send its captured enemies to the same time so that the assassins can kill them and dispose of their bodies (since unspecified tracking devices make it impossible to safely dispose of dead bodies in the future). The assassins conclude their careers by killing future versions of themselves, their reward being thirty years of easy living until they are rounded up and sent back in time to be killed by their younger selves. Without revealing every twist of the plot, one can say that in this film, the young assassin Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) fails to kill his older self (Bruce Willis), allowing the aged killer to embark upon a mission to locate and kill the small child destined to become the dreaded “Rainmaker” who is oppressing the world of 2074; the problem the old Joe faces is that he must prevent his younger self from killing him while also doing everything in his power to keep him alive, since if young Joe dies, old Joe will be erased from existence. Further complicating matters is that young Joe is becoming attached to one of the possible Rainmakers, a precocious boy named Cid Harrington (Pierce Gagnon), and his mother Sara (Emily Blunt).
If one accepts the common conceit that changing an event in the past would send ripples through the time stream that immediately change all subsequent events, then the way that the film ultimately resolves its dilemma to provide a reasonably happy ending can be defended, though the film certainly could have worked harder to tie up all of its loose ends. However, as I have noted in reviewing other films, filmmakers today lack the science fiction writer’s traditional concern for careful development of strange ideas, fearing that too much explanation will slow down the action, so that quibbles about the logic of time travel in this film may seem irrelevant, even old-fashioned. Indeed, when young Joe’s boss Abe (Jeff Daniels) complains about Joe’s habit of wearing a tie, calling it one of his “twentieth-century affectations,” he employs a term that might be applied to all such concerns: studying the science fiction films now being released, one might readily conclude that critiquing the scientific reasoning behind such narratives represents the anachronistic application of twentieth-century standards to a quite different, twenty-first-century genre more interested in appealing to wide audiences than living up to the expectations of the scientifically inclined.
Looper does a better job of wrestling with the moral implications of time travel, also a topic addressed by previous science fiction authors. That is, if one goes back in time and strangles Adolf Hitler in the cradle, the time traveler is certainly saving the world from a genocidal madman, but he or she is also murdering an innocent child. Remarkably, pondering both the short-term and long-term implications of what characters will or might do leads this film to depart from one of the firmest conventions of standard commercial filmmaking: that it is important to first establish viewpoint characters for audiences to like and identify with, and then to keep them sympathetic and central to the plot until they reach their happy endings. At various times in Looper, however, audiences are asked to alternately take the sides of different characters – young Joe, old Joe, and Sara and Cid – whose interests keep diverging and whose proclivities seem sometimes desirable and sometimes inimical. It is very odd that in one scene, viewers are rooting for old Joe to overcome young Joe, and in another scene they are hoping that young Joe will thwart old Joe, and in yet another scene they are worried that both old Joe and young Joe may be threatening the well-being of Sara and Cid, who have suddenly become the characters they are most concerned about. What Johnson is doing is not quite as radical as Alfred Hitchcock’s maneuver in Psycho (1960) – killing off his viewpoint character thirty minutes into the film – but it is unsettling nonetheless, and it also helps the film to generate a unique sort of suspense: we all know that the film will have a happy ending, but will it be a happy ending for young Joe, old Joe, Sara and Cid, or some combination of the above?
In the end, however, what I found most interesting about Looper had nothing to do with time travel or its other major prediction, the emergence of a mutation granting many individuals low-level telekinetic powers, but rather with its portrayal of America in the year 2044, which seems to epitomize a surprising new image of the future that is emerging in recent films. In my classes, whenever I address how science fiction characterizes humanity’s future, I tell students that, discounting apocalyptic scenarios, there are two common patterns. The first is what we now call a “retrofuture” of soaring skyscrapers, domed cities, moving sidewalks, flying cars, and helpful gadgets improving all aspects of everyday life for its contented, well-adjusted citizens; such futures are depicted in the conclusion of the film Things to Come (1936), novels like Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel (1954), and satirical homages like the animated series The Jetsons (1962-1963, 1985-1987) and Futurama (1993-2003, 2010- ). Later there came a radically different vision that might be termed the Blade Runner future, after the 1982 film that first brought it to prominence: it is darker, seedier, more multiethnic, and filled with drifters struggling to stay alive in a corrupt world dominated by multinational corporations and criminal syndicates. Brought into written science fiction by William Gibson’s influential Neuromancer (1984), such grim futures have also been observed in films ranging from Johnny Mnemonic (1995) to the recent remake of Total Recall (2012) (review here). Looper seems to confirm that a third, entirely different sort of future is now becoming commonplace, and the best descriptive term I can devise at the moment would be the Grapes of Wrath future, referencing John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel and its 1940 film adaptation; for essentially, several films are now predicting that people in the future will be returning to the lifestyle of America’s Great Depression.
I have been puzzled to see versions of such futures in other films I have recently reviewed, including Inception (2010 (review here), In Time (2011) (review here), and The Hunger Games (2012) (review here). These films offer, or suggest, different reasons why such a future might come about, and are dissimilar in several respects, but they all share certain characteristics. In some ways, they resemble the Blade Runner future, in that they are worlds of enormous economic inequality where a wealthy few enjoy pleasant, sheltered lives while the majority of citizens suffer in poverty, and they are worlds dominated by criminals and corruption. But there is nothing dark about these worlds; in fact, since most characters are outdoors much of the time, whether they are living on a farm or pushing a shopping cart down the street, their lives are filled with sunshine, and while they are poor, they do not necessarily seem unhappy. Characters like Katniss in the opening scenes of The Hunger Games and this film’s Sara face their share of difficulties, but in other respects their lives seem reasonably satisfying. Also, in contrast to the foreign languages, foods, and clothing that are observed in the Blade Runner futures, these futures invariably seem all-American, racially diverse but culturally monotonous, again recalling earlier eras in American history; as one conspicuous example, the isolated restaurant frequented by young Joe looks precisely like a diner from the 1930s, its only hint of modernity being a sign promoting “soy steak with gravy,” presumably because the real thing is now too expensive. Most strikingly, the Blade Runner future is dominated by all sorts of futuristic technology, and even the poorest people in films like Johnny Mnemonic have access to advanced gadgetry; in the Grapes of Wrath future, characters not only lack the sorts of technology one might reasonably predict, but they also lack most of the technology that we already have today. They never have cell phones or laptops; they don’t even have televisions or microwave ovens. There may be a few incongruously advanced devices in their lives – Sara turns on a flying machine to either water or fertilize her crops, and she teaches Cid math with an illuminated board – but they otherwise carry on without most of the machinery that has long been commonplace in American households; Sara dries her clothes on a clothesline, lacking a clothes dryer, and young Joe keeps track of time using an old-fashioned pocket watch, not a wristwatch with a digital display. The best way to explain Cid’s name is to assume that he was named after the recurring character in the Final Fantasy video games (since it is hard to imagine Sara deciding to employ the Spanish term for “lord” as a name for her son), but neither he nor anyone else in this film ever plays a video game, another pursuit that people in the future have apparently abandoned.
To account for such futures, one might say that filmmakers are responding to America’s recent economic downturn and are pessimistically predicting that the situation will keep getting worse and worse, forcing people to give up the technology they can no longer afford and return to the lifestyle of their great-grandparents. But such projections simply don’t seem logical; even during the Great Depression, most people still had watches and radios, and even during today’s hard times, most people still have televisions and cell phones. The erasure of post-1940s technology from the lives of these future people is simply too thoroughgoing and universal to be believable. Equally implausible is the envisioned return to the habits and fashion of 1930s America; again, people in the Great Depression did not go back to having taffy pulls or wearing bustles and corsets, and it is hard to see how ongoing economic difficulties will make people in the future give up eating tacos and sushi or wearing sunglasses. Another explanation would be that many people today are growing impatient, or dissatisfied, with all of the technology that surrounds them; even as they spend their days talking on their cell phones and posting updates on Facebook, they are growing nostalgic for the pastimes of long ago, when children rode on tricycles instead of playing video games and single men went to diners to socialize with waitresses instead of going home to put frozen dinners in their microwaves. Yet one struggles to observe signs of such attitudes elsewhere in American society, and filmmakers in any event could easily respond to these posited longings for the past with historical dramas; why are they crafting such backwards visions of the future?
A third answer would lie in the idea, expressed repeatedly by William Gibson and many others, that people today are already living in the future, already experiencing the futuristic lives filled with advanced technology that were once limited to science fiction’s visions of the future. From this perspective, it is the traditional futures of science fiction that now seem old-fashioned; that is, we may lack some particular features like moving sidewalks and flying cars, but we otherwise are already living in a retrofuture; and our environments may not be quite that polluted and multinational, but we otherwise are already living in a Blade Runner future. To contemporary viewers, such futures no longer seem all that different from their own present, and the problem cannot be solved by adding a few more technological bells and whistles to these now-familiar scenarios. Instead, to make their futures seem truly different from the present, filmmakers must remove our ubiquitous laptops, smartphones, and other advanced technology from the picture in order to create a truly unusual sort of future that recalls the past, with just a few bits of scientific wizardry thrown in to distinguish such futures from the actual past. In effect, they are constructing a genuinely novel future entirely out of “twentieth-century affectations,” making Abe’s remark even more applicable to the entire film.
In this regard, it may be illuminating that, although it is not specified in the film, it seems that the people in Looper have only mastered time travel into the past; certainly, it is the only form of time travel observed in the film, and if future criminals did have access to two-way time travel, they would certainly find it profitable to travel into the future as well as the past, for reasons ranging from getting their hands on new technologies to finding out the winners of upcoming sporting events, yet nothing like this is ever mentioned. Both literally and figuratively, then, Looper may be a film about people who can only travel into the past, even when their eyes are on the future, and hence it is only appropriate that its vision of the future is so deeply rooted in the past.
Of course, some science fiction writers do not find it difficult to envision distinctively different futures that neither resemble the past nor recall the retrofutures or Blade Runner futures of their predecessors, futures wherein humans are merely the pampered playthings of advanced artificial intelligences, or futures where everyone has chosen to abandon their physical bodies to live as computer simulations in virtual worlds. But such dangerous visions are not the sorts of futures that would lead to box-office success; most people want to watch stories about people like themselves, driving filmmakers who are no longer content with traditional futures to construct this new sort of old-fashioned future.
I could take these musings even further, but I have drifted far away from the official subject of this review, one particular film, so I really should loop back to Looper to offer some final observations about this particular film. It’s entertaining enough, if a bit disquieting at times and too violent to recommend for a date night, and the film can be thought-provoking in both ways that its writer-director anticipated and ways that he probably did not anticipate. And in all of my ramblings, I have somehow failed to mention the important fact that, even with a prosthetic nose, Joseph Gordon-Levitt doesn’t really look like a young Bruce Willis. But I suspect that other film reviewers have already made that point.
Directed by Rian Johnson
Written by Rian Johnson
Starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, Pierce Gagnon, Summer Qing, Tracie Thoms, and Jeff Daniels
Gary Westfahl’s works include the Hugo-nominated Science Fiction Quotations (2005) and The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2005); samples from these and his other works are available at his World of Westfahl website. His recent books include the Second Edition of Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme in Science Fiction Literature (2009), its companion text The Other Side of the Sky: An Annotated Bibliography of Space Stations in Science Fiction, 1869-1993 (2009), the co-edited anthology Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future (2011), and The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969 (2012).
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2 thoughts on ““Twentieth-Century Affectations”: A Review of Looper”
Lou Antonelli
Great article, I enjoyed it. Very well done. I agree with your observation about the Grapes of Wrath-style future seems to be emerging, but I’ve always assumed it would be because – given our dependency on electronics – at some point in the future any kind of electromagnetic disruption will have serious consequences for society. It might be man-made – Christian fundamentalists with HERF guns or terrorists with EMP generators – or natural, due to some a solar flare or some kind of problem with the magnetic field. It might be some combination of the two – after a limited nuclear exchange which stops short of that armageddon that seemed so probable in the past, the increase in radiation caused by the detonation of missiles in high orbit that were intercepted in their trajectory makes satellite communications impossible.
Practically speaking, it’s an inviting scenario for movies and television (note “Revolution”) because, since our world is already so bizarre, extrapolating the current technological curve into the future runs you up into a Vision Horizon – we can’t imagine what the future would look like.
After reading your article, I went into my back yard where I have a 1982 Chevrolet Celebrity parked. I don’t drive it any more, but I’ve kept it, just in case there’s any kind of severe electromagnetic incident. It’s old enough not to have any electronics.
I turned her over, and her “Iron Duke” engine still purrs like a pussycat.
Anyhow, them’s me two cents. Good job!
Periklis Begzos
It’s interesting that Ridley Scott is planning on visiting the “Grapes of Wrath future” in his upcoming, Blade Runner sequel: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/05/ridley-scott-describes-a-scene-from-his-blade-runner-sequel-or-does-he/
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Our view: Improve, don't close voter registration centers
Above all, elections should be free, fair and open, providing all eligible voters equal access to the ballot.
Illinois has passed a number of laws dedicated to this principle. Early voting begins 40 days before an election, and can be done in person or by mail. Voters may register in person, online, by mail, or when they renew their driver’s license or state ID – and Illinois imposes no voter ID laws that raise barriers to voting.
One local convenience, however, may be taken away. This week, DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder Doug Johnson suggested he may end the practice of running an Election Day registration center at the Northern Illinois University campus in the name of efficiency. Another at the DeKalb Township building could also be abandoned – Johnson said people made a big mess there in November –although a township official said this week that the county would still be welcome to register people there on Election Day.
Part of the clerk’s job should be to maximize voter turnout by making voting as accessible as possible to eligible voters – within reason.
In dollar terms, the expense of operating these site seems justifiable for the number of voters they serve. Johnson estimates that it costs 1% to 2% of his overall election budget of $250,000 to run them.
In the November 2016 election, 438 people registered and voted at the student center, according to reported figures. That was almost exactly 1% of the 43,784 votes cast in DeKalb County that year.
In November, 355 people registered and voted on Election Day at the student center, again almost 1% of the 36,439 turnout. Add in the 84 people who registered and voted at the township building, and the number rises to 1.2% of all ballots cast.
If operating the centers on Election Day costs about 1% of the budget and serves about 1% of the voting public, that would seem to be in balance.
Although these sites will serve any eligible voter, it is primarily college students who use them. Students are a transient population. They may not have lived here for years, and when they arrive, registering to vote probably is not top of mind for them.
Illinois law, however, says they are entitled to vote in DeKalb County if they choose, provided they are 18 or older and have lived here for 30 days before the election. A special registration center in another part of the county would likely see little use – the Sycamore site served the fewest Election Day voters – while the NIU campus location is clearly utilized, roughly in proportion to its estimated cost.
In light of that, it’s hard to see why it should be shut down.
Perhaps the inefficiency is in the long wait times when hundreds of people show up to register and vote. After the November election, several people complained about wait times at the student center, not only on Election Day but also during the early voting period.
From Johnson’s point of view, he’s going above and beyond to help people vote, and his reward is grief about how long it takes.
Perhaps a collaborative effort to improve the process would be a better alternative to ending on-campus registration on Election Day.
Those looking to mobilize the student vote should help people better understand the process – documents needed to register, available online and other means of registration, where they should vote if they already are registered – and the clerk’s office can use last year’s experience to help train future poll judges to ensure they operate as efficiently as possible.
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Blogs > Steve Hochstadt > Arcing Toward Equality in 2017
Arcing Toward Equality in 2017
by Steve Hochstadt tags: racism,gay rights,transgender,Liberal,2017
Conservatives might celebrate 2017 as a year of triumph. I’m not sure, because I don’t understand the current American conservative mind. Having a man represent you as President who is a constant liar, an abuser of women, and an incompetent manager of people might outweigh the few conservative pieces of legislation he has signed, even if one is a big tax cut for rich people. But most conservatives rallied around an apparent pedophile in Alabama, so ideology seems to be more important than character on the right wing.
What I do know is that American liberals have been thrown into despair by the new nastiness of American politics, as Republicans have given up the principles they defended for so many years in order to force a few political gains over the objections of the majority of voters. The daily news about Trump’s latest tweet, about the real nature of the tax cut, about the desertion of science in the federal bureaucracy, about the attempts to blind the public to the necessity of an informed media, all make each day’s headlines another affront to liberal values. Even worse, truth seems to have been redefined as a liberal value.
But behind the headlines, our country has been evolving in directions that liberals could find encouraging.
Public disdain for homosexuality and discriminatory behavior against homosexuals have a long history. Opinion surveys show an unchanging and strong majority believing that homosexual sex was “always wrong” until about 1990. Over the past 20 years that disapproval, expressed as opposition to same-sex marriage, has been gradually declining, from about 68% in 1997 to 53% in 2007, until approval finally won out over disapproval in 2012. That trend continued in 2017, as support for gay marriage was expressed by nearly two-thirds of Americans.
There are significant differences among sub-groups, with white evangelical Protestants and older Americans showing the least support. But all groups show increasing acceptance of the right of gay people to fully enjoy their lives, and the jump in 2017 from 27% to 35% among white evangelicals and from 18% to 41% among conservatives (these groups overlap considerably) means that 2018 might continue this trend.
Similarly, public acceptance of transgender Americans is rising, although there have only been surveys over the past few years. Since 2015, the Human Rights Campaign’s surveys show positive feelings about transgender people rising from 44% to 47%. In 2017, the proportion of Americans who said that transgender people should be able to use the bathroom of their choice jumped by 10 percentage points. The Boy Scouts of America both reflected this growing acceptance and pushed it further by announcing in January that transgender boys would be allowed to join. Joe Maldonado, who had been rejected in 2016, became a Boy Scout in February 2017.
The most notable cultural shift of 2017 was the public outrage over male sexual abuse of women, symbolized in December by TIME Magazine making female “silence breakers” the Person of the Year. The public naming and shaming of many egregious abusers was the culmination of the gradual shift in public opinion opened by Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas in 1991, and accelerated by the prosecution of Bill Cosby beginning in 2015. 2017 may become known as the year in which sexual harassment became publicly unacceptable.
Discussion of the continuing racism in American society was heated in 2017, but it is harder to discern how much progress was made in the struggle for racial equality. On the positive side, the public glorification of the Confederate defense of slavery, which has been a fundamental feature of the way American history has been told since the late 19th century, may be coming to an end. Controversy over statues was the most conspicuous flashpoint of violence, but the reconsideration of the content of history textbooks and the naming of buildings at prominent universities point to a more lasting shift in the place of our painful racial history in American self-consciousness.
The public protests by black athletes at the beginning of the NFL season caused a significant backlash, as such protests did at the Olympics in 1968 and 1972, and in many less notable moments since then. In most cases, the athletes were severely disciplined, and Colin Kapernick’s 2016 protest was probably the reason for his continued unemployment as a professional football player. But in 2017, the protesters were not punished, perhaps a signal that public protests of racism, while not acceptable to many Americans, are now seen as within everybody’s democratic rights.
All of these long-term transformations in American culture and public opinion were condemned by conservatives, with Donald Trump in the lead. Backlash against the movement toward racial and sexual equality may have helped him win election, but even the power of the presidency has not been sufficient to stop it. 2017 was a difficult year for Americans committed to equality for all, but the long arc of the moral universe still bent toward justice.
May that continue in 2018.
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Associations respond to latest BLS illness and injury data
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, says it is pleased by the decline in the frequency of injuries and illnesses involving waste collection employees but is concerned by the increase in injuries and illnesses for workers at landfills and material recovery facilities (MRF), based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2016 data, released Nov. 9, 2017.
The BLS data show that private solid waste collection employees had a substantial decrease in injury and illness rates, while both landfill and MRF employees experienced increases in 2016. The solid waste collection employee injury and illness rate declined from 6.6 to 5.2 per 100 full-time employees (FTE), the lowest level in more than a decade.
However, the 2016 injury and illness rate for employees at landfills increased to 4.9, where it was in 2014; this is an increase from the 2015 rate of 3.5, and is consistent with a spike in fatal incidents at landfills in the U.S. during 2016 as tracked by SWANA.
MRF workers had an increase in injuries and illnesses last year, going from 5.1 per 100 FTE in 2015 to 6 in 2016. MRFs also made the list of top 25 industries with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, with a rate of 4.6.
“We are pleased by the decline in injury and illness rates among collection employees and intend to review the 2016 and 2015 data to better understand the reasons for the decrease,” David Biderman, SWANA executive director and CEO, says. “However, the increased injury/illness rates for landfill and recycling workers is troubling. Given the recent spike in fatal accidents this fall, SWANA will continue to be an industry leader in providing useful safety resources; nothing we do is more important.”
While the decline in the collection injury rate is a move in the right direction, SWANA has identified at least 13 fatal collection incidents in the U.S. in October 2017 alone, showing there is still much work to be done in order to keep workers safe and get waste collection off the list of top 10 most-dangerous jobs in the U.S.
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SWANA says it will be rolling out new safety initiatives in 2018 to provide additional resources for public and private sector employers and employees throughout the U.S. and Canada. SWANA continues to support “Slow Down To Get Around” safety efforts, which require vehicle operators to slow their speed and carefully maneuver around a collection truck if the truck is at a stop with its lights flashing.
Arlington, Virginia-based National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) also weighed in on the results.
“Today’s BLS release of industry injury and illness data illuminates the progress being made to improve safety performance nationwide,” NWRA President and CEO Darrell Smith says. “Since our board of trustees designated safety as a strategic initiative in 2015, NWRA has worked to provide its members with tools and outreach efforts through Safety Stand Downs and our Safety Professional Development Series, as well as collecting our own data from members to monitor trends in safety.”
The BLS data on workplace injury and illness are published annually, and information on the waste and recycling industry is based on the U.S. Census Bureau definition of the waste and remediation services industry (NAICS Code 562) as “solid waste collection, hazardous waste collection, other waste collection, hazardous waste treatment and disposal, solid waste landfill, solid waste combustors and incinerators.”
A copy of the BLS announcement can be found at www.bls.gov.
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Category: LIVE REVIEWS
Live Review: Modest Mouse, Bethlehem, PA, July 20, 2015
Driving into Bethlehem, I asked a buddy of mine what he thought we could expect out of Modest Mouse’s live performance, to which he simply responded, “I have no idea, man.” This response wasn’t due to any sort of dislike toward the band, rather the uncertainty that seems to surround them. Between issuing Strangers To Ourselves (the band’s first release in seven years) to very mixed reviews, to hardly ever touring, to their live performances typically being met with either praise or scrutiny, it’s difficult to know what to expect out of Modest Mouse these days. There was no way we could have known that we were about to witness Isaac Brock play his guitar with his teeth for nearly five minutes, or accidentally incite a physical altercation among fans. Because here’s the thing that makes Modest Mouse so wonderful; they’re totally unpredictable.
And so we arrived at the Bethlehem Steel Stacks as two devout Modest Mouse fans, without a clue whether we should be overrun with excitement or worried about being let down.
Before digging deeper into Modest Mouse’s performance, I think it’s important to talk a bit about last night’s opening act, Gene Ween. You know how a lot of times you go to a show and the conversation you’re having with your friends about where you are going to drink this upcoming weekend is far more compelling than the opening act themselves? This wasn’t that kind of show. Former Ween vocalist Aaron Freeman and his band had the crowd’s utmost attention through the entirety of their 45 minute set. His interaction with the crowd was met with plenty of laughter throughout the set’s entirety, most notably after making the statement, “This song is about vagina. Unshaved vagina, that is.” before going into fan favorite “Black Bush.” All in all, Freeman provided a more than solid opening act, which had the crowd dancing, laughing and singing along the whole time. Not an easy feat when opening for Modest Mouse.
It was directly after Freeman’s performance that I noticed something strange. I started looking around at the people in the crowd waiting to see Modest Mouse and I realized how diverse it was. Standing to the left of me was a middle-aged couple, maybe in their 50s, accompanied by no children. To the right of me was a man covered head to toe in tattoos with quite possibly the largest gauges I’ve ever seen in any one’s ears, consistently smoking his vaporizer every minute or so. Behind me there were a group of, uh, let’s call them “college bros” wearing tank tops, khaki shorts and backward baseball caps. A few rows in front of me was an older gentleman carrying his Mohawk-haired toddler on his shoulders. This crowd diversity quickly made me realize that I was about to witness something really, really special.
That’s when Modest Mouse stepped onstage to an overwhelming wall of cheering and shouting.
“Hey, we’re the band tonight. Wait, wait, that can’t be right. I think you’re the band tonight?’ muttered frontman Isaac Brock while pointing into the crowd. After taking a sip from his beer he quickly corrected himself, smiling while pointing out the obvious, “Nope, never mind. I had it right the first time. We’re the band tonight.”
Not surprisingly, the band began their hefty two-hour set with a few songs off Strangers To Ourselves, which, also not surprisingly, were received with a bit of a mixed response. Sure, people were dancing and enjoying themselves, but it wasn’t until the fourth song in that Brock’s voice was entirely drowned out by a sea of fans screaming his lyrics back at him. “OK, so, we’re gonna play an older one now if that’s all right.” said Brock with a grin on his face like he knew the overwhelming response he was about to receive. As the band began to play “Out Of Gas,” it was clear that it was a turning point for the rest of the set.
The nearly 20-year-old singalong “Out Of Gas” was followed by several other fan favorites, including “Dashboard” and “Bukowski,” to name a couple, both of which were performed beautifully by the nine multi-instrumentalists making up Modest Mouse’s live band. Although having only two original band members left (Brock on guitar and Jeremiah Green on drums), the seven other musicians accompanying the stage (including Brock’s girlfiend Lisa Molinaro on violin) only added to the band’s live performance. Not only was the stage crowded with fantastic musicians, but a plethora of instruments such as trumpets, trombones, a cello, two sets of drums, a synthesizer and a banjo to name a few. It seemed as though every song had the musicians onstage playing a different instrument, making every song all the more pleasurable to watch.
If we’re talking about musicianship we need to talk about Brock. The man is fucking amazing. For all the qualms people have regarding his vocals, there is absolutely no taking away his ability to absolutely shred on guitar. During classic “Doin’ The Cockroach,” Brock began screaming lyrics into his guitar as he was playing. Now, I’ve seen musicians do that before, and while not entirely original, it’s always great to watch. What came next, however, I had never seen. Brock began a scratchy guitar solo, lasting nearly five minutes, the majority of which was played with his teeth. Yes, you read that right. Isaac Brock played his guitar with his teeth for nearly five minutes, and it was nothing short of amazing.
About three-quarters of the way into the set came the highlight of the entire show. The band played “The World At Large,” “Night On The Sun” and mega-hit “Float On” back to back to back. An argument can be made for each of these songs being the best material the band has offered to date, and seeing them performed was a dream come true for any Modest Mouse fan.
In the midst of this wonderfully positive experience came one negative moment. “Have you guys ever been stung by anything?” asked Brock before performing “Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes,” the last song of the set. “I’m only asking because I saw you guys swatting at what looked like bees.” A man in the crowd yelled something back at Brock, to which he responded, “You shouldn’t answer questions anymore. Seriously, don’t answer questions anymore,” in a very obviously joking tone. While Brock’s joking tone seemed very obvious to me as an audience member, it seems as though it wasn’t quite as obvious to others. “Asssshole, asssshole, Asssshole,” chanted members of the crowd at the man who answered Brock’s question about bees. This chant was followed by a physical altercation among the fan that Brock was addressing and another man in the crowd, to which Brock intervened, “Come on. Don’t hurt him. I was joking. I’m the asshole. This is the game I play with the crowd. Come on. Don’t hurt him.” The altercation quickly subdued, and Modest Mouse began their last song.
Not surprisingly, the band was begged by the crowd to return to the stage for an encore through a series of typical chants by the crowd. Upon returning to the stage, Modest Mouse pleased fans with a four-song encore, ending with fan favorite “The Good Times Are Killing Me.” Brock apologized once again for accidentally inciting a fight among fans, thanked the crowd for an amazing time and concluded the incredible experience Modest Mouse put on for their fans.
For all the uncertainty that seems to be surrounding Modest Mouse as of late, one thing became clear. Modest Mouse is a band that provides fans with an unforgettable concert-going experience. As soon as I finish typing this, I am going to purchase a ticket to Philly’s annual Made In America festival, solely so Modest Mouse can melt my brain once again. You should do the same. I promise you won’t regret it.
—Wes Akers
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Aarhus Jazz Festival, 2015
Welcome to Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark, an original settlement for the Vikings more than a thousand years ago, and a home to jazz since the 1950s. The 27th edition of the Aarhus Jazz Festival begins at the end of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, allowing for some natural crossover, and features some of the finest jazz artists Denmark has to offer.
Monday’s programming was rewarding, as the Nicolaj Hess Nonet had an early show at the Kunsthal Aarhus venue, showcasing Hess’ piano skills as well as his compositional savvy. Using musicians from Denmark and Norway, the sounds were often gentle, leaning into European-classical terrain while incorporating Brazilian, Latin and African rhythms and leaving space for improvisation. The ace rhythm section of Anders “AC” Christensen on bass and Nicolaj’s brother Mikel on drums was augmented by percussion, reeds, brass, guitars and singer Sissel Vera Pettersen, whose wordless vocals added an ethereal quality to the proceedings. Nicolaj and Mikel Hess split their time between Denmark and NYC, so keep an eye out for them stateside.
Interestingly, Monday’s late night Aarhus show featured another large group, the Jakob Bro Tentet featuring poet Peter Laugesen (who makes it 11 people onstage). Jakob Bro is Denmark’s most auspicious guitar player, and much like Nicolaj Hess, he performs in a variety of settings with a number of different players. He also has a recent CD release on the ECM label. Jakob Bro’s Tentet was compelling, featuring two drummers and three bassists—Nicolai Munch-Hansen, the great Thomas Morgan and again, Anders “AC” Christensen. I can’t tell you what Laugesen’s beat-styled poetry was about besides some jazz references, but the band surrounded his spiel with emotive strength, and showcased three saxophonists, alto man Jesper Zeuthen and Americans Andrew D’Angelo and Chris Speed. Bro’s playing was understated and sonically textured, making for a dreamlike evening that was easy to enjoy. You can check out Bro’s amazing Tentet on the album Hymnotic/Salmodisk, which is also available on vinyl, bro.
—Mitch Myers
Copenhagen Jazz Festival, 2015
Shouting Fire! Orchestra In A Crowded Theater
The 37th Edition of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has just concluded after 10 full days of music and celebration. While the fest is more loyal to authentic jazz than most other large festivals, they still endeared themselves to the masses with pop shows by the likes of Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Al Jarreau and Jamie Cullum. Besides other high-profile jazz acts including the Brad Mehldau Trio, singers Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright, Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock and Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil, the fest’s programming was actually quite progressive.
With more than 100 venues participating all over the city, there was never any trouble finding left-of-the-dial, improvisational and/or free/jazz gigs. That said, Italian pianist Enrico Peiranunzi played at Gustavs Bistro, which harkened back to the days of classic piano bars (like the old Bradley’s in NYC). Other piano legends such as Kenny Barron and Kirk Lightsey appeared, as did modernists like Vijey Iyer and the Bad Plus with guest saxophonist Joshua Redman.
One of the more unusual highlights was undoubtedly the Fire! Orchestra, which played two action packed shows at the Jazzhouse. Led by Swedish power saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, the Fire! Orchestra is a huge, sprawling collective with at least 20 members. The band brings to mind other anarchic jazz armies like Sun Ra’s band or Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. Boasting multiple horn players, guitarists, drummers and singers, Gustafsson led his troops through a wailing, thrashing, high-energy show that kept the Copenhagen audience fully engaged and set everyone’s minds on fire. This frantic mix of Scandinavian musicians epitomized the wild experiences possible at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. The only question is how to take this band on the road—perhaps Babylon by bus? I repeat, Fire! Orchestra. Listen now.
Montreal International Jazz Festival, Part 1
It’s the 36th annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action.
One Nation Under A Groove
The 36th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is officially in full swing. The fest is 10 days and nights, running from June 26 through July 5, and although jazz is the byword, the ambitious music programming also encompasses rock, blues, pop, flamenco, folk, hip hop and EDM for a well-rounded, populist experience. Big fun for serious music lovers with plenty of distractions for the whole family, the Montreal fest features hundreds of concerts, many of which are free on outdoor stages as well as a number ticketed gigs held within a range of indoor venues. Hosting recognizable mainstream artists like the Steve Miller Band, Erykah Badu and hometown favorites like the Barr Brothers, the Montreal fest has fought off some rainy weather and ultimately seems just too big to fail.
Hardcore jazzers have had their hands full with tons of quality options. Italian trumpeters like Enrico Rava and Paulo Fresu both attracted attention, as did American horn-man Christian Scott, the hip-hop-inflected Robert Glasper Trio, the Bad Plus with guest saxophonist Joshua Redman, and the Joe Lovano-John Scofield Quartet. Veteran fusion stars Stanley Jordan, Al Di Melola and Stanley Clarke were all crowd pleasers, as was contemporary axe-man Kurt Rosenwinkle, who hosted three consecutive nights for his part of the vaunted Invitation Series. Jazz elders Gary Bartz, Al Foster, Buster Williams and Larry Willis brought the old-school back to life as the Heads Of State, progressive cornet player Ron Miles mixed it up nicely with guitar hero Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade at the Monument-National, and the amazing Wayne Shorter Quartet was once again a festival highlight.
Still, the Montreal crowd loves to move and groove, and nothing got them going like the Snarky Puppy show at the Metropolis dancehall. A swirling, funky big band with two drummers, two keyboardists and a thriving horn section, these guys have quietly grown from playing under the radar to recent Grammy nominations and nonstop touring. Playing original material as well as snatches of P-Funk and even the pounding melody of “Owner Of A Lonely Heart,” these guys brought all the different jazz generations together, as in, “one nation under a groove.”
That’s the Montreal Jazz Fest, pure and simple, which keeps on trucking through the holiday weekend—how about you?
Live Review: The Firefly Festival, 2015
Two years ago, when I mentioned that I was going to Firefly in the weeks preceding the festival, I got mostly blank stares. “Um, what’s Firefly?” Now, even the kindly old lady who rings me up every day at Wawa said, “Oh, I’ve heard about that! It’s in Delaware, right?” My co-worker told me that her teenage daughter has been wearing her Firefly wristband since she received it in the mail several weeks ago, and every major TV and radio station in the Philadelphia metro area ran coverage of the festival.
Four years after the inaugural event in The Woodlands at Dover International Speedway that drew about 30,000 attendees, the East Coast can now lay claim to a premier music festival—the kind that hippies and college kids will drive creaky, spray-painted Volkswagon buses to from across the country in droves.
If you are not a camper, or even a glamper, you needed to book 12 months in advance if you wanted to score a hotel room within a 50-mile radius of the festival this year. In 2015, all 90,000 four-day passes sold out a week prior, prompting giddy press conferences from local leaders about the millions of dollars in economic benefits it will generate, as well as grumblings from Dover residents who just wanted to grab toilet paper and cereal from Walmart that weekend.
The West Coast has Coachella and Sasquatch. The Midwest has Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. The South has, well, Austin, Texas. And now the East Coast has Firefly.
Like previous years, the main headliners (Paul McCartney, Kings Of Leon andtThe Killers) were yawn. You see the same 10 headliners at every festival. The real meat was in the second-and third-tier acts, which are fresher and more intriguing. Big Data, Vacationer and Walk The Moon came out of nowhere to dominate radio waves. Modest Mouse isn’t much of a touring band and has recently put out its first album in seven years. Matt And Kim and RJD2 always perform a lively show. And the rest of the bill has been popping up all over Soundcloud and iTunes playlists.
For those needing a break from the music, there was an arcade, a hammock hangout area, a secret woods rave and a coffee house that offered a full cafe experience and music performances throughout the day. Wine and craft beer bars also scattered the festival grounds. With stage names such as the Porch, the Lawn and the Backyard, Firefly gave festival-goers a carefree summer weekend vibe, despite uncooperative weather.
The day before festivities were scheduled to begin, 65,000 campers stared down a strong chance of thunderstorms Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and periodic drenching all four days. With the gloomy forecast, I was grateful for the hotel room I booked six months prior. Even though it was 40 minutes from Dover, I had premonitions of leaky tents and long lines for a cold rinse in a communal shower and opted for clean sheets and a continental breakfast. My broke college days are long gone, and I can’t tolerate wet sleeping bags and beer for breakfast like I used to.
After waiting in the muddy press area behind the Backyard Stage on Friday afternoon and straining to listen to garbled songs and muffled cheers from fans while anticipating several artist interviews, I was ready to hear some music.
Even with minimal touring experience and only one album under their belt, Durham, N.C.-based duo Sylvan Esso has been creating buzz. Watching them in the flesh, it’s easy to see why. Listening to a Sylvan Esso song live is a pretty transcendent event. Singer Amelia Meath’s striking voice makes you feel like you’ve just stepped into a hot shower after a long day on the ski slopes, simultaneously warm and tingly and content. Her down-to-earth lyrics filter through the membrane of your soul, while producer and keyboardist Nick Sanborn’s throbbing-yet-simple bass lines circulate through your body.
The diminutive Meath stomped onstage with studded four-inch platforms, no makeup, and a messy bun, commanding the crowd with a cheerful confidence. Those in the audience weren’t just there because they wandered by and wanted to check out a random band—they love Sylvan Esso. The way legions of glitter-covered festival-goers sang along with the lyrics and screamed excitedly every time the first chords of one of their less-popular songs were played, you would swear you were at a Taylor Swift concert. It’s only a matter of time before they are a household name.
Suddenly, ubiquitous AWOLNATION ripped through an energetic set early Friday evening as the sun singed its last couple faces and backs before sinking behind the tree line. Since first album Megalithic Symphony exploded in 2011, the Southern California product, fronted by singer/producer Aaron Bruno, has been heard everywhere from television shows to Red Bull commercials. The set started out with the intense title track from latest album Run and culminated in seductive hit “Sail.” In between, Bruno threw his body around the stage like a BMX rider at the X-Games, throttling the microphone during “Thiskidsnotalright” and the anthemic “Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf).”
Modest Mouse drew a Paul McCartney-sized crowd for its set. The indie-rock legends released a long-awaited new album in March, but made sure to include a substantial dose of old favorites such as “Dashboard,” “Dramamine” and the banjo-heavy “Satin In A Coffin.” Singer/guitarist Issac Brock delighted the senior millennials in the crowd, who were reliving their best high school years that night as they listened to his distinct growling voice and deliberate guitar twangs.
While more wet weather had saturated the already sloppy grounds overnight, Saturday afternoon and early evening offered sunny-yet-sticky festival conditions. Thankfully, I was given a reprieve from the scorching rays when I was invited to an exclusive performance by 311-esque, reggae-tinged rap/rock group Dirty Heads at the Treehouse, a timber stage nestled in the woods. The “Treehouse Sessions,” hosted by Mixradio, gave select festival-goers access to multiple Firefly acts throughout the weekend. This afternoon, the small crowd enjoyed an intimate performance under a glorious canopy of trees, listening to unplugged versions of “My Sweet Summer” and “Dance All Night.”
Later in the day, Matt And Kim unleashed their characteristic frenzied routine of crowd incitement and Master P interludes, with a couple of actual Matt And Kim songs thrown in. Their uncanny ability to control the audience would make Oprah jealous. A rowdy intro injected Red Bull energy into the throng of sweaty festival-goers, priming them for what was next. To the chagrin of the security personnel, Matt shouted, “Who here has never crowd surfed?” Thousands of hands went up. “Well this is your time!” Dozens of people were hoisted in the air and rolled around atop a sea of hands as the duo banged out “Now.” The very next song, Matt instructed, “I want you to get up on the shoulders of the person next to you!” About 200 girls’ heads popped up above the crowd. For the finale, 75 percentof the audience members’ shirts came off, and they waved them above their heads like Terrible Towels.
Over the past two decades, Spoon has generated a body of work that includes such beloved and critically acclaimed albums as Girls Can Tell and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. On Saturday night, unfortunately, the band’s uninspiring set belied its talent. Spoon is at its best when it plays its simplest, catchiest songs such as “Don’t You Evah,” but the band chose to stick mostly with its fuzzier, less-refined tracks and succeeded in sounding like a lo-fi version of itself.
On the other side of the field, Vacationer started up immediately following Spoon. The band’s easygoing, tropical sound fit perfectly with the welcome breeze flowing over countless sunburned arms and legs as dusk fell. Unfortunately, the relief was short-lived. Around 9:30 p.m., reported nearby storms forced festival organizers to evacuate the grounds. Campers retreated to their tents and RVs while the rest of the crowd formed a long line of cars by the exit.
Fickle weather couldn’t dampen the vibe, or my excitement for next year. Firefly is no longer “under the radar.” For the fourth straight year, Firefly has continued to cement a reputation as one of the can’t-miss summer festivals. I plan to book my hotel today for 2016.
—Maureen Coulter
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Live Review: Nashville Pussy, Paris, France, May 21, 2015
Pussy!!
Gratuitous? Well, that’s kinda the point, for Nashville Pussy is provocation personified. In fact, the band has conjured an entire career out of little more than titillation and bravado. As for the actual music, any number of labels suffice: redneck rock, biker boogie, white-trash cowpunk, Southern-fried scum metal. Granted, a tag is nothing more than an invitation to take a whiff. Once you stick your nose in deep, you can determine if it really passes the smell test.
But in this case, the Pussy does indeed reek of all of the above.
In the late ’90s, the group’s raunchier-than-thou, AC/DC-meets-Skynyrd shtick, packaged in a live show suitable for softcore porn, garnered a rabid following and even a Grammy nomination. Then-bassist Corey Parks—a 6’3” former model who wore leopard-skin bras and sported an “Eat Me” tatt a hair north of the cooch—would tongue-kiss guitarist Ruyter Suys onstage then throat-fuck her with a beer bottle. The shows would end shortly after Parks jumped into the crowd and belched a mushroom cloud of fire at fleeing fans.
Not surprisingly, the spectacle tended to overshadow the music. Which, to be honest, was probably for the best: an actual pussy can fart better melodies.
A decade and a half after the group’s debut, the lineup has changed, but the music hasn’t. Gone are the pyrotechnics and lesbian peepshow, but the sentiment is still orgy-cum-bar fight.
Tonight, the grease and grime of the band’s studio work are faithfully reproduced in concert. The quartet runs through highlights from all six of its LPs (“Go Motherfucker Go,” “Struttin’ Cock,” “Keep On Fuckin’,” “Good Night For A Heart Attack,” “I’m So High,” “Rub It To Death” and a dozen more shit-kickers). In the closest that Nashville Pussy gets to “sensitive” (the slow-yet-muscular “Go To Hell”), the band tacks on a few verses from the Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See.” The two songs dovetail seamlessly, which isn’t exactly a recommendation for either.
To be fair, such music should not be judged on its artistic merits but rather on its effect on the listener. Nashville Pussy speaks directly to our basest desires: taking drugs, getting laid, making noise and beating the hell out of those who done us wrong. The band preaches a hedonist gospel, and it’s hard not to testify.
“How many of you are high tonight?” asks lead singer Blaine Cartwright. “I heard this is a stoner club.” With that clever setup, the group launches into—wait for it—“High As Hell.”
Ah, out of the mouths of babes. And out of the lips of Pussy.
—Eric Bensel
Posted on May 10, 2015 May 8, 2015
Live Review: Mudhoney, Rouen, France, May 2, 2015
The drum break in set closer “In ‘N’ Out Of Grace” builds toward orgasm. The guitar sprays thick wah loads and then lets a power chord resonate like a delirious exhalation. Mudhoney singer Mark Arm steps to the mic and—with his trademark nasally snarl—screams, “Oh god, how I love to haaaaate,” through a wry smile.
It is the quintessential Mudhoney moment. Yes, the distorted frenzy following a slow build is textbook grunge formula, but the band’s dung-in-cheek animosity always set it apart from its Pacific Northwest brethren. Where Soundgarden wailed, Mudhoney sneered. Where Nirvana wrung hands, Mudhoney grabbed balls.
More than a quarter century into its career, and Mudhoney is still authentic, which may account for its lack of household name recognition. In fact, prior to tonight’s show in Rouen’s 106 club, Arm and guitarist Steve Turner conducted a radio interview, during which the local DJ cheekily commented that Mudhoney was witness to the grunge phenomenon, as it unfolded.
The insinuation wasn’t lost on Arm: “[The other bands] were on the playing field. We were in the front row.”
Indeed, despite recording multiple full-lengths for a major label in the ’90s, Mudhoney never left the garage. But for all its dust and dank, that garage produced a number of enduring anthems.
The performance tonight features a healthy dose of those classics: “If I Think,” “Broken Hands,” a cover of the Dicks’ “Hate The Police” and, of course, the incendiary “Touch Me I’m Sick” with the most irresistible riff since the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” Although they may lack some of the bite of the original recordings, “Suck You Dry” and “Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More” compensate by sounding so much heavier, which actually adds an interesting new color.
Even the newer tracks impress and excite: the celebratory bounce to “I Like It Small” and the hardcore hysteria of “Chardonnay” (both from 2013’s Vanishing Point) energize a crowd that is 5,000 miles removed from the group’s hometown Seattle and on average two decades younger than the band members. But great punk—and Mudhoney certainly fits that description—transcends geographical and generational barriers.
That rich, healthy hatred expressed in the final encore just may explain why Mudhoney is so genuine, so consistently refreshing. Punk is about revolution, and revolutionaries require a foil to piss them off.
An extensive backlog of punk masterpieces, an unfailingly snotty attitude, and a mastery of the form that has survived middle age. What’s not to hate?
Live Review: Beauty Pill, Arlington, Va., May 2, 2015
Beauty Pill’s recent three-day residency at Artisphere functioned as a release party for its amazing album Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are (Butterscotch). But it was also a lot more than that.
The shows were billed as the final installment of Immersive Ideal—an experimental collaboration between the D.C.-based band and the unfortunately soon-to-close arts center in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. The first installment occurred in July 2011 when the group recorded the LP there in public. (We covered it in issue #81.) The following January, Beauty Pill unveiled a multimedia presentation of the sessions, including surround-sound mixes of the completed songs. After some delays and complications (see issue #113), the album was finally released a few weeks ago.
Oh, and these dates were Beauty Pill’s first shows since 2007. In the intervening time, frontman Chad Clark contacted a heart virus and almost died. Two heart surgeries saved his life.
Most bands would be content to simply play a regular gig following such an eventful recent past. But Beauty Pill—Clark, Basla Andolsun, Drew Doucette, Jean Cook and Devin Ocampo—is not like most groups. When Beauty Pill took over Artisphere’s Black Box Theatre (capacity: 125) for the third time, it made Immersive Ideal more literal than ever. The band stationed itself around the perimeter of the room; each member had his or her own stage and speaker. The audience was encouraged to walk around and observe the band from different angles as it played.
On the final night, the band members exchanged visual cues and knowing glances from across the room to each other. They had adjusted well to the innovative setting. It was almost as if it wasn’t all that different from playing together on one stage.
But at the same time, it was equally clear that they were energized here, especially when playing songs from the new album. Describes Things is a rare and unique work, filled with time-warped samples and loops interacting with dynamic band performances. Clark’s melodies are seductively hooky, and his lyrics are vivid, provocative and often profound.
The band delivered songs from the album like “Ann The Word” and “Afrikaner Barista” with aplomb. Cook (who’s played violin for Pulp, Jon Langford, Jenny Toomey and others) controlled and manipulated many of the samples with a Monome, a handheld, lighted controller. The sounds ping-ponged around the theater, interlocking with the daring rhythms of Andolsun (bass) and Ocampo (drums), and Clark and Doucette’s intertwining guitars. (Vocals are handled by Clark and Cook.) In these moments, Immersive Ideal had all the live conceptual heft and musical glory of Stop Making Sense.
Older songs like “The Idiot Heart,” “The Western Prayer” and, from Clark and Ocampo’s prior band Smart Went Crazy, “Tight Frame Loose Frame” also received revelatory performances. But arguably it was Clark himself who was the biggest revelation. Despite his long hiatus from the stage, he’s still an engaging frontman—dryly witty and indisputably committed to the music. Around his belt was a battery pack that connects to his heart and keeps him healthy and alive.
After the show, Clark expressed a wish to take Immersive Ideal on the road to other arts centers. The band has East Coast and Midwest shows scheduled for May and June. But these are at standard rock clubs. Galleries interested in an innovative, artful band would be wise to take note.
—Michael Pelusi
Live Review: Acid King, Paris, France, April 28, 2015
The longer a hiatus is extended, the more unreasonably high expectations will soar.
Ten long years have been pissed away while metal fans waited for Acid King to release a new album. Touring regularly during that period, the Bay Area trio has not been thoroughly inactive, but one can forgive a hesitancy to record. The previous album, 2005’s III, set the standard for stoner sludge and established the band as a slow-mo Sabbath. But following up a classic is a tall order.
A decade after its masterpiece, the group has just released Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere, and it feels like the logical next album. A cynic would criticize the minimal artistic growth in 10 years. But if this LP had found the band widely diverging or considerably evolving, fans would have justifiably complained of not having witnessed the interesting intermediate steps.
Instead, the release continues a clear trend in the band’s sound. On earlier recordings, Lori S.’s singing is presented up front, strident and wailing and aggressive. Over time, she has toned down the verbal posturing, mellowed and integrated her voice more snugly into the music. Set well behind thick layers of sonic gauze, her vocals now float, hover really. In parallel, the band’s sound on Middle has become more psychedelic, dreamier, spacier.
Acid King has become more “mood” than “dude.”
But the thrum of a Harley still runs through the band’s songs. Tonight, the trio plays a selection of the new tracks (“Red River,” “Silent Pictures,” and “Coming Down From Outer Space”), but the crowd pops its biggest boner for the epic “2 Wheel Nation” from the previous disc. Lori’s guitar playing is primarily single notes, but notes so heavily distorted that they carry the weight of mammoth chords.
For the encore, the group performs III’s “War Of The Mind”: the quintessential Acid King song, plodding, powerful and poignant. Expressing a scornful fatalism, the tune drags, which is clearly the whole point. It draws out the pain until the pain hypnotizes. Doom drapes a burial shroud over the listener with the deliberation of descending fog.
But like Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere, it’s well worth the wait.
Live Review: Metz, Paris, France, Mar. 5, 2015
Ever since Pete Townshend applied Gustav Metzger’s theory of auto-destructive art to the Who’s live shows, rock etiquette requires that a gig end with an explosion of sound—if not actual destruction of instruments then at least a ringing, feedback squawk that washes away everything that preceded it.
Tonight, Toronto trio Metz places this formula on its head.
While tuning his guitar before the set formally begins, Alex Edkins stomps on the looper pedal, wrenches out a tortured riff that heaves and ho’s under the weight of distortion, then places his instrument against the amp and walks off stage. For a full five minutes, the guitar, unaccompanied, wheezes out an aural palette cleansing.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
The band opens with the shrieking blitz of “Dirty Shirt.” The tone is immediately set: whatever restraint existed on record—performances tightly executed, with vocals relegated to the cheap seats—is thoroughly shot to shit in concert. Onstage, the group expands and explodes. “Wasted” elicits both euphoria and malevolence. “The Mule” is Unsane reimagining Sonic Youth.
At its best, the band burns with the light of a thousand suns. At its worst, a few hundred suns.
With 2012 self-titled debut, Metz drew favorable comparisons with late ’80s/early-’90s harDCore. The record is indeed Lungfish-ian in its arrow-straight riffing, and when it chooses to be “angular” (a key rock crit term of the period), it throws elbows like Bill Laimbeer playing in Fugazi. But the group’s sound is thicker than that of the Dischord legends: it revives the grating aggression of the Jesus Lizard, Big Black and AmRep’s finest noise-meisters.
Metz is the sound of two Transformers fucking: hard driving, unrelenting and as abrasive as metal scraping against metal.
To the delight of all, the group performs a number of songs from forthcoming sophomore album II (“Wait In Line,” “The Swimmer,” “Acetate,” “Spit You Out,” “Nervous System,” “Kicking A Can Of Worms”), all of which stack up admirably alongside those from the debut. Judging by tonight’s performance, the first record has a right to claim sincere flattery.
Despite the show’s hour-long assault on the ears, the trio is actually insufferably polite, even apologizing between songs for its poor mastery of French. When some joker yells out the lame witticism “Metz we can!” from the crowd, bassist Chris Slorach giggles, a little too generously. He then promises to adopt the quip as the title of the group’s next album.
“That or Black Sabbath Volume 4,” counters Edkins.
Once again, impeccable taste in influences.
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Paula Poundstone
November 1 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Paula Poundstone is a humorist, author and comedian known for her clever, observational humor and spontaneous wit. When she isn’t collecting hotel soaps while on tour or panel-ing on NPR’s #1 show, Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, Paula hosts the popular Maximum Fun podcast, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone. Nobody is a comedy field guide to life complete with taste tests, cats of the weeks and leading experts in everything from beekeeping to ping pong to prosopagnosia (say that 3 times fast).
Paula’s stand-up credentials are endless: Cats, Cops and Stuff; Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard; Look What the Cat Dragged In; and numerous television appearances including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Last Call with Carson Daly and Late Show with David Letterman. Famously, Paula provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was the first woman to host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
In 2017, Paula released her second book, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness, in which she offers herself up as a guinea pig in a series of thoroughly unscientific experiments. Kirkus Reviews called the book, “A deeply revealing memoir in which the pathos doesn’t kill the humor—delivers more than it promises.” The book debuted at #1 on the Amazon Bestsellers List in Humor, and the audiobook was one of the five finalists for 2018 Audio Book of the Year. The book was recognized as one of eight semi-finalists for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the highest recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States.
Paula can be heard on the big screen as “Forgetter Paula” in Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out, winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. She has also starred in her own series on both HBO and ABC, is included on Comedy Central’s Top 100 Comics of All Time and won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up. In February 2019, Paula’s stand-up special, Cats, Cops and Stuff was named by TIME Magazine and Tig Notaro as one of The 5 Funniest Stand-Up Specials Ever.
Paula resides in Santa Monica, CA, where you can find her sifting the litterboxes of her 14 cats: Clue, Oreo, Luigi, Jem, Belle, Brittle, Mrs. Feziwig, Wednesday, Severus, Tonks, Theo, Sham Wow, Harrison, and Hardy.
Website @www.paulapoundstone.com. Follow her on: twitter.com/paulapoundstone, facebook.com/paulapoundstone and instagram.com/paulapoundstone.
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Digital pop-up office coming to Belmont
January 27, 2017 Media Hub
The Department of Human Services has announced changes to face-to-face services for Belmont residents.
From Wednesday 1 February 2017 the department’s Service Centre in the Belmont Forum Shopping Centre will relocate to a pop-up outlet adjacent to the centre’s Woolworths supermarket.
Department of Human Services General Manager Hank Jongen said the Belmont Forum shopping centre did not extend the department’s existing lease arrangement, due to the precinct’s redevelopment, however the pop-up outlet would ensure continued access to the department’s services.
“We will offer a primarily digital service, where staff will assist residents to register for a myGov account and show them how to access a wide range of government services online, including Medicare, Centrelink, Child Support and the Australian Taxation Office, using one login and password,” Mr Jongen said.
“Four self-service terminals will be available in the pop-up location, where people can do much of their regular Centrelink and Medicare business through their online account.”
Mr Jongen said the offer of digital services also recognised a shift in the way customers were choosing to access departmental services.
“Across Australia, we’re seeing a decline in the number of people visiting our service centres, largely due to the move away from cash rebates for Medicare services several years ago, and the growing trend of doctors offering patients the ability to claim their rebate electronically at the surgery,” Mr Jongen said.
“Nationally, more than 96 percent of all Medicare claims are lodged at the point of service. It is the easiest way for people to claim, rather than having to travel to a service centre.
“People can also claim some of the most common Medicare items via the Medicare Express mobile app or using their myGov account online, wherever and whenever it suits them, and staff at the pop-up outlet can also help people to set up this service.”
Mr Jongen also said customers would be able to drop off Medicare rebate claim forms in a drop-box at the pop-up outlet.
Customers who require more personalised support are able to receive the full range of face-to-face services at the nearby Cannington Service Centre at 1296 Albany Hwy Cannington WA.
The services in Belmont will be open Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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Outstanding Young People Celebrated By Cardinal Nichols And Catholic Community At Londons’ Barbican Centre
July 19, 2016 Chris Knowles
Outstanding social action by young people was recognised at the second Celebrating Young People Awards.
On Tuesday 19 July 2016 hundreds of young people, youth workers and teachers, family and friends gathered at the Barbican Centre to celebrate the inspirational lives of so many young people, nominated by you.
The 2016 Celebrating Young People Awards, hosted by Baroness Hollins and Rt Hon Ruth Kelly and with guest of honour Cardinal Nichols, highlighted some of the amazing young people across England and Wales who are transforming lives in their local communities. From the young family carer upholding human dignity, to the young man campaigning to improve the living standards of those living with disabilities, all the young people we met are living out the social teaching of the Church. Their commitment and drive is infectious, mixed with real humility.
Cardinal Nichols chose and presented the Pope Francis Award from the hundreds of nominees. Congratulations to Matthew Martin, a sixth form student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. For the past two years, Matthew has been helping people who are homeless in Bolton, Greater Manchester. From November to April he gives up every Saturday night, from 7 pm – 1 am, preparing and serving food to between 50 and 70 people aged between 16 and 90.
Danny Curtin from Million Minutes, said: “Through these awards we are celebrating all the inspirational young in our Catholic communities. Too often young people are overlooked, or even blamed for societies’ problems. What we want to say through the example of the young people we are celebrating tonight is that young people can be the difference in this world, and sometimes the rest of us just have to take time to stop to realise this.”
Baroness Hollins said, “We need to take time to celebrate young people, to celebrate all of you gathered here tonight and the hundreds more who have been nominated. We are celebrating all of you. Thank you for your commitment to build a more just and peaceful world – a world where everyone can flourish.”
Rt Hon Ruth Kelly, Pro Vice-Chancellor of St Mary’s University, said: ““I’m so delighted that St Mary’s is involved in these awards and partnering with Million Minutes. It reflects our commitment to the Catholic community and to helping to transform young lives”.
You can read about and be inspired by all award recipients here and photos from the night are on our Flickr page.
We’re looking forward to continuing the journey with all the award recipients. In October we’ll meet together for a weekend to learn from and inspire one another.
The 2017 Awards are planned for November – we’ll announce them here soon.
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Home Miss World Vanessa Peh is Miss World Singapore 2018
Vanessa Peh is Miss World Singapore 2018
Vanessa Peh, a 23-year-old actress-model, was crowned Miss World Singapore 2018 during the finals held at Resorts World Theatre in Resorts World Sentosa on September 14.
She will head on to compete at the 2018 Miss World finals in December in Sanya, China. Peh was a runner-up in Miss Singapore Beauty Pageant 2016.
“I told myself that this was really my last chance because I’m not getting any younger. It’s either I make it or break it, so this really pushed me to do my best on stage,” she was quoted by Yahoo Singapore.
Shonalie Raha and Vanessa Tiara were first and second runners-up, respectively. Missosology.Org
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Home Miss World Hot Picks Miss World 2016 Fifth Hot Picks
Miss World 2016 Fifth Hot Picks
Washington DC. One more challenging week to go, and the real battle for the elusive blue crown is getting more intense. A lot of new approaches to the Miss World scoring system or leader board were slowly revealed to the public, which in turn have drawn mixed emotions from among the fans, national directors and the delegates themselves. The talent champion, as announced earlier, will be determined by a public voting scheme. The Top 10 were revealed based on a closed door audition and presentation, and the summary of their respective performances are now available online. In addition, the multimedia challenge, which is also largely based on the popularity of the delegate, will surely be an easy task for those who have a strong fan base, national population and high degree of interest in beauty pageants. Sadly, this will be the proverbial Achilles’ heel of the European and African delegates, who have a history of not performing very well in this category, despite sending extraordinary delegates with mesmerizing beauty. The two important categories: Beauty with a Purpose and the Top Model competitions won’t be held until next week, so this ranking will most likely change after these challenges or events are over. The sports competition is currently underway, although this category does not seem to affect the overall outcome of the pageant. Miss World 2016 finals will be held on December 18th at the brand new The Theater at MGM National Harbor, Maryland.
Topping our list, and still the head of our hot picks is Catriona Gray of the Philippines. There is nothing about Catriona that you cannot criticize. She is goodhearted, very sincere and is known for being truly accommodating to her fans. Since her crowning, Catriona has prepared for the international pageant, especially in managing her social media account and how to connect with the people who are following the Miss World pageant. Her national director is also very helpful in providing her with the necessary back up assistance, such as getting enough attention through national media in the Philippines. Currently, she is also the leading Miss World delegate in the Mobstar ranking, and several accounts have been made for her by fans and followers. You will be surprised when you see Mobstar accounts made for her, such as like “Catriona Red”, “Catriona White” and so on. Such is her remarkable impact in the global scale, not to mention her innate beauty that is beyond comparison.
In close second is Ana Girault of Mexico. To the conservative ones, she may be easily kicked out as a contender, but to the liberal-minded, she is exactly what a modern day beauty queen should be all about – outspoken, confident and has an uber-gorgeous face! Ana, arguably, is the most interesting figure at this year’s Miss World. She never runs out of controversial stories, and she is mainly the reason why a lot of pageant followers are glued to this pageant. Whatever Ana does (or does not do), becomes some sort of a story. Yes, that’s Ana, and we feel that she can give a lot to Miss World if she wins this title, which will be Mexico’s first.
In third place, and moving up the ladder, is Ukraine – Oleksandra Kucherenko – who is a very talented teenager, with such an amazing face! It has been a long while since we last had a teenage Miss World winner, and it won’t hurt if we have Oleksandra as the eventual winner this year, considering the fact that Ukraine has been consistently sending outstanding girls at this pageant since they started joining in 1992. However, we feel that they are always being shortchanged, with only a Top 10 finish as their best placement. In fact, they have produced the likes of the legendary Oleksandra Nikolayenko, who eventually became the wife of the billionaire friend of Donald Trump, and was the person behind the success of Ukraine in Miss Universe since 2010. It is about time to recognize Ukraine at Miss World.
Slovakia‘s Kristína Činčurová is in our Top 5 for the first time at fourth position, and much to our regret. Yes, Kristína should not have been ignored in our previous hot picks. Her superior beauty is something that we have not seen since 2006, when neighboring Czech Republic had won their first Miss World crown, courtesy of Tatana Kucharova. As for Tatana and Kristína, both have the kind of facial profile that has a history of being favored well in Miss World. Kristína happens to be the towering version, at 1.80 m, so we expect her to do really well in the all-important Top Model competition.
And to complete our Top Five is the amazing Yaritza Reyes of the Dominican Republic. We have a feeling that either Yaritza or Puerto Rico’s Stephanie del Valle, will be the torchbearer for the Caribbean in the Top 5. It could be both of them, but who knows. Yaritza is such a living doll. She was unfairly kicked out of the Top 5 at Miss Universe 2013, although she was the lone candidate of color who penetrated the Top 10 when the pageant was held in Moscow, Russia that year. Now at the age of 23, and is wiser and even better looking, Yaritza is set to win the second crown for her beloved Republica Dominicana!
Puerto Rico‘s Stephanie del Valle dropped to sixth place, but the game is not over yet for this stunning Boricuan. The Beauty with a Purpose project of Stephanie, as reports say, is unique and we are looking forward for her to present and convince the judges about her genuine concern for the less privileged. Puerto Rico, as many know, is currently suffering from serious economic crisis, and has been dependent on subsidies from the United States. Winning the title may not solve all their problems, but it will surely boost the morale of the islanders and turn things for the better.
Not to be ignored, and is going further up the ranking is Canada‘s Anastasia Lin at seventh place. Among the delegates with a distinct Oriental look, it is Anastasia who has become the most familiar face, largely because of last year’s controversial decision of the Chinese government not to accept her entry into the Chinese territory when the Miss World 2015 edition was held in Sanya. This year, however, she is back with a bang, and is much stronger than ever. This is where we appreciate the dedication and sincerity of Anastasia towards her Beauty with a Purpose project, and towards Miss World in general. Despite the long wait and a blooming acting career, she remained true to her advocacy, and her loyalty to the Miss World brand name is worthy of admiration.
Yana Dobrovolskaya of Russia still remains in the Top 10, and is now in eighth place. Her Top 21 placement in the talent competition gave us a sigh of relief as we felt that she was becoming less visible while in Washington DC. But never underestimate this young contender, who just turned 19 last December 8th. She is one of the sweet teenage beauties whom we would love to see winning the crown of Miss World this year. Russia already has two Miss World crowns, and they were 1st Runner-up last year. Yana may be able to avenge the near win that they had last year, although we have not seen in recent years a scenario when a country who was 1st Runner-up the previous year would win the crown a year later.
On ninth place is the unstoppable delegate from the land of the eternal blue sky – Bayartsetseg Altangerel of Mongolia. Insiders have informed us that Bela is one of the most polite and endearing delegates this year, and is gaining the respect of her fellow contenders. Her talent, which was a combination of magic tricks, dance and calligraphy was the most unique that we have ever seen in years. Based on merits alone, that could be the winner of the talent award, but with less population, it will be hard to amass the number of votes needed to win the ticket for an automatic placement in the Top 20. Bela is a seasoned actress, and is bound to audition for a major role in the movie Mulan. So, we are assured that this talented and intelligent Mongolian will surely go places no matter what.
And rounding up our Top Ten is the acrobatic dancer from Hungary, Tímea Gelencsér. Two years ago, Hungary almost bagged the Miss World award, thanks to the outstanding performance of Edina Kulcsár, Hungary has caught the attention of worldwide fans. Since 2012, Hungary has been achieving success in the world of pageantry, which started with a Top 10 placement at Miss Universe 2012, a Top 5 placement in Miss International 2013 and then the 1st Runner-up placement at Miss World 2014. At Miss Earth 2015, they also placed for the first time in the Top 16, and just last week, they were 4th Runner-up at Miss Supranational 2016. With all these developments, the Hungarian beauty pageant industry is bound to grow, and if Tímea wins Miss World, it will surely be a huge story in Hungary!
A visibly shocked Priyanka Yoshikawa was declared as Miss World Japan 2016. She is of mixed Japanese and Indian races.
Meanwhile, Japan‘s news maker, Priyanka Yoshikawa is now in 11th Place, thanks to her bubbly personality, interesting story (the first half Indian to win the Miss World Japan title) and English fluency. Never have we seen a Japanese delegate at any major international pageant with such fluidity in speaking the English language as Priyanka’s. Speaking of Indian beauty, Miss World India Priyadarshini Chatterjee follows Priyanka at 12th place. One of these two Priya’s will definitely place higher than the other, so it all boils down as to which one will get the interest of the Miss World organization. However, in terms of history, India has the overwhelming edge. Brazil is back in our Top 15 at 13th place, and we are very happy to see her with a fresher look. At 26, Beatrice Fontoura is one of the oldest delegates this year, but unlike Anastasia who is the same age as her, Beatrice looks more mature. However, it is in the Beauty with a Purpose project that Brazil gets huge points, so we expect Beatrice to place high from among the 120 delegates. Antonia Figueroa of Chile is in 14th place, as she is certainly one delegate who is easily noticeable even in group photos. Completing our Top 15 is Miss South Africa, Ntandoyenkosi Kunene, who is definitely the strongest contender from the African continent this year.
It’s never too late for the delegates from Australia and USA, who are now pegged at 16th and 17th position, respectively. Thereis certainly hope for them in categories where their countries normally perform the best – Top Model! Croatia, who is a Top 10 placer at the talent competition is in 18th position now. At 19th and 20th places, respectively, are Poland and Malta who are both new in our ranking. They are also Top 10 talent finishers.
Venezuela and Ecuador both dropped to several places down, and are now in the 21st and 22nd spots, while Latvia, Israel and Haiti are slowly gaining our attention and are in the 23rd to 25th spots, respectively.
After the sports competition and the Beauty with a Purpose announcement, we will reveal our Sixth Hot Picks, so stay on board! Meanwhile, do you agree with our list? Post your comments below!
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PEN says court decision on Reuters journalists ‘a travesty of justice’
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By Mizzima
NGO PEN America has expressed its alarm over the High Court decision to uphold the conviction of the seven-year prison sentences of the two Myanmar Reuters journalists.
The following is the statement issued by PEN America on 11 January:
The High Court decision to uphold the conviction of and 7-year prison sentences for Reuters journalists and 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honorees Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo is a travesty of justice, and we call on the Myanmar government to intervene and grant both men a pardon, said PEN America in a statement.
Ruling on their appeal, which was heard on December 24, the judge rejected their appeal and upheld the original verdict and 7-year sentence handed down on September 3, 2018. Arrested on December 12, 2017, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act; both pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prior to their arrest, the pair had been investigating the conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, contributing to a Reuters exposé in February 2018 on the execution of 10 Muslim Rohingya men in the village of Inn Din; the military admitted to the killings in January, and 7 soldiers involved have been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labor. Hearings during their trial clearly demonstrated not only a lack of evidence against the two journalists—the documents they are accused of possessing are not secret, and there is no evidence of their intent to harm the country—but also included testimony from a police officer who attested that the police had framed the Reuters journalists in a pre-meditated set-up. As a result of their work, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than a year in prison, separated from their families. Wa Lone’s wife, Pan Ei Mon, gave birth to their daughter, Thet Htar Angel, on August 10, 2018, while Wa Lone was in prison.
“Yet again Myanmar’s justice system has turned its backs on the principles of rule of law and respect for rights that are the litmus test of democracy,” said Suzanne Nossel, Chief Executive Officer of PEN America. “The wrongful conviction and harsh sentence imposed on these two young, intrepid journalists whose only alleged wrongdoing was having the temerity to expose grave crimes by Myanmar’s military is a travesty. Their wives are being deprived of companionship and their children forced to grow up without their fathers. Myanmar’s government has been impervious to the outrage of its own public, a citizenry coming to the devastating realization that the rights and freedoms they yearned for during the years of the junta are still beyond their grasp. This cruel travesty of justice must be righted immediately and we call on Myanmar’s military and Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to grant them a pardon without delay so they can return to their families and their work.”
In May 2018, PEN America honored Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo with the 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, conferred annually imprisoned writers targeted for exercising freedom of speech.
Of the 42 jailed writers who have received the award since 1987, 37 have been released due in part to the global attention and pressure the award generates. At the Gala luminaries including Stephen King, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon and America’s leading writers, journalists and publishers joined in an urgent call for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo’s freedom, presenting the award to members of their families. Also in May, dozens of literary luminaries including bestselling authors Chimamanda Adichie and Jonathan Franzen, journalists Christiane Amanpour and Bob Woodward, cultural icons Marina Abramović and Stephen Sondheim, and many more—signed an open letter urging Myanmar authorities to release Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. In November, more than 50 of the world’s leading human rights and free expression organizations joined together to condemn the verdict and call for the journalists’ release. And on December 22, PEN Myanmar presented an “Outstanding Protection of Free Expression” Award to Captain Moe Yan Naing, the police officer who testified at the Reuters journalists’ trial and is currently also in jail, praising the whistleblower for practicing free expression and telling the truth despite the consequences for himself and his family. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were among the journalists, described as “The Guardians,” selected by Time Magazine as its 2018 Person of the Year.
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Larimer County Four Wheel Drive Club
Who are the Mountaineers?
We are a family oriented club, organized in 1965, to promote and enjoy the recreation of four wheeling. Four wheeling involves driving a four wheel drive vehicle on roads and trails which are impassable to normal street vehicles. It’s often referred to as ” off-roading ,” but in most cases we use marked “roads” in order to protect the areas through which we travel. occasionally we play “off-road” on designated sand dunes or ice where it is a bit tough to “stay on the trail” since there is none.
Unlike the images portrayed by mass media and environmental groups, we are concerned with conserving the natural beauty of the State of Colorado and anywhere we four wheel. We believe strongly in the principles of Tread Lightly! We also participate in both the Adopt-a-Trail and the Adopt-A-Highway programs.
We work closely with the US Forest Service in maintaining trails, many of our members participate in the Trail Host program. We assist our community, Fort Collins, Colorado, by providing transportation during severe winter weather for employees and some patients of “critical need” groups like Poudre Valley Hospital, Good Samaritan Retirement Village and Meals-On-Wheels and by assisting groups like the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army in transporting supplies and the like to and from remote areas during crises.
How to Join:
All you need to do is attend three club functions within 90 days, one of which must be a club trip, own a four wheel drive vehicle (we welcome all vehicle types!) and be at least 18 years old.
Once you’ve met these requirements, you’ll need to get a “Request for Membership” application from one of our board members, complete it and submit it along with a sponsoring member’s signature and $45, our yearly dues, to a board member. At the next board meeting the board will review your application and vote on your request. (It is rumored that the board has yet to decline a membership application.) Upon approval, you get a membership for the current year, which includes your immediate family. If you apply mid-year, your dues may be prorated.
As a member you’ll receive a vehicle number, a choice of club license plate or magnetic 6″ logo, one vote in club procedures, a subscription to the monthly newsletter and more fun than you can imagine. This not only gets you a membership in the Mountaineers, but it also gets you an associate membership in the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO). As a club we also donate to the Blue Ribbon Coalition, Tread Lightly and Stay the Trail.. As a regular member, you’ll be eligible to run for a board position the end of the current year of your application approval provided you have been a member for at least six months. We recommend at least a years membership before running for board positions to familiarize yourself with our procedures. The board positions are as follows: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and 4 Trip Planners. We also have various functions which require member participation, not limited to, but including newsletter editor, Land Use coordinator, webmaster, refreshments, fund raising, etc.
What if you don’t or can’t qualify?
If you cannot or don’t want to meet our regular membership requirements, an associate membership is available upon request for $15 and entitles you to receive our monthly newsletter. If you’re under 18, bring your parent or guardian and get them to join. Their membership includes you.
Where do you go to attend a meeting or club trip?
Our monthly Club Meetings are at 7:30 P.M. the third Wednesday of each month at 121 North Meldrum, courtesy of Knights of Columbus. We usually meet the following Sunday for our Club Trip at the King Soopers’s Parking Lot N. College and Willox in Fort Collins and depart at 8 or 9 AM, depending on the trip. Our trips are planned beforehand and led by our trip planners. Feel free to contact us for more information.
Why Join the Mountaineers?
You get the opportunity to four wheel at least once a month with a group of like-minded four wheelers. You get to meet new people who love to play in the beautiful Colorado back country. You get discounts at local auto parts and 4×4 stores like: Carquest, and Ft. Collins 4X4. You get to promote our sport through organized events like the American Rock Crawling Association’s and the CoA4WDCI Jeep Raffle. You get to keep trails open through membership in the Colorado Association of 4 Wheel Drive Clubs and the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO). You get to help clean up the local trails we use the most through the Adopt-A-Trail Program of the US Forest Service. . . . and lots more . . . come on out and try it!
Adopt-A-Trail and Adopt-A-Highway
This program allows clubs/groups to assist in maintaining and cleaning-up trails frequently used by the clubs, often allowing the trails to remain open. This is done in conjunction with the US Forest Service.
Kelly Flats
Located off of State Highway 14 approximately 40 miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado. You can see footage of several Mountaineers in the Rick Russell Colorado Video Series #11: Colorado Trails Vol. II. Kelly Flats is a fun trail with rock and loose-dirt hill climbs and depending on the time of year, some challenging mud on the upper end of the trail. Kelly Flats is closed seasonally in the winter by the US Forest Service.
Seven Mile Creek
Located just north of Rustic, Colorado on State Highway 14 approximately 48 miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Seven Mile is a medium challenging trail that is a real blast in the winter when the snow makes it quite challenging. Seven Mile has some creek crossings and lots of small to medium rocks. The mud is a challenge in the spring and the snow makes the trail a winter favorite for the club. There are several old mines just off the trail and even an active one at the beginning. Seven Mile is open year round for now. The US Forest Service has closed the trail during spring run off on unusually wet years.
Moody Hill
Located off County Road 44H, west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Moody is a fun linking trail we mostly use to access the Crystal Mountain Trail. Moody is a long hill climb with lots of ruts that will give open differentialed vehicles a real fit. Moody Hill is not too steep, but is a lot of fun for beginners. Moody Hill is closed by the Forest Service during the winter months.
Adopt-A-Highway Information:
Our clean-up location Located on State Highway 14 at Mile Marker #119, west of Fort Collins, is our designated Adopt-A-Highway cleanup area. We clean up trash from the sides of the road four times per year and help keep the Colorado roadside a beautiful place. We’ve chosen this area because we frequently pass this spot on our way to many of our club trips and events.
Colorado State Highway 14 is a scenic highway that follows the Cache La Poudre River up the canyon with spectacular views of the sheer canyon walls and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, the Official Colorado State Animal. This highway connects US Highway 287 north of Fort Collins to the town of Walden in North Park.
Our Adopt-A-Highway cleanups are scheduled by the Board depending on weather and other events. As always, donuts and orange juice (not from concentrate) will be available or a stop for pancakes at the Braskich home. With enough people it usually takes less than 45 minutes. We meet at our section of highway which starts at Mile Marker #119. There is always an unusual array of trash to be picked up and a lot of it makes for good conversation. Occasionally, some of it borders on bizarre.
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Blood Money: Too Late for Tears (1949)
Posted by R. Emmet Sweeney on May 10, 2016
After viewing Too Late For Tears (1949), I would advise all couples against accepting cash-stuffed valises of mysterious origin. Sure, it would be nice to be raised up out of your dead-end middle-class marriage, but there is the whole issue of the money’s origin, and the pile-up of bodies that keeping the cash may entail. Too Late For Tears is a vicious little film noir with a flinty, sociopathic performance by Lizabeth Scott, but it had been in public domain purgatory for decades, circulating in muddy transfers under its re-release title Killer Bait. The Film Noir Foundation has lobbied for its restoration for years, and with the help of a Hollywood Foreign Press grant, the UCLA Film and Television Archive was able to reconstruct the film from a 35mm nitrate French dupe negative, a 35mm acetate re-issue print, and a 16mm acetate. The result can be seen in a superb new Blu-ray from Flicker Alley, complete with Alan K. Rode audio commentary and a highly informative essay by Brian Light. Too Late For Tears originated in a novel by Roy Huggins, which was first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in April and May of 1947. The rights were snapped up by United States Pictures (who had an output deal with Warner Brothers), but were soon passed on to independent operator Hunt Stromberg, who planned it to be his follow up to his Douglas Sirk thriller Lured, which was opening that September. Stromberg had been one of MGM’s top producers in the 1930s, overseeing The Thin Man series, Best Picture Winner The Great Ziegfeld (1936), and Cukor’s The Women. He started his career in the silents as an independent producer, and he returned to that role in 1943, starting Hunt Stromberg Productions with the Barbara Stanwyck hit Lady in Burlesque. But Lured failed to perform at the box office, and Stromberg struggled to find financing for Too Late For Tears. It took him two years to cobble together an “unusual” deal, per the New York Times, in which Republic Pictures would provide studio facilities and financing for a film that United Artists would distribute. Republic normally distributed their own product, but here would “participate heavily in the profits” instead – though none were in the offing. The desired cast of Joan Crawford and Kirk Douglas failed to materialize, so instead Stromberg brokered yet another deal, borrowing Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, and director Byron Haskin from Hal Wallis. Roy Huggins was retained to adapt his book into the screenplay, and according to Brian Light’s essay the film hews closely to the novel. It is about Alan (Arthur Kennedy) and Jane (Lizabeth Scott) Parker, a bickering couple who can’t decide whether to attend a dinner party, so they turn around and go home instead. A blackmail victim mistakenly takes their veering as a signal, and drops a $60,000 payoff bag into their car. Jane is immediately smitten with the valise, her eyes flashing with desire, while buttoned-up Alan wants to turn the cash into the police. With no hesitation Jane starts her manipulations, asking him to keep the money only for a week, just to see if anyone comes looking. Someone does, in the form of Danny Fuller (Dan Duryea), a clumsy, violent chiseler who is determined to shake Jane down for the bag. But Jane plays them both for saps, stringing them along, giving them want they want to hear (and see). She preys on Alan’s insecurities, as in the withering exchange when he says, “I’ve tried to give you everything you wanted, everything I could.” Jane replies, “Yes, you’ve given me a dozen down payments and installments for the rest of our lives.” While she plays the dissatisfied wife with Alan, she is going full hardened femme fatale with Danny, a cold, calculating criminal mind. He is instantly attracted to her, and he responds in the only way he knows how, with misogynistic violence, slapping her around. But Jane paws him away like a lion with its prey, and soon he becomes her errand boy, covering up Jane’s increasingly brazen crimes. She pushes him so hard he breaks, ending in a self-pitying puddle of boozy tears. Dan Duryea is the embodiment of hollow machismo, a fast-talker with no backbone to support it. It is a slangy and loose performance – at his most arrogant he pronounces “tedious” as “tee-jus”, bending words to his will. But few can hold up to Jane’s steely-eyed assault. Lizabeth Scott did not think kindly of Too Late For Tears, telling Alan K. Rode that it was her “least favorite film”, but she is truly terrifying in it. It is a cold, unrelenting, and entirely unsympathetic performance. At no point does she beg for the audience’s understanding, you can see the calculation in her eyes from the start. Once she opens that bag, Alan becomes an inconvenience to her, so every smile becomes a sneer the nanosecond he turns his back. The only guy who can take her down is a doughy interloper who claims to be Alan’s old war buddy. Don (Don DeFore) is in fact a figure from Jane’s past who is seeking revenge for one of her previous trespasses upon the male sex. The supposed hero of the story is also the least interesting, a clean-cut Hardy Boy with no interior life who is present merely to nudge the story along. In the fallen world of the movie, it is jarring to see such a square. One wishes Duryea’s character could have been expanded and become Jane’s main foe – a duel to the death of two dead-enders. But the film was already getting harassed by the censors, so, as ever, we should be grateful for the perversities we are left with.
9 Responses Blood Money: Too Late for Tears (1949)
Posted By Jonathan Barnett : May 10, 2016 2:49 pm
I recommend it. This is a good slice of noir. Funny how this was once a rough diamond, slightly forgotten. As noted in the post it seems to have had a resurgence among the fans, for this sort.
Another once that has been reconsidered is the 1950s remake of M.
Now if only we get get that to happen to THE CHASE with Bob Cummings.
Posted By R. Emmet Sweeney : May 10, 2016 3:22 pm
Hey Jonathan-
Losey’s M is wonderful, such great street photography. And Kino Lorber (my employer) released a good-looking DVD and Blu-ray of THE CHASE earlier this year.
Posted By Flora : May 10, 2016 3:32 pm
I love this film noir. Too bad Lizabeth Scott died before being able to see the restored print on the big screen.
I love this film noir. Too bad Lizabeth Scott died before being able to see the restored version on the big screen.
Posted By Susan : May 10, 2016 3:52 pm
Yes, indeed, Lizabeth Scott was chillingly evil in this.
Posted By kingrat : May 10, 2016 5:32 pm
Saw this on the big screen at the Palm Springs noir festival last year. The restoration looked great and the audience loved it. Maybe the best performances by both Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea. Side note: Arthur Kennedy is in small print in the credits, but he has a substantial role in the movie.
Posted By Emgee : May 10, 2016 7:17 pm
“Now if only we get get that to happen to THE CHASE with Bob Cummings”
Your wish has come true; it’s just been released in a restored version on blu-ray.
Posted By LD : May 10, 2016 9:25 pm
Saw this film for the first time last summer on TCM during their film noir festival, “Summer of Darkness”. I was very impressed. Scott’s character is truly a femme fatale. I also wish she had seen the restoration but hopefully she was aware of how respected and appreciated these so called “B” films have become.
Posted By robbushblog : May 17, 2016 5:21 pm
I’ve gotta see this.
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Gordon Gillespie, Ph.D., D.N.P., R.N., F.A.E.N., F.A.A.N.
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Dr. Gordon Lee Gillespie is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati. His primary research interest is the promotion of resilience and psychological health in emergency department workers. He has conducted several studies addressing the problem of traumatic stress that typically follows stressful occupational events such as workplace aggression and providing care to traumatically injured patients. Dr. Gillespie earned an associate and BSN degree from Miami University and a MSN and PhD from the University of Cincinnati. His research has been funded by the American Nurses Foundation, Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Foundation, and the CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. He is a lifetime member of the ENA and has served in leadership/service roles at the local, state, and national levels including the Advisory Council to the Institute for Emergency Nursing Research. He has served as the Chair for a national conference on workplace violence and as an editorial board member of the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. In 2009, he was presented with the honorary credential Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Nursing (FAEN). In addition, he enjoys mentoring stretcher-side nurses who are conducting clinical research in emergency departments across the nation.
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Gordon Gillespie 2012 Cohort was presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award by the Miami University Department of Nursing
Gordon Gillespie of the 2012 Cohort was awarded the 2015 Alumni Legacy Award: Outstanding Career Achievement by the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
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Body Puzzle (1992)
Written by: Lamberto Bava (screenplay), Teodoro Corrà (screenplay and story),Bruce Marti (screenplay), Domenico Paolella (story)
Directed by: Lamberto Bava
Starring: Joanna Pacula, Tomas Arana and François Montagut
"Looks like you've got a real psycho..."
With a director named Bava and a title like Body Puzzle, there’s no way this movie could be anything but a giallo. Sure, the Bava in question is Lamberto (and not Mario) and it dropped in the early 90s, well after the glory days of both the giallo and Italian horror were well behind them, so chances are it’s only a tired retread of those better efforts, but there’s always something a little alluring about digging one of these up. And, for the most part, any assumptions you might make about Body Puzzle are pretty accurate--it’s pretty standard in that it keeps the worst part of the genre intact (the wildly loose, illogical plotting) while leaving behind the better aspects (garish style and elaborate murders), but it does manage a few surprises with its structure.
For starters, this one doesn’t begin with a masked assailant wearing a black glove; instead, we see the face of this psychopath pretty early, as we see him stalk and kill a couple of people in the opening sequence. He leaves the bodies behind, albeit with some missing pieces. Once the detective (Tomas Arana) arrives on the scene, he deduces that this is part of a killing spree where the murderer is colleting body parts for whatever reason--an astute observation if there ever was one, matched only by his buddy’s supposition that they’ve “got a real psycho on their hands” this time. Indeed they do, and their investigation leads them to a widow (Joanna Pacula) whose husband recently died in a motorcycle accident.
I was wondering just how exactly Body Puzzle was going to function after the opening sequence, which was an admittedly slick bit of mayhem. Given that we’d already seen the killer’s face, I thought this may have been yet another movie mis-identified as a giallo, as the only mystery left seemed to be the motivation. Even that isn’t that drawn out, particularly when we learn that Pacula’s husband once had a gay lover who might be insane; combine that with the faint echoes of May, and you can pretty well guess that this guy is trying to piece his dead lover back together. And that’s exactly what happens, with those suspicions being confirmed rather quickly. Even though that’s delightfully twisted, you’re left wondering just where this thing will go for the last half hour or so, and it doesn’t help that the whole thing feels like a made-for-television police procedural, from the clanky score to the mostly flat staging that must have been remnants of Bava’s stint in the TV arena.
But there is just enough here that keeps this an interesting puzzle; chief among them is the fact that the puzzle isn’t quite as neatly pieced together as you may think. This is one of those mysteries that’s so obvious that you can’t help but think something is amiss, so you keep that in the back of your mind (possibly out of sheer desperation) as you trudge through the proceedings. These are at least occasionally dotted with some fine absurd moments, many of them featuring spaghetti western great Gianni Garko, starring here as the cantankerous police chief who “kisses ass one day, and kicks it the next” and spends most of his time chewing out Arana. He doesn’t really do much else, not that he really needs to on account of being Gianni Garko. Arana himself is a typical detective in one of these things; despite having the charisma of a beer truck driver, he somehow seduces Pacula, and he’s not even all that subtle about it--at one point, he’s quite forward and tells her he hopes to replace her husband in her affections. It must work because their courtship inevitably ends up with them in the throes of passion on a staircase, accompanied by a swanky sax-driven score that tries to drown out the horrid awkwardness of it all.
Mostly, Body Puzzles feels exactly how you’d expect a giallo to feel long after they’d been diluted and diffused over a few decades; even when it tries to faintly echo the sexual sleaze and homoerotic perversity of the 70s classics, it falls flat and somehow feels even more prehistoric given the context. Even when it embraces the slashing, it’s a little dry; the opening murders are moody and stylish, but most of the deaths focus on the grisly aftermaths. A high point of the film’s first hour does include an absurd pool sequence that somehow remains completely bloodless, even when it results in a guy having his kidney forcibly removed. François Montagut at least plays a somewhat compelling murderer, one of those impossibly coiffed, prim guys that screams “sexual repression”; basically, he’d be the first person you’d suspect in a more traditional giallo. His murders are scored by the manic “Night at Bald Mountain,” which is one of the film’s more inspired flourishes that relays his frenzied psyche.
Just when you think you’ve got that psyche pinned down, Body Puzzle decides to finally get unhinged; while the last thirty minutes or so don’t completely redeem it (mostly because it never escapes its dowdy production values), we’re treated to some wild twists and even wilder murder sequences. The narrative eventually degenerates in the killer stalking more victims, one of whom is a schoolteacher; she gets paid a visit in the film’s most memorably bold scene that ends with her students getting quite the anatomy lesson. Bava and company aggressively embrace the ludicrous plot contrivances this genre became famous for--of course the police can’t help that poor teacher because the secretary at the front desk just happens to be part time and can’t tell them where her classroom is. That’s actually rather minor compared to the howler of an explanation for the main twist that turns the entire story on its head.
Because of this, Body Puzzle ultimately doesn’t really make a lick of sense. You might argue that all gialli suffer from this to a degree, and you might be right--you basically have to toss logic to the wind with these, but this one tests just how far you’re willing to toss it. You can give it a shot yourself with one of a few DVD releases; Image and Madacy’s discs are old and out of print, so go with Raro Video’s most recent release, which features a fine restoration; the movie itself isn’t all that impressive looking, but the transfer is clean and anamorphic, while the soundtrack is similarly solid. The only special feature is some impressive liner notes by Chris Alexander that illuminate both the film’s genesis and Bava’s own career. In the end, I suppose this one lived right up to expectations--it’s a lesser film by the lesser Bava, though it’s not all bad. An outrageous third act does not a great movie make, but it does make this one ludicrously watchable. Rent it!
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Scream 3 (2000)
Written by: Kevin Williamson (characters), Ehren Kruger (screenplay)
Directed by: Wes Craven
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette
Reviewed by: Brett G.
"What do you know about trilogies?"
"All I know is that in the third one, all bets are off."
While all bets may indeed be off when it comes to horror sequels, another thing you should bet on is that they often become more convoluted as they trudge on. Even something as elegantly simple as Halloween became bogged down by contrived bloodlines and ancient Druid curses. Having already embraced many of the horror tropes in its previous outings, it seemed inevitable Scream too would become a bit unwieldy and bogged down by series-altering twists and turns. That’s exactly what happened when Scream 3 hit theaters a couple of years after the second film made its debut; it did so having been plagued with numerous script re-writes, which perhaps contributed to its schizophrenic nature.
In a case of art imitating life, the fictional Stab series has made its way up to the third installment; gone are the A-list stars that populated the original film, and we’re left with what is essentially a cheap B-movie production. Things get interesting, however, when someone begins murdering the cast in the order in which they die in the script; this naturally draws the attention of Gale Weathers and Dewey (who is actually working as the technical advisor on the film). The killer also cryptically leaves photos of Maureen Prescott at the scene of each crime, which lures Sidney out of hiding from her shut-in existence, where she lives under a false name.
After satirizing horror films and the media for two films, I suppose Scream was always bound to go to Hollywood. In many ways, the shift in setting is emblematic of everything that went wrong with the third outing; whereas the first two films were a couple of simple, intimate affairs, taking place in small towns and college campuses, Scream 3 simply feels too big for its own good. It’s sort of like that clever, witty kid on the block who begins to believe in his own hype and ends up trying too hard, only to become a parody of himself. Unfortunately, that’s just how this entry plays out, as it not only resembles the parodies it inspired (Scary Movie), but also the films mocked by the first two Screams. Instead of jabbing you with its tongue in its cheek, Scream 3 smacks you with its obvious silliness (look no further than the bewildering and gratuitous cameo by Jay and Silent Bob as proof).
This all starts at the script level, where the plot finally becomes too convoluted even by this franchise's standards; while the first two might have had some giallo-like twists and turns, this third entry ratchets up the insanity by introducing elements that extend back beyond the first film and radically alter the franchise’s story. While it’s always fun to see some inter-connectedness between entries, the reveal here feels tacky and contrived, not unlike the fictional B-movies featured within the film. Such intricate and wild franchise plotting sort of anticipates what would happen with the Saw series, which similarly became too encumbered with hidden secrets and twists. For every positive step Scream 2 made in advancing a believable saga, Scream 3 takes a few hops back, as it’s all just a little too outrageous.
Indeed, this represents the first time the films completely embraced B-movie territory, which was perhaps intentional. After all Lance Henriksen’s Milton character is an obvious stand-in for Roger Corman (who redundantly also shows up in a cameo, perhaps to signify that all subtlety has been gutted), and the film is littered with touchstones of the 50s and 60s AIP era. In fact, the film’s climax takes place in a cavernous mansion, full of secret passageways and B-movie props, which gives the film a distinct kitsch feel. It’s all much more House on Haunted Hill than it is Halloween or Friday the 13th. Oddly enough, these sparse references represent the extent of the film’s winking and nodding back to the genre itself, as the clever jokes that lined the previous scripts are scarce; instead, part 3 turns its satiric eye towards the Hollywood business in general, and it’s not quite as fun or clever. It also uses Stab 3 to poke fun at its own script problems, as, like its fictional coutnerpart, the film was literally being written on set; the joke, of course, is on us.
Ehren Kruger takes over scripting duties from Williamson (who supposedly did outline the story) here, but his writing lacks the tight cohesiveness and witty dialogue that became the franchise’s hallmark. The film is also not especially plotted well, as Dewey, Gale, and even Parker Posey’s actress character (by far the best of the otherwise forgettable newcomers) do more in the film than Sidney. She spends most of the time either locked away in her own house or at a police department before showing up for the last act. It’s perhaps fitting that the film’s best moment comes when Randy makes a videotaped appearance from beyond the grave, as it’s arguable that his geekdom was somehow always the heart of the films. I do, however, question his wisdom regarding horror trilogies, considering there really aren’t many (and no, series that just happened to peter out at the third entry don’t qualify).
As a slasher, Scream 3 is still decent fun—the kills come early and fairly often, though none of the murder sequences are particularly memorable. There is a fun chase scene mid-way through that takes us back to the set of the original, which has been reconstructed for Stab 3, and it briefly recaptures the brilliance of previous efforts. Craven also employs some nightmare sequences and imagery (something he knows a thing or two about) to further move the film into standard horror clichés. Though it’s not quite the wrap-up you’d want, Scream 3 is still worth a look, so check out Dimension’s Collector’s Series DVD, which was released back in 2000 and has seen no significant upgrades until the recently-released Blu-ray. The standard-def presentation is solid enough, and the 5.1 surround track is especially dynamic and makes great use of directional sound. Special features include outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage from all the Scream films, deleted scenes, an alternate ending, TV spots, trailers, a Creed music video, and a feature commentary with Craven and crew. Thankfully, Scream 3 isn’t a wrap-up at all; it’s perhaps fitting that the final shot of the film is an open door because, as we all know, a horror franchise can never be considered dead. Hopefully Scream 4 will get back to the basics that this overly-plotted entry missed out on. Still, it’s probably a good idea to brush up on this one before Ghostface returns on April 15th. Rent it!
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Where the Turkmen gas will be delivered?
Europe has two potential routes for the import of Turkmen energy resources as with the use of existing or newly built pipelines and creation of new pipeline infrastructure. This is written by the senior researcher of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian studies of Carleton University and the Canadian Energy Research Institute Robert M. Cutler in an article published on the pages of Natural Gas World.
According to experts, one of the channels through which Turkmen gas can reach Europe's borders, involves the connection of the future Trans-Caspian gas pipeline to another large-scale European project - the "Southern gas corridor". Namely, Turkmenistan, arriving on the Caspian sea to the coast of Azerbaijan, falls consistently to the South Caucasus pipeline, which will take it to Turkey, then by the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) - to Greece and then by the Trans-Adriatic (TAP) gas pipeline to Italy.
The projected throughput of this route is 16 bcm and the first deliveries to southern Europe, according to the calculations of the analyst, will be implemented by 2020.
The second probable route, which also starts with the Trans-Caspian energy bridge and continues South Caucasus pipeline, which involves the delivery of Turkmen energy resources to Georgia with subsequent submission to the "White stream" gas pipeline, which is planned to stretch along the bottom of the Black sea with the use of economical and available ultra deepwater technology. By the marine pipe the gas will arrive in Romania. According to the author, this idea can become a reality by 2022.
From Constanta by the system of intra-European pipelines - the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline and the pipeline "Brotherhood" - the gas will get to consumers in Poland, Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic and Austria.
In addition, the gas resources of the Turkmen origin will be possible to fill in another construction of the gas pipeline Bulgaria - Romania-Hungary -Austria.
- Up to date, Turkmenistan has an internal infrastructure to support the European vector gas distribution. Built in-country gas pipeline East-West with a capacity of 30-40 billion cubic meters a year, stretches from the rich Eastern fields to the Caspian shore - waiting for further supplies to the West, - the newspaper notes.
The process of negotiations on the Trans-Caspian pipeline project between the EU, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan intensified in 2011. In November last year, the European Commission introduced the draft list of energy projects of common interest that allows the European investment institutions to apply the preferential regime of financial regulation.
In August, Turkmen and Azerbaijani parties signed a Memorandum of understanding on future cooperation in the energy sector. And in December, the Caspian five said about practical readiness for signature of the Convention establishes the legal regime of the Caspian sea.
As the Deputy foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov explained then, "draft Convention on the rights of the pipelines will belong to those countries, through which sectors the pipeline will be stretched", which opens the way for implementing the Trans-Caspian corridor- the starting element of the European directions of Turkmen gas export.
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Northern Kentucky Baseball Association By-laws Contents
ARTICLE I - NAME AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
1.01 Name
ARTICLE 2 – OBJECTIVES
ARTICLE 3 – GENERAL INFORMATION
3.01 Player Member
3.02 Parent Member
3.03 Volunteer Members
3.04 Member Requirements
3.05 Finances
3.06 Managers
3.07 Inclement Weather
3.08 End of Year Reports
ARTICLE 4 – FEES
ARTICLE 5 – OFFICERS
5.00 Requirements
5.01 President
5.02 Vice President
5.03 Secretary
5.04 Treasurer
5.05 Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling
5.06 Vice President of the Major Division
5.07 Vice President of the Minor Division
5.08 Vice President for Machine Pitch Division
5.09 Vice President for Rookie Machine Pitch Division
5.10 Vice President for T-Ball Division
5.11a Vice President for Equipment & Uniforms
5.11b Authorized Team Equipment List
5.12 Vice President for Sponsors/Fund Raisers
5.13 Vice President of Web Site and Communications
5.14 Past President
5.15 Vice President of Umpires
5.16 Vice President of Team Administrators
5.17 Manager and Coach
5.18 Selection of New Major, Minor, Machine Pitch, Rookie Machine Pitch and T-Ball Managers and Assistant Coaches for
all Divisions.
5.19 Standards of Field Decorum
ARTICLE 6. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
6.01 General Powers
6.02 Elections
6.03 Membership
6.04 Manner of Acting
6.05 Method of Voting
6.06 Vacancies
6.07 Past Interpretations
ARTICLE 7 - MEETINGS AND QUORUM
7.01 Regular Meetings
7.02 Special Meetings
7.03 Notice of Meetings
7.04 Quorum
7.05 Majority Vote
7.06 Vote of the Entire Board
ARTICLE 8. – COMMITTEES
8.02 Standing Committees
(A) Nominating Committee
(B) Manager Selection Committee
(C) Protest Committee
(D) Registration Committee
ARTICLE 9 – AUTHORITY
ARTICLE 10 – LEAGUE YEAR AND SEASON
10.01 League Year and Season
ARTICLE 11 – FINANCIAL POLICY
11.01 Responsibility
11.02 Common Treasury
11.03 Independent Financial Review
ARTICLE 12 - ALL STAR TEAM SELECTION
12.01 Player Nomination
12.02 Selection Date
12.03 Player Selection
12.04 All Star Managers
12.05 All Star Eligibility
ARTICLE 13 - MAJOR DIVISION
13.01 Purpose
13.02 Organizational Structure
13.03 Major Division Team Selection
ARTICLE 14 - MINOR DIVISION
14.03 Minor Division Team Selection
ARTICLE 15 – MACHINE PITCH DIVISION
15.03 Machine Pitch Division Team Selection
ARTICLE 16 – ROOKIE MACHINE PITCH DIVISION
16.03 Rookie Machine Pitch Division Team Selection
ARTICLE 17 - T-BALL DIVISION
17.03 T-Ball League Team Selection
ARTICLE 18 – FALL BALL
ARTICLE 19 - BYLAW AMENDMENTS
19.01 Votes
19.02 Proper Form of Amendments
19.03 Passage of an Amendment
19.04 Updating By Laws
ARTICLE 20 - AVAILABILITY OF BY LAWS
20.01 Persons Requesting Copies
20.02 Copies to Board Members
Northern Kentucky Baseball Association By-laws
The name of this corporation is Northern Kentucky Baseball Association (NKB)
Articles 5 and 6 contain the approved organizational structure for NKB.
ARTICLE 2 - OBJECTIVES
The objectives of NKB shall be:
(A) To provide the boys and girls within the league boundaries with the facilities, equipment, and supervision to enjoy and learn the game of baseball.
(B) To teach them, while they are learning and playing, the principles of fair play and good sportsmanship.
(C) To teach them the proper attitude in both winning and losing.
(D) To advance the spirit of teamwork and team play.
(E) To guide young boys and girls through a period of maturation into honest, thoughtful, and useful adult citizens of our community.
Any boy or girl meeting the requirements of Cal Ripken and NKB and who reside within the authorized boundaries, or as otherwise authorized to participate pursuant to Cal Ripken rules, shall be eligible to participate, but shall have no rights, in the management or the property of NKB.
(A) A player who moves into the league boundaries after team assignments shall be added to a team roster with the approval of the respective League Vice President and Player Agent.
(B) All player members will be responsible for participating in at least one fund-raiser each year.
(C) All players are responsible for participating in practices, games, and other team activities. Failure to participate may result in removal from the team. Missing three consecutive games or seven practices may be grounds for a manager to remove a player from his/her roster. However, any player who misses practices or games because of injury, illness or family crisis is not subject to removal.
(D) All players will wear the complete uniform as provided by the league, provided by the team, or determined by the respective Manager in all games. This will include a hat, shirt and pants. Headbands, barrettes and other jewelry should not be worn during practices or games as these items are considered to be unsafe.
A parent member is a parent or guardian of a player member. All parent members will be responsible for:
(A) Seeing that the player member is at team functions.
(B) Assisting the player member in participation in the league fundraiser.
(C) Cooperating with team managers and coaches.
(D) Attending the Parent Meeting.
Any adult that is interested in furthering the objectives of NKB.
Parents, relatives, friends and other fans are expected to limit their expressions of interest to positive comments and encouragement to all players, coaches, and umpires. The Umpire(s) or any Board member should deal with negativity instantly. A Code of Conduct is available on the web site. The use of tobacco or alcoholic beverages in any form is strictly prohibited on the playing field, benches, bleachers, and dugout areas. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted at the park during practices or games. (Exception: If a NKB team is playing at a venue that routinely sells alcoholic beverages, those beverages are allowed only by sale at that venue.) Any substantive complaints concerning the behavior of a League Official, Manager, Coach or Parent should be submitted in writing to the President of the League or the respective League Vice President. The Board shall review all written complaints and may provide a written response.
Unless granted an exemption by the President for good cause shown, all players in the league shall participate in at least one NKB fund raising event. The NKB Board is the only official body that has the authority to make any financial commitments or fund raising decisions.
League Managers may be any adult 21 years or older. Anyone wishing to become a manager must complete an application, be subject to a background check and be interviewed by the respective League Committee or Manager Selection Committee as applicable. Applicants should have the ability to teach and motivate young children and have a working knowledge of baseball.
NKB will follow Babe Ruth's inclement weather rules. The Player Agent or his designee will reschedule games that are canceled. If lightning occurs, the Umpire and coaches will clear the field regardless of the circumstances of the game. Play will resume no sooner than 20 minutes after the last time lightning was seen.
At the conclusion of the season, each respective League Vice President will provide a report to the Board summarizing the respective league’s activities and present any problems that were encountered during the year. The report should include any recommended rule changes. The NKB Board of Directors is the only official body that can make official rule changes.
ARTICLE 4 - FEES
Registration fees as set by the Board shall be assessed as a prerequisite for a player member to play annually. Full or partial scholarships may be made available under appropriate circumstances, as determined by the President.
ARTICLE 5 - OFFICERS
All officers and Board members shall be at least 21 years of age. All officers and Board members shall support all bylaws, rules and regulations of NKB and attend all Board meetings. The following chart sets forth the authorized positions on the Board of Directors:
Northern Kentucky Baseball Association
VOTING NON-VOTING
President Past President
Vice-President Players, Fields and Scheduling
Vice-President Major Division 11U-12U
Vice-President Minor Division 9U-10U
Vice-President Machine Pitch Division 7U-8U
Vice-President Rookie Machine Pitch 5 Division U-6U
Vice President T-Ball Division 4U-5U
Vice-President Equipment/Uniforms
Vice-President Sponsors/Fundraisers
Vice-President Web Site and Communications
Vice-President Umpires
Vice-President Team Administrators
The League President shall have a minimum of one year of service on the Board of Directors. The President is elected for a period of one year, but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
1) The President is the chief administrative officer of the League. He/She is responsible for conducting NKB in strict conformity to the policies, principles, rules and regulations of this League and Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken Baseball as agreed to under the conditions of its charter.
2) Exercises general authority and supervision over all functions of the League; however, specific authority is delegated to specific Board members, other volunteers and hired agents.
3) Meets with each new board member to review their responsibilities.
4) Calls each meeting and prepares the agenda. Presides over each Board meeting. In the event of his/her absence, the President will notify the League Vice-President and provide the agenda so they can preside over the meeting. The President will be responsible for adding to a meeting agenda any item that is deemed significant by any member of the Board of Directors.
5) The President is the officer with whom Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken Baseball Headquarters maintains contact. He/She or designee will represent the League in all meetings of the local, state or national organization.
6) Completes and returns the application required to renew the League Charter each year. This shall be accomplished prior to February 1st each year.
7) He/She is the only officer authorized to speak for the League or sign letters written in the name of the League or on League stationery. The President May delegate this authority as necessary.
8) Authorizes and approves all expenditures by reviewing invoices and cosigning all checks over $100.00.
9) Oversees the general conduct of all officers, managers and coaches and ensures that they are performing their duties accordingly. Informs the Board if someone is not performing their duties as required or their conduct is inappropriate.
10) The President is a voting member of the Board of Directors but votes only to break a tie vote, unless the vote is required of all Board members.
11) At the January meeting, submits, along with the Treasurer, the annual budget for approval of the Board.
The League Vice President is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
1) In the absence of the President, presides over the NKB meetings.
2) Coordinates NKB’s fund raising project. This includes the following duties:
a. Selection of a project(s) to be decided by a committee formed by the
League Vice President, Vice President of Sponsors/Fund Raisers and at least one other Board member. The committee decision shall be presented to the Board for approval.
b. Presents approved fund raising project to the Vice President of each division.
c. Coordinates collection of fund raising money with respective Team Administrators.
d. Purchases and presents gifts to individuals that meet or exceed the goals as specified by the committee.
3) The League Vice-President is responsible for administration of the insurance program for all players, managers, etc. Receives bids, provides detailed information for prospective bidders and supervises contract agreements and any other matters pertaining to insurance.
4) Obtains bids from two photographers to take team and individual pictures on "picture day". Submits recommendation to the Board for final approval. Establishes dates for respective league team pictures and coordinates the scheduling with respective team moms. The League may receive income from the photographer but will not be involved in handling payments to the photographer.
5) The League Vice-President may call special meetings for the Board of Directors.
The Secretary is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
1) Presides over meetings in the absence of the President, Vice-President, and Treasurer. The Secretary shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors, in addition to the following duties:
2) Keeps the minutes of all general membership meetings and of the Board of Directors meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose.
3) Sees that all notices of meetings are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law.
4) Serves as the custodian of the corporate records.
5) Performs all duties that a secretary would ordinarily perform including typing letters, rosters, Bylaws, etc.
6) Serves as the custodian of the By Laws including certification of any new amendments adopted in accordance with Article 19.
7) Responsible for receiving and distributing mail to other Board members on a timely basis.
The Treasurer is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
1) Presides over meetings in the absence of the President and Vice President and perform such duties as may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors, in addition to the following duties:
2) Deposits funds of the corporation in such bank, or banks, as the Board of Directors shall designate. Generally weekly deposits shall be made, beginning with registration sign up fees and concluding with Fall Ball. The Treasurer may delegate this function as necessary.
3) Endorses for deposit or collection all checks and notes payable to the corporation or its order.
4) Records all funds received in a cash receipts journal.
5) Co-signs along with the President, all checks over $100.00 drawn on the account of the corporation.
6) Presents all League financial records to the independent auditor.
7) Records all disbursements in a cash disbursement journal.
8) Reconciles bank statements monthly to assure that the cash balance in the corporate check register and records match the cash balance on the bank statement.
9) Prepares a financial report to be given at each of the regular meetings of the Board of Directors.
10) Prepares an annual operating budget in cooperation with the President to be presented at the January meeting of the Board of Directors.
11) Files Form 990 before January 1st of each year with the Internal Revenue Service to be accomplished by the outgoing Treasurer.
12) Prepares a statement of receipts and disbursements at the end of each fiscal year.
13) Files annual sales tax reports to the State Department of Revenue prior to October 20th.
14) Performs all duties that a treasurer would ordinarily perform.
The Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling is elected for a period one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
Performs such duties as may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors in addition to the following duties:
1) Assists the President in establishing and maintaining the eligibility of player personnel. Cal Ripken Regulations and NKB require each candidate to present acceptable proof of age prior to player selection.
2) Supervises League sign-ups, try-outs, and player selection. Ensures the completion of the internet sign up application.
3) Prepares the Major, Minor, Machine Pitch, Rookie Machine Pitch and T-Ball division playing schedules and pre-season and regular season practice schedules. Reschedules games as necessary. As appropriate, the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling may assign the responsibility for completing the practice and game schedules to a designated representative of the Major, Minor, Machine Pitch, Rookie Machine Pitch and T-Ball Divisions.
4) Maintains records of Players not selected from which player replacements may be selected.
5) Maintains all team and player records of player releases and replacements.
6) Submits rosters of each team showing name, address, and birth date of each player to Babe Ruth Headquarters within seven (7) days before the first regularly scheduled game.
7) Reports to Babe Ruth Headquarters replacements of players after submission of team rosters.
8) Supervises selection of the league’s All-Star teams.
9) Serves with the President on a committee to rule on all protested games.
10) Prepares the practice and game schedule for Fall Ball and assigns players to teams for all Fall Ball leagues.
The Vice President of the Major Division is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected. The individual should have adequate knowledge of the game of baseball and should be thoroughly familiar with the purposes of the Major Division Program.
1) Chairs the Major Division Committee. Shall attend all NKB Board meetings or appoint a representative.
2) Selects suitable managers for the teams after reviewing their qualifications.
3) Meets with the NKB Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling after registrations have been closed to determine the number of eligible players available to establish teams for the Major League.
4) With the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling, fairly assigns players to each team that has not met the minimum number of players requirement. Once the teams are established, team rosters will be provided to the approved Managers.
5) Coordinates with the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling the practice and game schedule and provides the information to the NKB Board of Directors.
6) Serves as the Chief Liaison Officer between the Major Division and the NKB Board of Directors. Coordinates requests for equipment, insurance, and registration fees collection, etc., with the appropriate NKB League Officers. Fund raising programs will be coordinated directly with the NKB Vice President.
7) Establishes, in coordination with the NKB President, a date for the preseason Coaches Meeting. The two will preside at that meeting.
8) Fills all Major Division Committee positions.
The Vice President of the Minor Division is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected. The individual should have adequate knowledge of the game of baseball and should be thoroughly familiar with the purposes of the Minor Division Program.
1) Chairs the Minor Division Committee. Shall attend all NKB Board meetings or appoint a representative.
3) Meets with the NKB Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling after registrations have been closed to determine the number of eligible players available to establish teams for the Minor Division.
6) Serves as the Chief Liaison Officer between the Minor Division and the NKB Board of Directors. Coordinates requests for equipment, insurance, and registration fees collection, etc., with the appropriate NKB League Officers. Fund raising programs will be coordinated directly with the NKB Vice President.
8) Fills all Minor Division Committee positions.
The Vice President of the Machine Pitch Division is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected. The individual should have adequate knowledge of the game of baseball and should be thoroughly familiar with the purposes of the Machine Pitch Division Program.
1) Chairs the Machine Pitch Division Committee. Shall attend all NKB Board meetings or appoint a representative.
3) Meets with the NKB Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling to determine the number of eligible players and establishes the number of teams for the year.
4) With the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling, fairly assigns players to each team based on the player's skills assessment scores. Once the teams are established, team rosters will be provided to the approved Managers.
5) Coordinates with the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling the practice and game schedule of all games and provides the information to the NKB Board of Directors.
6) Serves as the Chief Liaison Officer between the Machine Pitch Division and the NKB Board of Directors. Coordinates requests for equipment, insurance, and registration fees collection, etc., with the appropriate NKB League Officers. Fund raising programs will be coordinated directly with the NKB Vice President.
8) Fills all Machine Pitch Division Committee positions.
9) Oversees Fall Ball for the Machine Pitch Division.
The Vice President of the Rookie Machine Pitch Division is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected. The individual should have adequate knowledge of the game of baseball and should be thoroughly familiar with the purposes of the Rookie Machine Pitch Division Program.
1) Chairs the Rookie Machine Pitch Division Committee. Shall attend all NKB Board meetings or appoint a representative.
6) Serves as the Chief Liaison Officer between the Rookie Machine Pitch Division and the NKB Board of Directors. Coordinates requests for equipment, insurance, and registration fees collection, etc., with the appropriate NKB League Officers. Fund raising programs will be coordinated directly with the NKB Vice President.
8) Fills all Rookie Machine Pitch Division Committee positions.
9) Oversees Fall Ball for the Rookie Machine Pitch Division.
The Vice President of the T-Ball Division is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected. The individual should have adequate knowledge of the game of baseball and should be thoroughly familiar with the purposes of the T-Ball Division Program.
1) Chairs the T-Ball Division Committee. Shall attend all NKB Board meetings or appoint a representative.
6) Serves as the Chief Liaison Officer between the T-Ball League and the NKB Board of Directors. Coordinates requests for equipment, insurance, and registration fees collection, etc., with the appropriate NKB League Officers. Fund raising programs will be coordinated directly with the NKB Vice President.
8) Fills all T-Ball Division Committee positions.
9) Oversees Fall Ball for the T-Ball Division.
5.11 Vice President for Equipment & Uniforms
The Vice President for Equipment & Uniforms is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected. This person must have a general knowledge of baseball equipment and more specifically knowledge relating to safety requirements. Emphasis should be on the ability to select the best buy with the idea of quality vs. cost analysis in mind.
(A) Equipment:
1) Inspects each team’s uniforms and equipment along with the Vice-President of each Division to determine condition. This will include the Major Division, Minor Division, Machine Pitch Division, Rookie Machine Pitch Division and T-Ball equipment. Using the authorized equipment lists establishes the replacement equipment needed to ensure all authorized equipment will be available and in good condition.
2) Establishes a total list of requirements from 1. above. Contacts at least three sporting goods suppliers. Gets bids from the suppliers on those items and will select the lowest bid. Baseballs will be purchased in a single lot from the lowest bidder. All bids shall be submitted to the Board for approval of allotment and payment. Baseballs must be available by March 1st.
3) Replaces damaged or faulty team equipment throughout the season. An inspection of such equipment must be made prior to replacement.
4) Purchases the required uniform patches for placement on all new uniforms prior to April 1st.
5) Using the information from the inspection, the scheduled games, equipment bids, etc. prepares a detailed budget for the year, indicating quantities, prices, etc. This will be coordinated with the League Treasurer and President and ready for presentation to the Board at the January Board Meeting.
6) After approval of the budget, equipment will be purchased so as to complete the authorized equipment for each team. This equipment will be in the equipment bags in time for the first game.
7) Maintains an adequate supply of game baseballs at all times. Supplies game baseballs to the coaches prior to the start of the season.
8) At the conclusion of the season, any Manager, not returning to manage the following year, will provide all equipment and uniforms to the Vice President for Equipment & Uniforms.
9) Purchases the shirts and other equipment as needed for Fall Ball.
(B) Uniforms:
1) Determines which teams are getting league supplied uniforms prior to March 1st.
2) Obtains 3 bids for league supplied uniforms. Submits recommendation to the Board for final approval for the uniform company.
3) Orders league supplied uniforms and distributes them to the team Manager no later than March 20th.
4) Purchases All Star team shirts and caps.
Authorized Team Equipment List
Major Minor Machine Rookie Machine T-Ball
Catcher's Mitt 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each
Chest Protector 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each
Shin Guards 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each
Catcher's Mask 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each
Helmets 4 Each 4 Each 4 Each 4 Each 4 Each
Equipment Bag 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each
First Aid Kit 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each
Batting T 1 Each 1 Each
Baseballs 2 Dozen 2 Dozen 2 Dozen 1 Dozen 1 Dozen
Bases 1 Set 1 Set 1 Set 1 Set 1 Set
Pitching Machine 1 Each 1 Each
Ball Bucket 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each 1 Each
The Vice President for Sponsors/Fund Raisers is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
The major responsibilities of the Vice President of Sponsors are to pursue new sponsors as required and to act as the League’s contact with all present sponsors.
Specifically he/she will:
1) Actively seeks out sponsors for the NKB league.
2) Collects sponsor fees, prepares and presents sponsor certificates upon receipt of funds. Sponsor fees are outlined in the league fundraising brochure. Sponsor fees will be set and approved by the Board annually. All sponsor fees are to be paid prior to April 1.
3) Invites sponsors to opening games and other league activities to develop closer relationships with them.
4) Serves on the Fund raising committee.
5) Works with Vice President of Web Site and Communications to list sponsors on the banner ads.
The Vice President of Web Site and Communications is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected. The Communications Vice President shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the President or the Board of Directors. Responsibilities
1) Generally responsible for the advertising functions of the League. Using public media as to adequately cover such functions.
2) Works with the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling to keep the League community informed of all actions such as: Sign-ups, Try-outs, Tournaments, Fundraisers, Parents Night, etc.
3) Maintains the NKB web site, keeping all information up to date.
4) Prepares fliers to be distributed within the League Boundaries. These fliers will indicate League Boundaries, Required Information, Fees, Dates, and Locations of Sign-ups and Try-outs.
5) Responsible for coordinating Opening Day ceremonies for each league. The President shall approve plans for these ceremonies.
6) Responsible for monitoring the web site statistics for the Major, Minor and Machine Pitch Divisions. Batting statistics are required for Major, Minor and Machine Pitch Divisions. Pitching statistics are required for Major and Minor Divisions. Statistics are required for All Star Team selections.
7) Responsible for coordinating volunteers for information distribution to schools and set up displays around Northern Kentucky.
The Past President shall be a non-voting board position occupied by the immediate past president of NKB. The duty of the Past President shall be to assist the sitting President in performance or his/her responsibilities.
The Vice President of Umpires is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
1) Recommends to the Board the Umpire fees for each budget year (January 1st of each year).
2) Communicates with the umpire coordinator any and all situations with the umpire staff.
3) Meets with the umpire coordinator prior to the start of the season to review NKB Rules, Cal Ripken Rules and Baseball Rules to ensure standardization of enforcement.
4) Umpires may be selected from adults of 18 years of age or older who have been certified by the League or by KHSAA.
5) Umpires shall:
i. Enforce all NKB Rules and Regulations regarding baseball play as follows:
1. Conduct of Players, Managers, Coaches and Spectators.
2. Substitution.
3. Pitching Eligibility.
4. Field Decorum.
ii. Arrive at the game site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
iii. All umpires must wear uniforms.
(7) The Vice President of Umpires and/or the League President may dismiss an umpire who fails to perform their duties as assigned.
The Vice President of Team Administrators is elected for a period of one year but may succeed himself/herself if re-elected.
Contact Managers and Coaches prior to the start of the season to select a Team Administrator for each team.
Hold a Team Administrator meeting to discuss responsibilities of the Team Administrator position. Meeting to be held no later than March 15 of each year.
Responsibilities would include but not be limited to:
Team communications.
Team/Individual photo day.
Fund raising for your team.
Fund raising for the league (one time event).
League signups at elementary schools and various locations.
Team web page updates.
Team events.
Dugout management.
(A) Requirements
1) Each new Manager shall be approved by a three-fourths majority vote of the entire Board of Directors (See Article 7.06). Managers must be at least 21 years of age and Coaches must be at least 18 years of age. Both Manager and Coach should be of excellent character with high moral standards and integrity. Knowledge of baseball is secondary to the ability to lead his/her players.
2) At the first meeting of the Board of Directors in August of each year, the performance of each Manager shall be reviewed and discussed openly by the Board of Directors. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors in September of each year, the Board shall vote by secret ballot to either retain each Manager for the following year or to dismiss the Manager. A Manager shall be retained for the following year unless a three-fourths majority of the entire Board of Directors (as defined in Article 7.06) vote to dismiss the Manager.
3) The President of the League is responsible for collecting all votes (including absentees) and along with the Vice President, counting the results and making only the results known to the Board
4) At no time shall the President or Vice President communicate to any individual or group the actual vote count except any Manager wishing to know his/her individual vote count may inquire to the President within 10 days for his/her results. After 10 days the President shall not communicate to any Manager his/her vote count.
5) Each Manager is allowed three coaches who must be approved prior to each season by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.
6) If the Manager decides not to return for the next season, the resignation should be submitted to the Board in writing.
(B) Responsibilities
The main responsibility of the Manager and/or Coach is to organize and conduct his team in manners, objectives and principles as outlined by these Bylaws. In addition, he shall do the following:
1) Familiarize himself with his players’ background. He should know his players and their families as much as possible.
2) Use sound judgment in all areas with the players’ safety, health and welfare being of utmost concern.
3) Call a special meeting of the parents of his players and inform them of League objectives and goals. He should also generally explain his philosophies and methods at this meeting.
4) Attend all Board meetings.
5.18 Selection of New Major, Minor, Machine Pitch, Rookie Machine Pitch and T-Ball Managers and Assistant Coaches for all Divisions
Each nominee for the position of Major Division, Minor Division, Machine Pitch Division, Rookie Machine Pitch Division and T-Ball Manager will be required to complete an application (See Exhibit 2) for that position and submit to the Vice President of the respective Division prior to being considered by the Board. The Vice President from each respective League will recommend applicants to the Board of Directors for approval by a majority vote. In addition, the Board should review and approve individuals requesting to become assistant coaches prior to the start of the season.
1) The actions of Players, Managers, Coaches, Umpires and League Officials must be above reproach.
2) Uniformed Players and Bat Boys/Girls, News Photographers, Managers, Coaches and Umpires are the only individuals who shall be permitted within the confines of the playing field just prior to and during games.
3) Except for the Batter, Base Runners, the Player on Deck and Coaches at first and third bases, all players shall be in their dugouts or in the bullpen when a team is at bat.
4) When a team is on defense, all Players shall be in their dugouts or in the bullpen.
5) A Manager shall not leave the bench or dugout except to confer with a Player or an Umpire.
The Board of Directors shall manage the business and affairs of the corporation. In the management of the business and affairs, the Board of Directors is hereby vested with all the powers possessed by the corporation itself, so far as this delegation of authority is not inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Articles of Incorporation or with these Bylaws. The Board of Directors has the power to authorize the Corporation’s President to execute all legal instruments of every kind and nature on behalf of the corporation, including notes, leases, conveyances, contracts and all other legal instruments. The Board of Directors has the power to adopt all local rules governing the operation of NKB, Cal Ripken and any other activities involving the corporation, which are not inconsistent with its rules and regulations. All official playing rules and regulations published by Babe Ruth Baseball, Inc. shall be binding on the corporation unless amended by local rules adopted by the corporation’s Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors shall be nominated in accordance with Article 8.02 and shall be elected by the sitting Board of Directors. In the event that there is more than 1 candidate for a Non Managerial Voting Board of Directors position, each candidate that submits an application to the nominating committee shall have the opportunity to present a brief (no more than 5 minutes) presentation at the Board Meeting (generally the last meeting of the regular season) where the election takes place, expressing his/her reasons for seeking the position. Unopposed candidates may be approved by voice vote. Otherwise, votes will be secret but all votes will be read aloud. A sitting board member may not vote in the election for a position for which he/she is a candidate. The candidate receiving the most votes shall be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, the sitting President shall vote to break the tie. If the contested election is for President, the sitting Vice-President shall refrain from voting. However, in the event of a tie, the sitting Vice President shall vote to break the tie.
The Board of Directors shall consist of all duly elected Officers of the Corporation. Each member of the Board of Directors shall hold office for the term for which he/she is elected or until his/her successor shall have been appointed or elected, unless dismissed by majority vote of the entire Board.
The act of the majority of the members of the Board of Directors present at a meeting (either in-person or telephonically) at which a quorum is present or via other forums (i.e. electronic mail submissions; etc.) shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless otherwise designated in these Bylaws.
(A) All voting will be conducted by voice or show of hands or by electronic mail submissions except, if requested, seconded and approved by the Board, voting on a specific issue may be completed by secret ballot.
(B) The Board shall only accept absentee voting if made in writing to the President prior to the selected time of the meeting.
(C) Article 7.05 and 7.06 addresses the definitions of different methods of voting.
Any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by appointment by the Board of Directors for the unexpired term of the vacancy.
Past interpretations by previous Boards as to the meaning of any provisions contained in these By Laws may be considered as persuasive, but are not binding on the present Board.
The Board of Directors shall generally meet on a monthly basis at such places as may be designated in a notice by the President from the Secretary. In person attendance is preferred; however, participation may take place telephonically.
7.02 Special Meetings/Electronic Votes
Special meetings of the Board of Directors or electronic votes on specific matters may be called by or at the request of the President or any three (3) Board members. Special meetings shall be held at such places as may be designated in a notice by the President from the Secretary. The notice of a special meeting or electronic vote on specific matters must designate the matters to be considered at such special meeting or via electronic vote. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent new matters to be considered at a special meeting if the members of the Board approve by voice vote the new matters so considered.
The Secretary should provide notice of Board meetings either in writing or verbally at least three (3) days in advance of said meeting. Any member of the Board may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a member or telephonic participation of the Board at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a member of the Board attends a meeting or participates telephonically for the expressed purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
A majority of the occupied positions of the Board of Directors, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting or via other forums (i.e., electronic mail submissions; etc.) of the Board of Directors unless otherwise stipulated in these Bylaws.
A majority vote whenever called for means a majority of the quorum present or the majority of the occupied positions of the Board of Directors if submitted electronically.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these bylaws to the contrary, when these bylaws require a vote of “the entire board” or “entire Board of Directors” at least seventy-five (75%) of the occupied positions of the Board of Directors must vote on the issue at a meeting at which a quorum is present or via other forums (e.g., electronic mail submissions). To be countered toward this number an absent Board Member must vote through their Representative as dictated by the bylaws or an absentee ballot, but the absent Board Member shall not count toward a quorum.
ARTICLE 8. - COMMITTEES
Spouses or relatives shall not both serve as members on any committee.
A nominating committee will be organized for the purpose of soliciting and presenting candidates each year for the Non-Managerial Board positions. This will be a standing committee that is formed automatically and shall consist of the following Board members:
1) Vice President
2) Major Division Vice President
3) Minor Division Vice President
4) Machine Pitch Division Vice President
5) Rookie Machine Pitch Division Vice President
6) T-Ball Division Vice President
7) Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling
8) Two Managers from any Division selected by all of the Division
Managers. No Manager shall serve consecutive years.
(A) All current members shall be contacted to determine status for the following year.
(B) All new candidates shall submit an application to any member of the nominating committee.
(C) This committee will solicit feedback from the general membership, compile a list of the candidates and present them to the board for consideration near the conclusion of the regular season.
This is a committee chaired by the President for filling Manager vacancies. This committee will review each prospective Manager's application and hold face-to face interviews with each. Recommendations for all qualified applicants will then be presented to the Board of Directors for approval. The Board will then decide whether to vote to fill the vacancies or to hold another session of interviews, to be held in front of the entire Board. If a second session of interviews is to be held, the process shall be chaired by the President who shall act as moderator and run the interview process. After all applicants have been interviewed the voting process can begin; a 3/4 majority is required to approve a new Manager.
Composition of this committee will include:
1) President
A protest committee will review any valid protest where the Cal Ripken rules for protesting a game have been met. This committee is applicable for each league except T-Ball where protests are not permitted. The composition of this committee will include:
2) The Vice President for the respective Division
The Registration Committee shall be formed at the December Board meeting to facilitate the orderly and complete registration of all players for the upcoming Spring and Fall Ball seasons. The composition of this committee will include:
2) Vice President for each Division
4) Secretary
6) Vice President for Communications
7) Any other member of the Board of Directors stating a willingness to serve on the committee.
The rules contained in the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern this organization in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these Bylaws. The President shall be responsible for the above at all Board meetings.
The League Year and season shall begin on October 1st each year and end on September 30th of the following year.
The Board of Directors shall have final authority in all matters pertaining to the finances of the Corporation.
The Board of Directors shall place all income in a common treasury, directing the expenditure of it in such manner as will permit no individual or team to have an advantage over other individuals or teams in any matter. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the acceptance of funds donated for a designated purpose and the expenditure of those funds shall be restricted to the designated purpose.
No later than December 31 of each year, the President and the Treasurer shall arrange for, and present to the Board of Directors, an independent third party review of the League’s financial activities and condition for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
NKB League shall be represented by 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 year old All Star Teams. Each county in the NKB boundaries will have an All Star Team at each of these age levels. Each of the All Star Teams within the NKB boundaries will participate in the District Tournament. From the District Tournament the winner of each age group will advance to the State Tournament. In some cases the State allows the top two teams to advance, in this case the top two teams from NKB will advance.
The date for the 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 year old All Star Team Selection will be determined by the Board of Directors.
(A) The Vice President of Web Site and Communications will consolidate a list of players by county and add the statistics that have been compiled. The final consolidated lists shall be given to each Manager no later than two (2) days prior to the All Star selection meeting.
(B) Generally, the only persons authorized to be present at the All-Star selection are: League President, Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling, Managers, (or their qualified representatives). The following method shall be used to select players for all the All Star Teams:
1) The Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling will conduct the vote with the Players and Coaches for the All Star teams. The selection shall be made from the entire list of eligible players by county. Each Player and Coach shall select the names of thirteen (13) players he feels are best qualified to play on the All-Star Team. Players and Coaches may not vote for their own team members. Player's votes will be aggregated and reduced to equal one (1) vote for the thirteen players receiving the most votes for the 11 & 12 year olds only. Coach's votes will be aggregated and reduced to equal one (1) vote for the thirteen. Players receiving the most votes. The vote will be included in the first round vote at the All-Star selection meeting.
2) Each Manager will submit a list to the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling from each age group upon arrival at the selection meeting. It shall include the names of the thirteen (13) Players he feels are best qualified to play on the All-Star team. (See Article 16.05 below). The players cannot be from their own team.
3) The names on the Players, Coaches, and Managers lists will be read and votes recorded on a board for all to see.
4) The top scoring 13 players in each county will be selected for that county’s All Star team.
(A) All Star Managers or Coaches selection should come from the approved Major League Manager & Coaches.
(B) The Manager with the best win-loss record from each county will have his choice of All Star teams he prefers to manage.
(C) The Manager with the second best record from each county will have the second choice, and shall continue in order of League finish. In the event of a tie in the overall win-loss record, head to head competition will be used. In the event an additional tiebreaker is required, a coin flip will be used. Except under extraordinary circumstances, major league managers shall not decline the opportunity to manage an All Star team.
(A) 9 year olds can play on the 10-year-old All Stars only if voted on.
(B) 11 year olds can play on the 12-year-old All Stars.
The purpose of the Major Division is to provide the opportunity for all eligible boys and girls within the League boundaries to play baseball, gain experience and have fun.
(A) The Major Division Vice President is a voting member of the Board of Directors. Article 5.06 includes the job responsibilities for the Major Division Vice President.
(B) The Major Division Committee shall govern the Major Division. The Major Division Committee members shall oversee the daily operations of the Major Division consistent with the guidelines set forth by the NKB Board of Directors. The members are:
3) Three (3) adult representatives as appointed by the Major Division Vice President.
(A) The number of teams and Division format shall be left up to the Major Division Vice President and the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling. The format shall be presented and approved by the Board.
(B) Following the regular season, a tournament will be played, format to be determined by the Major Division Vice President.
The purpose of the Minor Division is to provide the opportunity for all eligible boys and girls within the League boundaries to play baseball, gain experience and have fun.
(A) The Minor Division Vice President is a voting member of the Board of Directors. Article 5.06 includes the job responsibilities for the Minor Division Vice President.
(B) The Minor Division Committee shall govern the Minor Division. The Minor Division Committee members shall oversee the daily operations of the Minor Division consistent with the guidelines set forth by the NKB Board of Directors. The members are:
3) Three (3) adult representatives as appointed by the Minor Division Vice President.
(A) The number of teams and Division format shall be left up to the Minor Division Vice President and the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling. The format shall be presented and approved by the Board.
(B) Following the regular season, a tournament will be played, format to be determined by the Minor Division Vice President.
The purpose of the Machine Pitch Division is to provide a natural progression from the Rookie Machine Pitch Division. The Machine Pitch Division gives an opportunity for all eligible boys and girls within the League boundaries to play baseball, gain experience and have fun.
(A) The Machine Pitch Division Vice President is a voting member of the Board of Directors. Article 5.06 includes the job responsibilities for the Machine Pitch Division Vice President.
(B) The Machine Pitch Division Committee shall govern the Machine Pitch Division. The Machine Pitch Division Committee members shall oversee the daily operations of the Machine Pitch Division consistent with the guidelines set forth by the NKB Board of Directors. The members are:
3) Three (3) adult representatives as appointed by the Machine Pitch Division Vice President.
(A) The number of teams and Division format shall be left up to the Machine Pitch Division Vice President and the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling. The format shall be presented and approved by the Board.
(B) Following the regular season, a tournament will be played, format to be determined by the Machine Pitch Division Vice President.
The purpose of the Rookie Machine Pitch Division is to provide a natural progression from the T Ball Division. The Rookie Machine Pitch Division gives an opportunity for all eligible boys and girls within the League boundaries to play baseball, gain experience and have fun.
(A) The Rookie Machine Pitch Division Vice President is a voting member of the Board of Directors. Article 5.06 includes the job responsibilities for the Rookie Machine Pitch Division Vice President.
(B) The Rookie Machine Pitch Division Committee shall govern the Rookie Machine Pitch Division. The Rookie Machine Pitch Division Committee members shall oversee the daily operations of the Rookie Machine Pitch Division consistent with the guidelines set forth by the NKB Board of Directors. The members are:
3) Three (3) adult representatives as appointed by the Rookie Machine Pitch Division Vice President.
(A) The number of teams and Division format shall be left up to the Rookie Machine Pitch Division Vice President and the Vice President of Players, Fields and Scheduling. The format shall be presented and approved by the Board.
(B) Following the regular season, a tournament will be played, format to be determined by the Rookie Machine Pitch Division Vice President.
The purpose of the T-Ball Division is to provide the opportunity for all eligible boys and girls within the League boundaries, to play baseball, gain experience and have fun.
(A) The T-Ball Division Vice President is a voting member of the Board of Directors. Article 5.08 contains the job responsibilities of the T- Ball Division Vice President.
(B) The T-Ball Division Committee shall govern the T-Ball Division. The T-Ball Committee members shall oversee the daily operations of the T-Ball Division consistent with the guidelines set forth by the NKB Board of Directors. The members are:
1) Vice President of T-Ball Division
2) Vice President of Players, Fields and Schedules
3) Three (3) adult representatives as appointed by the T-Ball Division Vice President.
(A) The number of teams and Division format shall be left up to the T-Ball Division Vice President and the Vice President of Players, Fields and Schedules. The format shall be presented and approved by the Board.
(B) Following the regular season, a tournament will be played with the format to be determined by the T-Ball Division Vice President.
(B) One or more select teams may represent the T-Ball Division in post-season tournament play.
A Board member shall be appointed/elected by the Board of Directors to oversee Fall Ball. Each respective division Vice President or their designee will be responsible for coordinating Fall Ball for their division(s). The Board should approve the registration fee.
Bylaws may be amended at any Board meeting of the organization by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire Board, provided written notice of the proposed revision has been given to each member at least ten (10) days in advance of any meeting. Written notice by mail post marked fourteen (14) days in advance of any meeting is sufficient to satisfy the notice requirement.
(1) These bylaws may not be amended orally. All amendments must be in writing and properly noticed as required in Article 19.01.
(2) The Board may orally amend written amendments before a final vote.
Once the Board properly passes an amendment, the Secretary shall attest to its original authenticity by recording the vote count and the date it occurred on the original and fixing his/her signature.
(1) The Secretary shall keep the original with the minutes.
(2) The Secretary shall distribute to all Board members a copy of any new amendments and to any other persons who may request a copy.
(1) The Secretary shall update these By Laws with all amendments newly enacted by the Board every January and distribute the updated set of By Laws to all Board members and any other person requesting a copy in accordance with Article 22.
(2) The Secretary shall sign and date the certification statement at the end of the By Laws each time an update of these By Laws is made.
A copy of these By Laws shall be made available to any person requesting such a copy and are also available of the League website. The Secretary shall see that persons making a proper request receive a copy of these By Laws.
All Board members shall receive a copy of these By Laws.
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The opera diva Maria Callas, a glamorous, commanding, larger-than-life, caustic, and surprisingly funny pedagogue is holding a singing master class. Alternately dismayed and impressed by the students who parade before her, she retreats into recollections about the glories of her own life and career. Included in her musings are her younger years as an ugly duckling, her fierce hatred of her rivals, the unforgiving press that savaged her early performances, her triumphs at La Scala, and her relationship with Aristotle Onassis. It culminates in a monologue about sacrifice taken in the name of art.
Show Dates: October 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 2019
Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Over the course of her first term at school, Matilda and Miss Honey have a profound effect on each other's lives, as Miss Honey begins not only to recognize but also appreciate Matilda's extraordinary personality. Matilda's school life isn't completely smooth sailing, however – the school's mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don't abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts and could be the school pupils' saving grace!
Show Dates: November 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, December 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 2019
Set in England during the approximate time of early 1800, five daughters of the Bennet family must be married off! Was ever a mother as put upon as Mrs. Bennet? Jane falls deeply in love with the wealthy Mr. Bingley, and it looks as if a romance is possible between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy is a very proud young man and he is shocked by mama's vulgar matchmaking! He not only leaves for London, but also manages to take Mr. Bingley with him. Jane is heartbroken. Finally, Mr. Darcy returns to propose to Elizabeth. She promptly refuses and berates him for taking Mr. Bingley away and hurting Jane. Will the attraction between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy eventually triumph over the pride of one and the prejudice of the other?
Show Dates: January 30, 31, February 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 2020
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Lawrence Jameson makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. Freddy Benson more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health. After meeting on a train, they attempt to work together, only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress, Christine Colgate, wins, and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end!
Show Dates: March 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, April 2, 3, 4, 2020
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Ben-Gurion University and Fox Chase Cancer Center Partnership Symposium
March 29, 2016 by PJV Contributor 1 Comment
Dr. Jeffrey Adams, president of Focus Biomolecules and cosponsor of the symposium; Dr. Robert Zipkin; Dr. Ken Harris
Researchers and interested supporters from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) recently met in a mini-symposium to report on some of the collaborative research the two institutions have been conducting. This program, which took place at Fox Chase, was entitled “Current Science, Future Goals and Shared Objectives.” It was the most recent of the many conferences and symposia the two research centers have conducted since formalizing an affiliation agreement in 2008 to join forces in the battle against cancer. This agreement was made possible by the Philadelphia Chapter of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University (AABGU), a nonprofit organization that supports BGU by raising awareness about the institution throughout the United States. [Read more…]
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Israeli University Associates Honor Long-Time Bala Cynwyd Resident
December 30, 2015 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment
Doron Krakow, Ernest Scheller, Jr., Marla and Dr. Robert Zipkin, Connie Katz and Jack R Bershad
— by Claire Winick
The annual tribute event of the Philadelphia Chapter, American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev honored Dr. Felix Zandman, of blessed memory, a long-time resident of Bala Cynwyd, at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
Ruta Zandman accepted the award on behalf of her late husband, noted inventor, entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist, founder, chairman and CEO of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. of Malvern, PA. Two-hundred and fifty people attended the event.
The event also honored Wayne Woodman of Allentown, and Toni Young of Wilmington. Honoree Wayne Woodman, a national vice president of the American Associates, is an investment manager who served two terms as chairman of the Lehigh County Republican Committee. Toni Yong
Pennsylvania Senator Patrick M. Toomey
Special guests included Israel’s Consul General Yaron Sideman, Congressman Charlie Dent, and Pennsylvania Senator Patrick Toomey who presented the award to his good friend, honoree Wayne Woodman.
An impressive leadership group was headed by Mid-Atlantic region chair, Jack R Bershad, Philadelphia chapter chairs, Marla and Dr. Rob Zipkin and tribute chairs, Reiko and Dr. Barry Kayne of Wilmington, Bonnie and Bobby Hammel of Allentown and Rose and Paul Astor, of Bala Cynwyd. Proceeds from the event were directed to fellowships for graduate students in Ben-Gurion University’s Israel Studies International Program. The tribute ad journal headed by Stanley Ginsburg of Bala Cynwyd and Connie Katz of Philadelphia, who with her husband Sam Katz is a past chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of AABGU, raised $135,000 of the nearly $2 million attributed to this campaign and event.
Among the highlights of the afternoon, were a key note address presented by Seth M. Siegel, author of the new best-selling book, Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World and a presentation by Doron Krakow, national executive vice president to the Mid-Atlantic region director Claire Winick in recognition of her 30th anniversary in this position. Among her accomplishments cited was raising 60 million dollars for Ben-Gurion University.
Doron Krakow, Toni Young, Wayne Woodman, Ruta Zandman and Seth M. Siegel
Bobby and Bonnie Hammel, Wayne Woodman, Reiko Kayne, Ruta Zandman, Toni Young, Rose and Paul Astor and Dr. Barry Kayne
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American Associates of Ben Gurion University 40th Anniversary
November 14, 2012 by Bonnie Squires Leave a Comment
(left to right) Jeremey Kaplan, Cortnee Doll, Melanie Simon and Liza Mitgang, all students who have returned from studying at the Ginsburg-Ingerman Overseas Student Program at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, attended the recent Philadelphia Chapter Tribute Brunch held by the American Associates of BGU of the Negev. Photo credit: Bonnie Squires.
— by Bonnie Squires
American Associates, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU), held its Philadelphia Chapter 40th Anniversary Tribute Brunch, honoring Charlotte and Dr. Carroll Weinberg, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sunday, November 11. More than 170 friends and supporters of AABGU came to celebrate the 40th anniversary of AABGU, including six American students who have spent either a semester or an entire year at the Ginsburg-Ingerman Overseas Student Program at BGU.
Sam and Connie Katz, co-chairs of the Philadelphia Chapter of AABGU, presented the Tikkun Olam Award to Charolotte and Dr. Carroll Weinberg for their decades of supports for the university.
The family of the late Harry Dozor, founder of AABGU, Dr. Rick Dozor, his mother Shirley Dozor and his son Harry Dozor, named for his late grandfather, received a special Dreidel sculpture award for their continuing support.
Ambasssador Barukh Binah, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC, delivered the keynote address.
(left to right) Dr. Carroll Weinberg and his wife Charlotte were honored by Philadelphia chapter co-chairs Connie and Sam Katz with the Ben Gurion University Tikkun Olam Award at a Tribute Brunch in Philadelphia in the Weinbergs’ honor.
Photo credit: Bonnie Squires.
Among the American Friends of Ben Gurion University gathered at the Tribute Brunch were (left to right) former PA State Senator Bob Rovner; Ambassador Barukh Binah, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Israel, who gave the keynote address; and Jack Bershad, AABGU Mid-Atlantic Region Chair.
Arlene and Stanley Ginsburg, Dottie Wasserman and Ann Waldman.
(seated) Murray Shusterman, Billy and Carole Stamps, and Aimee Katz.
Honoree Charlotte Weinberg, her sister Rosalie Davison, and Marilyn and Bob Birnhak.
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Ben-Gurion Univ. Prof. Wins Elkeles Prize in Medicine
August 20, 2010 by Andrew Lavin Leave a Comment
— Andrew Lavin
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Professor Ron N. Apte has been awarded the 2010 Samuel and Paula Elkeles Prize for Outstanding Scientist in the Field of Medicine.
Professor Apte is chairman of the Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and vice dean of the Basic Sciences division in the BGU Faculty of Health Sciences. He is also the Irving Sklar Chair in Endocrinology and Cancer and a member of the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev.
Apte’s major field of research involves inflammation in malignant processes. Approximately 15 percent of cancers are connected to inflammation, which typically result in organs where chronic inflammation has occurred. For example, patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are more prone to cancer than the general population.
The pioneering studies of Apte’s group demonstrated the feasibility of intervening in malignant process by neutralizing inflammatory components in the “normal” microenvironment of a tumor. They also detailed the basic concepts underlying such treatment.
Inflammatory cells affect proliferation and invasiveness of malignant cells through the secretion of cytokines, which include Interleukin-1 (IL-1), the molecule that has been studied for years by Apte’s group. The group has demonstrated the involvement of IL-1-mediated inflammation in tumor invasiveness and metastasis. IL-1 causes tumor expansion because it suppresses the immune system and nourishes a tumor’s blood vessels. Apte’s group treated tumor-bearing mice with a specific inhibitor of IL-1, known as the IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-Ra), and succeeded in weakening the tumor’s invasiveness.
IL-Ra, in its generic form Anakirna, is a medication that efficiently alleviates symptoms of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease.
Apte joined the BGU Faculty of Sciences in 1981 and has served two full terms as vice dean, as the vice dean of Student Affairs, and as the vice dean for Graduate Studies. Since 2008, he has been the vice dean for Basic Science Affairs.
Apte has been a member of the board of the European Cytokine Society since 1989 and has served on the board of its journal, “The European Cytokine Network”. He was also president of the Israel Immunological Society from 1996 to 1998.
Apte has served as a charter member of the International Cancer Microenvironment Society (ICMS) and as an editorial board member of its journal “Cancer Microenvironment”. Prof. Apte has published more than 80 papers in the fields of immunology, tumor biology and cytokine biology.
The Samuel and Paul Elkeles Prize for Outstanding Scientist in the Field of Medicine was established 23 years ago. The Jewish National Fund (JNF) administers the endowment as the executive trustee of the will and awards the prize annually. Apte Elkeles Info.
About American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) plays a vital role in sustaining David Ben-Gurion’s vision, creating a world-class institution of education and research in the Israeli desert, nurturing the Negev community and sharing the University’s expertise locally and around the globe. With some 20,000 students on campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer and Eilat in Israel’s southern desert, BGU is a university with a conscience, where the highest academic standards are integrated with community involvement, committed to sustainable development of the Negev. For more information, please visit www.aabgu.org.
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Pittsburgh Jewish Community Offers Free Jewish Education
March 15, 2011 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment
Celebrating decades of tradition in the Pittsburgh community, Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools have announced a new program to provide free tuition for students who are new to Jewish day school in Pittsburgh and are entering grades 3-11 for the 2011-2012 school year. Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools include Community Day School, Hillel Academy and Yeshiva Schools, located in Squirrel Hill.
With tuition that ranges from $4,675 – $14,000 per year depending upon the school and age of the child, this program offers a unique opportunity for Jewish families to have their children experience a high quality private education coupled with a rich understanding of Jewish history, language, culture and traditions. Support for the program is coming from each of the three schools, as well as from the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Centennial Fund for a Jewish Future.
“Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools provide the highest quality private school education coupled with a deep and lasting connection to Jewish values,” said Chuck Perlow, Chairman of the Pittsburgh Jewish Day School Council. “With a strong connection to this community, Hillel Academy, Community Day School and Yeshiva Schools are working collaboratively to give more children and their families the opportunity to experience all that a Jewish Day School education has to offer.”
“Given their collective commitment to rigorous academics, students who attend one of the Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools typically excel on their standard achievement tests (SAT’s) and go on to succeed in private schools, Ivy League and competitive colleges, universities and seminaries around the world,” said David Shapira, co-chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Jewish Community Foundation. The Foundation’s Centennial Fund for a Jewish Future, in conjunction with the schools, has underwritten the program offering the scholarship funds. “Across their spectrum, the Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools offer the highest quality education with options that will suit the preferences and needs of any Jewish family.”
The free tuition program is for local, permanent residents who apply to one of the three Jewish Day Schools for the first time. The student must meet admission guidelines for the desired school and be currently enrolled in any school in Allegheny County. Families that are new to the area will not be eligible at this time. To qualify, students must be enrolled prior to the start of the 2011-2012 school year. Families interested in learning more about qualifying can go to www.pittsburghjewishdayschools.com or contact one of the three schools to schedule a tour.
“As a city, Pittsburgh needs strong neighborhoods in order to thrive,” said Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. “For decades, the Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools have been strong partners in creating a tremendously stable neighborhood in Squirrel Hill. For Jews and non-Jews alike, these schools are an important part of the fabric that makes this community unique. They have attracted students from around the world and led talented professionals to relocate to Pittsburgh over other regions, so their children can experience this unique Jewish Day School education.”
About Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools
Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools are both a magnet and an anchor for the community, contributing stability and a unique cooperation with our community partners. Across our spectrum and amid the umbrella of Pittsburgh Jewish Day Schools that are nestled in the Squirrel Hill community, we offer:
Community Day School: Founded in 1972, Community Day School, a Solomon Shechter Day School, nurtures 280 Jewish children from kindergarten through 8th grade to become young people who are academically strong, good people, knowledgeable Jews, and contributing citizens of K’lal Yisrael (the people of Israel), the United States, and our world. The school is committed to helping each individual child excel in his or her studies, in spirituality, on the athletic field, and in the social arena. Community Day School educators recognize that children learn at different rates, in different styles, and from diverse strengths, and the school builds programs that help them grow from strength to strength.
Hillel Academy: Founded in 1948, Hillel Academy has 242 students and offers an emphasis on Jewish and rigorous general studies, a love of Israel and recognition of the commitment to community service for children preschool through high school. A PA Pre-K Counts School, Hillel Academy offers the Isadore Joshowitz Early Childhood Center, a NAEYC accredited early childhood center for Jewish children beginning at age two and is committed to creating a community filled with inquisitive minds and thoughtful students who become strong Jewish leaders. We bring our students a top notch general studies education with the timeless teaching of Torah study and Jewish values.
Yeshiva Schools: Founded in 1943, Yeshiva Schools offers a comprehensive curriculum of secular and Judaic studies for children from preschool through high school. Approximately 400 students from diverse backgrounds attend Yeshiva. Dedicated to educating the whole child, Yeshiva imbues its students with a deep understanding of Torah that has inspired thousands of graduates to live as proud Jews in myriad professions in countries all over the world.
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Bill could further limit internet freedoms in Turkey
January 13, 2014 Global Insights, Internet Freedom
A new parliamentary bill in Turkey may further limit freedom of expression online by monitoring the activity of users and limiting the search of certain keywords.
A major advantage of the internet is that it can provide access to a broad number of topics. While certain ones may be more sensitive than others, the point is that a breadth of different perspectives can be accessed in cyberspace. As discussions of varying nature continue to move online, the relationship of internet freedom and freedom of expression continues to grow more complicated.
This is why surveillance policies and limiting access to certain forms of content is such a dangerous threat to personal liberties. By prohibiting what users can and cannot see, certain parts of political discourse and dissent are limited, and democracy in turn is restricted.
Turkish imposed limitations
The Agence France-Presse reported that the proposed legislation in Turkey would block the searching of keywords that are considered problematic and also limit access to various video sharing websites that use the keywords. On top of this, the bill would allow state officials to keep records of citizens' online activity for two years and monitor the websites that have been visited.
This is concerning news as it comes at a time when political tensions in the country are growing. According to the Los Angeles Times, the country's economy has received a blow following a major corruption scandal that led to the arrest of many major officials. The news source noted that nearly 2,000 police officials including 15 provincial police chiefs and the deputy head of national police have been removed or reassigned.
On top of this, the protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park last year have further added to the tension between government officials and citizens. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been a major proponent of these internet measures.
History of censorship
This kind of action is not new in Turkey, according to Deutsche Welle. The news source noted that in 2007, a law banned the use of YouTube for 18 months, while activists believe that there are about 40,000 websites banned in the country.
On top of this, Turkey submitted the largest amount of requests to internet giant Google from content to be removed. Deutsche Welle noted that the country requested the removal of over 12,000 items during the first half of 2013.
The future of this legislation is quite concerning. The bill is almost sure to be passed, which would lead to a dramatic change in the state of the internet in the country. Internet providers would need to join a state controlled association. Further, not only would they be forced to block websites with content deemed controversial, they would need to block websites that could provide access to these sites.
On top of this, the head of the Internet regulation in the country would be allowed to act immediately and without any potential restrictions "in case of an emergency," though these actions would need to be approved by a judge after 48 hours.
This action has many internet activists concerned about the state of freedom of expression within the state.
"They are using the 'save the children' card," Ahmet Sabanci, an Internet activist in the country, told Deutsche Welle.
"They can block one specific Facebook profile or just one specific Twitter user," he later added.
The action of the Turkish government is quite concerning especially amid these corruption scandals and protests. Rather than allowing the upset citizens of the country to have a larger say in the state of their country, their voices are being repressed. If the country is to see a stronger democracy, it needs to reverse such policies to give the Turkish people a louder voice in their government.
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The Hatfield clan in 1897
"Hillbilly" is a term (often derogatory) for white people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in southern Appalachia and the Ozarks.
The first known instances of "hillbilly" in print were in The Railroad Trainmen's Journal (vol. ix, July 1892),[1] an 1899 photograph of men and women in West Virginia labeled "Camp Hillbilly",[2] and a 1900 New York Journal article containing the definition: "a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him".[3] The stereotype is twofold in that it incorporates both positive and negative traits: "Hillbillies" are often considered independent and self-reliant individuals who resist the modernization of society, but at the same time they are also defined as backward and violent. Scholars argue this duality is reflective of the split ethnic identities in white America.[2]
Etymology and history
The Appalachian Mountains were settled in the 18th century by settlers primarily from England, lowland Scotland, and the province of Ulster in Ireland. The settlers from Ulster were mainly Protestants who migrated to Ireland, during the Plantation of Ulster in the 17th century, from Scotland and Northern England. Many further migrated to the American colonies beginning in the 1730s, and in America became known as the Scots-Irish.[4]
Scholars argue that the term "hillbilly" originated from Scottish dialect. The term "hill-folk" referred to people who preferred isolation from the greater society, and "billy" meant "comrade" or "companion". It is suggested that "hill-folk" and "billie" were combined when the Cameronians fled to the hills of southern Scotland.[5] There is also the belief that most of the settlers from Scotland and northern Ireland were followers of king William of Orange. 'Billy' is a diminutive of 'William' common across the British isles. For the people who settle in America in the hills and who were Williamites, the term hillbilly connects both people who live in the hills and who are supporters of king William of Orange's ideologies. In 17th century Ireland, during the Williamite War, Protestant supporters of King William III ("King Billy") were often referred to as "Billy's Boys".[6] However, some scholars disagree with this theory. Michael Montgomery's From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English states, "In Ulster in recent years it has sometimes been supposed that it was coined to refer to followers of King William III and brought to America by early Ulster emigrants, but this derivation is almost certainly incorrect. ... In America hillbilly was first attested only in 1898, which suggests a later, independent development."[4]
The term "hillbilly" spread in the years following the American Civil War. At this time, the country was developing both technologically and socially, but the Appalachian region was falling behind. Before the war, Appalachia was not distinctively different from other rural areas of the country. Post-war, although the frontier pushed farther west, the region maintained frontier characteristics. Appalachians themselves were perceived as backward, quick to violence and inbred in their isolation. Fueled by news stories of mountain feuds such as that in the 1880s between the Hatfields and McCoys, the hillbilly stereotype developed in the late 19th to early 20th century.[2]
The "classic" hillbilly stereotype reached its current characterization during the years of the Great Depression, when many mountaineers left their homes to find work in other areas of the country. The period of Appalachian out-migration, roughly from the 1930s through the 1950s, saw many mountain residents moving north to the Midwestern industrial cities of Chicago, Cleveland, Akron, and Detroit.
This movement to Northern society, which became known as the "Hillbilly Highway", brought these previously isolated communities into mainstream United States culture. In response, poor white mountaineers became central characters in newspapers, pamphlets, and eventually, motion pictures. Authors at the time were inspired by historical figures such as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. The mountaineer image transferred over to the 20th century where the "hillbilly" stereotype emerged.[2]
Pop culture has perpetuated the "hillbilly" stereotype. Scholarly works suggest that the media has exploited both the Appalachian region and people by classifying them as "hillbillies". These generalizations do not match the cultural experiences of Appalachians. Appalachians, like many other groups, do not subscribe to a single identity.[7] One of the issues associated with stereotyping is that it is profitable. When "hillbilly" became a widely used term, entrepreneurs saw a window for potential revenue. They "recycled" the image and brought it to life through various forms of media.[8]
The comics portrayed hillbilly stereotypes, notably in two strips, Li'l Abner and Snuffy Smith. Both characters were introduced in 1934.
Television and film have portrayed "hillbillies" in both derogatory and sympathetic terms. Films such as Sergeant York or the Ma and Pa Kettle series portrayed the "hillbilly" as wild but good-natured. Television programs of the 1960s such as The Real McCoys, The Andy Griffith Show, and especially The Beverly Hillbillies, portrayed the "hillbilly" as backwards but with enough wisdom to outwit more sophisticated city folk. Gunsmoke Festus Haggen was portrayed as intelligent and quick-witted (but lacking "education"). The popular 1970s television variety show Hee Haw regularly lampooned the stereotypical "hillbilly" lifestyle. A darker image of the hillbilly was introduced to another generation in the film Deliverance (1972), based on a novel of the same name by James Dickey, which depicted some "hillbillies" as genetically deficient, inbred, and murderous.
"Hillbillies" were at the center of reality television in the 21st century. Network television shows such as New Beverly Hillbillies, High Life, and The Simple Life displayed the "hillbilly" lifestyle for viewers in the United States. This sparked protests across the country with rural-minded individuals gathering to fight the stereotype. The Center for Rural Strategies started a nationwide campaign stating the stereotype was "politically incorrect". The Kentucky-based organization engaged political figures in the movement such as Robert Byrd and Mike Huckabee. Both protestors argued that the discrimination of any other group in United States would not be tolerated, so neither should the discrimination against rural U.S. citizens. A 2003 piece published by The Cincinnati Enquirer read, "In this day of hypersensitivity to diversity and political correctness, Appalachians have been a group that it is still socially acceptable to demean and joke about. ... But rural folks have spoken up and said 'enough' to the Hollywood mockers."[9]
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (2016) is a memoir by J. D. Vance about the Appalachian values of his upbringing and their relationship to the social problems of his hometown, Middletown, Ohio. The book topped The New York Times Best Seller list in August 2016.[10]
A family of "Hill People", who are employed as migrant workers on a farm in 1952 Arkansas, have a major role in John Grisham's book A Painted House, with Grisham trying to avoid stereotypes.
Migrant family from Arkansas playing hill-billy songs, 1939
Hillbilly music was at one time considered an acceptable label for what is now known as country music. The label, coined in 1925 by country pianist Al Hopkins,[11] persisted until the 1950s.
The "hillbilly music" categorization covers a wide variety of musical genres including bluegrass, country, western, and gospel. Appalachian folk song existed long before the "hillbilly" label. When the commercial industry was combined with "traditional Appalachian folksong", "hillbilly music" was formed. Some argue this is a "High Culture" issue where sophisticated individuals may see something considered "unsophisticated" as "trash".[5]
In the early-20th century, artists began to utilize the "hillbilly" label. The term gained momentum due to Ralph Peer, the recording director of OKeh Records, who heard it being used among Southerners when he went down to Virginia to record the music and labeled all Southern country music as so from then on.[12]The York Brothers entitled one of their songs "Hillbilly Rose" and the Delmore Brothers followed with their song "Hillbilly Boogie". In 1927, the Gennett studios in Richmond, Indiana, made a recording of black fiddler Jim Booker. The recordings were labeled "made for Hillbilly" in the Gennett files and were marketed to a white audience. Columbia Records had much success with the "Hill Billies" featuring Al Hopkins and Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman.
By the late-1940s, radio stations started to use the "hillbilly music" label. Originally, "hillbilly" was used to describe fiddlers and string bands, but now it was used to describe traditional Appalachian music. Appalachians had never used this term to describe their own music. Popular songs whose style bore characteristics of both hillbilly and African American music were referred to as hillbilly boogie and rockabilly. Elvis Presley was a prominent player of rockabilly and was known early in his career as the "Hillbilly Cat".
When the Country Music Association was founded in 1958, the term hillbilly music gradually fell out of use. The music industry merged hillbilly music, Western swing, and Cowboy music, to form the current category C&W, Country and Western.
Some artists (notably Hank Williams) and fans were offended by the "hillbilly music" label. While the term is not used as frequently today, it is still used on occasion to refer to old-time music or bluegrass. For example, WHRB broadcasts a popular weekly radio show entitled "Hillbilly at Harvard". The show is devoted to playing a mix of old-time music, bluegrass, and traditional country and western.[13]
Cultural implications
The hillbilly stereotype is considered to have had a traumatizing effect on some in the Appalachian region. Feelings of shame, self-hatred, and detachment are cited as a result of "culturally transmitted traumatic stress syndrome". Appalachian scholars say that the large-scale stereotyping has rewritten Appalachian history, making Appalachians feel particularly vulnerable. "Hillbilly" has now become part of Appalachian identity and some Appalachians feel they are constantly defending themselves against this image.[7]
The stereotyping also has political implications for the region. There is a sense of "perceived history" that prevents many political issues from receiving adequate attention. Appalachians are often blamed for economic struggles. "Moonshiners, welfare cheats, and coal miners" are stereotypes stemming from the greater hillbilly stereotype in the region. This prejudice has been said to serve as a barrier for addressing some serious issues such as the economy and the environment.[7]
Despite the political and social difficulties associated with stereotyping, Appalachians have organized to enact change. The War on Poverty is sometimes considered to be an example of one effort that allowed for Appalachian community organization. Grassroots movements, protests, and strikes are common in the area, though not always successful.[7]
Intragroup versus intergroup usage
The Springfield, Missouri Chamber of Commerce once presented dignitaries visiting the city with an "Ozark Hillbilly Medallion" and a certificate proclaiming the honoree a "hillbilly of the Ozarks". On June 7, 1952, President Harry S. Truman received the medallion after a breakfast speech[14] at the Shrine Mosque for the 35th Division Association. Other recipients included US Army generals Omar Bradley and Matthew Ridgway, J. C. Penney, Johnny Olsen and Ralph Story.[15]
Hillbilly Days[16] is an annual festival held in mid-April in Pikeville, Kentucky celebrating the best of Appalachian culture. The event began by local Shriners as a fundraiser to support the Shriners Children's Hospital. It has grown since its beginning in 1976 and now is the second largest festival held in the state of Kentucky. Artists and craftspeople showcase their talents and sell their works on display. Nationally renowned musicians as well as the best of the regional mountain musicians share six different stages located throughout the downtown area of Pikeville. Aspiring hillbillies from across the nation compete to come up with the wildest Hillbilly outfit. The event has earned its name as the Mardi Gras of the Mountains. Fans of "mountain music" come from around the United States to hear this annual concentrated gathering of talent. Some refer to this event as the equivalent of a "Woodstock" for mountain music.
The term "Hillbilly" is used with pride by a number of people within the region as well as famous persons, such as singer Dolly Parton, chef Sean Brock, and actress Minnie Pearl. Positive self-identification with the term generally includes identification with a set of "hillbilly values" including love and respect for nature, strong work ethic, generosity toward neighbors and those in need, family ties, self-reliance, resiliency, and a simple lifestyle.
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^ a b Montgomery, Michael. From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American Engliscom/books?id=I957OegamHMC. p. 82.
^ a b Green, Archie (1965). "Hillbilly Music: Source and Symbol". Journal of American Folklore. 78 (309): 204-228. doi:10.2307/538356. JSTOR 538356.
^ "Hillbillies in the White House". BBC News.
^ a b c d Billings, Dwight B.; Norman, Gurney; Ledford, Katherine (2000). Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes. ISBN 978-0813143347. Retrieved 2014.
^ Newcomb, Horace (1979). "Appalachia on Television: Region as Symbol in American Popular Culture". Appalachian Journal. 7 (1/2): 155-164. JSTOR 40932731.
^ Pate, Susan (2008). Grappling With Diversity Readings On Civil Rights Pedagogy and Critical Multiculturalism. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 9780791478998.
^ Aaron M. Renn (August 23, 2016). "Hillbilly Elegy: Culture, Circumstance, Agency". Urbanophile. Retrieved 2016.
^ Sanjek, David (2004). "All the Memories Money Can Buy: Marketing Authenticity and Manufacturing Authorship". In Eric Weisbard (ed.). This is Pop. Harvard University Press. pp. 156-157. ISBN 978-0-674-01321-6.
^ Brackett, David. The Pop, Rock and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates.
^ Potier, Beth. "'Hillbilly at Harvard' hosts heady hoedown weekly". Harvard University Gazette. Harvard University. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 2012.
^ "Remarks at a Breakfast of the 35th Division Association, Springfield, Missouri". June 7, 1952. Retrieved 2010.
^ Dessauer, Phil "Springfield, Mo.-Radio City of Country Music" (April, 1957), Coronet, p. 151
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It's a small world for this pair
Former Miss USA, long-lost fan meet again
By Josh Stockinger | Daily Herald Staff
Former Miss USA Karen Morrison-Comstock of St. Charles looks at pictures with Armand Villarin at Geneva Care Center last week, while reliving memories of her 1974 trip to the Philippines. As a 13-year-old in the Philippines, Villarin took a shine to Miss USA. More than 30 years later, after he had moved to St. Charles, Villarin ended up caring for Morrison-Comstock's father while working as a nurse in Geneva.
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Published: 12/2/2007 11:41 PM
Thirty-three years and some 8,000 miles span this small-world story of a curious boy and a teenage beauty queen.
It begins on a crowded street in Manila, Philippines, and ends in Geneva, at the bedside of a dying man.
The main characters are Armand Villarin, a Filipino immigrant, and Karen Morrison-Comstock, a former Miss USA.
They giggle and smile in the final scene, in which worn photos are passed back and forth, and decades-old details rehashed.
"You were part of my childhood memories," Villarin tells Morrison-Comstock, softly patting her knee.
"Young, innocent and curious about foreigners" is how Villarin describes his 13-year-old self, who first caught a glimpse of Miss USA in Manila, near his native village, or barangay, in 1974.
Then 19, Morrison-Comstock, of St. Charles, was touring the Philippines as a contender in the Miss Universe pageant.
Villarin remembers feeling caught up in the fanfare. "My family watched it on the news. I was very interested, always reading about it in newspapers," he says. "Filipinos were very proud because Miss Universe was being held in the Philippines for the first time."
His family went to Manila, the country's bay city capital about 30 miles away from their home, one day to see the contestants in a parade.
Villarin was immediately taken aback by Morrison-Comstock's height. She was 5-foot-11 -- a stature not common among many Filipinos, Villarin said.
"All the ladies were just beautiful," he says. "But I remember thinking (of Morrison-Comstock), 'She's so tall.' "
He also remembers her one-piece red swimsuit, and a tiny crown charm pinned to her sash.
Photos were snapped, including one that showed Villarin standing near Morrison-Comstock. The picture later was destroyed in a flood, he said.
And that -- it seemed -- was that.
Long removed from his boyhood encounter with Miss USA, Villarin, in 1993, decided to move to the United States to raise a family near his sister-in-law, who lived in the Chicago suburbs.
He settled on St. Charles as a destination and became a registered nurse, eventually getting a job at Provena's Geneva Care Center, an assisted-living home in Geneva.
Villarin says he didn't find out about Morrison-Comstock's Illinois roots, or that she still lived in St. Charles, for years.
Then, last May, he received paperwork about a patient transfer for a man named Rex Morrison. The man's daughter, Morrison-Comstock, arrived with him at Geneva Care Center.
Villarin couldn't believe the coincidence, he said: "I told everybody, 'I know her, I know her.' "
'Amazing'
"He was so cute," Morrison-Comstock says of getting reacquainted with Villarin, whom she didn't immediately recall from the Philippines. "I walked in (Geneva Care Center), and he goes, 'Hi, Karen.' "
Morrison-Comstock said Villarin described to her in detail the outfit she wore that day in Philippines, even recalling the crown charm, which wasn't worn by other contestants and had long been forgotten even by her.
"I knew he couldn't be lying because he remembered more than I did," she says. "It was really amazing."
For the next two weeks, Villarin was among nurses caring for Morrison-Comstock's father, a locally well-known restaurateur, in the final days of his life.
He parted ways with the family when Rex Morrison died June 13 after battling a heart condition and Alzheimer's disease, but since has met with Morrison-Comstock again to chat about memories of the Philippines.
"It's been kind of fun to just sit and talk with someone who remembers the same things," says Morrison-Comstock. "It made me feel good that someone remembers so much."
The parallels between Morrison-Comstock's and Villarin's lives these days consist of more than city limits.
Morrison-Comstock, now 53, and Villarin, now 47, both are married and have four children each.
As for the Miss Universe pageant, Morrison-Comstock never won the title.
But she has made a name for herself helping locally with pageants, such as the Miss Illinois contest now held each year here.
And she'll always be a story, if not the story, from Villarin's childhood -- the one he sums up with a smile and a shrug: "It's a small world, you know?"
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Top Construction Firm: WTC Destroyed By Controlled Demolition
Veteran Middle East correspondent Alan Hart: Largest engineering firm studied collapse of twin towers and said there was no doubt it was a controlled explosion
Prison Planet.com
Respected Middle East expert and former BBC presenter Alan Hart has broken his silence on 9/11, by revealing that the world’s most prominent civil engineering company told him directly that the collapse of the twin towers was a controlled demolition.
Speaking on the Kevin Barrett show yesterday, Hart said he thought the 9/11 attack probably started as a Muslim operation headed up by Osama Bin Laden but that the plot was subsequently hijacked and carried out by Mossad agents in collusion with elements of the CIA, adding that since its formation, Israel has penetrated every Arab government and terrorist organization.
“My guess is that at an early point they said to the bad guys in the CIA – hey this operation’s running what do we do, and the zionists and the neo-cons said let’s use it,” said Hart, making reference to how top neo-cons like Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and their fellow Project For a New American Century authors had called for a “catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor,” the year before 9/11.
“The twin towers were brought down by a controlled ground explosion, not the planes,” said Hart, adding that this view was based on his close friendship with consultants who work with the world’s leading civil engineering and construction firm.
Hart asked the company to study the collapse of the twin towers, after which they told him directly, “There’s absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the towers were brought down by a controlled ground explosion.”
Hart then explained how the five dancing Israelis seen celebrating the attack on the World Trade Center in New Jersey as it unfolded, who turned out to be Mossad agents, proves at at a minimum Israel knew the attack was going to happen. Hart went further in speculating that the planes had been fitted with transponders and that the Israelis were guiding them in to the towers.
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Tag: take me there by carolee dean
Estelle: Take Me There by Carolee Dean
January 17, 2013 January 17, 2013 9 Comments
Take Me There by Carolee Dean
Keywords: violence, illiteracy, absent parents
Format read: Paperback from the library.
Summary: An unfortunate situation drives Dylan out-of-town, just when he thinks his life is taking a positive turn.
Talk about deceiving covers. I thought I knew what I was walking into when I started Take Me There. Two people making out in the middle of the road… I was imagining a sexy love story.
Well, I’m here to tell you that’s not what I got. Not even close.
The novel centers on Dylan, a kid who has been in and out of trouble a lot during his life, and is finally making some progress after leaving juvie. He’s working at a mechanic, he’s reunited with a good girl from high school (Jess), and he’s slowly learning to read and express the thoughts that could his head into poetry. Unfortunately, his best friend (who is like his brother) is not on the same path of righteousness. Wades gets Dylan caught up in another disaster and the two are forced to flee Texas, where Dylan decides he must seek out his father — a man on death row — to figure out just why he is the way he is.
Whew. That’s a lot to take in, isn’t it?
The drama just doesn’t stop, and while the book is pretty fast-paced, it is equally frustrating. Dylan’s voice did not seem true to his character. In fact, he was a bit too flowery for his own good, more like a jaded character in a Nicholas Sparks novel. Sure, he’s sort of romantic and is really creative but after all he’s been through I just would have wanted something more bitter, or scruffy. (An example would be Trish Doller’s main character in Something Like Normal. She had him pitch perfect.)
Jess, while a sweet girl, is not involved too much in the story actually which surprised me and most of the time wasn’t very dimensional as a character. Part of this was suitable for the story because it was really about Dylan uncovering the crapfest that his life has become. He drives around a lot, crashes with his tough grandmother, and attempts to figure things out by talking to his father but only falls deeper into the distrustful and unlawful entanglement that is his family. It’s heartbreaking, really, and there were times I felt for Dylan but I also believed he could have done a lot more for himself. (Though Dean does draw attention to the illiteracy epidemic, which I thought was noteworthy.)
While I wasn’t expecting a fairy tale ending, I was still unpleasantly surprised by how everything turned out; Dean would have done better by her character to do something a bit more open-ended. Sure lessons were learned but it almost seemed like history kept repeating itself and that was just accepted? It just didn’t seem right to me.
Despite everything, I couldn’t NOT finish Take Me There. (Picturing Dylan as Channing Tatum helped too.) Sure, there’s a lack of believability when it comes to these characters and the challenges life throws their way but I just had to know how it all ended. (To return to an earlier reference, this is exactly how I feel about Nick Sparks novels and I still read them.)
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Blog Posts 9th April 2017
Taking a look at where Marie Antoinette was born
Royals Abroad: Explaining the Kinds of Royal Visit
Who is Jack Brooksbank?
As the seat of power from which the Habsburg emperors ruled over their vast empire, the Hofburg Palace has come to symbolise Austrian – and of course, Viennese – history itself. Walking around its vast complex, of which only certain areas are open to the public, is to feel that you are passing between random chapters of this history, beginning with the first mentions of the Hofburg in the 13th century with the so-called Swiss Wing, through to the construction of the Neue Burg (New Castle) in the early 20th-century, where today’s Hofburg Congress Centre is also located. Quite literally, the Hofburg is a book which is (partially) open to you, to browse.
The complex invariably bears the marks of the individual Habsburg rulers themselves, who added their extensions according to their own personal tastes and requirements; these areas becoming thus intrinsically linked with them, as well as historically significant because of the events that took place within them – during their own reigns and subsequently.
The Hofburg’s styles range from the unmistakably Gothic with the building of the Burgkapelle (Hofburg Chapel) to the baroque Josefsplatz, with its equestrian statue of Emperor Joseph II. Located on the Josefsplatz is the Court Library (within today’s Austrian National Library) with its magnificent Prunksaal containing some 200,000 books, including the 15,000 strong rare book collection of the great general and military commander Prince Eugene of Savoy – an acknowledged hero in Viennese terms, for his services to the Habsburg empire in the field, which broke the yoke of the Ottoman domination that had held much of Europe in its grip.
Next to the library is the Augustine Wing, which contains the Court Church of the Hofburg, the Augustinerkirche (Church of the St Augustin Friars) which formed the setting for important weddings within the Habsburg family, including that of the Emperor Franz Josef I to Princess Elisabeth in Bavaria and several by proxy, including that of the future Marie Antoinette to the Dauphin Louis-Auguste in 1770. Marie Antoinette’s mother, Empress Maria Theresa had herself married Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine here, too, in 1736. As part of the Neue Burg was the Kaiserforum – a project planned by the architect Gottfried Semper which was only partially realised, with the building of the Kunsthistorisches and the Naturhistorisches Museum in the 1890s and the south-west wing of the Burg overlooking the Burggarten, which was completed in 1913.
The Archduchess Maria Antonia – Maria being an established Habsburg prefix given to all the daughters of Empress Maria Theresia, to mark the dynasty’s special allegiance to and veneration for, The Virgin Mary – was born as the 15th child of Maria Theresia on 2 November 1755 at around 8.30 in the evening. She was one of 11 daughters to the imperial couple. She celebrated her name day – a day with probably even greater personal importance to her than her actual birthday – on the Feast Day of St Antony on 13 June. She was christened the day after her birth promptly, being baptised under the names Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna. Maria Theresia had abolished the practice of a public delivery, which was something however – as Marie Antoinette’s biographer Antonia Fraser has correctly pointed out – that the future Queen of France would encounter in her time, as being very much still de rigeur at Versailles.
Maria Theresia’s rooms at the Hofburg Palace were located in the so-called Leopoldnischer Trakt (Leopoldine Wing) which was built in the 1660s during the reign of Emperor Leopold I, after whom the wing takes its name. Today, these are part of the Austrian Chancellery of the Federal President and are therefore not open to the public. The Leopoldine Wing connects the much older Swiss Wing – with its famous Swiss Gate – to the Amalienburg and directly faces the Imperial Chancellery. Originally constructed under the Swiss-Italian architect Filberto Lucchese, it was later enlarged by Giovanni Pietro Tencala.
The Leopoldine Wing as seen from the main Hofburg courtyard (By Gryffindor (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons)
Maria Theresia used the rooms in the Leopoldine Wing primarily during the winter. Summers were being spent increasingly at the imperial residences of Schönbrunn and Laxenburg, the former of which she had enlarged considerably under the direction of the Austro-Italian court architect Nicolo Pacassi. (The old Favorita – today’s Theresianum – the aptly-named favourite residence of her father Emperor Charles VI, ceased to be used by the imperial family following the Emperor’s death.) Although the childhood of the future Marie Antoinette was spent in Vienna between the Hofburg Palace and the imperial summer palace at Schönbrunn, it was the lovely baroque residence at Laxenburg some 12 miles outside Vienna near Mödling, that she grew particularly to love – also known as the ‘Blauer Hof’ (Blue Court). Today the former castle houses the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and is not accessible to the public.
The Leopoldine Wing is entered by means of the Adlerstiege (Eagle’s Staircase) up to the first rooms of Maria Theresia’s suite, the Bellariazimmer. These contain portraits of the imperial family, including Emperor Leopold I, the Emperor of the eponymous Wing – and paintings of Emperor Leopold I’s first wife, Margarita Teresa of Spain and of the future Emperor Charles VI, Marie Antoinette’s maternal grandfather and son of Leopold I by his third wife, Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg. The second Bellariazimmer bears the strong imprint of Maria Theresia’s family and personality – again there are portraits of the Empress herself, her co-regent and eventual successor Joseph II, her husband, Francis Stephen – Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. Stephen since 1745 – and a further portrait of her mother, Empress Elisabeth Christine – together with two pastels by the Swiss-French painter Jean-Etienne Liotard, whose work she enthusiastically patronised. The Rosenzimmer (Rose Room) is so named after the supraporten – the oval oil paintings above the doors – which contain images of flowers. The Pietra Dura Room leads into the magnificent Spiegelsaal, or Mirror Room – which was where the courtiers gathered to await the news of the outcome of Maria Theresia’s labour with her fifteenth child. It was into this room that Francis Stephen emerged after the birth to announce the news of the birth of his (11th) baby daughter.
This child – the future Marie Antoinette – was born in what is today called the ‘Maria Theresia Room’, which was originally the ‘Rich Room’ – the bedroom of Maria Theresia and Francis Stephen. It was decorated with dark red velvet and embroidered in gold. The bed would have stood at the centre wall, where today a sofa stands flanked by flags, above which hangs an enormous portrait of Maria Theresia by the Swedish-Dutch court artist Martin van Meytens. Remarkably, the imperial bed has been preserved and is kept at Schönbrunn Palace – behind glass. The red velvet bed was originally made for the bedroom of Maria Theresia’s parents, Emperor Charles VI and Empress Elisabeth Christine at the Favorita – but was moved to Maria Theresia’s rooms in the Leopoldine Wing when Maria Theresia and Francis Stephen moved into the Hofburg in 1740. As with most state beds, it performed rather more of a ceremonial function in the business of court ritual as opposed to being a bed for actual use – so, it is unlikely that the future Marie Antoinette was born upon this bed and that a separate delivery bed would have been employed instead, as was the case for example with Marie Antoinette’s first child Madame Royale in 1778. The bed remained at the Hofburg until 1947, when the former bedroom in the Leopoldine Wing was converted into the Presidential Suite.
The former Federal President Heinz Fischer welcoming citizens at the Presidential Chancellery in the Maria-Theresia Room, 2006. (By Gryffindor (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)
As one might expect for this important room within the suite of the Federal President, the decoration is fittingly appropriate in the Austrian national colours of red and white. Also kept in this room is Empress Maria Theresia’s writing desk. This object is appropriate to the future Marie Antoinette’s birth in more ways than one – Maria Theresia worked before she left her bed – but also, is a testament to the sentiments of the tireless Empress. As Maria Theresia famously said: “My subjects are my first children,” and as such, despite having just become a mother for the 15th time herself, she saw it as necessary to continue her duties as a mother – to Austria – in another way too.
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Our Marxist Wizard of Oz
Thread: Our Marxist Wizard of Oz
SiriuslyLong
Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 3,560
Originally Posted by Havakasha
http://www.politico.com/news/stories...367_Page2.html
Republicans accuse Obama of wanting to wage class warfare, but who is more class conscious than Romney? I can summarize what Romney said to a bunch of wealthy donors at a May fundraiser: America is divided between the deserving rich and bums who want a handout. Vote for me, and I’ll keep you rich. Thank you very much. Enjoy the chicken.
And when David Corn of Mother Jones obtained the video of those remarks and Romney was forced to hold a news conference, how did he explain them? “That’s something which fundraising people who are parting with their monies are very interested in,” Romney said.
No kidding. But no matter.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz26vZiueBE
Oh really? He said that?
Havakasha
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,358
Essentially what he said. And he got so much wrong. Do you recognize yourself in his arguments? Lol. They are so clearly wrong
that many Republcians even quickly distanced themselves from the remarks. And if read his other remarks its clear what he really thinks about a whole range of subjects. In public he contradicts himself so many times daily that its hard to to know what his core beliefs are other than i want to be President. I personally would believe that what he says in private is the authentic Romney.
http://www.dailykos.com/
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what.
And I mean the president starts off with 48,49... he starts off with a huge number. These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect. So he'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. I mean, that's what they sell every four years. And so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Others have dissected the fallacies of the 47 percent figure; the presumption that those 47 percent pay no taxes at all, when in practice often they pay more taxes, as a percentage of their income, than others; the rather unremarkable circumstances that can land one in that bracket, by definition unremarkable if nearly half of the nation can count itself a part of it, and so on. That the figure is a favored talking point of lower wingnuttia is also not especially surprising, as the Mitt campaign staff seems to fairly wallow in those dregs.
No, what impresses me most about Mitt's little Sermon by the Fount is that, remarkably, we may have found an instance in which Mitt Romney actually believes what he says. He speaks easily, and off the cuff; much of the awkwardness of his public appearances is, seemingly, tempered. This is not something memorized and delivered by rote. Wherever Mitt first heard this thing, he believes it, and has internalized it, and has internalized the inherent irresponsibility and entitlement of, according to him, approximately half of the nation.
You cannot write off "who believe they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing" as merely inelegant wording. That is not an inelegant expression of campaign strategy towards half of America; it is, however, a perfectly elegant statement of contempt for them. There are plenty of ways to note that half of America will not be voting for you without lumping the lot of them together as believers in their own victimhood, or people who merely think of themselves as entitled to free things. We have moved on from belittling the help to belittling wide swaths of the retired, of troops overseas, of people working two jobs, or three. It is now half of America that has been assigned shameful loafer status, and by a room full of people who have multiple homes, who may have a yacht here or there, who may summer in the Hamptons, and who have more money to spend on a single speech and plateful of food than half the country might see in a year. And there is Mitt, giving the speech that does it. Members of the wait staff flit in and out of the picture as he delivers these remarks: Shirkers, slackers and hooligans, the lot of them.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/09...-pundits-80145.
Let me remind all of the readers here that Siriuslywrong put forth this Republican talking point about the 47% before Romney did. LMFAO.
And then, well, here’s a sampling.
• Bill Kristol in the Weekly Standard: “It's worth recalling that a good chunk of the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes are Romney supporters—especially of course seniors (who might well "believe they are entitled to heath care," a position Romney agrees with), as well as many lower-income Americans (including men and women serving in the military) who think conservative policies are better for the country even if they're not getting a tax cut under the Romney plan. So Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him.
“It remains important for the country that Romney wins in November (unless he chooses to step down and we get the Ryan-Rubio ticket we deserve!). But that shouldn't blind us to the fact that Romney's comments, like those of Obama four years ago, are stupid and arrogant.” http://bit.ly/OM58Q8
• Michael Gerson in the Washington Post: “Republican ideology pitting the “makers” against the “takers” offers nothing. No sympathy for our fellow citizens. No insight into our social challenge. No hope of change. This approach involves a relentless reductionism. Human worth is reduced to economic production. Social problems are reduced to personal vices. Politics is reduced to class warfare on behalf of the upper class.” http://wapo.st/SenhfB
Mr. Clinton connected Romney's tax rate to the larger political debate about the economy, taxes and the deficit.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162...y-in-one-term/
"I don't think we can get out of this hole we're in if people at that income level only pay 13 or 14 percent," he added.
As for Mitt Romney's comments about 47 percent of Americans who don't pay federal income tax, Mr. Clinton said they are out of the federal income tax pool, in part, because of the economic crash. He also said a reason is because of bipartisan efforts to reduce the tax burden on working families.
He said that as president he doubled the Earned Income Tax Credit and President George W. Bush doubled the Child Tax Credit. An "enormous number of these people who were dropped out were dropped out for reasons of work and family, not dependents. These people are working their hearts out," Mr. Clinton said.
Who pays income taxes?
http://www.ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pa...ome-taxes.html
Interesting that the bottom 50% is now paying almost HALF in 2009 than they did in 1999 (2.25% vs 4.00%) and the top 10% of income tax payers are paying some 4 to 5% more during the same time frame.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/b...-election.html
Bill Clinton: Romney’s ’47 percent’ remark could haunt him in debates
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 7 hrs ago
Clinton (CNN)
Bill Clinton thinks the upcoming presidential debates are crucial for Mitt Romney, and that the Republican candidate's controversial "47 percent" remarks could come back to haunt him.
"I think if he's going to double down on that 47 percent remark, that will cause difficulties," the former president told Piers Morgan on Tuesday in an interview taped at the Clinton Global Initiative. "Because we now know the overwhelming number of those people work and have children, and the reason they don't pay federal income taxes is that median income is as low as it was in 1995 now, and until the current election season, Republicans and Democrats supported both the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit."
In a secretly taped video published by Mother Jones last week, Romney told attendees of a fundraiser that President Barack Obama's core supporters—47 percent of voters, according to the GOP hopeful—"believe they are victims" and "are dependent upon government."
"This is a rejection of basically more than three decades of bipartisan policy to support working families," Clinton said. "It's not a bunch of freeloaders."
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Mitt Romney argued Tuesday that President Obama has not yet raised taxes during his presidency, contradicting a line of attack congressional Republicans have lobbed against the president for years.
“I admit this, he has one thing he did not do in his first four years, he’s said he’s going to do in his next four years, which is to raise taxes,” Romney told a crowd at a campaign stop in Vandalia, Ohio.
The Republican nominee’s assessment is mostly accurate — as president, Obama temporarily cut taxes for working families via the 2009 stimulus package and signed an extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts until the end of this year. He intends to let the lower rates expire on incomes above $250,000 expire in January 2013.
Averting a tax increase on high incomes is a top Republican goal.
Taxes are going up 1/1/2013. Make sure to adjust your withholding.
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Behind the Badge: Sheriff’s office has an app now
by Ian Parkinson | Sep 1, 2018 | Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Grover Beach, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, San Simeon, Santa Margarita, Santa Maria, Templeton | 0 comments
First came the website. Now here comes the Sheriff’s app. The Sheriff’s Office recently debuted its new mobile phone app. We understand people are on the go a lot these days. Now you’ll be able to take the Sheriff’s Office along with you to stay connected to us and the rest of your community.
We began work on the app several months ago when we realized it was important to get information to the public in a timely manner, even when they weren’t in front of a computer. The mobile app has a number of the same features you can find on our website, slosheriff.org. Features like inmate information which tells you who’s in custody and visitation hours. And to stay up to the minute with information from the Sheriff’s Office, we’ve included our press releases on incidents happening around the county. You can even set up a notification system to alert you when there’s a new press release that’s been posted. We also have a feature regarding all the different Sheriff’s Office programs like Project Lifesaver, Neighborhood Watch and Crime Stoppers and how you can get involved.
There are a number of features which are new on the app. Our Most Wanted Wednesday feature is one of our more popular segments on our social media platforms. Every Wednesday, we name a person who is wanted by the Sheriff’s Office and a list of their crimes. We find the public likes to help us nab the bad guys and gals. And we couldn’t do it without you. In fact, we have about a 73 percent rate when it comes to capturing these criminals. Now you’ll be able to find that feature on the app.
A couple of the exciting features, which you will only find on the app, are notifications and alerts. You will be able to receive updates on breaking news notifications directly to your phone. For example, if there’s a wildland fire in the area, and you’ve downloaded our app, you’ll be able to receive alerts regarding evacuations that affect you and your family. The notification feature will also let you know about severe weather in the area and what you need to do to ride out the storm.
The app is powered by thesheriffapp.com, which specializes in developing mobile apps for law enforcement agencies around the country. We had specific needs and they were able to integrate them into our app to make it convenient and easy to use with the features we knew the public would want. It gives everyone who downloads the app full control of the information in the palm of his or her hand because it’s highly customizable.
And it’s all in a convenient mobile app designed to provide improved communication with the citizens we serve by providing public safety news and information. It’s just one more way you can stay connected to the Sheriff’s Office.
The best part, it’s free. You can get it on Google Play for Android phones or download it from the App Store for Apple products. Happy apping!
Ian Parkinson
http://www.slosheriff.org/
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Getting Free Tickets Is Hard Work
Mon, 25/03/2013 - 21:27 — root
It is that time of year again when the residence I am in puts on a musical. The production they chose was Fame and this year they did something different... they had this contest:
There are easier ways to see a musical for free if you want to. Show up very early when the cast and band members arrive and bring a book. Usually you can go in because ticket checkers will not have arrived yet. And everyone will just assume that someone in the production gave you a ride. However, I wanted to win this contest, not because it meant free tickets, but because it meant winning a contest.
Three Great Little Known Performing Artists
Fri, 13/07/2012 - 04:59 — root
I have to make a plug for a few people that have exceptional talent. These are the people that I want to get tons of exposure so they can make a career coming out with stuff that entertains the shit out of me. And when I talk to my friends I will sound like a badass because I'll be able to say that I knew them before almost anyone else. They have more talent than most of the people in Broadway or Hollywood. One exception might be Christopher Nolan whose first film is still insanely good. Nolan would be on my list if he were still making low budget films. But he's a best-selling director now, so it's down to these three.
Very Poor Choice Of Words
Wed, 09/05/2012 - 14:20 — root
Sorry that the site was down for over a month - my host was being bullied by his ISP. But now that the problem is over, I will make the post that I would've made at the end of March - about a protest that I tried to organize. Right now I am at the University of British Columbia and I live on campus in a residence called Marine Drive. I have quite enjoyed this place: the buildings are new, there aren't any first years around and for this particular building, I don't have to move out at the end of the year - I can keep staying as long as I keep paying. The rent includes all the necessities like a network connection which is very fast and has unlimited bandwidth (thanks to MAC address spoofing). So it would be a good idea for me to keep paying rent.
At the end of March, people in my residence and other residences put on a production of Rent. Close to the date of the performance, I was disappointed to see that the musical would in fact be the school edition. The program included the fine print: "With the permission of the Jonathan Larson Estate, this version of RENT has been adapted for use in schools and other producing organizations. While retaining the dramatic intent of this groundbreaking musical, minimal changes have been made to language and one song ["Contact"] has been deleted." They say that the changes are minimal. My ass. But the biggest lie they tell is that their censored musical retains the dramatic intent of the late Jonathan Larson. He died before the school edition existed and yet MTI presumes to know what his opinion of it would be. Did Larson just decide to put drug references in the script for the hell of it? Because he didn't think they were important to the show? I highly doubt it. You are either being true to an artist's vision or you're not.
It was frustrating to see that a university would be putting on this version of Rent even though it was designed for high schools. I think UBC should be more like Hollywood High School which performed the full version of Rent in 2010. The Wikipedia article says it was the first high school to do so - I am amazed it took this much time for one to act sensibly. However, I suspect that UBC's decision to use the school edition was made for financial reasons. It costs less to license the school edition - something else that bothers me because it has a chilling effect on the feasibility of performing the real show. I take some solace in the fact that the version performed was somewhere in between Rent: School Edition and Rent. The cast restored the swearing and other things, so I think they reverted the changes whenever it was easy to do so. The word "fuck" does not appear in the school edition but it was definitely in the play I saw. I was actually surprised to see that the full script only includes it six times because it seemed like I was hearing it a lot more. Anyway, everyone in the production was wonderful so this is not what I felt I had to do something about.
Reverse Engineering Star Wars Music
First of all, happy holidays to anyone reading this! You didn't think I was going to let Christmas / Grav-mass go by without a post did you? Well I absolutely would have if I didn't have this post ready in time. Spreading the spirit of the season can be done in a small number of words - and all of the posts I write have to be long. No exceptions!
Anyway, like many people who have a piano at home, I sometimes hear a great piece of orchestral music in a movie and try to play an approximation to it on the piano. Usually what I try to play is full of mistakes and I lose interest after half an hour. However, my approximations to two Star Wars songs have evolved into fairly well defined pieces that I can play from start to finish. Want to guess which ones?
Both pieces are ending themes so they have to merge into this music that plays during the black and blue credits of every Star Wars movie. That should narrow it down significantly. Anyway, in the rest of this post you can find audio files and sheet music. Learning to play this was satisfying enough. But then I realized that this was a perfect opportunity to learn the music TeX packages so it's a win-win situation.
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From Zelda to Mario, Call of Duty to World of Warcraft, video games have discovered fundamental principles that can teach us how to live better, happier lives. Researchers looked at two groups of people: people who just won the lottery and people who had recently become paraplegics. Initially, unsurprisingly, the lottery winners experienced extremely high happiness and the paraplegic group was simply devastated.
More than that, paraplegics reported being happier in everyday tasks than the lottery winners. What I AM saying, is that your monetary worth has FAR less of an impact on your happiness than a ton of other factors in your life. We have a finite amount of time on this planet, and we need to decide how and where our time, energy, and attention is spent.
Have you ever played a role playing game, where you have to grind out hours of killing bad guys to level up? We love making progress so much that we actually enjoy it more than getting the thing we wanted in the first place!
Fitness – Ensure with each workout you are doing something better, stronger, or faster than the previous workout. Harry Harlow, a famous psychologist who studied rhesus monkeys, once took his students to the zoo. As children we seek out toys to learn more about our world, to solve simple problems and engage with our environment.
So, find what you like to do and be great at it. Work towards finding a job that excites you (instead of the one that pays the most money), a hobby that ignites you, and a workout that immerses you. Now, I could write books on getting out of jobs that make you unhappy, but James Altucher, one of my blogging heroes, has already written a great article about it.
So, other than exercising more, finding more things you love and spending less time on things you don’t, what else affects our happiness? For starters: spend more time surrounded by the people you love, and less time surrounded by people who drag you down.
There’s also plenty of research that one of the best ways you can stay healthy and live longer is to increase your social connections and spend more time with friends. How many times recently have you put off spending extra time with your friends, family, or saying yes to an adventure because “I have work to do”? I used to do this WAY more often than I should have, as there is always something to be done with Nerd Fitness. This tool will increase your happiness, energy, confidence, emotional balance, fertility, and immunity…while reducing stress, loneliness, inflammation, and risk for disease. Why does meditation work? As Mathieu Ricard explains, it is the mind which translates experiences on the outside to either happiness or suffering.
When we learn to mediate, we can teach ourselves to ignore the stuff we can’t control and focus instead on the things we CAN control. Along with that, meditation can improve your attention span and self regulation and can even lead to a longer life.
Leo Babauta, creator of the uber popular Zen Habits, has created a great resource on getting started with meditation. If beginning your day with clearing your mind can make you happier, what end of day can you take to make you happier? Oftentimes we are unhappy because we spend our time wishing we were like somebody else, or had something else, or were doing something else. Rather than complaining about what you don’t have, focus on what you DO have that is awesome.
As Eric Baker points out (in this AWESOME post on happiness), “Bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists. Why? Find a way to work on the areas of your life above every day and you’ll find that your outlook and happiness can improve.
Do what you can to spend your time on projects you love, and less time doing work that doesn’t make you happy. As you build the habit for ONE thing above, it can contagiously spread to other aspects of your life, and you can build momentum.
I realize this is a MASSIVE subject, and this is just one humble nerd’s opinion on success and happiness. Categorized under: Best Of, Fat, Health, How To, Life Improvement, Nutrition, Recipes, Sleep, Success Stories, Women's Health. Some of these monographs may be thought of as an anthology of maps, which, like all anthologies, reflects the taste and predilection of the collector. Cartography, like architecture, has attributes of both a scientific and an artistic pursuit, a dichotomy that is certainly not satisfactorily reconciled in all presentations. The significance of maps - and much of their meaning in the past - derives from the fact that people make them to tell other people about the places or space they have experienced. It is assumed that cartography, like art, pre-dates writing; like pictures, map symbols are apt to be more universally understood than verbal or written ones. As previously mentioned, many early maps, especially those prior to the advent of mass production printing techniques, are known only through descriptions or references in the literature (having either perished or disappeared).
It must be said at the outset that we have little contemporary evidence for Greco-Roman maps.
Methods for accurately reproducing and eventually printing maps in sufficient quantities to enable cartographical knowledge to a€?penetrate very deepa€™ are in fact a feature only of modern times. It is nonetheless the case that many modern school atlases could not (and cannot) resist the temptation to reconstruct ancient maps by combining modern knowledge about the shape of the earth's landmass with data from ancient texts. Many libraries and collections were not in the habit of preserving maps that they considered a€?obsoletea€? and simply discarded them.
A series of maps of one region, arranged in chronological order, can show vividly how it was discovered, explored by travelers and described in detail; this may be seen in facsimile atlases like those of America (K. As mediators between an inner mental world and an outer physical world, maps are fundamental tools helping the human mind make sense of its universe at various scales. The history of cartography represents more than a technical and practical history of the artifacts. The only evidence we have for the mapmaking inclinations and talents of the inhabitants of Europe and adjacent parts of the Middle East and North Africa during the prehistoric period is the markings and designs on relatively indestructible materials. Although some questions will always remain unanswered, there can be no doubt that prehistoric rock and mobiliary art as a whole constitutes a major testimony of early mana€™s expression of himself and his world view. Despite the richness of civilization in ancient Babylonia and the recovery of whole archives and libraries, a mere handful of Babylonian maps have so far been found. Although cuneiform maps may not be forerunners from which later Western maps originate, they share characteristics with other cartographic traditions in their graphic imaging of territorial, social, and cosmological space.
Where once such maps would not have been admitted within a general history of cartography, a new view of the meaning of the map can embrace them. By no means do all ancient Near Eastern maps display metrological finesse or even the use of measurement, though some characteristically do, such as the agrarian field and urban plot cadastral surveys. The maps of cities with their waterways and surrounding physical landscape combine cartography of sacred space, seen in the temple plans, with that of economic space, seen in the field surveys. The Babylonian world map is an attempt to encompass the totality of the eartha€™s surface iconographically: land, ocean, mountain, swamp, and distant uncharted a€?regionsa€? This said, it represents more of an understanding of what the world is from the viewpoint of historical imagination than an image of its topography against a measured framework. The diversity of cultures that have sought to preserve their maps, putting them on clay, papyrus, parchment, and other writing media, points to a near universality of making maps in human culture.
Egypt, which exercised so strong an influence on the ancient civilizations of southeast Europe and the Near East, has left us no more numerous cartographic documents than her neighbor Babylonia. In so far as cartography was concerned, perhaps the greatest extant Egyptian achievement is represented by the Turin Papyrus, collected by Bernardino Drovetti before 1824 (see monograph #102) . In so far as cartography was concerned, perhaps the greatest extent that Egyptian achievement is represented is by the Turin Papyrus, collected by Bernardino Drovetti before 1824 (#102).
It has often been remarked that the Greek contribution to cartography lay in the speculative and theoretical realms rather than in the practical realm, and nowhere is this truer than in the Archaic and Classical Period. To the Arab countries belongs chief credit for keeping alive an interest in astronomical studies during the so-called Christian middle ages, and we find them interested in globe construction, that is, in celestial globe construction; so far as we have knowledge, it seems doubtful that they undertook the construction of terrestrial globes. Among the Christian peoples of Europe in this same period there was not wanting an interest in both geography and astronomy.
Above the convex surface of the earth (ki-a) spread the sky (ana), itself divided into two regions - the highest heaven or firmament, which, with the fixed stars immovably attached to it, revolved, as round an axis or pivot, around an immensely high mountain, which joined it to the earth as a pillar, and was situated somewhere in the far North-East, some say North, and the lower heaven, where the planets - a sort of resplendent animals, seven in number, of beneficent nature - wandered forever on their appointed path.
Now, it is remarkable that the Greeks, adopting the earlier Chaldean ideas concerning the sphericity of the earth, believed also in the circumfluent ocean; but they appear to have removed its position from latitudes encircling the Arctic regions to a latitude in close proximity to the equator.
Notwithstanding this encroachment of the external ocean - encroachment which may have obliterated indications of a certain northern portion of Australia, and which certainly filled those regions with the great earth - surrounding river Okeanos - the traditions relating to the existence of an island, of immense extent, beyond the known world, were kept up, for they pervade the writings of many of the authors of antiquity.
In a fragment of the works of Theopompus, preserved by Aelian, is the account of a conversation between Silenus and Midas, King of Phrygia, in which the former says that Europe, Asia, and Africa were lands surrounded by the sea; but that beyond this known world was another island, of immense extent, of which he gives a description.
Theopompus declareth that Midas, the Phrygian, and Selenus were knit in familiaritie and acquaintance.
The side of the boat curves inwards, so that when reversed the figure of it would be like an orange with a slice taken off the top, and then set on its flat side.
Comparing these early notions, as to the shape and extent of the habitable world, with the later ideas which limited the habitable portion of the globe to the equatorial regions, we may surmise how it came to pass that islands--to say nothing of continents which could not be represented for want of space - belonging to the southern hemisphere were set down as belonging to the northern hemisphere. We have no positive proof of this having been done at a very early period, as the earlier globes and maps have all disappeared; but we may safely conjecture as much, judging from copies that have been handed down. Early maps of the world, as distinguished from globes, take us back to a somewhat more remote period; they all bear most of the disproportions of the Ptolemaic geography, for none belonging to the pre-Ptolemaic period are known to exist. We have seen that, according to the earliest geographical notions, the habitable world was represented as having the shape of an inverted round boat, with a broad river or ocean flowing all round its rim, beyond which opened out the Abyss or bottomless pit, which was beneath the habitable crust. The description is sufficiently clear, and there is no mistaking its general sense, the only point that needs elucidation being that which refers to the position of the earth or globe as viewed by the spectator.
Our modern notions and our way of looking at a terrestrial globe or map with the north at the top, would lead us to conclude that the abyss or bottomless pit of the inverted Chaldean boat, the Hades and Tartaros of the Greek conception, should be situated to the south, somewhere in the Antarctic regions.
The internal evidence of the Poems points to a northern as well as a southern location for the entrance to the infernal regions.
Another probable source of information: The Phoinikes of Homer are the same Phoenicians who as pilots of King Solomona€™s fleets brought gold and silver, ivory, apes and peacocks from Asia beyond the Ganges and the East Indian islands.
European mariners and geographers of the Homeric period considered the bearing of land and sea only in connection with the rising and setting of the sun and with the four winds Boreas, Euros, Notos, and Sephuros. These mariners and geographers adopted the plan - an arbitrary one - of considering the earth as having the north above and the south below, and, after globes or maps had been constructed with the north at the top, and this method had been handed down to us, we took for granted that it had obtained universally and in all times.
Such has not been the case, for the earliest navigators, the Phoenicians, the Arabs, the Chinese, and perhaps all Asiatic nations, considered the south to be above and the north below. It is strange that some historians, in pointing out so cleverly that the Chaldean conception was more in accordance with the true doctrine concerning the form of the globe than had been suspected, fails, at the same time, to notice that Homer in his brain-map reversed the Chaldean terrestrial globe and placed the north at the top.
During the middle ages, we shall see a reversion take place, and the terrestrial paradise and heavenly paradise placed according to the earlier Chaldean notions; and on maps of this epoch, encircling the known world from the North Pole to the equator, flows the antic Ocean, which in days of yore encircled the infernal regions. At a later period, during which planispheric maps, showing one hemisphere of the world, may have been constructed, the circumfluent ocean must have encircled the world as represented by the geographical exponents of the time being; albeit in a totally different way than expressed in the Shumiro-Accadian records. It follows from all this that, as mariners did actually traverse those regions and penetrate south of the equator, the islands they visited most, such as Java, its eastern prolongation of islands, Sumbawa, etc., were believed to be in the northern hemisphere, and were consequently placed there by geographers, as the earliest maps of the various editions of Ptolemya€™s Geography bear witness.
These mistakes were the result doubtless of an erroneous interpretation of information received; and the most likely period during which cognizance of these islands was obtained was when Alexandria was the center of the Eastern and Western commerce of the world.
But to return to the earlier Pre-Ptolemaic period and to form an idea of the chances of information which the traffic carried on in the Indian Ocean may have offered to the Greeks and Romans, here is what Antonio Galvano, Governor of Ternate says in 1555, quoting Strabo and Pliny (Strabo, lib. Now as the above articles of commerce, mentioned by Strabo and Pliny, after leaving their original ports in Asia and Austral-Asia, were conveyed from one island to another, any information, when sought for, concerning the location of the islands from which the spices came, must necessarily have been of a very unreliable character, for the different islands at which any stay was made were invariably confounded with those from which the spices originally came. From these facts, and many others, such as the positions given to the Mountain of the East or North-East of the Shumiro-Accads, the Mountain of the South, or Southwest, of Homer, and the Infernal Regions, we may conclude that the North Pole of the Ancients was situated somewhere in the neighborhood of the Sea of Okhotsk.
It is in the Classical Period of Greek cartography that we can start to trace a continuous tradition of theoretical concepts about the size and shape of the earth. Likewise, it should be emphasized that the vast majority of our knowledge about Greek cartography in this early period is known primarily only from second- or third-hand accounts. There is no complete break between the development of cartography in Classical and in Hellenistic Greece. In spite of these speculations, however, Greek cartography might have remained largely the province of philosophy had it not been for a vigorous and parallel growth of empirical knowledge. That such a change should occur is due both to political and military factors and to cultural developments within Greek society as a whole.
The librarians not only brought together existing texts, they corrected them for publication, listed them in descriptive catalogs, and tried to keep them up to date.
The other great factor underlying the increasing realism of maps of the inhabited world in the Hellenistic Period was the expansion of the Greek world through conquest and discovery, with a consequent acquisition of new geographical knowledge. Among the contemporaries of Alexander was Pytheas, a navigator and astronomer from Massalia [Marseilles], who as a private citizen embarked upon an exploration of the oceanic coasts of Western Europe.
As exemplified by the journeys of Alexander and Pytheas, the combination of theoretical knowledge with direct observation and the fruits of extensive travel gradually provided new data for the compilation of world maps. The importance of the Hellenistic Period in the history of ancient world cartography, however, has been clearly established.
In the history of geographical (or terrestrial) mapping, the great practical step forward during this period was to locate the inhabited world exactly on the terrestrial globe.
Thus it was at various scales of mapping, from the purely local to the representation of the cosmos, that the Greeks of the Hellenistic Period enhanced and then disseminated a knowledge of maps. The Roman Republic offers a good case for continuing to treat the Greek contribution to mapping as a separate strand in the history of classical cartography. The remarkable influence of Ptolemy on the development of European, Arabic, and ultimately world cartography can hardly be denied. Notwithstanding his immense importance in the study of the history of cartography, Ptolemy remains in many respects a complicated figure to assess. Still the culmination of Greek cartographic thought is seen in the work of Claudius Ptolemy, who worked within the framework of the early Roman Empire. When we turn to Roman cartography, it has been shown that by the end of the Augustan era many of its essential characteristics were already in existence.
In the course of the early empire large-scale maps were harnessed to a number of clearly defined aspects of everyday life.
Maps in the period of the decline of the empire and its sequel in the Byzantine civilization were of course greatly influenced by Christianity. Continuity between the classical period and succeeding ages was interrupted, and there was disruption of the old way of life with its technological achievements, which also involved mapmaking.
The Byzantine Empire, though providing essential links in the chain, remains something of an enigma for the history of the long-term transmission of cartographic knowledge from the ancient to the modern world.
It may be necessary to emphasize that the ancient Greek maps shown in this volume are a€?reconstructionsa€? by modern scholars based upon the textual descriptions of the general outline of the geographical systems formed by each of the successive Greek writers so far as it is possible to extract these from their writings alone. China is Asiaa€™s oldest civilization, and the center from which cultural disciplines spread to the rest of the continent. An ancient wooden map discovered by Chinese archaeologists in northwest China's Gansu Province has been confirmed as the country's oldest one at an age of more than 2,200. The map of Guixian was unearthed from tombs of the Qin Kingdom at Fangmatan in Tianshui City of Gansu Province in 1986 and was listed as a national treasure in 1994. Unlike modern maps, place names on these maps were written within big or small square frames, while the names of rivers, roads, major mountains, water systems and forested areas were marked directly with Chinese characters. Whoever sets out to write on the history of geography in China faces a quandary, however, for while it is indispensable to give the reader some appreciation of the immense mass of literature which Chinese scholars have produced on the subject, it is necessary to avoid the tedium of listing names of authors and books, some of which indeed have long been lost.
As for the ideas about the shape of the earth current in ancient Chinese thought, the prevailing belief was that the heavens were round and the earth square. The following attempts to compare rather carefully the parallel march of scientific geography in the West and in China.
Incompatible BrowserIt appears you are viewing this webpage in a browser we don’t support. It doesn’t need to be big progress, it just needs to be enough that we realize we are moving forward, improving, getting better.
It tells us that we need to find a way to make small improvements and recognize those small improvements to increase our happiness. As Teresa Amabile demonstrates in this TED Talk, ensuring that employees are improving is absolutely essential to keeping morale and productivity high.
As adults we love to feel productive, and similarly feel a void when we sit around doing nothing. The goal is to present yourself with challenges that you are capable of overcoming that still challenge and engage all of your attention. For newbies, such as myself, it is helpful to focus on a single word or follow your breath. It may also be likened to a book of reproductions of works of art, in the sense that the illustrations, even with the accompanying commentary, cannot really do justice to the originals. A knowledge of maps and their contents is not automatic - it has to be learned; and it is important for educated people to know about maps even though they may not be called upon to make them. Some maps are successful in their display of material but are scientifically barren, while in others an important message may be obscured because of the poverty of presentation. Maps constitute a specialized graphic language, an instrument of communication that has influenced behavioral characteristics and the social life of humanity throughout history. Maps produced by contemporary primitive peoples have been likened to so-called prehistoric maps. But the trans-local culture did not penetrate very deep The high culture owed this peculiar combination of wide expanse and superficiality to the nature of communications in the preindustrial world, in combination with scarcity and political factors. Ancient a€?educated mena€? covered huge distances in both place and time to debate scientific questions about geography.
In the modern world, the nature of communications allows original texts and graphics to be preserved, transmitted and accessed for extended periods of time. In earlier times these maps were considered to be ephemeral material, like newspapers and pamphlets, and large wall-maps received particularly careless treatment because they were difficult to store. When, in 1918, a mosaic floor was discovered in the ancient TransJordanian church of Madaba showing a map of Palestine, Syria and part of Egypt, a whole series of reproductions and treatises was published on the geography of Palestine at that time. Kretschner, 1892), Japan (P.Teleki, 1909), Madagascar (Gravier, 1896), Albania (Nopcsa, 1916), Spitzbergen (Wieder, 1919), the northwest of America (Wagner, 1937), and others. Indeed, much of its universal appeal is that the simpler types of map can be read and interpreted with only a little training.
Crone remarked that a€?a map can be considered from several aspects, as a scientific report, a historical document, a research tool, and an object of art.
It may also be viewed as an aspect of the history of human thought, so that while the study of the techniques that influence the medium of that thought is important, it also considers the social significance of cartographic innovation and the way maps have impinged on the many other facets of human history they touch.
It is reasonable to expect some evidence in this art of the societya€™s spatial consciousness.
There is, for example, clear evidence in the prehistoric art of Europe that maps - permanent graphic images epitomizing the spatial distribution of objects and events - were being made as early as the Upper Paleolithic. In Mesopotamia the invention by the Sumerians of cuneiform writing in the fourth millennium B.C. In the former field, among other things, they attained a remarkably close approximation for a?s2, namely 1.414213.
The courses of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers offered major routes to and from the north, and the northwest, and the Persian Gulf allowed contact by sea along the coasts of Arabia and east to India. Cuneiform texts provide several varieties of evidence for the ancient Mesopotamian efforts to express order by describing, delimiting, and measuring the heaven and earth of their experience, producing house, temple, plot, and field plans, city maps, and, with respect to the celestial landscape, diagrammatic depictions of stars. The historiography of maps and cartography has emerged from criticisms similar in nature to those made against the modernist or presentist historiography of science, namely, that in reifying science or sciences such as cartography, false evolutionary histories are liable to be constructed. Concern for orientation is attested in a number of maps, but not always in the same way, although with a tendency toward an oblique orientation northwest to southeast. The cities of Nippur and Babylon had a religious and cosmological function as well as a political and economic one.
It offers a selective account of the relationship of Babylon to other places, including those that were at the furthest reach of knowledge. Cognitive psychologists claim that we come into our physical world mentally equipped to perceive and describe space and spatial relationships. Within this span of some three thousand years, the main achievements in Greek cartography took place from about the sixth century B.C. Stevenson, it is not easy to fix, with anything like a satisfactory measure of certainty, the beginning of globe construction; very naturally it was not until a spherical theory concerning the heavens and the earth had been accepted, and for this we are led back quite to Aristotle and beyond, back indeed to the Pythagoreans if not yet farther. We are now learning that those centuries were not entirely barren of a certain interest in sciences other than theological.
It has now been ascertained and demonstrated beyond doubt that the earliest ideas concerning the laws of the universe and the shape of the earth were, in many respects, more correct and clearer than those of a subsequent period. Ragozin, says the Shumiro-Accads had formed a very elaborate and clever idea of what they supposed the world to be like; they imagined it to have the shape of an inverted round boat or bowl, the thickness of which would represent the mixture of land and water (ki-a) which we call the crust of the earth, while the hollow beneath this inhabitable crust was fancied as a bottomless pit or abyss (ge), in which dwelt many powers. The account of this conversation, which is too lengthy here to give in full, was written three centuries and a half before the Christian era. Of the familiaritie of Midas, the Phrigian, and Selenus, and of certaine circumstances which he incredibly reported.
This Selenus was the sonne of a nymphe inferiour to the gods in condition and degree, but superiour to men concerning mortalytie and death. The Chaldean conception, thus rudely described, shows a yet nearer approximation to the true doctrine concerning the form of the globe, when we bear in mind that this actually is in shape a flattened sphere, with the vertical diameter the shorter one. A curious example of the difficulties that early cartographers of the circumfluent ocean period had to contend with, and of the sans faA§on method of dealing with them, occurs in the celebrated Fra Mauro mappamundi (Book III, #249), which is one of the last in which the external ocean is still retained. The influence of the Ptolemaic astronomical and geographical system was very great, and lasted for over thirteen hundred years. There are reasons to believe however, apart from the evidence we gather in the Poems, that these abyssal regions were supposed or believed to be situated around the North Pole.
Homer, The Outward Geography Eastwards: a€?The outer geography eastwards, or wonderland, has for its exterior boundary the great river Okeanos, a noble conception, in everlasting flux and reflux, roundabout the territory given to living man. The Phoenician reports referred to came most likely therefore, not so much from the north, as from these regions which, tradition tells us (Fra Mauroa€™s mappamundi #249), were situated propinqua ale tenebre.
These winds covered the arcs intervening between our four cardinal points of the compass, which points were not located exactly as with us; but the north leaning to the east, the east to the south, the south to the west and the west to the north (see Beatusa€™ Turin map, Book II, #207).
The reason for this is plausible, for whereas the northern seaman regulated his navigation by the North Star, the Asiatic sailor turned to southern constellations for his guidance. This is all the more strange when we take into consideration that, in the light of his context, the fact is apparent and of great importance as coinciding with other European views concerning the location of the north on terrestrial globes and maps.
The Chaldeans placed their heaven in the east or northeast; Homer placed his heaven in the south or southwest. In this ocean we find also EA the Exalted Fish, but, deprived of his ancient grandeur and divinity, he is no doubt considered nothing more than a merman at the period when acquaintance is renewed with him on the SchA¶ner-Frankfort gores of Asiatic origin bearing the date 1515 (Book IV, #328). The divergence was probably owing in a great measure to the inability of representing graphically the perspective appearance of the globe on a plane; but may be also traceable to an erroneous interpretation of the original idea, caused by the reversion of the cardinal points of the compass. According to this division other continents south of the equator were supposed to exist and habited, some said, but not to be approached by those inhabiting the northern hemisphere on account of the presumed impossibility of traversing the equatorial regions, the heat of which was believed to be too intense. We shall see, when dealing with Ptolemy's map of the world, some of the results of this confusion.
Thomas, after the dispersion of the Apostles, preached the Gospel to the Parthians and Persians; then went to India, where he gave up his life for Jesus Christ. That he corroborates Homera€™s views as to the sphericity of the earth by describing Cratesa€™ terrestrial globe (Geographica; Book ii. That he accentuates Homera€™s views concerning the black races that lived some in the west (the African race) others in the east (the Australian race).
That he shows the four cardinal points of the compass to have been situated somewhat differently than with us, for he says (Book 1, c. That he appears to be perpetuating an ancient tradition when he supposes the existence of a vast continent or antichthonos in the southern hemisphere to counterbalance the weight of the northern continents.
The relativeness of these positions appears to have been maintained on some mediaeval maps. To appreciate how this period laid the foundations for the developments of the ensuing Hellenistic Period, it is necessary to draw on a wide range of Greek writings containing references to maps.
We have no original texts of Anaximander, Pythagoras, or Eratosthenes - all pillars of the development of Greek cartographic thought. In contrast to many periods in the ancient and medieval world and despite the fragmentary artifacts, we are able to reconstruct throughout the Greek period, and indeed into the Roman, a continuum in cartographic thought and practice. Indeed, one of the salient trends in the history of the Hellenistic Period of cartography was the growing tendency to relate theories and mathematical models to newly acquired facts about the world - especially those gathered in the course of Greek exploration or embodied in direct observations such as those recorded by Eratosthenes in his scientific measurement of the circumference of the earth.
With respect to the latter, we can see how Greek cartography started to be influenced by a new infrastructure for learning that had a profound effect on the growth of formalized knowledge in general.
Thus Alexandria became a clearing-house for cartographic and geographical knowledge; it was a center where this could be codified and evaluated and where, we may assume, new maps as well as texts could be produced in parallel with the growth of empirical knowledge. In his treatise On the Ocean, Pytheas relates his journey and provides geographical and astronomical information about the countries that he observed.
While we can assume a priori that such a linkage was crucial to the development of Hellenistic cartography, again there is no hard evidence, as in so many other aspects of its history, that allows us to reconstruct the technical processes and physical qualities of the maps themselves. Its outstanding characteristic was the fruitful marriage of theoretical and empirical knowledge. Eratosthenes was apparently the first to accomplish this, and his map was the earliest scientific attempt to give the different parts of the world represented on a plane surface approximately their true proportions. By so improving the mimesis or imitation of the world, founded on sound theoretical premises, they made other intellectual advances possible and helped to extend the Greek vision far beyond the Aegean. While there was a considerable blending and interdependence of Greek and Roman concepts and skills, the fundamental distinction between the often theoretical nature of the Greek contribution and the increasingly practical uses for maps devised by the Romans forms a familiar but satisfactory division for their respective cartographic influences. The profound difference between the Roman and the Greek mind is illustrated with peculiar clarity in their maps. Through both the Mathematical Syntaxis (a treatise on mathematics and astronomy in thirteen books, also called the Almagest and the Geography (in eight books), it can be said that Ptolemy tended to dominate both astronomy and geography, and hence their cartographic manifestations, for over fourteen centuries. A modern analysis of Ptolemaic scholarship offers nothing to revise the long-held consensus that he is a key figure in the long term development of scientific mapping.
In its most obvious aspect, the exaggerated size of Jerusalem on the Madaba mosaic map (# 121) was no doubt an attempt to make the Holy City not only dominant but also more accurately depicted in this difficult medium. In both Western Europe and Byzantium relatively little that was new in cartography developed during the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages, although monks were assiduously copying out and preserving the written work of many past centuries available to them. Researcher He said that the map, drawn in black on four pine wood plates of almost the same size, had clear and complete graphics depicting the administrative division, a general picture of local geography and the economic situation in Guixian County in the Warring States era.
Only a few examples can be given, but it should be understood, even when it is not expressly said, that they must often stand simply as representative of a whole class of works. It may be said at the outset that both in East and West there seem to have been two separate traditions, one which we may call a€?scientific, or quantitative, cartographya€™, and one which we may call a€?religious, or symbolic, cosmographya€™.
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But take one step every day to improve your skills that you do enjoy on your own, or take steps to find a job (or create your own) that does allow you to work on things that you enjoy. They have often served as memory banks for spatial data and as mnemonics in societies without the printed word and can speak across the barriers of ordinary language, constituting a common language used by men of different races and tongues to express the relationship of their society to a geographic environment.
Certain carvings on bone and petroglyphs have been identified as prehistoric route maps, although according to a strict definition, they might not qualify as a€?mapsa€?. In the present work, reconstruction of maps no longer extant are used in place of originals or assumed originals. They communicated in the same a€?learned languagea€?a€” Greek a€” and discussed a€?the same body of ideasa€?.
The pre-modern world, on the other hand, had only a series of copies to work with, made over the centuries on organic material. Only Senefeldera€™s invention of lithography in 1796, and the innovative use of it for the mass printing of graphics, including in color, In the century that followed, allowed maps to be printed and distributed in quantity. Since the maps were missing, he drew them himself from indications in the ancient text, and when the work was finished, he commemorated this too in verse.
The map answered many hitherto insoluble or disputed questions, for example the question as to where the Virgin Mary met the mother of John Baptist.
A series of maps of a coastal region (for example, that of Holland or Friesland) or of river estuaries (the Po, Mississippi, Volga, or lower Yellow River) gives information on the rate of changes in outline and their causes.
Maps represent an excellent mirror of culture and civilizationa€?, but they are also more than a mere reflection: maps in their own right enter the historical process by means of reciprocally structured relationships.
But when it comes to drawing up the balance sheet of evidence for prehistoric maps, we must admit that the evidence is tenuous and certainly inconclusive. The same evidence shows, too, that the quintessentially cartographic concept of representation in plan was already in use in that period. Our divisions into 60 and 360 for minutes, seconds and degrees are a direct inheritance from the Babylonians, who thought in these terms. Various orders of power are implicit in the expression of these aspects of order in the environment.
Some originating point is identified, such as the origins of science in Greece, or of mapmaking in Babylonia, from which a continuous history may be written from a presentist perspective, a tale of a discipline's inexorable progress from its originating moment to the present. Ancient Near Eastern maps may not have invariably been meant as exact or direct replications of territory, but there can be little doubt that they distinctively reflect the conceptual terrain of their social community and culture at large. In the periods of their supremacy each was viewed as the center of the universe, as the meeting ground between heaven and the netherworld.
The linguistic act of spatial description is perhaps a proto-mapmaking function of our very desire and attempt to place ourselves in relation to the physical world. The Pharaohs organized military campaigns, trade missions, and even purely geographical expeditions to explore various countries.
From earliest times much of the area covered by the annual Nile floods had, upon their retreat, to be re-surveyed in order to establish the exact boundaries of properties.
We find allusions to celestial globes in the days of Eudoxus and Archimedes, to terrestrial globes in the days of Crates and Hipparchus.
In Justiniana€™s day, or near it, one Leontius Mechanicus busied himself in Constantinople with globe construction, and we have left to us his brief descriptive reference to his work.
But above all these, higher in rank and greater in power, is the Spirit (Zi) of heaven (ana), ZI-ANA, or, as often, simply ANA--Heaven.
On this map of the world the islands of the Malay Archipelago follow the shores of Asia from Malacca to Japan. Even the Arabs, who, after the fall of the Roman Empire, developed the geographical knowledge of the world during the first period of the middle ages, adopted many of its errors. Volcanoes were supposed to be the entrances to the infernal regions, and towards the southeast the whole region beyond the river Okeanos of Homer, from Java to Sumbawa and the Sea of Banda, was sufficiently studded with mighty peaks to warrant the idea they may have originated.
Many cartographers of the renascence, whose charts indeed we cannot read unless we reverse them, must have followed Asiatic cartographical methods, and this perhaps through copying local charts obtained in the countries visited by them. Taprobana was the Greek corruption of the Tamravarna of Arabian, or even perhaps Phoenician, nomenclature; our modern Sumatra.
Geographical science was on the eve of reaching its apogee with the Greeks, were it was doomed to retrograde with the decline of the Roman Empire. John III, King of Portugal, ordered his remains to be sought for in a little ruined chapel that was over his tomb, outside Meliapur or Maliapor. In some cases the authors of these texts are not normally thought of in the context of geographic or cartographic science, but nevertheless they reflect a widespread and often critical interest in such questions. In particular, there are relatively few surviving artifacts in the form of graphic representations that may be considered maps.
Despite a continuing lack of surviving maps and original texts throughout the period - which continues to limit our understanding of the changing form and content of cartography - it can be shown that, by the perioda€™s end, a markedly different cartographic image of the inhabited world had emerged.
Of particular importance for the history of the map was the growth of Alexandria as a major center of learning, far surpassing in this respect the Macedonian court at Pella.
Later geographers used the accounts of Alexandera€™s journeys extensively to make maps of Asia and to fill in the outline of the inhabited world.
Not even the improved maps that resulted from these processes have survived, and the literary references to their existence (enabling a partial reconstruction of their content) can even in their entirety refer only to a tiny fraction of the number of maps once made and once in circulation. It has been demonstrated beyond doubt that the geometric study of the sphere, as expressed in theorems and physical models, had important practical applications and that its principles underlay the development both of mathematical geography and of scientific cartography as applied to celestial and terrestrial phenomena. On his map, moreover, one could have distinguished the geometric shapes of the countries, and one could have used the map as a tool to estimate the distances between places. To Rome, Hellenistic Greece left a seminal cartographic heritage - one that, in the first instance at least, was barely challenged in the intellectual centers of Roman society. Certainly the political expansion of Rome, whose domination was rapidly extending over the Mediterranean, did not lead to an eclipse of Greek influence.
Such knowledge, relating to both terrestrial and celestial mapping, had been transmitted through a succession of well-defined master-pupil relationships, and the preservation of texts and three-dimensional models had been aided by the growth of libraries.
The Romans were indifferent to mathematical geography, with its system of latitudes and longitudes, its astronomical measurements, and its problem of projections.
Yet Ptolemy, as much through the accidental survival and transmission of his texts when so many others perished as through his comprehensive approach to mapping, does nevertheless stride like a colossus over the cartographic knowledge of the later Greco-Roman world and the Renaissance.
Pilgrims from distant lands obviously needed itineraries like that starting at Bordeaux, giving fairly simple instructions.
When we come to consider the mapping of small areas in medieval western Europe, it will be shown that the Saint Gall monastery map is very reminiscent of the best Roman large-scale plans. Some maps, along with other illustrations, were transmitted by this process, but too few have survived to indicate the overall level of cartographic awareness in Byzantine society.
Eighty-two places are marked with their respective names, locations of rivers, mountains and forested areas on the map.
Experts said that graphics, symbols, scales, locations, longitude and latitude are key elements of a map.
Thus in the Ta Tai Li Chi, Tseng Shen, replying to the questions of Shanchu Li, admits that it was very hard to see how, on the orthodox view, the four comers of the earth could be properly covered. To find out whether your browser supports JavaScript or to allow scripts, see the browser’s online help. If you continue to view this website, you will experience errors and invalid website operation. MDYale School of Public Health Yale School of Medicine Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine, New Haven, ConnecticutTheodore S. The important thing here is that we capture the benefits of the progress principle, get your brain to release that dopamine, and get you HOOKED on working out and becoming better. Are you stuck in a job that’s going nowhere or where your skills aren’t properly utilized?
This implies that throughout history maps have been more than just the sum of technical processes or the craftsmanship in their production and more than just a static image of their content frozen in time. The reconstructions of such maps appear in the correct chronology of the originals, irrespective of the date of the reconstruction.
Their debate a€?did not penetrate very deepa€? within the culture, which is why one should draw a sharp distinction between descriptive geography, with its wide application, and mathematical or scientific geography, for which no such application was envisaged or achieved. The process was almost manageable for texts, multiple copies of which could be created by copyist teams working fro dictation. After the fall of Byzantium in 1453, its conqueror, the Turkish Sultan Mohammed II, found in the library that he inherited from the Byzantine rulers a manuscript of Ptolemya€™s Geographia, which lacked the world-map, and he commissioned Georgios Aminutzes, a philosopher in his entourage, to draw up a world map based on Ptolemya€™s text.
Comparison of travelersa€™ maps from various periods show the development and change of routes or road-building and allows us to draw conclusions of every kind about the development or decay of farms, villages and towns. They were artistic treasure-houses, being often decorated with fine miniatures portraying life and customs in distant lands, various types of ships, coats-of-arms, portraits of rulers, and so on.
The development of the map, whether it occurred in one place or at a number of independent hearths, was clearly a conceptual advance - an important increment to the technology of the intellect - that in some respects may be compared to the emergence of literacy or numeracy. The historian of cartography, looking for maps in the art of prehistoric Europe and its adjacent regions, is in exactly the same position as any other scholar seeking to interpret the content, functions, and meanings of that art. Moreover, there is sufficient evidence for the use of cartographic signs from at least the post-Paleolithic period.
They are impressed on small clay tablets like those generally used by the Babylonians for cuneiform inscriptions of documents, a medium which must have limited the cartographera€™s scope. Administrative and economic powers support, or even require, the making of maps, as well as determining overtly the topographies that maps depict.
Critical cartographic history, however, has laid aside such ideas, and we no longer look to (in the words of Denis Wood), a€?a hero saga involving such men as Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Mercator, and the Cassinis, that tracked cartographic progress from humble origins in Mesopotamia to the putative accomplishments of the Greeks and Romansa€?.
The maps of buildings and fields focus on the urban and agricultural environment, matters of critical importance to whatever political and economic powers prevailed.
The map of the principal temple in Babylon, E-sagil, which was the earthly abode of the national deity Marduk, represents the terrestrial counterpart to the celestial residence of the great god Enlil, designed, figuratively speaking, on the blueprint of the cosmic subterranean sweet watery region of the Apsu.
By extension, we should not doubt that mapmaking too, in all its historical subjectivity, is a universal feature of human culture.
The survey was carried out, mostly in squares, by professional surveyors with knotted ropes.
We find that the Greek geographer Strabo gives us quite a definite word concerning their value and their construction, and that Ptolemy is so definite in his references to them as to lead to a belief that globes were by no means uncommon instruments in his day, and that they were regarded of much value in the study of geography and astronomy, particularly of the latter science. With stress laid, during the many centuries succeeding, upon matters pertaining to the religious life, there naturally was less concern than there had been in the humanistic days of classical antiquity as to whether the earth is spherical in form, or flat like a circular disc, nor was it thought to matter much as to the form of the heavens.
Hyde Clarke has more than once pointed out in The Legend of the Atlantis of Plato, Royal Historical Society 1886, etc., that Australia must have been known in the most remote antiquity of the early history of civilization, at a time when the intercourse with America was still maintained. Between the lower heaven and the surface of the earth is the atmospheric region, the realm of IM or MERMER, the Wind, where he drives the clouds, rouses the storms, and whence he pours down the rain, which is stored in the great reservoir of Ana, in the heavenly ocean.
Then in a northeasterly direction Homera€™s great river Okeanos would flow along the shores of the Sandwich group, where the volcanic peak of Mt.
Aristotlea€™s writings, for example, provide a summary of the theoretical knowledge that underlay the construction of world maps by the end of the Greek Classical Period.
Our cartographic knowledge must, therefore, be gleaned largely from literary descriptions, often couched in poetic language and difficult to interpret. The ambition of Eratosthenes to draw a general map of the oikumene based on new discoveries was also partly inspired by Alexandera€™s exploration.
In this case too, the generalizations drawn herein by various authorities (ancient and modern scholars, historians, geographers, and cartographers) are founded upon the chance survival of references made to maps by individual authors. Yet this evidence should not be interpreted to suggest that the Greek contribution to cartography in the early Roman world was merely a passive recital of the substance of earlier advances. If land survey did play such an important part, then these plans, being based on centuriation requirements and therefore square or rectangular, may have influenced the shape of smaller-scale maps.
This is perhaps more remarkable in that his work was primarily instructional and theoretical, and it remains debatable if he bequeathed a set of images that could be automatically copied by an uninterrupted succession of manuscript illuminators. While almost certainly fewer maps were made than in the Greco-Roman Period, nevertheless the key concepts of mapping that had been developed in the classical world were preserved in the Byzantine Empire. What is more surprising is that the map marks the location of Wei Shui, now known as the Weihe River, and many canyons in the area. The map of Guixian County has all these elements except longitude and latitude, according to historians. Lawrence PhD, MDUniversity of Michigan, Isadore Lampe Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, MichiganSteven A. Indeed, any history of maps is compounded by a complex series of interactions, involving their intent, their use and their purpose, as well as the process of their making. All reconstructions are, to a greater or lesser degree, the product of the compiler and the technology of his times. The reasons for this divide include the limited quantity of scientific geographic scholarship, the nature of communications and scarcity, and political factors. But it was not feasible for graphics, the copying of which inevitably led to increasing distortion. Any assumption that maps were widely available in the preindustrial world thus derives from anachronistic thinking based on later developments. There is no evidence for the use of such forms of representation in ancient maps, and this book deliberately presents no such reconstructions. He knew it would be out of date, but that is precisely what he wanted - an ancient map; to perpetuate it, he also had a carpet woven from the drawing. Inferences have to be made about states of mind separated from the present not only by millennia but also - where ethnography is called into service to help illuminate the prehistoric evidence - by the geographical distance and different cultural contexts of other continents.
Two of the basic map styles of the historical period, the picture map (perspective view) and the plan (ichnographic view), also have their prehistoric counterparts. The interest of the cuneiform maps lies in their rich articulation of such a feature, uniquely shaped by the particular social norms and forces that emerged and changed within ancient Mesopotamian history. However, the measurement of circular and triangular plots was envisaged: advice on this, and plans, are given in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus of ca. From Ptolemaic Egypt there is a rough rectangular plan of surveyed land accompanying the text of the Lille Papyrus I, now in Paris; also two from the estate of Apollonius, minister of Ptolemy II.
There is, however, but one example known, which has come down to us from that ancient day, this a celestial globe, briefly described as the Farnese globe. Yet there was no century, not even in those ages we happily are learning to call no longer a€?darka€?, that geography and astronomy were not studied and taught, and globes celestial as well as armillary spheres, if not terrestrial globes, were constructed. Here however he makes his hero confess that he is wholly out of his bearings, and cannot well say where the sun is to set or to rise (Od.
Although these views were continued and developed to a certain extent by their successors, Strabo and Ptolemy, through the Roman period, and more or less entertained during the Middle Ages, they became obscured as time rolled on.
The bones of the holy apostle were found, with some relics that were placed in a rich vase.
Again, if we consider the Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans as devoid of the American Continent, and the Atlantic Ocean as stretching to the shores of Asia, as Strabo did, the parallel of Iberia (Spain) would have taken Columbusa€™ ships to the north of Japan--i.e.
At the time when Alexander the Great set off to conquer and explore Asia and when Pytheas of Massalia was exploring northern Europe, therefore, the sum of geographic and cartographic knowledge in the Greek world was already considerable and was demonstrated in a variety of graphic and three-dimensional representations of the heavens and the earth. In addition, many other ancient texts alluding to maps are further distorted by being written centuries after the period they record; they too must be viewed with caution because they are similarly interpretative as well as descriptive. Eudoxus had already formulated the geocentric hypothesis in mathematical models; and he had also translated his concepts into celestial globes that may be regarded as anticipating the sphairopoiia [mechanical spheres]. And it was at Alexandria that this Ptolemy, son of Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander, had founded the library, soon to become famous through the Mediterranean world. It seems, though, that having left Massalia, Pytheas put into Gades [Cadiz], then followed the coasts of Iberia [Spain] and France to Brittany, crossing to Cornwall and sailing north along the west coast of England and Scotland to the Orkney Islands.
On the contrary, a principal characteristic of the new age was the extent to which it was openly critical of earlier attempts at mapping. Disregarding the elaborate projections of the Greeks, they reverted to the old disk map of the Ionian geographers as being better adapted to their purposes. This shape was also one which suited the Roman habit of placing a large map on a wall of a temple or colonnade. 90-168), Greek and Roman influences in cartography had been fused to a considerable extent into one tradition. The Almagest, although translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona in the 12th century, appears to have had little direct influence on the development of cartography. Ptolemya€™s principal legacy was thus to cartographic method, and both the Almagest and the Geography may be regarded as among the most influential works in cartographic history. However, the maps of Marinus and Ptolemy, one of the latter containing thousands of place-names, were at least partly known to Arabic geographers of the ninth to the 10th century. The most accomplished Byzantine map to survive, the mosaic at Madaba (#121), is clearly closer to the classical tradition than to maps of any subsequent period. He Shuangquan, a research fellow with the Gansu Provincial Archaeological Research Institute, has made an in-depth study of the map and confirmed its drawing time to be 239 B.C.
I’d bet a Master Sword that picking a new skill you enjoy and working to improve it will make you happier. Therefore, reconstructions are used here only to illustrate the general geographic concepts of the period in which the lost original map was made. All this is also evident in the history of cartography (a modern term created via a combination of Greek chartes, a€?charta€™, and graphein, a€?writea€™ or a€?drawa€™), that is, the study of maps as a special form of communicating geographic knowledge.
Copies of copies of copies must generally have been very different from the vanished original, hence the scarcity of scholarly, illustrations transmitted from the ancient world. There is even a temptation to go beyond reconstructions and invent a€” that is, falsify a€” maps from the ancient world. It was said that as the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias in the holy of holies, Zacharias must have been High Priest and have lived in Jerusalem; John the Baptist would then have been born in Jerusalem. I have not been able to find any such evidence or artifacts of map making that originated in the South America or Australia.
This is described in an inscription in the Temple of Der-el-Bahri where the ship used for this journey is delineated, but there is no map.
It is of marble, and is thought by some to date from the time of Eudoxus, that is, three hundred years before the Christian era.
The Venerable Bede, Pope Sylvester I, the Emperor Frederick II, and King Alfonso of Castile, not to name many others of perhaps lesser significance, displayed an interest in globes and making.
See the sketch below of an inverted Chaldean boat transformed into a terrestrial globe, which will give an idea of the possible appearance of early globes. Indeed, wherever we look round the margin of the circumfluent ocean for an appropriate entrance to Hades and Tartaros, we find it, whether in Japan, Iceland, the Azores, or Cape Verde Islands.
Terrestrial maps and celestial globes were widely used as instruments of teaching and research.
Despite what may appear to be reasonable continuity of some aspects of cartographic thought and practice, in this particular era scholars must extrapolate over large gaps to arrive at their conclusions. By the beginning of the Hellenistic Period there had been developed not only the various celestial globes, but also systems of concentric spheres, together with maps of the inhabited world that fostered a scientific curiosity about fundamental cartographic questions.
The library not only accumulated the greatest collection of books available anywhere in the Hellenistic Period but, together with the museum, likewise founded by Ptolemy II, also constituted a meeting place for the scholars of three continents. From there, some authors believe, he made an Arctic voyage to Thule [probably Iceland] after which he penetrated the Baltic. Intellectual life moved to more energetic centers such as Pergamum, Rhodes, and above all Rome, but this promoted the diffusion and development of Greek knowledge about maps rather than its extinction. The main texts, whether surviving or whether lost and known only through later writers, were strongly revisionist in their line of argument, so that the historian of cartography has to isolate the substantial challenge to earlier theories and frequently their reformulation of new maps. There is a case, accordingly, for treating them as a history of one already unified stream of thought and practice. With translation of the text of the Geography into Latin in the early 15th century, however, the influence of Ptolemy was to structure European cartography directly for over a century.
It would be wrong to over emphasize, as so much of the topographical literature has tended to do, a catalog of Ptolemya€™s a€?errorsa€?: what is vital for the cartographic historian is that his texts were the carriers of the idea of celestial and terrestrial mapping long after the factual content of the coordinates had been made obsolete through new discoveries and exploration. Similarly, in the towns, although only the Forma Urbis Romae is known to us in detail, large-scale maps were recognized as practical tools recording the lines of public utilities such as aqueducts, displaying the size and shape of imperial and religious buildings, and indicating the layout of streets and private property.
But the transmission of Ptolemya€™s Geography to the West came about first through reconstruction by Byzantine scholars and only second through its translation into Latin (1406) and its diffusion in Florence and elsewhere. But as the dichotomy increased between the use of Greek in the East and Latin in the West, the particular role of Byzantine scholars in perpetuating Greek texts of cartographic interest becomes clearer.
Forested areas marked on the map also tallies with the distribution of various plants and the natural environment in the area today. No one person or area of study is capable of embracing the whole field; and cartographers, like workers in other activities, have become more and more specialized with the advantages and disadvantages which this inevitably brings. Nevertheless, reconstructions of maps which are known to have existed, and which have been made a long time after the missing originals, can be of great interest and utility to scholars. Maps are generally two-dimensional representations, often to scale, of portions of the earth's surface. Every generation or so, a new a€?discoverya€™ of such a map is announced, only to be exposed as either a hoax designed to embarrass an individual scholar or scholars in general, or an attempt to make money from an unsuspecting public. The fact that King Sargon of Akkad was making military expeditions westwards from about 2,330 B.C. It has been shown how these could have appealed to the imagination not only of an educated minority, for whom they sometimes became the subject of careful scholarly commentary, but also of a wider Greek public that was already learning to think about the world in a physical and social sense through the medium of maps.
The relative smallness of the inhabited world, for example, later to be proved by Eratosthenes, had already been dimly envisaged.
The confirmation of the sources of tin (in the ancient Cassiterides or Tin Islands) and amber (in the Baltic) was of primary interest to him, together with new trade routes for these commodities. Indeed, we can see how the conditions of Roman expansion positively favored the growth and applications of cartography in both a theoretical and a practical sense.
The context shows that he must be talking about a map, since he makes the philosopher among his group start with Eratosthenesa€™ division of the world into North and South. Here, however, though such a unity existed, the discussion is focused primarily on the cartographic contributions of Ptolemy, writing in Greek within the institutions of Roman society. In the history of the transmission of cartographic ideas it is indeed his work, straddling the European Middle Ages, that provides the strongest link in the chain between the knowledge of mapping in the ancient and early modem worlds. Finally, the interpretation of modem scholars has progressively come down on the side of the opinion that Ptolemy or a contemporary probably did make at least some of the maps so clearly specified in his texts. Some types of Roman maps had come to possess standard formats as well as regular scales and established conventions for depicting ground detail. In the case of the sea charts of the Mediterranean, it is still unresolved whether the earliest portolan [nautical] charts of the 13th century had a classical antecedent. Byzantine institutions, particularly as they developed in Constantinople, facilitated the flow of cartographic knowledge both to and from Western Europe and to the Arab world and beyond.
The possibilities include those for which specific information is available to the compiler and those that are described or merely referred to in the literature. Some saw in the a€?hill countrya€™ Hebron, a place that had for a long time been a leading Levitical city, while others held that Juda was the Levitical city concerned. The whole northern region, of sea as he supposed it, from west to east, was known to him only by Phoenician reports. If a literal interpretation was followed, the cartographic image of the inhabited world, like that of the universe as a whole, was often misleading; it could create confusion or it could help establish and perpetuate false ideas. It had been the subject of comment by Plato, while Aristotle had quoted a figure for the circumference of the earth from a€?the mathematiciansa€? at 400,000 stades; he does not explain how he arrived at this figure, which may have been Eudoxusa€™ estimate. It would appear from what is known about Pytheasa€™ journeys and interests that he may have undertaken his voyage to the northern seas partly in order to verify what geometry (or experiments with three dimensional models) have taught him.
Not only had the known world been extended considerably through the Roman conquests - so that new empirical knowledge had to be adjusted to existing theories and maps - but Roman society offered a new educational market for the cartographic knowledge codified by the Greeks. Ptolemy owed much to Roman sources of information and to the extension of geographical knowledge under this growing empire: yet he represents a culmination as well as a final synthesis of the scientific tradition in Greek cartography that has been highlighted in this introduction. Yet it is perhaps in the importance accorded the map as a permanent record of ownership or rights over property, whether held by the state or by individuals, that Roman large-scale mapping most clearly anticipated the modern world. If they had, one would suppose it to be a map connected with the periploi [sea itineraries]. Our sources point to only a few late glimpses of these transfers, as when Planudes took the lead in Ptolemaic research, for example.
Viewed in its development through time, the map is a sensitive indicator of the changing thought of man, and few of these works seem to reflect such an excellent mirror of culture and civilization.
Of a different order, but also of interest, are those maps made in comparatively recent times that are designed to illustrate the geographical ideas of a particular person or group in the past but are suggested by no known maps. Many solutions to this problem were put forward, but it was solved once and for all by the Madaba map, which showed, between Jerusalem and Hebron, a place called Beth Zachari: the house of Zacharias. The paucity of evidence of clearly defined representations of constellations in rock art, which should be easily recognized, seems strange in view of the association of celestial features with religious or cosmological beliefs, though it is understandable if stars were used only for practical matters such as navigation or as the agricultural calendar.
Later we encounter itineraries, referring either to military or to trading expeditions and provide an indication of the extent of Babylonian geographical knowledge at an early date.
The celestial globe had reinforced the belief in a spherical and finite universe such as Aristotle had described; the drawing of a circular horizon, however, from a point of observation, might have perpetuated the idea that the inhabited world was circular, as might also the drawing of a sphere on a flat surface. Aristotle also believed that only the ocean prevented a passage around the world westward from the Straits of Gibraltar to India. The result was that his observations served not merely to extend geographical knowledge about the places he had visited, but also to lay the foundation for the scientific use of parallels of latitude in the compilation of maps. Many influential Romans both in the Republic and in the early Empire, from emperors downward, were enthusiastic Philhellenes and were patrons of Greek philosophers and scholars. In this respect, Rome had provided a model for the use of maps that was not to be fully exploited in many parts of the world until the 18th and 19th centuries. But in order to reach an understanding of the historical processes involved in the period, we must examine the broader channels for Christian, humanistic, and scientific ideas rather than a single map, or even the whole corpus of Byzantine cartography.
The maps of early man, which pre-date other forms of written communication, were attempts to depict earth distributions graphically in order to better visualize them; like those of primitive peoples, the earliest maps served specific functional or practical needs. Excavations on this site revealed the foundations of a little church, with a fragment of a mosaic that contained the name a€?Zachariasa€?. What is certainly different is the place and prominence of maps in prehistoric times as compared with historical times, an aspect associated with much wider issues of the social organization, values, and philosophies of two very different types of cultures, the oral and the literate. They do not go so far as to record distances, but they do mention the number of nights spent at each place, and sometimes include notes or drawings of localities passed through.
Another of a land, also in the north, where a man, who could dispense with sleep, might earn double wages, as there was hardly any night. There was, however, evidently no consensus between cartographic theorists, and there seems in particular to have been a gap between the acceptance of the most advanced scientific theories and their translation into map form. Viewed in this context, some of the essential cartographic impulses of the 15th century Renaissance in Italy are seen to have been already active in late Byzantine society. The web form below will enable you to resolve individual handles and view their associated values. Maps were also frequently used purely for decoration; they furnished designs for Gobelins tapestries, were engraved on goblets of gold and silver, tables, and jewel-caskets, and used in frescoes, mosaics, etc. As in Greek and Roman inscriptions, some documents record the boundaries of countries or cities.
He probably had the first account from some sailor who had visited the northern latitudes in summer; and the second from one who had done the like in winter.
The influence of these views on Chinese cartography, however, remained slight, for it revolved around the basic plan of a quantitative rectangular grid, taking no account of the curvature of the eartha€™s surface.
It was not until the 18th century, however, that maps were gradually stripped of their artistic decoration and transformed into plain, specialist sources of information based upon measurement. At the same time Chinese geography was always thoroughly naturalistic, as witness the passage about rivers and mountains from the LA? Shih Chhun Chhiu.
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king philips war – the history legacy of americas forgotten conflict
SC Benham FRANCE HISTORY
France is one of the greatest nations on earth. This book covers the beginning of French history all the way down to today. It displays accurately the great lives of some of the most famous and influential personalities of France, which made the country great. The French Revolution is covered, just like the Middle Ages and beyond.The 100 Year's War, with the greatest actors of that major conflict, like Jean d'Arc and King Charles are covered, just like the Age of Enlightenment with the leader of absolutism King Louis XIV, the Sun King. In the French Revolution famous and infamous men then stepped on the scene, men like Marat, Robespierre or the Marquis de Sade, all who are dealt with in this book. It all invites for some interesting and fascinating reading.
R. Craig Nation, Strategic Studies Institute War in the Balkans, 1991-2002
Armed conflict on the territory of the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 2001 claimed over 200,000 lives, gave rise to atrocities unseen in Europe since the Second World War, and left behind a terrible legacy of physical ruin and psychological devastation. Unfolding against the background of the end of cold war bipolarity, the new Balkan wars sounded a discordant counterpoint to efforts to construct a more harmonious European order, were a major embarrassment for the international institutions deemed responsible for conflict management, and became a preoccupation for the powers concerned with restoring regional stability. After more than a decade of intermittent hostilities the conflict has been contained, but only as a result of significant external interventions and the establishment of a series of de facto international protectorates, patrolled by UN, NATO, and EU sponsored peacekeepers with open-ended mandates.
The Ten Week War - History of Falkland War
The book gives an account of the Falkland conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British overseas territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
John Horne A Companion to World War I
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A Companion to the First World War brings together an international team of distinguished historians who provide a series of original and thought-provoking essays on one of the most devastating events in modern history. Comprises 38 essays by leading scholars who analyze the current state of historical scholarship on the First World War Provides extensive coverage spanning the pre-war period, the military conflict, social, economic, political, and cultural developments, and the war's legacy Offers original perspectives on themes as diverse as strategy and tactics, war crimes, science and technology, and the arts Selected as a 2011 Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE
Ubuntu. Journal of Conflict and Social Transformation: Vol 1, Number 1-2, 2012
Ubuntu: Journal of Conflict Transformation is a biannual Journal of the Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Topics in this issue include: •Towards Deepening Conflict Transformation and Peace-building. •Footsteps in History, Colonial Origins of African Conflicts: an insight from the Nigeria/Cameroon Border Conflict. •How African Civil Wars Hibernate: The Warring Communities of the Senegal / Guinea Bissau Borderlands in the face of the Casamance Forgotten Civil War and the Bissau-Guinean State failure. •Managing Violent Conflicts over Marginality from Below: the role of Non-state Actors in the Management of the Niger Delta Conflict in Nigeria. •Post-conflict Reconstruction and the Resurgence of 'Resolved' TerritorialConflicts: Examining the DRC Peace Process. •Strengthening Ties among Landlocked Countries in Eastern Africa: Making Prisoner's Dilemma a Strategy of Collaboration. •Age-long Land Conflicts in Nigeria: A Case for Traditional Peacemaking Mechanisms •Social Protection, Labour Markets and the Economic Reconfiguration of Post-Conflict Northern Uganda. •Devolution - The 'Ticklish' Subject: The 'Northern Problem' and the National Question in Zimbabwe. •The Monarchy, Land Contests and Conflict in Post-Colonial Swaziland. •Re-Engineering the Ethics of Land, Space and Territorial Acquisition as Strategies for Resolving Nigerian Civil Conflicts
David Baird Between Two Fires-Guerrilla war in the Spanish sierras
What really occurred in Spain's Forgotten War? Years of research were necessary to dig out long-concealed information about that desperate anti-Franco guerrilla conflict. Though the events recounted in this book occurred more than half a century ago, they have never been more relevant than today as Spain struggles to come to terms with its recent history.
Ralph Levering B. The Cold War. A Post-Cold War History
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Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new scholarship, including revised sections on President Nixon?s policies in Vietnam and President Reagan?s approach to U.S.-Soviet relations Features six all new ?counterparts? sections that juxtapose important historical figures to illustrate the contrasting viewpoints that characterized the Cold War Argues that the success of Western capitalism during the Cold War laid the groundwork for the economic globalization and political democratization that have defined the 21st century Includes extended coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the most dangerous confrontation of the nuclear age thus far
Tammy Proctor M. World War I. A Short History
A lively, engaging history of The Great War written for a new generation of readers In recent years, scholarship on World War I has turned from a fairly narrow focus on military tactics, weaponry, and diplomacy to incorporate considerations of empire, globalism, and social and cultural history. This concise history of the first modern, global war helps to further broaden the focus typically provided in World War I surveys by challenging popular myths and stereotypes to provide a new, engaging account of The Great War. The conventional World War I narrative that has evolved over the past century is that of an inevitable but useless war, where men were needlessly slaughtered due to poor decisions by hidebound officers. This characterization developed out of a narrow focus on the Western Front promulgated mainly by British historians. In this book, Professor Proctor provides a broader, more multifaceted historical narrative including perspectives from other fronts and spheres of interest and a wider range of participants. She also draws on recent scholarship to consider the gendered aspect of war and the ways in which social class, religion, and cultural factors shaped experiences and memories of the war. Structured chronologically to help convey a sense of how the conflict evolved Each chapter considers a key interpretive question, encouraging readers to examine the extent to which the war was total, modern, and global Challenges outdated stereotypes created through a focus on the Western Front Considers the war in light of recent scholarship on empire, global history, gender, and culture Explores ways in which the war and the terms of peace shaped the course of the 20th century World War I: A Short History is sure to become required reading in undergraduate survey courses on WWI, as well as courses in military history, the 20th century world, or the era of the World Wars.
Thomas Church The history of King Philip.s War microform
Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "Boston : J.K. Wiggin", 1865 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг.The history of King Philip's War microform
Forgotten Voices of Burma
From the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War 2 - the Burma Campaign. In 1941 the Allies fought in a disastrous retreat across Burma against the Japanese - an enemy more prepared, better organised and more powerful than anyone had imagined. Yet in 1944, following key battles at Kohima and Imphal, and daring operations behind enemy lines by the Chindits, the Commonwealth army were back, retaking lost ground one bloody battle at a time. Fighting in dense jungle and open paddy field, this brutal campaign was the longest fought by the British Commonwealth in the Second World War. But the troops taking part were a forgotten army, and the story of their remarkable feats and their courage remains largely untold to this day. The Fourteenth Army in Burma became one of the largest and most diverse armies of the Second World War. British, West African, Ghurkha and Indian regiments fought alongside one another and became comrades. In Forgotten Voices of Burma - a remarkable new oral history taken from Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive - soldiers from both sides tell their stories of this epic conflict.
Trudi Tate Modernism, History and the First World War
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Henry Blackburne Hamilton The Fighting 14th. the 14th (Duchess of York.s Own) Light Dragoons During the West Indies Campaign, The Peninsular War and The War of 1812 1792-1820
A famous cavalry regiment at war with NapoleonAs its commanding officer and as a noted Oxford University academic Colonel Henry Hamilton was well placed to write the history of the 14th (King's) Hussars. His full regimental history covers from the origins of the regiment in 1715 to its service during the Boer War at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. While some military history students require a work of this depth, there are those who are primarily concerned with the periods when regiments were on active service. For the 14th (King's) Hussars in the 19th century, this was during the Napoleonic Wars, principally during the Peninsular War in Spain and in the South of France, and later in India where as H. M 14th (King's) Light Dragoons they served with distinction in the Second Sikh War and during the Indian Mutiny. By carefully editing Hamilton's book, and adding illustrations and maps and supplementary material not originally present, the Leonaur editors have created two linked volumes that focus on these periods of the regiment's history.The Fighting 14th follows the campaigns under Wellington and will be an essential addition to the library of every student of the war in the Iberian peninsula. It benefits from the inclusion of a number of significant passages from the memoirs of one of the regiments most renowned and daring officers, Captain Thomas Brotherton, whose entertaining and compellingly recounted adventures bring the history of this caval...
Amalia Oganjanyan The August War in Georgia. Foreign Media Coverage
Reporting on a foreign war or a crisis is a challenging activity, a true professional test for a journalist. Media is often criticized for promoting violence by its conflict reporting: either by staying detached or by being biased.Peace, or conflict-sensitive, journalism was created for improvement of conflict coverage: it emphasizes the active role of journalists in de-escalation of conflict and encourages them to report on peaceful solutions. This relatively novel approach might be met with skepticism, as it appears too idealistic and demanding to be followed by journalists. In order to verify the applicability of peace journalism, this book presents a comparative analysis of six US, UK and German newspapers on how conflict-sensitive, or at least balanced, they were in their reporting on the Russia-Georgia war of 2008. The content analysis of those six media has demonstrated that the peace journalism approach is not easy to implement into practice due to some imperfections of its models; its parameters need to become more feasible and more specific. The case study has showed that those particular western media were neither conflict-sensitive nor war-oriented in their coverage of the Russia-Georgia war, and thus they kept the in-between stance. Overall, the reporting was balanced, particularly in its negative attitude towards all parties involved in the conflict.
More Than a Memory. Reflections of Viet Nam
A Conflict that Shaped A GenerationFour decades on, the legacy of American involvement in the Viet Nam War still looms large in the lives of the veterans who experienced it first hand. This new anthology of poems, stories, and essays looks at the war through the lens of both past and present perspectives. Featuring the work of fifteen veteran writers, the scope of the book defines how modern warfare affects the lives of those who lived it and subsequently their own families after returning from the war. The men who have contributed to this volume each have played their own part whether medic, air cavalry, recon, forward observer, or just plain grunt. The pain they felt, witnessed, and buried can hopefully be released by the telling of their collective truths. It is their hope that through this book you will be able to feel something of what they have felt and that it will inform you about the role that this conflict continues to play in the lives of those who served there. The words of William Faulkner still ring true: “The past is not dead, it’s not even past.”"More Than a Memory: Reflections of Viet Nam" is the newest book in the Reflections of America seriesfrom Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
Tethloach Ruey The South Sudanese Conflict Analysis. Conflict Profile, Causes, Actors and Dynamics
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The African American legacy in biblical history is very rich indeed. In this impeccably researched and easily readable work, Dr. Robert E. Johnson Sr., gives African American history students and casual readers alike even more reason to be proud of our heritage in religion, in the church, and in history.
Henry G. Morgan, Office of the Chief of Military History Planning.the.Defeat.of.Japan. .A.Study.of.Total.War.Strategy.
Reprint of undated work from the Office of the Chief of Military History. Discusses the strategy employed in the defeat of Japan. Gives an overview of the seeds of conflict and strategy and the pre-war policy. Also gives details regarding preparing for coalition warfare and the strategy of friendly neutrality, the first two years and the strategy of adjustment and the long-range plan and the commitment to total war. Finally, it looks at the last two years of war and reaching the final decisions and summarizes with a reflection and appraisal.
Andrew Mumford Proxy Warfare
Proxy wars represent a perennial strand in the history of conflict. The appeal of ‘warfare on the cheap’ has proved an irresistible strategic allure for nations through the centuries. However, proxy wars remain a missing link in contemporary war and security studies. In this timely book Andrew Mumford sheds new light on the dynamics and lineage of proxy warfare from the Cold War to the War on Terror, whilst developing a cogent conceptual framework to explain their appeal. Tracing the political and strategic development of proxy wars throughout the last century, they emerge as a dominant characteristic of contemporary conflict. The book ably shows how proxy interventions often prolong existing conflicts given the perpetuity of arms, money and sometimes proxy fighters sponsored by third party donors. Furthermore, it emphasizes why, given the direction of the War on Terror, the rise of China as a global power, and the prominence now achieved by non-state actors in the ‘Arab Spring’, the phenomenon of proxy warfare is increasingly relevant to understandings of contemporary security. Proxy Warfare is an indispensable guide for students and scholars interested in the evolution and potential future direction of war and conflict in the modern world.
Robert R Shandley Hogan.s Heroes
Hogan’s Heroes originally aired between 1965 and 1971 on CBS, corresponding to the most uncertain years of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. In an era when attitudes about the military, patriotism, and authority were undergoing a sea change, Hogan’s Heroes did not offer direct commentary on the conflict, but instead explored incompetent military leaders, draft dodging, and perpetual war in an absurd storyline about Allied saboteurs inside a World War II German prisoner of war camp. In Hogan’s Heroes, author Robert Shandley argues that the series reveals much about the parameters of comedy on militarism and war before the popularity of comedic social realism that would define later programs, like the more critically acclaimed M*A*S*H.In three chapters, Shandley investigates the significance of Hogan’s Heroes to social, cultural, and television history. First, Shandley places Hogan’s Heroes within its generic and television history contexts, providing background on the genre of "uniform sitcoms" that were popular in the mid-60s. In the second chapter, he places the series within the historical, filmic, and televisual discourses surrounding World War II, including the fact that several of its actors were refugees from the racial politics of Nazi Germany. Finally, Shandley demonstrates how the series uses its generic framework to engage in debates about the conflict in Vietnam and American militarism and shows that Hogan’s Heroes laid the groundwork upon which M*A...
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Drawn from the award-winning 5-volume Encyclopedia of War, this valuable, one-volume reference provides readers with essential information on the conflicts and concepts that shaped global warfare in the twentieth-century and up to the present day. Provides essential coverage of twentieth-century warfare across the world Incorporates entries on all major wars, conflicts and concepts in the study of warfare during the period Features detailed coverage of the First and Second World Wars, along with conflicts including the Russo-Japanese War, the Greco-Turkish War, the Falklands Conflict, the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, the Gulf Wars, the War Against Terrorism, and the Somalian Civil War Covers topics including chemical warfare, ethnic cleansing, psychological warfare, and women and war Creates an affordable and handy personal reference for students of modern and contemporary history, professional scholars, and military history enthusiasts Comprises authoritative, up-to-date content – each entry ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 words – written by the best international scholars
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The Siege of Yorktown, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American theater, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict. The battle boosted faltering American morale and revived French enthusiasm for the war, as well as undermining popular support for the conflict in Great Britain.This book gives a brief account of one of the most important sieges in the history of mankind.
Spin, Contact Over the West Front. Two Accounts of British Pilots During the First World War in Europe
Short Flights With the Cloud Cavalryby "Spin"Cavalry of the Cloudsby "Contact"Air Combat over the trenches by those who foughtThe first hand accounts of the experiences of men in time of war always make fascinating reading. Their stories are, of course, always as varied as the individuals concerned and the eras to which they belonged, whether they were soldiers, sailors or airmen, the branch of their service, their nationalities, the conflict in which they were participants and in which theatre they fought. This is what makes military history so fascinating. Sometimes many men report a common experience that abided for decades. Occasionally we hear, across time, the voices of a few notable men who fought their own war in their own special way and once their time had past history would never know their like again. That is especially true of the pilots of the First World war. The machinery of flight was a new technology. The aircraft were raw, basic, flimsy and unproven machines and both they and the brave men who piloted them were fighting their first conflict while learning and evolving their skills and equipment, quite literally, as they fought and died. The dogfight days of the early biplanes, triplanes and early mono winged fighters would be short, but their images together with those of the iconic airships which they ultimately destroyed will remain indelibly imprinted on the history of conflict and the development of man's mastery of the air. Heroes t...
Jim Rumford Tobacco, Trusts, and Trump. How America.s Forgotten War Created Big Government
If you don’t know about the Tobacco Wars, you don’t know American history.In Tobacco, Trusts, and Trump: How America’s Forgotten War Created Big Government, Jim Rumford reveals how the United States is headed toward the same turmoil that sparked a bloody war between the working class and the Great Tobacco Trust—and why the Establishment doesn’t want you to know about it. Drawing on one of the largest private collections of Tobacco Wars primary documents and family ties to the conflict, Rumford shows how recent headlines—from the TEA Party to Occupy Wall Street to the election of President Donald J. Trump—echo the events leading up to America’s Forgotten War.
Susan Muthalaly Tamil Identity in Cinema During War and Conflict
This book studies the representation of identity politics in the Indian Tamil film Kannathil Muthamittal, which deals with the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict. Drawing on the influential role of cinema in politics on the Indian subcontinent, and the perceived shared identity of the Tamil communities in Sri Lanka and India, the book researches the film in relation to the conflict. It discusses the differences in conception of the Indian Tamil identity and the Sri Lankan Tamil identity (in the film), and argues that the Indian Tamil is represented as politically and culturally superior and more empowered than the Sri Lankan Tamil. Using existing literature on identity formation and the socio-cultural history of Tamil identities of Sri Lanka and India as a reference point, the representation of the two Tamil identities in the film are analysed.
Mara L. Pratt American History Stories, Volume IV
Stories of the great conflict from the time Lincoln became president and the southern states seceded, through the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, until the close of the war. Includes poems, songs, and illustrations commemorating the events. Suitable for ages 8 and up.
Frederick II King of Prussia Frederick the Great on Warfare. Battlefield Tactics of the Seven Year.s War . Military Instruction to the Officers of His Army by Frederick II, King of Prussia
The handbook of battle by an 18th century master Frederick the Great was one of the most outstanding figures in European history. He was, in the eighteenth century, the monarch of a German state, Prussia, which had few advantages. His was a comparatively small nation surrounded by France, Sweden and Russia all of which were hostile to Prussia’s interests. The Seven Years War was a conflict raging across the globe, the outcome of which would seal the fate of empires. Frederick not only averted national defeat, but proved himself to be a master of strategy and battlefield tactics. Against the odds the Prussian Army not only grew to become a force to be reckoned with, but its commander engendered a spirit which ultimately flourished to form the foundations of a unified Germany. Frederick knew well that his method of waging war would win victories and was anxious that his generals followed his own proven principles. This book, complete with original diagrams and for the first time, in this Leonaur edition, uniform plates of the Prussian Army of the period, is the work (in English translation) that Frederick produced to detail his own methods of waging war. It will be invaluable to all students of military history and tactics and is an essential guide for historical re-enactors, dramatic productions and war-gamers.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature g...
Max Hastings All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945
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Maps best viewed on a tablet.A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world – soldiers, sailors and airmen; housewives, farm workers and children.‘Unquestionably the best single-volume history of the war ever written’ SUNDAY TIMES.All Hell Let Loose reflects Max Hastings’s thirty-five years of research on World War II, and describes not just the course of events, but an epic tale of human experience, from campaign to campaign, continent to continent.This magisterial book ranges across a vast canvas, from the Russian front, where more than 90% of all German soldiers who perished met their fate, to the agony of Poland amid the September 1939 Nazi invasion, and the 1943 Bengal famine, in which at least a million people died under British rule – and British neglect. Some of Hastings’s insights and judgements will surprise students of the conflict, while there are vivid descriptions of the tragedies and triumphs of a host of ordinary people, in uniform and out of it.This is ‘everyman’s story’, an attempt to answer the question: ‘What was the Second World War like?’, and also an overview of the big picture. Max Hastings employs the technique which has made many of his previous books best-sellers, combining top-down analysis and bottom-up testimony to explore the meaning of this vast conflict both for its participants and for posterity.
The Peloponnesian War
For three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart bya conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the world’s most respected classical, political, and military historians, here presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Athenian against Spartan. The Peloponnesian War is a magisterial work of history written for general readers, offering a fresh examination of a pivotal moment in Western civilization. With a lively, readable narrative that conveys a richly detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance, The Peloponnesian War is a chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire and of a dark time whose lessons still resonate today.
Michael Stelzer Pequot War Scenario Book. Wargame scenarios retelling the story of the Pequot War in New England, July 1636 to September 1638
Refight the Pequot War using this scenario book designed for Song of Drums and Tomahawks rules. Each stage of this bloody conflict between the New England colonies and the Pequot tribe and their allies is detailed in custom-designed scenarios. New Traits and weapons are added to Song of Drums and Tomahawks rules that better represent the warfare of this period. Rules for refighting this conflict as a campaign are included.
Joel Silbey H. A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837 - 1861
A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil War in 1861. Explores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failures Represents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellum Presidents Brings together original contributions from a team of eminent historians and experts on the American presidency Reveals insights into presidential leadership in the quarter century leading up to the American Civil War Offers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history
Sefa-Nyarko Clement Life in Dagbon after the King.s Murder and Crisis
Mistrust and prolonged uncoordinated reconciliation processes after conflicts in most African traditional societies have severe consequences. These can potentially tear further apart, the social fibre which hold the societies together. Such unhealthy dynamics in post-conflict societies are more disastrous than the conflict itself, as social conflict theorists and ethnomethodologists posit. The Dagbon crisis of March 2002 which led to the 'murder' of the King, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II, exemplifies this. It took more than four years for the king to be buried, and to date, no funeral rite, which is a traditional prerequisite for possible enskinment of a successor, has been performed. In traditional terms, the Dagbon society is still mourning, and the pain of the crisis lingers on. The question this book seeks to answer, with quantitative (chi-square tests) and qualitative analysis is: 'How has the stalemate affected the social and religious relationships among the Dagomba people?' Students of sociology, history and conflict studies, governments and international organisations that seek to prevent conflicts and or understand post-conflict traditional societies would find this book handy.
Conflict Conflict. A History Of Insurgence
Edward Hamley The Crimean War 1853-1856 - The Illustrated Edition
Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary maps, photographs and prints, this authoritative account of the Crimean War was written by General Sir Edward Hamley, who served throughout the conflict with distinction in the Royal Artillery.This was the first war where the public were informed via telegraph of the shocking realities of the charge of the Light Brigade and the courage of the Thin Red Line, of death and injury, the appalling conditions of the wounded soldiers, and the success or failure of those in command.Hamley's analysis of this war is second to none, and his detailed accounts of the battles, his evaluation of strategy and tactics, and his opinions of those in charge from all sides, give a solid, well-balanced view of the conflict.
Peter Parker The Last Veteran: Harry Patch and the Legacy of War
Captain Marryat The Children of the New Forest
The circumstances which I am about to relate to my juvenile readers took place in the year 1647. By referring to the history of England of that date they will find that King Charles the First, against whom the Commons of England had rebelled, after a civil war of nearly five years, had been defeated, and was confined as a prisoner at Hampton Court. The Cavaliers, or the party who fought for King Charles, had all been dispersed, and the Parliamentary army under the command of Cromwell were beginning to control the Commons.
W. T. Massey The Great War in the Middle East. the Desert Campaigns . How Jerusalem Was Won
The first two books in an excellent trilogy of the Great War in the Middle EastW. T Massey was the foremost accredited journalist reporting on behalf of the London newspapers covering the Great War in the Middle East as it was fought against the Ottoman Turkish Empire, its German ally and the tribes of the region who threw in their lot with them. He possessed a deeply held conviction that this theatre of operations was far more important than those who only concerned themselves with the conflict in Europe believed. He was particularly aware of the hardships suffered by British and Colonial troops serving in difficult climates and over unrelenting terrain and he became, through his long association with the entire campaign, a champion of those who fought in it. This volume in the two book Leonaur edition-which covers the complete conflict from the war in the Western Desert against the Senussi to the actions at Aleppo and beyond-begins appropriately with the first book, 'The Desert Campaigns' and follows with the campaign that culminated in Allenby's historic walk into Jerusalem in 'How Jerusalem was Won.' Part history, part first hand account this is a valuable history imbued with the insight of one who was there.
Nicolas Klado Naval Conflict-North Pacific 1904-5. Two Russian Accounts of the Russo-Japanese War at Sea-The Russian Navy in the Russo-Japanese War . Battle of the
A conflict of empires in the modern ageAt the turn of the 20th century Imperial Russia clashed with Imperial Japan. Russia's view of itself was as a gigantic world power able to secure any of its holdings and all but immune from the dangers threatened by Japanese expansionism. This ultimately led to war, and the outcome of the ensuing conflict was a sobering shock to Russia's fundamental incompetence, while the easy Japanese victory gave that nation the false impression that it was a great naval power able to achieve more than was actually the case. It has been suggested that this misconception sowed the seeds of Imperial Japan's engagement and ultimate defeat during the Second World War. This interesting period of military history has its ardent aficionados and this special Leonaur edition, featuring two books by noted Russian historian Nicolas Klado, will be a welcome addition to their libraries. The first title examines the vessels and organisation of the magnificent, but destined to be humiliated, Russian navy during the Russo-Japanese War and the second title takes the reader through the pivotal Battle of the Sea of Japan from the Russian perspective. Highly recommended to all those fascinated by naval conflict and by this subject in particular.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric hea...
Greene Robert The 33 Strategies of War
Brilliant distillations of the strategies of war-and the subtle social game of everyday life-by the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature Robert Greene's groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and Mastery, espouse profound, timeless lessons from the events of history to help readers vanquish an enemy, ensnare an unsuspecting victim, or become the greatest in your field. In The 33 Strategies of War, Greene has crafted an important addition to this ruthless and unique series. Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is the I-Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, each of the thirty-three chapters outlines a strategy that will help you win life's wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, or the defensive strategies designed to help you respond to dangerous situations and avoid unwinnable wars. The great warriors of battlefields and drawing rooms alike demonstrate prudence, agility, balance, and calm, and a keen understanding that the rational, resourceful, and intuitive always defeat the panicked, the uncreative, and the stupid. An indispensable book, The 33 Strategies of War provides all the psychological ammunition you need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper hand.
Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles Xgiles The Art of War
This is the most important book ever written about warfare and conflict. Lionel Giles' translation is the definitive edition and his commentary is indispensable. The Art of War can be used and adapted in every facet of your life. This book explains when and how to go to war, as well as when not to. Learn how to win any conflict whether it be on the battlefield or in the boardroom.
The War That Never Ends. New Perspectives on the Vietnam War
More than three decades after the final withdrawal of American troops from Southeast Asia, the legacy of the Vietnam War continues to influence political, military, and cultural discourse. Journalists, politicians, scholars, pundits, and others have used the conflict to analyze each of America's subsequent military engagements. Many Americans have observed that Vietnam-era terms such as "cut and run," "quagmire," and "hearts and minds" are ubiquitous once again as comparisons between U.S. involvement in Iraq and in Vietnam seem increasingly appropriate. Because of its persistent significance, the Vietnam War era continues to inspire vibrant historical inquiry.The eminent scholars featured in The War That Never Ends offer fresh and insightful perspectives on the continuing relevance of the Vietnam War, from the homefront to "humping in the boonies," and from the great halls of political authority to the gritty hotbeds of oppositional activism. The contributors assert that the Vietnam War is central to understanding the politics of the Cold War, the social movements of the late twentieth century, the lasting effects of colonialism, the current direction of American foreign policy, and the ongoing economic development in Southeast Asia. The seventeen essays break new ground on questions relating to gender, religion, ideology, strategy, and public opinion, and the book gives equal emphasis to Vietnamese and American perspectives on the grueling...
Naval War College Press The Influence of History of Mahan. The Proceedings of a Conference Marking the Centenary of Alfred Thayer Mahan.s The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
Originally published in 1991 this is a rReprint of volume 9 of the U.S. Naval War College historical monograph series.
Lochlainn Seabrook The Ultimate Civil War Quiz Book. How Much Do You Really Know About America.s Most Misunderstood Conflict.
Think you’re an expert on the War of 1861? Read The Ultimate Civil War Quiz Book: How Much Do You Really Know About America’s Most Misunderstood Conflict? and test yourself!But don’t expect to find entries about Jefferson Davis’ birthday or the names of Abraham Lincoln’s parents, because this is not your typical question-and-answer trivia book! The author, award-winning historian Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook, calls it the “ultimate” quiz book because it contains vital but seldom discussed information that you need to know before you can truly understand the Civil War.Complete with notes, an index, and a bibliography, this easy-to-understand, generously illustrated work will forever alter the way you look at the Union, the Confederacy, secession, slavery, abolition, and the War itself, while challenging your knowledge of the most important and relevant struggle in American history. “The Ultimate Civil War Quiz Book is another must-read by Lochlainn Seabrook.” - The Publisher. Available in paperback and hardcover.Colonel Seabrook’s other titles include: All We Ask is to be Let Alone: The Southern Secession Fact Book; Abraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson Davis Was a Conservative; Lincoln’s War: The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser; Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; The Unholy Crusade: Lincoln’s Legacy of Destruction in the American South; The Great Yankee Coverup: What the North Doesn’t Want You to Know About Lincoln’s War; ...
Samuel R. Gardiner The Thirty Years. War. a Brief History, 1618-1648
A concise history of a cataclysmic European conflict in the 17th centuryThe Thirty Years' War was fought between 1618-1648 and is widely recognised as being one of the most destructive wars ever fought. More people lost their lives in this conflict, as a percentage of the total population at the time, than in the conflicts of the twentieth century. Fought principally in central Europe-and mostly over terrain now in modern day Germany-the war involved more than fifteen nation states. Forces were divided broadly on religious grounds, between Protestants and their allies and the Catholics of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain but also with elements of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Self evidently this was a long, bloody conflict the causes of which were many and complex. Dynasties were born in its tumult, great men were brought to the fore and some, like Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, would perish before its conclusion. The campaigns and battles of the Thirty Years' War have inspired historians across the centuries to the present day to write about them and many highly regarded works concerning the war have been published. This concise book takes a different approach; it sets out to give an understanding of the events and personalities involved and is an ideal overview for both specialists and those new to the subject.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and fea...
The Bishop's Pawn Export
The first case of New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's iconic hero, Cotton Malone. History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case. Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone must reckon with what really happened on that fateful day in Memphis. It all turns on an incident from eighteen years ago, when Malone, a young Navy lawyer trying hard not to live up to his maverick reputation, is asked by Stephanie Nelle at the Justice Department to help with an investigation. He soon discovers that the Department and the FBI are at war over a hugely valuable rare coin - and a cache of secret files containing explosive revelations about the King assassination, information that could ruin innocent lives and threaten the legacy of the civil rights movement's greatest martyr. Malone's decision to see his first case through to the end - from the clear waters of the Dry Tortugas to the halls of power in Washington D.C. itself - not only changes his own life, but the course of history.
Arthur Conan Doyle, Doyle Arthur Conan The Great Boer War. The Final Edition Covering the Entire Conflict 1899-1902
A great writer's take on the war of his timeSeveral famous British novelists at the turn of nineteenth and twentieth centuries departed from the kinds of books that had brought them fame to write factual accounts of the momentous events of their own times. Most were writers of historical fiction and some were enthusiastic collectors of military history and staunch supporters of British imperialism, so it was perhaps inevitable that they would write of the unfolding events of empire. Notable among these authors were Rudyard Kipling, John Buchan and the author of this Boer War history, the famous creator of Sherlock Holmes and Brigadier Gerard, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One might expect that Doyle would show a jingoistic bias towards all matters British and there certainly is an element of that within these pages, but in the main he took his role as historian seriously and produced a comparatively well balanced work on the Boer political position and their abilities as a military force. However, irrespective of perspective, Conan Doyle's book displays a reliable skill in penmanship that is both distinctive and entertaining. He began this substantial book while the war was being fought, but this edition represents its fourth and final edition completed in 1904 some time after the last shot had been fired. It comprehensively covers the entire conflict and the text includes five useful campaign maps. This is an essential addition to the library of the history of the Boer War...
Köpf Angelika Regional Organisations in the UN Conflict Resolution Politics
Using qualitative research methods and the theories of international relations, the role of regional organisations in the United Nations conflict resolution politics in maintaining peace and security in the world is considered. Viewing the case study of the first years of the Syrian war (2011-2013) and an excursus on the Libyan conflict (2011), this paper attempts to show in how far regional organisations, as the African Union and the League of Arab States played parts in cooperating with the United Nations to handle the situations in their respective regions.
John William Draper History of the Conflict between Religion and Science
History of the Conflict between Religion and Science is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
D. M. C., M. Antonia Nuns . the Great War 1914-18-The Irish Nuns at Ypres by D. M. C. . from Convent to Conflict or a Nun.s Account of the Invasion of Belgium by Sister M
Two accounts of faith and humanity The 'storm of war' is apt epithet for conflict. Mankind dominates the planet and his science and ingenuity can raise great structures, transform landscapes and traverse the skies and oceans. Yet against the most extreme forces of nature all this means nothing. So it is with warfare on a global scale for once it has been unleashed, its tidal wave envelopes not only armies and territories, but everything and everyone in it's path. Civilian populations are always those who suffer most and no way of life is spared or immune. This book-containing two different but complementary accounts-concerns the gentle ladies of the Church who were caught up in the brutality of the First World War and who were diverted from their lives of prayer by its suffering. The first account concerns the Irish nuns of the Royal Benedictine Abbey at Ypres-a city which, as all who know anything of the history of the Great War realise, was enveloped in the earliest weeks of war and remained a place of peril and destruction. The nuns endured great privations in order to stay in their historic home and be able to offer relief to all those in need. Theirs is a moving story of faith and determination and is an essential chapter in the history of the First World War. The second text here, by a nun of the Convent of the Daughters of Mary, Willebroeck, near Antwerp-which was also the home of a boarding school for young girls-is another vital first hand account telling...
Thomas Church The entertaining history of King Philip.s War microform
Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "[Newport, Rhode-Island] : Boston, printed 1716, Newport, Rhode Island reprinted and sold by Solomon Southwick ...", 1772 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг.The entertaining history of King Philip's War microform. Which began in the month of June, 1675, as also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy, and Indian rebels in the eastern parts of New-England. With some account of the Divine Pr
Francis Jr. Parkman Musket . Tomahawk. A Military History of the French . Indian War, 1753-1760
Francis Parkman's history Montcalm and Wolfe, originally published in two volumes is, possibly, the finest history book to come out of America and is the definitive account of the Seven Years War in the New World. It sets the conflict in an historical context and includes both biographies of its principal characters and much about its political consequences. This book, Musket and Tomahawk, has been adapted from Parkman's more expansive work by the Leonaur Editors, especially for those students of military history-both serious and casual-who are primarily concerned with the war itself.This was a war fought under blazing suns and driving snows. It was fought in the deep forests, on lakes and rivers and on the slopes of mountains. It was a war of ambuscade, sieges, massacres and the storming of palisades and burning blockhouses. It brought collisions in full battle between the regular troops of Britain and France, but it also embraced militias drawn from the settlers of both sides including famous backwoodsmen and scouts who became the Rangers. Not least of those embroiled were the deadly indigenous people of the land-the Indian tribes of the Eastern Woodlands-who fought according to their individual loyalties to each side and who brought a colour and savagery which was unique to this frontier conflict.Musket and Tomahawk is a riveting story of a war that has always fascinated students of military history because of its very diversity.
Maximilian Spinner Civil War and Ethnic Conflict in Post-Soviet Moldova - the Cases of Gagauzia and Transnistria compared
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: A, Central European University Budapest (Department of Political Science), course: Civil War and Ethnic Conflict, 40 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This text discusses some of the reasons for ethnic conflicts in Post-Soviet Moldova and compares the unsolved case of Transnistria with the case of the rather unknown Gagauzia which equally aimed for secession from Moldova.
William Shakespeare Henry V
A history play by William Shakespeare which follows life of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. The early scenes deal with the embarkation of Henry's fleet for France, and include a real-life incident in which the Earl of Cambridge and two others plotted to assassinate Henry at Southampton.
Duncan Carmichael Ayr United at War
The centenary, in 2014, of the outbreak of the Great War was the prompt to complete this study of the social and playing impact on Ayr United - and the clubs in the family tree - of the Boer War, the Great War, the Second World War and Afghanistan. The stories of the Ayr FC club doctor stationed at a concentration camp in the Boer War and the old player who carried out a civilian commando raid in the same conflict are mixed with the humour in the account of the Provost of Ayr being the only person in the town who knew that the Boer War was over, but not bothering to tell anyone. The Great War brought local chaos with shortages and strikes in the town, and players killed or wounded in action. The film "Escape To Victory" has roots in a barely documented chapter of history from the Great War, including a key character destined to manage Ayr United. And why did Ayr Town Council urge the people not to celebrate VE Day? The tales of the soldier who preferred Afghanistan to Kilmarnock, and the arrival of a most illustrious visitor in that same theatre of war, bring the story up to date.
World War I and the Jews. Conflict and Transformation in Europe, the Middle East, and America
World War I utterly transformed the lives of Jews around the world: it allowed them to display their patriotism, to dispel antisemitic myths about Jewish cowardice, and to fight for Jewish rights. Yet Jews also suffered as refugees and deportees, at times catastrophically. And in the aftermath of the war, the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Russian and Ottoman Empires with a system of nation-states confronted Jews with a new set of challenges. This book provides a fascinating survey of the ways in which Jewish communities participated in and were changed by the Great War, focusing on the dramatic circumstances they faced in Europe, North America, and the Middle East during and after the conflict.
D. Augustus Dickert Kershaw.s Brigade - volume 2 - South Carolina.s Regiments in the American Civil War - at the Wilderness, Cold Harbour, Petersburg, The Shenandoah Valley . Cedar Creek
Kershaw's Brigade - volume 2The Final Battles for the fall of the Confederacy.The beginning of the second volume of Kershaw's Brigade sees South Carolina's Regiments during the American Civil War in a brief period of respite in winter quarters. Behind them - the battles of Fredericksburg Gettysburg and Chickamauga among others. Yet to come is The Wilderness, Cold Harbour and the conclusion of the War. An essential book for those interested in the great conflict of the American nation, the history of South Carolina and especially of the South Carolinians themselves.
Clint Goodwin WAR TO WAR. A Bloodline Continues
War to War: A Bloodline Continues promotes American history through the eyes of horses and their human families. During the Second World War, two stallions—Boss and Jubal—must reconcile their familial legacy or risk ending a bloodline that survived the American Civil War, Comanche Wars, and the Great War. Another war could break the family chain.The lives of two black stallions are put at center stage. One horse carried troopers on the battlefield, the other remained home. Between wars, the brothers are united on uncertain terms. Their differences escalate when the world again faces tyranny. But there is hope. Their paths to reconciliation are fostered by a retired veteran and veterinarian—Dr. Abraham Bates—who is caught between slaying his own emotional demons or risk losing a family. His wife Amelia demands it. Time and distance are needed to heal.
R. Eli Paul Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856
Volume 6 in Campaigns and Commanders SeriesIn previous accounts, the U.S. Army's first clashes with the powerful Sioux tribe appear as a set of irrational events with a cast of improbable characters-a Mormon cow, a brash lieutenant, a drunken interpreter, an unfortunate Brulé chief, and an incorrigible army commander. R. Eli Paul shows instead that the events that precipitated General William Harney's attack on Chief Little Thunder's Brulé village foreshadowed the entire history of conflict between the United States and the Lakota people.Today Blue Water Creek is merely one of many modest streams coursing through Sioux country. The conflicts along its margins have been overshadowed by later, more spectacular confrontations, including the Great Sioux War and George Custer's untimely demise along another modest stream. The Blue Water legacy has gone largely underappreciated-until now. Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 provides a thorough and objective narrative, using a wealth of eyewitness accounts to reveal the significance of Blue Water Creek in Lakota and U.S. history.R. Eli Paul, Museum Director of the Liberty Memorial Museum of World War One in Kansas City, Missouri, is author and editor of four books on Native American subjects.
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Dr. Kim Blog: Human Transformation
This blog is not updated any more as of 2018.
Theological reflections
Dr. Kim website
A naive religion and spirituality
Yung Suk Kim
"Jesus died for me, and I don't die. I am raised to life. All done and no worries. That is, Jesus died instead of me and he was punished instead of me. He paid the price of sins. The Lamb of God in my place, Your blood pour out, my sin erased. It was my death You died. I am raised to life. Hallelujah, the Lamb of God."
The above is what we hear most frequently in most popular Christian churches these days in America and elsewhere. This shows a most selfish form of religion and spirituality. The following gospel song typifies such a naive understanding about Jesus.
You came from heaven's throne
Acquainted with our sorrow
To trade the debt we owed,
Your suffering for our freedom
The Lamb of God in my place,
Your blood pour out, my sin erased
It was my death You died
I am raised to life
Hallelujah, the Lamb of God
My name upon Your heart
My shame upon Your shoulders
The power of sin undone the cross for my salvation
My God, there is no greater love
There is no greater love
The Saviour lifted up
[*Lyrics source: http://www.songlyrics.com/vertical-church-band/lamb-of-god-lyrics/]
But Jesus did not come simply to die for sinners but to testify to the truth of God (John 18:37). His death is the result of what he said and did, proclaiming God's rule, not Caesar's or any human master's. In other words, his "dangerous" teaching and act cost him a life.
In 2 Cor 13:4, Paul also admits the fact that Jesus was crucified "by or from weakness" (eks astheneias). That is, he insinuates that Jesus could not overcome Roman violence because he had to continue preaching God's kingdom against Rome. But the crucifixion is not the end of the story about Jesus. Paul says without a stop in the same verse: "but [Jesus] lives by the power of God."
Given the above view of Jesus, Paul's central message is that Christians have to imitate Christ in his faith and spirit. They must be led by the Spirit, submitting to the law of God. They must die with Christ and live to God. Christians (followers of Messiah Jesus) are not mere believers of Jesus or beneficiaries of him but followers of his life and faith. This implies that they are not welcomed by the enemies of God's justice, running the risk of losing their life because of their testimony to God. But they should not give up on the work of God because God is their true hope.
Deconstructing a social world through metaphor
The crucial issue of Pauline interpretation is how to reclaim Paul's radical, contextual theology of soma christou. Namely, "the body of Christ" can be reimagined as the crucified body of Christ that evokes the broken images of the body in a Greco-Roman world. My debut book, Christ's Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor, was published by Fortress Press in 2008. Since then, this book has become a must read for serious readers of Paul.
"I highly recommend this work to all who take seriously Paul's metaphor of 'the body of Christ.' Kim interprets the metaphor as an alternative vision of vital reconciling community, over against conceptions that emphasize boundary markers to establish social groups. What is at stake in the interpretation of 1 Corinthians, he argues, is not just the ways first-century Christians constructed and lived out social unity but the consequences of our choices for the way we live out our own responsibilities today."
--David Odell-Scott, Professor of Philosophy, Kent State University
"Reading as a citizen of an increasingly diverse postcolonial world, Yung Suk Kim protests the scholarly consensus that reads Paul's language of the "body of Christ" in 1 Corinthians as a metaphor for social unity, current in Hellenistic and Roman philosophical and political discourse, in which the integrity of the social body required the vigilant maintenance of group boundaries and the harmony of its members. Kim points out the potential of this reading to promote coercive patterns of enforced unity in the contemporary world. Kim argues instead that in speaking of the church as Christ's body, Paul relies upon the metaphoric language of embodied vitality and growth, seeking instead to nourish the life-giving practices of a diverse community and to oppose the ideology of a powerful in-group that threatens to "disembody" the Christic body in Corinth. Reading the language of soma christou exclusively from a sociological lens fails to comprehend the important christological coordinates of Paul's thought, which nevertheless have clear and urgent social and political implications. Paul's exhortation is a message of particular importance, Kim suggests, for us who seek to discern the true value of difference in the contemporary world."
--From the inside flap of the book cover
Although much has been written on the Pauline notion of the "body of Christ," this contribution by Presbyterian scholar Kim offers a thoughtful and provocative insight worth considering. Kim observes that the Pauline metaphor can be interpreted as setting boundaries or differentiations between the Christian community and those outside. However, if we consider the "body of Christ" as the crucified body of Christ it can be seen as a means of dissolving boundaries and being more inclusive, particularly of those who are pushed to the margins or who suffer. Kim draws out from this key Pauline symbol the implications for the church and society today, particularly in the Gospel call for solidarity with those who are marginalized.
--Donald Senior, The Bible Today
"Thanks also for calling attention to your book on the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians. I read the attachment that you sent, and it sounds like your interpretation and ours are very supportive of each other. I do think the body image is about inclusive egalitarianism in the new life in Christ, and not about sharp social boundaries."
--A message from Marcus Borg (2009)
"I’ll add my own encouragement to it–I was at a clergy meeting last week where the question of “the nature of the church” came up, and someone said “well, we’ve all got to strive for unity because we’re the body of Christ,” and I described your book and said that metaphor meant a lot more than just unity. People had never heard the idea before. I hope it revolutionizes our thinking!"
--a Message from Neil Elliott, editor of Fortress Press (2009)
WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK:
The interpretation of the "body of Christ" in 1 Corinthians is a pressing concern in the present context of a diversified global church because its predominant interpretation as an ecclesiological organism characterized by unity and homonoia (concord) serves as a boundary marker that tends to exclude the voices of marginality and diversity. This traditional reading, while plausible, ignores a deeper, ethical meaning of the "body of Christ" as reimagined through his body crucified, which questions an ideology of hegemonic power in both the Corinthian context and today. From the perspective of a different conception of community and of soma christou in the image of Christ crucified, this metaphor of soma christou becomes a metaphor for a way of living through which the Corinthian community is expected to live as a Christic body, identifying Christ's body with the most vulnerable and broken bodies in the community and in the world, an issue that we are to grapple with and resolve. Read this way, Paul's theology continues the legacy of Jesus tradition in terms of deconstruction (critique of religion and culture) and reconstruction (advocacy of the beloved community for all).
Yung Suk Kim, PhD, author, teacher
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Today, we had a photoshoot with our band members and I wanted to put up the new pictures and edit our website.
In the links list called "About the Band", I made quite a lot of changes. Firstly, I added the new pictures of the band members and in the near future I also intend to add a small bibiliography or quote from the individual band member. Also it says "About the Band" on the top of the page, where Wix had invented a small text below the title for it to look more realistic. My job has been to change these texts including the band bibliography and the official website text. Today I therefore changed the text beneath the title and I added the new picture of our band.
The text says the following: In 2004, Sykes formed Bring Me the Horizon, a band which rose to fame very quickly. The band released their debut album Count Your Blessings in 2006. Their second album Suicide Season was released on September 29, 2008 and their third studio album There is a Hell. Believe Me, I've Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret on October 4, 2010 and they released their fourth studio album Sempiternal on April 1, 2013 which feature the new member Jordan Fish and Sykes playing rhythm guitar for the album and they released their fifth studio album That's the Spirit on September 11, 2015.
Furthermore, I decided to change the layout of the first page of our official website, since I thought that it was difficult to read the white font on the picture of the band but even with just the logo behind it. Therefore I ended up with a black background where the fond is easily readable and you can see a picture of the band with all of it's band members. The text says:
Only a year after starting out as a band, Bring Me The Horizon gained significant attention! Composed of a group of 5 inspirational musicians and skillful performers, the artists behind Bring Me The Horizon have throughout the last 12 years earned their reputation as a talented metal core band. By also winning the awards for Best British Band twice and Best Album, BMTH are internationally admired by millions of fans for their distinct and enjoyable musical style. Explore the site and check out their music, tour dates and merch below.
I also decided to add a gallery with a scrolling through rather than just that one image. Now there are images of the band that automatically appear and change after a few seconds, but also it is advertising for the newest merchandise. I put a picture up of the new merchandise (white T-Shirt), where I then added a link that the audience could click on and would automatically be re-directed to the merch site.
In the future I intend to add a picture of an upcoming concert, where the audience can click on one button where it says "buy tickets here", that then re-directs them to the official BMTH tour dates and places they can buy tickets. I believe that small tricks like these make the website appear more realistic and can also attract a wider audience.
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SPIE To Acquire Photonex, UK’s Top Optics and Photonics Exhibition
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, including Photonex Europe, Photonex Scotland, Photonex London, and Vacuum Expo
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA and CARDIFF, UK - SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, tradeshow organizer of key photonics exhibitions and conferences in the UK including Photonex Europe, Vacuum Expo, Graphene Expo, and a range of regional photonics roadshows and university exhibitions. The acquisition expands SPIE activities in Europe, adding to established technical events in numerous locations — including Germany, France, and the Czech Republic — which are supported by the SPIE Europe office in Cardiff, UK. With an international constituency of individuals and companies from over 170 countries, SPIE will bring worldwide visibility to Photonex Europe, the UK's premier photonics exhibition.
Photonex Europe, which began in 1992, is an annual exhibit showcasing the latest technologies and developments in the photonics field, including biophotonics, fiber optics, imaging, lasers, microscopy, opto-electronics, and quantum photonics. The two-day event brings together supplier companies, consultants, industry leaders, and researchers from across the world. The 2019 event will take place 9 and 10 of October in Coventry, UK. Co-located with Photonex Europe are the Enlighten Conference and Vacuum Expo: the latter will bring together the industrial and scientific vacuum community for its 10th annual exhibition, training, and conference.
"As the international society for optics and photonics, SPIE is excited to have this opportunity to enhance the UK's top event in our field," said SPIE CEO Kent Rochford. "We see great potential when experts, suppliers, buyers, scientists, and engineers from across the globe meet to discuss new challenges and solutions, and we're thrilled that Xmark Media reached out to us to help strengthen support for the photonics community in the UK by including Photonex in the SPIE portfolio."
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Doncic records triple-double, Mavericks beat Warriors 126-91
Dallas Mavericks forward Luka Doncic, right, dribbles as Golden State Warriors guard Quinn Cook (4) defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/John Hefti)
Dallas Mavericks guard Ryan Broekhoff reacts after scoring a three-point basket against the Golden State Warriors in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/John Hefti)
OAKLAND, Calif. — Luka Doncic had a triple-double, Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-best 21 points in a rare start and the Dallas Mavericks capitalized on Stephen Curry's absence to beat the Golden State Warriors 126-91 on Saturday night.
Golden State dropped out of the top seed in the Western Conference to a half-game behind Denver. With Curry resting, Kevin Durant had 25 points and DeMarcus Cousins scored 19. The Warriors were 4 for 30 from 3-point range, with Durant going 0 for 8 and Klay Thompson missing all four of his tries.
Doncic had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Dallas had dropped 12 straight in Oakland since its previous victory in April 2012.
The Mavs never trailed and built their lead to 43 early in the final quarter. Maxi Kleber had 16 points and Ryan Broekhoff added 17 off the bench for Dallas, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
HAWKS 129, 76ERS 127
ATLANTA — Trae Young scored 32 points, including a last-second, go-ahead floater, as Atlanta ended Philadelphia's six-game winning streak.
With 3.5 seconds remaining, Young took the inbound pass from Kevin Huerter and dribbled past Jimmy Butler before sinking the short, soft jumper for the lead with 0.1 seconds remaining. Butler missed a long attempt as the final buzzer sounded.
Taurean Prince had 23 points for Atlanta.
Joel Embiid had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and Butler had 25 points for Philadelphia.
The 76ers began the night with a solid hold on third place in the Eastern Conference, 3½ games ahead of Indiana and four games ahead of Boston.
JAZZ 114, BULLS 83
CHICAGO — Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Utah rolled to one of its most lopsided wins of the season.
The 31-point margin of victory was just three shy of Utah's season high. The Jazz raced out to a 70-36 halftime lead and never looked back in winning for the sixth time in seven games.
Donovan Mitchell added 16 points and eight rebounds. Derrick Favors scored 13.
Lauri Markkanen led Chicago with 18 points and 10 rebounds. He made just 6 of 20 shots, and the Bulls delivered one of their worst performances in a rough season.
TIMBERWOLVES 112, GRIZZLIES 99
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Karl-Anthony Towns had 33 points and 23 rebounds, and Minnesota ended a five-game slide with a win over Memphis.
Andrew Wiggins added 22 points and rookie Josh Okogie had 17 as Minnesota, eliminated from the playoffs Friday night, ended its longest losing streak of the season. All five Minnesota starters reached double figures in scoring.
Mike Conley led Memphis with 23 points, and Jonas Valanciunas had 20 points and 14 rebounds.
HEAT 113, WIZARDS 108
WASHINGTON — Dwyane Wade scored 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, helping Miami remain alone in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Wade also had nine rebounds while scoring in double digits for a ninth consecutive game.
Dion Waiters added 19 points and Josh Richardson had 18 for Miami, which remained a game ahead of Orlando in the race for the East's last playoff spot. Bam Adebayo had 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Jeff Green scored 25 points for Washington, which has lost four straight. Thomas Bryant had 17 points, Bobby Portis Jr. added 14 and both grabbed 11 rebounds. The 11th-place Wizards fell 6 1/2 games behind Miami with eight to play.
HORNETS 124, CELTICS 117
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kemba Walker scored 18 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth quarter and the Charlotte rallied to beat Boston.
It was Walker's 23rd game of 30 or more points this season. He added 11 rebounds and nine assists.
Rookie Miles Bridges scored a career-high 20 points, Marvin Williams and Malik Monk added 13 points apiece and Dwayne Bacon scored 11.
Charlotte won its second straight, improved to 33-39 and kept its faint postseason hopes alive.
Kyrie Irving led Boston with 31 points. Jaylen Brown added 29 points and Marcus Morris 15. The Celtics (43-30) lost their third straight game despite hitting 19 3-pointers.
TRAIL BLAZERS 117, PISTONS 112
PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard had 28 points, nine assists and six rebounds as Portland beat Detroit for its third straight win.
Al-Farouq Aminu scored 22 points, including nine points in the fourth quarter as the Portland rallied from a six-point deficit.
Blake Griffin led the Pistons with 27 points and six assists.
KINGS 112, SUNS 103
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Buddy Hield had 25 points and set the franchise season record for 3-pointers in Sacramento's win over Phoenix.
Hield made 7 of 14 from beyond the arc, giving him 245 3-pointers this season. That surpassed the mark of 240 set by Peja Stojakovic in 2003-04. The Kings made 17 3s overall.
Harrison Barnes scored seven of his 25 points over the final three minutes, Nemanja Bjelica had 13 points and 17 rebounds, and De'Aaron Fox added 13 points and nine assists for Sacramento. Marvin Bagley III put up 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Devin Booker scored 32 points and Deandre Ayton had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Phoenix.
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Greatest Moments in NFL Playoff History: Moments 1-10
Posted on January 08, 2010 by A.J. Foss
The miracle reception by Franco Harris led to the first of many playoff victories for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
We have spent the last week counting down the top 50 moments in NFL Playoff History (since the beginning of the Super Bowl era in 1966), but it is now time to look at the “Best of the Best.”
So, here is the top 10 of the 50 Most Memorable NFL Playoff Moments.
10. 1999 AFC Wild Card Game-Bills vs. Titans “The Music City Miracle”
The Buffalo Bills appeared on their way to a victory over the Tennessee Titans when Steve Christie made a 41-yard field goal to give Buffalo a 16-15 lead with 16 seconds to go.
All the Bills had to do was kickoff to the Titans and not allow a big return and they would advance to the next round.
On the kickoff, Christie hit a pooch kick that was caught by Titans fullback Lorenzo Neal at the Titans’ 25-yard line. Neal handed the ball off to tight end Frank Wycheck who turned toward the left sideline and threw it back to wide receiver Kevin Dyson.
Dyson caught it and then ran 75 yards for a shocking touchdown with three seconds left.
The play was reviewed to see if Wycheck’s pass was a backwards lateral or a forward pass. If it were forward, it would negate the touchdown and give the game to the Bills.
Replays seemed to show the pass was parallel, not going forward or backwards, thus making it a lateral in referee Phil Luckett’s mind who upheld the decision.
The Music City Miracle gave Tennessee a 22-16 win and propelled them to their first Super Bowl.
9. 1987 AFC Championship Game-Browns vs. Broncos “The Fumble”
Browns running back Earnest Byner appears on his way for game-tying touchdown after taking a handoff from Bernie Kosar at the Broncos 8-yard-line with 1:12 remaining in regulation.
But at the 3-yard-line, Byner is stripped of the ball by Broncos defensive back Jeremiah Castille, forcing a fumble that is recovered by Castille.
The Broncos go on to win the game 38-33 after taking an intentional safety, and advance to their second consecutive Super Bowl.
Despite gaining 187 all-purpose yards and scoring 2 touchdowns, Byner is seen as the goat of the Browns’ second straight heartbreaking loss in the AFC Championship Game to the Broncos.
8. 1974 AFC Divisional Playoff-Dolphins vs. Raiders “The Sea of Hands”
Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler throws an 8-yard touchdown pass to running back Clarence Davis with 24 seconds to play, for the game-winning touchdown in a 28-26 win over the Miami Dolphins.
The touchdown catch by Clarence Davis ended the two-year championship run of the Miami Dolphins.
The touchdown occurs on a 2nd-and-4 from the 8-yard-line when Stabler has to scramble from the pocket after looking for Fred Biletnikoff who is covered in the back of the end zone. Stabler is pursued by Dolphins defensive end Vern Den Herder, who ends up getting his arms around the legs of Stabler to drag him down.
But before his knee hits the ground, Stabler lofts a desperation pass into the end zone that appears to be heading toward three Dolphins defenders, until Davis fights his way through the “sea of hands” to come away with the catch for the winning touchdown and ending the Dolphins’ two-year reign as NFL Champions and three-year reign as AFC Champions.
7. 2001 AFC Divisional Playoff-Raiders vs. Patriots “The Tuck Rule”
NFL fans were introduced to the “tuck rule” during this AFC Divisional Playoff that was played in a heavy snowstorm in the final game ever at Foxboro Stadium.
Late in the fourth quarter and trailing 13-10, the Patriots were at the Raiders’ 42-yard line when quarterback Tom Brady was drilled by Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson, causing a fumble which was recovered by linebacker Greg Biekert, seeming to end the Patriots’ hopes for victory.
However, the play was reviewed by the officials and after watching the replays, referee Walt Coleman ruled Brady’s arm was moving forward, making it an incomplete pass and letting the Patriots keep the ball.
The fumble was overturned because of the “tuck rule” where a ball is ruled incomplete after a quarterback starts a forward motion, even though Brady was bringing the ball back into his hands.
Nevertheless, the Patriots kept the ball and Brady drove New England inside the Raiders’ 30-yard line where Adam Vinatieri drilled a 45-yard field goal through the snow to tie the game at 13 with 27 seconds left in regulation and send the game into overtime.
Vinatieri then made a 23-yard field goal in overtime to give the Patriots a 16-13 win.
6. 1992 AFC Wild Card Game-Oilers vs. Bills “The Comeback”
Eight years after leading the Maryland Terripans back from a 31-0 deficit to the Miami Hurricanes in the greatest comeback in college football history, quarterback Frank Reich leads the Buffalo Bills to the greatest comeback in NFL history.
The game winning field goal by Steve Christie completed the Bills comeback from down 35-3.
Trailing 35-3 to the Houston Oilers with 13:19 to play in the third quarter, Reich and the Bills score 35 unanswered points to take their first lead of the game with 3:08 to go in the fourth quarter after a 17-yard touchdown pass from Reich to Andre Reed.
Warren Moon, who threw four touchdown passes in the first half, leads the Oilers on a 63-yard drive to set up Al Del Greco’s 26-yard field goal that tied the game at 38-38 and force the game into overtime.
The Oilers win the coin toss but Moon is intercepted on the third play by Nate Odomes, giving the Bills a first down at the Oilers 20-yard-line following a 15-yard facemask penalty on Oilers receiver Haywood Jefferies.
Three plays later, kicker Steve Christie kicks a 32-yard field goal to give the Bills a 41-38 victory and completing the greatest comeback in NFL history.
5. 1986 AFC Championship-Broncos vs. Browns “The Drive”
Following a 48-yard touchdown pass from Bernie Kosar to Brian Brennan that put them behind 20-13, the Broncos muff the ensuing kickoff and end up taking over the ball at their own 2-yard-line with 5:32 to play in the game.
That is when the legend of John Elway began as he lead the Broncos on a 15-play, 98-yard drive, which ends with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Elway to Mark Jackson, tying the game at 20-20 with 37 seconds left in regulation.
Then in overtime, Elway and the Broncos drive 60 yards on nine plays to set up Rich Karlis’ game-winning 33-yard field goal to send the Broncos to the Super Bowl with a 23-20 overtime victory.
4. 1981 AFC Divisional Playoff-Chargers vs. Dolphins “The Epic in Miami”
After the first quarter, this divisional playoff between the San Diego Chargers and the Miami Dolphins appear to be one of the worst playoff games of all time.
The Chargers jumped out to a 24-0 lead thanks two Miami turnovers that lead to touchdowns and a 59-yard punt return for a touchdown by Wes Chandler.
Kellen Winslow caught 13 passes and blocked a potential game winning field goal.
However, the Dolphins stormed back in the second quarter behind quarterback Don Strock, who replaced starter David Woodley, and lead the Dolphins to 17 unanswered points in the second quarter, including a “hook and lateral” on the final play of the first half when Strock hit Duriel Harris on the Chargers 25, who then lateral to running back Tony Nathan, who ran in untouched for the touchdown.
The Dolphins finally took the lead on the first play of the fourth quarter with a 12-yard touchdown run by Nathan that put Miami ahead 38-31.
Late in the fourth quarter, the Dolphins were driving for a potential game-icing score when fullback Andra Franklin fumbled, that was recovered by Chargers safety Pete Shaw at his own 18-yard line with 4:39 to go in regulation.
Led by quarterback Dan Fouts, the Chargers drove to the nine-yard-line where Fouts lofted a pass to the back of the end zone that was intended for tight end Kellen Winslow.
The ball sailed over Winslow’s head, but was caught by running back James Brooks that tied the game 38-38 with 58 seconds remaining.
Following a squib kick on the ensuing kickoff, the Dolphins drove 34 yards to the San Diego 26-yard-line where kicker Uwe von Schamann came on to attempt a 43-yard field goal with four seconds left.
But the block is kicked by tight end Kellen Winslow, sending the game into overtime where the Chargers have a chance to win the game with after winning the coin toss and marching down to the Dolphins’ ten-yard line.
But Rolf Benirschke hooks his 27-yard field goal to the left, keeping the Dolphins’ chances of winning alive.
Then, the Chargers blocked another von Schamann field goal, this time by defensive lineman LeRoy Jones giving the ball back to the Chargers at their 16-yard line.
Fouts then lead the Chargers 74 yards to the Miami ten-yard-line, setting up a second chance for Benirschke to win the game.
This time, Benirschke’s kick is true as his 29-yard field goal ends the game after 73 minutes and 52 seconds of play.
The defining image of this 41-38 classic comes after the game when Winslow, who finished the game with 13 receptions for 166 yards and one touchdown, is carried on the shoulders of two of his teammates because of his exhaustion and cramping from the heat and humidity of Miami.
3. 1967 NFL Championship Game-Cowboys vs. Packers “The Ice Bowl”
In a rematch of their 1966 NFL Championship Game, the Cowboys and the Packers play a classic game that is revered by NFL fans because of the conditions it was played in.
The game time temperature was -13 with a wind chill of -35, making this game the coldest game in NFL history.
The heating system underneath the grass surface at Lambeau Field failed, making the playing surface a sheet of ice and limiting traction for the players.
The Packers seem to adapt to the conditions better as they jump out to a 14-0 lead, but the Cowboys storm back and take a 17-14 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter when running back Dan Reeves throws a 50-yard touchdown pass to Lance Rentzel.
With 4:50 left and still behind by three points, the Packers get the ball at their own 32-yard-line, where they begin their last drive of the game.
Quarterback Bart Starr leads the Packers to the Cowboys’ one-yard-line where running back Donny Anderson was stopped twice from crossing the goal line, primarily because he could not keep his footing on the icy field.
After Anderson’s second run, Starr called the Packers’ last timeout with 16 seconds remaining and told coach Vince Lombardi that he could sneak it in for the touchdown.
Lombardi told Starr “Well, run it and let’s get the hell out of here”.
Starr snuck it in for the 1-yard touchdown thanks to a great block by guard Jerry Kramer on Cowboys defensive tackle Jethro Pugh, giving the Packers a 21-17 victory and their fifth NFL championship in seven years.
Two weeks later, the Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in Super Bowl II in Vince Lombardi’s last game as head coach of the Packers.
2. 1981 NFC Championship Game-Cowboys vs. 49ers “The Catch”
In a play that started the team of the 80’s, 49ers quarterback Joe Montana throws a 6-yard touchdown pass to Dwight Clark with 51 seconds to go, that gives the 49ers a 28-27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, and sending San Francisco to its first Super Bowl.
"The Catch" lifted the 49ers to their first Super Bowl.
The touchdown itself is legendary because of the difficulty of the throw by Montana and the catch by Clark.
Trailing 27-21 with 4:54 left in the game, the 49ers had the ball at their own 11-yard-line when Montana leads his team down 83 yards to set up a 3rd-and-3 from the six-yard-line.
That is where coach Bill Walsh called for “Sprint Right Option” a rollout pass to Freddie Solomon, which had produced a touchdown in the first quarter for the 49ers.
However, the play broke down immediately as Solomon coming off the line of scrimmage and Cowboys lineman Ed “Too Tall” Jones, D.D. Lewis, and Larry Bethea, all got pressure on Montana, forcing to scramble toward the right sideline.
Under the intense pressure, Montana throws a pass off his back foot that appears to be too high for anyone to catch and go out of bounds.
But at the back of the end zone was Clark, who jumped as high as he could to make a fingertip catch for the touchdown that put the 49ers ahead and produced the sixth lead change of the game.
While Clark’s catch is the most significant play of this game, many fans do not remember what happened when the Cowboys got the ball following “The Catch”.
On 1st-and-10 from the Dallas 25, quarterback Danny White found Drew Pearson across the field on a post pattern and nothing but green grass in front of him and the end zone when cornerback Eric Wright came in and tackled Pearson by the neck of his jersey with just one finger, bringing him down at the 49ers’ 44-yard line.
On the very next play, White is sacked by Lawrence Pillars, forcing a fumble that is recovered by defensive end Jim Stuckey, preserving the 28-27 victory.
Two weeks later, the 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 26-21 to win their first of four Super Bowls in the 1980s.
1. 1972 AFC Divisional Playoff-Raiders vs. Steelers “The Immaculate Reception”
It is the most memorable and controversial touchdown in NFL history. It is the “Immaculate Reception” a play that changed the fortunes of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers were playing in their first playoff game in 25 years as they host the Oakland Raiders in a Divisional Playoff game.
The game was a defensive struggle as the Steelers lead 6-0 thanks to two field goals by Roy Gerela until Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler scored on a 30-yard touchdown run with 1:17 left in the game to give Oakland a 7-6 lead.
The Steelers had one last chance as they faced a 4th-and-10 at their own 40-yard-line with 22 seconds to go when head coach Chuck Noll called “66 Circle Option” a pass intended for rookie wide receiver Barry Pearson.
After taking the snap, quarterback Terry Bradshaw was forced to avoid the rush of Raiders lineman Tony Cline and Horace Jones, then fired a pass downfield to fullback John “Frenchy” Fuqua, who was at the Raiders’ 35-yard-line.
But as the ball was coming toward Fuqua, Raiders safety Jack Tatum came in and struck Fuqua, knocking him to the ground, and sending the ball backwards, where it appeared on its way to an incomplete pass.
That is when Steelers rookie running back Franco Harris, who run downfield after missing his block, scooped up the ball before it hit the ground at the Raiders’ 42, who runs down the left sideline for a 60-yard touchdown with five seconds left.
Steelers fans came out of the stands and mobbed the Steelers, even though the referees had not signaled touchdown.
The referees then went to the dugout to call Art McNally, the NFL supervisor of officials, to look at a video monitor to see if Tatum had touched the ball when he collided with Fuqua.
In 1972, it was illegal for two consecutive offensive players to touch the ball unless a defensive player touched the ball in between the two offensive players.
However, replays seemed inconclusive and a few minutes later, the head referee, Fred Swearingen came out of the dugout and signaled touchdown, giving the Steelers an improbable 13-7 victory, their first ever postseason victory.
While the Steelers lost in the AFC Championship Game the next week to the undefeated Miami Dolphins, the Steelers would go on to win four Super Bowls in the next six years to go down as one of the greatest dynasties in NFL history.
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We believe that St Chad’s RC Primary School provides good education for all our children, and that the Head Teacher and other staff work very hard to build positive relationships with all parents. However, the school is obliged to have procedures in place in case there are complaints by parents. The following policy sets out the procedure that the school follows in such cases.
If any parent is unhappy with the education that their child is receiving, or has any concern relating to the school, we encourage that person to talk to the child’s class teacher immediately.
We deal with all complaints in accordance with procedures set out by the LA. If the school cannot resolve any complaint itself, those concerned can ask the LA to intervene.
All parents have the right, as a last resort, to appeal to the Secretary of State for Education, if they still feel that their complaint has not been properly addressed.
Our school aims to be fair, open and honest when dealing with any complaint. We give careful consideration to all complaints and deal with them as swiftly as possible. We aim to resolve any complaint through dialogue and mutual understanding and, in all cases we put the interest of the child above all other issues. We provide sufficient opportunity for any complaint to be fully discussed, and then resolved.
The complaints process
If a parent is concerned about anything to do with the education that we are providing at our school, they should, in the first instance, discuss the matter with their child’s class teacher. Most matters of concern can be dealt with in this way. All teachers work very hard to ensure that each child is happy at school, and is making good progress; they always want to know if there is a problem so that they can take action before the problem seriously affects the child’s progress.
Where a parent feels that a situation has not been resolved through contact with the class teacher, or that their concern is of a sufficiently serious nature, the complaint should be made in writing to the Head teacher. The Head teacher considers any complaint very seriously and investigates each case thoroughly. Most complaints are normally resolved at this stage.
If a parent is unhappy with the outcome or if a parent has a complaint about the Head teacher, they can make a formal complaint and they should write to the Chair of Governors, who is obliged to investigate it. The Governor in question will do all they can to resolve the issue through a dialogue with the school, but, as outlined below.
This complaint must be made in writing, stating the nature of the complaint and how the school has handled it so far. The parent should send this written complaint to the Chair of Governors.
The Governing Body must consider all written complaints within three weeks of receipt. It arranges a meeting to discuss the complaint, and invites the person making it to attend the meeting, so that they can explain her complaint in more detail. The school gives the complainant at least three day’s notice of the meeting.
After hearing all the evidence, the Governors consider their decision and inform the parent about it in writing. The Governors do all they can at this stage to resolve the complaint to the parent’s satisfaction.
If the complaint is not resolved, a parent may make representation to the LA. Further information about this process is available on the LA’s website. A further meeting is chaired by an independent person, who considers all the evidence and makes a further judgement in an attempt to resolve the complaint.
If a parent is still not content that the complaint has been dealt with properly, then they are entitled to appeal to the Secretary of State for Education.
The Governors monitor the complaints procedure, in order to ensure that all complaints are handled properly. The Head teacher logs all complaints received by the school and records how they were resolved. Governors examine this log on an annual basis.
Governors take into account any local or national decisions that affect the complaints process, and make any modifications necessary to this policy. This policy is made available to all parents, so that they can be properly informed about the complaints process.
Dated: October 2018
REVIEW DATE: October 2019
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Chinese memories
Walking at Fuli Ancient town alleys, I heard a music coming from an open door.
It was a small shop at a home, selling lighters, soap, cigarettes, candies... little things of everyday life of the village.
I though it was a radio playing an old Chinese song. Curious, slowly, put my head inside. I discovered that the beautiful song was coming from the her, the owner.
No spoken words, but a body language talk, the lady allowed to shot her portraits while I was fascinated with the magic sound of her handmade erhu, the scenery, it's particular smell, and well... her Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan's 23 t-shirt.
Relaxed, concentrated on the music, almost ignoring my presence, she didn't stop a second.
It was impossible not start wondering about how the fast Chinese development will affect these people, the town, their culture.
The Erhu
The story tells that during the decades of 30 and 40 of the last century, at the Chinese city of Wuxi, a blind street musician was always seen playing an instrument with two strings and begging on the streets. Passers-by delighted with those tunes, stopped to listen.
The artist began to be known as "the Blind ABing". The instrument he played was the famous Erhu, also known as Chinese violin. Even today, whenever people talk about the erhu, they also speak of the Blind Abing, the two are inseparable in the minds of many Chinese.
Fuli is a Ming Dynasty town built on the Li River's northern banks.
The village has a history of 800 years, narrow, winding cobblestone streets and ancient temples.
> Alley at Fuli Ancient Town, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Marcadores: China, chinese, culture, development, erhu, Guangxi, memory, social changes, social impact, tradition, travel
> Village on the suburban area of Guangzhou city, China.
Marcadores: Canton, China, chinese, Guandong, Guangzhou, village
Exhibition "Education is a right: non-discrimination in Latin America and the Caribbean"
I made this picture a few years ago (2005), during the Brazilian celebration of Children's Day, where the ngo Children at Risk Foundation (CARF - Rede Cultural Beija Flor) developed a series of educational and cultural activities with children and youth in the region of Diadema, periphery of Sao Paulo.
This picture and the following two images, relating to the same topic, will participate this month in an exhibition that depicts the diversity within the school environment in Latin America and Caribbean.
"Held by CLADE in the campaign for non-discrimination in education, the traveling exhibit will bring together 36 images captured in different countries.
Give visibility to the issue of discrimination in education is crucial in order to recognize its existence and to think of ways to overcome this reality. In Brazil, for example, 97% of people recognize have some kind of prejudice against different groups in the school environment (FIFE). Thinking about it, CLADE held at the Memorial da América Latina a photographic exhibition in May.
With the theme "Education is a Right: the Non-Discrimination in Latin America and the Caribbean", the exhibition curated by photographer Maíra Soares, which brought together 36 images by clicking the various countries of Latin America and the Caribbean by names such as Brazilian photographer Gilvan Barreto and Argentina's Néstor López. The launch of the show, May 3rd, follows the opening of the 6th Assembly of CLADE.
The realization of the right to education for indigenous and Afro-descended, by people with disabilities, persons deprived of their liberty, pregnant teenagers and adults as well as the contexts of the field and on the periphery of cities are represented through the images. Wins highlighted the current situation in Haiti.
"The pictures show scenes of everyday school life in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, giving visibility to the reality of groups and individuals who have been systematically discriminated against, in and out of education. Thus, while the exhibition wants to celebrate the difference, you also want to point out the challenges that remain, even 10 years after the commitments to Education for All signed in Dakar, so that the right to education is realized for all people" says Camilla Croso, general coordinator of CLADE.
On May 6, from 10am to 12pm, the event has the participation of the UN's special rapporteur on the right to education, Vernor Muñoz, receiving the public, especially students and tutors, for a discussion of the topic discrimination in education.
In theaters until May 29, the exhibition is touring and will be displayed later in other countries of Latin America and the Caribbean."
(text: website from CLADE campaign)
"Education is a right: non-discrimination in Latin America and the Caribbean"
At the Memorial of Latin America from 3 to 29, May, 2010.
Other images from this exhibition and media news (Brazilian links):
• Exposição discute discriminação na educação na América Latina e Caribe - Notícias R7
• Encontro debate educação na América Latina e Caribe - Educação IG
• Exposição mostra a realidade das escolas da América Latina - Educação UOL
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Senator Dave Syverson Says State Police Providing More Concealed Carry Details
SPRINGFIELD– With many uncertainties concerning the new Right-to-Carry law in Illinois, Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) is encouraging local residents to visit a new Illinois State Police (ISP) Web site specifically created to answer some of the most common questions about the new law.
Visit the ISP Web site at http://www.isp.state.il.us and follow the “Concealed Carry” link in the right sidebar for information on qualifying and applying for a license, associated costs, regulations and prohibitions and more.
“Whether they are interested in applying for a license or not, we’re finding out many people have questions about the law. The State Police site is a good place to learn more about the details of the law, the upcoming application process, and the necessary requirements to obtain a license,” said Senator Syverson.
The Web site also provides information on necessary firearms training, the type of firearms residents will be allowed to carry, information for businesses and property owners, and how long it may take to receive a concealed carry license.
Syverson says while ISP has begun working on establishing the licensure process, at this time it is still illegal to carry a concealed weapon in Illinois.
“The state police are currently taking necessary time to put the law into place so they can be sure the process for licensure runs as smoothly as possible for everyone, and that those who receive a license meet the mandatory qualifications,” Syverson said. “I encourage gun owners to be patient while this process takes place.”
ISP estimated that it could take six months to set up the system, and another three months to process and screen applicants.
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Yr City's a Sucker 12"
LCD Soundsystem's "Yeah" single was judged by many to be the underground dance anthem of 2004 and was included in almost every Top 10 Singles List floating around at 2004 year's end. A pretty tough act to follow. But look, jackass, that's what everyone said about "Losing My Edge." So calm down and quit nitpicking everything to death. Jeez. With the LCD Soundsystem debut full length double-CD dropping (via A Major Label) in America February 15, 2005, DFA Records takes what was meant as a UK B-Side for the album's first single "Movement" and gives it the good ol' 12-inch vinyl treatment, with vocal and instrumental versions. Both the rock and dance genres are given equal time and respect and the song morphs and chants its way into a giggling, grooving stew. The vocal version has been added to the debut album, but this 12-inch is USA-only and exclusive to DFA Records.
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Beto O’Rourke Says He Regrets “Vanity Fair” Cover To Announce Running In 2020
Beto O’Rourke Regrets How He Announced His 2020 Running Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who has been slipping in the polls, says he regrets appearing on the cover of...
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Beto O’Rourke Regrets How He Announced His 2020 Running
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who has been slipping in the polls, says he regrets appearing on the cover of “Vanity Fair.” The former Texas congressman, who gained enthusiastic grassroots support when he ran for the U.S. Senate last fall, says appearing in Vanity Fair reinforced “a perception of privilege.”
Beto expressed his regrets on “The View” this week. “Would you say those are mistakes, being on the cover of Vanity Fair?” host Joy Behar asked O’Rourke. “It looks elitist? What?”
“Yeah, I think it reinforces that perception of privilege,” O’Rourke replied. “And that headline that said I was ‘born to be in this’ in the article — I was attempting to say that I felt that my calling was in public service. No one is born to be president of the United States of America, least of all me.”
O’Rourke’s appearance on “The View” is part of his efforts to reach more voters. O’Rourke has slipped below 10 percent support in most polls, lagging behind Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren as the top 2020 Democratic contender.
O’Rourke is also trying to shed the perception that he relies on “privilege” to get ahead, tapping an African-American woman, Stacy Abrams, as a potential running mate.
“O’Rourke’s comments come days after he floated the name of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams as a possible running mate,” Politico reported. “Abrams has said she is weighing her own presidential bid and will not enter the race for the White House as a vice presidential candidate, amid buzz that she was in talks with Biden’s camp to do just that in March.”
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Shanghai Gongjin
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Founded in October 2008 as a wholly owned subsidiary of T&W in the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Gongjin Communications Technology Co., Ltd. is dedicated to the research and development of communication technologies. By virtue of the overall strength of the headquarter, the strong production ability of Taicang T&W and its world-wide service network, it is able to meet the demands of major telecommunication clients both at home and abroad under the mode of OEM, ODM. Shanghai Gongjin has been awarded the title of “Hi-Tech Enterprise” and possesses a large number of outstanding R&D, marketing and management professionals.
Shanghai Gongjin is specialized in R&D and the sales of PON access terminal products, 3G terminal products, LTE terminal products, EOC access products, and other products, among which GPON and LTE products are its foremost products and have been widely recognized.
Widely open to talents from all over the world, Shanghai Gongjin is committed to building a professional R&D team and striving to become an international first-class company with the efforts of all the employees.
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Posted on January 7, 2019 January 7, 2019 by Patrick Greatbatch
Dev Blog 07 – Postmortem of Frequency
I am proud to have launched Frequency on the last day of 2018. It is the first game I created from start to finish as project lead. I’ve worked in games for eight years now, but always on someone else’s project or as part of a larger team. Frequency was the first time I was in charge of the production, and I am immensely proud — and rather surprised — that it was ever finished.
Frequency started as a simple project intended to take a few months work, but it got away from me, ballooned out of proportion and sat dormant for over six months.
When I started the project in early 2018 with the help of Braydon Beaulieu, under the title “Natural Language”, we wanted to make a short, contained ARG with a distinct set of restraints. We had a clear idea of the game flow and production rollout. But as so often happens with personal projects, I jumped into the details of the work that I enjoyed most, creating complex puzzles and a detailed visual aesthetic before we even had a basic gameplay loop tested.
As I developed the puzzles, the list of features needed for the game’s central website increased, as did the playtime and difficulty level. What began as an ARG contained within a single website and email with a 1-3 hour playtime became a website, two auto-response emails, plus audio and video content with a playtime of 10-15 hours. Continuing to add features and content felt like progress, since I was working with no time constraints and had no sense of my skills (or lack thereof) in website development.
In April, life caught up to the project, and suddenly I had no free time on my hands. The game, which was perhaps a third finished based on the new elaborate plans, sat untouched for months. I would occasionally consider finishing it, but now in the abstract, unspecified future. In late November 2018, I was looking back on my year, and looking ahead to future projects, and I decided to finish Natural Language before the end of the year. That way, I could start the new year fresh.
When I first sat down to reread all the content, I was expecting to find scattered scraps, barely held together with a barebones narrative arc. Instead, I found most of the puzzles complete, drafts of every single web page written and nearly all visual content ready and waiting. About 80% of the game was finished, with the remaining sections simply marked with “need something here” or “figure this out” notes. Taking the time to reread all the content and reacquaint myself with the puzzles, I realized that the game could be quickly and easily finished up, simply with a little editing and removal of all the extraneous components I’d added on mid-production.
The first thing I cut were the email accounts. For the sake of simplicity, I removed all external communication and had the player focus exclusively on the website, receiving and solving puzzles in the same place. A convoluted gameplay loop with multiple possibilities for things to go wrong was dropped in favour of a single delivery method for everything.
I then reviewed the puzzle rollout and the difficulty ramp. My original plans for a 1-3 hour game involved about eight puzzles, ranging from very easy to mildly difficult. The working draft had 15 semi-complete puzzles starting simply but quickly ramping up to an intensely difficult plateau. I cut all the hardest immediately and looked to combine elements of others together to form a more gradual difficulty grade. Most importantly, I reintegrated all puzzles within the context of the narrative, removing anything that was there for its own sake. In the end, there are nine puzzles in the final game.
The story itself needed to be simplified as well, along with the means in which it was delivered. Once again, I removed all external content and focused on the website text and images alone (except one small excerpt that had to be external for narrative reasons). I simplified the plot to fit the more linear medium and removed secondary characters to focus on the relationships between the two AIs and the player. The final product was less grandiose than I had initially intended, but that was probably for the best. Braydon did a final pass on all the written content, and then it was ready to integrate into the site.
The final hurdle was the true interactive elements between the player and the AI. While the simple answer delivery system worked well for the majority of puzzles, there were certain story points which required a more interactive method. Wix, which I used to build the website, had limited options for chatbots or other user text input, and I know next to nothing about website coding, so I turned to the one bit of interactive software I knew well – Twine. I wrote mini Twine files with password boxes that displayed custom messages based on the input, and hosted them in nestled windows within the main larger webpage of the game. It worked like a charm. And with that, I was ready to put the pieces together and launch the game, on December 31st, 2018.
I learned a lot from this project, more than I had imagined I would. Most importantly, I learned the importance of sticking to my own constraints and project guidelines, treating them as though they were imposed by an external force. It is far too easy to continue expanding a game and adding new features and content without first solidifying the basics, and this can get out of hand quickly. The second thing I came away with was a understanding of the importance of distance. When I was deep into production, I lost track of the size of the project and it seemed infinite in scope. Therefore, when I had to stop working on the game, I still had it in my head that the project was huge, and therefore returning to work on it would require monumental time commitment. It wasn’t until I made myself return to the project that the smaller scale and ease of completion became apparent. The entire process has me invigorated and ready to start my next project based on the feedback I receive from the game. Please let me know what you thought of Frequency. You can can reach me here.
All images from Frequency, made using Pixel Sorting tools by Diego F. Goberna
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District 17 — U.S. House of Representatives
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Close the Wage Gap. Millions of hardworking Americans have experienced decades of wage stagnation. In my first term, I introduced the GAIN act, which would double the Earned Income Tax Credit for working families.
Expand Access to Education. I passed legislation that would expand access to apprenticeship & tech training programs for veterans. I also co-sponsored the College for All Act, to make public college affordable.
Ban PAC & Lobbyist Money. Special interest campaign contributions have corrupted our democratic process. I have pledged to never take a dime from special interest groups. I co-founded the No-PAC caucus to encourage my colleagues to join me.
Profession:Congressman
Member, United States House of Repersentatives — Elected position (2016–current)
Lecturer in Economics, Stanford University (2012–2016)
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Smart Utility Systems (2015–2016)
Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati (2011–2014)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce, United States Department of Commerce — Appointed position (2009–2011)
Yale Law School — Juris Doctor (J.D.), Intellectual Property Law (2001)
University of Chicago — Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics (1998)
Founder, Agents of Change, a student run volunteer group (2017–current)
Mentor, We the People at Irvington High School (2016–2016)
Congressman Ro Khanna, 41, is a Representative of California’s 17th District in Congress’ 115th session. In the 2016 general election, he was elected to Congress. He is one of only six members of Congress who does not accept PAC contributions, continuing his efforts to keep politics and special interest money separate. He serves as a member of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Armed Services in Congress. In Congress, Ro serves as a strong voice for a progressive vision that promotes good jobs and wages for the 17th district and the United States of America.
Like so many families in our area, Ro's parents immigrated to the United States—coming from India to seek opportunity and a better life for their children. Ro was born in Philadelphia in 1976, and learned the value of education and hard work from his parents. Ro’s father studied engineering at the University of Michigan; his mother was a substitute teacher. Ro benefited from a quality public school education and took out student loans to attend great universities, which he is still paying off today. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago, and received a law degree from Yale University.
Ro’s commitment to public service was inspired early on by his grandfather, who told him stories about participating in Gandhi’s independence movement in India and spending several years in jail for promoting human rights. Somewhat serendipitously, Ro became involved in politics while attending the University of Chicago, where he worked on the campaign of a little-known candidate for state Senate named Barack Obama. Later, Ro worked on Obama’s presidential campaign.
In 2009, President Obama appointed Ro to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Ro broke new ground when he organized clean technology trade missions and expanded the Green Embassy program, which allows American clean technology firms to showcase their products in our embassies overseas. Ro also served on the White House Business Council, where he worked with both business and labor for policies that promote to bring back American manufacturing jobs. Under Ro's leadership, American exports grew dramatically.
In 2009 and 2010, Ro took the lead on defending the rights of workers who were being laid off by New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) as the plant closed its doors in Fremont. He played a critical role in securing a $330,000 grant from the federal government for Fremont to find new uses for the abandoned auto plant, in addition to funds for job training programs to help the skilled workers who found themselves out of work and with nowhere to turn. Ro’s strong commitment to the United Auto Workers and the working families in the region is something that he will bring to Congress as he advocates for a collaborative working relationship between organized labor and business leaders.
After leaving the Commerce Department, Ro authored a book on the state of American manufacturing and how to keep it competitive in the global economy. Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America's Future has won widespread praise for its strategies to keep the best companies, jobs, and opportunities in America.
Following his mother’s example, Ro is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Stanford University and an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara Law School.Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the California Workforce Development Board for the State of California, where he served as chair for the Advanced Manufacturing Committee. Ro also served on the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte and has tutored local Irvington High School students in his spare time. His pro bono legal activity includes work with the Mississippi Center for Justice on several contractor fraud cases on behalf of Hurricane Katrina victims.
Ro has been a strong advocate for local issues in our community. He has worked with Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves to reduce odor from the Newby Landfill and to hold Republic accountable. He also worked with Santa Clara City Councilwoman Lisa Gillmor to make sure the San Francisco 49ers did not take over the Youth Soccer Park in Santa Clara. Ro has worked with environmentalists to stand up to Lehigh Cement Plant and insist that the plant be held to modern day envionmental standards.
A long time resident of Fremont, Ro was drawn to Silicon Valley after finishing his education. He and his wife, Ritu Khanna, still currently reside in Fremont. Ritu has been a marketing executive and has a master's degree in Strategic Communications from Columbia University and a B.S. from Georgetown University.
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Congressman Khanna's words that will appear on his candidate statement reflect his political philosophy well. See below for his personal summary on his last two years and what he's committed to doing if he has the honor of being re-elected:
It has been my honor to represent the people of California’s 17th district in the United States Congress. I have worked across the aisle to build an economy that works for all Americans. I have done so while remaining an active voice on local issues affecting our community.
I passed my first law, the VALOR act, which makes it easier for veterans to access apprenticeship programs. To make sure all our children have the skills they need to compete in a global economy, I have also co-sponsored legislation to make public universities and community colleges debt free.
As Vice Chair of the Progressive Caucus, I have fought for equal pay for women, Medicare for All, a reduction of our foreign military entanglements, and comprehensive immigration reform. I have also introduced legislation to double the EITC for working families, helping reduce the wage gap in our country.
Locally, I have hosted monthly town halls in the district. To combat air noise from local airports, I established a roundtable with local leaders and FAA officials committed to finding a solution. To reduce traffic congestion, I have advocated for federal funding for the expansion of BART into San Jose and Santa Clara. Finally, to reduce the rising levels of anxiety among our students, I partnered with local school districts to raise awareness for youth mental health.
I have never taken campaign contributions from PACs, lobbyists or corporations To learn more, please visit www.rokhanna.com
Mental Health for Adolescents
This article was published in the San Francisco Chroncile on January 2nd, 2017. I collaborated with Vicki Abeles, the producer/director of the film “Race to Nowhere” and author of “Beyond Measure: Rescuing an Overscheuled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation” (Simon & Schuster, 2015), and Tarun Galagali, an alumnus of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino
I will take my oath of office today and have the honor of representing Silicon Valley in the U.S. House of Representatives. My political campaign succeeded because of the help of hundreds of students. Their ambition and drive will allow them to flourish, but I am concerned about their well-being.
These students were volunteering because of a genuine passion for giving back to the community. But a few also told me that the campaign work was a release, or as one student put it “a respite from our reality.” And while these young adults may not have used terms like anxiety and depression, I gradually got the sense that their “reality” was sometimes darker than their smiles would suggest.
In the most recent California Healthy Kids Survey, 1 in 3 high school juniors reported feeling chronically sad. An astonishing 1 in 5 freshmen and juniors reported contemplating suicide. The causes of student distress vary, but 1 in 3 teens told the American Psychological Association that stress was a primary driver, and the single biggest cause teens named was school.
A large study commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente confirms that children who experience more serious and lasting stress in their youth are more likely to suffer not only anxiety and depression, but also lung, liver and heart disease as adults. While that research examined severe traumas such as abuse or neglect, psychologists and pediatricians increasingly suspect that chronic, lower-intensity stress, like that caused by constant performance pressure, could cause similar biological strain.
It has become clear that we need to do something. Vicki Abeles and Tarun Galagali have helped me put together a five-point plan:
Collect data annually on student wellness: We need to know precisely what we’re dealing with at each school. Stuart Slavin, a St. Louis University pediatrics professor, pioneered such a survey at Fremont’s Irvington High School, asking students research-backed questions on sleep, stress, anxiety and depression. The results helped guide Irvington administrators in crafting wellness programs. Data makes inaction a costly political decision for officials responsible to constituents.
Create wellness centers: Every school should have a wellness center on site, providing counseling and other services that will help equip students with tools to cultivate good mental health, such as mindfulness. Southern California’s Burbank High School is a guiding example.
Shift school start times to 8:30 a.m.: Sleep matters, especially for children and teens. Yet more than two-thirds of our country’s students get fewer hours than they need. Sleep deprivation is linked with a weaker immune system and higher levels of depression and suicide (not to mention poorer academic performance). Pushing school start times from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends, might be logistically challenging but sensible.
Remake expectations about homework: Homework seems like a given — a central and unquestioned part of a rigorous education. But in truth it is a reflex, borne out of tradition rather than research. Studies suggest that, if homework helps at all, it does so only when assigned in moderation. Today’s runaway homework demands are doing more harm than good. Schools should cap the amount of time students can be required to work after the last bell, granting them the chance for rest and exercise, and returning to families the evening hours that are rightfully theirs.
Defuse the college admissions arms race: There’s little that drives students to experience more stress than the ever-escalating contest to cram their college applications full of more advanced classes and activities than the next applicant. Yet it’s a contest that has little to do with real individual potential or learning. Schools at all levels have a responsibility to intervene. We call on public colleges and universities to cap the number of Advanced Placement classes and activities they will consider on applications.
With the same fervor that we demand our candidates value Medicare and Social Security, we need to ask our public officials to tackle the mental health epidemic afflicting our nation’s children. It is an urgent task.
Expanding Technology Jobs Across America
This was published on March 6th, 2018 in the San Jose Merucry. I wrote it in collaboration with Jed York, the CEO of the 49ers.
Stories that describe the ways in which America’s heartland is divided from its coasts are a dime a dozen. Growing up in manufacturing towns (Jed from Youngstown, Ohio and Ro from Bucks County, Pennsylvania) and living in Silicon Valley, we’ve seen some of those differences. But having met a new generation of businesses and entrepreneurs, we’re witnessing a bridge between the two: the evolution of additive manufacturing. Combining the DNA of a manufacturing town with a digital economy, this new industry shows policymakers and business leaders how we might start to bring our country together.
On Sept. 19, 1977, Youngstown, Ohio experienced a foundational shift in its economy. Before the fateful “Black Monday,” as many still call it, steel manufacturing paid living wages for a generation of adults, carrying them into the middle class. But on that day, one of the biggest steel producers, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, shut down and laid off thousands of employees. A town that was once 170,000 would see 40,000 jobs gone in the same decade. In the last 30 years, median household income has remained flat at around $24,000, and the town has struggled to repopulate.
In 1995, with the help of seed funding provided by the federal government, the Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) was established. Its mission was to focus on companies innovating in the additive manufacturing space. As opposed to traditional manufacturing, additive manufacturing relies on layer-over-layer design and leverages information technology. This new kind of manufacturing reduces costs for companies like GE that build plane parts and helps biomedical manufacturers produce more precise biomedical devices. These kinds of companies tend to heavily populate the larger Mahoning Valley Region, in which Youngstown is located.
So it is no surprise that today America Makes — the leading 3D printing institute in the nation and perhaps world — is based in Youngstown. Portfolio companies coming from YBI and America Makes have generated nearly $39 million revenue and employed 1,842 people. In 2015, YBI was recognized as the No. 1 high-impact incubation program in North America.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are currently 500,000 unfilled tech jobs in advanced manufacturing. A BCG report suggests that there will be an additional 900,000 in this sector due to the continual transformation of our economy. Many won’t require a traditional degree. Rather, the new jobs will require “adaptive skills,” including ones that require access to online technical information, ranging from controlling system queries to resolving issues in an automated diagnosis. “Adaptive skills?” What better term is there for a resilient Youngstown population with a burgeoning appetite for diversification.
At a recent roundtable of venture capitalists and companies in Youngstown hosted by Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, his friend shared an interesting story. A father and his daughter were talking about the future of Youngstown. The father remarked, with an understandable cynicism, that decades of flat wages and job loss would not change overnight because of a handful of new companies. The daughter was more optimistic, saying that during her lifetime the city was steadily getting better, that the number of restaurants had jumped from a few to 17. There’s an undeniable optimism in young folks, whether in Youngstown or San Jose, who are hungry for new opportunities. The scars of deindustrialization are not fresh in their minds. These kids are hopeful about their economic future.
Let’s take steps to justify their optimism. We believe the government needs to aggressively expand our funding for public/private partnerships, and we need to double down on training a new workforce for the jobs of tomorrow. Companies and capital should reach young people in cities and small towns across America. They are ready for us.
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Federal Debt. The Federal Government is over $200 Trillion in debt, when all obligations are considered. Look into the eyes of your children and grandchildren. We will leave them tied-down with an anchor of debt!
We need a new monetary system where each dollar is not created as debt, that accumulates interest. We need "sound money" as to preserve financial liberty. Sound money preserves the middle class.
Our N.A.T.O. allies all have free healthcare and college tuition. That's because we are paying for Defense, to keep the world safe. We must get our N.A.T.O. allies to share, and reduce our own healthcare and college costs.
Profession:I'm a Certified Public Accountant in Fremont, CA.
Partner, C.P.A. Firm in Fremont California (2006–current)
Golden Gate University — Master of Science in Taxation, U.S. Taxation (1986)
University of Illinois, Chicago — Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Accounting (1981)
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Santa Clara County Republican Party / Silicon Valley GOP
Questions from League of Women Voters of California Education Fund (5)
What financing method(s) would you support to repair or improve roads, rails, ports, airports, the electrical grid and other infrastructure in the U.S.?
Answer from Ron Cohen:
Taxpayer's end-up paying for everything, and it is often added to the enormous Federal and State debts that can never be repaid. Why would you parse the question into an issue about financing methods. That assumes the government is not completely broke. We are constantly stealing our children's future. We might as well steal a bit more to improve the roads.
Further, there are different solutions for roads, versus rail, versus ports, versus airports, versus electrical grid. Why would a candidate have one "magic bullet" for such diverse needs? Many of these are private enterprises. The question is naive and shows a "Nanny State" view of the world...as if the government should fix all our problems. Rather, I want the government to do as little as possible...because it does NOTHING well, nor efficiently.
What programs or legislation, if any, would you support to help Americans of all ages secure affordable health care?
"Support." "Help." "Secure." "Affordable." All undefined terms.
Healthcare is going to end up being 50% of the economy in a few years...impoverishing everyone. It is completely broken. Insurance companies are middlemen praying on the sick. We need to breakdown the whole healthcare system and rebuild it. Hospitals are not-for-profit, yet their management and many doctors are getting rich making patients bankrupt. Medicare will be bankrupt in a bit over 5 years.
This issue could take hours to answer. Obamacare is a complete unfunded fraud.
We need to start all over again.
Describe an immigration policy that you would support if presented to the House.
I fully support President Trump's proposals.
1) Fix DACA with a path to citizenship. But the (D)s won't, so they can blame Mr. Trump.
2) No "chain migration."
3) No Greencard Lottery.
4) Build the Wall.
5) Make e-verify mandatory.
6) Quickly arrest people who over-stay their vistor visas.
7) Set up a good temporary worker's program to help farmers and seasonal busineses.
8) End all Sancutary Cities and States. THEY ARE UNCONSITUTIONAL.
9) End "Anchor Babies." No PARENT citizenship. No Greencard.
10) Mayor Libby Schaaf should be in jail for violating immigration laws.
What programs or legislation would you support to meet the water needs of Californians and the federal water project infrastructure in California?
Thank you. This is a very good question.
STOP ADDING TO THE POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA. WE ARE FULL. THE SCHOOLS ARE FULL. THE ROADS ARE FULL. THERE IS RISK OF A WATER SHORTAGE. THE DAMS AND LEVIES ARE AT RISK. THERE IS NO CHEAP HOUSING. DON'T COME TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. SECURE THE BORDER WITH MEXICO.
According to a "Civility In America” survey, 75% of Americans believe that the U.S. has a major civility problem. If you are elected what will do to address this?
So many real problems in the world...you ask about "civility?" O.K.
Ignorance is the problem. The U.S. Constitution and the rule of law is not taught enough in California schools. Many people have no idea why this country is exceptional and why we are free...so they are happy to give it all away. More education is key...then the civility will follow. Many people do not know how the government works, and so they get frustrated, and have no respect for an opposing view. All they have left is insults and violence. Many people did not have enough parenting...so all they know if what they learned in rap songs on how to interact with people.
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See my website at www.roncohen4congress2018.com I have over 40 pages of content and positions.
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Patrick Joseph O'Gara
O'Gara, 1872-1927, was brought to Medford in 1907 and put the fruit industry on a scientific basis.
P. J. O'Gara, one of Uncle Sam's specialists on diseases of fruit, is busy in our orchards this week giving practical lessons to an interested group of orchardmen. School boys grown up, taking their postgraduate course. Mr. O'Gara is doing a good work, and it looks good to see thirty or forty interested fruit growers grouped around him out in a big pear orchard. There are no college yells or football teams to this school.
"Eden Valley Items," Medford Mail, January 10, 1908, page 4
P. J. O'Gara, agent of the U.S. agricultural department, is in the valley again, and in company with G. W. Taylor, county inspector, is investigating fruit conditions in this district.
"Purely Personal," Medford Mail, February 7, 1908, page 5
Fruit Growers Should Arrange Meeting.
Prof. P. J. O'Gara, from the Agricultural Department at Washington, a noted authority on the pollenization of fruit bloom, is in the valley for the purpose of talking to the fruit growers on the importance of pollenization in assuring the best results from our orchards, and the Herald is informed that the professor will be glad to address the people of Central Point and vicinity, if they so desire, on any date in January which may be arranged for. The Herald would suggest that either the local Grange or some of the other fruit growers who are interested should take hold of this matter and arrange for a meeting. Professor O'Gara will speak at Medford Saturday, Nov. 28th, at the regular meeting of the Jackson County Horticultural Society and after that he goes to California for a month. He will return to Oregon early in January, when a meeting should be arranged for this place if possible.
Central Point Herald, November 26, 1908, page 4
FRUIT GROWERS' MEETING
Another Interesting Address Made by Prof. O'Gara.
The Angle Opera House was crowded yesterday afternoon when Professor P. J. O'Gara gave his illustrated lecture talk on fruit pests and other kindred subjects. The attendance was so large and the interest so great that Professor O'Gara took occasion to remark that it was much greater than was the meeting held in Portland.
The slides for the illustrations were attended to by A. H. Miller, the secretary of the Medford Commercial Club. Professor O'Gara, with a pointer, made clear to all present the different things which tended to injure the fruit crops. In this way it was possible for the audience to understand many things which it would be impossible to explain in the usual way of simply telling about them.
The talk was given under the auspices of the Horticultural Society, and it is understood that during the winter there will be two meetings a month which will be addressed by Professor O'Gara in the interest of the fruit-growing industry of the Rogue River Valley. In this way it is expected that the fruit men of this district will get such information as will place them in the position that from this season on for a great while at least they will be able, with the assistance of the county fruit inspector, to keep this part of the country free from all the pests which infest the orchards.
P. J. O'Gara, assistant pathologist of the bureau of plant disease of the Department of Agriculture, has wired from Newcastle, Cal., that he will arrive here in time to appear before the meeting of the Horticultural Society today, if floods and deranged train service will permit.
"Local and Personal," Medford Mail, February 12, 1909, page 6
Professor P. J. O'Gara, assistant pathologist of the bureau of plant industry for the Department of Agriculture, arrived in Medford Wednesday. Saturday he will speak before the county Horticultural Society on the subject of cross-pollination.
Professor O'Gara has selected Medford as his headquarters for the coming summer and from this place will direct the fight on the Pacific coast against the pear blight.
Medford was selected as the headquarters for this work by the Department of Agriculture because it is the recognized center of pear-growing on the coast. Professor O'Gara has charge of the fight being made by the government against the blight on the Pacific coast. From here he will make side trips in California and other points.
Also during the coming summer he will make pollination studies to determine what are the best varieties of pears to mate for this valley. These experiments will be very extensive in scope, and a number of the growers will be enlisted in the experimentation. It is planned to examine more than a quarter million of blossoms this summer.
"Society Will Hold Meeting," Medford Mail, March 5, 1909, page 1
TO KEEP PROF. O'GARA HERE
Meeting Saturday to Petition Government to Retain Expert in Valley.
(By Charles Meserve, editor of the Rogue River Fruit Grower.)
The necessity of securing the services for another year of Professor O'Gara, assistant pathologist, Department of Agriculture, to aid the fruit growers of Rogue River Valley in meeting the pest and other problems that confront them will be the question to be considered at a mass meeting to be held at the Medford opera house on Saturday, June 26, at 2 p.m. This meeting is called at the request of a large number of fruit growers and business men of Jackson County, and while not under the auspices of any one of the four fruit growers' organizations in the county, yet it has the hearty support of the officers and members of each of them.
Professor O'Gara was notified from Washington some time ago that after June 1 the government would no longer be able to pay his expenses. A similar notice was also served on all the other men of the department who are in the field doing special work. And all were semi-officially informed that the would likely be recalled within the near future.
Cause for Economy.
The cause for this radical economy on the part of the Department of Agriculture is an order issued by President Taft that every department must curtail its expenses to the minimum. Thus it is that the Department of Agriculture is forced to call in its field experts. Secretary Wilson has expressed his disapproval of this backward step, for he realizes, as do all progressive men, that the work of these men cannot be stopped except that the agricultural interest of the country suffer. It is a conservative estimate, and one that every prominent orchardist of Jackson County will corroborate, that the work of Professor O'Gara in the year that he has been in Rogue River Valley has been worth $100,000 to the horticultural and business interests of this valley.
The blight is making such havoc in the pear orchards in all sections of the United States that pear raising will soon be a thing of the past in all the strictly farming states, and it will be only in mountain-locked valleys like Rogue River Valley that this dreaded pest can be successfully combated and the pear industry saved. Had the blight not been checked there would not be a pear or Spitzenburg apple tree left in this valley by another year. That this pest has been subdued is due solely to the campaign of education that Professor O'Gara has carried on in Rogue River Valley, and to his energetic and thorough work of supervision of the fight against the blight. In this work he has been untiring and uncomplaining, inspecting orchards regardless of mud, rain or summer heat, traveling days, nights and Sundays. And his tact and unselfishness has enabled him to overcome the opposition and apathy of the few fruit growers who doubted the ability of a government expert to teach them anything about agriculture.
Professor O'Gara's Work.
This past spring was one of the few times that Rogue River orchardists have had to fear frost damage. Professor O'Gara is an expert weather observer, and he remained up late many nights during the cold spells to take readings of his psychrometer, and if frost danger was indicated he would telephone all over the valley warning the orchardists to start smudge fires in their orchards. In this work Professor O'Gara has done a service of the greatest value to the fruit industry of Rogue River Valley, for while he was aiding the fruit growers in saving their orchards from loss he has taught them how to successfully combat the frost, a danger that is the most destructive orchard risk encountered to all the deciduous fruit districts of the world. With this knowledge and aided by the weather condition that a wind was never known in Rogue River Valley on a frosty night, the fruit growers will hereafter have less fear from frosts than from pests.
Excerpt, Medford Mail, June 25, 1909, page 1
PROF. O'GARA IS TO REMAIN HERE
Charles Meserve, Editor of Rogue River Fruit Grower, Medford Or.
Have taken up matter of sending O'Gara to Medford, and Secretary Wilson assures me he will be sent this fall, unless unforeseen outbreaks of disease demand his presence elsewhere.
(signed) W. C. HAWLEY.
The above telegram was received by Mr. Meserve last night, and it looks as if the work done by Mr. Meserve and the different fruit growers' associations has, as it were, "borne good fruit."
"After I return to Medford I intend that we will begin work at one end of the valley and from there to the other end we will make a clean sweep of everything in the fruit line."
The above statement was made by Professor P. J. O'Gara to a representative of The Morning Mail yesterday afternoon, and to those who know the professor and what he is capable of doing will not for a moment doubt but what he means just what he has said.
Professor O'Gara Interviewed.
When interviewed by a Morning Mail reporter regarding his future plans last night, Professor O'Gara said:
"I will leave about the middle of July for the East, but I will be back about September 1 or perhaps a little sooner than that. My trip will take me to New York, and from there I will go to Washington. Very soon after my return I will begin active work, which will be continued until the season closes. During the winter we intend to have monthly lectures for the fruit growers.
"No," said Professor O'Gara in answer to a question, "the time will never come when fruit trees can be left without receiving great attention. You know that science has greatly reduced diseases and epidemics. The doctors can control them and reduce the effects to a minimum. This, however, requires that particular attention be devoted to the work. It is just the same with our work.
"Then again the work will be easier when the orchardists have become better educated in those lines. Most of the growers I come in contact with around here are very intelligent people and show a readiness to learn all they can.
"I am in hopes the department will furnish me with an assistant for a while this fall. There is nothing positive about this, but I have reasons to believe that this will be done."
Excerpt, Medford Mail, July 9, 1909, page 3
May Keep O'Gara Here.
At a meeting of the Horticultural Society last Saturday a plan to secure the permanent services of Prof. O'Gara, the eminent fruit disease expert, for this valley was discussed and met with hearty approval from many of the members present. For the sum of $2500 a year Prof. O'Gara can be induced to give his entire time to the fruit interests of the valley, and there is no doubt but that the plan, if carried out, would prove a profitable investment.
The fruit industry is becoming too important here to afford any halfhearted measures in protecting the orchards from pests.
Central Point Herald, October 7, 1909, page 1
CLEAN UP YOUR BACK LOTS
ULTIMATUM OF O'GARA HAS GONE FORTH
Force of Fruit Inspectors Now Abroad Will Cut Down Your Infected Trees
Unless You Clean Up--Town Orchards Offenders
Prof. O'Gara, chief of the county fruit inspectors now abroad in the land trying to rid the valley of infected fruit trees, has issued a public letter reciting the cleansing work now under way, and also the fact that the commercial orchards of the valley are in fine condition, but that the small garden orchards in the towns are the chief offenders and furnish breeding grounds for pests undisturbed in too many instances. The close of his letter embraces the following appeal to owners of back yard orchards to eradicate the pests forthwith or the inspectors will be compelled to cut the trees down:
"There is but one conclusion," he says, "the man who owns fruit trees within the city limits must be willing to care for them as does the practical orchardist or he will have to submit to their removal by the county inspectors. Unless he can keep out pear blight, scale and other diseases which are a menace to the commercial orchard, his trees must be cut down. The county fruit inspectors have done everything possible to make the back lot orchardist understand the necessity of eradicating all diseases, but much of his valuable time has been lost through the unwillingness or inability of the town orchardist to cooperate and do his duty. With so many trees in the towns given absolutely no attention, instead of being a valuable asset they are in reality a menace to the fruit growing industry of the entire Rogue River Valley.
"A thorough inspection and eradication of diseased town lot orchards has been begun, and the entire force of county inspectors are at work in the city of Ashland. As soon as their work is completed there, they will in turn clean up Phoenix, Talent, Jacksonville, Medford, Central Point, Gold Hill, Woodville, Eagle Point and other places. The same program will be carried out in Josephine County. The inspectors will enforce the horticultural statutes to the letter, and in this work they have back of them the state horticultural commission and the county courts. I hope that no one will plead ignorance of the law. Furthermore, there has been plenty of opportunity for everyone to get information on fruit diseases and how to eradicate them. The federal government as well as the state and county has made it very easy to get such information through literature, which may be had for the asking. A federal officer has been stationed in the valley during the past two years in order to help those desirous of getting the very best information on every phase of fruit growing, and especially in the matter of eradicating pear blight.
"This letter has been prepared in order to give everyone a chance to clean up before the inspectors come. I wish to assure every delinquent that it will be much cheaper to have this work done themselves than to wait for a county officer to do it for him. A much neater job of eradication may be done by the owner himself than by an officer of the law who has little time for nice work. It is not the work of an inspector to cut out blight, but rather to instruct. You would hardly expect the county to pay a man to cultivate your trees or to prune them; why, then, should you expect the county to pay men to do the actual work of cleaning up your orchards? It is the inspector's place to order this work done at your expense if you do not see fit to do it yourself. The fruit interests of the valley are dependent upon you for cooperation, and they are asking no more of you than is just. Clean up your back lot orchards and help to boost the Rogue River Valley."
Ashland Tidings, October 25, 1909, page 4
MANY PEOPLE VISIT WITH PROFESSOR O'GARA
The new headquarters of Professor O'Gara in the Haskins Block is becoming the general rendezvous of all those interested in the progress of the valley. Everyone calling there is requested to register, so that the roll will be complete. Many people come in, transact their business and go away without registering, but at that 300 were registered at the rooms during the past week.
FROST TIPS TO BE PHONED
Weather Observatory Is Established in Medford.
MEDFORD, Or., March 23.--(Special.)--Instruments for the local weather bureau here arrived today. Professor O'Gara, who has charge of the station, will take observations every half hour from 6 p.m. until midnight.
He has arranged with the telephone company to send warnings to all orchardists who call the central office. This, it is believed, will be a great help to fruit growers. The season so far has been normal. Almond trees are in bloom and pear trees are budded. As there are often heavy frosts in March and April, warning from the station may be the means of preventing damage to the crop.
Morning Oregonian, Portland, March 24, 1910, page 7
O'Gara Remains in Oregon.
MEDFORD, Or., June 4.--(Special.)--The Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association has induced Professor P. J. O'Gara, government pathologist, to remain here instead of returning to Washington as he was ordered to do. Professor O'Gara will now devote his entire energies to the Rogue River Valley. He will receive a salary of $7500 a year.
Sunday Oregonian, Portland, June 5, 1910, page 7
The County Commissioners have agreed to provide the money necessary to retain Prof. O'Gara in this county. Prof. O'Gara has made a great fight against blight and other orchard diseases in the valley, but as he had been ordered to report in Washington to become Chief Pathologist of the Department of Agriculture, it would have necessitated his leaving at a most critical time--just when victory was in sight. His value to the fruit growers cannot be estimated in dollars and cents, and while he will no doubt secure leave of absence for one year only, it is to be hoped that he may see fit to remain permanently.
Medford Saturday Review, June 11, 1910, page 4
PROFESSOR O'GARA PURCHASES A HOME
Professor P. J. O'Gara intends to become "one of us."
"We have bought a lot, Mrs. O'Gara and I," said Mr. O'Gara, "at the corner of Thirteenth and King streets, and we intend building a home there. I am not prepared to give out any details as to plans--that lies principally in Mrs. O'Gara's hands. But we both like Medford and the Rogue River Valley and want to stay."
Medford Mail Tribune, August 24, 1910, page 2
FROST PREVENTION IN THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
BY P. J. O'GARA, PATHOLOGIST IN CHARGE OF ORCHARD FRUIT DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS FOR ROGUE RIVER VALLEY, OREGON
In the past, various districts throughout the United States have attempted the work of frost prevention. both in deciduous and other fruits, with varying success and failure. For the most part, however, the methods employed have been such as to consider the work in the light of an experiment, rather than being practical. No doubt the citrus districts of California have carried out the most extensive experiments known, but at this time there is much difference of opinion as to their value from a practical standpoint. Firing and smudging as a protection against frost injury is by no means a new thing. California orchardists were not the first to attempt this work. Several systems, which need not be mentioned here, were employed in France more or less successfully.
It is only within the last three years that much interest has been manifested throughout the country in frost prevention through the use of fires and smudges, and this is particularly true of parts of the Middle West and the Pacific Northwest. Even at this time, very few districts are wholly prepared to fight frost in a scientific way. This is due to the fact that the best fuels and the best apparatus for carrying on the work successfully are wanting. A large number of inventions, as well as new fuels, have been put upon the market and the growers, for the most part, do not understand them well enough to get the best results. Besides, the disadvantage of not having an official of the United States Weather Bureau on the ground, or at least the inability to get accurate forecasts far enough in advance, makes the situation a difficult one.
The data which may be found in this article has been obtained in the Rogue River Valley, in Southern Oregon, and the experimental and practical work covers a period of three years, during which time the writer has had charge, not only in directing the actual work of firing and smudging, but also that of making the local weather forecasts in cooperation with the United States Weather Bureau. It must be understood at the outset that frost fighting can never be considered so local a problem that the work of the Weather Bureau is not to be considered. The United States Weather Bureau must always be an invaluable aid, and the very first thing a district should do is to arrange for direct communication with the nearest district forecasting station.
It is believed by the writer as well as the growers in the Rogue River Valley that frost fighting has been reduced to a system which may be relied upon. Through the assistance of Mr. E. A. Beals, of the Portland Weather Bureau station, and Mr. N. R. Taylor, of the Sacramento station, a system of forecasting has been worked out. This system may be improved upon, but by its use not a single error has been made during the past two years. Farmers' Bulletin 401, United States Department of Agriculture, describes the method of forecasting, and gives other valuable information. This bulletin may be obtained by writing to the division of publications, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Another bulletin giving the results of more recent work is now being submitted for publication and will be ready for distribution before the frost season next spring.
During the past season much valuable data has been secured, especially in the matter of orchard fuels and appliances to be used in frost prevention. In the past two years' work wood and coal have proven entirely satisfactory, but somewhat difficult and cumbersome to handle. However, these materials have proven so satisfactory to those who have used them during the past three seasons that they seem willing to accept the difficulties occasioned by their use, and will continue using them in the future, unless some good reason may be shown for discontinuing them. Besides wood and coal, crude oil direct from the California wells and 28-degrees test distillate have been successfully used. In the past, crude oil was very little used on account of the fact that it was difficult to obtain it sufficiently free from water. However, during this season a very good grade of crude oil, practically free from water, and at a cost of about four and a half cents per gallon laid down, was very largely used in some of the large orchards with entire success. This oil was burned mostly in the Fresno pot, or heater, with about sixty to seventy pots per acre; the actual cost for one night's firing per acre, including the labor necessary to fill the pots, was about $3. The crude oil was very easy to handle and was distributed in the orchard by means of a large wagon tank, carrying lines of hose. The hose was attached at the rear end of the tank, and the nozzles carried by the laborers. With two men for each tank, two rows of pots could be filled almost as fast as the team could walk with the loaded tank. A record of some of the work of filling the pots was carefully kept, and the average showed that six men could easily fill 2,000 pots in eight hours. At sixty pots to the acre, this crew would easily handle thirty-three acres. In handling the crude oil as little pumping as possible should be done; gravity should be depended upon, not only in filling the pots, but also in filling the wagon tanks.
The 28-degree test distillate is a much better fuel than the crude oil, but its cost laid down is about double that of the crude oil. However, it is a fuel that can be relied upon since it can never contain water. As a matter of fact, if water were poured into it, its specific gravity would cause it to be always on top. Careful tests have shown that, gallon for gallon, it will last longer than crude oil and is not so easily extinguished. It is also easier to light since it volatilizes more readily than crude oil. However, in lighting both these fuels, gasoline should be used.
In lighting crude oil or distillate, the following very simple method has been employed by many of our orchardists. A medium-sized machinist's oil can is filled with gasoline and a few drops are squirted into each pot. A small plumber's torch is fixed to the end of a stick about two feet long, and. as the gasoline is squirted into the oil-filled pot, the lighted torch is applied immediately. By this method, fuel pots may be lighted as fast as a man can walk through the orchard.
Mention has been made of the use of wood and coal. Previous to the past season, fine materials, such as shavings and sawdust saturated with crude oil, were used to light the coarse material. However, it has been found that the easiest way to light the wood (preferably heavy sticks, since light wood burns too rapidly), is to first place the half dozen sticks for each pile in such a way that the ends dovetail. This method of placing the wood is shown in the accompanying illustrations, Figures 1, 2 and 3. Then a can of kerosene and a plumber's torch are used to light the wood in much the same way as the gasoline. Sometimes, instead of using a plumber's torch, a large swab, saturated with kerosene and used as a torch, served the purpose very well.
In order to light the coal, which is mined near Medford, it was found.necessary to employ the coal heaters as shown in Figures 4 and 5. In using heaters, a piece of waste saturated with crude oil is first put into the bottom, and. on top of this fine material, such as small sticks of pine or other readily ignitable stuff, is placed. Then about twenty-five to thirty pounds of broken coal is poured in. In lighting, a torch is applied at the bottom of the heater, the flame passing through the vents and igniting the waste. These heaters are lighted as rapidly as any other fire, but much more time is necessary in preparing them for use.
A large number of practical tests have been made in order to determine the length of time the different materials will burn and give the maximum amount of heat to the surrounding atmosphere. Measured gallons of crude oil and distillate, burned both in the Fresno pot and a common ten-pound lard pail holding a gallon each, were used in the tests. While there was some slight difference in different lots, or samples, the average time taken to burn a gallon of each with the covers or dampers entirely removed was about four hours. There seemed to be no difference in the style of pot so far as the time required to burn one gallon, nor in the amount of heat given off. The row of holes at the top of the Fresno pot seemed to be of no advantage whatever. The tests under actual service in the orchards showed that a plain sheet iron pot without any holes, or vents, would serve every purpose. The charge usually made for the various patent pots runs all the way from twenty to thirty-five cents or more; a pot just as good could easily be made for six to ten cents, depending upon the quality of the sheet iron.
Coal fires in sheet iron heaters filled with from twenty-five to thirty pounds of coal easily burned four to six hours, with the damper removed. Wood fires with about six good fir sticks of cord wood lasted easily four to five hours. In the burning of cord wood, or longer sticks, more attention is necessary in order to get the best results. It is quite necessary to frequently move the sticks forward into the crater of the flame, so as to keep them burning. However, knowing the direction from which the slight breeze usually comes, the wood may be so placed as to secure good results with a minimum amount of labor. By cordwood. the four-foot length is to be understood. The number of fires per acre must necessarily vary between wide limits. In an old orchard where the trees are large and mostly cover the ground, fewer fires are needed in order to maintain safe temperatures than in an orchard of young trees which only partly shade the ground. Under ordinary conditions, an old orchard with wide-spreading branches may be protected from injury, even where the temperature goes as low as twenty degrees Fahrenheit, with sixty crude oil, distillate or coal fires per acre. The same orchard can be protected with thirty to thirty-five wood fires per acre. Younger orchards under similar conditions of temperature will require at least seventy pots or heaters per acre, and, perhaps, fifty wood fires. In case temperatures do not range below twenty-six degrees Fahrenheit. the number of fires which should be lighted must be proportionately less. The conditions, of course, are so variable that no set rule can be given, and the only thing that can be said is that the one in charge must look after the temperatures in the orchard and start the tires as needed. Usually, only one-half the number of fires should be lighted, and the remaining pots or wood piles should be left as a reserve, to be lighted only when the temperature begins to fall below the danger point. It is not well to wait until the temperature has gone much below the danger point, since injury may be done by warming up the frozen blossoms or fruits too suddenly, and thus have the same effect as the sudden warming by the morning sun. Another important factor is the placing of a double number of fires around the outside rows, especially on the side from which the slight breezes come. The cost of firing per night per acre depends not only upon the cost of the fuel, but also upon the degree of frost. Under average conditions, say with temperatures of twenty-six to twenty-seven degrees Fahrenheit, the cost per night per acre, with the fires burning four hours, has been estimated for the past season as follows: Crude oil, including the labor of distributing the oil and interest on the cost of pots, with sixty pots per acre, $3; distillate, including the same items of expense, $6; coal, including the same items. This is on the basis of 250 pounds of coal per acre hour, the coal being worth $4 per ton at the mine. The cost of hauling the coal, as well as the kindling for starting it, is included within the estimate. The cost of firing with wood is very difficult to give, since the price of wood varied greatly. However, it would be safe to say that with thirty to forty fires per acre, under the above conditions, the cost would be from $2 to $4 per acre. From this it will be seen that crude oil is the cheapest of the fuels, taking everything into consideration, with wood a close second. Distillate is the most expensive, but for liquid fuel, it is by far the most reliable. However, when the value of the crop is considered, the above actual costs represent a very cheap insurance. The value of any fuel for frost prevention depends upon the amount of heat it is capable of giving off. All of the fuels which have been mentioned have proven entirely satisfactory. A careful test of crude oil in the Burrell Orchard, at Medford, Oregon, on the night of April 12 to 14, gave the following results in a thirty-acre pear orchard, which is about twenty-two years old, the trees being large and spreading. At 12:00 midnight, the temperature in the orchard was thirty-six degrees Fahrenheit; at 1:00 a.m. the temperature dropped to thirty-one degrees Fahrenheit, when the fires were immediately lighted, and in a short time the temperature in the orchard rose to thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit. From 2:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. the temperature outside the orchard remained approximately twenty-six degrees Fahrenheit, while the temperature within was held at thirty-six degrees Fahrenheit; with the exception of the south side, which was not so well protected by fires. and where the temperature along the outside row registered thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature inside the orchard was recorded by a man who had some thirty thermometers which had been previously tested at my laboratory. These thermometers were hung about three and a half to four feet from the surface of the ground, being suspended from the branches of the trees. Thermometers were also placed outside the limits of the orchard and well away from any influence of the fires within the orchard. In the above tests, sixty pots were used per acre.
Similar tests were carried out with distillate, wood and coal, and results equally satisfactory have been gotten. It is not at all difficult to raise the temperature six to ten degrees.
From what has been said it will be seen that the protection of the orchard from frost injury is dependent rather upon heating than the use of the so-called smudge. In our work we have ceased to use the term "smudge," and have substituted the word "heating" or "firing," both terms seeming more appropriate. There is only one value in a dense smudge, and that is in cases where it is impossible to keep the temperature above the danger point it will serve to prevent the too sudden warming of the frozen blossoms or fruits when the morning sun strikes them. The smudge may also be more or less effective in trapping any heat generated by fires, or prevent heat from radiating away from the surface of the ground or the trees. However, when the temperature runs very low, the smudge is no protection. Some smudging has been done in the valley, using damp manure, straw and rubbish, but only in a few instances, and where the temperature did not go below twenty-eight degrees Fahrenheit in the pear and apple orchards.
One of the most important things which the orchardist must know is when to fire. A number of manufacturers have put on the market frost alarm thermometers which may be set to ring an electric bell at any desired temperature. Most of the instruments tested by the writer have been found to be very inaccurate, and in actual use often fail to work. Several instances of failure have been reported, and in one case, a considerable amount of fruit was lost through depending upon one of these instruments. At best, all that a frost alarm thermometer can do is to give an alarm when a certain temperature is reached, and it is, therefore, much wiser to use a good alarm clock, and depend upon forecasts from the nearest United States Weather Bureau station. In each case, a good local observer is a most important factor.
In order to do accurate work and get results, all instruments used in the orchard should be tested. In my work in the Rogue River Valley I have found thermometers which varied both ways as widely as three and four degrees. All this had to be corrected, and the growers were forced to get standard instruments, or, at least, have them tested before putting them to use in the orchard. It is a wise plan to use a large number of thermometers, and one per acre is not too many. There are always some spots colder than others in every orchard, and it is only by using a sufficient number of instruments that these spots can be found.
Before any firing is done, some knowledge should be had of injurious temperatures. These temperatures vary very widely for the different fruits, as well as for the different stages of growth. A large series of tests have been made in the Rogue River Valley, and upon these tests the following table, giving injurious temperatures in bud, in blossom, in setting fruit, and at other times, is appended. Injurious temperatures may not be the same from season to season, as weather conditions previous to frosts determine very largely the ability of plants to resist freezing temperatures. In every case there should be a physiologist on the ground to determine approximately this factor. A few days of very warm weather, together with an ample supply of soil moisture, will cause the newly formed cells of the blossoms and fruit to be filled with a watery protoplasm, or cell sap, which freezes more readily than concentrated cell sap. If a freeze follows a period of weather in which temperatures have been such as to produce slow growth, lower temperatures than those given in the table may not cause injury.
TEMPERATURES INJURIOUS TO FRUIT
WHEN IN BUD, IN BLOSSOM, ETC.
In In Set- At Other
In Bud Blossom ting Fruit Times
Almonds 28 30 30 28
Apples 27 29 30 25
Apricots 30 31 31 30
Cherries 29 30 30 29
Peaches 29 30 30 28
Pears 28 29 29 28
Plums 30 31 31 29
Prunes 30 31 31 29
These temperatures are approximately those of the air in contact with the fruits and' blossoms. It is quite possible, however, that very delicate measurements would indicate somewhat lower temperatures, due to evaporation from the immediate surface of the plants.
The matter of forecasting frosts will not be gone into in this paper, as this has been previously published in United States Farmers' Bulletin No. 401. Suffice it to say that a fairly accurate knowledge of the weather should be known far enough in advance so that the grower may be prepared. Not only that, but he should know approximately the minimum temperature to be expected in case of a frost. It has been stated by agents and manufacturers of orchard heating apparatus that firing should always be begun when the thermometer registered thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit; this is a serious mistake since the thermometer may reach thirty-two degrees many a time during the season of frosts, and go no lower. A glance at the table of injurious temperatures will show that no fruits are injured at such temperature. It is not only a waste of fuel to light fires prematurely, or when not needed, but also a very great waste of time, and time in frost fighting is the most important factor.
A most important factor in frost fighting is an efficient rural telephone system. In our work in the Rogue River Valley it is estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 people received the forecasts daily. The forecasts were given to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company at Medford, a separate sheet being given each operator. Tentative forecasts were given each morning about 9 o'clock, but the final forecast was made up at 6:30 p.m. These forecasts were then telephoned to the other towns and stations in the valley, where they were distributed locally. Not later than 7 p.m. every grower knew the probable weather conditions to be expected before morning. The forecasts also indicated the minimum temperature, as well as the time it would be necessary to begin firing. During the past two years every frost was accurately forecast and the growers warned in ample time. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, through its manager, Mr. D. H. Drewery, as well as the operators, deserves much praise for the efficiency shown in getting the forecasts distributed. During the entire time not a single error was made.
It is believed by the writer, as well as the growers, that the Rogue River Valley has made much progress in the problem of orchard heating. The important matter of accurately forecasting frosts seems to be fairly well worked out. The writer does not attempt to say that the same methods will apply in other localities having entirely different conditions, but it is believed that they are at least worth a trial.
It is essential that all work connected with orchard heating be systematized so far as possible. Buy a bale of waste and always have plenty on hand. Buy a barrel of crude oil, or smudge oil; knock out the head, and after tearing waste apart put it in the barrel of oil. When thoroughly saturated run waste through an old wringer, and it is ready for use. Don't leave oil in barrel during summer; it will leak out. Have your kindling first sawed in six-inch lengths; it is then an easy task to split it rapidly with hatchet. Split it to size of fingers. One man can prepare enough in one day for 1,000 fires. Use egg or small lump coal; handle with coal fork having close-set tines. This will separate slack, which is expensive to burn. Place waste kindling, coal and heaters on a low truck wagon, and have men stay in wagon to fill heaters. Have brackets on side of wagon to hold heaters. To load, place small piece of waste on side of heater near bottom, throw in loosely a handful of kindling, put in the coal, using care to keep center of coal open, which will cause a quick draft when starting. Fill every other heater with full charge of coal, which will bring coal above edge of heater. The large cover protects kindling, and by placing a lump of coal on cover the wind will not blow it off. Leave every other heater lightly loaded for short firings, which is usually all that is required. Place heaters between the trees in the rows; this permits driving through to refill and do other work. Have edges of orchard reinforced with heaters, leaving fewer in proportion in center of orchard, as the pressure of the cold air on the outside forces the warm air toward the center of orchard. If work is systematized and material properly prepared, two men can handle a ten-acre orchard. Place heaters in orchard when buds begin to open, and leave until several days after date of last killing frost. Have tested thermometers at different places in the orchard and one or two outside to aid you in regulating fires. All thermometers should be closely watched, as a few degrees below the frost line makes a mighty lot of difference. Don't get excited or curious to light up before the danger point is reached. Thirty degrees above zero is usual signal for starting fires. If it is midnight or before that it gets cold enough to fire, light the heaters with full charge first. If it is after midnight, light heaters partially filled. Use an asbestos torch. A boy can light an acre in five minutes.
Better Fruit, October 1910, pages 21-26
Oregon Apples and Their Future
By Professor P. J. O'Gara
How the Rogue River Valley came to be developed into a great fruit district is not generally known. The first fruit trees planted in the Rogue River Valley, a few of which are still living and bearing prolificly, are now fully 58 years of age. These apple and pear trees were planted by the early pioneers, and, although they did not receive the intelligent care and attention given the Rogue River Valley orchards of today, they fruited well and pointed the way to the greatest industry in the valley at the present time. Not until 34 years after the first fruit trees were brought into the valley were the older commercial orchards planted. These numbered but four or five plantings of pears and apples, followed two or three years later by about as many more. At this time, for several reasons, there was a sudden lull in the orchard business, and no further plantings of any considerable size were made until nearly a decade afterward. Then suddenly, as if by magic, alfalfa and green fields were changed into orchards; wooded areas were cleared and, in turn, planted to profit-producing fruits. Here the question may be asked, Why this sudden change from apathy of a few years before to the marvelous and wide-awake interest in the fruit industry? The answer is easily given. A few of the eastern and foreign markets had tasted of the products from the first commercial orchards and naturally inquired whence they came. Answer to these inquiries resulted in the coming westward of the best citizens in the country, people who believed in the future of a valley capable of producing fruit of unequaled quality.
Among the pioneers of commercial orcharding in the Rogue River Valley were men who knew of eastern varieties and eastern conditions, and naturally followed the beaten trail. They knew little of the valley's soil conditions, and the adaptability of the various varieties of pears and apples to suit these conditions. However, they made fewer mistakes than have been charged to them. They were working in the dark, mostly with unknown quantities, but out of it all came the happy discoveries which rewarded them for their efforts and left to the future generations a heritage whose worth has become millions, and whose ultimate value lies beyond the limits of the most vivid imagination.
If there ever were any doubts as to the possibilities of the fruit growing industry, they have disappeared. Seeing is believing. While it can never be said that further improvement along any line of horticulture is impossible, it must be admitted that the Rogue River Valley has much less to learn than many horticulture districts that boast of years of practical experience. It is true that the horticulturists of the Rogue River Valley, as a body, are made up of men who have made a success in various occupations or professional men, manufacturers, salesmen, bankers and even mere pleasure seekers, but they have put into their new life's work the same intelligence and vim which characterized them in their former occupations. Science and scientific methods have stepped in and taken the place of haphazard guessing, so that anyone making a mistake as to proper soils for certain varieties, methods of cultivation and fertilization, irrigation and treatment of diseases, which, by the way, are very few, would have only himself to blame. Located in Medford is a branch office of the United States Department of Agriculture, fitted with a library laboratory, which is in charge of a pathologist whose duty it is to look after the horticultural interests of the Rogue River Valley. All questions referred to this office are given the same prompt attention which is characteristic of the main office of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D.C. At no other place in the United States is there an office of this kind. To the man who has but one acre an equal opportunity is given in the matter of getting scientific and practical advice as to the man who owns hundreds of acres.
The Newtown and the Spitzenburg are the principal varieties of apples grown in the Rogue River Valley, yet all the other standard apples, such as the Jonathan, Winesap, Grimes Golden, Ortley, Arkansas Black and Rome Beauty, grow to perfection here. Rogue River Newtowns have led in price against all competitors in the London and other European markets for the past six years, and Rogue River Newtowns took first place in the National Apple Show held in Denver in January 1910, and [a] carload of Rogue River Spitzenburgs carried off the grand prize at the National Apple Growers' Show held at Spokane in November 1909. A car of Newtowns won first prize at the International Apple Show at Vancouver in 1910, and a car of Newtowns from Ashland won second prize at Spokane in 1910.
The fruit industry tributary to Medford is developing this section rapidly, and it is safe to say that no other city of the same size in America has a more glowing future.
There is probably no fruit district in the United States where so great attention is paid to the matter of caring for the orchards as in the Rogue River Valley; not only are the orchards well cultivated, but every attention is given to the scientific treatment of orchard fruit diseases, which, in so many localities, through careless effort, have brought about complete annihilation of the fruit industry. If there ever were any fears that infectious or other diseases would ruin the orchards of the Rogue River Valley, these fears no longer exist, since it has been shown that up-to-date methods for the treatment of diseases, properly applied, have proven effective beyond a doubt.
In order to fight orchard fruit diseases successfully there must be at hand a perfect knowledge of the situation so that there will be no misguided efforts, and where certain infectious diseases are to be combated there must be a united effort on the part of every grower.
In order to carry on a successful campaign against disease, there must be organization and instruction. Both of these important factors have been carefully planned. A corps of inspectors, each with his own district, takes charge of the inspection of every orchard and every fruit tree, no matter where it may be. The inspection is very rigid, and in the case of all pomaceous fruits that are subject to pear blight, every tree is examined critically. This is done, not once a year, but several times, if necessary. Furthermore, the owners are instructed as to the nature of the disease in question and are given definite instructions as to how to proceed in the eradication and treatment of the same. In order to prevent the introduction of new diseases, all nursery stock is given a most thorough and searching examination, and trees condemned by the inspectors are ordered to be destroyed at once.
Medford Mail Tribune, January 1, 1911, page B4
WEATHER MAN IS IN NEW OFFICE
Professor O'Gara Has Brand-New Quarters from Which to Supply Valley with Weather--
On Top Garnett-Corey Building.
The new office of the county pathologist and entomologist, and also of the United States Weather bureau, in the Garnett-Corey building was opened today. Professor P. J. O'Gara, in charge of the office, moved his instruments and paraphernalia from the old quarters in the Rogue River Fruit and Product Association building and will in future issue his weather predictions and warnings on how to guard against the infantum geranium vulgaris and other things from Room 418 in the big four-story block on Main and Grape streets.
Just as soon as the weather forecasting apparatus arrives from Washington, D.C., it will be installed on the roof of the Garnett-Corey building, and the weather signals will from now on be flown from the mast on the top of that structure.
A complete set of new weather flags has been secured.
Medford Mail Tribune, March 1, 1911, page 3
O'GARA STAVES OFF FROST
Constant Vigilance Saves Jackson County Orchards.
MEDFORD, Or., April 15.--(Special.)--Professor P. J. O'Gara, of Medford, government pathologist in charge in Jackson County, has been on duty continuously for the past 72 hours, leaving his office only long enough for meals, doing his regular day work and remaining on duty nights for the benefit of the orchardists who have been threatened with frost damage to fruit buds.
Since Monday morning the temperature has been anxiously watched, it dropping to 31.5 degrees Tuesday night and to 27 degrees in the lowest parts of the valley on Wednesday night, but so systematic and well regulated is Professor O'Gara's system of alarming the growers and protecting the orchards from the frost that absolutely no damage has thus far occurred.
Sunday Oregonian, Portland, April 16, 1911, page 42
ORCHARD INSPECTION.--In the Rogue River section of southern Oregon there is a fruit belt of some sixty miles in length, lying between the towns of Grants Pass on the north [sic] and Ashland on the south. Most of the fruit growers of this entire valley are members of the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association, with headquarters at Medford, Oregon. This association has recently secured a man to act as its official fruit inspector, a man who was for several years connected with the Bureau of Entomology at Washington, D.C., says a correspondent in the Ohio Farmer.
This inspector mans a permanent suite of offices in Medford. He is known throughout the valley and is consulted on all knotty questions pertaining to the culture of trees. He has a corps of some fifty deputy inspectors working under him; men who get out into the orchards and closely inspect the trees for scale, fire blight and all dangerous pests or diseases. When owners of orchards refuse to obey his directions as to spraying, etc., he has the authority to spray at their expense or cut down their orchards if he deems it advisable. He inspects all nursery stock coming into the valley and he is in charge of the local U.S. Weather Bureau, from which institution the growers receive daily help of inestimable value in the way of frost and storm warnings, etc. His duties are numerous, his authority great and his work arduous.
But it pays, and pays big. The growers of the valley have reliable scientific information right at their doors. When they need such advice they get it first hand. But this sort of thing costs money. The expert receives a salary of $5,000 a year, besides the expenses of his deputies, etc. The money for meeting these expenses comes out of the pockets of the fruit growers themselves.
Market Growers Journal, May 20, 1911, page 442
MEDFORD MADE KEY STATION
Will Be Placed on United States Weather Map--
Mrs. O'Gara Will Take Charge of Local Weather Hereafter.
Medford has literally been "placed upon the map" by being made the key station for the United States Weather bureau in Southern Oregon, and as such will hereafter appear on all of the weather maps published by the bureau in Southern Oregon, and all forecasting for Southern Oregon will be done from Medford. These forecasts will be made twice daily.
The weather will no doubt be considerably better in the future, as Mrs. P. J. O'Gara has been appointed local forecaster in place of her husband. Some say that the professor lost his job on account of the beastly weather he has been giving us, which only cleared away when he left for a norther trip, leaving Mrs. O'Gara in charge. However that may be, Mrs. O'Gara is now the duly authorized weather forecaster and expert in charge of this district.
HANDS BOUQUET TO PROF. O'GARA
Dean Cordley Praises Work of Rogue Valley Fruit Growers.
Discussing the fighting of fruit pests in Oregon recently, Dean Cordley, of this O.A.C. School of Agriculture, had this to say of fruit growers of the Rogue Valley:
"Oregon has demonstrated, through the eradication of fire blight at Hood River and the excellent work in control of pear blight at Rogue River, the fact that she has at least two of the most progressive fruit-growing sections in the entire country.
"Some four years ago, when I first detected the presence of pear blight in the Rogue River Valley, the fruit growers of that section immediately inaugurated an energetic campaign for its eradication. Upon being informed that, owing to a lack of funds, this institution could not place a man in the field, they at once applied to the Department of Agriculture at Washington for assistance. The result was that Professor O'Gara was sent to their assistance.
"Professor O'Gara organized the work so successfully, and gave such satisfaction, that when the government decided to withdraw him from the field, the fruit growers themselves raised the necessary funds to retain his services.
"He has been in complete charge of the work ever since, with such success that, notwithstanding the fact that hundreds and thousands of acres of orchards have been completely destroyed in other fruit-growing sections, the losses in Southern Oregon have been insignificant."
Central Point Herald, August 10, 1911, page 1
Prof. P. J. O'Gara--If There Is Anything You Don't Know, Ask Him
Did you know that Professor P. J. O'Gara is the descendant of an Irish king?
Did you know that he is a poet? Did you know that he is a linguist, being the master of German, French and Italian, with a command of Latin and a proficiency in Spanish?
Did you know that he is not only a botanist, a pathologist, an entomologist, but a mechanical and electrical engineer?
Did you know--but of course you didn't--for the professor is too busy talking about bugs to talk about himself. Too busy blowing up careless orchardists to blow his own horn.
But did you know that he is not only a weather forecaster, but a baseball player?
There--that's something to start out on, isn't it? And we're not half through yet.
Nec scire fas est omina!
Sorry, but we had to do it. According to Webster's dictionary that means that it is not permitted to know everything. But the old Roman who wrote it never knew P. J. O'G. But that's the way with him and the scholar breed. Perhaps he doesn't know everything. But if he doesn't he knows everything about something, and something about everything, which for all practical purposes amounts to the same thing.
And the something that he knows all about is pear blight. And the everything that he knows about is--what's the use--pick up the encyclopedia, the natural library at Washington and--well, ask him questions.
But let us dispel the impression at the outset that the professor is a sort of humanized card index.
Nay, nay! He is as practical as a horse doctor and as free from illusions as a galvanic battery.
His main purpose in life is to keep Rogue River pears in good health. He is paid by Jackson County to do this, his official titles being Deputy Horticultural Commissioner-in-Chief, Cooperating Pathologist of U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pathologist and Entomologist for Rogue River Valley, Jackson County. AS a side issue he is local forecaster for the U.S. Weather Bureau, and when the frosts come he acts as a Paul Revere, only instead of riding a horse, he uses the telegraph, the press and the telephone.
Not knowing much about electricity, we can't say for a certainty that Professor O'Gara is magnetized. But we have a strong idea that if he got near a ship's compass the needle would prefer him to the magnetic pole.
For P. J. is essentially dynamic. If an ordinary live wire carries about 2,000 volts, he must have about 5,000. He never stands still. He says he sleeps about six hours a night, but the truth is he closes his eyes over a problem and awakes with it solved.
He never walks, he skids. He never reads, he studies. He is a living refutation of the statement that there is no such thing as perpetual motion. When he isn't moving, his mind is. And it moves with the rapidity of a lightning flash and the accuracy of a cash register.
So Professor O'Gara's hobby is properly enough electricity. His diversion playing baseball with the fats and leans or rooting in the grandstand.
Yes, the professor is human. His office is always open to anxious orchardists, he answers on the average a hundred phone calls a day, and his advice is sought on all subjects from building fences to spraying for the woolly aphis. Coming to Medford in 1907, he has been fighting fruit diseases ever since, and if you want to know what he has done just lean over the next grasshopper you see and say "O'Gara." He'll jump anywhere from sixty to 100 feet, depending upon his athletic ability.
There is a lake in Ireland called Gara. Near it are the ruins of a castle. There the great-great-great-grandfathers of P. J. lived, and the title O'Gara was founded. No one will be surprised to learn that St. Patrick, who drove the snakes out of Ireland, was a distant connection of P. J.'s who is now driving the fruit diseases out of the Rogue River Valley.
Someday Mr. and Mrs. O'Gara are going back there to look over the auld sold. And the professor will probably write a poem, as he did when he went abroad in 1905, and read it at the captain's dinner. And if any of his relatives are lacking some modern electrical appliances he will no doubt make them an electric curling iron or two and show them how to boil spuds on an electric disc.
P. J. is not yet 40. Here is a summary of what he has done:
Born July 1st, 1872, at Coleridge, Nebraska. Educated in University of South Dakota and University of Nebraska, taking the degree of Bachelor of Science from the latter. Studied for degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Nebraska University, also at several European universities. Was a cum laude graduate of the University of Nebraska and held a fellowship in botany, also a member of the Botanical Seminary.
Became assistant vegetable pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture and took charge of pathological work in the field, later becoming chief in charge of the Pacific Coast. Traveled extensively in United States, Canada and Europe.
Membership in the following agricultural societies:
1. Honorary Sigma Xi, received upon graduation in class of 200 on account of original scientific work done. Only man of entire class to receive this signal honor.
2. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
3. American Phytopathological Society.
4. Botanical Society of Washington.
5. Washington Academy of Science.
6. National Geographical Society.
7. Biological Society of Washington.
1. Director Medford Commercial Club.
2. Director Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association.
3. Member of Medford Library board.
Official Positions Held at This Time
1. Pathologist and entomologist for Rogue River Valley, Jackson County.
2. Cooperating pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
3. Local forecaster, U.S. Weather Bureau.
4. Deputy horticultural commissioner in chief.
Bulletins on orchard heating to protect from frost injury; Pear Blight, Raspberry Cane Blight; Lime Sulphur; Pollination of Fruits, etc.
Written for horticultural press of the country, especially the local press and Better Fruit, on many subjects.
In the purely scientific work has discovered independently a bacterial disease of the peach, a bacterial disease of the mulberry, the presence of arsenic in fruit sprayed with arsenate of lead, and various other scientific facts in science and phytopathology.
Besides scientific writings he has had time to contribute to the following magazines:
1. Technical World.
2. Popular Electricity.
3. Popular Mechanics.
4. Strand.
5. Sunset.
6. Electrical World, and others.
Besides being a botanist he is also a mechanical and electrical engineer, and has designed three hydroelectric power plants. Has also designed electrical machinery, constructing the first dynamo used for class instruction in the University of South Dakota.
And yet--go up to his office in the Garnett-Corey Building tomorrow and ask him why you don't get $3.00 a box for your pears or why your pump doesn't work and he will give you an answer if there is one, and with a smile.
"Medford's Hall of Fame," Medford Sun, August 27, 1911, page 12
Professor P. J. O'Gara was in Ashland Thursday looking over a site for the Oregon Agricultural College experiment station that will be established in the valley soon. The people of Ashland are waking up to the advantage that such a station would give them, the experiment station being the clearinghouse for information on subjects of an agricultural and horticultural nature.
"Local and Personal," Medford Sun, September 8, 1911, page 6
A. C. Allen and family and Prof. and Mrs. P. J. O'Gara left this morning for Klamath County. They will go first to Mr. Allen's houseboat, at Rock Point, and after enjoying a several days' cruise about the lake they will tie up at Wildwood, Mr. Allen's summer home, where they will remain several weeks.
"Local and Personal," Medford Mail Tribune, October 2, 1911, page 2
WEATHER MAN IS MAROONED
Jupiter Pluvius and His Associated Storm Kings
Catch Local Man Off His Guard and Keep Him Prisoner on Lake.
Catching Professor P. J. O'Gara out of his district, and evidently neglecting his weather business, Jupiter Pluvius and his associate storm kings held the professor a prisoner for three days on Klamath Lake. The professor was finally allowed to go by the wet monarch upon his promise to return to Medford and 'tend to the weather properly.
Professor and Mrs. O'Gara were the guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen on their houseboat on Klamath Lake. They had wandered down the lake in the boat and were anchored in a little cove when a storm broke. For three days they were marooned. But, according to the professor, they had a splendid time just the same.
The Guardian of Oregon's Orchards
When the pear blight had burned up a half million pear trees in the San Joaquin Valley and was beginning a similar work of extermination in the Sacramento Valley the federal government sent out a young man named O'Gara to aid in checking the devastating conflagration. This was done so successfully that the pear industry of the Sacramento and adjoining valleys was saved and continues to this day a very profitable pursuit.
By this time, however (1907), the incendiary blight germs had made their way up into Southern Oregon and were playing sad havoc with the pear and apple orchards of the Rogue River Valley. Proceeding thither, Prof. O'Gara put in two strenuous years battling with blight, gaining complete control over this archenemy of fruit trees in the world's premier pear district.
The Oregon orchardists who had thus had their trees saved did not take kindly to the government's orders for O'Gara to move on to other localities, desiring that he remain in their midst and keep the upper hand of the pestiferous pear blight. In order to accomplish this object, Jackson County created the office of pathologist and entomologist, fixing the salary at $5000. This looked good to Prof. O'Gara, who was tired of the continual traveling which his government work necessitated, and also because he had fallen in love with the climate and people of sunny Southern Oregon. For three years he has held the above-named office, greatly to the profit and satisfaction of the Rogue River horticulturists.
While the waging of a continuous campaign against blight in one hundred square miles of orchards is a man's size job, it didn't begin to absorb all of O'Gara's superabundant energy. Looking around for a new field of conquest, it was found in the domain of Jack Frost. The easy-going Oregonians were accustomed to having this merry mountain monarch take heavy toll from their orchards every twice in a while. O'Gara got busy and perfected a system of orchard heating which is the most effective and economical in the United States. The first 60,000 heaters which the growers proposed buying were priced by agents at an average cost of about thirty-five cents each. O'Gara investigated the matter thoroughly and found that pots meeting all requirements could be made to order and delivered for nine and one-half cents--a saving of $15,000. Fuel oil containing a large percentage of non-inflammable asphaltum had been priced at nine and one-half cents in car lots. After conducting extensive tests and taking the matter up with the oil companies, O'Gara found that the best and cheapest fuel for orchard heating was a distillate of about 20 degrees test, from which the useless asphaltum had been removed. This could be delivered in tank cars for four cents a gallon--a saving of another $15,000.
The first attacks of Jack Frost caught many of the orchardists napping. Since the damage is usually done in the latter part of the night, it is not always possible for the fruit-grower to tell the day before what to expect along the line of low temperatures. Although Prof. O'Gara began his meteorological observations in the Rogue River Valley in 1908, it was not until March, 1911, that he succeeded in having established at Medford a United States Weather Bureau Station. Through his efforts, six local cooperative weather stations were also established in order to perfect a system of frost forecasting which is said to be the most accurate in this or any other country. During the past five years not a single error has been made, either as to the low temperature which would occur or the time when it would be necessary for the orchardists to begin firing. The forecasts are sent by telephone in such a way that every farmer may receive them promptly. During the past spring a temperature of 22 degrees was successfully combated, the temperature being raised 10 degrees.
Every disease, pest and program which confronts the Rogue River fruit-grower is given attention by the versatile and indefatigable O'Gara. He is a bundle of boundless energy and enthusiasm, and there is no harder worker in the state. Like Edison, he finds six hours out of twenty-four all he can spare for sleep. With four salaried assistants and sixty volunteers he wages unceasing and effective warfare against every fungus and insect pest that preys upon the pomological products of his district.
A direct descendant of a feudal Irish monarch whose kingdom lay along the shores of Lake Gara, Sligo County, Ireland, born forty-one years ago on a Nebraska homestead near Coleridge, Cedar County, P. J. O'Gara began his college career with a total capital of $5, studying two years in the University of South Dakota, then four years in the University of Nebraska, specializing in botany, pathology and bacteriology. During these four years, although earning his board and other expenses, an average grade of 98 percent was made, and in a class of over two hundred O'Gara was the only one upon whom was conferred an honorary membership in the Sigma Xi for original scientific research. He is a member of the Phytopathological Society of America, the Botanical and Biological Societies of Washington, the National Geographic Society and the Washington Academy of Science. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Prof. O'Gara has contributed articles to Sunset, The Strand, Technical World, Electrical World, Science and other scientific journals and is the author of a number of horticultural bulletins, as well as technical papers on plant physiology and pathology. He was chosen by Dr. L. H. Bailey of Cornell University to assist in the preparation of the New American Cyclopedia of Horticulture. He is also on the editorial staff of the Cyclopedia of Horticulture of the Pacific Northwest. In his offices there is a completely indexed reference library of 40,000 books and bulletins.
Prof. O'Gara is quite a linguist, being familiar with German, French, Spanish, Italian and Latin. He is an expert telegrapher, a wireless enthusiast and an electrical engineer, having built three electrical power plants. He thoroughly enjoys a good ball game, either in the field or on the bleachers. He has traveled in Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico and every state in the Union, sometimes covering 25,000 to 40,000 miles in a single year. No wonder he grew tired of timetables and Pullmans.
In 1906 Prof. O'Gara married Miss Belle Sloan, daughter of Prof. T. J. Sloan of the University of South Dakota, and she has since been his chief lieutenant, having charge of the office and secretarial work. Over the pathologist's desk hangs a picture of one who has been to him a veritable patron saint: Prof. Chas. E. Bessey, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, teacher of botany for forty-five years--thirty in the University of Nebraska--who refused to accept a chair in Harvard University or to be laid on the shelf by a Carnegie person.
Since taking charge of his present office, Prof. O'Gara has turned down offers from land companies who wished to engage his services at salaries as high as $20,000. When asked why he chose to remain in his present place at a much smaller salary, he replied, "Because I like the climate and people here and enjoy my work. I do not work for money--that would be slavery."
Questioned as to his opinion of the fruit industry, he remarked: "I consider a Rogue River pear orchard a splendid investment. Pears can be profitably produced for $1 a box, and prices have always averaged considerably higher than that."
O. H. BARNHILL.
Sunset magazine, October 1913, pages 749-751
SHOULD PROVIDE AGAINST FROSTS
Prof. O'Gara Urges Orchardists of Valley Not to Delay
During the past season of spring frosts it was estimated that fully 60,000 boxes of fruit were lost. Without question this loss could have been averted by orchard heating, which has been fully demonstrated as effective in this district. If there was any doubt as to the value of orchard heating in this valley, it must have been dispelled last May when the condition of the pear crop in heated and unheated orchards of the frost zone was compared.
Preparations for orchard heating should be made as soon as possible. This cannot be done on short notice in the spring. If orchard heaters or pots are to be used, they must be ordered in time to insure delivery not later than March 15. The pots used in this district are largely the five-quart lard pail type, and are made by the Corrugated Iron Company of Wheeling, W. Va. These pots can be delivered f.o.b. Medford in car lots of not less than 18,000 for 10 to 11 cents. The minimum car is the smallest number that can be purchased economically, since less than car lots would demand a much higher freight rate. During the past two years the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association combined the orders of individual growers and shipped in several cars, thus securing the minimum in cost of manufacture and freight charges.
The best way to handle the situation will be for the growers to take up the matter with the local fruit associations, or if there are those who do not belong to any association, they may combine their orders so as to make at least a minimum car.
As soon as possible growers should consult with this office as to the equipment they will need. While I shall be very glad to give such data as will aid the growers in making their estimates, I must leave the business matter of purchasing to the associations or to the individual himself.
Besides the pots, storage for oil should be provided for. Do not depend on wood, as it may happen that a frost following a rainy period will find the wood too wet to ignite readily. Oil known as Richmond Smudge Oil, furnished by the Standard Oil Company and costing from 4 cents to 4½ cents f.o.b. Medford, has been most satisfactory. It may be possible that the Union Oil Company or some independent concern may be able to furnish oil of the same quality and at the same or a lower figure. The question of oil may be taken up later, but the matter of pots should not be delayed.
P. J. O'GARA.
Pathologist in Charge.
SALARY TO BE TREBLED
CRITICISM AND $5000 WILL BE EXCHANGED FOR $15,000 POST.
P. J. O'Gara, Pathologist tor Jackson County, Goes to American Smelting & Refining Company.
MEDFORD, Or., March 6.--(Special.)--Annoyed by criticism of ranchers and the recent adverse report of the grand jury which recommended his removal, P. J. O'Gara, who six years ago left the Department of Agriculture to become pathologist for Jackson County at a salary of $5000 a year, has resigned to become chief in charge of agricultural investigation for the American Smelting & Refining Company at a salary of $15,000 a year. His headquarters will be at Salt Lake City, but he will have charge of all experimental, laboratory and field work connected with the plant and animal diseases ascribed to smelter and smoke injury and will conduct exhaustive investigations at various smelters operated by the company.
Professor O'Gara is recognized as the leading authority in the Northwest on orchard and plant diseases and is the author of numerous books on blight, frost prevention, horticultural and agricultural subjects, and was endorsed for the position by the scientists of the Department of Agriculture as the best qualified man in America for the work in view.
The County Court will start at once to obtain a successor, as the approaching fruit season makes the office peculiarly important.
Morning Oregonian, Portland, March 7, page 3
Prof. P. J. O'Gara was guest of honor at a farewell banquet Tuesday evening given by A. C. Allen at the University Club.
"Society," Medford Mail Tribune, March 21, 1914, page 3
COUNTY GETS NEW PATHOLOGIST
The county court last Friday signed a contract for the services of M. P. Henderson, of the University of Wisconsin, as pathologist to succeed Prof. P. J. O'Gara, and he will have charge of the pathologist work of spraying and blight conditions, and Prof. Reimer of the O.A.C. experiment station working in conjunction with him will have charge of soil work, pruning and other orchard work. Prof. Henderson will arrive about July 1. He was recommended by the committee appointed by the orchardists. Judge TouVelle and Commissioner Leever signed the contract.
Central Point Herald, June 25, 1914, page 2
PROFESSOR O'GARA WRITES OF
SOLVING THE SMELTER PROBLEM
Pathologist Tells of Experiments Conducted to Ascertain True Effects of Smelter Gases--
Many Supposed Results Due to Plant and Animal Diseases.
Professor P.J. O'Gara, former county pathologist and for the last year chief pathologist for the American Smelting and Refining Company at Salt Lake City, Utah, writes as follows concerning his work:
"My work here is progressing satisfactorily, and during the year just passed, a great deal has been accomplished. With the beginning of another year's work, we have increased the equipment and the personnel of the department of agricultural investigations considerably. We have during the year twenty-five men doing research work on the various lines of agricultural research. In chemistry alone we have eight men. The divisions of plant physiology and pathology, soils, agronomy, irrigation, entomology, dairy and animal husbandry, veterinary science, animal pathology, etc., are all well represented. I have chosen my men from among the best universities, such as Berlin, Munich, Boston School of Technology, Harvard, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, California, Leland Stanford and others.
Much Work in Research
"It must be remembered that most of the work is research, and for this reason men of exceptional ability had to be chosen, especially those in direct charge of certain fundamental problems. We are doing an immense amount of good on the effects of certain gases on vegetable and animal life, and the very interesting thing that struck us when we began looking up the literature and trying to coordinate it with our results was that other investigators were in error all the way from 100 to 1000 per cent. As a matter of fact, no reliable qualitative or quantitative data were at hand. We sought the best European authorities and found them woefully out of accord with the facts. It must be understood that our facilities for doing careful work are not limited, and this is one reason we can do work which the other investigator cannot do, because he has to beg for a dollar.
Designs Apparatus
"Much of our apparatus for research work on the effect of certain gases on plants is of our own design. In making certain gas analyses we are able to measure accurately one part of gas in 10,000,000 parts of air. The rapidity with which we can do this is wonderful, less than two minutes being required to make such a delicate test. Furthermore, we have constructed apparatus which will continually measure a flow of gas where the concentration is only one part in ten millions.
"When I began the work of investigating conditions here there was no one who could tell us how much sulfur dioxide in parts per million of air would injure certain crops. No one could tell us what the time element would be to produce such an injury. We were all in the dark, and the farming community knew about as much as did the smelters.
Demonstration Crops
"On our demonstration and experiment farm we grew about seventy crops, some for demonstration purposes, so as to show maximum yields, others for experiment purposes. Just to mention our crop, we grew twenty-one tons of sugar beets per acre without irrigation where only ten tons were made to grow before with irrigation. We did this without adding any fertilizer, showing what was in the soil and what could be gotten out of it by proper agricultural methods. We grew flax, buckwheat, various millets, sorghums, all sorts of truck crops and last, but not least, a fine fruit crop from trees that had been abandoned since the time of Brigham Young. Our fruit exhibits from this farm at the state fair was a surprise. We even had Newtowns that would have been the envy of Hon. John Westerlund. We raised corn that looked as though it had been imported from Nebraska, and our yield of rape figured forty-five tons per acre. But the matter of growing fine crops was a mere incident as compared with the experimental work in determining the effects of sulfur dioxide on plants.
Tested Staple Crops
"We tested practically all the staple crops, such as potatoes, corn, beans, sugar beets, etc., and our results were most astonishing. Strange as it may seem, the crop on which the heaviest claims had been made for alleged damages by smelter smoke was potatoes. All the Salt Lake Valley farmers were of the honest opinion that the sulfur dioxide gas from the smelters had really killed their potato vines and completely ruined the crops. After careful experimental work we found the potato so resistant to sulfur dioxide gas that if the potato crop during the past years had been injured [by the gas], as the farmers reported, there would not have been living today a single human being in the Salt Lake Valley. To visibly injure a potato plant would require such a high concentration of sulfur dioxide that all animal life under the same conditions of sulfur dioxide concentration would have been suffocated. This is also true of other crops for which damages were claimed.
Matter with Potatoes
"What, then, was the matter with the potatoes? A pathological, entomological and physiological survey showed that the poor potato had more than twenty troubles, all of which tended to injure the plant, and, therefore, reduce the yield. The potato crop in the Salt Lake Valley was such a failure for 1914 that growers did not get their seed back. All farmers were of the opinion that it was the worst year in the history of potato growing in the Salt Lake Valley, and yet scarcely a claim was made against the American Smelting & Refining Company for alleged losses due to smelter smoke.
"The reason for this remarkable change of heart was due to the educational effort put forth by the company. We gave the farmers the facts as to the causes which led to the loss of the potato crop, as well as giving them specific information as to the result of our experimental work.
Overcoming Troubles
"We also gave them instructions as to how to overcome the potato troubles by careful seed and soil selection, seed treatment, cultivation and irrigation, all of which has been much appreciated. Not for a moment have we charged the farmers with dishonesty in making their alleged claims. They had no information, and naturally the one factor which they thought responsible for crop losses must be the smelter. I have only mentioned the potato crop as an instance, but the same is true of practically all the field crops growing in the Salt Lake Valley.
"Strange as it may seem, there has been practically no plant pathological work done in the Salt Lake Valley, and the same may be said of the entire state of Utah. Until very recently plant pathology was not a part of the curriculum of any of the state educational institutions. Even today there is not a chair of botany, as such, at the state university.
Seventy Species Fungi
"During the season of 1914 I found no less than seventy species of economic fungi causing great losses to crops, and which had not been reported from the state of Utah, in so far as I am able to find. I also found and described four new species of economic fungi. Much better work has been done along entomological lines than plant pathological lines, but there still remained an enormous amount of work to be done in economical entomology. In the dry farm wheat section of the Salt Lake Valley, where crop rotation has not been practiced, wheat growing has become practically profitless, due to certain insect agencies, principally the wheat straw worm and the sheath worm. Our economic entomologist sprang some surprises on these dry farm wheat growers when he showed them very plainly why the wheat plant grew only six to ten inches high. The farmers supposed that the grain had been stunted by smelter smoke, but after being shown that insects were responsible for the dwarfed growth and reduced yield, they were satisfied that they had been in the wrong.
Relations Most Pleasant
"It has been a real pleasure to work with the farmers in the Salt Lake Valley. Although they know that we are employed by the corporation with which they have differed, they have, nevertheless, treated us with the greatest courtesy. It has been a pleasure to have them come to our farm and laboratory for instruction and advice.
"We have done a lot of work on the animal situation and have found many interesting things. In the past, practically every animal that died was said to have been killed by the smelters. We have found in a number of cases which, upon post mortem, showed that nothing less than pieces of baling wire ingested by the animals had finally lodged in the heart or lungs after penetrating the stomach walls and diaphragm. Likewise, tuberculosis and contagious abortion have been demonstrated in dairy herds, as well as outbreaks of cholera in hogs. We willingly make various tests for diseases well as provide treatment without charge, it being our purpose to help the farmer and make him prosperous, believing that both the great mining and smelting industry as well as agriculture may find plenty of room in the Salt Lake Valley without one industry encroaching upon the other's rights.
Corporations as Employers
"It has been a pleasure to work with the big corporation and to have my efforts appreciated. When I prepared my budget for 1915, outlining the needs of my department, I was happily surprised to learn that the board of directors in New York not only approved of the budget, but asked that it be increased so as to provide for more work. Of course, I am dealing with men who can appreciate the value of a suggestion, and therein lies the difference between working for a great corporation as compared with the public. I have worked for both, and certainly appreciate the difference. Of course, I appreciate the value of public service in that it has taught me many a good lesson. I probably would not have learned to know people and to judge them so well as I am now able to do if I had not been a public servant for a number of years.
"I want you to pardon this long letter, but feeling that you might be interested in what I am doing I thought I would explain to you what I have done during the twelve months since leaving the Rogue River Valley.
"With my very kind personal regards, I am sincerely yours,
"P. J. O'GARA,
"Chief in charge.
"Salt Lake City, April 11."
Medford Mail Tribune, April 16, 1915, page 3
C. C. Cate has been appointed pathologist for Jackson County to succeed M. P. Henderson, who resigned in August. Mr. Cate assumed the duties of the position Tuesday morning. For the past two years he has served as fruit inspector for Linn County and comes well recommended.
"Local News," Jacksonville Post, December 11, 1915, page 3
PEAR INDUSTRY OF VALLEY TO BE SHOWN IN MOVIES
A. C. Allen has spent a couple of afternoons on the river, where he took some motion pictures of steelhead fishing to be used in the series of "out-of-doors" pictures which he is making. Some excellent pictures were secured and will prove interesting additions to the series.
Professor P. J. O'Gara is associated with Mr. Allen in the venture, and the latter has secured about 3000 feet of unusual hunting, fishing and scenic pictures in eastern Oregon and Idaho. These pictures will either be sold to some large motion picture organization or will be released by themselves.
Mr. Allen has sold a number of films to the Gaumont company and Pathe-Freres, three of which are at present released and being shown on the screen.
On Wednesday and Thursday at the Page Theater will be shown over half a reel of Mr. Allen's pictures, released by Pathe, on the pear industry of our valley. These pictures have received very favorable comment in the trade journals and were shown at the Columbia Theater in Portland for a full week's run. All the scenes were taken around Medford and show in detail the growing of pears from the nursery to the bearing tree, grafting, cutting out blight, picking, packing, etc., and a fine scene of smudging just at sunrise.
Medford Mail Tribune, September 19, 1916, page 6
P. J. O'Gara, former county pathologist, was here Tuesday for five hours en route from Klamath Falls to Tacoma. A. C. Allen took him around in an auto to see his property. Mr. O'Gara, who resides in Salt Lake City and is connected with the American Smelting and Refining Company, has traveled 22,000 miles in connection with his duties so far this year.
"Local Briefs," Medford Mail Tribune, July 9, 1919, page 2
P. J. O'GARA, EX-CO. PATHOLOGIST, DIES, SALT LAKE
The many friends in Medford and throughout Jackson County will learn with much regret of the death of a former county pathologist of this county, Dr. Patrick J. O'Gara, who died in Salt Lake City September 17 last after an illness of over four years' duration.
Dr. O'Gara first came to the Rogue River Valley about 20 years ago in response to a call from the orchardists for aid in fighting pear blight. He was sent here by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and spent about four years in Medford, when he was recalled. Upon suggestion of A. C. Allen, backed by the orchardists, Mr. O'Gara was persuaded to resign his government position and accept the position of county pathologist for Jackson County. This was the first office of its kind in the United States, and O'Gara filled the position till 1913.
So successful was he in his work that his fame became national, and when the American Smelting and Refining Company were almost out of business on account of injunctions because of smelter smoke injuries, they turned to O'Gara to help them. His work with them in Salt Lake City has become nationally known, for he developed methods by which the smelters could proceed without doing any injury to vegetation.
As a result of this terrific strain and the tendency of Dr. O'Gara to overdo, he broke down four years ago, the breakdown being brought on by a severe attack of the flu. Since his illness he made an unsuccessful fight for over four years, which terminated in his death.
Mrs. O'Gara has taken the body back to Vermillion, South Dakota, to rest, Vermillion being their old home.
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TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview.
1914.. Somerset/Worcester road controversy; 1882.. Why aren't young men learning a trade these days?; 1939.. Nine fire companies respond to Onancock fire; 1975.. Checking what's playing at the Marva; 1977.. (Ad) The New Towne Inn, Pocomoke City.
It's this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!
Maryland State Police Win National Awards..
MD State Police Wins 2015 National Awards For Traffic Safety Efforts
(PIKESVILLE, MD) – The International Association of Chiefs of Police, in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Sheriff’s Association, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association, and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, recently presented the Maryland State Police with three top national awards in recognition for outstanding traffic safety efforts aimed at reducing crashes and injuries.
The Maryland State Police won first place in the 2015 National Law Enforcement Challenge for state police or highway patrol departments with between 500 and 1,500 sworn members. A Special Category Award was also presented to the Maryland State Police for commercial vehicle safety efforts by state police agencies. A third honor, the Clayton J. Hall Memorial Award, was received for submitting the most comprehensive traffic safety program out of more than 200 law enforcement agencies participating in the national competition.
“It was an honor to accept these awards on behalf of the dedicated troopers in the Field Operations Bureau,” Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel William Pallozzi said. “While receiving this recognition is appreciated, our commitment to traffic safety is not to earn awards, but because we know the harder we work, the more impact we can have on reducing crashes, saving lives, and making our highways safer.”
The National Law Enforcement Challenge focuses on the police department’s comprehensive strategies to address the traffic safety issues of impaired driving, occupant protection, and speed awareness. Agencies can select an additional traffic safety issue that has been identified as a problem in their state. Police departments are evaluated and judged on their approaches to traffic safety issues based on the factors of problem identification, policies, planning, training, public information and education, enforcement, and outcomes.
Impaired driving enforcement remains a priority for the Maryland State Police. The introduction of the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort, or SPIDRE Team, has been a major advancement in this effort. This team of highly trained troopers works specific areas of the state that have a high number of impaired driving crashes.
Throughout the state, troopers use geographic information system mapping to determine where DUI enforcement is needed most in each county. Troopers at each barrack are responsible for conducting saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints in those targeted areas.
Additional training in impaired driving enforcement was provided to 746 troopers in 2014. That year, state troopers arrested 7,044 impaired drivers. So far this year, troopers have arrested more than 5,800 impaired drivers.
The Maryland State Police instituted the Reducing Crime and Crashes initiative, which requires each patrol trooper to spend a portion of their duty day focusing on enforcement in an identified ‘hot spot’ for crime or where traffic crashes are most prevalent in their area of responsibility. This program has been especially effective in efforts aimed at reducing speeding and aggressive driving. It also ensures troopers are working in the documented areas where enforcement is most needed and appropriate. In 2014, patrol troopers issued 117,931 citations for speeding and conducted more than 5,200 special speed enforcement details across the state.
Seat belt and child safety seat laws have helped Maryland reduce traffic fatalities to record lows. Both education about and enforcement of occupant protection laws are a focus of the Maryland State Police. Last year, State Police launched an effort to train more troopers as child safety seat technicians and increased opportunities around the state for parents to learn how to properly install a safety seat and buckle up their children. Troopers issued 19,268 seat belt citations in 2014 and conducted more than 500 occupant protection enforcement initiatives.
The Maryland State Police identified crashes involving heavy trucks and buses as a problem after 70 people died in 2012 in crashes involving those types of vehicles. The Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division launched a number of education and enforcement initiatives aimed at reducing those fatalities and increasing the awareness of both commercial and non-commercial drivers which are continuing. Especially being targeted are new drivers, who receive instruction from troopers about how to stay out of the ‘no-zone’ and drive safely around commercial vehicles. State Police conducted multiple commercial vehicle enforcement initiatives during 2014 and 2015 and have trained police in allied agencies who have similar enforcement teams. Fortunately, fatalities involving heavy trucks and buses showed a steep drop in Maryland, declining to 39 in 2014. Maryland has been recognized as having more commercial vehicle safety inspections per road mile than any state in the country.
The focus of Maryland State Police efforts was in coordination with and support of Maryland’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Many of the enforcement efforts the Maryland State Police was recognized for were funded by grants from the Maryland Highway Safety Office, the State Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Maryland State Police traffic safety efforts will continue, in cooperation with local, state and federal law enforcement and highway safety partners. Traffic safety is the responsibility of everyone who drives on Maryland roads. State Police ask drivers to ensure they are doing their part to comply with traffic laws and to keep Maryland roads safe.
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TIME MACHINE: 1902, 1967, 1894, 1958.
"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore." Our tradition runs deep. Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.
This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; it has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable. F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."
May, 1902..
(Typo below. Should have said "Ocean City.")
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri
January, 1967..
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March, 1894..
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July, 1958 (Time Machine archive)
Advertised nationally as America's best automotive investment, the Studebaker line could be seen at J. Scott Porter Motors, on the west side of Willow Street at Front Street in Pocomoke City. A new Studebaker Scotsman sedan was priced at $1,795.
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Are you a passionate book reader? If yes, then you will be placed to know that the blockchain technology has a venture just for you. With the ever rising popularity of blockchain technology, there are individuals who have come to the realization that writing is one of the niches that have not yet been introduced in this platform. But all this is bound to change with the introduction of iShook.
Before you get stuck into this review…
What Is iShook?
iShook is currently one of the leading content sharing systems available on blockchain. The cryptocurrency has been created with the main purpose of connecting those who are creating content, with the people who are reading it. With this platform, its creators are hoping that they will be able to provide content users with material that is rich, while at the same time being able to distribute work coming from booksellers and publishers.
This ecosystem is unique in that end-users are provided with a platform that supports peer-to-peer payments in exchange for content exposure and networking. iShook is, therefore bridging an existing gap between consumers and content creators.
What Problem Does the Coin Address?
The frequency at which new content is being generated and published online is astounding, and only goes to show the intricacies surrounding the delicate relationship between consumers and content creators. With every passing second, there are millions of content pieces being created, and consumed across various mediums, many of which are limited in terms of their interoperability. Currently, there is lack of a connectivity and epicenter among the audience, and the platforms already in use.
As time passes by and individuals continue adopting emerging technologies, it is expected that the content ecosystem will not only continue to expand, but it may at some point become scattered. By publishing their content online, creators get to distribute their content to an international audience. But once this content has been published, how will the creator be able to measure their success?
Blockchain technology has become very popular in the last few years. This is largely attributed to its ability to do away with the existing inequality between content providers and hosting platforms. Traditionally, larger corporations have benefitted from this content, as the artists and curators were left behind to fend for themselves. This is what iShook intends to do away with. Creators no longer have to worry about losing out to big corporations as they can rely on this platform to measure their success, and earn an income from their work.
What Makes It Stand Out to Other Coins / Key Features
The primary aim of iShook(https://www.ishook.io/) is to bridge the current gap between the creator, reader, developer, and the end-user. Some of its key features include:
• Web Platform: It will facilitate article publishing by content creators. Currently, it has more than sixty thousand eBooks. Users will get a chance to share their experiences with others across various social media platforms, although all the content will be natively hosted.
• E-commerce Store: An e-commerce store will be provided alongside a blogging platform. The blogging platform is intended to entice users to post, and share their daily experiences.
• Mobile Application: Many users are today using mobile phones to create and access content online. iShook hopes to capitalize on this, which is why they have already launched their own mobile application.
• yChat: It is an application designed to facilitate communication releases. It has an in-built payment system that supports Google Wallet and Apple Pay, and which will work hand in hand their Android and iShook Ecosystem.
Business Model Behind the Coin
iShook has a clearly laid out road map that features the following:
1. Quarter One of 2018
• It will feature app development for both Android and iOS platforms. The development is designed to match that of its web platform.
• Development of its yChat application, and communication release meant to provide assistance to the iShook Ecosystem currently being used on the Android operating system.
• This quarter will also feature the initial stages of integrating its tokens.
2. Quarter Two of 2018
• Development of the yChat platform and its subsequent integration into iOS 11
• Release of iShook webinars and tutorials to assist users maximize on publishing results
• Initial stages of integrating its tokens
3. Quarter Three of 2018
• Development of the yChat pro application aimed at providing assistance to developers.
• The app will also feature performance metrics to show the content that has already been released
• Creating campaign tools to cater for network exposure
• Continued token integration.
4. Quarter Four 2018
• Integrating yChat with Apple Music
• Development of the iShook eBook and subsequent release on the Android platform
• Completed stages of integrating the tokens
5. Quarter One-2019
• Launch of iShook TV on the Apple Platform
• iShookMD.com release
6. Quarter Two—2019
• Provide support for radio, podcasts, and music content
• eBook application development for universities
iShook Team Members
I. Beni E Rachmanov (CEO and Founder)
Beni is a real estate investor, and has previously worked as a project manager at an architectural and engineering firm. He is the principal architect and designer of the iShook platform. He has years of experience under his belt.
II. Michael Yusupov (CFO and Co-Founder)
He graduated from St. Johns University with a Bachelors in Finance and Banking. He has years of experience working with hedge funds, and was the first investor and entrepreneur at iShook. He is the moneyman, and can surely be trusted with the money.
III. Gary J. Ross
He is the founding partner at a securities boutique known as Ross and Shulga PLLC. He mainly deals with VC funds, angel investors, and private investors. His experience in the securities industry means that he can be trusted with crucial investments.
IV. Martin Mushkin
He is a co-chairman at a law institute that deals with law and litigation and accounts liability. He is also the co-author of numerous books and brings a wealth of experience to this team.
iShook has overcome many of the problems facing projects being launched on blockchain technology such as the lack of viable mobile applications. It is, therefore, a cryptocurrency that one needs to be on the lookout for.
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TRAVELLING THE GLOBE, WHILE CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER
Originally on Tumblr from 2011-2016 under the same domain name, The World by Faith is a personal blog that has turned into a travelogue, showcasing the author’s adventures around the globe. Though officially established on the 28th of May 2017, posts from Tumblr are currently being migrated to this platform to give readers access to the blog’s previous travel diaries. Do note that the old posts are under construction at the moment, as it’ll take some time to migrate the photos.
Faith Eliza, the owner and author of TheWorldbyFaith.com, is a 25-year-old Filipina residing in Manila. In March 2012, she graduated from Ateneo De Manila University with a degree in BS Management, Major in Communications Technology Management and Minor in Enterprise Development. After having travelled to Europe right after graduating from University, there was a point when she wanted to make travel a living; but when she got a taste of the successes, glories, and even challenges of the corporate world thereafter, she realized that she was destined to achieve so much more in life.
Instead of giving up on her dream to travel the world and focus on climbing the corporate ladder, she makes it a point to balance the two things she is most passionate about. In a world full of people who tell you to quit your jobs to travel, Faith aims to tell you otherwise.
This is to inspire everyone out there that it is possible to travel the world, one city at a time, while fulfilling your dream to make it big in your own careers.
This is for those who dream of seeing the world without forgetting who they are and what they dream to achieve. This is for the lovers of travel, the lovers of life.
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The Hidden Side by Heidi Chiavaroli
Natalie Abbott offers answers for hurting listeners on her popular radio program. But she struggles to connect with her teenagers, with her daughter in an unhealthy relationship and her son uncommunicative and isolated. When one member of the family commits an unspeakable act, Natalie is forced to uncover who she truly is under the façade of her radio persona.
Mercy Howard is shocked when her fiancé, Nathan Hale, is arrested and hanged as a spy. When she’s asked to join the revolutionary spy ring in Manhattan, she sees an opportunity to avenge Nathan’s death. But keeping her true loyalties hidden grows increasingly harder as the charming Major John Andre of the King’s Army becomes more to her than a target for intelligence.
Mercy’s journals comfort Natalie from across the centuries as both women struggle with their own secrets and shame, wondering how deep God’s mercy extends.
This was a new author for me. The book sounded good, and I had not reviewed anything from Tyndale Publishing for a while, so I requested it. My review will be a mixed one.
There are two stories in the book. One centers on Natalie in modern day, and the other on Mercy in 1776. To be honest, I found the historical part of the story distracting. The modern day story was so moving and riveting, I would get frustrated when the author would switch to the historical one. I found the same to be true of Francine River's Scarlet Cord that released several years back......maybe that should have warned me. But that is the only negative thing I have to say.
The rest of the book was very good, yet sad. I don't want to give any spoilers away, but the main character's teenage son does something terrible.....we are talking something newsworthy, prison for life, the ripping apart of a community. It was an interesting experience to see the side of a horrible act from the view of the parents of a kid who did it. The book stirred up several emotions in me, including sympathy for the kid who did it......while at the same time recognizing what a horrible thing he had done and his need for prison for life.
Though fiction, this is a story that could be ripped from today's headlines. And it is a reminder that God can help people through very tough times. It was very interesting and well written.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Heidi Chiavaroli is a writer, runner, and grace-clinger who could spend hours exploring Boston's Freedom Trail. She writes Women's Fiction and won the 2014 ACFW Genesis contest in the historical category. Both her debut novel, "Freedom's Ring" and her sophomore novel, "The Hidden Side" are Romantic Times Top Picks. "Freedom's Ring" was also a BOOKLIST Top Ten Romance Debut, 2017. She makes her home in Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, and Howie, her standard poodle. Visit her online at heidichiavaroli.com.
The Hidden Side is available from Tyndale House Publishing.
Thanks to Tyndale for the review copy.
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Boulder is home to the University of Colorado, some of the nation’s leading high tech companies, beautiful parks, and expansive trails. Nestled in a panoramic valley and back-dropped by the unique and majestic Flatirons, Boulder is a scenic city that is ideal for sports enthusiasts. Known by many as the cycling capital of the country, Boulder also offers hiking, mountain climbing, and a wide variety of music festivals, art shows, and community events throughout the year.
The Boulder Valley was originally inhabited by the Southern Arapaho Indian tribe. Gold seekers established the first non-native settlement in Boulder County in 1858. Boulder’s first school house was built in 1860, and the city government was formalized in 1871. From 1950 to 1972, the population grew from 20,000 to 72,000. With the purchase of thousands of acres of open space beginning in 1967, the adoption of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan in 1970 along with other growth-related initiatives, Boulder began a period of infill and re-use of its past architectural development, which continues today.
Boulder has numerous charter schools and private schools. The city also offers an extensive public transportation system. Well-known for its bicycle culture, Boulder boasts hundreds of miles of bike paths, lanes and routes that interconnect to a renowned network of bikeways usable year-round.
On October 12, 2011, the City of Boulder’s Parks and Recreation Department was awarded the 2011 Colorado Parks and Recreation Association Columbine Award for Recreation Facility Design at Valmont Bike Park.
Boulder has a municipal airport which is used exclusively for general aviation, with most traffic consisting of single-engine airplanes and sailplanes.
Boulder created an Urban Wildlife Management Plan which sets policies for managing and protecting urban wildlife. Also, the city’s parks department has a Conservation Team which monitors parks, wetlands, lakes and more.
Boulder’s primary daily newspaper, the Daily Camera, was founded in 1890. Notable residents include Nobel Prize winners and university professors Erie Cornell and Thomas Cech. John Hall, a Nobel Prize winner and senior fellow and lecturer at the University of Colorado, is also a Boulder resident. Cyclist Davis Phinney was born in Boulder, and Frank Shorter, 1972 Munich Olympics marathon gold medalist, lives in Boulder.
One of the most popular sections of Boulder is the famous Pearl Street Mall, home to numerous shops and restaurants. South of Pearl Street and adjacent to the CU campus is another historic shopping center, The Hill.
Boulder offers a remarkable variety of real estate opportunities encompassing nearly every conceivable style, size, and price Range, including homes with historic designations.
For those seeking diversity, recreation on a grand scale, outstanding views, culture and more, Boulder is rated among the best places to live in the country.
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2010, Eight Feet Deep
Eight Feet Deep represents the musical collaboration of Billy “Pills” Fridrich and Mike DiMeo. Fridrich, a veteran of New York area bands Celestial, HeavySurf and No Excuses, plays rhythm, lead and bass guitars as well programming the drum tracks and writing lyrics. Mike DiMeo, former lead singer of the bands Riot and Masterplan has gained a reputation as one of the most accomplished and soulful vocals in heavy rock. Earlier this year Fridrich and DiMeo released their debut EP together, also entitled Eight Feet Deep.
Eight Feet Deep opens with “Leader”, a riff-filled blend of hair metal and classic rock. Fridrich’s shows off strong guitar work in a somewhat abstract take on the concept that ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’. The song is a bit referential lyrically without providing the perspective that illuminates meaning. “Throw Down” has an almost stream-of-consciousness feel to the lyrics. It’s a driven, enjoyable rocker that falls into the same trap as “Leader”. “No Regrets” is about growing up and gaining perspective on experiences, judging the whole by the outcome of the moment. Eight Feet Deep closes with “My Friend”, a plodding and top-heavy song that never manages to take flight.
Across the first three songs on Eight Feet Deep the duo of Fridrich and DiMeo show themselves quite capable of writing rocking tunes that blend the best of 1980’s hair metal and classic rock in highly consumable rock n roll. Fridrich never rests with a guitar in his hand, creating musical mayhem seemingly at will, and DiMeo’s reputation as a singer is well-earned. His voice is a bit reminiscent of Klaus Meine (minus the accent), and he can go from a whisper to a scream in a heartbeat, covering all of the vocal ground in between. There is a classic feel to the first three songs on Eight Feet Deep that simply can’t be ignored. They are so well done that they make the final track bearable. Eight Feet Deep are proving that rock n roll isn’t dead.
Learn more about Eight Feet Deep at www.myspace.com/eightfeetdeepband or www.reverbnation.com/eightfeetdeepband. Eight Feet Deep is available as a digital EP from Eight Feet Deep and iTunes.
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Carnival Cruise Line Debuts New Type of Ship
Want to win a free Carnival cruise? You could do so simply by keeping an eye on the sky as Carnival Cruise Line kicks off a month-long event designed to raise aware of the line in general and the fact that some big ships are moving to new ports.
Photo via Carnival
The event kicks off today — Wednesday, August 29th — at Carnival’s sixth annual Day Of Play at the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. But if you can’t get there to take part in the fun, don’t worry, because the fun is coming to you… or at least it is if you live along the flight path which will be followed by the newest member of their fleet: The Carnival AirShip!
The unmistakable AirShip is actually a 128-foot-long red, white and blue blimp which will play a crucial role in the company’s Homeport Advantage promotion. It will also be the key to you winning prizes, including one of five free cruises, VIP event passes and Carnival gift cards. So how do you win? Simply head here to register (which will automatically give you one entry in the sweepstakes), then take a picture or video of the Airship and post it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #ChooseFun.
Even better? Every time the hashtag is used by a registered user, it will trigger a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which has long been the cruise line’s charitable partner.
When the Carnival AirShip arrives in Miami on September 20, look for a big celebration to help welcome Carnival Horizon to her new home… including events hosted by the company’s Chief Fun Officer, Shaquille O’Neil, as well as appearances by members of the Miami Heat.
Four of the cruises will be given away to people in specific zip codes, one each in the Dallas, Houston, Miami and Atlanta general area. A fifth cruise will be given away to an entrant from outside the specific zip codes (which can be found on the Official Rules page of the promotion). There is a limit of one entry per person/E-mail address per day during the sweepstakes period, which runs from now until September 30th.
Four Carnival cruise ships will be arriving at their new homeports in September:
Carnival Horizon will have her first trip out of Miami on September 22
Carnival Vista will begin doing year-round sailings out of Galveston on September 23
Carnival Breeze will do a range of 7- and 14-day itineraries out of Port Canaveral starting on September 30
Carnival Magic joins the Horizon in Miami on September 30, doing a series of week-long Caribbean cruises
Carnival AirShip Flight Path
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Miami to Dallas (September 1-3)
Austin (September 4), San Antonio (September 5)
Houston (September 7-9), Galveston (September 9)
New Orleans (September 10), Mobile (September 13)
Tampa (September 15)
Miami (September 16-20)
Orlando (September 21)
Port Canaveral (September 22)
Jacksonville (September 23)
Atlanta (September 26-30)
“What better way to showcase our new offerings in popular homeports like Galveston, Port Canaveral and Miami,” says Carnival Cruise Line’s president, Christine Duffy, “than with our very own AirShip that reinforces our #ChooseFun tagline while supporting the special kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.”
For more on Carnival’s Homeport Advantage campaign — and details on the prizes offered — visit Carnival.com.
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Contemporary dictionaries define a mother as “a female parent; a woman who conceives, gives birth to, and raises or nurtures a child.” Yet in Islamic teachings, a mother is also considered a child’s “first teacher”. In modern societies, mothers who choose to stay at home and raise their children are more and more often considered to be “wasting their time”, and value is instead placed on a mother who works outside the home. Given that many mothers feel socially pressured to take on work outside the home and no longer have time and/or patience to properly raise their children, we find the gap between having children and properly rearing and teaching them steadily growing wider. Many parents are therefore now just “parents” in the biological sense. This article will explore why society values working mothers higher than those who stay at home, the importance that Islam gives a mother and her role in society, and what needs to change in order to bring back respect for motherhood.
Working mothers vs. stay-at-home mothers
A mother serves a vital role in our communities. Children require constant love and attention, which only a mother can provide. A mother’s sole value cannot be based simply on what she does outside the home. Rather, her true value lies in the great work of raising the next generation, which must for the most part, be engaged in within the home. However, in modern-day societies, it is found that women, and mothers specifically, are not valued if they forsake a career and choose instead to serve their home, and this puts immense social pressure on women to pursue careers at the expense of their home life.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini writes that a mother’s lap is the first “school” for a child [1]. A school is where a child gains an education and learns social skills. Hence, a mother is in charge of the great responsibility of teaching her children and imparting to them a skill set to serve them throughout their lives. When parents are choosing a school for their children, they understand that they should go through great lengths to find the best one, as the future of their child will be placed in the hands of his/her teachers; but what about when a mother is supposed to serve the function of teaching? A woman entrusted with the duty of teaching her child, just like a schoolteacher entrusted with the education of her students, must be able to focus on this work. How can a mother who is working even part time outside the home muster the focus to work on her child’s character-building or find the strength to deal with the struggles and just plain antics of children? A working mother is essentially pulled in many directions. From her outside workload to her duties in the home (including parental responsibilities and spousal obligations), she is forced to balance often conflicting priorities. It is unnerving to see that instead of supporting and encouraging women to stay at home and be the best mothers to their children, modern-day societies are instead instilling a culture of pushing mothers back into the workforce as soon as possible post-delivery. The poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal writes of the “non-woman” – essentially a woman with non-female tendencies acquired through Western civilization and education. A translation of his Urdu verses reads: “The knowledge from which a woman becomes a non-woman, this knowledge the free thinkers call death!” [2]
A mother’s sole value cannot be based simply on what she does outside the home. Rather, her true value lies in the great work of raising the next generation.
The importance of a mother’s attention and guidance cannot be debated. From the very beginning of a child’s life, a newborn calms down when sensing when his/her mother is near and becomes upset when she is away. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, an American physiologist and marriage and family therapist, consistently supports the view that mothers should not take on work outside the home. In an interview about her book, In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms, Schlessinger states that mothers need to find their true worth elsewhere rather than at work:
“What people need to learn is that it’s not about the drudgery of housework – it’s about being at home for all of those incredible moments that make your life more valuable than the person who replaced you at work. No one can replace mom.” [3]
According to a Pew Research Center survey, 71% of U.S. mothers work outside the home [4]. But now more women are staying at home, reversing a long-term decline in the number of stay-at-home mothers. In addition, 60% of Americans say that children are better off when one parent is at home to focus on the family [5]. Therefore, even with the current trend of mothers being socially pressured to work outside the home, a majority of Americans themselves accept the importance of having a parent at home to raise children. The push for women in the American workforce essentially came out of necessity. In World War II, there was a labor shortage after men went off to war. Between 1940 to 1945, the female labor force grew by 50% [6]. While a Forbes article explains the obvious benefits of women being a larger part of the workforce, like more women getting a higher education and an increased gross domestic product, there are plenty of downsides that are affecting family life: working mothers have less time to spend with their children (increase of latch-key children), increased stress levels with the changing of roles (mothers juggling careers and home life), and difficulty getting quality child care for children (good childcare centers are few and expensive, thus making it harder even for middle-class families to afford them) [7].
It is imperative for societies to realize that a working mother will have a hard time raising her children and maintaining a successful home. Mothers working typical 8-hour days outside the home will inevitably be encroaching on the time their children demand and rightfully deserve. This adds to a family’s stress level. Naturally, most working parents will want a good quality caregiver to watch their children while they are away. But why do we forget that a mother provides the best childcare for her own children? If modern societies valued the work that a stay-at-home mother engages in and encouraged this view among their culture, then more mothers would choose to stay at home and make sure their children were being raised in the best way possible. Because the job of raising children is so physically and emotionally demanding, it is unrealistic to expect even a stay-at-home mother to always be on top of all her responsibilities. Now imagine adding a full or part-time job into the mix. Ironically, the surge in telecommuting jobs shows that more and more families are seeking flexibility, which in turn will enable them to be there for their children [8]. In the Forbes article cited above, the author Lisa Quast states that she is always being asked by working mothers about how to achieve that perfect “work-life balance”.
Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei during a speech on April 19, 2014 celebrating the birth of Lady Fatima Zahra (AS) spoke of the problems arising with the unjust burden and pressure placed on women to work outside the home, emphasizing the importance of appreciating housewives and stay-at-home mothers. The following is an excerpt from the translation of his speech: “The typical image of women at home is the image of a creature of secondary importance who is responsible for rendering services to others. This image is shared by many people. Some people openly express it and some people do not, although they believe it in their hearts. This is the exact opposite of what Islam has mentioned.” [9]
The Islamic view of a mother’s role
Just a few famous ahadith regarding mothers make it obvious that in Islam, a mother’s role is not only respected and valued, but it is also considered to be key for the survival of a family. It is unfortunate that oftentimes Muslims themselves devalue the position of women and mothers in the family.
The Holy Prophet Mohammad (SAW) has stated: “Heaven lies under the feet of mothers.” According to commentary by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, this hadith is for children to “search for happiness and the gardens of heaven under the blessed feet of their mothers, to respect them as they would Almighty God, and to seek approval and satisfaction of God the Most Holy in their approval and satisfaction.” [10]
Even Almighty Allah mentions a mother’s hard work and why people should appreciate it; therefore, the role of a mother should be promoted in such a way.
In another popular hadith, a man asked the Holy Prophet (SAW):
“O Messenger of Allah, whom should I do goodness to?” The Holy Prophet replied, “Your mother.” The man asked again, “Who next?” The Holy Prophet replied again, “Your mother.” Again the man asked, “Who next?” The Holy Prophet again replied, “Your mother.” When the man asked a fourth time, “Who next?” the Holy Prophet replied, “Your father.” [11]
Verse 15 of Surah Al-Ahqaf of the Holy Qur’an says:
“And we have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship…” [12]
We can see from just a couple of references that a mother is certainly not an undervalued member of society from the Islamic perspective. Even Almighty Allah mentions a mother’s hard work and why people should appreciate it; therefore, the role of a mother should be promoted in such a way. Perhaps mothers who feel pressured to pursue a career will, through understanding and adopting this perspective, find solace in staying at home and raising their children in the best way possible.
In just the tone of the way a mother and her nature is spoken about in the Treatise of Rights by Imam Ali ibn Al-Hussain (AS), we can clearly see the immense honor Islam places on a mother and how important her care and affection is for a growing child:
“Then the right of your mother is that you should know that she carried you where no one carries anyone, and she fed you with the fruit of her heart – that which no one feeds anyone… She was happy and eager, enduring the harm and pains, and the heaviness and the grief until the Mighty Hand expelled you out of her and delivered you out to the Earth. She did not care if she went hungry as long as you ate, and if she was naked as long as you were clothed, and if she was thirsty as long as you drank, and if she was in the sun as long as you were in the shade, and if she was miserable as long as you were happy, and if she was deprived of sleeping as long as you were resting. And her abdomen was your abode, and her lap was your seat, and her breast was your supply of drink, and her soul was your fort. She protected you from the heat and cold of this world. Then, you should thank her for all that. You will not be able to show her gratitude unless through God’s help and His granting you success.” [13]
These beautiful words from the Treatise of Rights perfectly summarize a mother’s role and her association with her child, both before and after birth. It is a relationship based on giving and sacrifice, and it cannot be removed or replaced.
Bringing back respect for motherhood
There is no doubt that the job of a mother is tough and often underappreciated. Even with support from fathers, extended family, and friends, the task of raising children is difficult. However, the job of a parent cannot and should not be compared to a regular profession, and this is what is unfortunately occurring in our societies today. Parents, especially mothers, are tackling parenthood like a profession. If a woman tells someone that she is a stay-at-home mom, she might be met with unkind eyes. This reaction will be even worse if she states that she has a professional degree and the skill set to be a part of the workforce. Some might consider her “wasting” her education. However, parenthood is the process of raising children, and thus its value cannot be compared to an outside job where you have a final product to judge.
While a mother’s job is truly like no other, its importance surpasses that of any other profession. A mother who takes her role seriously is indeed raising the next generation.
While a mother’s job is truly like no other, its importance surpasses that of any other profession. A mother who takes her role seriously is indeed raising the next generation. In the words of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini:
“The mother in whose lap a child is reared bears the gravest of responsibilities and has the noblest of professions: that of bringing up children. The noblest profession in the world is rearing a child and handing over to society a true human being. This is why throughout history, God the Blessed and Exalted sent prophets. Throughout history, from Adam to the Seal of the Prophets (SAW), prophets came to train true human beings.” [14]
Therefore, Ayatollah Khomeini is suggesting that the value and worth of a mother’s work is comparable to the value of the work of the prophets.
In light of the rise of popular culture putting pressure on women to work outside the home, we must share the teachings of Islam that explain how noble it is for a woman to serve her family and be a good mother. By increasing awareness in families of the true importance and value of women and mothers, more people may feel inclined to change their outlook on motherhood. Through this, a healthy family atmosphere will take shape. Within the formula for a happy family is a happy mother and a happy father. Fathers can serve a good part in this if they help establish a culture within their families of respecting the mother. Children, especially young children, do not have the capacity to truly appreciate a parent’s hard work. But a mother and father who understand this concept will in turn instill it in their families and raise children who understand sacrifice. A father who acknowledges the hardships of the mother and helps her in this intensive work can create a cycle of appreciation and sacrifice in the family. Naturally, every mother needs a break, and fathers who take an active role in raising their children relieve the mother, thus giving her a chance to regroup and recharge and prevent her from feeling unappreciated. If a mother gets support at home, whether emotionally, physically, or both, she will not fall prey to the pressures of modern society to find her value in pursuing work outside the home. There will be nothing causing her to become indifferent between staying home and properly raising her children and entrusting the upbringing of her children to a stranger in order to work outside the home. Instead, this atmosphere of love and appreciation will encourage her to fervently strive for the success of her family.
Of course, in today’s world, it is important to mention that due to certain circumstances a mother might have to work outside the home. While it may be necessary, it is imperative that the family work together to make sure that children are not being neglected. A mother should seek options for part-time or flexible work. Can the father take on extra work, thus allowing the mother to stay at home and raise the children? Or instead of relying on caregivers outside of the family, perhaps the father can watch the children while the mother works. By making an arrangement of this sort, families in their times of economic hardship can be at peace knowing that their children are still getting the attention of a parent.
Not everything can be about the bottom line. Naturally, everyone would prefer to live a comfortable lifestyle with more than enough financial means to never worry about material things. But is a two-parent working system beneficial for the children of the family? A family might be able to afford two cars, a decent home, and all the latest electronic gadgets; but if acquiring all of that leaves no time to enjoy each other’s company, is it really worth it? If a mother now only has a fraction of her time to give to her children, is that worth the extra material comforts? Those children, if left unattended, could grow up seeking attention elsewhere from others who might not have their best interests at heart.
It is unfortunate that many societies, especially in Western countries, continue to undervalue the role of a mother, thus undermining the importance of a good upbringing. Surprisingly, America has some of the poorest maternity leave benefits in the world. It is just one of three countries in the world that has no requirement for paid maternity leave benefits. In fact, only 11 percent of Americans employed in the private sector have some sort of paid family leave [15]. On the contrary, other Western countries, like Canada and England, offer between 26-51 weeks of paid maternity leave [16]. Why would a country like America consider motherhood to be something so insignificant? These policies in turn force new mothers, especially in low-income families, to grapple with the very delicate balance of raising a newborn and trying to make ends meet. It is simply deplorable that a new mother is essentially forced to leave her infant child in the hands of someone else just so she can work. Shedding light on these issues, which unfortunately exist in many countries, reveals why it is important for societies to value motherhood and encourage women to stay at home to raise their children.
It is in these situations where one finds comfort in Islamic teachings which explain that the value of a mother is not just in the fact that she has brought children into the world. She also gets value and satisfaction by staying at home and taking care of her family. She should be supported and her work should be appreciated; she should not be pressured to take on a role that is not her responsibility. Surely this ability to be a mother is a gift from God, and it is with this gift that a woman is humbled by realizing how much influence she has on the character of the next generation. In light of Islamic teachings, she sees her status to be very lofty in the eyes of God, and again she finds solace knowing that if she performs her responsibilities correctly, she is doing very noble and honorable work.
Samira B. Zaidi Rizvi
1st year student, Amir-ul-Mu’minin Islamic Seminary
Holy City of Qom
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international | anarchist movement | opinion / analysis Tuesday June 11, 2019 05:47 by Lucien van der Walt
Dispelling Ten Myths
To have a discussion about anarchism's relevance to (black) working class strategy in the face of ongoing capitalist restructuring, we need to dispel myths about anarchism and syndicalism, to reclaim the revolutionary core of the anarchist tradition.
***The following is from an October 2005 presentation at a Red and Black Forum, Phambili Motsoaledi Centre, Motsoaledi, Soweto.
Anarchism and syndicalism have been major forces internationally in the struggle of the popular classes against all forms of oppression and domination. I mean here the working class, the peasantry and the poor. And by working class, I mean the term broadly: all those who rely on wages and lack power, including workers, the unemployed and their families, and I include here "blue" collar, "white" collar and "pink" collar workers, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or other division. To be working class is to be exploited, regardless of income level or skill, and dominated, regardless of job title.
Of course, most parts of the working class (and the popular classes more generally) face additional forms of oppression, notably in South Africa, the racial/national domination that affects the majority of the people. Only a bottom-up, libertarian, unified, class-based movement can really end all exploitation, domination and oppression, and no such movement can be built except on the basis of opposing all forms of oppression, including racial/ national oppression.
The left tradition has long grappled with issues of strategy, tactics and principle, and this has been the basis of many divisions: these divisions are not simply matters of sectarianism or stubbornness, since different positions have very different implications for political practice.
The anarchist tradition - in which I include syndicalism, which is a variant of anarchism, it is anarchist trade unionism - provides a coherent approach to issues of strategy, tactics and principle. It is a rich set of resources of the working class today, not least the black working class in South Africa, which remains, in important ways, not just subject to capitalist exploitation and state repression, but also racial/national oppression. South African capitalism centers on cheap black labor, and this remains in place.
But to have a discussion about anarchism's relevance to black working class strategy in the face of ongoing capitalist restructuring, we need to dispel myths about anarchism and syndicalism, to reclaim the revolutionary coreof the anarchist tradition.
So, let's deal with a few myths, one by one, because unless we do this, we will be hard pressed to see what anarchism has to do with our struggle and people here in southern Africa generally:
MYTH #1: ANARCHISM MEANS CHAOS, REVOLT AGAINST TECHNOLOGY, OR ANYONE DOING WHATEVER THEY LIKE WITH NO CONSEQUENCE.
Anarchism is, instead, a form of libertarian socialism that opposes social and economic hierarchy and inequality - and, specifically, capitalism and landlordism, as well as the state - and proposes a strategy of internationalist class struggle and popular revolution from below by a self-organized working class and peasantry to create a self-managed, socialist and stateless, social order.
In this new order, individual freedom would be harmonized with communal obligations through equality and participatory democratic forms. This is the opposite of selfish individualism, which is not a feature of anarchism, but of the capitalist order. And to achieve this new society, cooperation is necessary, including a mass movement for change that embodies the features of the society to come: democracy and pluralism, as well as solidarity and humanism, and a revolutionary vision.
This project is underpinned by a rationalist world view and a commitment to scientific thought. So, rather than seek to reject modern technology and techniques, anarchists argue that a scientific analysis of modern society exposes its class character and inequities- and insist that modern technology, redesigned where needed, and placed under democratic control, can play a key role in ending poverty, drudgery, environmental problems and enabling the redress of past wrongs, like the economic ruination of the African continent created by imperialism and local ruling classes.
MYTH #2: ANY IDEA OPPOSED TO THE STATE IS "ANARCHIST"
Anarchism is not just against the state: it is also against all capitalism, all social and economic hierarchy and inequality. A society based on capitalism but without a state is not anarchist; it would still involve exploitation, with one class of people working for the benefit of another. Many ideas that are nominally opposed to the state, such as neoliberalism, embrace other forms of oppression. Anti-statism is a necessary feature of anarchist thinking, but it is only one part. Opposition to the state does not come from opposition to rules: it comes from, on the one hand, an understanding that the state is an institution of elite/class rule, and, on the other, a general opposition to domination and exploitation, of which opposition to the domination of the state is just one example.
Anarchism aims at collective ownership of the means of production, and a democratically planned economy that is run through community and worker councils and assemblies. This would replace the state with bottom-up governance, markets and the commodity form with distribution by need and planning, and enable a society without economic and social inequality. This also means that anarchist opposition to the state rests on distinctive grounds from other forms of anti-statism, such as the neo-liberals who merely dislike state intervention into capitalism.
MYTH # 3: ANARCHISM HAS ALWAYS EXISTED, EVEN IN ANCIENT TIMES
This myth actually comes from the anarchist movement itself, and seems to have emerged mainly from the 1890s. It's a political myth that locates anarchism throughout history and traces it back into ancient Asia and Europe. But it's a myth created by a very new movement: anarchism is a modern political ideology of quite recent origin.
Anarchism only emerged from the late 1860s onwards, and emerged in the International Workingmen's Association, or "First International," which lasted from 1864 to 1877. Anarchism was first formulated by the circles around the International Alliance of Socialist Democracy, better known as the Alliance - Mikhail Bakunin and others. These circles did not invent anarchism, which emerged under the pressure of class struggles in the context of fierce debates on theory and strategy in the rising working class and peasant movements internationally of the time. Anarchism was constituted internationally, by First International sections and currents, not just in Western Europe, but in Latin America (notably Uruguay), North Africa (notably Egypt), Asia (notably Turkey) and east Europe (notably among Russian émigrés).
There is no evidence for an eternal anarchism, which exists outside of definite intellectual and socio-economic conditions. No such ideas exist, and there is no evidence for this anarchist mythology, just as there is no evidence for, for example, nationalist mythologies. So, anarchism has nothing to do with thinkers such as William Godwin, Max Stirner and Leo Tolstoy, who are sometimes identified in the literature as anarchists. It has even less to do with dissident Christian and Muslim sects in the feudal era, philosophers in the ancient era, etc.
And I would add that while the anarchists who invented these myths did so for new political purposes - creating a legitimizing narrative for an embattled, repressed and extremely controversial new movement by inventing a transnational story dating back thousands of years - these myths do more harm than good. They only work if anarchism is defined in the vaguest terms, which leads to a lack of clarity on anarchism itself. They rest on sloppy claims, which undermines the credibility of anarchist thought, and they fly in the face of the facts.
A bear and a dog share common features and are, in fact, closely related genetically. That does not make a bear the same as a dog. Anarchism shares common features with Marxism, liberalism, Proudhonism, dissident religious sects in the feudal period, ancient philosophers like LaoTse and Zeno, but that does not make it the same as any of these ... and while you can actually show a "genetic" relationship with Marxism and Proudhonism, there is zero "genetic" link between anarchism and 90 percent of earlier ideas - or even more contemporary ideas that people have dubbed "anarchism," including Godwin, Stirner or Tolstoy.
Anarchism was a product of the modern period, not the expression of a universal, ageless urge for freedom, and it emerged from within the labor and socialist movement. It only emerged in the modern world, which is based on capitalism, modern industry and the modern state, and the ideological beliefs that human progress is possible and necessary by securing direct control of history and using science: science and rationalism, tolerance and debate, and universalism and human rights were essential to human emancipation.
This complex of ideas is often called the "Enlightenment," which has been, in many accounts, presented as a basically Western European phenomenon, and as primarily the project of a few intellectuals. With this story in place, debates on the "Enlightenment" have tended to be quite narrow; partly about which figures to include, partly about identifying contradiction in the works of these thinkers, and partly about the extent to which the "Enlightenment" - read off these figures - was embedded in the widespread racism in the expanding European empires of the time, and so showed a "Eurocentric" or an elitist, racist, rich man's world view.
But these framings are misleading. At one level, the ideas of the "Enlightenment" shaped, and were shaped by, major revolutionary processes, notably the American, French and Haitian Revolutions of the late 1700s, and then the decolonization struggles across Latin America into the 1820s, with important impacts elsewhere. And the popular classes of the time were central to these struggles, and to the creation and elaboration of "Enlightenment" ideas.
So it's misleading to see the "Enlightenment" as a simple intellectual movement, or to present it as a narrowly European set of ideas. It is not reasonable to cast the "Enlightenment" in "Eurocentric" terms, and then castigate the "Enlightenment" for being "Eurocentric." Any reasonable history of the "Enlightenment" must be a world history, as well as a social history, and in this story figures like Toussaint L'Overture, Tom Paine and Simon Bolívar must be central. And while there is no doubt that many "Enlightenment" intellectuals did, at times, express racist or imperialist views, these views were not integral to - but radically contradicted - core "Enlightenment" propositions.
Anarchism is, in this sense, a child of the revolts and revolutions and dramatic changes of the modern period - none of which, to reiterate, were confined to any one country or continent. As key works like Linebaugh and Rediker's "Many-Headed Hydra" have shown, the multi-racial, multi-national popular classes were makers and shapers of this modern world and of the Enlightenment.
It was the failed promise of the modern world - of advanced technology alongside poverty, of science enslaved to the ruling classes, of imperialism and oppression and exploitation alongside doctrines of human rights and progress - that impelled the rise of the modern working class. And it was from that class, above all, that anarchism was born, drawing on, in part, the ideas of the Enlightenment.
It stands for the belief in democracy (rather than the divine rule of kings), in modern technology (which makes massive improvements in life possible), in science (which improves life and expands knowledge, as opposed to blind faith), in progress and human control (that people can change the world, directly and deliberately for the better, rather than accepting the world as it is).
So, anarchism was born in the First International, an international coalition of unions, political parties and other groups, formed in England in 1864. The anarchists emerged as a new current, as a large majority of the organization came to oppose Karl Marx - initially a major leader - who wanted a state dictatorship to change society.
In 1872, there was a big split. The vast majority of groups joined the anarchist side; a mere two genuine "national" (country) sections joined Marx. The anarchist movement grew quickly in the 1870s, and by the 1880s anarchist groups existed across Europe, including East Europe and Russia, North America, South America and the Caribbean, and parts of North Africa and central Asia. The first active anarchist in South Africa was an Englishman, a worker called Henry Glasse, who lived in Port Elizabeth from the 1880s.
MYTH #4: ANARCHISM HAS NO AFRICAN HISTORY
There were no groups in most of sub- Saharan Africa and much of Asia or the Middle East at this time, mainly because these regions were only starting to be affected by capitalism and the modern state.
Once large working classes emerged in those areas, anarchism followed. In the early 1900s, substantial anarchist movements emerged in Australia; East Asia especially in China , Korea, Japan and Vietnam, and, to some extent, the Philippines; as well as southern Africa, mainly in Mozambique and South Africa; and in South Asia, mainly in India. In the Middle East, anarchism was mainly a force in the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. In the meantime, large movements continued to exist in anarchism's traditional strongholds in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe.
In South Africa, there were a number of groups influenced by anarchism: these included political groups like the International Socialist League and the Industrial Socialist League, and revolutionary unions like the Clothing Workers' Industrial Union, the Horse Drivers' Union, the Industrial Workers of Africa, the Indian Workers' Industrial Union and the Sweet and Jam Workers' Union. The movement was strongest in the 1910s, and mainly based in Cape Town, Durban and Kimberley, and on the Witwatersrand. It was started by white workers, almost all of whom were immigrants, such as Bill Andrews, Andrew Dunbar and David lvon Jones, for the most part, but became multiracial, including black African activists like Hamilton Kraai and Reuben Cetiwe, Coloureds like Johnny Gomas and Fred Pienaar, and Indians like Bernard Sigamoney and RK Moodley.
MYTH #5: ANARCHISM IS NOT ABOUT CLASS POLITICS
Anarchist ideas were defined against, and must be understood within the context of, rival ideologies such as liberalism, Marxism and nationalism. All anarchists agree that the struggles of the lower classes - the popular classes, meaning the working class which works for wages, and the peasants, meaning small family farmers who do not employ others - are the forces to change society.
Only these classes have a basic interest in changing society. The ruling class - the landlords, the capitalists, the state managers, the military leaders - benefit from the current system. The "middle class" is too weak to change society, and generally benefits, although not always. The middle class is not just anybody with an okay income: it means middle managers, professionals like lawyers, doctors, teachers and small businesspeople.
Only the popular classes have the numbers to change society. Only exploited classes can make a society without exploitation, because only these classes do not need exploitation to exist.
However, there is a basic split in anarchism between two main approaches to mobilizing the popular classes. The minority, insurrectionist approach regards struggles for immediate gains as, at best, perpetuating the current social order and as, therefore, a positive danger to the revolution and in violation of anarchist principles. Trade unions, consequently, are seen as counter-revolutionary organizations and anarchist union work a futile and dangerous activity; anarchists must directly, and without mediation, win the masses to anarchism through word and deed.
In practice, the denigration of "reforms," the dismissal of mass organizations, and the frustrations of abstract propaganda of the word have led insurrectionist anarchists from propaganda of the word into "propaganda by the deed": spectacular and usually violent
actions designed to rouse the masses from their slumber, including bank robberies to raise funds, labelled "expropriation," and retributive assassinations and bombings. It was from the insurrectionist anarchist tradition that the "anarchist terrorism" that peaked in the 1890s and early 1900s issued. This means, ironically, that the minority insurrectionist current has often been identified with the entire anarchist tradition in the popular mind.
The other, majority, approach is that which may be referred to as, perhaps clumsily, "mass" anarchism. The aim of mass anarchism is to implant anarchism within popular social movements, such as the trade unions, aiming to radicalize these movements, to spread anarchist ideas and aims, and to foster a culture of self-management and direct action, with the hope that such movements would provide a mighty lever of social revolution, and, in some way, help create the anarchist future.
For mass anarchism, struggles for immediate reforms, waged through direct action, and organized through radically democratic and participatory structures, are essential. These immediate struggles help organize the popular classes, embolden them and raise their confidence and expectations , and create structures and movements that prefigure the future society, structures and movements that can play a central role as levers of a truly popular social revolution.
The main approach adopted by mass anarchists - although not accepted by all - was that of syndicalism. Syndicalism centered on the idea that unions could play a dual role: firstly, fighting for reforms and immediate demands, and trying to organize the mass of workers into gigantic unions; secondly, the unions could play a leading role in the overthrow of capitalism and the state, with the union structures also forming the nucleus of a self-managed socialist society. Despite this focus on trade unionism, syndicalist movements have generally raised a wide range of political issues and have typically been located within larger popular social movements involving working class communities, women and youth.
MYTH #6: SYNDICALISM WAS INVENTED IN FRANCE IN THE 1890S AND DIED OUT BY THE 1920S
Syndicalist ideas were first developed by Bakunin and the Alliance in the 1860s and 1870s, and were first applied on a large scale in the 1870s and 1880s, in Cuba, Mexico, the United States and Spain. This was the "first wave" of syndicalism. It was central to the anarchist wing of the First International.
There was a "second wave" in from the 1890s onwards. This started in France, and lasted into the 1930s. It has sometimes been called the "glorious period" of syndicalism, and saw a massive expansion of anarchist influence in the labor and socialist movements, spanning East Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and parts of Africa. The movement in South Africa, for example, was mainly syndicalist, and connected to a big rise of syndicalism in Australia and Britain.
MYTH #7: ANARCHISM WAS MARGINAL EVERYWHERE EXCEPT IN SPAIN
Most books on anarchism have focussed on West Europe, and, within the West European context, on Spain. Part of the reason is that Spain had a very large anarchist movement, lasting from the 1870s to the 1930s. However, many writers have jumped to the conclusion that only Spain had a big anarchist movement, and that therefore, there must have been something odd about Spain to explain why this happened.
This idea, which I will call "Spanish exceptionalism," building on J. Romero Maura,[1] is totally wrong. In the "glorious period," anarchists and syndicalists influenced large movements, particularly unions, in countries as varied as Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador , France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The comparative influence of the broad anarchist tradition in these different countries may, in part, be judged by examining the size of anarchist and syndicalist bodies relative to the size of the local working class, and the organized (unionized) working class, specifically. The largest syndicalist union, in purely numerical terms, was certainly the National Confederation of Labour (CNT) in Spain, with perhaps 2 million members at its peak in a country of slightly more than 15 million people.
However, in relative terms the Spanish CNT was not the largest of the syndicalist unions - it was always challenged by the General Union of Labor (UGT), a moderate socialist union of equivalent size, meaning that roughly half of the organized working class was anarchist or syndicalist. By contrast, the syndicalist General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in Portugal. with 100,000 members at its height in a country of 750,000, had no trade union rivals at all, and was, in relative terms, larger than the Spanish moveent. The National Labor Secretariat (NAS) in the Netherlands was also briefly the dominant union movement in that country, while the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) in France was also syndicalist from the mid-1890s onwards, and dominated the entire labor movement.
Even within Western Europe itself, then, the Spanish movement was less "exceptional" than has been supposed. Once the global history of the broad anarchist tradition is noted, the notion of Spanish exceptionalism becomes even less convincing. In Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Portugal, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru and Uruguay, for example, syndicalism dominated the largest union centers, while large syndicalist minority currents existed in many other countries. Argentina is a good example. There were three main union federations, similar to the situation in South Africa today. But every one of these federations was within the broad anarchist tradition!
In a number of countries, the broad anarchist tradition dominated the revolutionary left, even if it did not dominate the unions. In many cases, "the marxist left had in most countries been on the fringe of the revolutionary movement, the main body of marxists had been identified with a de facto non-revolutionary social democracy, while the bulk of the revolutionary left was anarcho-syndicalist, or at least much closer to the ideas and the mood of anarcho-syndicalism than to that of classical marxism..."[2] Among the countries that would fit into this category are China, Korea and South Africa.
MYTH #8: ANARCHISM WAS REALLY A MOVEMENT OF MARGINAL GROUPS, SUCH AS STUDENTS, TRAMPS, CRIMINALS AND THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED
The largest movements in the broad anarchist tradition were the syndicalist trade unions of the 1870s to the 1940s, and the majority of people formally enrolled into the anarchist movement were waged workers. The great strongholds of anarchist power were, in a great many cases, urban industrial centers. The bastions of anarchism in the late 1800s and the first quarter of the 1900s were the great cities of Alexandria, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Guangzhou, Havana, Hunan, Lima, Lisbon, Madrid, Montevideo, Mexico City, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Barcelona, known to many anarchists as the "fiery rose" of the movement, was widely regarded as the anarchist world capital, and there is more than a little truth in this view. However, it was simply first among equals, one of a series of strongholds of radical wage labor, usually urban, and organized predominantly under the red-and-black banners of anarchism.
Anarchism's first and greatest appeal was amongst wage laborers, where it assumed the form of radical unionism. This is not to say that anarchism ignored the rural areas, where anarchism also attracted large numbers of wage laborers, mainly the farm workers of large estates and commercial farms, but also small peasants.
Two main categories of workers were most strongly represented in the syndicalist unions of the 1890s onwards: firstly, casual and seasonal laborers, such as construction workers, dockers, farm workers and gas workers, and, secondly, workers in heavy industries such as factory workers, miners and railway workers. In addition to these main categories, there were also smaller numbers of white-collar workers and professionals, notably teachers, nurses and doctors, in the syndicalist unions. In all cases, the emergence of gigantic corporations provided a powerful impetus to attempts to create gigantic trade unions.
The second set of social and historical circumstances in which anarchism emerged as a popular movement was amongst peasantries experiencing the long-term restructuring of feudal relationships under the impact of capitalism - an impact that combined with more immediate factors and the presence of anarchist militants to generate large-scale, typically insurrectionary, anarchist peasant movements. The greatest successes of the anarchists amongst the peasantry include Greece, Mexico, Spain, the Ukraine and Manchuria. In each case this anarchist current was able to organize large-scale peasant movements, in some cases, uprisings: in Mexico in 1869, 1878 and 1910; Greece from 1895 onwards; in Spain, most notably in 1936 to 1939; Ukraine from 1918 to 1921; Korea/ Manchuria from 1925; Japan in the late 1920s … It also had some influence on other peasant-based movements such as the original Zapatistas in 1910s Mexico and the original Sandinistas in 1920s and early 1930s Nicaragua.
MYTH #9: ANARCHISM DIED IN SPAIN IN 1939 AND ONLY REEMERGED IN THE 1990S
One of the great moments in anarchist history was the Spanish Revolution of 1936-1939, which saw millions of workers and peasants take over the factories and the land, equal rights for women, and the formation of a large popular militia. A huge role was played by the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) , a massive anarcho-syndicalist union movement. This was one of a cycle of three big anarchist revolutions over twenty years: there was one in Ukraine from 1918, and one in Korea/Manchuria from 1927.
It is quite true that anarchism was at a low point in the twenty to thirty years that followed the defeat in Spain in 1939. As you can see many of my main examples are from before the 1940s. The massive repression seen with the defeat of the earlier anarchist revolutions and anarchist-influenced movements, the rise of Marxism-Leninism, smarter states, and huge mistakes by the anarchists and syndicalists all played a role.
The idea that the movement disappeared and then only re-emerged in the 1990s is wrong. Anarchism and syndicalism remained important working class and peasant currents in many contexts after 1939. This included, for example, important roles in France and Poland in the 1940s, Bolivia and China into the 1950s, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Cuba into the 1960s, Mexico and Korea into the 1970s, with major revivals elsewhere in the struggles of "1968" and the 1970s. A sterling example is the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation (FAU), which has remained a major force from its formation in 1956 until the present, including a notable armed struggle and work in unions and student movements.
But it is also important to highlight the ongoing power of the syndicalists here. In France in the 1940s, for example, there was an important upsurge in influence in the unions, while in Bolivia and Cuba, for example, the movement continued to lead major unions in the 1950s and early 1960s. When the Spanish dictator- ship fell in the mid-1970s, the CNT emerged with huge prestige, one rally attracting 250,000 people.
This revolutionary continuity helped lay the basis for the upsurge of the 1990s. For example, the FAU approach, called especifismo, is today a major influence on Latin American anarchism, and on the Anarkismo network formed in the 2000s, which at its height brought together over 25 formations in four continents. The re-emergence of the CNT in the mid-1970s reactivated syndicalism elsewhere. In the 1990s, anarchism was part of the new "anti-globalization" movement in the West but this was only part of a much larger process of anarchist and syndicalist growth.
MYTH #10: ANARCHISM WAS ABSENT IN ANTI-RACIST, ANTI-IMPERIALIST AND NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES
There is a quite a bit more I could say, but let me raise one last issue. The movement was never some narrow factory-based or farmer-based movement, but rather raised a very wide range of issues. Anarchists in Cuba, active from the 1880s, played a key role in fighting anti-black racism and then in the 1890s war of independence. In the United States of America, they actively op- posed racist segregation and organized black workers. The movements in Korea and Ukraine, and in Mexico, were part of larger anti-imperialist struggles - anarchist attempts at a different form of national liberation, where the masses - not new elites - were in charge. Anarchists and syndicalists pioneered black unions in southern Africa, and developed a comprehensive program for freedom.Other key examples include Algeria, Egypt, China, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Macedonia, Puerto Rico and Poland - meanwhile movements influenced by anarchism or syndicalism like the original Zapatistas, Sandinistas and the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa in southern Africa were also crucial.
CONCLUSIONS: BACK TO THE FUTURE?
However, anarchism has grown since the 1970s. From 1989 onwards, the myth of communism was shattered and anarchism reemerged in its old strongholds, as well as in new areas, such as Nigeria. The movement is expanding, and we can expect it to be a major revolutionary tradition worldwide in the next 20 years or so if we do the job right, and rebuild carefully.
But it is perfectly possible the movement can and will throw away its chances, by organizing loosely, rather than in coherent formations with tactical and theoretical unity; by not learning from past mistakes; be weakened by uncritically absorbing fashionable non-anarchist and anti-revolutionary ideas like post-modernism, liberalism and crude identity politics, defining itself as different purely by the violence of its language or actions, or getting wrapped up in bourgeois agendas; engaging in destructive sectarianism and ultra-left posturing, creating tiny anarchist inward-focused milieus rather than an anarchist presence among the popular classes, the masses. Anarchism is from the "beloved common people" (Bakunin), and without them it dies, It must go to the people, merging with the masses and their struggles. Today, anarchism remains basically a working class movement in the composition of its core militants, but can it reach most of the class?
[1] J. Romero Maura, 1971, "The Spanish Case," in J. Joll and D. Apter (eds.), "Anarchism Today," Macmillan.
[2] Eric Hobsbawm, 1993, "Bolshevism and the Anarchists," in his "Revolutionaries," Abacus, pp. 72-73
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The Definition of Cal
Abbreviation for Caliber.
Heavy Machine Gun
A larger class of machine gun..
Long Colt
Although a misused term (even within the firearms industry), Long Colt is a designation for an ammunition cartrige developed by Colt mainly used for revolvers. The actual designation is Colt instead of Long Colt. The term Long Colt was originally coined to avoid confusion between the .45 Colt and .45 ACP cartridges
A feature on some guns which allows various aftermarket accessories to be attached the firearm such as flashlights or lasers. On pistols, if equipped, the rail is on the underside of the frame below the barrel. On rifles, a rain can be found above or below the barrel, with AR type rifles, the forestock can be made of rails allowing all kinds of attachments in various positions.
From the Latin for "more." A term indicating a relatively heavily loaded metallic cartridge or shotshell and a gun safely constructed to fire it. It generally indicates a round which cannot be interchanged with other loadings of the same caliber (for example, a .22 Magnum shell does not fit within a firearm designed to fire .22 Long Rifle ammunition).
The speed at which a projectile travels. Velocity is usually measured in feet per second or metres per second.
X-Mark Pro
A trigger system designed by Remington Arms Company.
Sloppy movement (slack) of a trigger before the actual point of let-off.
Abbreviation for Light Machine Gun
Touchmark
A craftsman's signature stamp, discretely placed to identify his work.
Annulus
A tiny circular recess at the base of a cartridge case surrounding the primer pocket. Recoil from fired cartridges invariably impress a discernable ring on the breech or bolt face of a firearm, providing some evidence of the amount of use it has seen.
A charge of powder, a projectile or a cartridge. Also, to prepare a gun for firing by inserting ammunition into it.
That part of the stock on a rifle or shotgun into which the barrel fits.
A type of firearm which, utilizing some of the recoil or some of the expanding-gas energy from the firing cartridge, cycles the action to eject the spent shell, to chamber a fresh one from a magazine, to cock the mainspring and to fire again. Such a firearm will fire continuously as long as the trigger is held back, until the magazine is empty. A machine gun. A firearm thus activated, but which shoots only one bullet with each separate pull of the trigger, while often erroneously referred to as "automatic" is properly termed Semi-Automatic.
Two shots fired very quickly with the use of the sights.
Field Grade
A plain, functional, unembellished firearm used to hunt in rough terrain where one might prefer not to put a more expensive, deluxe grade gun at risk of damage.
Hornady Magnum Rimfire
A type rimfire rifle cartridge developed by the ammunition company Hornady. .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (4.5�27mmR), commonly known as the .17 HMR, was developed in 2002. It descended from the .22 Magnum by necking down the .22 Magnum case to take a .17 caliber (4.5 mm) bullet.
For self-defensive shooters, Center Of Mass (COM) represents the area of an attackers torso within which the most vital organs are likely to be disrupted by a gunshot. Shooting to COM is considered the most expedient way to stop an assailant from continuing threatening behavior.
The recurved top part of a semi-automatic handgun's grip at the point where it meets the slide. On long guns, the tang is the top strap used to screw the receiver to the stock.
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History of Textile Manufacturing in Australia
by Edward | Feb 23, 2018 | Textile | 0 comments
Textile imports are expected to rise as much as 4.9% in 2018, and with the huge textile market for everything we need, from the clothes we wear, the canvases on the walls and the leather covering the seats and chairs. Weaving, one of the more common methods of textile production, has been around for centuries.
Add to it the several non-traditional Australian textiles like medical implants or car filters that have more aesthetic uses in the textile industry.
The Textile Industry in Australia
The textile industry in Australia has undergone a significant transformation in the last three decades. Textile manufacturing is an extensive business in Australia, employing over 36,000 people, out of a population of 23 million people of the country.
Australia is a much-celebrated country when you talk about garments and textiles- brands like Van Heusen and Billabong today base their textile manufacturing there.
Centuries before, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders made a variety of objects with skills in weaving, and knotting, using plant fibres and animal skins. They produced everything from baskets to collect food to nets for fishing, or even skin cloaks to keep them warm.
Then on, they moved to other modern techniques, using their weaving skills to make rugs, hand paint fabrics and more.
Today, the Australian textile industry faces still competition from other competitors like China. With reduced tariffs, the textile industry has seen a decline since the 1980’s. In spite of that, the potential for Australia to be a market leader in the weaving and textile industry is huge.
Here is why.
Australian Textile Industry – Australian Land and Manufacturing of Textiles
With a good amount of open land, textile manufacturers have always found it easy to grow a multitude of natural textile fibres, from Banyan tree fibres, hemp, to cotton. It’s also why Australia is one of the leading countries in not only the production of raw goods but also machinery.
What makes Australia truly stand out in the textile industry is its use of natural and unique raw materials. The plant life and environment in Australia are ideal for the utilization of tree fibres to manufacture textiles like clothing.
A good example is the banyan tree which is used to make several types of clothing and thermal wear. Even though it originated in India, Australians know how to use each part of this tree to manufacture a varied list of items.
The bark of the banyan tree is used to create fibres for the manufacturing of paper and clothing. You can even break the fibres down to make medicines and pastes for ailments and bruising.
The fruit of the banyan tree is edible. It is a breed of mulberry and is often enjoyed in local cuisines.
The leaves are used in dishware.
The Australian textile market has showcases extreme potential and its constant innovation has made it into the massive textile industry it is today.
Australian Textile Industry – The Growth and the Potential
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