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PCs Are Diving, Tablets Climbing
Looks like PC sales have had their worst quarter since sales tracking began in 1994, according to IDC, dropping 14% in the last quarter. IDC blames some of that on poor adoption of Windows 8, which seems like a pretty good guess to me.
Tablets, on the other hand, are still growing strongly. The 7 inch size seems to be the most popular one, whether it's the iPad Mini or one of the many Android tablets in that range. Every game maker I talk to (and I talk to a lot of them) has their eyes on tablets as the Next Big Thing.
Still, we're still in the early days on tablet games. Designers have to figure out ways to get around the lack of physical controls, and there are still many innovations to be found in designing for a touch interface, all the different sensors, and all the various means of connection.
For game marketers it just means things are changing even faster. You'd better be re-examining your marketing plans frequently as the market changes. Demographics are shifting, platforms are shifting, business models are changing, marketing channels are opening and closing... It's like trying to navigate through the breakup of an icecap. What looks like clear water ahead may turn out to be a dead end, then the ice closes in and you're trapped.
On the other hand there's a chance for new players to break through the noise and find a market. It's encouraging that new games and new publishers continue to make the Top Ten list of the highest-grossing games on iOS and Android. That means there's not complete dominance by large companies.
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Why Telltale Games Died
Before I begin, it's important to note that I have no inside knowledge of Telltale Games, other than what has been published. My opinions are just based on observation of the company and the game market. Keep that in mind as you read this -- there may be factors at play I know nothing about.
I was saddened to hear about the fall of Telltale Games. The company isn't quite dead yet, maintaining a crew of 25, but it seems the end is near from their public statements. Apparently the suddenness of the demise was due to a failed investment round. When that fell through, the company didn't have the revenues to go forward. Still, though, either the CEO shouldn't have been playing hardball in the negotiations, or should have had a viable plan B for the employee's sake if things fell through. The company must have been in bad shape financially for some time, and had to keep the employees on board in order to land the investment (who would invest if the staff was gone?) -- so couldn't give the staff any warning of potential impending doom. I understand why that was the thinking, but that puts the employee's welfare completely out of strategy entirely, which is obviously wrong. Or it should be obvious, anyway.
The bottom line is that Telltale should have been aware of its problems and trying to fix them years earlier. There were plenty of warning signs.
First of all, I'll point out the widespread stories that Telltale apparently operated in continuous crunch mode, demanding employees work 50, 60, 70 hours a week or more to complete episodes on time. That essentially says you don't have enough people on the project. And when you do that for every project, all the time, you're not properly allocating resources. Your budget for the project says $X on paper, but your really spending much more than $X... so the product is going to be that much less profitable.
According to some of the press reports, only Game of Thrones and Minecraft were profitable for Telltale, among their recent games. The conclusion is clear -- either they needed to create larger audiences for their games, or reduce the cost to create them, or find more ways to generate revenue from those games.
Part of the problem is inherent in the design of the games. Basically, they are stories with some branching. There's no opportunity there for multiple players or character customization (since your character is part of the story and can't be changed), which means there's no reason for virtual goods. Why customize your character's look if no one else sees it -- and it really isn't your unique character, anyway? Taking away virtual item sales means foregoing a major source of revenue in this day and age.
Another problem for Telltale was licensing. Their whole portfolio of games is built on licensed properties -- they have no company-owned IP. Now, licenses, properly used, can be great. A well-chosen license can get you a vast audience at a low acquisition cost, though of course you now have licensing costs on top of your usual costs. The trick is to find ways to profit from that new audience. Usually, the obvious thing is to create a game using in-house IP that can sell well to the audience you gathered for the licensed game. (Note that many publishers use this strategy, like Jam City, Electronic Arts, Activision, and others.)
For instance, if you've sold millions of a Game of Thrones game, why not create your own fantasy setting and build interactive stories for that? Sure, the audience would be smaller than for Game of Thrones... but you wouldn't have the licensing costs. But Telltale never used this obvious strategy.
I suppose that makes sense when your games weren't profitable anyway. This points to what they should have been doing -- finding a way to either sell their games to a bigger audience (through better marketing), or change the game design to be less expensive to produce and have more opportunities for profit (a design that made virtual items a reasonable thing to create).
All that said, I think interactive stories are fun, and Telltale had plenty of great ones (their numerous awards can testify to that). Telltale just hadn't figured out how to make them profitably. That's an important lesson for any game company. Yes, you have to create a fun experience for players -- but you have to make sure you have a way to make a profit, too.
Update: A lawsuit has just been filed against Telltale for breaking laws in its abrupt layoffs.
Further Information: More than just the problems I outlined above, Telltale had basic problems with its engine that it never solved, as detailed in this article.
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Maybe Robots Should Run Our Cyber Security
By Aliya Sternstein, Next-Gov
The theme of October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness month for half a decade has been “cybersecurity is a shared responsibility” — but should it be? We’re more aware than ever of the risks to logging online, with big-box store hacks, intelligence leaks and bank infiltrations regularly chronicled in the media. Yet the breaches continue.
Most network intrusions can be traced back to an employee who inadvertently or intentionally opened the door to hackers.
A heating and air conditioning vendor for Target compromised the retailer’s payment systems by clicking on a phishing email, unknowingly exposing the credentials needed to steal card data from as many as 70 million people, KrebsOnSecurity reported.
To retrieve sensitive information on 75 million households in JPMorgan’s systems, attackers entered a Web-development server using an employee’s username and password, according to Bloomberg.
And National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden apparently convinced multiple colleagues to provide passwords for accessing classified information.
Human Nature Is the Weakest Link in Cyber
Human nature is the weakest link in cybersecurity. Maybe the responsibility for cyber should be ceded to machines. Why should computer users be accountable for configuring encryption, remembering passwords, and calling a help desk after clicking on a shady link?
Wouldn’t it be better if cybersecurity were more automated? Many computer science researchers, citizens and even the White House say, Yes!
The U.S. military is even willing to pay a $2 million cash prize to anyone who can build an automated system to thwart cyberattacks as fast as they are launched. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Cyber Grand Challenge will hold a machine-to-machine “capture-the-flag-style” tournament in 2016.
Perhaps it’s hardware and software that need to become more aware, some programmers say.
Technology indeed is heading in this direction. There are efforts to enable encryption by default at Apple and Google, and to outsource identity verification for online accounts.
Cyber Awareness Month, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, with state and nonprofit support, emphasizes one key responsibility each week. This week’s duty is “Secure Development of IT Products,” which is exactly what citizens want.
But in this case, the burden for ensuring secure development is on the hapless computer user. Tips include: “Install and maintain vendor-distributed patches or updates, ensure they are using the latest operating systems on their computers and mobile devices, and be aware of vulnerabilities that may exist.” All sound advice, but hard to follow.
Cyber Awareness Outdated?
Even one of the public faces of this month’s campaign, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel, said he can envision a future where humans have largely been voted off the island in favor of robots, so to speak.
“You’re going to have to automate a lot more of the processes, and you’re going to have to build it in so the security happens as much as possible in the background,” he told Nextgov in an interview. “And that’s a true statement. Now, you’ll never take people out of the loop entirely … But I think that to the largest extent that we can make the cybersecurity just there and transparent to the users, that’s the direction that we have to go.”
In November 2010, at a Federal Communications Commission workshop, James Lewis, a Center for Strategic and International Studies analyst who advises Congress and the executive branch on cyber, said educating end users will not protect the Internet.
“I’ve kind of given up on the end points,” he said then. “We had National Cybersecurity Awareness Month last month. A complete waste of time. We’re never going to get the end, the edge, to be safe. It’s never going to happen.” Instead, Lewis said, federal agencies should coordinate with Internet service providers to ensure consumers are supplied almost automatically with the best intrusion defenses.
Can Tech Keep up with Evolving Threats?
Notice how he said “almost automatically.” The problem with eliminating human intervention is that malware and hacking techniques mutate so rapidly, technical defenses cannot keep up.
“Because threats are changing so quickly, not in the foreseeable future are we going to be able to just turn things over to the machine,” said George Washington University law lecturer Richard Gray, who also serves as the Defense Department’s associate general counsel. “You’ve got to have the C-level suite people, who are in charge of making the business decisions, allocate how much money we are willing to spend to have a certain level of security. And then you’ve got to ask that same question the next day when some new hacking tool comes out.”
He was speaking to Nextgov as an academic, not on behalf of the Pentagon.
Part of the challenge is that software programs actually often permit risky activities that could be nefarious or legitimate, depending on the intent of the user. One example is a person logging on to a U.S. corporate network from Russia. The software might have trouble mind-reading to discern the user’s intent.
To deal with the unpredictability of humans, Mitre, a research and development contractor, holds internal cyber situational awareness sessions throughout the month. “We’re constantly talking about what threats are we facing? How do we need to change what we are doing? We are constantly evolving our strategy,” Mitre Chief Information Security Official Bill Hill said during a recent webcast interview with Nextgov.
And so, Cyber Awareness Month doesn’t seem all that outdated yet, unlike your computer’s anti-virus protections.
This article originally appeared in Next-Gov.
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Wyatt, Joseph (1788–1860)
by H. L. Oppenheim
Joseph Wyatt (1788-1860), theatre lessee and owner, settled in Sydney in the early days and made his money as a haberdasher at 16 Pitt Street. In October 1833 he sold his Cheap Wholesale and Retail Warehouse and invested in property. His first theatrical venture began in April 1835 when he was one of the six lessees who took over Barnett Levey's Theatre Royal. In May 1836 when Levey resumed nominal ownership Wyatt became the sole lessee, paying him the total amount of £30 a week, which previously had been paid by the group of six lessees. Two months later it became known that Wyatt had begun planning his own larger theatre; he was given the assurance that the governor 'will be very glad to see a more commodious theatre erected in Sydney'. Yet when the Victoria Theatre opened in March 1838 its size, a capacity of 2000, proved rather a disadvantage: Sydney's audience potential was too small to allow the building up of a proper repertoire; there was need for constant change of programme which led to badly rehearsed and shoddily produced performances. When opening the Victoria Theatre Wyatt had purchased the lease of the old Theatre Royal from Levey's widow and in years to come he fought every attempt which threatened his monopoly of the theatre in Sydney.
In March 1841 Wyatt sailed for England to bring out performers for the Victoria Theatre. During his absence the management was in the hands of William Knight, a hotel owner, who might also have been one of the six lessees of the Theatre Royal and who until December 1845 was part-owner of the Victoria. After Knight left Wyatt shared the management with Frederick Gibson, his brother-in-law.
The first group of actors engaged by Wyatt in England came to Sydney in October 1842; the others arrived with him in January 1843. By this time the Sydney actors who had played the decisive part in the young Australian theatre protested against this influx of newcomers and the direct result was the emergence of Joseph Simmons's City Theatre. Of the new engagements the Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 1843, wrote: 'Mr Wyatt certainly made a most unfortunate selection of performers. Of the twelve brought out by him from England there is not one equal in ability to the leading members, male or female, of the old company'.
In 1854 Wyatt sold the Victoria, and in March 1855 opened the Prince of Wales Theatre in Castlereagh Street, Sydney. The building cost was above £30,000 but was sold for £10,000 five years later. Joseph Wyatt died on 20 July 1860, and was buried at St Stephen's cemetery, Newtown. It may be said that his purely commercial approach has left its mark on Australian theatre to this day.
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H. L. Oppenheim, 'Wyatt, Joseph (1788–1860)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wyatt-joseph-2820/text4041, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 16 July 2019.
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THE STARS AT TWILIGHT
For professional athletes, knowing when to quit is the toughest task of all
STEVE MAICH October 3 2005
THE STARS AT TWILIGHT STEVE MAICH October 3 2005
STEVE MAICH
THIS SEASON, baseball etched another chapter into its book of legends. It also wrote another, sadder story. But that one was largely ignored, out of deference for its subject, and because pro sports favours stories of achievement over frailty.
The story we all know is that of Roger Clemens—the barrel-chested pitcher, who said goodbye to baseball two years ago and then decided, almost on a whim, to give the game one more shot. This year, Clemens tore through the major leagues. With just a few weeks
left in the season, he carried an astonishing 1.78 earned run average. He turned 43 in August, and yet is arguably more dominant now than when he won his first Cy Young award 19 years ago.
To watch him throw, you can almost believe that age is irrelevant, as long as competitive fires burn. But we can’t quite believe it, because we know the other story of this baseball season, the one not nearly so widely told: the story of Rickey Henderson.
On Labour Day weekend, while Clemens was on the mound against the St. Louis Cardinals, Henderson was playing in front of 1,018 fans in Long Beach, Calif., in the championship of the Golden Baseball League—the most distant of professional baseball’s outer colonies, where players make about US$1,000 a month and some come
to the park straight from their day jobs.
That weekend, the all-time major league leader in stolen bases, was in the outfield for the San Diego Surf Dawgs, raging against the dying light of his once-prodigious talent. Against opponents who couldn’t quite crack the lowest rungs of baseball’s minor league system, the 46-year-old Henderson could do no better than a .270 batting average and five homes runs in 73 games.
Clemens and Henderson are opposite sides of the same argument—the one that roils in the mind of every athlete eventually. When to quit? When to admit that whatever it was—that thing that transformed you from a player into a legend—is gone and it’s not coming back? There are no easy answers, and freaks of
nature like Clemens only make it harder for men like Henderson, lingering in the game, desperate for one last time at bat.
It takes pride and optimism to dedicate your life to sport, and quitting requires a level of realism and self-doubt that players must intentionally suppress to be effective. “I just want the same chance I had when I was 19 years old,” Henderson told a reporter in August. “I just want a team to give me that chance. If I’m going to retire I want to take the uniform off my back.” For those who watched in amazement as Henderson stole 1,406 bases over 25 seasons in the majors, his honesty was jarring. You’ll rarely hear such a raw admission from an athlete: he was no longer in control, and it was eating him up.
Pathetic is a cruel word. But that’s what Henderson had become: a hollow impersonation of his former self. It was tough not to feel sorry for him. And that’s no way for a legend to end.
Lately, there have been a lot of athletes forced to face the twilight of their careers. Jack Nicklaus played his last round at
The Masters this summer. A handful of NHLers —Mark Messier, Al Maclnnis, Scott Stevens, Ron Francis—hung up their skates rather than face the gruelling task of getting back in shape after more than a year of inactivity. Jerry Rice, 43, the all-time leader in receiving in the National Football League, said a teary goodbye to the game last month when he couldn’t earn a spot among the Denver Broncos’ top three receivers.
But there’s no shortage of others persevering, determined to get one more year, one more record, one more victory lap out of their game. Brett Hull, 41, is back with the Phoenix Coyotes. And after losing the 2002/03 season to reconstructive knee surgery, and having his face shattered by a puck IV2 years ago, 40-year-old Steve Yzerman decided to return to the Detroit Red Wings. The man who was once Detroit’s most prolific and dangerous playmaker is expected to spend the year on a checking line, shadowing the stars of opposing teams.
Their decisions weren’t much of a surprise. It’s the rare athlete that can resist the temptation of those elusive milestones— 1,000 games, 500 goals, one more championship, one last whiff of stardom. Everyone wants to “go out on top”, but few do.
Babe Ruth hit .181 in his final pro season, playing for the Boston Braves. Willie Mays got traded to the New York Mets when he was 41 and barely managed to hit .200. Guy Lafleur returned after three years of retirement for a sad comeback with the New York Rangers. And boxing history is littered with former champions humbled in their later years. Few who saw Muhammad Ali’s devastating loss at the hands of Larry Holmes will ever forget it. Now history repeats itself with Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and Tommy “Hitman” Hearns, returning to the ring at the age of 46. It’s hard to tell if Hearns is a suicide in progress, or merely a sideshow—like Gordie Howe, when he skated one shift for the minor league Detroit Vipers in 1997, to become the first man to play pro hockey in six different decades.
Ask psychologists why sports stars cling so desperately to the spotlight and they’ll tell you money and ego play a part. But the real motivation, they say, is a dark, cold fear that haunts almost all athletes. Lloyd Moseby, the former outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, may have put it best in a 1996 interview with Saturday Night magazine. “Baseball was my God,” he said. “The game
made me alive. It made my brain work. It kept me up at night working things out. [After retiring] it was as if everyone in the world had died... watching those guys on TV, there’s a void so big, nothing can fill it.” Ted Butryn, a sports psychologist at San Jose State university has helped hundreds of athletes face the depression and anxiety that comes with the end of their playing days. He says most go through a sort of “symbolic death” of themselves. To reach the elite level, they must push down every other aspect of
their identity. Their sport made them rich, made them famous, made them respected, even loved. So, in the twilight of that career, almost all athletes go through the classic stages of emotional trauma: denial, anger, appeal to a higher power, depression, and finally acceptance. Those with unrealistic ambitions struggle most, Butryn says.
Jerry Rice, the greatest football receiver ever, once confided to his coach Mike Shanahan that he never wanted to see his achievements surpassed by the next generation. He spent his last three seasons scrounging for playing time with the Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks and the Broncos, consumed by the idea of setting records that could never be broken. By chasing sporting immortality, he ended up looking all too human.
Increasingly, the economics of sport encourage players to hang on too long—the money is just too good to give up. Boxers keep fighting because, once they’ve established a name, they are a saleable commodity even
long after their skills have faded. That reality has spread to other sports. With the era of expansion in hockey, baseball, football and basketball, merchandising and marketing are now as important as wins and losses. Prominent, “big name” players can be valuable attractions for sub-par teams, even if they can’t produce victories. That point was clearly made when big crowds turned out to watch Michael Jordan’s woeful Washington Wizards, even though Air Jordan was a distant memory.
Some may see nothing wrong with that. If a player can get paid, why shouldn’t he play?
The answer lies in the nature of stardom, and the allure of sports: it’s about being super-human. We’re fascinated by athletes because they exceed the limits of mind and body that constrain the rest of us. It’s like magic. And to watch someone grow old on the field is like hanging around after the show and seeing how they didn’t really saw the lady in half. It ruins the wonder of what came before. When our heroes linger too long, they’re revealed as being just like the rest of us—vain, greedy, insecure and scared. And that’s the last thing we want them to be.
Clemens tempted fate coming back. If he’s wise, he’ll walk away now with an unblemished legacy and no regrets. As for Henderson, he’s bound to call it quits one of these days. In a few years, he will take his place in baseball’s Hall of Fame. His many accomplishments will be extolled and no one will mention the San Diego Surf Dawgs. But it’ll be hard to shake that memory, of a legend struggling through his last days, waiting for a call back to glory that never came. \0]
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HomeCultureUNESCO Nominates Three New ASEAN Sites on the World Heritage List
UNESCO Nominates Three New ASEAN Sites on the World Heritage List
UNESCO, World Heritage, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Bagan
During its annual meeting in Baku , the World Heritage Committee inscribed 22 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List until July 7. Among them are three sites located in Southeast Asia including Myanmar, Indonesia and Lao PDR. More sites could join the list until July 10, which will mark the end of the World Heritage Committee meeting.
Within Southeast Asia, the most exciting announcement was for the inscription of Bagan in Myanmar, a fabulous archeological site which has been waiting for its inscription for over 25 years.
Bagan (Myanmar) — Lying on a bend of the Ayeyarwady River in the central plain of Myanmar, Bagan is a sacred landscape, featuring an exceptional range of Buddhist art and architecture. The site’s eight components include numerous temples, stupas, monasteries and places of pilgrimage, as well as archaeological remains, frescoes and sculptures. The property bears spectacular testimony to the peak of Bagan civilization (11th–13th centuries CE), when the site was the capital of a regional empire. This ensemble of monumental architecture reflects the strength of religious devotion of an early Buddhist empire.
Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto, (Indonesia) — Built for the extraction, processing and transport of high-quality coal in an inaccessible region of West Sumatra, this industrial site was developed by the Netherlands’ colonial government from the late 19th to the beginning of the 20th century with a workforce recruited from the local population and supplemented by convict labour from Dutch-controlled areas. It comprises the mining site and company town, coal storage facilities at the port of Emmahaven and the railway network linking the mines to the coastal facilities. The Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage was built as an integrated system that enabled the efficient deep-bore extraction, processing, transport and shipment of coal.
Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhouang — Plain of Jars (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) — The Plain of Jars, located on a plateau in central Laos, gets its name from more than 2,100 tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the Iron Age. This serial site of 15 components contains large carved stone jars, stone discs, secondary burials, tombstones, quarries and funerary objects dating from 500 BCE to 500 CE. The jars and associated elements are the most prominent evidence of the Iron Age civilization that made and used them until it disappeared, around 500 CE.
ASEAN has now 40 UNESCO listed World Heritage Sites, including 3 for Cambodia, 8 for Indonesia, 3 for Lao PDR, 6 for the Philippines, 4 for Malaysia, 2 for Myanmar, 1 for Singapore, 5 for Thailand and 8 for Vietnam.
State of Emergency Declared in Bali
Kuala Terengganu Colours Its Streets to Attract More Visitors
Culinary Tourism Campaign in the Philippines Launched
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Game Preview: Women’s basketball to battle UT Martin for OVC Tournament Championship
For the fourth year in a row, the women’s basketball team will look to punch a ticket to the NCAA Tournament with another Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship.
To get there, Belmont will have to go head to head with UT Martin, a team that has risen to the occasion of challenging the Bruins’ spot at the top of the OVC.
It’s a familiar matchup for the championship.
Belmont and UT Martin faced off in the 2018 OVC Tournament championship, too. The two teams battled throughout the whole game until Belmont superstar Darby Maggard sunk a three that forced the game into overtime. The Bruins came out on top with a 63-56 final score, and a couple of weeks later, the team headed to Georgia to take on No. 5 Duke in the NCAA Tournament.
But not all of the teams’ recent meetings have gone in the Bruins’ favor.
Though Belmont beat UT Martin without too much difficulty in early February, the Skyhawks answered with a victory that broke Belmont’s 14 game winning streak when the two teams met up again on Feb. 28.
To get a win this time, the Bruins will need to show up on defense and limit UT Martin’s shooting, especially from the three-point line.
That’s not a new idea for this team, though.
“Coach always tells us that in the end it’s going to be about defense and D-glass. Every day we’ve got to keep getting better at it,” said junior Maddie Wright in Friday’s post-game press conference. “It’s doing what we do, but every day just getting a little bit better at it.”
UT Martin has had to adjust this season after star player Kendall Spray — who led the OVC in three point field goal percentage and averaged 17.8 points per game — transferred to Clemson. With Spray gone, senior Emanye Robertson has stepped up to lead the team in scoring, averaging 12.8 points per game.
Though Belmont will rely on big numbers from Maggard — who scored her 2,000th point during the semifinal — and other key players like senior Jenny Roy and junior Ellie Harmeyer, the depth of the Bruins’ bench will most likely also play in their favor.
Players like Jamilyn Kinney and Conley Chinn can be counted on to come off the bench and keep Belmont’s energy up on defense throughout the game.
“Everyone on our bench is more than capable of stepping onto that floor and making an impact for us,” head coach Bart Brooks said in Friday’s press conference. “We don’t rely on one player.”
That holds true on offense, too. Belmont’s ability to score in a variety of ways is typically a huge asset, especially in close games.
When the Bruins beat the Skyhawks earlier in the season, five players scored more than 10 points, and Roy grabbed an astounding 20 rebounds. If Belmont can deliver a stat line like that again, the team will most likely be unstoppable.
The Bruins and the Skyhawks will face off at 2 p.m. in Evansville, Indiana, with the game streaming on ESPN+.
Photos by Carina Eudy.
Women’s basketball takes down Tennessee Tech in OVC Tournament semifinal
Preview: Women’s basketball looks to win fourth straight OVC Championship title
Women’s basketball grabs third straight OVC Championship title after narrow overtime win
Men’s basketball advances to OVC Tournament final with victory over Austin Peay
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SARAI, later named SARAH
Daughter of Terah | Wife of (half-brother) Abraham | Mother of Isaac
Easton's Bible Dictionary | Smith's Bible Dictionary | International Standard Bible Encyclopedia | Thompson Chain Reference
SARAI, SARAH in scriptures [BibleGateway Search]
Wife and half-sister of Abraham: Genesis 11:29-31, 12:11-19, 20:02-5, * 20:16, 26:07
She was barren: 11:30
She tried to have a child via her handmaiden: 16
She benefited by God's plan 17:15-16, 20:6 and her husband's prayer: 20:17-18
SARAI [Easton's Bible Dictionary]
My princess, the name originally borne by Sarah (Genesis 11:31; 17:15).
SARAH [Easton's Bible Dictionary]
Princess, the wife and at the same time the half-sister of Abraham (Genesis 11:29; 20:12). This name was given to her at the time that it was announced to Abraham that she should be the mother of the promised child. Her story is from her marriage identified with that of the patriarch till the time of her death. Her death, at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven years (the only instance in Scripture where the age of a woman is recorded), was the occasion of Abraham's purchasing the cave of Machpelah as a family burying-place.
In the allegory of Galatians 4:22-31 she is the type of the "Jerusalem which is above." She is also mentioned as Sara in Hebrews 11:11 among the Old Testament worthies, who "all died in faith." (See ABRAHAM .)
SARAH [Smith's Bible Dictionary]
(princess )
1. The wife and half-sister, (Genesis 20:12) of Abraham, and mother of Isaac. Her name is first introduced in (Genesis 11:29) as Sarai. The change of her name from Sarai, my princess (i.e. Abraham's), to Sarah, princess (for all the race), was made at the same time that Abram's name was changed to Abraham, -- on the establishment of the covenant of circumcision between him and God. Sarah's history is of course that of Abraham. [ABRAHAM] She died at Hebron at the age of 127 years, 28 years before her husband and was buried by him in the cave of (B.C. 1860.) She is referred to in the New Testament as a type of conjugal obedience in (1 Peter 3:6) and as one of the types of faith in (Hebrews 11:11)
2. Sarah, the daughter of Asher. (Numbers 26:46)
SARAH [International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]
sa'-ra, sa'-ri:
(1) In Genesis 17:15 the woman who up to that time has been known as Sarai (Saray; Sara) receives by divine command the name Sarah (Sarah; Sarra). (This last form in Greek preserves the ancient doubling of the r, lost in the Hebrew and the English forms.)
The former name appears to be derived from the same root as Israel, if, indeed, Genesis 32:28 is intended as an etymology of Israel. "She that strives," a contentious person, is a name that might be given to a child at birth (compare Hosea 12:3-4, of Jacob), or later when the child's character developed; in Genesis 16:6 and Genesis 21:10 a contentious character appears. Yet comparison with the history of her husband's name (see ABRAHAM ) warns us not to operate solely upon the basis of the Hebrew language. Sarai was the name this woman brought with her from Mesopotamia. On the other hand there can be little doubt that the name Sarah, which she received when her son was promised, means "princess," for it is the feminine form of the extremely common title sar, used by the Semites to designate a ruler of greater or lesser rank. In the verse following the one where this name is conferred, it is declared of Sarah that "kings of peoples shall be of her" (Genesis 17:16).
We are introduced to Sarai in Genesis 11:29. She is here mentioned as the wife that Abraham "took," while still in Ur of the Chaldees, that is, while among his kindred. It is immediately added that "Sarai was barren; she had no child." By this simple remark in the overture of his narrative, the writer sounds the motif that is to be developed in all the sequel. When the migration to Haran occurs, Sarai is named along with Abram and Lot as accompanying Terah. It has been held that the author (or authors) of Genesis 11 knew nothing of the relationship announced in Genesis 20:12. But there can be no proof of such ignorance, even on the assumption of diversity of authorship in the two passages.
Sarai's career as described in Genesis 11 was not dependent on her being the daughter of Terah. Terah had other descendants who did not accompany him. Her movements were determined by her being Abram's wife. It appears, however, that she was a daughter of Terah by a different mother from the mother of Abram. The language of Genesis 20:12 would indeed admit of her being Abram's niece, but the fact that there was but Genesis 10 years' difference between his age and hers (Genesis 17:17) renders this hypothesis less probable. Marriage with half-sisters seems to have been not uncommon in antiquity (even in the Old Testament compare 2 Samuel 13:13).
This double relationship suggested to Abraham the expedient that he twice used when he lacked faith in God to protect his life and in cowardice sought his own safety at the price of his wife's honor. The first of these occasions was in the earlier period of their wanderings (Genesis 12). From Canaan they went down into Egypt. Sarai, though above 60 years of age according to the chronology of the sacred historian, made the impression on the Egyptians by her beauty that Abraham had anticipated, and the result was her transfer to the royal palace. But this was in direct contravention of the purpose of God for His own kingdom. The earthly majesty of Pharaoh had to bow before the divine majesty, which plagued him and secured the stranger's exodus, thus foreshadowing those later plagues and that later exodus when Abraham's and Sarah's seed "spoiled the Egyptians."
We meet Sarah next in the narrative of the birth of Ishmael and of Isaac. Though 14 years separated the two births, they are closely associated in the story because of their logical continuity. Sarah's barrenness persisted. She was now far past middle life, even on a patriarchal scale of longevity, and there appeared no hope of her ever bearing that child who should inherit the promise of God. She therefore adopts the expedient of being "builded by" her personal slave, Hagar the Egyptian (see Genesis 16:2 margin). That is, according to contemporary law and custom as witnessed by the Code of Hammurabi (see ABRAHAM , iv, 2), a son born of this woman would be the freeborn son and heir of Abraham and Sarah.
Such was in fact the position of Ishmael later. But the insolence of the maid aroused the vindictive jealousy of the mistress and led to a painful scene of unjustified expulsion. Hagar, however, returned at God's behest, humbled herself before Sarah, and bore Ishmael in his own father's house. Here he remained the sole and rightful heir, until the miracle of Isaac's birth disappointed all human expectations and resulted in the ultimate expulsion of Hagar and her son.
The change of name from Sarai to Sarah when Isaac was promised has already been noted. Sarah's laughter of incredulity when she hears the promise is of course associated with the origin of the name of Isaac, but it serves also to emphasize the miraculous character of his birth, coming as it does after his parents are both so "well stricken in age" as to make parenthood seem an absurdity.
Before the birth of this child of promise, however, Sarah is again exposed, through the cowardice of her husband, to dishonor and ruin. Abimelech, king of Gerar, desiring to be allied by marriage with a man of Abraham's power, sends for Sarah, whom he knows only as Abraham's sister, and for the second time she takes her place in the harem of a prince. But the divine promise is not to be thwarted, even by persistent human weakness and sin. In a dream God reveals to Abimelech the true state of the case, and Sarah is restored to her husband with an indemnity. Thereupon the long-delayed son is born, the jealous mother secures the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, and her career comes to a close at the age of 127, at Hebroni long time her home. The grief and devotion of Abraham are broadly displayed in Genesis 23, in which he seeks and obtains a burying-place for his wife. She is thus the first to be interred in that cave of the field of Machpelah, which was to be the common resting-place of the fathers and mothers of the future Israel.
The character of Sarah is of mingled light and shade. On the one hand we have seen that lapse from faith which resulted in the birth of Ishmael, and that lack of self-control and charity which resulted in a quarrel with Abraham, an act of injustice to Hagar, and the disinheriting of Ishmael. Yet on the other hand we see in Sarah, as the New Testament writers point out (Hebrews 11:11; 1 Peter 3:6), one who through a long life of companionship with Abraham shared his hope in God, his faith in the promises, and his power to become God's agent for achieving what was humanly impossible. In fact, to Sarah is ascribed a sort of spiritual maternity, correlative with Abraham's position as "father of the faithful"; for all women are declared to be the (spiritual) daughters of Sarah, who like her are adorned in "the hidden man of the heart," and who are "doers of good" and "fearers of no terror" (1 Peter loc. cit., literally rendered). That in spite of her outbreak about Hagar and Ishmael she was in general "in subjection to her husband" and of "a meek and quiet spirit," appears from her husband's genuine grief at her decease, and still more clearly from her son's prolonged mourning for her (Genesis 24:67; compare Genesis 17:17 and Genesis 23:1 with Genesis 25:20). And He who maketh even the wrath of man to praise Him used even Sarah's jealous anger to accomplish His purpose that "the son of the freewoman," Isaac, "born through promise," should alone inherit that promise (Galatians 4:22-31).
Apart from the three New Testament passages already cited, Sarah is alluded to only in Isaiah 51:2 ("Sarah that bare you," as the mother of the nation), in Romans 4:19 ("the deadness of Sarah's womb"), and in Romans 9:9, where God's promise in Genesis 18:10 is quoted. Yet her existence and her history are of course presupposed wherever allusion is made to the stories of Abraham and of Isaac.
To many modern critics Sarah supplies, by her name, a welcome argument in support of the mythical view of Abraham. She has been held to be the local numen to whom the cave near Hebron was sacred; or the deity whose consort was worshipped in Arabia under the title Dusares, i.e. Husband-of-Sarah; or, the female associate of Sin the moon-god, worshipped at Haran. On these views the student will do well to consult Baethgen, Beitrage, 94, 157, and, for the most recent point of view, Gressmann's article, "Sage und Geschichte in den Patriarchenerzahlungen," ZATW, 1910, and Eerdmans, Alttestamentliche Studien, II, 13.
(2) The daughter of Raguel, and wife of Tobias (Tobit 3:7,17, etc.).
See TOBIT, BOOK OF , BOOK OF ABRAHAM .
J. Oscar Boyd
SARAH [Thompson Chain Reference]
* (or Sarai, wife of Abraham)
* Genesis 11:29
* Genesis 16:5
* Romans 9:9
* Hebrews 11:11
* 1 Peter 3:6
* "The Mother of Nations"
o Genesis 17:15
* Beautiful
* Impatient of divine delays, attempts to anticipate the plans of providence, Compare Genesis 15:4 with Genesis 16:2
o Genesis 15:4
* Brings family trouble upon herself
* Again disbelieves God's promise
o Genesis 18:12-15
* The ruling personality in the home
* In spite of her infirmities honoured of God
* Mentioned in the roll of Bible worthies
o Hebrews 11:11
* SEE Notable Women
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Midnight Runners
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Dexys Midnight Runners (currently officially Dexys, their former nickname, styled without an apostrophe) are an English pop band with soul influences,
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singer-songwriter of Irish descent and frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners (currently called Dexys), which had several hits in the early 1980s
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Anarchist People of Color Conference Summary (english)
by anarchist 11 Oct 2003
Modified: 14 Oct 2003
Between 130-150 people of color came together October 3-5, 2003, at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, USA, for the first Anarchist People of Color conference. The event was empowering, enriching and liberating for so many of us waiting for an event like this.
Anarchist People of Color Conference Summary
Building A Nation: Anarchist People of Color Conference 2003 in Detroit
By Ernesto Aguilar
Broadly defined, an anarchist person of color is an individual from a cultural or racial minority group within a national territory who identifies as an anti-authoritarian or anarchist. Martin Sostre is one of the best-known people of color in contemporary history to articulate anarchist politics, as was Kuwasi Balagoon. Aside from these, major anti-authoritarian figures of color have been scarce.
Today, our movement is unique and decentralized. It is hard to estimate how many people call themselves anarchist people of color. Defining our politics and goals has been equally difficult. Some of us come to radical politics from deeply cultural backgrounds. Others were politicized in white-led subcultures and movements and are embracing their ethnic identities. There were many political tendencies represented.
When this conference was proposed last year, there were doubts such an event would draw as many as we did. After all, with the exception of the Anarchist People of Color email list and two or three collectives, the presence of people of color within the anarchist movement is hard to quantify. The event was the first of its kind in North America and, possibly, the world. At no time in contemporary history had a people of color conference come together organized around the idea of anarchism as a movement and a means of unity. The impact on each person cannot be underestimated.
The event opened October 3 with positive vibes and enthusiasm. We welcomed attendees from, among other areas, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Philly, DC, Portland, many Texas cities, Kansas City, Phoenix, Baltimore, North Carolina, Kansas, Brazil, Mexico and Canada. We registered about 75 people in the course of two hours of the conference opening. Racially, our attendees seemed to come from many backgrounds. People of African descent seemed to be most largely represented, followed by Arabs, South Asians, people indigenous to North America (Native Americans as well as Mexicanos, Puerto Ricans, Central Americans, et al.) and people whose backgrounds crossed all areas of the Asian Diaspora. Typically, anarchist conferences are predominantly middle class folks who are part of a punk subculture. Here, we had our share of punks, but also a majority of regular folks and others.
A conscious and, in some circles, controversial, decision was made early to solely allow attendance of people of color, and ask whites to not attend. The reasons for doing this -- including the futility of holding a people of color conference that whites could potentially dominate in attendance and change the course of, even if unintentionally -- seemed obvious. Ultimately, it turned out to be the right call. Many people said they finally felt free to express their thoughts and share experiences with other people of color, and not worry about being isolated for them. The nature of dialogues seemed to change considerably.
Workshops began on Saturday. The morning plenary session allowed attendees the chance to introduce themselves and talk about their work. Virtually all the pre-registrants noted they were interested in connecting with others, and our wonderful Detroit hosts ensured that time was there for informal discussions.
Conference attendees were relied on as our volunteers. Prior to the discussion, some in the conference organizing had decided white allies would help with conference tasks. However, it was later decided to ask attendees to volunteer instead. The message of whites patrolling an area of people of color, as well, was a little surreal. To be fair, many white allies came out in support of the conference. However, in this case, we wanted to depend on ourselves for basics like registration and security, and did. Ultimately, this sent a strong message and people gravitated to fill conference needs.
Threats of violence aimed at conference attendees (issued in places like the racist Stormfront message board) never happened, thankfully.
Many attendees said the women�s-only workshop was really an empowering experience, where women had the opportunity to open up about various issues specifically pertaining to women of color. In fact, an extra session and two listserves came out of the original workshop.
Gabriel from San Antonio reportedly did a great presentation on the issue of fighting police on the attack against youth cruising. It was a little challenging because the cruising phenomenon is somewhat removed from the punk subculture. Getting people to understand the importance of police repression in this way opened up broader discussions of class.
In the halls, there was occasional discussion of conflicts that prompted Lorenzo Komboa Ervin to withdraw from the conference. However, the event itself was free of drama. Most of the expressions were of regret over the bickering before the event, and relief that these things had not broken the spirit of the conference.
The basis of the conflict was two proposals, the APOC Network proposal and the APOC United Front proposal, and how they were to be heard. Network authors, who said most conference pre-registrants had not expressed an interest in building an APOC group, requested their proposal be discussed in a workshop running concurrent with others, so those not interested in group-building could join other workshops. United Front authors argued that discussing a proposal anyplace else but a plenary was undemocratic. United Front advocates also called for a vote on all proposals, whereas the Network authors said they intended their discussion to be a dialogue and not necessarily a vote.
The ensuing debate prompted four BANCO members to issue a statement, �Stop Character Assassination and Sectarianism in the APOC Movement.� The statement condemned the Network proposal and its authors, along with various parties assisting with the conference. On October 3, Komboa emailed to say he would not attend the APOC conference due to the recent conflicts.
Ironically, no proposal was even heard at all. The Network proposal workshop was later changed to a �Building an APOC Movement� by its authors, who later cited the need to build upon dialogues over the weekend, rather than found a group out of the conference.
On Saturday night, we filled Harmonie Garden Middle Eastern restaurant. APOCs were standing and eating because the spot had no chairs left. One cat said he had never had dinner with South Asian anarchists, but just broke bread with six at the same table. A woman later said she had never known other Arabs were anarchists, but met four in the hall. On the message board notes scribbled down on butcher paper called out things like 'Desis meet at 7,' 'Latinos meet here later' and 'help me start an APOC group.' Intense sessions on Palestine and race theory, along with deep discussions on how a group should work, were important, but the real thing coming out of discussions was the realization that we were not alone. That may not sound political to some, but the feeling is indescribable when you are a person of color in a room and everyone feels what you feel on some level.
We have all been that lone person of color at a conference, feeling isolated. We have all been angered by careless remarks, exclusionary theory and practice, and disrespect of our history as a people's history. The reality of needing something for us has always been there, but October 3-5, 2003 made it live.
Workshops on Sunday got a late start, but we caught up. Word was the Critical Race Theory workshop got heated, but that attendees made great points. People loved Greg Lewis' karate workshops.
What really came out of the conference in Detroit? For the first time, this movement shined beyond the names and faces people know, and showed our strength and unity. Youth stepped up and took center stage as organizers and speakers. Veterans imparted their knowledge, but did not dominate proceedings. We got to talk about the issues affecting our communities, and how we can make our work more reflective of the anarchist ideal.
A common thread in terms of vision seemed to be the idea that the label we called ourselves was far less important than the theory and practice that were part of our struggles. During many workshops, attendees stressed that more emphasis in the white-led anarchist movement was on capital-A anarchism rather than developing projects that exemplified the ideals we talk about. People expressed wanting to see work that went beyond activism, but that served needs and worked with the community where it was at.
A theme that seemed to come up in Sunday workshops and indeed all weekend bears repeating. One issue overlooked by many movements is knowing your history. This goes beyond academic history, but about the history of one's own city and the role people of color played in building it. This too is political, and must be addressed.
Out of the �Building an APOC Movement� workshop, networks were established to facilitate regional conferences. Portland organizers, in particular, said they wanted to hold a regional APOC gathering in the Northwestern U.S. There was unanimous agreement that this conference would happen again in 2004. In all, 2003�s APOC conference was a productive and powerful event.
From the Anarchist People of Color website: http://www.illegalvoices.org/apoc/
http://www.illegalvoices.org/apoc/
Exclusion equals bias (english)
by Goju
(No verified email address) 14 Oct 2003
Fortunately the FBI has plenty of **agents of color** to keep tabs at these anti white people rallys.
They Don't Call 'Em Boneheads For Nothing... (english)
by anarchist
Hey moron, it was a conference NOT a rally. Kinda hard to miss that one, considering it was in the title of the post.
There certainly was not any anti-white sentiment among the participants, although there is obviously a strong anti-bonehead sentiment through the anarchist movement.
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Restore Hereford Manor Lake
In an effort to restore valuable natural habitats and a dynamic community resource, the Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation has partnered with the Beaver County Sportsmen’s Conservation League and Restore Hereford Manor Lake who works in collaboration with the Governor of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, to facilitate the quick repair of the Hereford Manor Lake Dam. Located less than 30 miles from downtown Pittsburgh in Franklin Township, the lake and its surrounding property encompass 428 acres critical to the community ecosystem and once valuable for fishing, boating, hunting, hiking, biking and other recreational activities.
Thousands of citizens utilized Hereford Manor Lake for recreational purposes each year. In fact, it was the most fished trout lake in Pennsylvania. However, in 2011 the lake was drained when the more-than-50-year-old Hereford Manor Lake dam was classified as a high-hazard, unsafe dam. Now, the site is off-limits and sits as a dried grass basin and the lake’s disappearance has strained the local economy.
Wildlife For Everyone has set up a special fund that provides an avenue for tax-deductible contributions to restore the dam and lake, recognizing the importance of Hereford Manor Lake as a community resource and wildlife habitat. Hereford Manor Lake provides vital wildlife habitat for waterfowl and aquatic creatures. It also serves as an outlet for outdoors activities for all generations.
To raise contributions and funding commitments from local partners.
To raise awareness of the economic impact of the dam on the local community.
To raise awareness of the recreational activities Hereford Manor Lake provides to the local community.
For more information on the project, visit: http://www.restoreherefordmanorlake.org/.
To donate, please visit www.wildlifeforeveryone.org or send payment to:
Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation
341 Science Park Road
A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation celebrates the rich heritage of Pennsylvania wildlife, habitat, sportsmen and sportswomen. The foundation as formed to provide all wildlife enthusiasts with a way to show their commitment through much-needed financial support. Since its inception, the foundation has raised more than $2 million for projects benefiting all 480 species of wildlife and their habitat in Pennsylvania.
The Beaver County Sportsmen’s Conservation League and Youth Foundation promote and foster the protection and conservation of renewable wildlife resources through hunting and fishing together with all pertinent natural resources and work to promote the advancement of hunting, fishing and competitive shooting sports.
* photos are from prior to the lake’s draining and are courtesy of the PA Fish & Boat Commission.
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Bill Gullan: Greetings one and all. This is Real-World Branding. I'm Bill Gullan, President of Finch Brands a boutique brand consultancy, and we have Dan Rhoton today, the Executive Director of Hopeworks, known in other areas as Hopeworks in Camden, which is really where their greatest impact has been, and where they began. An amazing person, who represents a tremendously inspiring organization. Hopeworks provides educational and support services for youth who have had some of the most significant challenges that one could imagine. Not only has Hopeworks helped them heal from traumas, but help them develop skills that enable their lives to transform, and for them to secure employment, as well as all along the way to provide technology services to businesses around the region and beyond. It's an amazing model and Dan is an amazing leader who will tell you all about it. Enjoy Dan Rhoton.
Bill: Joining us at Fitch Brands headquarters is Dan Rhoton, who is the Executive Director of Hopeworks. It is such an honor to be connect with you and your organization and for you to join us today.
Dan Rhoton: It's a pleasure to be here. We're just so excited to be here.
Bill: Great. Great. We'll definitely get into Hopeworks. We'll get into some of the brand conversations and evolutions that have been made over the last little while, but your journey's a fascinating one. I would love to hear about some of the milestones and what were the things that kind of drove you on this path to where you are at this point.
Dan: Sure. I think really, my journey, there's three parts. The first part is at the beginning of my journey. I'd just finished getting a teaching degree. I was going to be a teacher. I was student teaching at this fancy, elite school. Great kids. Doing really smart stuff and then I was doing some volunteer work with a probation officer with some young people who were incarcerated. I went to the elite ... I was trying to figure out what job offer to take. Frankly, my mother had a clear thing about whether I should work at the fancy, prestigious private school or in the jail. Private school was her option, right?
Bill: Yes.
Dan: I went to that graduation for the fancy school and it was great. Kids were going to Harvard and Yale. Very smart kids. Then I went to the graduation at the detention facility. The parents were excited. They were screaming. They had balloons. They thought that their kid might not be alive and this kid was graduating.
Bill: What a moment.
Dan: Yeah. I was like, "Wow. The pay's not quite the same, procedure's a little different, but this is where I'm going to spend my time. I started there. Really, I think, once I was there I was there for about 15 years. I was a teacher there. I was a vice principal there. The key lesson I learned there, so working there, I worked with kids. I always joked. They had to work pretty hard to get to me. In some ways, we were the most selective school in the region. You didn't get there just for good grades. You had to steal not just one car, but sometimes two or three. You had to shoot somebody.
Bill: That's impressive. Show some energy level.
Dan: Yeah. Actually, joking aside, that was it. The one thing. These guys were rough and they had done bad stuff. There's no taking away from that, but the other thing is they had not been satisfied with the status quo. If they were sitting in a classroom and weren't learning anything, they walked out. If they wanted to change their life, and wanted to earn some money, they went out to the corner and earned money. Now, it wasn't the right thing. It wasn't the right direction, but if they were in a different neighborhood they'd be Mark Zuckerberg.
Bill: Revealed some characteristics.
Dan: Bingo. Right. Nobody was sitting in their basement playing Fortnite. They were doing something. That's really how I ended up at Hopeworks. Once you're around that kind of energy, young people who've got fire, who've got drive, who are taking care of their families, who are ready to do something with the world, and just need some help to put it in the right direction. Man, it's hard to work an ordinary job once you've been there. That's really how I ended up at Hopeworks. From there, taking young people that have been through very similar experiences, kind of my expertise, working in that environment, and bringing it to Camden to help those young people just blow it up and do a great job.
Bill: Yeah, but you were a classroom guy and an administrator for a decent chunk of time, 15 years or so.
Dan: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A long time.
Bill: You wind up at Hopeworks in 2012. The transition from the day in/day out teaching, I mean there is some structure, you're trying to enforce it and make sure that the structure holds into the wild and wooly side of non-profits where you have, which will get into, a complex web of stakeholders and those you serve, how was the transition and how did it feel for you to make that jump?
Dan: Actually in a lot of ways, and this might be funny talking at a branding agency, it's the same job. You know what the job is? It's sales.
Bill: Yeah, right. Right.
Dan: When I'm teaching young people who have been dealing drugs and stealing cars, I'm selling. I'm selling a lifestyle. I'm selling them on the fact that what you've done up to this point has been energy intensive, but the lifestyle I'm offering is going to be better. Let me tell you why. Let me show you how to get there. Let me close that deal with you.
Dan: In the wild and wooly world of non-profit, in a way, what I'm selling is not a product, although Hopeworks sells products and services. It's not necessarily a service, although we do web design and GIS, but what I'm selling at the end of the day to our donors and supporters is the chance to go from being someone of success, someone whose earned money, someone whose business is important to be someone of significance in someone else's life. That's what Hopeworks can offer. We can take your success, your experience, your knowledge, that to this point has economically been very awesome, and transform that into a way to be significant for others. That's the opportunity that I'm selling to folks and it's pretty exciting to do it.
Bill: Sure. Well, you've done it. One of the things we were most impressed early in the way that we kind of came to know you is the board is really engaged. It's a group of people who are not just writing checks because they feel good about writing checks or for whatever reason, but level engagement is really high. How did you ... you got to Hopeworks in 2012 as Chief Impact Director. The executive director role, second ever in the life of this organization, is from 2015 to the present, talk about the transition for you into that executive director position, but also the folks that you brought along with you to serve on this board or to help support this organization, what are the success markers along that way?
Dan: Well, I'll tell you really why sometimes I hesitate to take credit for how engaged our board is or how awesome our staff is because really my job, and I'm stealing this story from someone, but my job really at the end of the day is if you're standing on a beach, and you see someone out there drowning, and you look over to your right, and there's somebody with a boat, they're going to help you. My job, really at the end of the day, is to just make sure that people that have the boats of this world, turn and see the people that are drowning. If I do that well, from then on, it's just a matter of getting out of the way. Really that's why our board is so engaged. Right, because they see the need. They see the transforming of impact they had, then my job is just not slowing them down. That's really why it's kind of easy to have an awesome board. It's easy to have an awesome team. If I do my job of letting them see the person who needs help, and what they have, and what they know can help, then no one's on the board for a resume because you see the purpose. That's really my job.
Bill: Well, I can see just having some relationship with several of the board members and others how eager they are to share on social media, and advocate, and be ambassadors for this organization in a way that at least strikes me as well beyond the way that other non-profit folks may be engaged either in a donor level or even at a governance level when you sort of sit there, and you maybe write a check, and attend some meetings. It's really powerful. Tell us about, educate our listeners on the Hopeworks model. There's such power and strength in just what you do. Give us the scope of that.
Dan: Yeah. At the end of the day, what we do is we help young people who have struggled. Young people who are homeless, trafficked, coming out of justice system, stuck, not knowing what to do. We help them transform their lives and get where they want to go. How we do it? Three things. We train them. We train them in technology, web development, GIS, digital mapping, relational databases, but more importantly than that, we train and teach them in how to heal from what's happened to them. We call it "Trauma Informed Care," but at the end of the day, it's helping our young people understand that bad things have happened to them, but just because bad things have happened in the past, it doesn't mean bad things are going to happen in the future. We help them learn the technical skills, but we help them learn the professional skills, and emotional management skills to be successful. We train them. Then we employ them.
Dan: Hopeworks has several business lines. We build websites and provide web services to companies all over the region. We do GIS, digital mapping, and data editing for large enterprises and public utilities. Then we train schools and other non-profits in how to work with young people like the young people we work with. Young people with large trauma histories. When I say we, of course, I don't mean me. Our young people do. Led by business directors with years of experience in industry, our young people deliver websites. They build mapping applications. They deliver trainings. Not only do they provide services to the community, but when those companies pay us, we pay our young people, and give them real professional experience working with real clients. From there, it's tough not to get them hired. They're well trained. They have technical skills. They have client experience. They have a portfolio of work and then they move on to industry. Our young people work at Cooper Hospital, Comcast, at American Water, New Jersey American Water, companies all over the region.
Bill: So they, simultaneously derive skills to cope with the trauma that they've endured, skills to handle a life moving forward, as well as skills that make them marketable, and they make things. The team has smartly chosen high growth or at least high demand industries around technology, so this isn't a manufacturing, sort of old school set of skills that they developed. Becomes really marketable. What is the wingspan of the organization, and relate who qualifies, and how you source them, and how they move through, what that path is like until at some point, I suppose, they're self-sufficient professionally and personally and then they exit.
Dan: The first thing is that our entry requirements are that you go on a tour and you decide you want to do it. That's important to us. One way for an organization to be successful is front end filtering. It's what Harvard does. They have great results, but one reason is they only let people who are pretty accomplished in. There are folks who do that and that's great. That's not our space. We meet our young people where they are. Then, once they come in, they start training with us. Some young people are pretty ready. They go through fast. Most aren't. What we do is, rather than say you have to finish in 6 weeks, 12 weeks, or 8 weeks, we work with them until they're ready. The analogy is, if I go to the gym and I want to do a hundred push-ups, but I can only do 8. I'll tell you what is not going to work, is either saying it's okay for me just to do 10. No clients going to do that. You've got to be able to do the work, but it's also not okay for me to kick me out and say come back when you can do a hundred. The way to get good at doing push-ups is doing more push-ups.
Dan: That's what we do with our young people. We work with them until they're ready. Once they're ready, we move them on into industry, working for us, giving them that extra skill portfolio and polish, and then at the end of their internship with us, usually it's about 6 or 8 months, then we're moving on to industry where our youth cannot only deliver great product for clients, but more importantly deliver a different life for their families.
Bill: So this began anchored in Camden. Could you give a sense of the orders of magnitude approximately how many folks have come through the program, what are some of the high level statistics that track all that Hopeworks has accomplished?
Dan: Yeah. I would say over the last 17/18 years, we've probably worked with over 3000 young people. I would say that's not the most important number. If you wanted to increase that number bigger, I would just open the front door. I would open the back door. I would give everybody $10 to walk through. The more important number is, for over the last 12 months, 87 percent of our young people who start an internship finish that internship and move on to not just a job, but a job that pays $35,000 a year or more, or if they're going to school, the hourly equivalent of that. It's important to us because it's not just a job, it's a job that's going to allow them to transform their lives. Of those young people that start the job, over the last, again over the last 12 months, 94 percent of those young people are still employed 12 months later at that same job, and 87 percent of those young people are still employed at the job 24 months later. That's what it is at the end of the day. The best thing is, of those alumni, we now have Hopeworks alumni hiring Hopeworks interns for their own companies. That means your doing it right.
Bill: Well the ripple of all that goes far.
Dan: If we're successful, the only reason a child of one of our youths should come to Hopeworks, is to make a donation. That means we're doing it right.
Bill: No question. Camden is where this all began and much of the life cycle has been ... thoughts about expansion, geographies of the services, what's sort of on the plate moving forward in terms of what you could share?
Dan: No. I'll tell you the question we have to answer. Right now, we have young people from Camden. We have young people come from Philly. We've had some folks come from Covenant House in Atlantic City because they see opportunity and it's kind of like how we started the interview. Young people have the fire. They're going to get it if you can help them. The question we have to answer now is our mission isn't, and has never been, to have buildings in every city or to be named as a regional or national organization, our mission is to transform lives. So, when we think about how we grow, and how we're invited to grow, the question is, it sounds cold but it's a matter of efficiency, how can we transform the most lives for the fewest resources because when a donor, or a grantor, or even a customer gives us dollars or gives us resources, they're not giving it to us. They're giving it to us as stewards for our young people. Every dollar we get, we have to think about that. As we go forward, what we're really working on is, which parts of our model are most efficient, most scalable, and can transform the most lives. We're going to scale those and really grow those.
Bill: Sure. We really got to know the organization as you approached a branding endeavor in the last 9 months or so, what led you to a point where you thought this might be an area that needed some focus, and then what were some of the major milestones in that process? Reflect a little bit on what the end result has been. The new website looks amazing, tag line, other things, talk about the role of the brand and how this has all transpired.
Dan: It's easy to talk about the stuff that you know happens and you guys know well. You know our website traffic is up. We're able to bid on larger contracts because we appear more professional and appear more capable. Folks are more excited to work with us. All those things are true. For me, none of those make the rebrand worth it though because the real benefit for us was something that a young man T.J. said to us shortly after. He walked into our space where we had rebranded the space. He had looked at our website, which was rebranded. He looked at our materials, the work we were doing for clients. Shortly after that, he went and did a mock interview at a main Philly tech company, lots of folks. He walked out of there. We checked in, how'd it go? How'd you do? What was your impression? What he said was the most important thing about this rebrand, he said, "I think I did great. I think I interviewed well, but you know what was really different Dan?" I said, "what, what." He's like, "They didn't seem like that bid a deal." That's it right.
Dan: Because we've taken the time to demonstrate to our young people that they are a worthy investment. They deserve to work in a professional space with professional branding. They deserve the same level of corporate quality and synergy that these see all around them, and then maybe, just maybe, they belong in that space. Maybe, just maybe, they belong in a skyscraper somewhere, not necessarily in the basement of a church or something like that. That's a powerful message. I would say the last thing, for us, the branding for our clients was amazing, for our donors was amazing, for our grantors was amazing. Everyone noticed, but I'll tell you who really noticed. Our young people realized that they're worth the investment.
Bill: Right. That's really powerful stuff and I think that we always from the beginning thought that this was, you know, sometimes some projects are about thinking of something new or shedding some baggage of the past. In this case, it really was about bringing the presentation up to the level of the services that are delivered and the value of the folks who deliver them and receive them. Just digging in to some of the elements of the brand here, the logo, the color scheme, the tag line, "Recode your future" is the tag line, talk a little bit about why that resonates with you, and why it sort of fits what you're doing, and is the right kind of banner for all of us to kind of march underneath.
Dan: I think, for me, what it means to me, is for our young people, when you look at them, when you look at their histories, when you look at where they're coming from, or what has happened to them, you imagine you know what's going to happen next. Our young people have a path laid out to them. It probably involves police. It probably involves poverty. It probably involves public benefits. What Hopeworks, we're keeping our promise to our young people. If we keep that promise, what we're doing is we're allowing them to recode that future. We're allowing them to write a new algorithm for how this is going to end. That's our promise to our young people. That's what we say is going to happen. It's really awesome for a young person. The first thing that they see about Hopeworks is we're going to recode your future. It's not going to be what other folks have told you it has to be. That's why it means a lot to me.
Bill: Yeah. Definitely. Recode is a word that anchors us a little bit and taking away it reflects the services, the instruction that's received, and what we deliver to our businesses. I remember during the logo development process, it may have been a board member, and he may have been the only person in the world who saw an early version of the logo, there's some interlocking o's there in the way of talking about cycles. There was a concern, we don't want these to look like handcuffs. There was one guy who thought they looked like handcuffs so there's a level of sensitivity that needs to be brought into a process like this, and obviously that wasn't the intent, but talk a little bit about colors, and logo form, and just how that fits into the overall story.
Dan: I think when you look at the colors and the logo form, again I'm no expert in any of those things, but I think, what I see, and what I hope our staff and young people see is, there is a hyperlink that's part of the log that brings us back to our tech groups, but more than that is connection. Is that link that if it was on the world wide web it was to resources and knowledge, but hopefully if we're doing our job at Hopeworks, there's that link to warmth. There's that link to the professionalism. There's that link to a future, which is that the thing that our log and I think more importantly the colors really bring to life. It's that balance of warmth and genuineness, professionalism, and future. That's what I really see when I look at those colors and logos.
Bill: Nice. So, you've talked about some of the impact of this. It isn't in a vacuum. It's occurring amidst so many long, rewarding days and success often measured in smiles and light bulb moments as opposed to some of the other wonderful statistics that you cited. It seems like it's part of an overall just progression for this organization into broadening its focus, and increasing its impact, and all of those different things that you've been leading.
Dan: Yeah.
Bill: No.
Dan: Absolutely.
Bill: It was a statement question. To the degree that you can share, I know you're always working on things, what are some of the ... everyone's going to be watching this organization because it's so cool, and the impact is so great, what next? What are some other major priorities that are kind of on your plate as you think about taking advantage of the branding thing, the advantage of the impact, and progressive.
Dan: I think our next challenge, and what we're really eagerly pursuing is growing our business offerings. We're happy to grow our donations. We're happy to grow our philanthropic review, but we love when folks give us a donation, give us money, but we'd rather earn it. The reason why we'd rather earn our money is because then we get the review and we can also employ young people. As we look at companies, large enterprises that have web work or have data editing needs, or mapping needs, or we even have several young people now who are licensed drone pilots, who are creating 3D models of neighborhoods for community development corporations. If there's companies out there that have that kind of work, don't give it to us, and please don't give us a donation, but give us a shot to bid on it. We'll win it. When we win it, not only will that company get some great results with better accuracy than anyone else, they'll also get a chance to know that they've changed lives. By doing business, they're also going to do good. At the end of the day, that's where we're really trying to grow.
Bill: Yeah, but you think there's a tremendous opportunity for organizations that have varied technology needs, some of which are heavy lifts for high priced development team, others of which are perfect. A lot of this is applicable and there's a lot of opportunity out there. As you reflect on what you've helped to build, the impact that you've had, as well as some of the twists and turns along the way for you, as you made your own transition in your career, as you thought through your own options, are there, for those who have been inspired by that path, are there words of wisdom that you would want to share with folks who are maybe going through some soul searching of their own or thinking about as they start out how to become something of the sort that you've become?
Dan: Well, I would say, I'm not sure about becoming what I've become, I'm sure that lots of folks who know me well might say that might not be a goal, but I will say this, if you want to help, and if you want to change people's lives really the first thing to do is spend time with them. Come to Hopeworks. Spend time with our young people. Come to Camden and spend time with them. It's hard to help someone change their life, and get where they're going if you don't know where they've been, and you don't where they're headed. One of the analogies I use is that a Ferrari is an incredible car. It's fast. It's red. It's beautiful, but if you don't know where to put the keys, you end up pushing it, and then it's slow, and horrible, and a pain. Just taking a few minutes to listen and learn about what a young person needs, what they already know, and where they're going allows you to go from pushing that car up a heavy hill and not going anywhere to having the young person get in the car with you, turning the ignition key, and doing amazing things.
Bill: Yeah. You're off. It reminds me of something that's very easy to forget in today's busy life, which is in philanthropy and the act of giving, often the most profound impact is on the giver. To your point, the ability to immerse yourself, and spend time kind of unlocks so many different things it would seem both for those who need it, and those who have it.
Dan: Although, I'll disagree with you on one thing because there's one thing, the giver does amazing things, but I'll tell you one thing that folks who make a donation don't know that I get to see every day, and often someone will come to me and say, "I can only give $10, $100, a million dollars." All those are fine, but a million's nice, but there was one of our young people Brianna, who taught me a really important lesson about this. We were sitting in huddle every day. We start the day in the huddle in a big circle, and we announce that some corporation or foundation had given us a grant. Everybody clapped, almost everybody. You know who didn't, Brianna. Not only did she not clap, she was making this ugly looking face. She had her face all scrunched up. I meant to ask her, but then she had to run out to class.
Dan: She goes out to class. I'm kind of waiting for her the rest of the day. I'm like, "I've never seen that before. Normally, money's a pretty good thing." She comes back from class. She says, "Dan, can I talk to you?" I'm like, "You bet. I'd like to talk to you." She's like, "Me first." Got it. She says, "Listen, you know I've been struggling in math. I've really been having trouble." I'm like, "Yes, I know." "You know how everyone at Hopeworks has been telling me to ask my professor." I'm like, "Yeah, we know. We also know you haven't done it." She's like, "Well, I asked my professor for help today, and he was super helpful. He tutored me. He stayed after. It was awesome. I was kind of happy, but then if I'm honest with you, I was also a little like, that's awesome. I'm very excited." "I've got to ask you, we've been telling you to do this for two months, what changed?"
Dan: This is the part I wish every person who thinks their volunteer time or their donation isn't enough or doesn't mean anything, to hear what she said next. She said, "When you told me at huddle that someone who had never met us gave us their money to help us, if even those fancy people (those were her words, right) want to help us and they don't even know us, then maybe my professor meant it when he said he wanted to help." That's it right. The donation no matter how big or how small, it helps because it pays for a salary, or it pays for rent, it keeps the lights on, but more than that, it tells young people who often have had to do everything by themselves, it shows them what many of us know, which is if you ask people for help, they will give it.
Dan: That's the world that I know. That's the world that you see on the day. That's not the world that many of our youth have grown up with. Something as simple as when our young people see people that they don't know, sometimes fancy people giving money, time, and effort, it shows them that just because what they've experienced up to this point, isn't how the world always has to be. Once a young person learns to ask for help, and realizes that people are out there to help them get where they want to got, it's hard to stop them. That's the value of that donation or that volunteer hour for me.
Bill: Building that level trust probably makes a difference across the entire spectrum of life.
Dan: It does.
Bill: That's perfect. We've kept you longer than we said we would, but Dan Rhoton, thank you so much for joining us for the opportunity to play some small role or whatever in the growth of this organization.
Dan: That's right, because we're awesome.
Bill: Thank you. We'll be watching with pride. It's amazing what you all have done. I appreciate your time.
Dan: It's a pleasure to be here. Thanks so much.
Bill: You can probably hear the sincerity, and the warmth, and the passion even through this microphone and through your earbuds, that Dan Rhoton brings to what he does, and to the organization that he represents, and I can vouch for the fact that all of this is true. It was an honor, it is an honor to know him, know them, and to have had a small role in at least in how they look, and what they are this day moving forward. So much power and impact. We'll continue to watch, and be proud of our affiliation with Dan and with Hopeworks. Three ways to help us on real-world branding as always, click subscribe. I'm going to do these fast today. I'm sick of doing them because hopefully you've all heard it by now, and you'll take some action. Click subscribe so you don't miss an episode, that's one. Rate us. Review us in the app store or the podcast store of your choice, that's two. Then give us a bit of feedback on Twitter. Ideas for guests or topics or just generally what works, and what doesn't about what we do. We want it to be ever better, and to have the kind of value that we always imagined when we set out to do this, and as we invest our time every other week in putting one of these interviews together, so those are the three ways. Hope everyone is doing well. We'll sign off at the cradle of liberty.
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Broadway Remembered: When Sunday Nights Brought Broadway into Your Living Room
Posted on August 31, 2014 by Paul Mroczka Posted in Broadway Scenes Remembered Leave a comment
In 19060, Ed Sullivan celebrated 12 years on TV.
It was the 1950s and early 1960s that Americans welcomed Broadway into their living rooms each and every Sunday night. Families gathered around black and white console televisions to popular programs, including The Ed Sullivan Show and What’s My Line? The Ed Sullivan show gave America a glimpse of what was presently running on Broadway, while What’s My Line? Often included Broadway talents on the panel and as their mystery guest of the evening.
And Now On Our Stage Tonight
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948-1971) didn’t just bring the hottest pop performers to all of America. Yes, Sullivan did introduce Elvis Presley, The Supremes, and The Beatles, but the variety show also showcased Broadway talent and shows. Sullivan, who had been a Broadway a gossip columnist, was tapped to host the new TV show, which was first called The Toast of the Town. Sullivan became known as a star maker, and a short gig on his show meant that you had made it.
West Side Story performed live.
On any given Sunday, you could see a song from a Broadway hit. Famous performances include Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert singing “Tonight” from West Side Story (1958), Julie Andrews and the Broadway cast performing “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” from My Fair Lady (1961), the cast of Hair (1969) offering two numbers, “Aquarius” and “Let the Sunshine In,” and “Oklahoma!” (1955) with John Raitt and conducted by Richard Rodgers.
The original cast of the hit rock musical Hair.
In 1968, Sullivan, always the master showman, featured the great Broadway composer Irving Berlin singing his anthem “God Bless American.” Berlin’s thin, sweet voice offered a heartfelt rendition of an initial verse, and then the curtain behind him went up to reveal a backup chorus of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
Julie Andrews and the Broadway cast of My Fair Lady.
The Ed Sullivan Show aired early on Sunday night from 8-9 pm on CBS. What’s My Line?, which was on the same network, aired at 10:30 pm.
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Mystery Guest Carol Channing made many appearance.
What’s My Line? (1950-1967) was a quiz show that featured John Daly as the host. Daily was a well-educated journalist who was a bit nerdy, a tad dapper, and whole-heartedly charming. His four-member guest panel, whose job it was to discern what profession someone was in (that is the “line” in what’s my line was their line of work) was usually comprised of noted New Yorkers, which often included actress Arlene Francis, columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, publisher Bennet Cerf, actress Kitty Carlisle, actor Tony Randall, humorist Henry Morgan, publisher Helen Gurly Brown, and others.
Julie Andrews prior to film stardom.
The final segment of the show featured a famous mystery guest. The panel would put on their blindfolds and the mystery guest would sign in on the same chalkboard all guests signed. The panel would then attempt to guess who was sitting next to Daly, and they were usually quite successful.
Angela Lansbury was in Town and visited.
With What’s My Line?, U.S. TV viewers got to see the Broadway personality, which was real treat. Here was a Broadway performer, to a degree being him/herself, in your living room. These were magic moments when Broadway reached out to everyone and just about everyone could afford to go see a Broadway show.
A Golden Age
The 1950s and 60s were a golden age for New York theatre and television, as Broadway stars appeared live on Ed Sullivan and What’s My Line? This was a happy and enchanting marriage of what were then two live mediums. Sullivan’s variety show was basically vaudeville on TV and with Daly as a host, What’s My Line? was a show that comfortably connected with its viewers. That era is now long gone. It was a short-lived and very special time.
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Commercial, recreational fishermen clash over licensing
By Kent Bernhard
In May 2018
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A battle is brewing between the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission and the association that represents the state’s commercial fishermen. At issue are proposed changes to licensing rules, which the association says could deprive people who have fished for generations of permits.
The commission, which is part of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, voted 5-4 in February to recommend that the General Assembly pass a law requiring commercial fishermen to record at least 1,000 pounds of seafood caught or 15 trips in any two of five years. Currently, there are no quotas, and anyone who holds a commercial-fishing license and pays the annual fee — $400 for state residents — can renew it.
The nonprofit N.C. Fisheries Association fired back with a lawsuit, alleging some board members violated the state’s open meetings law by developing the proposed changes outside the public eye.
“The commission has been stacked against us,” says Glenn Skinner, a commercial fisherman from the Morehead City/Newport area who is executive director of the fisheries association. The governor appoints the commission, which includes representatives of the commercial- and recreational-fishing industries, as well as at-large members and a scientist. Over time, Skinner says, the balance of power has shifted against commercial-fishing interests. A goal of the lawsuit is to force more open dialogue between the commission and commercial fishermen. “This is a way to get some openness and clarity,” he says.
For many years, the commission has considered tightening restrictions to ensure that the licenses are used by commercial fishermen, rather than recreational anglers who use the documents to catch more fish than would otherwise be allowed, depleting seafood stocks.
Commercial fishermen overwhelmingly opposed the proposed changes. Commission Chairman Sammy Corbett, a Hampstead commercial fisherman, voted against the proposal. “Once again, we’re trying to fix what seems to be more of a recreational problem, but we’re going to punish people with commercial licenses,” he told the Kinston Free Press.
The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina, a group of conservationists and recreational fishermen, favors the proposed changes. “The biggest concern is [that] our fisheries-management plan is failing to manage our public trust resource properly,” says David Sneed, the group’s executive director. “It belongs to all of the people of North Carolina. It needs to be protected for all citizens. To us, that’s what’s important.”
Sneed says the fisheries association’s lawsuit attempts to discredit the commission because commercial fishermen are upset that they no longer hold sway over the board.
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Home Celebrities Mary Tyler Moore: Fast Facts About The Legendary Icon
Mary Tyler Moore: Fast Facts About The Legendary Icon
Another of television’s beloved icon – Mary Tyler Moore – has passed away.
Such unfortunate news.
You might know her from her turn on The Dick Van Dyke Show or The Mary Tyler Moore Show; where she played two iconic characters that will forever be etched in American Television history.
While it may be instinctive to mourn the loss of a great talent, we should also remember that Mary Tyler Moore left an amazing legacy behind.
With that in mind, we should probably also focus on the positivity of her life.
To help with that, we’ll provide a few fast facts about Mary Tyler Moore:
Mary was born on the 29th of December, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York to Majorie and George Tyler Moore.
Mary Tyler Moore starred opposite Elvis Presley as his love interest in his last movie – Change of Habit.
In the movie, she played a nun in training who is conflicted by her developing feelings for Elvis Presley’s character and her devotion to her faith.
The actress was an advocate for Type 1 diabetes causes.
This stemmed as a result of her own diagnosis which she discussed extensively in her book – Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes.
She also testified in front of congress for stem cell research as a solution for Diabetes after she became an International chair for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Mary Tyler Moore was a New York Times Best-Selling Author as two of her books made it on the famed ‘New York Times Best Selling’ list.
She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the 1980 coming of age drama Ordinary People.
The Oscar-nominated actress has won over seven Emmy for the duration of her career. Which to be honest, is pretty impressive.
So impressive that there’s a statue of Mary Tyler Moore in Minneapolis tossing her beret in the air just as her character – Mary Richards – does in the intro of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
The Statue was commissioned by TV Land. TV land is a cable network that specializes in the re-runs of classic television programs.
Mary Tyler Moore was married 3 times.
She first got married at 18, to Richard Carlton Meeker whom she dubbed the ‘boy next door’.
She gave birth to her first and only child – Richard Jr in 1956.
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Richard Meeker and Mary got divorced in 1961.
Their only son, Richard Junior, died in 1980 when he was only 24 from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He shot himself in the head when inspecting a sawed-off shotgun.
That model was eventually taken off the market due to its ‘hair trigger’.
Mary Tyler Moore’s second marriage was to a CBS excutive – Grant Tinker
Tinker would go on to become the chairman of NBC.
In 1970, Moore and Tinker formed a production company – MTM Enterprises which not only created but only produced the hugely successful Mary Tyler Moore Show.
The company also had a record label – MTM Records.
They also produced quite a range of television sitcoms and dramas including Lou Grant, Phyllis, The Texas Wheelers, St. Elsewhere, Rhoda, Friends and Lovers, The Newhart Show, Hill Street Blues, WKRP in Cincinnati and The White Shadow.
The MTM logo was tribute to that of Metro Goldwyn Mayer but it featured Mary’s cat instead of a lion.
The company was sold to Television South in 1988.
The couple divorced in 1981.
She met her third husband, a cardiologist – Dr Robert Levine – when he was treating her mother.
The pair tied the knot in 1983.
Mary Tyler Moore’s family struggled with substance abuse.
Mary’s mother was an alcoholic. Her sister was a drug addict who died of a drug overdose.
Mary herself drank to the point she had to go the Betty Ford center for rehabilitation.
Mary Tyler Moore stated in her book After All that she had tried to help her brother, John, commit suicide by giving him drugged ice cream.
Her brother who had cancer survived the suicide attempt but he died of the disease three months later.
Besides her statue in Minneapolis, Moore has been recognized many times over for her contribution to television.
She awarded the Screen Actors Guild’s Lifetime achievement award in 2011.
She was also recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992.
Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80 at the Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut, on the 25th of January 2017 from a cardiopulmonary arrest made complicated by Pneumonia.
May her soul rest in peace.
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CEP BREXIT Analysis
The Local Economic Effects of Brexit
Swati Dhingra, Stephen Machin and Henry G. Overman
Paper No' CEPBREXIT10:
Tags: brexit; trade; uk economy; uk politics; north and south divide; uk living standards; local authorities
Wealthy Southern cities will be hit hardest by both a ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ Brexit - but are also best placed to adapt to economic shocks ahead
Successful cities with large high-skilled service sectors - which are mainly in the South of England - will be hit hardest by the likely downturn in trade after the UK leaves the EU, regardless of whether we face a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ Brexit.
However, these cities are better-placed to adapt to the economic shocks ahead than less affluent places outside the South East - despite the latter being less directly affected by Brexit.
This is according to a new study published today by the think tank Centre for Cities and the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at LSE. It analyses for the first time the potential impact of both a ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ Brexit (1) on British cities in the ten years following the implementation of new trade arrangements with the EU.
The research shows that all British cities are set to see a fall in economic output as a result of leaving the EU, because of the predicted increase in trade costs that both a ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ Brexit will bring (2). The economic impact will be almost twice as big in the event of a ‘hard’ Brexit, which the research predicts will bring an average 2.3% reduction in economic output across all UK cities - compared to a ‘soft’ Brexit, which will result in a 1.2% decrease.
The report also suggests that in both scenarios, it is economically vibrant cities - predominantly in the South of England - which will be hit hardest and most directly by Brexit. This reflects the fact that these cities specialise in large knowledge-intensive sectors such as business and financial services, which the research shows will be most affected by the increase in tariff and non-tariff barriers that Brexit could bring
‘Hard’ Brexit - Top 10 cities most affected
Predicted reduction in economic output (gross value added)
‘Soft’ Brexit - Top 10 cities most affected
However, the report also argues that the most-affected cities are also best-placed to respond to the predicted shocks ahead. Places such as London, Reading and Aberdeen are home to large highlyskilled labour markets, significant numbers of innovative firms and strong business networks - all of which are crucial in enabling a city to reinvent or adapt its industrial structure to changing economic circumstances.
In contrast, the cities least directly affected by either form of Brexit are mostly less prosperous places in the North, Midlands and Wales - the regions often dubbed the UK’s ‘left behind’ places, and credited with driving the vote to leave the EU. These cities are largely characterised by low numbers of high-skilled firms and workers, and smaller knowledge-intensive private sectors - which means they are both less vulnerable to the predicted post-Brexit downturn, but also less well-equipped to respond to the economic shocks ahead.
‘Hard’ Brexit - Top 10 cities least affected
‘Soft’ Brexit - Top 10 cities least affected
Commenting on the findings, Andrew Carter, Chief Executive of Centre for Cities, said:
“All UK cities face significant economic challenges after we leave the EU, but the impact of both ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ Brexit will be felt very differently across the country. Contrary to much of the received wisdom on Brexit, it is the most prosperous UK cities which will be hit hardest by the downturn ahead - but poorer places across the North and Midlands will find it tougher to adapt.
“First and foremost, the Government should do all it can to minimise the coming economic shocks by securing the best possible trade deal with the EU. That means ensuring that our post-Brexit trading arrangements are as close to our current relationship with Europe as possible.
“But it’s also critical that the Government uses its forthcoming industrial strategy to give cities across the country the investment, powers and responsibilities they need to make their economies as successful and competitive as possible. This will be crucial in helping cities to respond to the changing economic circumstances as we leave the EU, and to address the other big challenges they face in the coming years such as globalisation and automation.”
Professor Stephen Machin, from the Centre for Economic Performance, said:
“This research shows that focussing on the likely local economic impacts of Brexit will be a critical ingredient for policymakers when thinking about how to offset the negative economic effects that loss of trade due to Brexit will bring.”
“A hard Brexit would amplify the negative impact of leaving the EU on local economies across the UK. The estimated decline in economic activity is higher in richer local economies like London. But Brexit - whether hard or soft - would still hurt economic activity in poorer areas like Hull and Burnley that have some of the lowest incomes in the country.
“The fact that the industrial specialisation and the skill and knowledge intensity of different places are key to local impact should be of significant importance to the design and implementation of policy, especially in the arenas of industrial, skills and labour market strategies.” ENDS
‘Soft’ Brexit is defined as a scenario where the UK joins a free trade area with the EU, such as EFTA. While tariffs would remain at zero, non-tariff barriers (including customs checks, border controls, differences in product market regulations and legal barriers) would increase the costs of trade.
‘Hard’ Brexit is understood as the scenario in which the UK and EU do not immediately have a free trade area and the default situation is to trade under World Trade Organisation rules. This would result in an increase in tariffs and non-tariff barriers that would be substantially larger than under soft Brexit.
The trade model developed by CEP uses the most comprehensive data on trade flows and trade barriers currently available, including industry-level data on exports and imports covering all sectors of the economy in every country in the world. It is used to predict the sectoral impact of Brexit under ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ Brexit
The sectoral impacts predicted under these two scenarios are then weighted using local employment shares to predict changes to GVA at the city level. It considers the medium run impact on GVA as it is assumed that it would take 10 years for the non-tariff barriers within the EU to converge to a new level post Brexit.
It is important to note that the model predicts the static effects of Brexit related increases in trade costs on city economies. This is likely to underestimate the impact of Brexit as the model does not take account of the other effects of Brexit, for example on innovation, foreign investment and migration.
About Centre for Cities
The Centre for Cities is a research and policy institute, dedicated to improving the economic success of UK cities. We are a charity that works with cities, business and Whitehall to develop and implement policy that supports the performance of urban economies. We do this through impartial research and knowledge exchange. For more information, please visit www.centreforcities.org/about
About CEP
The Centre for Economic Performance is an interdisciplinary research centre at the LSE Research Laboratory. It was established by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 1990 and is now one of the leading economic research groups in Europe. The CEP studies the determinants of economic performance at the level of the company, the nation and the global economy by focusing on the major links between globalisation, technology and institutions (above all the educational system and the labour market) and their impact on productivity, inequality, employment, stability and wellbeing.
For further information, contact:
Henry Overman, Email: h.g.overman@lse.ac.uk;
Swati Dhingra, Email: s.dhingra@lse.ac.uk
Stephen Machin, Email: s.j.machin@lse.ac.uk
Brian Semple, Email: b.semple@centreforcities.org
Romesh Vaitilingam on +44(0)7768 661095, Email: romesh@vaitilingam.com ;
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Coaches look forward to 'strongest' Women's Club World Championship
Coaches and captains of the eight participating teams at the 2016 FIVB Club World Championship.
Manila, Philippines, October 17, 2016 - Although some are in it for the experience and the exposure and some are eying the medals, all coaches and captains agree that the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship beginning Tuesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila is the strongest edition in the history of the competition and the final outcome is very hard to predict.
The coaches and captains were speaking to an impressive media gathering at the official Press Conference of the competition, which brings together the cream of international volleyball players from around the world, including Olympic gold medallists and other Olympians, as well as a host of world and continental champions.
Captains (left to right): Pleumjit Thinkaow (Bangkok Glass), Valentina Tirozzi (Pomi Casalmaggiore), Neslihan Demir (Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul), Regiane Bidias (Rexona Sesc Rio de Janeiro), Gozde Kirdar (VakifBank Istanbul), Nataliya Mammadova (Volero Zurich), Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu Springs Kobe), Rachel Daquis (PSL-F2 Logistics Manila).
Here's what they said, when coaches were asked what thought their teams' chances are in the competion and captains were requested to comment on what it's like to play wth clubs against some national team teammates:
Kittipong Pornchartyingcheep (Bangkok Glass coach): "We are first-timers in the Club World Championship and we'll just have to do our very best."
Pleumjit Thinkaow (Bangkok Glass): "For me personally it's nice to be here again in the Philippines in this first appearance for our club at the Club World Championship."
Massimo Barbolini (Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul): "I believe we are like everybody. I don't know exactly what our chances are in this competition but I'm sure it will be a tough event. I think for us it's important to think day-by-day. Take one game at a time."
Neslihan Demir (Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul): "My teammates are playing in different countries, but we still play for our clubs. We are used to playing against each other."
Coaches (left to right): Giovanni Caprara (Pomi Casalmaggiore), Masismo Barbolini (Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul), Kittipong Pornchartyingcheep (Bangkok Glass), Giovanni Guidetti (VakifBank Istanbul), Kumi Nakada (Hisamitsu Springs Kobe), Zoran Terzic (Volero Zurich), Branislav Moro (PSL-F2 Logistics Manila), Bernardo Rezende (Rexona Sesc Rio de Janeiro).
Kumi Nakada (Hisamitsu Springs Kobe): "It's a combination of players for our team. This is the first time that I am head coach of Hisamitsu Springs. I spent time with these players from high school and they are here now. Some teams have Olympians and world-class players. This is a very important tournament for us because every player will gain experience with the top level of players in the world. We'll do our best against each team."
Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu Springs Kobe): "There's lots of innovation in this competition so it is important for us to be part of it. We will do our best for our team."
Branislav Moro (PSL-F2 Logistics Manila): "It's the first time for me in this competition and I see a great number of fans and television interest. It's a good thing for Filipino volleyball. I have great respect for every coach here today and thank you for making this possible. For my team this is big experience. There are strong teams like Rexona. In my opinion, the number of people in the tournament is very good for volleyball."
Rachel Daquis (F2 Logistics): "We're very luck and honoured to play against these top-caliber teams and I know that it's a great experience and exposure for Philippines volleyball."
Giovanni Caprara (Pomi Casalmaggiore): "This tournament is of very high level. Everyone is very strong and anyone can win. I'm very excited to play in the Club World Championship because it's for the first time in my life."
Valentina Tirozzi (Pomi Casalmaggiore): "There will be no other Italian players against our team. We are the only ones who can represent our country. We are so honored to be here playing against a lot of super-strong players and champions from all over the world."
Bernardo Rezende (Rexona Sesc Rio de Janeiro): "We are a traditional team but this is a new group. We are playing against some all-star teams here. So many great players from the world. It's a good start for us here in this tournament. We might lose but we have to keep going. And if we lose, working hard is our option. To work hard, to improve while playing against the best in the world, that's an amazing experience for our team."
Regian Bidias (Rexona Sesc Rio de Janeiro): "We're very happy to be here. It's the third time we are participating in the Club World Championship. I'm very happy to be encountering players playing for Volero and Eczacibasi. We'll be playing against great players but we're happy to meet them here in Manila."
Giovanni Guidetti (VakifBank Istanbul): "I believe this is the best Club World Championship so far in the last three to four years. It's incredible. We have great teams and players in this tournament. We have a lot of Olympic coaches and players and it's an honour to be here and I can't predict the chances of any team."
Gozde Kirdar (Vakifbank): "I am proud to be here along with these coaches and players and I totally agree with Neslihan. We are used to playing against each other. We are professional players. We are ready for this. Good luck to everyone."
Zoran Terzic (Volero Zurich): "The Club World Championship in the Philippines is one of the best and one of the most important competitions this season. We worked hard and we're very happy to be here. Of course, the level of competition is very high. It's difficult to predict the outcome of the competition. But it's all about playing well and we will see in the end."
Natalia Mammadova (Volero Zurich): "It's great to be here and participate in this kind of competition. It's important for us, our team, to improve ourselves from last year. We will try to do it step by step."
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship Manila 2016 - Website
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship Manila 2016 - Results & Schedule
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship Manila 2016 - Teams
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In "The Beast in the Jungle," James's late style will be a problem. In "Daisy Miller," students may well miss the important social nuances of the language used by the characters and the narrator. Most of us take for granted certain usages--"ever so many," "it seems as if," "I guess," "quaint"--that are indications of the Millers' lack of cultivation. Also, there are some genteelisms in their speech--Mrs. Miller's "the principal ones." Then there's the narrator's somewhat inflated diction-- "imbibed," "much disposed towards."
Distribute ahead of time a short list of usages, divided according to categories, and ask the students to add some usages from their own reading of "Daisy Miller."
Another problem that should be mentioned is point of view. Tell the students ahead of time that both "Daisy" and "Beast" use the same technical device of restricting the reader's perspective to what one character sees and knows. Ask them to decide what character this is. Give examples, find exceptions where the narrator speaks out.
"Daisy Miller": Some students inevitably despise Daisy for her occasional social crudity and inexperience. A good tactic to deal with this attitude is to emphasize such matters right at the start, trusting to other students to feel that they must speak up and defend Daisy's naturalness and boldness. I also recommend getting the obvious fact that the Millers represent vulgar new money out in the open from the start; otherwise, some rather slow reader will triumphantly announce this fact later on in order to simplify the heroine's character.
Students will appreciate some facts about Rome. The story takes place before the floor of the Colosseum was excavated and before the cause of malaria was discovered. The 1883 Baedeker guide reminded tourists of the traditional danger of malaria: "In summer when the fever-laden aria cattive [bad air] prevails, all the inhabitants who can afford it make a point of leaving the city." Some students will have no experience of Giovanelli's type--the public dandy and lounger.
Students consistently enjoy analyzing and judging (with great ferocity) the various characters. I am often surprised at the harsh judgments passed on Daisy's flirtatiousness and game playing.
"Beast": Few students respond well to "Beast," partly because of the aridity of the lives portrayed. The students may want to know why the story is so long, why it delays the revelation of Marcher's emptiness.
In "Beast" I like to stress Marcher's eerie hollowness, the fact that he isn't quite alive and doesn't know it (until the end). In "Daisy Miller" students will probably need a detailed explanation of the Colosseum scene, where Winterbourne finally makes up his mind about Daisy, not only deciding that she isn't respectable but showing her by his behavior that he scorns her as beyond the pale. He learns the truth about her (and his own feelings for her) too late, of course--just like Marcher.
"Daisy Miller" may be presented as a classic instance of nineteenth-century realism in presenting "a study" of a modern character-type. Simultaneously, since the story follows Winterbourne's point of view, James's subject becomes a double one and also concerns the male character's process of vision and understanding. In this sense, the story is about Winterbourne's "studying.
"In "Beast" the emphasis on the man's process of vision becomes even more salient. The lack of objective detail points to modernism.
For "Beast," students need to be told that the two characters are late nineteenth-century or early twentieth-century English, and that Weatherend is an upper-class country house frequented by weekend guests.
In "Daisy Miller" students will need help in grasping the leisure-class European social code: the importance of restraint, public decorum, the drawing of lines. When Daisy looks at Winterbourne and boasts of having had "a great deal of gentleman's society," she doesn't know (though Winterbourne and James do) that she is coming on precisely as a courtesan would.
Many valuable comparisons can be drawn between "Daisy Miller" and "The Beast in the Jungle." Both stories tell of an aborted romance in which the man distances himself emotionally until it is too late. This fundamental similarity can help bring out the real differences between the works, especially the fact that "Daisy Miller" supplies a good deal of pictorial background and social realism, while "Beast" focuses far more intensively on Marcher's state of mind and perceptions. "Beast" may also profitably be compared with Eliot's "Prufrock."
1. Ask students to pay attention to those situations in "Daisy Miller" where one character tries to gauge or classify another. They may notice that Winterbourne's social judgment is much shakier than at first appears. Not only does he misread Daisy (in the Colosseum) but he is wrong in pronouncing Giovanelli "not a gentleman." Giovanelli turns out to be a respectable lawyer.
2. I like to ask students to compare and contrast the scene in the Colosseum where Winterbourne decides Daisy is a reprobate and laughs in her face to the scene in Huckleberry Finn where Huck decides to go to hell out of friendship with Jim. One character gives way to a rigid social exclusion, the other defies it.
The preface that James wrote for "Daisy Miller" in the New York edition is illuminating but must be used with care. The preface was written about thirty years after the story, and James's attitudes had changed somewhat. Now he was much more uneasy about the vulgarity of speech and manners of American women, and he decided he had been too easy on the Daisy Miller type. Hence he labeled this story "pure poetry"--a way of calling it romance rather than realism.
Two helpful and somewhat contrasting studies: Wayne Booth's discussion of "Daisy Miller" in The Rhetoric of Fiction and Louise K. Barnett, "Jamesian Feminism: Women in 'Daisy Miller,' " Studies in Short Fiction 16, no. 4 (Fall 1979): 281-87.
It's difficult to know whether Daisy Miller is a historically accurate type. Upper-class single women did not apparently go out alone in the evening in New York of the 1870s, but they did not require a duenna when accompanied by a man.
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Best Of 15: Classical & Composed
The preceding 12 months brought the all the usual thinkpieces about the death of classical music, the decline of CD sales, the struggle to fill concert halls, etc. But for us listeners, there was plenty of sounds to surprise and delight. I'm probably only scratching the surface but here goes...
New (Mostly) Music, New Recordings
After the triumph of Become Ocean in 2014, no one would have looked askance if John Luther Adams had decided to take a year off. But the man has a work ethic so there were actually not one but two fascinating new releases in 2015. The Wind In High Places is an exquisite collection featuring three works for strings. The title work, played to perfection by the JACK Quartet, is an ethereal work which asks the players to keep their hands off the fretboards and play only open strings and harmonics. But knowing those technical details is not necessary to enjoy the airy tangles of harmonies woven together by Adams. The second piece, Canticles Of The Sky, was composed for 48 cellos and sounds like a ribbon of pure sound. You might find yourself breathing differently as you listen. The album closes with Dream of the Canyon Wren, also played by the JACK, a series of descending glissandos with some of the puckish wit of Harry Partch. The album is Adams in his prime, which means essential listening.
Ilimaq: Under the Ice, an electro-acoustic collaboration with Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, is a little bit more of a specialty item. Five movements of spacy sounds, pounding tom toms and subtle clatters and clangs, without much structure that I can find, makes for a piece I don't listen to often. But if the mood is right, there's nothing else like it. As with The Wind In High Places, the recording is a masterpiece in its own right, finely detailed, sonically rich and involving.
Like Adams' music, the pieces on Clockworking by the Icelandic chamber ensemble Nordic Affect also seem in touch with the natural and physical world. From Beacon To Beacon, by Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, even features the sound of pounding surf or blowing winds among its spiky eplorations. Special notice should be taken, here and elsewhere, of the sparkling harpsichord of Guðrún Óskarsdóttir. The six works were commissioned from five local composers (all women, I might add), including superstar Anna Thorvaldsdottir. But while Thorvaldsdottir is the most well known, I will now be keeping an ear out for the others, especially Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, who wrote the instantly likeable opening and closing tracks. If there was ever a new music song of the summer, 2015 would belong to Sigfúsdóttir's Clockworking. Another beautiful recording from Sono Luminus, too.
On the darker end of the spectrum, we have The Soul is the Arena, three stunning works by Mario Diaz de Leon, including Luciform for flute and electronics performed by the great Claire Chase and the title track for bass clarinet and electronics, brilliantly played by Joshua Rubin. Both those works were previously released, however, the former on Chase's Density and the latter on Rubin's There Never Is No Light. So the only new work is the brooding and suspenseful Portals Before Dawn, played here by the International Contemporary Ensemble. It is a gorgeous and sophisticated work, signifying new levels of dynamic flexibility on the part of Diaz de Leon, so get to it whether or not you've already heard those other pieces.
Speaking of dark, it gets none more black than Jóhann Jóhannsson's soundtrack to the fatalistic thriller Sicario. This is literally the sound of dread and it has to be heard to be believed. For such a small country, Iceland sure knows how to crank out great composers. Hint: it probably starts in the schools.
If you're feeling tense after Sicario, get some rest with Max Richter's Sleep, eight hours of music precision-tooled to lull you to sleep and keep you there. However, I've listened to the shorter version, From Sleep, and you might want to stay awake. It's quite beautiful, Eno ambiance crossed with hushed minimalism.
When violinist Sarah Plum couldn't find a piece to pair with Sidney Corbett's beautiful, exploratory Yael from 2011 she simply commissioned another violin concerto by Christopher Adler and released them under the name Music For A New Century. There's a lot of variety of mood between Corbett's Yael and Adler's spiky and mysterious Violin Concerto, and Plum's committed and engaging playing makes a more than convincing case for both pieces.
There were three excellent collections that compiled music across centuries, some of it newly composed for the occasion. Viola virtuoso Melia Watras assembled Ispirare around the music of George Rochberg and Luciano Berio, putting them in dialog with more recent work by Atar Arad and Shulamit Ran. The Rochberg was a bit stodgy but her performances of the Berio and Ran works were revelatory - get to them so they can get to you.
Orli Shaham explored the songlike piano music of Brahms through some of the music (Schubert, Schumann, Chopin) that he was listening to and newly-commissioned works influenced by him. Shaham's stylish and assured playing wove a very satisfying tapestry on Brahms Inspired and it's a great entrée into his keyboard music.
If there is a choir around that's better than the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart conducted by Marcus Creed, I will personally sing hallelujah in front of a packed house at Carnegie Hall. Their album Italia was an ear-opening traversal through about 100 years of Italian choral music, including works by Verdi, Pizzetti, Scelsi, Nono and Petrassi. Their recording of Scelsi's TKRDG is likely definitive, hopefully bringing this extraordinary music to a wider audience.
Old Music, New Recordings
Marcus Creed also shone leading Denmark's DR VokalEnsemblet on L'amour et la foi, a stunning collection of Messiaen's choral music. The perfect introduction to this corner of the master's music.
Also on the choral tip is Salvatore Mundi: The Purcell Legacy, a dreamy compilation of English church music composed by Purcell's and in his wake (by Blow, Boyce, Jackson, Handel, etc.) and performed with utmost naturalism by St. Salvator's Chapel Choir with the expert assistance of the Fitzwilliam Quartet.
I have found, more often than not, that a composer's recording is not the definitive one. This is proved once again by Sir Simon Rattle's new live recording of Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra with the Berliner Philharmoniker. While the soloist, Krystian Zimerman, is the same as Lutoslawski's own performance from the eighties, this is an altogether more crisp and coherent version of a landmark work of 20th Century modernism. Essential.
Returning from the improvisatory adventures of Silfra, and the ambition of commissioning 27 new pieces, Hilary Hahn came home to Mozart in a new recording of his Violin Concerto No. 5. Paavo Järvi and The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen are the perfect partners in this lyrical and unsentimental performance. It wasn't a warhorse when Mozart wrote it, after all, so there's no reason to play it like one. Belgian composer Henri Vieuxtemps was born about 30 years after Mozart died and is in no way his equal. Hahn takes his stormy Violin Concerto No. 4 at face value, playing it as well as it can be played, but it is filler nonetheless.
Speaking of a return, soprano Renee Fleming has been in the "crossover classical" trenches for a while now so it's nice to see her tackle something meatier: Alban Berg's Lyric Suite, performed here with the Emerson Quartet. The Emerson is really the star in the Berg, as Fleming only appears in an alternate version of the last of six movements. But what a glorious sound they make together! Fleming's lush voice blends perfectly with the strings, fitting Berg's conception of a mini-opera to a T. Fortunately, we get more of this divine combination in a set of five songs by Egon Wellesz, a Berg contemporary who is much less well known. His settings of Sonnets From The Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are intimate and romantic while still feeling modern. I will be investigating his work further based on this. From the well-designed cover featuring a Klimt painting to the starry participants, this is a release that acknowledges no twilight of the record industry - and why should it?
New Music, Old Recording
Kudos to Wergo for reissuing the out of print Nonesuch recording of Morton Subotnick's The Wild Beasts (1978). This work is wild indeed, with Subotnick exploring the more comical side of the trombone alongside his signature electronics. Also included is After The Butterfly (1979), with Mario Guarneri as the adventurous trumpet soloist playing Subotnick's witty score with aplomb. If there is a butterfly being described it is a rather bumptious and quirky creature. As the cover says, these are "Landmark Recordings" and it is good to have them readily available again.
Sample the works mentioned with this handy playlist - then follow through with the complete recordings of anything that catches your ear.
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Arjun Rampal to play gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli in Daddy
Entertainment4 Sep 2017 1:00 PM GMTby Arun Mishra
Mumbai : The underbelly of society, yet again, finds space on the big screen with the release of the political crime drama, Daddy. The movie stars Arjun Rampal and Aishwarya Rajesh in the lead roles. Arjun Rampal will be seen playing the role of Arun Gawli, the gangster turned politician. The underbelly has always been an integral part of Mumbai and it has always inspired writers and makers. Recently, the star-cast along with the director, Ashim Ahluwalia and Rahul Mitra (CEO, Wave Cinemas) promoted the movie in Delhi. They interacted with the media and gave an insight of the film.
On being asked about the film and on Arun Gawli, Arjun said, "This film is one of its kind. Arun Gawli is already a hero in Maharashtra. I loved his genre which inspired me to play Arun Gawli. This is a very unique story which is very unusual and the gangster is an accidental don. He has faced many ups and downs but he kept coming back without the defeat is what inspired me."
On being asked about the preparation for the role he said, "We had to pay much attention on the looks because he is a known face. The style in which he used to wear his cap, the dialect and everything. The makeup artists were brought from Italy. I also got a new nose for the role. I had to drop gym and lose 11 kgs and so on."
Ashim on being asked about the glorification aspect of a gangster through this film said, "No, I don't like gangster films that aspire. But, I was interested in Arun Gawli as a normal man. We made it clear in the initial phase only that we will not portray him as a hero and will show his all shades. We were not really interested in glorifying him."
Aishwarya on being asked about the difficulties that she faced, said, "I didn't know anything about Arun Gawli. Difficult thing was the language and rest of the things were manageable. Ashim was very patient and supportive for me. And Arjun also helped me to feel comfortable which added positively in the output."
The film is a true account of the incidents that took place. The movie, whose making took three years, has the involvement of Gawli family and Geeta (Arun Gawli's daughter) who are quite thrilled about the way it has shaped up. Daddy gives an insight into the Mumbai underworld and traces Arun Gawli's journey from his rise as India's most feared gangsters to eventually becoming a politician.
The movie is ready to hit the screens on 8th September 2017.
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“Turkey, of which I am a part of, is ready for this film”
Evrim Kaya - 28/08/2014
The first time we interviewed Fatih Akın for Agos was in Yerevan four years ago. He was attending the International Golden Apricot Film Festival and it hadn’t been long since he had landed, so his impressions were few. As we spoke, he realized he didn’t know much either about Armenians or Armenia; the only famous Armenians he could recall were the two world-champion boxers of Armenian origin who lived in Germany. Yet Yerevan greeted Fatih Akın with excitement. For instance, a young woman at the reception of a hotel that had welcomed many world famous stars since it served as host to the festival every year, hoped for the first time to be there for the arrival of a guest, and tried to find out from other participants the time Akın would arrive. Fatih Akın’s films were met with great enthusiasm in Yerevan, and he underlined the meaninglessness of borders in every interview he gave, and talked about how art could shatter all taboos and bring people together. What he said was right, however such statements did not go beyond the well-meaning responses to questions about the Armenian Genocide or the Armenia-Turkey border. The question of method remained unanswered. How would art overcome everything? As answers were sought for all these questions, the director, from which we had not heard from, whether about this specific topic or any other, returned to the spotlight in April with the first reports from his new film.
According to Time Out Istanbul’s report, Fatih Akın’s latest film ‘The Cut’ is about “the journey an Armenian living in Mardin, played by Tahar Rahim, sets out on in order to find his daughters following a tragedy that befalls him”. However, as we are quite sure the publication’s editor also knows, the tragedy that “befell” Nazaret, played by Tahar Rahim, was the Armenian Genocide.
‘The Cut’, shot by Fatih Akın in four continents, with a large budget, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival held from 27 August to 6 September. Rahim is accompanied in the film by a multinational cast including Armenian actors Simon Abkarian, Arsinée Khanjian and Kevork Malikyan, Akın Gazi from Cyprus, Numan Acar from Germany, the Moroccan singer and poet Hindi Zahra, and Önder Çakar and Bartu Küçükçağlayan from Turkey.
Perhaps, to some extent, to alleviate the confusion of the media in Turkey which is not particularly skilful in calling tragedies by their name, but mainly in order to provide the freshest news for Fatih Akın fans who impatiently look forward to his new film, we asked the director everything we were curious about, after all, we, too, have only seen the trailer of the film. Akın, as always, spoke frankly in this first interview about the film, and stated that his greatest wish was for the film to be screened in major theatres in Turkey.
In the interview we made four years ago, you told us that you knew very little about Armenians. That has obviously changed. How did you decide to make a film about 1915 and Armenians?
After ‘Soul Kitchen’ I had actually planned to make a feature film about Hrant Dink. I wrote a script based on 12 of Hrant’s articles published in Agos. It was an avant-garde project, because some of these articles were informative, some were his personal anecdotes and some others were narratives about 1915. It was a very text-rich script. I don’t know whether it would have turned out to be a good film. However, I couldn’t convince any actor from Turkey to accept the role of Hrant, they all found the script too strong. So I had to put the project in the freezer. I didn’t want to put any actor at risk, but it was also important that a film about Hrant would be a Turkish film. An American or French actor couldn’t have been cast as Hrant. We have to deal with this alone. So it wasn’t to be… Maybe not yet. Some of the articles Hrant wrote on 1915 were highly fascinating, and very powerful in visual terms. For instance, ‘Lizard Abdullah’… Also through Hrant, I had read and carried out a lot of research on 1915. There was another script I dreamed of realizing: A story about Anatolian emigrants to the United States. In a way, a Western. Eventually, I combined certain parts from the Hrant script with this Western, and the result is “The Cut”.
It is very exciting that you wrote the script of the film in collaboration with the Iraqi Armenian scriptwriter Mardik Martin who co-wrote the scripts some of Martin Scorsese’s legendary films like ‘Mean Streets’, ‘New York, New York’, ‘Raging Bull’. How did this collaboration and writing process come about?
I had written the script in German. When I decided to shoot the film in English, I realized I needed someone who could do more than translate the film from German into English. I needed an American scriptwriter; someone who also knew the subject matter, and the languages and customs of this region. Then the name Mardik Martin sprang to my mind. Scorsese’s team arranged a meeting for us. The first time I called Mardik he didn’t want to do it, he told me he had retired and hadn’t written a script in 30 years. But when he read ‘The Cut’ he fell for it. He said he had dreamed all his life for a film like this! However, he said that the script needed more than being translated into ‘American’. He changed the script, personalized it, condensed and improved it. He made it more ‘American’, in the positive sense of the word. Finally, with this film, I am also reflecting upon American cinema, which was the greatest influence on my formation. Particularly Scorsese’s cinema – to which Mardik Martin made a great contribution. Working with Mardik enriched my life in so many ways. This was a journey towards the roots of everything that mattered to me, things about cinema and things about life. Mardik is the most elderly friend I have. And he is a teacher to me.
It is difficult for me to describe the entire writing process; it is too complex to describe in a few sentences. Castro once said revolution has three main characteristics: 1. Observation 2. Planning 3. Action. This also serves as the best description of the writing process. Of course, this film is not a revolution, nor is it revolutionary. Yet perhaps every act of writing is a personal revolution.
I met with hundreds of people across the world who helped me in my research. I would like to name two of them: Wolfgang Gust, who, like me, lives in Hamburg, and Taner Akçam. The scientific works of these two researchers were the most important source for the film.
The trailer reveals Tahar Rahim as a very good choice for a character who retreats into silence. How did you cast the film?
As I always do, I tried to find the best actors for this film, too. In order to capture the necessary authenticity, I tried to cast Armenians in the roles of Armenian characters. But I didn’t restrict myself only to Armenians. I wanted to work with the singer and poet Hindi Zahra. Zahra is Moroccan, but in the film she plays the wife of the protagonist Nazaret, played by Tahar Rahim. As for Rahim, the moment I saw Jacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet’ I said, “this is the man I am looking for”. Tahar is a French actor of Algerian origin. I gave him this role because all my instincts told me, “This is your hero, this is the Armenian you are looking for! Wherever he is from, he will pull it off for you.” There are no strict rules, water will flow and find its way. I am also very happy with the Turkish actors I had the chance to work with. Bartu Küçükçağlayan is in a key role… Bartu fulfilled his role with great commitment, passion and intelligence. And on the other hand, he possesses such innocence… The fact that he is a musician also contributes to that. My friend Önder Çakar, who wrote the Turkish dialogues, also stars. There are also Turks from Germany like Numan Acar, Korkmaz Arslan and Mehmet Yılmaz, and Akın Gazi, a British citizen of Cypriot origin. Meanwhile, I definitely want to cast Akın as Yılmaz Güney one day.
The cinematographer is once again Rainer Klausmann, but in this film he seems to have surpassed even his own usual mastery. Where did you shoot the film?
The key motif of the film is the journey of the hero. I traversed the entire span of this journey myself as well, I travelled through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Cuba, Florida, Minneapolis and North Dakota and took thousands of photographs and took notes. Finding the right filming locations was a long and complicated process. In the end, we decided upon Jordan, Cuba, Canada, Malta and Germany. Both Rainer and I were using an anamorphic lens to shoot cinemascope for the first time. And of course, 35 mm! It was a dream. This film is the real thing! On some days I used to think: “Somebody pinch me, I can’t believe this is real”. Because the lenses of this camera are very heavy, we worked with only two lenses; we used one of them for close-ups, and the other to shoot the remaining scenes. Since the film takes place across a broad landscape, we mostly used a wide-angle lens and this brought a certain sobriety to the film, a classical mood. We made an effort to always shoot with the sun behind us. We tried to stick to a classical style on the one hand, but we also tried to avoid clichés both in image and sound on the other. We didn’t use tacky techniques like a sepia tone filter. And none of that ethno-world music either, with every song beginning with the sound of the duduk. Our music for the film was Heavy Metal, because the stories I am telling here are Heavy Metal.
At Agos we have been discussing recently why a film that does justice to the story of 1915 has not been made yet. There are some great films, for instance, about the Holocaust. Are there any films about the Armenian Genocide that left a mark on you, or served as a reference?
I don’t see my film as a film about genocide. What would a film about genocide be like? What are the rhetorical tools of such a genre? Or, for that matter, is there a genre we could call ‘genocide films’? The genre I chose was the Western. This is a film in the genre appropriated by Sergio Leone and of course, Eastwood, it is an adventure film. It is an epic, in the tradition of John Huston and David Lean… It does not belong to the tradition of ‘Schindler’s List’ or ‘The Killing Fields’. Atom Egoyan did lend me a few costumes, but I can’t say it has a lot to do with ‘Ararat’ either. The greatest inspiration for this film was Elia Kazan’s ‘America, America’. I have read here and there that this film, too, has been described as a genocide film in the past, but I would disagree. In my opinion, ‘America, America’ is both an epic and an adventure film at the same time.
Why was it important for you to make this film? You had previously said, “I am completing the triangle of love-death-evil”. In the trailer, there is a scene where Tahar Rahim silently responds to a question with only his gaze: “Who did this to you?” Do you have an answer?
Sometimes I feel the topic chose me rather than me seeking out the topic. Wherever I come across something which has been banned or made into a taboo, or has been labelled dangerous or caused controversy, it immediately attracts my attention. Wherever there is prohibition, there is fear. And fear is the Devil. This film treats the outcome of fear in an abstract manner. The devil is not outside there, it sneaks into us. In other words, it is already there. Only we can exorcise him. My answer to, “Who did this to you?”, the question the old man poses to Tahar in the desert, is “Fear.”
This film will also mean that the audiences in Turkey will face up to the darkest page of their history, as they enter the year 2015. There are those who are looking forward to see the film with curiosity, but there are also those who are waiting with fear. Is there anything you would like to tell them?
Towards the end of the music video of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, Jackson’s girlfriend starts to scream in terror. Then MJ suddenly appears before her and tells her, “It’s just a movie”. If there is anyone who is afraid of the film, my response to them is precisely that, “It’s just a movie”. But I am sure that society in Turkey, of which I, too, am a part of, is ready for this film. There is no doubt that a film of this kind must be intense, otherwise we wouldn’t take it seriously. But the news we watch every night is much more intense than the film. There will be some who feel uncomfortable about the film’s content. Yet precisely for this reason, I believe the film will offer an opportunity for a constructive debate and I hope it will encourage its audience to learn more about 1915 and to think how a repeat of such events can be prevented.
The interview we made four years ago ended like this: “The message of my work is always this: Wherever there are borders, let us remove them, against the wall, gegen die Wand! And if they cannot be removed, let us build bridges. Politics always has precedence over culture and sports. Yet it functions in the slowest manner. Culture and sports are where problems are always solved, the people solve the problems, and politics catches up only later.” Is this film a blow to bring down a wall, or a bridge? Will we manage to solve the problems which politics has failed to?
My motivation in making this film was not to progress from one point to some other point. I do not belong to any group that pursues a political goal. I want people to watch my film. My greatest hope is for the film to be screened in Turkey in the way it deserves, and for it to be shown in large and modern theatres. If we can manage that, then we have become a mature, enlightened, self-aware and democratic society. If not, then we are still ruled by fear, and the devil still has us in his pocket.
“They expected me to make The Edge of Heaven – Part 2”
There have been reports about the film being rejected by the Cannes Film Festival. Could you tell us about that process?
At no stage did Cannes reject the film. They did not offer including the film in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section; we would have rejected such an offer. There was a certain image my previous films had created at Cannes, and since this film didn’t fit that image, they were left undecided. They were expecting me to make a minimalist film, once again focusing on issues of Turkishness-Germanness, something like ‘The Edge of Heaven – Part 2’… But I can’t fulfil other people’s expectations. I have to meet my own expectations. When Cannes remained unsure, I proposed the film to the Venice Film Festival as early as April. They immediately showed enthusiasm and wanted to include it in their program, and they did. But these festivals must announce their programs themselves; so I didn’t share this information for a while.
One of the issues that Cannes dwelled on was why I had shot the film in English. Yet in which language did Elia Kazan shoot ‘America, America’? The Chinese spoke English in Bertolucci’s ‘The Last Emperor’, English was the Chinese of that film. In Polanski’s ‘The Pianist’ the Polish spoke English with a Polish accent, whereas the Germans spoke German and the Russians spoke Russian. So how is it that Bertolucci and Polanski are allowed to do that, and I’m questioned for doing it? That is hypocritical.
First and foremost, I had to shoot the movie in a language I could speak so I could understand whether everything really fitted into place, that’s why I shot it in English. The second reason was so that I could work with whoever I wanted, not only with Armenian actors who spoke Western Armenian… The actors were not to focus on sentences they had phonetically memorized, but on emotions. I do not think language adds much to films like ‘Passion’ which Mel Gibson shot in Aramaic, or ‘Apocalypto’, which he shot in Mayan.
English is the language we identify ourselves with in ‘The Cut’. Since the film tells the story of journeys in alien worlds, the other figures speak languages unknown to our hero.
Evrim Kaya
English Translation: Nazim Hikmet Richard Dikbaş
Conference on Islamized Armenians in Turkey
From November 2nd to 4th, Bogazici University in Istanbul hosts an international conference on “Islamized Armenians” and their long silence.
Separate worlds brought together through arts
First phase of the “WALLS-Separate Worlds” project took place in ?irince, Turkey, Theatre actors from Turkey, Cyprus and Italy came together in the artistic residency workshop and put ino practise “the importance of knowing each other”.
The photographer Kursat Bayhan five years ago started to document the life’s conditions of the habitants of Eminönu e Küçükpazar, in Istanbul: internal migrants came from little villages in the countryside in the oriental and south-oriental areas of the Country. (Ebticar/Mashallah news)
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death row: 95 (as of April 1, 2013, source: DPIC)
The method of execution is injection. The sentence is determined by a jury. The death row is located at Jackson (Women: Atlanta). As for the clemency process, the State Board of Pardons has exclusive authority to grant clemency.
USA - Georgia. Marion Wilson was executed. His execution was the 1,500th since the death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976.
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USA - Georgia. Scotty Garnell Morrow, 52, Black, Was Executed.
21 June 2019 :
Marion Wilson, 42, Black, was executed. His execution was carried at 9:52 p.m. ET at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. He and Robert Earl Butts Jr. were convicted of murder in the March 28, 1996 slaying of Donovan Corey Parks. At the time of the crime, both defendants were 18, and trying to fulfill a gang requirement that they commit violent acts. The two men had been tried separately, and each tried to put the blame on the other. Butts was executed last year (see May 4, 2018). Wilson was sentenced to death in Baldwin County on Nov. 7, 1997. Wilson appealed multiple times arguing that he did not actually pull the trigger and the prosecution exaggerated his juvenile record and gang affiliation in order to secure a death penalty. Wilson is the second person in the state to have been executed despite not committing the killing — the first being Kelly Gissendaner, who was convicted of planning and covering up her husband’s murder and executed on Sept. 30, 2015 (see). Wilson was the 2nd person executed this year in Georgia, the 74th executed in Georgia since the state resumed executions in 1983, the 10th person executed this year in the US, and the 1,500th person executed in the United States since 1977.
(Source: themarshallproject.org, vox.com, 20/06/2019)
03 May 2019 :
Scotty Garnell Morrow, 52, Black, Was Executed. Morrow was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend Barbara Ann Young and her friend Tonya Woods on December 29, 1994. A little earlier Young informed Morrow over the phone they were through. A third woman, LaToya Horne, was shot in the face and arm, but survived. Morrow confessed to the shooting spree. A Hall County jury sentenced Morrow to death in 1999. But in 2011, a state court judge overturned Morrow’s sentence, ruling that he had not been adequately represented by his lawyers. The judge ordered a new trial, but the Georgia Supreme Court later (see Oct. 17, 2011) reversed that decision and reinstated the death sentence. Morrow’s latest appeal was rejected in 2018 in federal appeals court. But Judge Charles Wilson, in a concurring opinion, said he was troubled by Morrow’s attorneys’ failure to present evidence that might mitigate a death sentence. Specifically, jurors never were told that Morrow had been raped repeatedly while growing up in the New York area, Wilson said. Morrow was the 1st person executed this year in Georgia, the 73rd executed in Georgia since the state resumed executions in 1983, the 5th person executed this year in the US, and the 1,495th person executed in the United States since 1977.
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 02/05/2019)
USA - Georgia. A jury sentenced Tiffany Moss, 36, Black, to death
USA - Georgia. Five Years With No Death Sentences.
USA - Georgia. Judge Amy Totenberg throws out death sentence of Eric Perkinson.
USA - Georgia. Court Grants New Trial to Former Death-Row Prisoner Johnny Lee Gates.
A Gwinnett County jury sentenced Tiffany Moss, 36, Black, to death penalty for murdering 10-year-old stepdaughter in 2013. Moss was convicted Monday of starving 10-year-old Emani Moss and then, with the help of her husband Eman, trying to burn the girl’s emaciated body in a trash can. Eman Moss is serving life in prison without parole for his role in the crime, after pleading guilty to felony murder in 2015 in exchange for testifying against his wife. The jury recommended the death penalty and Gwinnett Superior Court Judge George Hutchinson signed off on Moss' sentence. Moss acted as her own lawyer in the capital case. She offered no defense, calling no witnesses and offering no opening statement or closing argument.
(Source: WSB TV news, 30/04/2019)
05 February 2019 :
Georgia Approaches Five Years With No Death Sentences. For the first time since Georgia brought back the death penalty in 1973, the state will go five years without imposing any death sentences. No jury has handed down a death sentence since March 2014 and, with no capital trials scheduled for February or March, the state is nearly certain to reach the 5-year milestone. Experts attribute the decline primarily to two factors: improved death-penalty representation and the availability of life without parole. Georgia’s Office of the Capital Defender — a statewide death-penalty public defender office — represents nearly everyone facing the death penalty in the state. The capital defender has reduced the number of death sentences by thoroughly investigating the life and mental health histories of its clients and working with prosecutors before trials even begin to reach non-capital dispositions. In December 2015, Jerry Word, who heads the state defender office, credited those efforts with preempting numerous capital trials. Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in January 2019 that the capital defender’s office “has become real good at identifying mitigating factors for a defendant and talking about that with prosecutors long before lines are drawn in the sand. This has made a real difference, and you save the resources and the time required of a death-penalty case and the victims don’t have to go through the years-long process.” In 2014, only one of the state's 19 potential capital cases ended in a death sentence and, by the end of 2015, that case had been the only one of the preceding 71 cases handled by the capital defender that had resulted in a death verdict. Since 2015, the capital defender has closed 69 death-penalty cases, of which just five went to trial and none resulted in a death sentence. Both defense attorneys and prosecutors said that the availability of life without parole as a sentencing option also has fundamentally changed the way potentially capital cases are tried and the verdicts juries reach. Prior to 2009, life without parole was not an option in Georgia unless prosecutors actually sought the death penalty. Now, prosecutors may seek life without parole without capitally prosecuting a defendant. Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds said, “the majority of prosecutors around the state are now convinced that a life-without-parole sentence actually means what it says. It’s made a huge difference.” As a result, prosecutors now file notices to seek death much less often. In 2005, Georgia prosecutors filed 40 notices of intent to seek the death penalty. By 2011, that number had dropped to 26, and in 2017, it was just three. The decline in death sentences paints a sharp contrast between the way cases were handled in the past and how they are handled today. According to Steve Bright, former director and president of the Georgia-based Southern Center for Human Rights, the people on Georgia’s death row did not commit worse crimes than today’s defendants, they simply faced a worse system. The state has executed 19 prisoners since a jury last imposed a death sentence in the state, in cases criticized as out of step with current practices and emblematic of systemic problems with the state’s death penalty. “Those are people who were sentenced to death some time ago often with lawyers who were not qualified to try a death-penalty case,” Bright said, describing Georgia’s death-row prisoners. “They are also people who would not be sentenced to death today.”
(Source: DPIC, 04/02/2019)
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg throws out death sentence of Eric Perkinson. A federal judge in Atlanta has thrown out the death sentence imposed against a man who carjacked and killed a 16-year-old Dunwoody High School student. Eric Perkinson must stand trial within 120 days on the question of whether he is intellectually disabled, Judge Totenberg ordered. Alternatively, he could be sentenced to life in prison. If a jury is to find Perkinson to be intellectually disabled, he would be ineligible to get the death penalty. In her ruling, Totenberg found that Perkinson’s lead attorney, Alan Medof, abandoned his client before and during trial, making him incapable of mounting a defense. Also, Totenberg faulted then-Superior Court Judge Jefferson Davis Jr. for refusing to delay the trial when Medof’s co-counsel, Chris Paul, pleaded for more time to prepare. During the 1999 trial, Perkinson, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Louis Nava, a member of his school’s wrestling team. The killing occurred June 6, 1998, when Nava and his best friend, 17-year-old Dakarai Sloley, were carjacked in the Mount Vernon Shopping Center parking lot by Perkinson and 1 of his accomplices. With Nava shoved into the trunk and Sloley sitting in the passenger seat, they drove 40 miles to a secluded road in Bartow County. Perkinson marched Nava into the woods and fatally shot him in the head. Sloley was shot in the arm when he fled for his life. He flagged down a pizza deliveryman and later identified Perkinson as the gunman.
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Citing Evidence of Innocence, Race Discrimination, Court Grants New Trial to Former Death-Row Prisoner Johnny Lee Gates. A Georgia judge has granted a new trial to Johnny Lee Gates based on new evidence that excludes him as the source of DNA on implements used by the killer during the November 30, 1976 rape and murder of Kathrina Wright, 19, White. Gates, now 64, Black, was convicted and sentenced to death on September 1977 by an all-white jury in a racially charged case. In 1992, Mr. Gates' case was sent back to Muscogee County for a new sentencing trial on the question of mental retardation. His death sentence was overturned in 2003 based upon evidence that he is intellectually disabled (IQ of 65), and he was resentenced to life. DNA testing disclosed that Gates’s DNA was not found on a necktie and the bathrobe belt the prosecution said were used by the killer during the murder. In a January 10, 2019, decision overturning Gates’s conviction, Senior Muscogee County Superior Court Judge John Allen credited the analysis of defense DNA expert Mark Perlin that Gates’s DNA was not present on the evidence. Judge Allen noted that Perlin had trained the two Georgia Bureau of Investigation scientists the prosecution relied upon in the most recent court proceedings in the case and that the testimony of the FBI witnesses supported Perlin's conclusions. Judge Allen wrote that “the exclusion of Gates’ profile to the DNA on the two items is material and may be considered exculpatory” and entitled Gates to a new trial.
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The Complete Series DVD Set!
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Mad About You explores the romantic ups and downs of an endearingly neurotic couple, Paul and Jamie Buchman, as they cope with marriage, mood swings, love and life. You’ll experience the ultimate in laughs and entertainment with shows featuring celebrity guests Lisa Kudrow, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Estelle Getty, Bruce Willis, Hank Azaria, Cyndi Lauper and more. This is truly the ultimate collection filled with bonus features for everyone who is mad about Mad About You!
Starring: Helen Hunt, Paul Reiser, Tommy Hinkely, Anne Ramsay, Richard Kind and Leila Kenzle. Guest Stars: Mel Brooks, Hank Azaria, Nathan Lane, Carol Burnett, Cyndi Lauper, Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld, Lisa Kudrow and more!
A Golden Globe® and Emmy® winning series (4 Golden Globes and 12 Emmys).
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Tradition: Celebrating Azaleas at Landon
Carnival, music, sales of plants and more all part of the tradition of fundraising.
The two-and-one-half acre Perkins Memorial Garden at Landon School will be Open May 3–5 during the school’s annual Azalea Garden Festival. Photo by Peggy McEwan
By Peggy McEwan/The Almanac
The Landon School Azalea Festival, an annual celebration of natural beauty, fun, food and community, will be held this weekend, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5 at the school, 6101 Wilson Lane, Bethesda.
Since 1954, the school has opened the campus gardens to the public to view the more than 15,000 azaleas at their peak of color. Colors, that is. The gardens are abloom with pink, red, white, fuchsia, orange, and bi-color plants of pink and white, growing together along paths near the Bradley Blvd. end of the 75-acre campus.
The azalea gardens were not originally a part of the Landon campus, according to a history of the Festival written five years ago by Debra Graham, chair of this year’s Festival.
“Renowned economist Milo Perkins and his wife Theron built the garden to honor the memory of their sons, Landon students George and Randy, who tragically lost their lives within five years of each other during World War II. Thanks to Mr. Perkins’ post with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he was able to procure hundreds of azalea hybrids, and in 1944 he and Theron began to plant them in the garden. Soon, the garden was bursting with unique flowers,” Graham wrote.
Landon School purchased the Perkins’ home and gardens, located adjacent to the school campus, in 1954.
“That year marked the first-ever Azalea Garden Festival, as Mary Lee Banfield, [who, along with her husband Paul Banfield founded the school in 1929], sold azaleas from the garden to raise funds for the school,” Graham wrote.
Perkins Garden is also home to a number of hard-to-find specialty flowers, including Chugai and Kurume azaleas from Japan; Southern Indian azaleas; three Landon-themed azaleas: the Landon, the Landon Pride and the Princess Mary Lee (named for Mary Lee Banfield); and a selection of tree peonies and wildflowers.
In addition to walking along the paths surrounding Perkins House, festival goers can browse a selections of native wildflowers and perennials for sale under the Plant Tent, shop for upscale resale items at the Bearly Used sale in the gymnasium (the Landon mascot is a bear) or for new items among the 45 vendors in the Boutique.
“There will be an acre of carnival rides,” Graham said. “And a stage with music by Landon students and children’s entertainment.”
Graham said she and her committee are always searching for ways to add to the experience of festival goers.
To that end, magician The Great Zucchini and Rocknoceros, a children’s band, will perform at the Festival for the first time this year. Performances by the Great Zucchini are scheduled for noon on Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Rocknoceros will go on at 1 p.m. Saturday and at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
The Festival is still a fundraiser for the school.
“It is a fundraiser for financial aid [for students] and teacher’s programs,” Graham said.
The three-day Festival is made possible by the help of 500 parent volunteers, Graham said.
This is her second year as chairperson of the event although she has volunteered for several years, she said. She has one son who graduated from Landon and one who is a junior in high school there.
Admission and parking at the Azalea Festival are free, with entrance on Wilson Blvd. For more information, visit www.landon.net/azalea.
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MRC Mad That Documentary Accurately Reported The Clintons Were Right-Wing Targets
Kristine Marsh complains in a Nov. 19 Media Research Center post:
On Sunday night’s miniseries The Clinton Affair, A&E took potshots at conservatives in their attempt to create a sympathetic portrayal of Bill and Hillary Clinton. While praising Clinton as a feminist president, the network gave soundbites to Democrats attacking anyone on the right who dared to criticize the political couple for their numerous scandals.
Right from the get-go, the series portrayed conservatives and Republicans as the villains of the story, with a barrage of soundbites from journalists, and Clinton operatives, attacking Newt Gingrich, independent counsel Ken Starr, and anyone who dared to be critical of the Clintons as fueled by “Republican lies,” out for a witch hunt against President Clinton:
Who did A&E blame for Hillary becoming an “object of hatred?” Right-wing commentators and Republicans of course. Immediately after those soundbites, the network played clips of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh criticizing Hillary for implementing policy as First Lady.
Marsh headlined her piece "A&E Docuseries Paints Clintons as Victims of Conservative Hatred" -- which is what, in fact, they were. She might wnat to check with her boss, Brent Bozell, who declared in 2001 that "Yes, Virginia, the vast right-wing conspiracy did exist all along!"
So the right didn't merely "criticize" the Clintons for their "numerous scandals" -- it targeted them from the get-go. It's not "liberal bias" to report that fact, no matter what Marsh claims.
WND's Farah, Tries To Bash Anti-Semitism, Complains Instead That White Men Are Being Blamed Too Often For Mass Violence
Being who he is (an inveterate liar and Muslim-hater), WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah just can't be good with a solid, uncontroversial denunciation of anti-Semitism. See how, in his Nov. 18 column, Farah takes things in another direction:
Jewish people were the victims of more reported hate crimes than any other religious minority in 2016, according to the most recent year of FBI statistics. In fact, those incidents were higher than the rest of religiously motivated hate crimes combined.
Last year, anti-Semitic incidents rose almost 60 percent, the largest single-year increase on record. The ADL found 1,986 cases of harassment, vandalism or physical assaults against Jewish people or institutions in 2017. It found 1,267 in 2016.
Does anyone ask why this should be?
No, not really. In fact, the numbers parallel the trends in Europe where immigration trends run high among Muslims, as they do in the U.S. There are now 3.45 million Muslims living in the U.S., up more than 1 million in the last decade.
Yet we look not at who is committing these crimes. In fact, let’s face it. Every time there is a terrorist attack in America, the news media starts the game of pin the tail on the gun-toting, Christian white guy. It is considered “racist” to examine demographic changes in communities and immigration trends as a contributing cause – just as it is now to consider the threat posed by MS-13 gangs throughout the country. It is also considered inappropriate to look at the changing ways we educate our children about matters of faith, morality, justice, equality under the law.
Farah seems not to understand that the reason white men are looked at as perpetrataors of mass shootings is because that's statistically likely -- more than half of mass shootings in the past 30-plus years have been committed by white men. And the worst act of violence against Jews in America -- the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that took place just a few weeks befvore Farah's column was published -- was perpetrated not by a Muslim but, rather, by a white man.
Indeed, by complaining that "demographic changes in communities and immigration trends" are not being examined as a "contributing cause" to mass violence, Farah seems to be justifying the Pittsburgh massacre. The shooter targed the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society for its work in bringing refugees into the U.S. -- an agency Farah's own WND has demonized for bringing too many Muslims into the country (which is to say, bringing any Muslims, period). So it's entirely possible that WND helped inspire the shooter, something WND has had a problem with over the years.
But Farah doesn't want to talk about that -- there are brown people to fearmonger about.
Farah is also a pro-Trump sycophant, so his column turns to the president as well:
How does Donald Trump get sandbagged with that smear – the father of a Jewish convert, the father-in-law of a Jewish man, a New York developer who has worked lifelong in the city with a population of 2.2 million Jews. Never before he ran for president was there even a single allegation of antisemitism or racism toward him or anyone close to him. It would have been considered preposterous. It should be considered just as preposterous and irresponsible today.
Can we stop the dangerous labeling of Trump and his supporters as anti-Semites and racists? Indeed, it is dangerous and inflammatory, and not just for the president and his supporters. It is also is an excuse for not examining the real symptoms, the real perpetrators, the real hatred and the forceful violent solutions to which they so readily resort.
Well, Joe, one gets tagged as having anti-Semitic when one rants that one's political opponent "meets in secret with international banks to plot the destruction of U.S. sovereignty," is slow to disavow the support of white supremacist David Duke, tells Republican Jews he doesn't want their money, and inspires anti-Semitic attacks on his Jewish critics, among other things. It's not preposterous at all, which Farah would know if he had done the slightest bit of research before writing his column.
Farah concludes his column by declaring: "Never again. No more racism. No more bigotry. No more phony blame-gaming slanders. No more fake hate-baiting." That's an odd declaration from a man whose website was built on bigotry and slander (against Obama) and a lot of fake hate-baiting (of Muslims).
You want the hate to stop, Joe? You first.
CNS Responds To Migrant Caravan By ... Invoking Abortion?
CNSNews.com responded to the migrant caravan in the expected right-wing ways.
One of which was justifying the use of tear gas on the mmigrants and downplaying the fact that women and children felt their effects. An article by Susan Jones noted that "The American Civil Liberties Union tweeted that 'Tear gassing children is outrageous and inhumane,'" followed by the Border Patrol's parenthetical insistence that "The crowd that tried to crash across the U.S. border near San Diego on Sunday was comprised mostly of adult men, some of whom threw rocks at federal agents, who were vastly outnumbered." Another Jones article uncritically pushed Border Patrol spin that the tear gas was actually "a very low level of force." A third Jones article let another Border Patrol agent uncritically blame the parents: "What I find unconscionable is that people would intentionally take children into this situation."
CNS also trotted out loopy rabbi Aryeh Spero to rant that "It is a sign of ignorance and imbalance to compare and equate the plight of the Jews of the Holocaust with those who have joined the caravan to forcibly enter the U.S." because the migrants "reportedly have guns, are well fed, and have been offered residency in Mexico" and, by contrast, "None of the Jews wishing to come to America posed a threat of physical criminality, nor were they carriers of lethal drugs, or MS-13 gang members." Spero doesn't seem aware that MS-13 wasn't founded until the 1970s so such membership was an impossibilty in the late 1930s.
But CNS also offered probably the most bizarre take on the caravan in a Nov. 26 article by Emily Ward that irrelevantly invoked abortion:
The number of Hispanic babies aborted in 2015 in the 31 states and the District of Columbia that report their abortion numbers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (72,056) outnumbered the migrants estimated to be in the current caravan from Central America (approximately 10,000) by about seven to one, according to new abortion data published by the CDC and estimates of the number in the caravan published by the New York Times and the Washington Post.
In fact, there were more Hispanic babies aborted in New York City alone in 2015 (17,391), than there are people in the caravan today.
What, exactly, was the point of injecting abortion into this? Is Ward arguing that if abortion was illegal, enough women could be forced to have children that all immigration into the U.S. should be halted? We're confused.
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