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Parigi, Francia
Benedictine Admont Abbey
Kirchplatz 1, 8911 Admont, Austria - 0.67 Km
The oldest remaining monastery in Styria, Benedictine Admont Abbey contains the largest monastic library in the world as well as a long-established scientific collection. It is known for its Baroque architecture, art, and manuscripts. The abbey's location on the borders of the mountainous Gesäuse National Park is of unusual scenic beauty. Dedicated to Saint Blaise, Admont Abbey was founded in 1074 by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg and settled by monks from St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg. The monastery prospered during the Middle Ages and possessed a productive scriptorium. Abbot Engelbert of Admont (1297–1327) was a famous scholar and author of many works. The wars against the Turks and the Reformation (Abbot Valentine was obliged to resign because of his Reformed views) caused a lengthy decline, but with the Counter-Reformation the abbey flourished once again. In addition to the secondary school, which later moved to Judenburg, there were faculties of theology and philosophy. Abbot Albert von Muchar was well known as an historian and taught at the University of Graz. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the abbey reached a high point of artistic productivity, with the works of the world-famous ecclesiastical embroiderer Brother Benno Haan (1631–1720) and the sculptor Joseph Stammel (1695–1765). On April 27, 1865, a disastrous fire destroyed almost the entire monastery. While the monastic archives burned, the library could be salvaged. Reconstruction began the following year but was still not complete by 1890. The economic crises of the 1930s forced the abbey to sell off many of its art treasures, and during the period of the National Socialist government the monastery was dissolved and the monks evicted. They were able to return in 1946 and the abbey today is again a thriving Benedictine community. Today the community at Admont consists of over 27 monks under Abbot Bruno Hubl. The abbey is responsible for 27 parishes, runs a secondary school with about 600 pupils and an old people's home in Frauenberg. Its various businesses and enterprises employ about 500 people, and it also has the management of the museums and collections detailed below. Architecture The present church was designed by the architect Wilhelm Bücher to replace the former church after the fire of 1865. It is inspired by Regensburg Cathedral and was the first sacred building in Austria in the neo-Gothic style. It incorporates 12th century Romanesque side doors. The two west towers are 67 metres tall, and the facade contains figures of Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica. The figure of the church's patron, Saint Blaise, tops the pinnacle of the west door. The interior consists of a central aisle and two side aisles, off each of which are five side chapels and six altars. The picture on the altar of Mary, Maria Immaculata by Martino Altomonte (1657–1745), is surrounded by 15 carved medallions of the secrets of the rosary by Joseph Stammel. Both works of art were created in 1726 and survived the fire of 1856. In a side chapel is located the famous crib of Admont, also by Stammel. It is open to view from 25 December to 2 February. The Gothic crucifix under the triumphal arch dated 1518 is ascribed to Andreas Lackner. A statue of Saint Blaise stands on top of the high altar of white Carrara marble. The choir is decorated with early 18th century tapestries by Benno Haan. In the Chapel of St. Benedict is a Baroque Corpus Christi from the workshop of Johann Meinrad Guggenbichler. Library The library hall, built in 1776 to designs by the architect Joseph Hueber, is 70 metres long, 14 metres wide and 13 metres high, and is the largest monastery library in the world. It contains c. 70,000 volumes of the monastery's entire holdings of c. 200,000 volumes. The ceiling consists of seven cupolas, decorated with frescoes by Bartolomeo Altomonte showing the stages of human knowledge up to the high point of Divine Revelation. Light is provided by 48 windows and is reflected by the original colour scheme of gold and white. The architecture and design express the ideals of the Enlightenment, against which the sculptures by Joseph Stammel of 'The Four Last Things' make a striking contrast. The abbey possesses over 1,400 manuscripts, the oldest of which, from St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg, were the gift of the founder, Archbishop Gebhard, and accompanied the first monks to settle here, as well as over 900 incunabulae. References: Wikipedia
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Student’s Building Success
A Sunderland College student is building his way to a better future after being crowned the Chartered Institute of Building, North East Student of the Year.
<p>Glen Campbell, 35, from Jarrow, South Tyneside was presented with his award by legendary footballer and former Newcastle United FC manager, Kevin Keegan, at the event at the Marriott Hotel, Gosforth.</p>
<p>The HNC design and construction management student lives with his partner Helen and daughter Erin, both are proud of his achievements within the construction industry.</p>
<p>As well as caring for his family and studying he is currently employed by South Tyneside Homes where he has been putting the skills he has learnt to good use as a site and team manager.</p>
<p>He said: “I was delighted to be presented with the award, it was a fantastic evening and I felt extremely honoured to have been selected when up against what can only be described as a prestigious short list of nominees.”</p>
<p>“I feel myself to be very lucky in that I receive a lot of support in my job from South Tyneside Homes and from the staff at college so I would really like to take this opportunity to thank them for helping me win this award.”</p>
<p>Now in the second year of his HNC course, with the help of South Tyneside Homes, Glen is looking to hopefully further his education by attending university for a year to complete his HND – the equivalent of a full degree.</p>
<p>He currently spends four days a week with South Tyneside Homes and one day a week studying.</p>
<p>Glen said: “The course has been very challenging but has taught me a lot. It covers a vast array of topics related to large scale construction projects including health and safety, employment law and management.</p>
<p>“I’ve spent time working on construction sites around the North East but wanted to undertake training that would allow me to take on more responsibility and help me progress my career within the industry.”</p>
<p>“Enrolling on the course at Sunderland College has helped me do just that with the support of South Tyneside Homes, every day is different and I enjoy being in a position where I can help people. I find it very rewarding and good for the soul.”</p>
<p>Glen’s lecturer at SunderlandCollege is Gerry Ruffles and he congratulated Glen on his fantastic achievement.</p>
<p>Gerry said: “Glen is a very hard working, determined and ambitious student and very deserving of this award</p>
<p>“He has a clear vision of what he wants to do as a career and we try and support and help him fulfil that ambition.</p>
<p>“We are very proud of him at the college and he is one of the many excellent students from across the North East who come to SunderlandCollege to further their prospects and careers.</p>
<p>“The HNC course prepares students for top level jobs in architecture, design, construction and project management around the world.”</p>
<p>Glen has received more good news this week after finding out he has been nominated and short listed for the Constructing Excellence in the North East Young Achiever Award category.</p>
<p>Fred Garthwaite, repairs manager from South Tyneside Homes, said: “Glen has shown himself to be hard working, committed, forward thinking and we congratulate him on receiving this award.</p>
<p>“As an employee we’re very happy with him, he has a good understanding of what we need and is able to spot the detail in the undertaking of the projects he has carried out for the company.”</p>
<p>“He is an asset to us and our customers.”</p>
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Fort Wayne’s McKinstry builds Baseball I.Q. at early age, now in Dodgers chain
July 11, 2018 stvkrh905 Leave a comment
Zach McKinstry started thinking about baseball — really thinking about it — as a youngster in Fort Wayne.
Alex McKinstry started talking with his middle child about the intricacies of the game as he practiced his craft year-round. It was a thrill to be able to swing the bat during the winter thanks to Rich Dunno and his indoor facility.
“Growing up around the game, I felt I was ahead of the kids in Fort Wayne with baseball,” says Zach, now 23 and a middle infielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers system. “I got to play it almost all year-round. That was was really nice.”
Alex McKinstry was Zach’s coach in his final travel ball season and is still a coach with the Fort Wayne Diamondbacks. The instructor at Bill C. Anthis Career Center in Fort Wayne was head baseball coach when Zach played at Fort Wayne North Side High School and is now the junior varsity coach at Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran High School.
Zach’s older brother, Alex McKinstry, played four years of college baseball — two at the University of Northwestern Ohio and two at Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne.
Zach was born in Toledo, Ohio, but moved with the family to Fort Wayne before elementary school. He started at Holy Cross Little League then played travel baseball from 10 on. First, there was the Summit City Thunder then Summit City Sluggers, Strike Zone Spiders and Manny Lopez-led Fort Wayne Cubs (now the Fort Wayne Diamondbacks).
Zach McKinstry played football and baseball at North Side, graduating in 2014. He then played two stellar seasons at Central Michigan University, earning co-team MVP honors in his final season of 2016 after hitting .325 with 10 doubles, two triples, 31 runs batted in and 12 stolen bases. Over two years, he hit .321 with 14 doubles, five triples, 45 RBIs and 20 pilfered bags.
As a draft eligible sophomore, McKinstry was selected in the 33rd round of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Dodgers.
The 2016 season was split between the Short Season Class-A Arizona League Dodgers and Low-A Great Lakes (Mich.) Loons. He played for Great Lakes, High-A Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) Quakes and Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) Drillers in 2017.
McKinstry started the 2018 campaign at Great Lakes and is now back with Rancho Cucamonga. In a combined 39 games, the left-handed swinger is hitting .388 with three home runs, eight doubles, two triples and nine RBIs.
Mostly a shortstop at Great Lakes, he has seen more action at second base with the Quakes. Rancho Cucamonga has a highly-touted shortstop in Gavin Lux and a top-notch second baseman in Omar Estevez.
Drew Saylor is the Quakes manager and Justin Viele the hitting coach.
LA’s Triple-A affiliate is the Oklahoma City Dodgers.
Going back to his younger days, McKinstry counts his Baseball I.Q. as one of his strengths.
“It’s being able to think the game on my own and having a feel for the game of baseball,” says McKinstry. “I understand what’s going on.
“My best tool is on tool and defense. I have the arm for throwing the ball across the diamond.”
As a batter, he’s been used in the Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 9 slots in the order.
“I’m a get-on-base kind of guy,” says McKinstry, who carries a .526 on-base percentage for 2018 and .365 for his pro career. “I get on for guys who can hit the ball hard in the air.”
Steve Jaska was Central Michigan’s head coach during McKinstry’s time with the Chippewas.
“He had a passion for the game,” says McKinstry. “He carried himself very professionally. He knew what he needed to do to win baseball games and he taught me how to be a winner.
“He also taught how to take your losses and use them to you advantage — learn from what you did wrong and what you could have done differently.”
Though Jaska did not name captains for 2016, McKinstry was considered one that spring.
“He taught me how to be a leader,” says McKinstry of Jaska, who led leadership training in the off-season. “I really value him for that.
“He let me carry that team a little bit.”
Coming out of his shell, McKinstry developed the ability to speak to a roomful of ballplayers as well as go one-on-one.
“He could always rely on me to go to a freshman.” says McKinstry.
Besides Zach and the two Alexes, the McKinstry family features wife/mother Tracy (who is employed at James Medical) and daughter/sister Haley. The latter was a soccer player at North Side.
Zach McKinstry, a Fort Wayne North Side High School graduate who played at Central Michigan University, is now in the Los Angeles Dodgers system with the Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) Quakes. (Steve Saenz Photo)
Zach McKinstry, who went to high school and played youth and travel baseball in Fort Wayne, Ind., was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016 and now plays with the Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) Quakes. (Steve Saenz Photo)
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Homestead graduate Jernigan enjoying experience as second-year pro
July 17, 2017 stvkrh905 1 Comment
Andre Jernigan grew up in Fort Wayne watching young baseball players chase their professional dreams in the Midwest League.
Jernigan, 23, is now doing the same as an infielder with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
A Homestead High School graduate in 2012 and Louisville Slugger All-American at Xavier University in 2016, Jernigan was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 14th round of the ’16 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft after being named Big East Conference Player of the Year.
At spring training this year, Jernigan enjoyed picking the brains of former Minnesota Twins who were Fort Wayne Wizards coming through the minors — LaTroy Hawkins (with Fort Wayne in 1993) and Torii Hunter (1994).
“It’s incredible to play on the same fields and in the same league as them,” says Jernigan, who played 36 games for Elizabethton (Rookie-level Appalachian League) after the draft and four contests for the E-Twins in ’17 before being assigned to Cedar Rapids June 29.
“We’re lucky to come out here and just play,” says Jernigan. “I just like to take it day by day and enjoy the experience. It’s that fun and excitement you had when you were a kid that made you want to become a professional baseball player.
“It’s very easy once you get out there to lose sight of that. You start to think of it as a job. My main goal is to come out and learn something new and get better each and everyday.”
Playing so many games, pro baseball can become a mental and physical grind. But Jernigan chooses not to see it that way.
“You don’t think I have to play today, I get to play today,” says Jernigan. “It’s really just a blessing to be out here.”
Jernigan grew up playing shortstop and accept for being moved to third base by then-Homestead head coach Steve Sotir during his sophomore year, he was an everyday shortstop until he became a pro. The Twins have used him at second base, third base, shortstop and even one game at catcher.
“A ground ball’s a ground ball though the ball gets too you faster at third base,” says Jernigan. “The Twins talk about (playing multiple positions). I’ve always been told the more versatile you are, teams can get you more playing time.”
Jernigan is thankful for a foundation laid by Sotir, who now works at The Base in El Paso, Texas, and current Homestead head coach Nick Byall.
“They run a great program,” says Jernigan of Sotir and Byall. “I look back on the drills and some of the things we did. I can’t thank them enough with helping me with my development.”
Scott Googins, who became head coach at the University of Cincinnati after the ’17 season, was head coach at Xavier during Jernigan’s days as a Musketeer.
“Coach Googins made sure that we put together a tough schedule and faced the Vanderbilts and the Arizona States and some high-power arms,” says Jernigan. “Playing those teams in those series definitely helped in the sense that I’ve seen the velocity and the breaking balls.
“I seen some of that electric stuff. The biggest thing (in the minors), everyone you face now is a Friday night guy.”
The key is to hit the pitcher’s mistakes.
“I want to find a pitch and drive it,” says Jernigan. “You must be ready for the fastball at all times. You can adjust to the off-speed after that.”
Andre was born to Frankie and Stacey Jernigan in Muncie and the family landed in Fort Wayne around the time Andre was starting school.
Frankie Jernigan graduated from Muncie Central High School and earned a baseball letter at the University of Nebraska (1989). He passed along his knowledge and love of the game to sons Andre and Austin (who played baseball at Homestead and is now a senior student at Ball State University).
“I can’t thank him enough for all those days when he threw us BP and hit us ground balls,” says Andre of his father.
Andre played travel in younger days with the Mavericks and then with the Fort Wayne Cubs (now the Fort Wayne Diamondbacks).
In one of those small world phenomenons, The Diamond Baseball and Softball Academy owner/senior baseball instructor and director of player development Manny Lopez was a minor league teammate of Ramon Borrego when both played in the Twins organization. Borrego is now manager of the Gulf Coast League Twins.
Jernigan graduated from Xavier with a degree in finance.
“I’ve always been good with numbers,” says Jernigan. “It’s one of those things that I find interesting.”
Another interesting family connection is former NBA standout Bonzi Wells. He is connected in Andre’s mother’s side.
Wells shined on the hardwood at Muncie Central and Ball State and then played with the Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and New Orleans Hornets before stints in China and Puerto Rico.
At 40, Wells now plays in the new BIG3 pro 3-on-3 league.
Jernigan says Wells recently talked with youngsters at Muncie Central.
“He has that inner drive that keeps you going,” says Jernigan.
Andre Jernigan, a graduate of Homestead High School and Xavier University, is in the Minnesota Twins organization with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. (Steve Krah Photo)
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Why we should stop teaching Clausewitz
Jamie Schwandt
Carl von Clausewitz is one of the most profound military thinkers of all time. His famous book On War is our bible and he is a god among military strategists. But we should stop teaching Clausewitz in the U.S. military.
Most will view this discussion as blasphemy. How dare I advocate that we stop teaching the divine inspirations of Clausewitz. Sean McFate provides a similar discussion in his new book The New Rules of War: "A hagiography exists around the man, and his book On War is enshrined in Western militaries as a bible. When I teach this text to senior officers at the war college, the room grows silent with reverence. His ideas constitute the DNA of Western strategic thought."
On War was published in 1832 and we continue to look to it for timeless principles of warfare, but why? As Ian T. Brown wrote in A New Conception of War, "We must move beyond the past."
Brown went on to discuss how Air Force Col. John Boyd desired a new framework, "because he believed that the uncritical adoption of older mental models deliberately deprived one of new data that could be useful to one's decisions and actions."
Using Boyd's opening remarks in "Patterns of Conflict" to further argue this point, Brown wrote, "For those people [who] use Clausewitz as the lens filter to look at the problem, you're going to make a horrible mistake." Boyd continued, "Your thinking hasn't proceeded beyond 1832, and a lot of things have happened since 1832."
I am not insisting that Clausewitz does not provide valuable lessons. But by focusing on Clausewitz we miss important discussion that should be brought to military education. This leads me to the purpose of this article, for which I have two primary goals. First, to point out specific things which Clausewitz got wrong and reasons why we should stop teaching On War. Think of it like moving from a devotional reading of The Bible to a historical critical examination of it. Second, to identify what we should start teaching more of in all military education.
Let's first look at what Clausewitz got wrong.
Strength on Strength
Russell Weigley, author of American Way of War, points out that Clausewitz' leading principle of war was that of annihilation, which is more in line with attrition warfare where the goal is to wear down the enemy. This is an absolute waste.
Sun Tzu informs us that force is the fool's way of war, and that battlefield victory was the mark of an inept general. Sun Tzu brilliantly informed us that "the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
The indirect approach is the ideal approach. Sean McFate illustrates this point in The New Rules of War. McFate points out that, "wit beats muscle." Similar to Sun Tzu, he informs us that we should use the indirect approach.
We won every battle, but lost the war
Gen. William Westmoreland unintentionally, yet brilliantly summarized a huge error in reading too much Clausewitz, at a press conference in 1967: "Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there." Blinded by Clausewitz, Westmoreland remarked, "He [North Vietnam] has nothing to show for his investment."
In On Strategy by Harry Summers, we are provided with a conversation between a U.S. colonel and a North Vietnamese colonel that, again, brilliantly, but unintentionally summarized this error: "You know you never defeated us on the battlefield," said the American colonel. The North Vietnamese colonel pondered this remark a moment. "That may be so," he replied, "but it is also irrelevant."
In addition, Michael Handel points out in Sun Tzu and Clausewitz: The Art of War and On War Compared, that, "despite Clausewitz's recognition of the primacy of politics, his study of war is concerned primarily with that which occurs once hostilities have commenced. According to him, it is possible, even advisable, to distinguish between the preparatory, as opposed to combat and operations, phases of warfare."
So, is it any surprise that we, the U.S. military, win nearly all tactical engagements, yet fail to win the actual war? Our devotion to Clausewitzian principles prevents us from seeing reality.
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Conventional War
Another important point McFate discusses is that of conventional war.
"There is just one problem with conventional war: no one fights this way anymore," he writes. "There is nothing conventional about it, because war has moved on. Despite this problem, conventional war remains our model, and this is why the West continues to lose against weaker enemies who do not fight according to our preferences. To win, we must ditch our traditional way of fighting, because it's obsolete. It is neither timeless nor universal. On the contrary, conventional war has a beginning, middle, and end."
He argues that Clausewitz is the father of conventional war, where Sun Tzu is the father of unconventional war: "Clausewitz curses chaos and the fog of war as barriers to victory; Sun Tzu creates chaos and weaponizes it for victory. Clausewitz believes cunning ruses are the weapon of the weak; for Sun Tzu they are the weapon of choice. Clausewitz thinks spies untrustworthy and intelligence reports unreliable; Sun Tzu finds them indispensable."
So why did Clausewitz lead us down this path? Because it was the only kind of warfare he knew. But that does not mean we should still teach it today.
Center of Gravity Fallacy
A fallacy brought on by a devotional reading of Clausewitz is the center of gravity. I posed the following question in Clausewitz is Wrong: What happens when there is no center of gravity? Better yet, can the center of gravity exist in a location where nothing exists? The example I provided was that of a donut: Where is the center of gravity in a donut?
Furthermore, does God have a center of gravity? As William S. Lind and Marine Lt. Col. Gregory A. Thiele point out in the 4th Generation Warfare Handbook, when we examine intangible centers of gravity, "The Soviet Army, which focused on operational art, could not operationalize a conflict where the enemy's strategic center of gravity was God. This was not very capable, despite its vast technological superiority over the Afghan mujahideen."
So, if we are not going to teach Clausewitz, then who or what should we teach? I argue that we should teach the following.
Never start a land war in Asia... unless you are Genghis Khan
One of the biggest disappointments during my time at the command general staff college (CGSC) was that we didn't discuss Genghis Khan. That's if you don't include the best part about CGSC - The Red Team School.
The Mongol conquest of China should be required study for the U.S. military, especially if we are branding China as one of our opponents. We completely ignore the fact that the Mongols conquered the whole of China in 1279.
Timothy May wrote in Genghis Khan's Secrets of Success that the Mongols possessed a highly developed and complex military structure. May remarked, "this provided them an edge in warfare over their opponents, but a key to Mongol success in war and conquest was the melding of traditional and still effective steppe tactics with new tactics and forms of warfare they encountered. Throughout the expansion of their empire, the Mongols remained pragmatic and open to incorporating new methods of waging war and adopting new weapons and tactics."
May concluded, "Finally, due to their extensive planning, the Mongols were better informed about their opponents than most medieval armies. The outcome was that for more than 150 years of conquest from Asia to Europe they suffered no serious defeats."
Mongol military tactics should be required study. We should even strive to create algorithms for drones and swarming tactics that mimic Mongol tactics. In essence, instead of looking to the wisdom of Clausewitz, let's look to the wisdom of Genghis Khan.
Shadow War
Moreover, we should also require military education to discuss more of Sun Tzu's The Art of War and the Thirty-Six Stratagems. Where Clausewitz clearly preferred pitting strength on strength, Sun Tzu, if fighting was the only option, preferred the indirect approach. He also advocated for heavy reliance on intelligence, deception, surprise, and the use of psychological means.
Clausewitz considered intelligence to be less than reliable. An opposing view is the Thirty-Six Stratagems. This is a Chinese text with a series of stratagems focusing on psychological warfare and deception. In my opinion, these texts match reality much closer than does On War.
McFate discusses the concept of the shadow war in his new book. He says, "In shadow war, subversion is the strategy and plausible deniability the tactic. Rather than fight the forces of durable disorder, shadow wars harness them by creating chaos and using it. In other words, the essence of shadow war is to keep the enemy guessing."
McFate continues, "The Thirty-Six Stratagems offer some ideas on how to achieve this, and in all of them, cleverness wins over brutality. The shadow warrior is skilled in attack if the enemy does not know what to defend, and an expert in defense if the enemy does not know what to attack."
Legionnaires
Another intriguing idea offered by McFate is his discussion of legionnaires. He argues how we, the U.S. military, should use legionnaires to replace military contractors. He argues that legionnaires would be held accountable for their actions under military law and that paying for the legion would be easy.
To this last point, McFate remarks, "It would replace private military contractors and take their budget. In 2010, during the Iraq War, The Pentagon appropriated $366 billion for contracts - that's five times the United Kingdom's entire defense budget." McFate continues, "The legion would serve the US government first, with no shareholders to please. Additional funds could come out of the defense budget by cutting one F-35."
John Boyd and Maneuver Warfare
The best military handbook I have ever read is without a doubt the Maneuver Warfare Handbook by William S. Lind. As Marine Col. John C. Studt (Ret.) remarked in the foreword of Lind's book, "It is pure intellectual innovation."
Lind points out that the word "maneuver" means Boyd Cycling the enemy faster through however many OODA (Observe - Orient - Decide - Act) Loops it takes until the enemy loses cohesion. Col. John Boyd is the father of maneuver warfare and (in my opinion) the greatest military theorist of all time.
If we were to follow the ideas outlined in this handbook, we could then create a military education program centered on teaching "how" to think, instead of teaching "what" to think. Lind describes education as the following: education develops the ability to put immediate situations into a larger context built of history, philosophy, and an understanding of the nature of man. Inherent in education is the ability to think logically, to approach problem-solving methodically, but without a predetermined set of solutions.
Lind argued that we should teach students to make quick decisions through a coherent, logical thought process while under pressure. We should stress that there are no right answers, which he backs up with a quote from Gen. F. W. von Mellenthin, a 1937 graduate of the German War College:
"A student was never told his decision was wrong. He was criticized for only two things: failure to make a timely decision, and inability to give a logical, coherent explanation for his decision. But if he made either of these errors, he was criticized severely."
Real Mission Command
If we read and follow the ideas outlined in Lind's handbook, we could actually conduct real Mission Command. We could finally move past our love of Command and Control (while attempting to call it Mission Command).
Lind proposes using the following three mental filters or reference points to help guide our thoughts:
1. Mission-type Orders. The key is decentralization, which is essential for the OODA Loop. Provides the subordinate commander with the "what" or the mission; leaving the "how" to accomplish the "what" to the subordinate. The commander's intent (boundaries) is a long-term contract and the "what". The mission is the short-term contract and the "how".
2. Schwerpunkt (Focus of Effort). The Schwerpunkt or focus of effort is where the commander believes he or she can achieve a decisive decision. This is the focus enabling a force to direct its power to one purpose. Lind posits that it is the medium through which the contracts of the intent and the mission are realized. It pulls together the efforts of all the subordinates and guides them toward the goal — toward the desired output of the commander.
3. Surface and Gaps. The last filter is where you should place your Schwerpunkt. Lind defines the third filter as:
Surface (enemy strengths). Think of the "surface" as a line of enemy defenses. As Lind points out, we should strive to avoid the "surface" and place our strengths against the enemy's weaknesses.
Gaps. A "gap" is a hole in the "surface" or line. We should strive to place our Schwerpunkt opposite a gap, not a surface. Commander's should seek to find or create gaps, then exploit them.
If we continue to read and preach Clausewitz as a god, while refusing to question his divine words, then we will continue to throw away the lives of U.S. troops. As McFate points out regarding the inheritors of Clausewitz's legacy, "They could think only in terms of force and attrition."
And if we continue to follow the scripture found in On War, we will continue to lose. Instead of finding a new and relevant way to wage war, doubters will continue to dig their heels in and refuse to change course.
Clausewitz is no different than the South Park character Captain Hindsight, where the priests of the Clausewitzian Church arrive at the scene explaining what should have happened to prevent something, instead of resolving the actual situation. My critics will point out that, if we would only have listened to Clausewitz or understood what he meant, then we would have won.
As Bruce Fleming discusses in Can Reading Clausewitz Save Us From Future Mistakes?, "This is the reason why evoking Clausewitz at every turn is both so satisfying and ultimately so pointless. When war turns out according to his timeless theories, Clausewitz told us to expect it. When it turns out otherwise, Clausewitz told us to expect that too."
The "Mad Major" Jamie Schwandt, USAR, is a logistics officer and has served as an operations officer, planner and commander. Schwandt is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Red Team Member, and holds a doctorate from Kansas State University. This article represents his own personal views, which are not necessarily those of the Department of the Army.
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Accused Sexual Predator Kirt Webster Named Publicist of the Year by PR News
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Kirt Webster, the powerful Nashville publicist recently brought down by widespread allegations of sexual assault, has been named Publicist of the Year for 2017 by PR News.
According to Nashville's Tennessean newspaper, the announcement came during a luncheon earlier this week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., which was organized by PR News, an industry organization for PR professionals.
As the head of Webster PR, Webster has been one of the most powerful players in the music business in Nashville for decades, with a client list that included Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Hank Williams, Jr., Tanya Tucker, the Oak Ridge Boys, Kid Rock, Justin Moore and many more. His empire collapsed in November after former aspiring country singer Austin Rick accused Webster of repeatedly sexually assaulting him from 2007-2008, when he was a client of Webster PR.
These Artists Left Webster PR Amid Allegations
It's not clear if the winners were chosen before or after the news broke of the allegations against Webster. A press release about the awards currently does not include Webster's name or any mention of his win, listing only Publicist of the Year runner-up Lacey Haines in that category. Nashville's WSMV news tracked down the original post that listed Webster as the winner. Multiple calls Taste of Country made to PR News have not been returned.
After Rick came forward with his story, a long string of former employees shared stories of a "toxic" working environment at Webster PR that was rife with constant sexual assault and harassment, as well as other forms of abuse. A total of 22 people have come forward to accuse Webster of sexual harassment or assault since Rick's allegation came to light. Webster stepped down from the company in November, with many former staffers moving on to start their own firms.
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A huge political scandal 1
… gravely endangering national security.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, erstwhile chairperson of the Democratic National Committee, employed Imran Awan, a Hezbollah-connected Muslim from Pakistan, as her information technology aide. She only fired him this week, the day after he was arrested at an airport just before boarding a plane to Lahore last Monday (July 24, 2017).
From Conservative HQ by George Rasley:
Imran Awan, the House Democrat’s information technology staffer … has been apprehended at Dulles Airport trying to flee to his native Pakistan. …
FBI agents seized smashed computer hard drives from the home of Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s information technology (IT) administrator …
Yet another crook associated with the gang was welcomed by Democrats to deal with their political secrets:
And it is very interesting how the car dealership’s finances were strangely interwoven with those of the U.S. House of Representatives. A car-dealing associate who was owed money by the brothers, Rao Abbas, also a Muslim, was placed on the congressional payroll.
Abbas is listed as the IT professional for former Democratic Representative Patrick Murphy, a then-member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and its Subcommittee on Department of Defense, Intelligence and Overhead Architecture and (irony alert) Subcommittee on the NSA and Cybersecurity.
Their lender of funds, Dr. Ali Al-Attar was also a crook and a link to Hezbollah:
Philip Giraldi, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, wrote that Dr. Ali Al-Attar “was observed in Beirut, Lebanon conversing with a Hezbollah official” in 2012–shortly after the loan was made. …
In 2009, his medical license was suspended by Maryland for separate instances of billing patients and insurance companies for unneeded services.
While practicing medicine in Maryland and Virginia he allegedly defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and insurance companies by billing for non-existent medical procedures. The FBI raided his offices in 2009 and the Department of Health and Human Services sued his business partner in 2011.
In November 2010, the Maryland State Board of Physicians brought charges of “unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine and failure to cooperate in a lawful investigation”.
Attar was indicted in March 2012 on separate tax fraud charges after the IRS and FBI found he used multiple bank accounts to hide income. He fled back to Iraq to avoid prison …
The Awan brothers worked for more than 30 House and Senate Democrats, as well as Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. The substantial scandal has raised questions about who may have been passed data which the Awans had access to, given Pakistan’s history of collaborating with a number of foreign countries that have demonstrated past willingness to influence U.S. politics.
But here’s where it gets scary.
Gets scary? We are already spooked, and now dig our nails into our palms:
These Muslim staffer’s services were so important to the Democrats, that on March 22, 2016, eight Democrat members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a letter, requesting that their staffers be granted access to Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). Of those that signed the letter were representatives Jackie Speier (CA) and Andre Carson (IN), the second Muslim in Congress, both of whom employed the Awan brothers.
The brothers were also employed by members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, such as: Jackie Speier (D-CA), Andre Carson (D-IN), Joaquín Castro (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), and Ted Lieu (D-CA).
Lieu has since openly called for leaks by members of President Trump’s administration despite the fact that he may until recently have been under surveillance by a foreign entity …
It’s the old story: the Left accuses the Right of whatever wrongs they are themselves committing. Their accusations are a sure sign of their own guilt.
One bombshell that has been all but ignored by the main stream media is that Imran Awan had access to Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s iPad password, meaning that the brothers also had direct access to the notorious DNC emails.
Why has none of this made the front page of The Washington Post, New York Times or the lead segment of the ABC, CBS, NBC or CNN evening news? ..
We know why. Those “news” reporters will cover up any and every crime committed by the the Democratic Party.
The House of Representatives, and especially the Capitol Police whose job is generally viewed as protecting Members from embarrassment, not counter-espionage, cannot be trusted to conduct a full and politics-free investigation of this national security disaster.
It is time this investigation moves beyond bank fraud and laptop theft to became a national security investigation with the FBI and counterintelligence agencies replacing the politics-tainted Capitol Police as the lead agency investigating how House Democrats handed over the backdoor to the House computer network to a Hezbollah and ISI connected cell that was paid some $5 million by the US government and then laundered the money through a car dealership and a crooked Iranian doctor.
Maybe when the FBI finishes looking for evidence that President Trump – did what? – danced on a bed in a Russian hotel with Vladimir Putin and a bunch of micturating whores or something like that while the two of them plotted to make Hillary Clinton lose the election last November, they will get round to looking into this HUGE POLITICAL SCANDAL.
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How To Buy Nike Stock Every Month For Life
Nike stock has been one of those few businesses that is widely known by the public at large that continues to build incredible amounts of wealth for its shareholders, even as it has become globally well known and become a mega-cap stock. It’s been this bizarre wealth-building engine, forever sitting in plain sight and known by sophisticated financiers and schoolchildren alike, that has grown its profits at a rate in excess of 10% during 31 of the past 39 years.
The company’s secret? The power of Nike’s intellectual property, which has been honed through a massive advertising network of signing prominent athletes to endorsement deals across all sports and generations to advertising deals (such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Lebron James, Derek Jeter, Rory McIlroy, Rafael Nadel, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan) and by simultaneously entering into exclusive sponsorships with the teams themselves at both the professional and collegiate level so that Nike gear becomes the only athletic and athleisure form of apparel that occupies the customer’s mindshare.
Nike’s strategy of paying extensive amounts for “free apparel” at the professional, college, and sometimes even high school level (such as Texas football) has enabled it to build its “engine” of nearly unstoppable double-digit growth in three ways:
First, Nike is able to create an unlimited market for its clothing and apparel because it invests in all regions, sports, and cultures. Sometimes, we take it for granted when we think that a given product can expand from, say, the Northeast United States to the South to the Midwest to the West. It takes a whole of advertising power to penetrate the “mindshare” to have customers in all markets. By sponsoring soccer in southern Texas, lacrosse in the suburbs of Maryland, baseball in Florida and California, and basketball players in New York, Nike gets to have a potential customer in every market.
Second, Nike might be one of the only businesses in the entire world that is able to create a “lifetime customer.” Nike’s method of advertising is self-reinforcing across customers of all ages. Parents wear Nike because their kids who play sports wear Nike. Or maybe they were former athletes who wore Nike themselves. Then, their siblings wear Nike as well. More than any other business, Nike has identified the “focal point” of America’s sports obsession, draped the core of their target market in free gear, and then sold its products to all the family members over and over again. It’s a peer/family/social group influence feedback loop unlike any I have ever encountered before. It is entirely possible that nowadays someone buys Nike apparel as a kid, young adult, adult, and older individual. It would not be crazy to think Nike might have customers with a half-century or longer of generating total recurring revenue for the company.
Third, this strategy results in premium pricing for the product that it does sell. To the extent we are guided by peer influence, Nike is about to convince the most “successful winners” or at least the home-town teams that a community rallies around to burnish its brand. As a result, Nike is able to earn 26% net profit on each item of apparel that it creates, in comparison to the 6.8% average for the apparel industry.
This is why the Nike shareholders get so wealthy decade after decade. It’s not some generic widget manufacturer. When a typical company generates $100 in revenue, only $6.80 is unrestricted, good, old-fashioned cash profits that can go to the shareholder. When Nike generates the same $100 in revenue, its shareholders have $26 in profit. And its profit margins have held steady for almost four decades!
I would rather own a giant block of Nike stock, leave it alone for decades, than have the access to invest in 95% of hedge funds that are in existence. The dramatic additional wealth that I expect Nike stock will produce over the long term is too extreme to ignore.
The best part? It requires no particularly specialized skill to access Nike stock and buy it every month as you go through life. Right now, you only need $50 per month to go over to Computershare and initiate a direct stock purchase plan with Nike. Since it comes with a $2 per share monthly fee for purchase, I’d prefer to put at least $250+ into Nike stock to diffuse the effect of the ongoing fees, but still, the purchasing fee would be tolerable if I planned to scale up my contribution to Nike stock over time.
This direct stock purchase plan has been in existence since 1995. What would have happened if an investor decided to put $250 per month into Nike stock every month since then? It would have compounded at a rate of 18.3% in aggregate and turned $72,000 in total contributions over a quarter century of time into $1,265,032.86 in final net worth.
It’s not like this was an incredible secret, either. Back in 1995, Nike was the largest apparel company in the world and it was paying Michael Jordan obscene amounts of money to endorse its brand. Fast forward a couple decades, it is still the largest apparel company in the world and now it is paying Lebron James obscene amounts of money to endorse its brand.
And the funny thing is? Nothing has really changed. Analysts expect Nike stock to grow profits at 13-15% annually over the next five years, a rate greatly outpacing the market as a whole. The core strategy remains intact of showering winning athletes with free swag and the rest of the world follows and buys its products. If anything, there is an argument that Nike is actually getting stronger, as it is seeking to cut out its reliance on middlemen distributors like Dick’s Sporting Goods and sell directly to its customers either online or through a Nike store.
Investors worry about its seemingly high valuation, which is a fair concern because the initial purchase price for a stock does serve as a “permanent point of reference” for calculating future returns, but paying a slight premium for a business that has the highest probability of double-digit earnings per share growth in its class has often been a decision that is accompanied with a rich reward.
This is why I pound down acquiring ownership in great businesses through common stock ownership on this site. Someone can go onto Schwab.com, establish an account for free, pay $4.95 for a trade, and buy a block of Nike stock, and suddenly, he has an asset compounding on his family’s balance sheet at a double-digit rate. For those who are serious about receiving the rewards that a unique business like Nike has to offer, a simple visit to Computershare.com to set up an ongoing monthly purchase would enable an investor to acquire more and more shares of one of the best businesses in the entire world each month.
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Rethinking Criminal Intent: Why ‘Mens Rea’ Matters
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In order for the government to legally prosecute, convict and punish someone, in most cases it must prove that the person committed the criminal act (known as actus reus) and that he or she committed that act with criminal intention (mens rea). There are a variety of terms used to describe mens rea, including moral blameworthiness, a guilty mind, an evil mind, conscious will, or willful action.
Mens rea is a foundational element of American jurisprudence. The U.S. Supreme Court made it quite clear in 2015 in Elonis v. United States that mens rea is what distinguishes wrongful conduct from otherwise innocent conduct. It determines whom we hold criminally responsible.
While the current focus of federal criminal justice reform is primarily on sentencing, mens rea has recently become linked to the bipartisan bill to overhaul the sentencing system tabled in Congress late last year. Commenting on the proposed sentencing legislation, House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) said earlier this month in an interview with The Atlantic that, “a deal that does not address [mens rea] is not going anywhere in the House of Representatives.”
The argument is gaining traction in the Senate as well: Senate Judicary Committee Chair Charles Grassley (R-IA) observed this week that “we don't have a great deal of time to reach a possible compromise” on the issue in order to win passage of the sentencing reform bill this session.
The particular concern Congress has with the current status of criminal intent law is the extent to which average citizens can possibly know all of the 5,000 or so federal crimes and 300,000 federal regulations. How can one “intend” to commit a crime if he is unaware that his behavior is criminal?
Congressional advocates of mens rea reform, backed by powerful Conservative supporters such as the Koch brothers, argue that the traditional phrase “ignorance of the law is no excuse” is no longer realistic. They want the government to have to prove that someone knowingly committed a crime before he can be convicted. Opponents argue that the benefits of such changes could disproportionately accrue to corporations and white-collar offenders.
Regardless of the merits of either argument, I believe the debate has so far sidestepped one of the more troubling impacts of mens rea on our justice system.
I agree that there is a valid question about whether citizens can be aware of all federal crimes. But the problem associated with mens rea is much broader than just the question of whether someone is “knowingly” breaking the law. My concern is with the psychological, neurological, psychiatric, and intellectual ability or capacity of many offenders to form the required criminal intent.
Criminal intent or criminal responsibility requires awareness, conscious will, volition, and rational decision making. There is a routine presumption, which is rarely challenged, that criminal offenders have the ability to form intent. I challenge that presumption.
Here is why.
Today, 40 percent of individuals in the U.S. criminal justice system (federal and state) have a diagnosable mental illness. Sixty percent of inmates in the nation's prisons have experienced at least one traumatic brain injury. Nearly 80 percent of justice-involved individuals have a substance abuse problem. The prevalence in the justice system of individuals with intellectual disabilities is three to five times what it is in the general population. There are substantial numbers of individuals in the justice system with neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive deficits and impairments.
Moreover, there's overwhelming evidence that many individuals with mental illness, addiction, neurodevelopmental deficiencies, and intellectual deficits lack the ability to form intent as it is defined in the law. How many lack this ability we don't really know, because we rarely inquire about intent. But the statistics cited above should raise serious questions about how we go about the business of criminal justice in the U.S.
In the vast majority of state and federal criminal convictions, the government rarely is required to prove intent. That's because the vast majority of criminal indictments (roughly 95 percent) are resolved through a plea agreement. If the offender agrees to the terms of the agreement, it's essentially a done deal. That puts prosecutors in charge of sorting out who is criminally responsible and who is not. At the end of the day, the vast majority are held responsible.
Mens rea is supposed to serve as a gatekeeper at the front door of the justice system, separating innocent from criminal behavior. The reality is that criminal intent is just not much of an issue under current criminal procedure. That in turn has significantly contributed to our incarceration problem by facilitating the punishment of more and more individuals.
It has also contributed to our recidivism problem.
When we punish mentally ill, addicted, intellectually disadvantaged and/or neurocognitively impaired individuals, we tend to return them to the free world in worse shape than when they came in. This is simply more grease for the revolving door.
So, how do we align the intent and reality of mens rea? First, we need to appreciate that mens rea is largely a clinical question. Prosecutors are lawyers—not psychologists or neuroscientists. We should expand the expertise involved in decisions about intent by requiring independent clinical assessment of individuals at the front end of the decision to prosecute.
Second, we need to revise the law of intent by developing alternatives to the simple categories we currently have of determining whether someone is criminally responsible or not. We need to provide options for holding individuals “responsible, ” while diverting them to intervention or treatment rather than just punishment.
This is not “get out of jail free.” Rather, it is an opportunity to divert some individuals who do bad things and utilize evidence-based strategies that have been shown to substantially reduce the likelihood of reoffending.
That is more just. It enhances public safety, and it saves money.
William R. Kelly is a professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in criminal justice policy. His first book on criminal justice reform, “Criminal Justice at the Crossroads: Transforming Crime and Punishment,” was published in May 2015 by Columbia University Press. His second book, entitled “The Future of Crime and Punishment: Smart Policies for Reducing Crime and Saving Money,” will be published in July by Rowman and Littlefield.
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On Sunday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a bid from Proposition 8 supporters to halt gay marriages that had become legal in California, following the lifting of the ban by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
It was another moment of celebration for same sex couples, as well as all supporters of gay marriage. With pride parades taking place in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris and dozens of other cities around the world this past weekend, the timing could not have been better.
When I opened Yahoo! last Wednesday and saw that the Supreme Court had found the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, I will be honest and say it made me tear up quite a bit. Though I am not currently dating anyone (hint hint everyone, I’m single!) and marriage is not in my near future, the steps we have taken towards progress astound me.
I’m gay. One day, I would like to be married. Unless there is some outrageous transformation or law passed, that probably won’t happen anytime soon here in Mississippi. The Supreme Court did not make the sweeping ruling on same sex marriage bans that supporters had hoped for, leaving the legality of them in limbo.
To me, gay marriage isn’t a religious issue. When the government began to offer legal benefits to marriage, there became two parts of marriage: the legal and religious.
My Mormon church probably wouldn’t recognize my marriage as sacred or “real” like it does straight marriages, and that doesn’t negatively impact my life in any way. But, at least in some states, the federal government would see it as equal, regardless of what gender my partner is, and guarantee me more than 1,000 benefits.
As a gay person, it is incredibly difficult to watch people tell me that I shouldn’t be afforded the latter because their religion deems it unnatural and marriage is “sacred.”
The religious right argues that the Supreme Court rulings infringe upon their religious liberties, forcing them to accept it or be labeled such awful terms as “homophobic” or “anti-gay.”
I don’t believe that being gay is a choice. I have close friends, however, that do. They’re not “homophobic” or “anti-gay,” and I would never call them that. It’s simply their belief, something I would never fault them for.
They do, however, believe in same sex marriage. I, and other Americans like me, shouldn’t be punished for others’ religious beliefs. Hindus don’t eat beef, why aren’t we trying to ban the consumption of cow for everyone in America?
The Supreme Court stopped short of declaring bans on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying that it’s the right of the states to define marriage however they want.
My love is not less than anyone else’s, and it shouldn’t be classified as such just because some people believe it’s wrong. Why should the state of Mississippi be the one to decide if my love is real enough to be married?
The Supreme Court made great strides by finding DOMA unconstitutional, and the failure of Prop 8 is also a success.
At the same time, it’s hard not to wish they had taken that extra step. Progress is progress though, right? Right?
Casey Holliday is a senior English and journalism major from Horn Lake. Follow him on Twitter @Casey_Holliday.
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‘180-Degree Turn’ in Policy Triggers Rapid Climate Action by New Spanish Government
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In recent years, Spain has been a graveyard for climate-friendly policies. But there are signs the dead may be twitching back to life.
Sworn in on June 2 with a razor-thin majority, one of the first actions of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was to create a ministry for the ecological transition.
The purpose of the new office was dual: at a symbolic level, it put climate at the forefront of the national agenda; at a functional one, it called time on years of tensions between the energy and environment ministries that had crippled climate action, by bringing them together.
Also, for the first time in history, a woman was appointed to oversee the country’s energy policy. Teresa Ribera, a former Spanish environment secretary of state, is a fixture of the global green scene. She has been involved in global negotiations on climate change for nearly two decades and left her job as head of the Paris-based Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations to take up her new role.
So experienced is she that her name was put forward in 2016 as a possible contender to be executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the UN’s top climate job.
Now she is in charge of her country’s climate agenda. The result, several Spanish environmental NGOs told Climate Home News, is a “180-degree turn” in rhetoric compared with the last eight years under Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government.
Ribera is also beginning to turn words into action. On Tuesday, November 13, she was to outline her proposal for the country’s first climate plan, to be negotiated with other parties and civil society groups. It was to aim for carbon-neutrality by 2050 “at the very latest”, she told CHN.
This is all the more pressing in light of Spain’s unique vulnerability. The country is one of the most exposed in Europe, with a 2016 report predicting the south would turn to desert unless global warming was held to 1.5°C.
Ahead of the plan’s release, Ribera told CHN that listed companies and financial institutions will have a duty to report their carbon footprint. The legislation also aims to carry out the energy transition in a way that doesn’t hurt workers and communities reliant on fossil fuels: “So that no one is left behind,” she said.
Ribera has already scored big on that front. In October, the government struck a deal with mining unions to close down most of the country’s coal mines by the end of the year. Overall, €220 million will be injected into mining regions over the next decade, boosting retirement schemes and retraining.
The deal was “applauded by the international community”, Ribera said. Co-leader of the UK Green Party Jonathan Bartley tweeted at the time that the measure showed “we can move away from fossil fuels, protect jobs & restore the natural world”.
Ribera also scrapped the so-called “sun tax”—an unpopular levy on solar power affecting individuals and small businesses—in early October. Ribera slammed the tax as a “great absurdity” and underlined that “a country so rich in sunlight has only 1,000 installations of this kind compared with more than one million in Germany”.
“We’re hopeful,” said Sergio de Otto, president of the Fundación Renovables (Renewables Foundation). He said Ribera was talented, capable, and had a strong grasp of policy.
“There is a fundamental change, as the previous energy minister [Álvaro Nadal] obsessively opposed renewables,” he said.
In addition to taxing solar installations, Rajoy and Nadal’s People’s Party government changed the source of renewable subsidies from an electricity tariff to the general budget in 2014. Companies complained that clean energy was being scapegoated for the ballooning Spain public debt. The industry fell off a cliff.
“Once the [policies of the Rajoy government] were implemented, all new renewable projects were virtually dead,” said Dirk Hendricks, a senior policy advisor at the European Renewable Energy Federation. “Investors avoided Spain completely. Jobs were lost. Everything was put on hold.”
In September, Ribera announced the government would install between 6,000 and 7,000 MW of renewable power every year until 2030. This would raise capacity from 99,000 MW to 174,000 MW in 12 years.
“What you see now is people investigating new projects. There is a cautious optimism that there will be a restart of the renewable energy sector in Spain,” de Otto said.
That momentum looks set to extend beyond the country’s borders. “Spain is back and ready to lead climate action in the European Union,” Ribera told CHN. Just four days after she became minister, the country pressed for strong green energy targets at a meeting of energy ministers. Eventually, the 2030 renewable goal was raised from 27 to 32% and energy efficiency from 30 to 32.5%. At the same time, she told CHN Spain would join a group of seven EU countries calling for overall emissions targets.
“When it comes to the vote in the European Council, Spain has switched from a member state which normally blocks renewable energy to a promoter of renewable energy,” said Hendricks. “This comes at a very good moment because Germany, which is usually a frontrunner on renewables, is currently terribly unproductive at the EU level.”
“Our willingness to lead in climate action,” said Ribera, “is especially necessary at this critical moment in which it is vital to demand and strengthen multilateralism as the basis for cooperation on fundamental issues such as climate change.”
Under Ribera, Spain will push for the EU to revise its commitment to the Paris climate agreement upwards by 2020. It will also lobby for the bloc’s 2050 strategy, a draft of which is expected in the coming months, to be “ambitious”.
The pursuit of a transformative green program may be jeopardized by the socialist government’s tenuous grip on power. Propped up by left-wing movement Podemos and nationalist parties, Sanchez’s Socialist and Workers’ Party of Spain (PSOE) holds just a quarter of the seats in parliament.
But de Otto is cautiously optimistic. “When it comes to the energy transition, the PSOE will find a greater majority than in other areas,” he said. A recent package of energy measures, which included the cancellation of the sun tax, passed without opposition. The People’s Party, which created the levy, abstained.
Sara Pizzinato, an energy policy expert at Greenpeace Spain, is more critical of the PSOE. Despite a change in discourse, she said, another package to combat energy poverty had “nothing to do with the ecological transaction.”
By removing a 7% tax on production of electricity, the government favoured “nuclear power on the one hand and fossil fuels on the other,” she said.
Pizzinato said the government must address the energy oligopoly of the “Big Five”: Endesa, Iberdrola, Gas Natural Fenosa, EDP España, and Viesgo. Electricity companies have repeatedly been accused of manipulating prices in the country. Ibedrola was fined €25 million in November 2015.
Contacted by CHN, Juantxo López de Uralde, a green party deputy and spokesperson for an eco-parliamentary group that includes Podemos, said Podemos and the government were working to end windfall profits in the energy sector.
Another notable threat to climate action is the country’s car industry. Spain, the EU’s second-largest car-manufacturer after Germany, has time and again been timid around targets for electric cars. There was little doubt that the influence of the car lobby was a factor in this, de Otto and Pizzinato told CHN.
To Ecologists in Action, an umbrella group of local Spanish environmental associations, this explains why Teresa Ribera opted to support a 35% reduction of emissions in newly-registered vehicles at the EU level. Spain’s position was higher than Germany’s, which had called for 30%, but lower than the 40% voted by the European Parliament.
Ribera denies her position amounted to a compromise, or that she was swayed by the car lobby. She said Spain had defended a 35% target, provided there was an intention to move above that mark during the legislative process.
“Spain played a key role in preventing a deadlock in this agreement,” she said, “which would have been harmful, and managed to move the ambition from 30 to 35%.”
On the future of the electric car industry in Spain, she said the government “believe[s] an ambitious goal of reducing CO2 emissions from new vehicles is an opportunity for innovation and competitiveness of the Spanish car industry.”
Ecologists, from the parliamentary benches to green businesses and NGOs, will be watching closely.
“We like what we’re hearing,” López de Uralde said. “However, we now need to make sure that this translates into concrete measures contributing to the energy transition, because this is urgent and needs to go beyond words.”
“The biggest obstacle in relation to this transition is the perception that we’re not in any hurry. We can’t leave the transition to the last decade,” de Otto insists.
“Can one do more in four months?” Ribera asked. “It’s difficult, but I still have many months ahead of me to do more.”
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#0680: Ant-Man Boxed Set
Posted by Ethan Wilson in Reviews and tagged with Ant-Man, Convention Exclusive, Giant Man, Goliath, Hank Pym, Hasbro, Marvel, Marvel Legends, Marvel Universe, Scott Lang September 2, 2015
GIANT-MAN, GOLIATH, & HANK PYM
MARVEL’s ANT-MAN
Marvel is definitely pushing Ant-Man pretty hard right now. The movie was a resounding success, in spite of all the negative press that seemed to be surrounding it, he’s joined the cast of the Avengers Assemble cartoon, and he’s headlining one of the best solo comics the company is currently publishing. Things are definitely looking up for the bug-sized hero. Marvel licensee Hasbro has been joining in on the fun, and two of their San Diego ComiCon exclusives this year were based around Ant-Man. Today, I’ll be looking at what I feel is the more impressive of the two exclusives.
Giant-Man, Goliath, and Hank Pym (along with two smaller Ant-Men) make up an Ant-Man-themed boxed set, released this year at SDCC. The set was also available after the convention on Hasbro’s online store, which is how I got mine.
GIANT-MAN
Hey! Haven’t I already looked at this guy? Well, sort of. Yes, this figure uses the same costume design as the Ant-Man Marvel Legends Infinite Series Giant-Man. However, unlike that figure, this one lives up to the name-sake a bit better. The figure is 12 inches tall, making him twice the height of the Infinite Series version, and he has 32 points of articulation. The figure is built on Marvel Legends Icons Cyclops body, which was previously used for the Marvel Universe Gigantic Battles Goliath and Bill Foster figures. It’s a body that was good at the time it was created, and was still pretty serviceable when it was used for Gigantic Battles, but has started to look pretty dated in recent years. The proportions and sculpted details are still okay (though he does look a little underfed), but the range of motion on the joints is rather restricted. In addition, the body has a lot of sculpted details that are specific to Cyclops, and thereby look out of place on Giant-Man. In the case of seams and the like, it’s easy to overlook them, but the straps/buckles on the wrists and the clear outline of the boots on the calves are quite distracting. It doesn’t seem too unreasonable to want Hasbro to at least retool those particular pieces. Giant-Man does get a unique head and an add-on for his belt. The head is pretty decently sculpted, though, for some reason, the antennae look sillier here than they did on the smaller figure. The belt is decent enough, but it seems a little bulky, especially compared to the painted on belt of the MLIS figure. The paint on this figure is pretty decent, aside from the obvious issues with sculpted details not lining up with the costume. The black sections are slightly glossy, and incredibly sharp at the edges, which is nice to see. One minor issue: the two black lines emanating from the circle on his chest end at the shoulder joints, instead of continuing around the shoulders like they should. Giant-Man includes no accessories of his own.
Moving downward on the scale chart, we get to my personal favorite figure from the set, Goliath. He’s based on Hank Pym’s first costume for his third identity. Confused? That’s okay. Most people are. This figure ends up being the most unique of those offered in the set, mostly due to his color-scheme. The figure stands a little over 6 inches tall and has 32 points of articulation. He’s based on the ML Infinite Series Bucky Cap body, just like the single release Giant-Man. The body’s a pretty great base for a lot of characters, and it fits Hank rather nicely. Goliath gets a new head sculpt; it’s a little on the soft side as far as details go, but it’s pretty good overall. It’s a nice, classic hero-style head, and it isn’t too struck with the level of same-ness we’ve seen on a lot of Hasbro’s male heads in this scale. The figure also gets a new add-on piece for his belt, which is a little bit loose, but pretty well sculpted. While I like this figure a lot, oh boy did he get hit with some seriously messy paint. The colors are pretty nicely chosen, but the flesh tones are really thick and goopy, and the yellow has been applied too thinly in many areas, causing the blue of the plastic to bleed through. He’s also got some random scratches of blue on both forearms, where the glove paint has chipped. Viewed as a whole, the figure is alright, but he would have been a lot nicer if the paint had been even a little bit better. Like Giant-Man, Goliath has no accessories of his own.
HANK PYM
Moving down the scale chart again, we find our way to another version of Hank Pym, as well as our first actual Ant-Man figure in a set with Ant-Man plastered all over it. Hank’s presented here in his Ant-Man costume, but with a lab coat over top of it, which is a look that Hank’s been known to sport rather frequently, when he’s in an inventing mood. It’s an important look that’s largely been absent from toy form. The figure is about 4 inches tall and has 22 points of articulation. Structurally, Hank is very similar to the Ant-Man figure from last year. He uses the torso, legs, and feet from the basic skinny male body. It’s kind of an outdated body, but I guess it’s at least consistent with the last Ant-Man. He also has the arms and hands from the AIM Agent/Ghost Rider body, which are good for the looser sleeves, but are a little too long for the body. For the lab coat, he re-uses the add-on piece from G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra The Doctor figure, which isn’t a perfect fit for the body, but it isn’t too far off. The head appears to be a new piece, though it’s generic enough that it could potentially be a re-use. It’s an okay sculpt, but it seems a bit too angry for Hank. The paintwork on the figure is pretty decent. The actual Ant-Man costume is identical to the regular Ant-Man, which is good, I guess. It would be nice if the lab coat were more detailed than just straight white, but oh well. Hank gets the only actual accessory in the set: an alt helmeted head. It’s exactly the same as the normal Ant-Man’s head.
ANT-MEN
Last up, it’s the two mini Ant-Men, who are really more accessories than outright figures. The larger of the two is based on Scott Lang’s Ant-Man costume from the 00s. It’s definitely a more modern design, but I like the enclosed nature. The figure stands about an inch and a half tall and features no articulation. He’s got a unique sculpt, and he’s actually pretty nicely detailed for such a small figure. The paintwork is also pretty decent, with three different colors and no visible slop. The smaller Ant-Man is once again based on the classic Ant-Man design. It’s actually just the same smaller Ant-Man as was included with the Avengers Infinite Ant-Man. It’s under an inch tall and is, predictably, pretty light on the details.
So, as noted above, I picked this set up after the con from Hasbro Toy Shop. I detailed the ordeal in my Book of the Vishanti review, so I won’t go into that again. Ultimately, I have to admit I’m a little underwhelmed by this particular set. Giant-Man and Hank Pym are both held back by outdated bodies, and Goliath has some rather annoying paint issues. The Scott Lang figure is kinda neat, I guess, but I’d have preferred to get a larger scale version. All-in-all, I certainly don’t feel like this is a bad set, and I don’t regret purchasing them, but they just seem a bit off.
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Grant funding offered for World Seafood Congress
Awards Events People
by The Fish Site
12 November 2018, at 10:07am
The International Association of Fish Inspectors is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2019 Peter Howgate Award.
The award will fund the attendance of a fish technologist under 30 years of age to the IAFI World Seafood Congress 2019, to be held in Penang, Malaysia from 9-11 September 2019.
Hannah Antwi, from Ghana, receiving the 2017 Peter Howgate Award from IAFI President Carey Bonnell
She is now studying at the UN University Fisheries Training Programme at MATIS Iceland.
The Peter Howgate Award is a tribute to the eponymous scientist's immense contribution to the field of fish technology and the people who work in it, both during his 35 years at the UK’s Torry Research Station and thereafter. The award was set up by fish technology professionals around the world, with the help of the international Seafood HACCP community, and was adopted by IAFI in 2014. It will cover travel, accommodation and the congress fee, and this will afford the winning applicant a career-changing opportunity to gain insights and build networks in the global fishery sector. The deadline for submission of applications is 29 March 2019.
The International Association of Fish Inspectors (IAFI) was established in 1999 to serve the world fish inspection community. IAFI exists to promote the exchange of ideas and information, foster interaction, understanding and professional collaboration among individuals, organisations, and governments, disseminate knowledge about seafood and associated products inspection, and promote advancement of the state-of-the-art fish inspection and fish quality and safety research and education.
Salmon farmer recognised for community role
One of Scotland’s leading independent salmon producers has received recognition for its commitment to local community projects.
New leader for new era at INVE
Having recently celebrated its 35th anniversary, INVE has announced the appointment of Athene Blakeman as its new CEO.
Royal approval for Aqua Nor 2019
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon will be present at the official opening of the Aqua Nor exhibition on 20 August.
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Mohammad Shahzada Hossain
Bowls : Right-arm medium-fast
DOB : September 10, 1986, Rasai
Mohammad Shahzad is a famous Afghan cricketer who plays primarily as a wicket-keeper. He is a celebrated batsman who has given several memorable performances in the history of cricket. The 30 years old player made his first-class debut in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers against Zimbabwe XI. Later the same year, he became the first Afghan player to hit a ton in an ODI in the tour to the Netherlands. He scored 110 in the match and helped his country to achieve their maiden first-class win. In January 2012, during the match, he made two half-centuries against Pakistan and became the first Afghan cricketer to make 1000 first-class career runs.
He is also the first cricketer of his country who passed 1000 runs in List A cricket. Shahzad was a part of the 2014 Asia Cup squad where he did not give any important performances for his team. However, he had a better run in a match against Hong Kong in the World T20, which followed the Asia Cup. In June 2018, he became one of the eleven cricketers of his team who played against India in Afghanistan's first ever Test match.
firstClass 60 81 7 1114 109 15.05 2347 47.46 1 2 33 0
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listA 59 2267 1698 63 5/18 5/18 26.95 4.49 0 1 0
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Photographer: J. Bryan Barnes
Sean Paul Murphy was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Towson University with a major in Mass Communications and a minor in English, with a Concentration in Writing. After college he worked at Smith Burke & Azzam, a hot regional advertising agency, as a broadcast producer and occasional copywriter.
Sean left the agency to pursue work as a freelance film editor, cutting television commercials, rock videos and cable network shows. He also signed with the late Stu Robinson of Robinson Weintraub and Gross, later Paradigm, as a screenwriter. His early work brought him letters of praise from Academy-Award winners like Barry Levinson and the late Richard Zanuck.
Sean’s first produced film was an innovative mystery called “21 Eyes,” starring Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens (“The Cove”) and Rebecca Mader (“Lost.”) The film was released by Vanguard Cinema and has been called “sleek, stylish and cunning” and “a courageous, absorbing and unique piece of indie film making.”
Sean’s next produced film was the faith-based drama “Hidden Secrets,” starring John Schneider (“The Dukes of Hazard.”) Released by the Weinstein Company, the film was a Top 10 CBA seller and enjoyed limited theatrical release. The success of that film led to commissions to write more faith-based productions including “Holyman Undercover,” “Sarah’s Choice,” “Run On,” “The Encounter,” “Marriage Retreat,” “Brother White,” “The Encounter: Paradise Lost,” “Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End,” “Revelation Road: The Sea of Glass and Fire,” and the upcoming “Open My Eyes” and “Revelation Road 3.”
Sean might be best known for his award-winning work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Counter Intelligence Division. His film “Betrayed” recently won an Emmy, and his controversial docudrama “Game of Pawns,” has been featured on network news shows and garnered him interviews with news outlets from NPR’s “All Things Considered” to the BBC.
Sean is also a winner of the prestigious the $50,000 Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays in 2012. His original screenplay, “Desecrated,” was a semi-finalist in the Slamdance Horror Competition. His feature-length film “Sacred Ground: The Battle For Mount Auburn Cemetery” was recently voted Best Documentary at the Churches Making Movies Film Festival. He has also written numerous award-winning short comedies.
Sean married the lovely Deborah Lynn Crum and has three stepdaughters and three grandchildren. He can be found playing guitar every Sunday morning in the praise and worship band at Stillmeadow Evangelical Free Church in Baltimore. Come out and see him some time!
Books by Sean Paul Murphy
A story of first faith and first love and how the two became almost fatally intertwined. The Promise, or the Pros and Cons of Talking with God is Sean’s inspirational, coming-of-age tale of first faith and first love and how the two became almost fatally intertwined in his life. It is a poignant and insightful meditation on surviving in the gray area between God’s sovereignty and our individual free will.
Praise for The Promise
Book Review: THE PROMISE, OR THE PROS AND CONS OF TALKING WITH GOD by Sean Paul Murphy
Where to find Sean online:
Sean’s blog | IMDb | @seanpaulmurphy
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Non-Review Review: Shaun of the Dead
Posted on October 28, 2010 by Darren
Welcome to the m0vie blog’s zombie week! It’s a week of zombie-related movie discussions and reviews as we come up to Halloween, to celebrate the launch of Frank Darbont’s The Walking Dead on AMC on Halloween night. So be sure to check back all week, as we’ll be running posts on the living dead.
Ah, facing down a herd of zombies with nothing but a Cricket Bat. Is there a more British response possible to the fall of civilisation?
And that's my cue...
Shaun of the Dead describes itself as a “zom rom com”, and it’s an apt description – it’s arguably the same subgenre which Zombieland, for example belongs to. However, what fundamentally defines the movie – and what makes it so hugely appealing – is its resounding Britishness. This isn’t some sort of patriotic nonsense, just a witty observation about how that little island would probably respond to a pending zombie apocalypse – you just carry on, really. A character bitten by a zombie claims not to have told anyone because, “I don’t want to cause a fuss.” Earlier on, another victim dismisses his potential infection, “I’m alright. I ran it under a cold tap.” Every single one of Shaun’s plans to survive the fact that the dead are rising ends with the eternally optimistic line, “and wait for all this to blow over.”
One of the movie’s recurring gags is to observe how blissfully little would change when the flesh-eating hordes shuffle along in search of prey. Two of the most iconic shots in the film follow Shaun as he takes a trip to the shop – juxtaposing the dull, half-interested walk before anything has gone awry with the dull, half-interested walk after everything has literally gone to hell. “How are you doing?” an old friend asks Shaun twice (once randomly before the crisis and again as they both lead two bunches of characters trying to make their way through the disaster). Both times Shaun replies, “Surviving.”
If Romero’s Dawn the Dead contrasts the day-to-day activities of the living with the actions of their reanimated corpses (who are driven to the shopping centre because of how important it was to them), Shaun of the Dead suggests that sometimes we go through our day-to-day lives with as much independent thought as a zombie (in fact, the opening credits, choreographed to Ghost Town draw a series of witty parallels which suggest that we wouldn’t be able to spot a zombie apocalypse if it happened). It’s a repeated joke at how oblivious everyone is to things in the background of shots which should be key indicators that things have gone horribly wrong – a stumbling drunk, an army convoy, new reports about strange goings-on. It’s funny to watch this so soon after rewatching Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead – the very first zombie introduced is shown in the background of the shot at the graveyard (unnoticed by the primary characters and, initially, by the viewer). I suspect that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright watched the film and decided that something about that introductory moment ran particularly true – how oblivious we are to things happening around us out of focus.
In fairness, Wright and Pegg are honest about the debt that they owe to Romero and his film. In what is becoming a director’s trademark (with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World opening with a 32-bit Universal logo), Wright opens the film with a Romero-esque sound effect over the Universal logo. News reports in the background allude to a satellite that “unexpectedly reentered Earth’s atmosphere”, in reference to the cause of the plague in the original film. In fact the movie takes great pleasure in dismissing the idea that “rage infected monkeys” might be responsible.
In fact, the exact advice from Dawn of the Dead is used when suggesting how to disable the creatures. They can be stopped by “removing the head or destroying the brain.” The characters themselves are fondly aware of the clichés of zombie movies. When one character breaks zombie-movie decorum by actually uttering the word “zombie”, his colleague is aghast. “The z-word,” Shaun instructs his close friend Ed, “don’t say it.”
Dead cool...
What’s remarkable is that, underneath all the fun that the cast and crew are having with the genre aspect of the production, the film is actually a startlingly good romantic comedy. A lot of movies in that genre like to credit themselves with being quirky, but this certainly qualifies. Though it shouldn’t be a surprise to fans of Spaced, the sit-com which initially united Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, the movie deals really well and honestly with the complexities of grown-up relationships (and just how immature they can be).
Wright confirms that he’s a formidable talent here. There are wonderfully impressive shots of characters doing various things that are incredibly minor, but delivered with such awesome over-the-top in-your-face-itude that Michael Bay himself would blush. More than that, Wright has a remarkable gift for scene composition – he’s able to perfectly orchestrate his shots so that the audience always sees what he wants them to see – while maintaining the distinction between foreground and background. It’s difficult to keep an audience’s attention focused on multiple layers of a scene, but Wright does it with enough skill and confidence that he makes it look easy.
His cast is top notch, a real “who’s who” of British comedic talent. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have a natural chemistry together, and their routine helps the film stay reasonably grounded even with everything going on. Bill Nighy, Dylan Moran and Penelope Wilton all have key supporting roles which each handles brilliantly. I have to admit I’m disappointed that Moran’s career hasn’t picked up dramatically – between this and Black Books, he should be an iconic screen presence at this stage. Watch out for a tiny supporting role from Pegg’s Spaced co-star Jessica Hynes (and also cameos from Matt Lucas – from Alice in Wonderland – and Martin Freeman – the new Hobbit).
All in all, Shaun of the Dead is a wonderful little movie which displays genuine affection for the genre that it is mocking (as well as fundamental understanding which is so frequently lacking in parodies these days). It’s a wonderfully well-made film which is just dripping with dry British wit – from the use of a pub as a fortress in contrast to an American shopping mall, or the response from the office of the Prime Minister on the suggestion that this is some form of divine retribution (“Downing Street is refusing to be drawn into a religious debate”). It’s telling that Wright and Pegg have seen their stars rise sharply in the aftermath of this particular film – it’s certainly well-earned.
Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: Dylan Moran, edgar wright, films, Jessica Hynes, Movies, nick frost, night of the living dead, non-review review, penelope wilton, review, shaun of the dead, Simon Pegg, zombie week!, zombies |
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Steve, on October 29, 2010 at 5:43 am said:
What’s incredible about this movie is how well it’s stood up to the test of time. As such an “it” movie thanks to how the trends have been going, you’d think that it would show its age quickly – but it can still stand up to Zombieland, and has just as much to say about the state of the world as Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake. Edgar Wright did the right thing in this film, not playing up the full scope of his abilities right away – he played things a little low key compared to Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim meaning there’s always more more to look forward to with every subsequent film.
Darren, on November 1, 2010 at 9:58 pm said:
Yep, although hopefully he’s also learning a bite – that way it seems less disingenuous than “holding back” and also means that there’s really no limit. I also think that Scott Pilgrim was just so different from Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead which – while distinct do feel very similar – that I think Wright demonstrated quite a considerable range.
Steve, on November 1, 2010 at 10:09 pm said:
Yeah, it remains to be seen if he can be as chamleonic as Danny Boyle, but there can be no doubt that Edgar Wright has a mastery of the visual language of film – which he uses for full comedic effect without a trace of pretentiousness.
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Day: 13 November, 2015
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, Trafalgar Studios
What do you do if your teenaged son’s ex-girlfriend accuses him of sexual assault? What if her family refuses to go to the police and takes justice into their own hands instead? Di (Kate Maravan) and David (Jonathan McGuinness) don’t know either, and they’re living this nightmare every moment of Four Minutes Twelve Seconds. They have huge aspirations for their bright boy, hoping he makes it out of the Croydon that they themselves never managed to leave. But those dreams are teetering precariously on top of vicious rumours…or are they facts? Seventeen-year-old Jack who the audience never sees, may or may not have uploaded a film, that may or may not show him forcing himself on his girlfriend Cara (Ria Zmitrowicz) in the run-up to his A-level exams. As his parents try to discover the objective truth of the situation, some awful discoveries come to light. In short, fast scenes spanning several months, social class, parental aspiration and sexism influence the four characters’ choices in this riveting, dialogue-driven one-act.
This energetic first play by James Fritz, writer of the acclaimed Ross & Rachel at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, doesn’t shy away from honest, infuriating material confronting ingrained attitudes that interfere with rape convictions (at the end of the play I was so angry I was shaking with the knowledge that these sorts of things probably happen all the time). A ferocious Maravan leads with an intense, focused performance and a satisfying character journey. To see a mother cope with drastically altering perceptions of her own child is heart rending, particularly as her husband’s views often clash with her own.
This is definitely an “issue” play, albeit a sophisticated one, that looks at the role of social media and the selfie culture in the lives of young people who don’t fully understand the implications of putting every detail of their life on the internet. It also looks at consent, sexist definitions of rape and how police view rape accusations. There’s also the question of how to treat crimes committed within one’s own family, vigilante justice and taking responsibility for mistakes. It’s a packed script, but manages to not overwhelm with ideas. Fritz’s dialogue is advanced for a first play, if formulaic in its gradual revealing of information. He liberally uses humour and nuanced humanity to counter the dark subject matter; these characters could easily be portrayed as stereotypes, like the sort in a bad TIE play.
On that note, this would be an excellent production to tour to secondary schools, colleges and unis, particularly since this attitude is so prevalent: Frankly, this is a crucial piece of theatre that all young people growing up in our cyber-obsessed culture should see. With simple design elements that draw attention to the dialogue and story, it would be easy to tour this powerful production.
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds is hip as well as topical and provocative. Witholding Jack’s appearance draws attention to the wider impact of his actions rather than wallowing in his emotional state, a wise choice by Fritz. Excellent performances by the company and snappy dialogue keep our attention as well as enrage, but what would we do if we were in Di and David’s shoes? Though we all strive for justice for rape victims, we are but judgemental, selfish humans after all, and that is the real flaw in the system.
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Cricket in the Capital
December 8, 2015 December 8, 2015 / Andrew Pelechaty
Canberra, home of our “beloved” politicians, Floriade, the Canberra Raiders and ACT Brumbies, is gradually gaining a foothold with Cricket Australia, campaigning to host a Test in the 2016/17 summer.
It’s been 15 years since the Canberra Comets played in the Mercantile Mutual Cup. Despite boasting former Test cricketers Merv Hughes, Mike Veletta and future Test cricketer Brad Haddin, they won three games in three seasons.
Canberra has continued their cricket involvement ever since. Manuka Oval has hosted the Prime Minister’s XI game since 1951, regular tour matches, NSW Sheffield Shield games (including the 2013/14 final), the 2014/15 Big Bash Final between Perth and the Sydney Sixers, the Comets in the Futures and ACT Meteors in the WNCL. Test off-spinner Nathan Lyon represented the Comets from 2008 to 2010.
Since 1992, Manuka Oval has hosted seven ODIs, with Australia to play India in the fourth ODI on January 20, 2016.
March 10, 1992, South Africa v Zimbabwe (1992 ICC World Cup). South Africa won by 7 wickets
South Africa’s 1992 World Cup is remembered for the heartbreaking semi-final loss to England. Before this, they enjoyed a comfortable victory over Zimbabwe.
Bowling first, Brian McMillan (3/30), Peter Kirsten (3/31) and Hansie Cronje (2/17) dismissed Zimbabwe for 163 in the 49th over. Seven Zimbabwe batsmen scored between 15 and 20.
After losing Andrew Hudson early, captain Kelper Wessels (70) and Kirsten (62 not out) complied 112 as South Africa coasted to victory with four overs to spare.
February 12, 2008, India v Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Sixteen years later, international cricket returned to Canberra, with India and Sri Lanka playing in the Commonwealth Bank Series. After nearly 40 years, the Tri-Series was losing its commercial appeal as non-Australian games were almost forgotten. On a rainy February Tuesday, Sri Lanka beat India by eight wickets. Rohit Sharma (70 not out), Gautam Gambhir (35), Sachin Tendulkar (32) and captain MS Dohni (31) piloted India’s 5/195 off 29 overs. More rain meant Sri Lanka’s target was revised to 154 from 21 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan (62 not out) and captain Mahela Jayawardene (36 not out) got Sri Lanka home with two overs left.
February 6, 2013, Australia v West Indies. Australia won by 39 runs
Canberra celebrated their centenary in 2013. Part of the celebrations included the first ODI featuring Australia and the first ODI under lights.
Shane Watson (122), Phillip Hughes (86), George Bailey (44) and Aaron Finch (38) helped Australia to 7/329. The West Indies gave it a good shot, with Darren Bravo (86), Dwayne Bravo (51), Kieran Powell (47) and Andre Russell (43) keeping the run rate above six. James Faulker took 4/48 as Australia won with 15 balls to spare.
November 19, 2014, Australia v South Africa. Australia won by 73 runs
Australia returned to Canberra during the November 2014 ODI series against South Africa. Australia took a 2-1 series lead after a big win. Again Australia topped 300. Openers Finch (109) and David Warner (53) slammed 118, supported by Steve Smith (73 not out) and Watson (40). Chasing 330, openers Hashim Amla (102) and Quinton de Kock (47) scored 108 in 18 overs. From there Australia took control, with Mitchell Starc (4/32) and Josh Hazlewood (3/41) taking the bulk of the wickets. Captain AB DeVilliers scored 52, but it wasn’t enough.
February 18, 2015, Afghanistan v Bangladesh (2015 ICC World Cup). Bangladesh won by 105 runs
Canberra’s first of three World Cup games saw Bangladesh comfortably beat Afghanistan. Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim (71) and Shakib Al Hasan (63) helped Bangledesh to 267. Afghanistan never recovered after slumping to 3/3 in the third over, with pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza taking 3/20, though captain Mohammad Nabi (44) and Samiullah Shenwari (42) put up a fight.
February 24, 2015, West Indies v Zimbabwe (2015 ICC World Cup). West Indies won by 73 runs
Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels dominated the West Indies’ huge win over Zimbabwe. Gayle (215) and Samuels (133 not out) scored all of the Windies’ 2/372. Opening bowlers Jerome Taylor (3/38) and Jason Holder (3/48) ensured the West Indies would romp home despite defiant half centuries from Sean Williams (76) and Craig Ervine (52).
March 3, 2015, Ireland v South Africa (2015 ICC World Cup). South Africa won by 201 runs
Nearly 23 years after their first Canberra win, South Africa outmuscled Ireland. Amla (159) and Faf du Plessis 109 complied 247 for the second wicket, followed by an unbeaten 111 for the fifth wicket between Rilee Rossouw (61 not out) and David Miller (46 not out) as South Africa cruised past 400. Ireland’s were 5/48 in the 11th over, though Andy Balbirnie (58) and Kevin O’Brien (48) fought hard against Kyle Abbott (4/21), Morne Morkel (3/34) and Dale Steyn (2/39).
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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed.-Thurs., May 1-2) -- Fox4's 9 p.m. news still a prime-time force
Even a new episode of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, now in its final weeks, couldn’t outdraw Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast Thursday night.
The very idea of this happening seemed preposterous not so long ago. But it now happens with regularity in the face of potent prime-time network entertainment programming.
The news led all of Thursday night’s TV attractions with 231,967 D-FW viewers, edging Big Bang’s 224,938. The Fox network’s preceding two-hour Miss USA pageant averaged just 119,498 viewers in running behind CBS’ 7 to 9 p.m. comedy block while also trailing ABC’s 7 p.m. episode of Grey’s Anatomy. NBC ran a distant fourth with its 7 to 9 p.m. sitcoms before perking up a bit in the 9 p.m. hour, where Law & Order: SVU finished third.
Among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, Fox4’s news and Grey’s shared the prime-time top spot with 66,422 viewers.
Wednesday’s prime-time ratings also were paced by Fox4’s 9 p.m. news in total viewers (231,967). NBC’s three-hour Billboard Music Awards ran a solid second for the night with 217,908 viewers. In the 18-to-49 age range, the Billboard awards ran first from start to finish, averaging 81,581 viewers. Fox4’s news was second with 66,422 viewers.
Over on NBC Sports Net, the Dallas Stars’ 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, which evened their Stanley Cup playoff series at two games apiece, averaged 105,440 total viewers and 54,346 in the 18-to-49 realm.
Here are the four-way local news derby results for the fifth and sixth days of the May “sweeps” ratings period.
Wednesday -- NBC5 won in total viewers at 10 p.m. while Fox4 ran first with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 swept the 6 a.m. competitions and NBC5 did likewise at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. wreaths went to the Peacock in total viewers and Fox4 in the 25-to-54 demographic.
Thursday -- WFAA8 topped the 10 p.m. race in total viewers, but Fox4 again won among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 also ran the table at 6 a.m. and had the most 25-to-54-year-olds at 5 and 6 p.m.
WFAA8 ran first at 6 p.m. in total viewers and tied Fox4 and NBC5 for the 5 p.m. win in that measurement.
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A Complete List of the American Navy. Showing the Name, Number of Guns, Commander’s Name, and Station of each Vessel, To July 1, 1813—Including those on the Lakes… / Steele’s List of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, for 1813.
This rare broadside, or oversized printed sheet, presents a complete list of vessels and commanders in both the United States Navy and British Royal Navy as of July 1, 1813. At that time, Great Britain’s massive list of some 860 warships, according to Steele’s tally, dwarfed America’s modest fleet of fewer than 60 ships. The broadside’s layout underscores the mighty Royal Navy’s substantial advantage over the fledgling U.S. Navy. Also noted is each vessel’s number of guns, commander, and current station. USS Constitution, for example, was stationed in Boston under the command of Captain Charles Stewart. Asterisk and dagger symbols on the British side indicate ships captured by the U.S. Navy. By the time of this printing, HMS Guerriere and HMS Java were already captured and destroyed by Constitution. The italicized ship names indicate captured vessels, and this broadside’s owner took the liberty of manually scratching out a recently captured ship from the British side, the 14-gun Boxer, and inserting it into the American list of warships.
Navy lists such as this were published regularly in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This particular broadside, published by John Low of New York, is a reprint of Steele’s list originally published in London.
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A letter to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. on the subject of impressment; calling on him and the philanthropists of this country to prove those feelings of sensibility they expressed in the cause of humanity on negro slavery, by acting with the same ardour and zeal in the cause of the British seamen Analectic Magazine and Naval Chronicle Message from the President of the U. States, Recommending an Immediate Declaration of War, Against Great Britain. The Analectic Magazine Volume 2 The Analectic Magazine Volume 6 A Complete List of the American Navy. Showing the Name, Number of Guns, Commander’s Name, and Station of each Vessel, To July 1, 1813—Including those on the Lakes… / Steele’s List of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, for 1813. A List and Description of the American Navy at the Ports of Boston, New York and Norfolk Virginia A Proclamation, For recalling and prohibiting His Majesty’s natural-born Subjects from serving in the Sea or Land Forces of the United States of America. At the Court at Carlton House, The Twenty-third Day of June 1812. Present, His Royal Highness The Prince Regent in Council. Frederick Baury’s Book of Common Prayer Free Trade and Sailors’ Rights. Huzza for the Constitution Isaac Mayo’s Private Journal at Sea from 1809 to 1819 King James Bible removed from USS President Letter from John Cushing Aylwin to William Aylwin, June 12, 1812 Letter from William Bainbridge to John Brooks, June 13, 1814 Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and His Britannic Majesty Mr. Madison’s War. A Dispassionate Inquiry into the Reasons Alleged by Mr. Madison for Declaring an Offensive and Ruinous War Against Great Britain. Together with some Suggestions as to a Peaceable and Constitutional Mode of Averting Dreadful Calamity. By A New-England Farmer. Naval Order Book for 1814 Seaman’s Protection Certificate for James Reed, Jr., December 21, 1814 Telescope used to observe USS Chesapeake vs HMS Shannon WAR DECLARED!!
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Style Media Acquires Off-Net Rights to ‘Gossip Girl’
TV By The Numbers July 25, 2012
via press release:
STYLE MEDIA ACQUIRES OFF-NET RIGHTS TO HIT SERIES “GOSSIP GIRL”
STYLE MEDIA ACQUIRES OFF-NET RIGHTS TO HIT SERIES “GOSSIP GIRL” FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION
Series to Premiere on Style Wednesday, August 15 at 8pm ET/PT
Network to Air All-Day Marathon on Labor Day
LOS ANGELES – July 25, 2012 – Style Media has acquired the off-network rights to the hit series “Gossip Girl” from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The one-hour drama about the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite, executive produced by Josh Schwartz (“Chuck,” “The O.C.,” “Hart of Dixie”) and Stephanie Savage (“The O.C.,” “Hart of Dixie”) will begin airing Wednesday, August 15 at 8pm ET/PT on Style. Viewers can get caught up from the beginning every Wednesday night from 8-11pm ET/PT; additionally Style will air an all-day marathon on Labor Day, Monday, September 3.
“Knowing our viewers insatiable need for all things style, ‘Gossip Girl’ offers an inside look into the fabulous lives and closets of Manhattan’s most privileged – filled with envy-worthy clothes, shoes and drama,” said Salaam Coleman Smith, President of Style Media. “Fashion has always been a main character in ‘Gossip Girl,’ launching many of today’s fashion icons into mainstream staples and we are excited to reintroduce this groundbreaking series and pop culture phenomenon to our audience.”
“We are confident that Style will provide a perfect off-net home for ‘Gossip Girl’ providing an excellent opportunity to drive new viewers to their network,” said Ken Werner, President, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
Based on the best-selling series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, “Gossip Girl” is told through the eyes of an all-knowing blogger – Gossip Girl – who is determined to uncover and fuel every scandal possible via constant, avidly read text messages and blog posts, including the intense friendship and rivalry of two girls, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. Gossip Girl also keeps tabs on the Machiavellian tendencies of bad boy Chuck; Nate Archibald, the pretty boy with political leanings; and former outcast and blossoming writer Dan, and his efforts to navigate this new world of questionable loyalties. Keeping track of the shifting friendships, jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world isn’t easy; that’s why there’s Gossip Girl.
“As we enter the sixth and final season, I’m very excited that Style has provided an opportunity for viewers to relive this story from the beginning,” said Josh Schwartz, executive producer of “Gossip Girl.”
“Gossip Girl” stars Blake Lively (“Savages”) as Serena van der Woodsen, Leighton Meester (“That’s My Boy”) as Blair Waldorf, Penn Badgley (“Easy A”) as Dan Humphrey, Chace Crawford (“What to Expect When You’re Expecting”) as Nate Archibald, Ed Westwick (“J. Edgar”) as Chuck Bass, Taylor Momsen (“Paranoid Park”) as Jenny Humphrey, Jessica Szohr (“CSI: Miami”) as Vanessa Abrams, with Kelly Rutherford (“Melrose Place”) as Lily van der Woodsen and Matthew Settle (“Into the West”) as Rufus Humphrey.
The series was developed for television by Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage, who serve as executive producers. Based upon the book by Cecily Von Ziegesar, “Gossip Girl” is produced by Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios.
About Style Media
Style Media, a global multimedia company that includes Style and myStyle.com, is the destination for women 18-49 seeking to fuel their insatiable appetite for looking great and living stylishly. Style currently counts nearly 78 million cable and satellite subscribers and is the fastest growing women’s network in the U.S. MyStyle.com keeps women up-to-date on all of the latest fashion and beauty news on the web. Style’s popular series include “Tia & Tamera,” “Jerseylicious,” “Giuliana & Bill,” “Chicagolicious,” “Empire Girls: Julissa & Adrienne” and “Big Rich Texas.” Style is a network of NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/StyleNetPR.
About Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) is one of the leading suppliers of entertainment programming to the domestic television marketplace, distributing first-run syndicated series, off-network television programs and theatrical motion pictures to local broadcast television stations, as well as to pay, cable, satellite, broadcast networks and digital platforms throughout the U.S. WBDTD handles the domestic distribution of television series produced by Warner Bros. Television, Telepictures Productions, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Horizon Television; selected HBO Independent Productions and the Lorimar Television library; current feature films from Warner Bros. Pictures; and the Studio’s unmatched motion picture library.
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Saxon – The Saxon Chronicles
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There’s something to be said for perseverance and there aren’t many metal bands as prolific at this stage of their career as British stalwarts Saxon. “The Saxon Chronicles” is the third release (alright, it’s a re-release but it still counts) from the band since their last studio album, 2013’s “Sacrifice“, and is a mixed bag of goodies spanning the band’s early days with their classic line-up through to 2001 and their triumphant set at that year’s Wacken Open Air Festival.
A look at the second DVD disc in the collection is where the longtime fans will likely find the most joy as there are literally dozens of TV clips of the band throughout the 1980s – including vintage Top of the Pops footage and an interview with a very young Richard Madeley on Yorkshire TV – and into the ’90s and with singer Biff Byford being given a tour of the Big Breakfast house by Keith Chegwin. There’s nothing overly exciting here – unless you consider the sight of Cheggers in a leather Saxon tour jacket exciting – but old-school Saxon fans will lap up the NWOBHM setting of the early videos and, if anything, it does give an indication of why Saxon have remained eternally popular amongst British metal fans.
Probably the most interesting (and amusing) part of this disc is the 10-minute behind-the-scenes footage of Biff Byford trying to lip synch for the video to ‘Unleash the Beast’ and cracking up, just before bassist Nibbs Carter and guitarist Paul Quinn have to mime with their instruments on a hill top and Carter has to ‘sing’ a chorus to get his mark. It all looks so easy when you see today’s pop acts miming on TV…
As is the nature of odds-n’-sods collections “The Saxon Chronicles” is designed for the hardcore fans who simply must have every news snippet and video clip that the band have ever put out, and on that level it succeeds. But what makes this package a possible curio for the as-yet unconverted is the inclusion of the band’s 2001 Wacken Open Air set on DVD. Showcasing the band as their commercial momentum was beginning to pick up again during the declining nu metal years, this is a Saxon hungry and out for blood as they tear through a set of established classics like ‘Motorcycle Man’, ‘Wheels of Steel’ and ‘Denim and Leather’ plus more modern material like ‘Metalhead’ and ‘Cut Out the Disease’, and if anybody should need convincing of why heavy metal has such a fanatical following then this show is probably all you would need to show them. The fans-only nature of live DVD’s aside, the sight of a sweaty Biff Byford lit up by an eagle lighting rig during the audience participation part of ‘Wheels of Steel’ is all you need to see to want to be a part of this thing called metal, and if an on-fire Saxon can’t convince you then nothing will.
Rounding things out with “Rock n’ Roll Gypsies”, a live album recorded in 1989 that may not ignite like the Wacken set but is still as tight as the band’s spandex, “The Saxon Chronicles” is a must-have set for the faithful but also has a little bit of intrigue for those curious about Barnsley’s Big Teasers and why, in 2015, they remain as well-loved and vital as they ever did.
Saxon – Official Website
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Shawn Mullins in Concert
Occurs on Friday August 16 2019
Approximate running time: 2 hours
Vashon Center for the Arts
19600 Vashon Highway SW
Vashon Island WA 98070
× Friday, August 16 | 8 PM
First 3 rows at $40, $35/General, $30/Members, $25/Seniors, $20/Students
Twenty years ago, one record changed Shawn Mullins’ life. After a series of indie record releases, Shawn Mullins’ critical breakthrough came when the 1998 album, Soul’s Core shot him to fame on the strength of its Grammy-nominated No. 1 hit, “Lullaby”
“I had no idea anything like that would ever happen with that song,” he says now. “Back then I just wrote whatever I felt and I must’ve got lucky once,” he adds with a chuckle.
Now, two decades later, Mullins is revisiting the album that catapulted him from the folk circuit to the international spotlight. For Soul’s Core Revival, Mullins delivers brand-new full-band and solo acoustic versions of each of the album’s 13 tracks, breathing fresh life into songs he wrote as a young troubadour, traveling the country in a Ford minivan with his guitar and his dog Roadie.
Souls Core was followed by AAA/Americana No. 1 “Beautiful Wreck” from 2006’s 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor. His song, “Shimmer” was used in promotion of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and was included on the Dawson’s Creek soundtrack. He co-wrote “All in My Head” which was featured in episode one of the hit TV sitcom “Scrubs.” Mullins also co-wrote the Zac Brown Band’s No. 1 country tune “Toes.” In early 2002, he formed super group The Thorns with Matthew Sweet and Vashon’s own, Pete Droge.
VCA and Debra Heesch are excited to present Shawn Mullins in concert at the Kay White Hall on Friday, August 16. Shawn will be performing in the intimate 300 seat performance hall as a duo with his keyboardist, Rad.
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Posted May 7 by dubteedub
We have had some great discussions on ~movies on the semi-regular Movie Monday Free Talk Threads (latest one from yesterday here).
@NecrophiliaChocolate asked in yesterday's Movie thread if he could discuss television shows, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to set up another regular ~TV free for all thread.
So Tilderinos, have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers as you can.
gpl May 7 Link
I recently started watching Schitt’s Creek on Hulu and I have to say, I have been very pleasantly surprised. You don’t hear this show talked about too much (relatively at least) but it is really...
I recently started watching Schitt’s Creek on Hulu and I have to say, I have been very pleasantly surprised. You don’t hear this show talked about too much (relatively at least) but it is really worth a watch.
nsz May 7 Link Parent
I really like this show, definitely gets less attention then other sitcoms but the jokes are well written and acted, plus the cast has good chemistry. More of a subtle/sarcastic style than...
I really like this show, definitely gets less attention then other sitcoms but the jokes are well written and acted, plus the cast has good chemistry. More of a subtle/sarcastic style than something like Brooklyn 99.
gpl May 7 Link Parent
Yeah the attention/quality ratio is definitely way too low. It's been a nice break from my 3rd rewatch of Seinfeld.
dubteedub (OP) May 7 Link Parent
I thought the first several episodes were pretty great, but kind of lost interest by the end of Season 1 as it seemed to focus so much on relationship drama between the main characters. I am kind...
I thought the first several episodes were pretty great, but kind of lost interest by the end of Season 1 as it seemed to focus so much on relationship drama between the main characters. I am kind of over sitcoms that rely so heavily on the plot revolving around relationship triangles and such.
That being said, Eugene and Daniel Levy, Catherine O'Hara, and Emily Hampshire are great in their scenes. One of my favorite skits is where they are trying to cook enchiladas and arguing over what it means to fold cheese.
dubteedub (OP) May 7 (edited May 7 ) Link
I started watching Street Food on Netflix recently and really enjoyed it. This first season travels to several different cities across Asia (like Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam or Osaka, Japan), and...
I started watching Street Food on Netflix recently and really enjoyed it. This first season travels to several different cities across Asia (like Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam or Osaka, Japan), and showcases their local street food scene. They cover a brief history of how these food stalls developed in these cities, as well as highlight several local cuisines.
My favorite part though is that they do a deep dive on one individual vendor in each market that sort of exemplifies that city. They are usually stories of hardship in striving to go from maybe a simple charcoal grill on a street to gaining recognition and growing into major status in these markets. One vendor even has a Michelin Star for their food stall.
It is a really cool food doc and I enjoyed giving focus on some of these other chefs and entrepreneurs that are not just the highest level of dining.
Adys May 7 Link Parent
If you like that show, you may also like Travel Man, hosted by Richard Ayoade. It's short and very british, every episode is a new city.
NecrophiliaChocolate May 7 Link Parent
Oooh I plan to watch that show, thanks for the insight. I used to live in Bangkok for 18 years so street food has been a huge part of my culture growing up. I think a year or two ago Michelin...
Oooh I plan to watch that show, thanks for the insight. I used to live in Bangkok for 18 years so street food has been a huge part of my culture growing up. I think a year or two ago Michelin released an official street food guide which was a pretty big deal for some of the people here. What has been your favourite episode so far? Do you think you're gonna try cooking any of the food they showed?
NecrophiliaChocolate May 7 Link
So much good stuff on TV right now, I am having a blast. Warrior- Awesome action, interesting story, and interesting enough characters. Solid 7/10 right now. Banshee - I don't know how to feel...
So much good stuff on TV right now, I am having a blast.
Warrior- Awesome action, interesting story, and interesting enough characters. Solid 7/10 right now.
Banshee - I don't know how to feel about this show. I watched it because people online suggested this for those who like warrior. But this show goes too far for me to care about the characters. E.g. police brutality is uploaded online, but no one except for Rabbit finds it? Also why is his methods even allowed? Why is he not in prison!? Next, he knows his daughter could be a potential target for rabbit, why the heck would he stay and put her at risk? Mate, I know you spent 15 years in prison, but you aren't that dumb... 4 or 5/10
Chernobyl - Watched the first episode yesterday, really interesting. I love history and this is pretty neat. Obviously it is dramaticised, but thats ok. Weird how so many people speak with a british accent, but I can give it a pass. 8/10
Game of Thrones - New episode was great. There are plenty of flaws, but I am having a good time with the show. I think one big reason is, I was never crazy about the show, so my expectations were never that high. 6.5/10
Barry - Nothing much to say. It is easily the best show on TV right now. Great writing, acting, and directing. 10/10
Billions - Pretty interesting show, enjoying it every week. Its a nice way to pass time and the story is pretty captivating. I keep thinking who I should root for, but no one really seems worth it, except for the black girl (I forgot her name). I am happy this show is still airing. 7/10
I am really looking forward to watchmen. I can't wait for it to come out. Easily my most anticapated show of the year. But some other good shows are coming out too Dark, Mind Hunter etc.
I do want to talk about the popularity of shows. I find that I get pretty repulsed by shows depending on their communities. This has happened with so many shows. I loved Bojack Horseman, but then the subreddit was so depressing and boring that I couldn't relate to the show as much anymore. Same thing with Rick & Morty, the show was so much fun but damn do I feel like the community ruined it. GOT not as much, mainly because I never loved the show, it was always just good to me.
Edit: forgot to add, @dubteedub thank you so much for creating this thread. I really appreciate a place where I can talk about some interesting shows!!
I get you. With some exceptions (such as GOT during an active season), I just stay the fuck away from TV subreddits in general. I only read through the episode discussions, and even so only when I...
I find that I get pretty repulsed by shows depending on their communities. This has happened with so many shows. I loved Bojack Horseman, but then the subreddit was so depressing and boring that I couldn't relate to the show as much anymore. Same thing with Rick & Morty, the show was so much fun but damn do I feel like the community ruined it.
I get you. With some exceptions (such as GOT during an active season), I just stay the fuck away from TV subreddits in general. I only read through the episode discussions, and even so only when I really want to read people's opinions and discussions about an episode. I'm actually really glad about the GOT episode discussions on Tildes since the community here is much smaller.
AnthonyB May 8 Link Parent
I agree, Barry is without a doubt the best show on TV right now. It reminds me of the best episodes of Atlanta, only they're bringing it every week and have a more coherent storyline.
Eabryt May 7 Link
I'm currently in the middle of a re-watch for Doctor Who. I watched it as it aired for the end of Tennant through Season 7 but then stopped watching. Currently about to start season 7 again....
I'm currently in the middle of a re-watch for Doctor Who. I watched it as it aired for the end of Tennant through Season 7 but then stopped watching. Currently about to start season 7 again.
Forgot how much I like this show. There are some complaints obviously, but boy does it have some great moments.
I maybe watched two or three episodes of Christopher Eccleston's time as the Doctor, but it never really gained interest for me. Can you kind of sell me on the show and why it is so popular? Also,...
I maybe watched two or three episodes of Christopher Eccleston's time as the Doctor, but it never really gained interest for me.
Can you kind of sell me on the show and why it is so popular? Also, if I wanted to jump in, where would be a good point to start?
Doctor Who is one of the most unique series on TV. As a bonus, it's a British cultural icon! Here's what makes it so special: It has a very, very long history. It dates back to 1963. The 2005...
Doctor Who is one of the most unique series on TV. As a bonus, it's a British cultural icon!
Here's what makes it so special:
It has a very, very long history. It dates back to 1963. The 2005 reboot is a continuation of the old series.
The regeneration mechanic means the series can radically change every few years, without ruining itself. It keeps the show fresh, and means that if you don't like a specific doctor (or companion), you're not stuck with them forever.
The show sells itself as pretty eccentric. They mess with their own format quite a bit, try a lot of new things, and aren't afraid of "logical craziness".
It's not my favourite series by a long shot, but I do think it's good; and it has had episodes of exceptionally high quality. I think Eccleston was my favourite doctor because of how dark the show was during the reboot. Tennant, who came in one season later, is by far the fanbase's favourite and stayed three seasons, taking the show into more of the mainstream, making it more fun and emotional, adding a touch of romance, all without losing the seriousness completely. Smith (11th) took the show off the rails by making it extremely fan-servicey, poorly trying to imitate Tennant. Capaldi is a weird mix of Smith and Eccleston; I didn't particularly like him but he had tough material to work with (and the writing during the Smith/Capaldi era kinda sucked). Whittaker I haven't seen yet due to two bad doctors in a row kind of making me lose my enthusiasm, but I hear she's fantastic and I'm looking forward to seeing her play the doctor.
I do sometimes give up on series when they go bad, even if I feel bad about it (Examples: The Walking Dead, The Big Bang Theory, The Leftovers, Bones). But Doctor Who could have several bad runs in a row, I would feel very comfortable picking up a new season with a new Doctor (although I may give up on one specific doctor if it gets really bad).
Every single regeneration doesn't just change the Doctor's actor. It changes his (or her) personality, the companions, sometimes the writers and even the TARDIS. It's a really hard thing to process the first time around, especially if you're attached to any of them (and you do get attached!) but I think it's what actually makes me appreciate the series even more. Philosophically, it even digs into this idea that the Doctor is this immortal being by sort of putting you in his shoes; he has to watch the people he gets attached to die, and the world around him constantly change.
IMO you can kind of start the series at the beginning of any Doctor's run. If you didn't like Eccleston, maybe start with Tennant's run.
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I've entered the final straight on my rewatch of one of my favourite shows Carnivàle. Despite being one of the unholy trinity of HBO cancellations (along with Rome and Deadwood) we did get the...
I've entered the final straight on my rewatch of one of my favourite shows Carnivàle.
Despite being one of the unholy trinity of HBO cancellations (along with Rome and Deadwood) we did get the satisfyingly complete opening act of a planned 6 season story. Although I'm desperately sad and frustrated the other two acts were never made, the 2 seasons we do have are a vivid and enthralling journey which is a joy to watch. Full of intrigue, mystery and metaphysical magic, though never overdone, with an overarching story of the eternal conflict and interplay between darkness and light, good and evil.
I'm not a fan of the supernatural but the background material had been worked on and refined over many years resulting in a 60+ page pitch document outlining the characters and lore governing the show which is slowly and tantalisingly revealed. The characters are well crafted and deftly portrayed with a wide range of unusual chapters - both positive and negative. It's an uncomfortable, bumpy road trip with emotionally charged and bizarre side roads shining a light on the good and bad parts of humanity with plenty of twists.
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Ohhh, I love TV shows :) First, a meta recommendation: Followshows is a great and free (the android app has an ad-free version) website to keep track of what airs when and when it returns. (I...
Ohhh, I love TV shows :)
First, a meta recommendation: Followshows is a great and free (the android app has an ad-free version) website to keep track of what airs when and when it returns. (I swear, this is not paid advertisement :D)
Currently airing shows:
Killing Eve. A female serial killer, a female agent. And they love each other without ever having met or even talked. That's the premise, everything else develops. Currently in season 2. As a dark comedy/drama/thriller/romance it's not the type of show I normally watch, but my wife made me try it and I loved it :) 3/3
GoT: Eh. Everyone knows it. It's a shame that they lost the source material that they desperately needed. 2/3
Line of Duty: Haven't watched the new season 5 yet as we waited for it to be done, so 2x3 episode binge watch coming up. A British police procedural that mainly follows the Anti Corruption Unit AC-12. It's very fast-paced (for a British show, not for a US show) and besides the lawyers never doing anything besides sitting down next to their client and writing, things are logical. 3/3
Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: YA super-hero coming of age adventure. It's not bad. 2/3
The 100. I'm 2 seasons behind this one as I couldn't find the time to watch it. It starts very weak in S1, typical teenie drama bullshit. But it finds its own way during S1 and is great for a few seasons. Things became murkier later, hence I stopped when I needed to cut something. 2/3
Recently ended:
Supernatural: Well. What can I say? My guilty pleasure. I have been watching it since it came out and I love the interaction between Sam and Dean. It's a shame the next season is the last. 3/3
American Gods: Another famous one. I liked the first season better, but it is still great. I hope they do Anansi Boys eventually. The Gods of the world's religion in their American representation fighting a war. The original book was written by Neil Gaiman, though it's been so long since I read it, I'm not sure how close to the source they are. 3/3
The Magicians: Another book adaptation, one of the rare ones where I haven't read the books. The show is great though. Starting out great, only became better over time. The long and short of it is that it's Harry Potter for people out of their teens. A grittier story about people going to a magic school while trying to subvert common tropes. 3/3
Starting soon:
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: If you've seen the movies, you know Phil Coulson. He's the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., a secret spy organization. The show plays in the MCU and is the reason why I always have to watch those Marvel movies (I don't like movies as a medium and when I do watch them, I require more than one-liners, CGI, explosions, and colorful pictures). A very rocky start and I nearly stopped watching during S1, but it only took half a season to become amazing. One of my favorite shows. 3/3
Elementary. Sherlock Holmes, in the US. Unlike UK's Sherlock, this is a procedural (which I normally don't like). Also unlike UK's Sherlock, the writers actually wrote stories instead of having flashy effects and the main character doesn't just solve everything deus ex machina. This will be a shortened, final season. 3/3
Okay, I'm stopping here. DARK, Legion, Stranger Things and Preacher are all more than a month till they come back and don't even get me started on stuff that came out long ago and we watched on Netflix. But I think this post is already long enough :D
Oh shit I forgot Supernatural ended. Maybe it's time for me to finish it off.. I think I stopped around season 8 or 9. Also should catch up on Elementary. BTW I recommend TVMaze. It's like...
Oh shit I forgot Supernatural ended. Maybe it's time for me to finish it off.. I think I stopped around season 8 or 9. Also should catch up on Elementary.
BTW I recommend TVMaze. It's like followshows but it has more features. I really like being able to track what I've watched. Here's my public profile:
https://www.tvmaze.com/users/13171/jleclanche/followed
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Supernatural Season ended. The show has another final season coming :) (From what I've read The CW essentially said: "It works, it's cheap, people watch it. As long as you wanna keep going we keep...
Supernatural Season ended. The show has another final season coming :) (From what I've read The CW essentially said: "It works, it's cheap, people watch it. As long as you wanna keep going we keep paying." So presumably it was Sam and Dean who decided on ending it).
Re: TvMaze what features? I don't want to create an account to have a look :D First logged out impression: More styled but also busier; I like the calendar view less.
doug3465 May 7 Link
Is Billions worth catching up on? I'm about 2 seasons behind.
elcuello May 8 Link Parent
I think it is. It's getting close to being a little ridiculous but not there yet. The great actors still keeps the show at a decent quality.
user2 May 7 Link
The last few episodes of One Punch Man have been pretty crappy. The less tv time Saitama has, the crappier the episode is..
Canberry May 7 Link
I'm excited for the new Clone Wars season to come out. I've been watching the unfinished episodes on YouTube to refresh myself of where the plot of the show left off. I'n not looking forward to...
I'm excited for the new Clone Wars season to come out. I've been watching the unfinished episodes on YouTube to refresh myself of where the plot of the show left off. I'n not looking forward to Disney's streaming service though : (
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I'm watching: For the People, which is an enjoyable court room drama. I think I enjoy it because the characters are well rounded and there's good chemistry between them :...
I'm watching:
For the People, which is an enjoyable court room drama. I think I enjoy it because the characters are well rounded and there's good chemistry between them : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6437276/
I'm rewatching Detectorists, which is a sweet, gentle, but very funny sitcom from UK. One thing it nails is male relationships and male bonding. This is the one show I really want other people to watch. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/
I'm also rewatching Fleabag because fuck me it's great. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5687612/
EDIT: also, I'm watching BBC's Ghosts. It's a sitcom. I think it's funny. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00049t9
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Isador debuts hypnotic new single “Jungle”
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Isador has returned with the release of their new single “Jungle.” Listen here
“I wrote ‘Jungle’ when I was living with my parents in New Jersey,” explains Heller. “I had just been signed to a record deal and was traveling to New York for meetings. It was an intense inflection point in my life. I was trying to figure out how to transition between these two worlds; realizing that I was leaving the comfort and safety of the house I grew up in for a city and industry that could never live up to the dreams I had for them.
“‘Jungle’ is me realizing it was time to move forward regardless,” he says.
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Rumor roundup: What will Apple announce at WWDC 2011?
Devindra Hardawar June 5, 2011 11:34 PM
Apple is gearing up to kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference Monday morning, so it’s no surprise that the Apple rumor mill has been in full effect this weekend. We already know that Apple will discuss iOS 5, Max OS X Lion, and iCloud at WWDC, but the specifics have so far eluded the tech community.
So far, we have what may be an early glimpse at the new notifications system in iOS 5, as well as word that Apple’s Time Capsule may get a major upgrade to work with iCloud.
The purported iOS 5 notification screenshot (right) comes from TechCrunch’s MG Siegler, who’s definitely hedging his bets on the image’s accuracy. It features a Twitter notification showing up on the top of the iPhone’s screen, instead of in a garish message in the middle of the screen. Siegler notes that this particular design would already fit in well with the current iOS workflow that puts tethering and mid-call notifications at the top of the screen. His sources say the image has the “right idea.”
Last week, we reported that Apple has hired a jailbreak app developer who developed a replacement notification system for iOS, and last year Apple poached WebOS developer Rich Dellinger, who spearheaded that platform’s gorgeous notification system. At this point, it’s a given that Apple has been working on revamping its iOS notifications for some time, so you can be sure that something new will be shown off tomorrow.
Apple may also announce extensive integration between its Time Machine backups and iCloud, CultofMac’s Leander Kahney reports. An Apple source tells him that the company has developed a way to access files from its Time Capsule router and backup device (which is set up on a home network) through iCloud — potentially allowing users to access their files anywhere on iOS and Mac OS X devices (and presumably any computer with a web browser).
Time Capsule will then be positioned as a network attached storage device (NAS) instead of just a simple way to backup files. Kahney says that a new version of Time Capsule, potentially powered with iOS and running Apple’s A4 or A5 chips, could be announced tomorrow as well.
Kahney writes: “This service will also allow you to upload photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Time Capsule. The media will be stored on the device and be made available for other devices to sync. iCloud is the “conduit” through which everything moves, the source said.”
Meanwhile, John Gruber over at Daring Fireball adds a bit of clarity to the relationship between iCloud and Apple’s not-quite-secret cloud music streaming service (which is rumored to cost $25 a year). “Music storage is a feature of iCloud; iCloud is not a music service,” Gruber writes. He later notes, based on “fourth-hand information”, that we should think of iCloud as a replacement to iTunes, instead of just a replacement to Apple’s MobileMe service.
Specifically, Gruber says that iCloud could erase the need to sync your iOS device with iTunes on your computer for media, apps, contacts, calendars, files and more. That certainly would cover some of MobileMe’s territory, and Apple could potentially just give up on MobileMe altogether.
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Tech billionaires award $25 million in Breakthrough prizes to top scientists
Robert Hackett, Fortune December 5, 2016 4:52 AM
A constellation of tech billionaires, A-list celebrities, and preeminent scientists convened at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley for an Oscars-style ceremony celebrating the biggest achievements in science on Sunday evening.
In its fifth year, the Breakthrough Prizes in life sciences, fundamental physics, and mathematics granted $3 million a piece to top researchers, more than any other science awards. A committee of past recipients bestowed a total of 15 prizes, including six $100,000 New Horizons Prizes for early career accomplishments as well as a $250,000 Breakthrough Junior Prize for a teenager who has created a compelling video explaining scientific concepts, for a sum of $25 million. The prizes first began when Yuri Milner, the Russian billionaire and investor, and his wife Julia said they would annually reward theoretical physicists for outstanding scientific achievements, starting in 2012. Since then, the number of disciplines has expanded as more patrons have joined the cause, such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, Google’s Sergey Brin, biotech firm 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki, and Alibaba’s Jack Ma and his wife Cathy Zhang.
On a call with Fortune, Milner, who studied physics before making his fortune on various high-profile Internet ventures, said it’s a shame that scientists generally receive less recognition from the public than movie stars, musicians, and other celebrities. “This is out of balance quite a bit compared to the influence that fundamental science has on our lives,” he said.
The former CEO of Mail.ru, Russia’s biggest internet company, pointed to the recent discovery of gravity waves as one achievement that had particular resonance for him. The Breakthrough Prize committee awarded three leaders and a thousand team members of the LIGO project earlier this year, outside the typical selection cycle, for their success in validating Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, or as Milner described it, “one of the cornerstones of our understanding of the universe.”
“We’re trying to bring public attention to what these amazing people are doing,” Milner said. (Milner also sponsors a couple of other philanthropic science initiatives such as Breakthrough Listen, a $100 million expansion of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence [SETI] project, and Breakthrough Starshot, a $100 million plan to send probes to a nearby solar system.)
Huda Zoghbi, a Baylor College professor who studies neurological diseases and who was one of the evening’s honorees, said she felt overwhelmed with disbelief, honor, and joy on receiving the news. “It just keeps you spinning,” she said on a call with Fortune a couple of days before the gala.
Zoghbi stressed the importance of funding basic science research. She emphasized the need for scientists to take risks if they wish to make groundbreaking discoveries.
“There’s no substitute for doing basic research to understand the fundamentals of disease,” Zoghbi said. “There’s no fast-tracking it.”
Also in attendance at the affair were celebrities such as Morgan Freeman, who was set to emcee, Alicia Keys, who was scheduled to perform, and Jeremy Irons, who was expected to present an award, among others.
Below is a list of this year’s Breakthrough Prize winners. (You can read more about them on the Breakthrough Prize website.)
Life Sciences (5 prizes)
Stephen Elledge, an American geneticist at Harvard Medical School, for providing insights into the life and death of cells as well as the development and treatment of cancer.
Harry Noller, an American biochemist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for revealing the structure of ribosomes, which are the protein factories inside cells.
Roeland Nusse, a Dutch biologist at Stanford University, for studying intercellular signaling systems involved in development, cancer, and stem cell biology.
Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, for studying how cells recycle their damaged parts.
Huda Zoghbi, a Lebanese medical researcher at Baylor College, for discovering the genetic causes of certain niche neurological diseases.
Fundamental Physics (1 shared prize)
Joseph Polchinski, an American theoretical physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for advances in quantum field theory, string theory, and quantum gravity.
Andrew Strominger, an American theoretical physicist at Harvard University, for advances in quantum field theory, string theory, and quantum gravity.
Cumrun Vafa, an Iranian-American string theorist at Harvard University, for advances in quantum field theory, string theory, and quantum gravity.
Special Fundamental Physics (1 shared prize)
Ronald Drever, a Scottish-American experimental physicist at Caltech, for co-leading the LIGO project, which observed gravitational waves.
Kip Thorne, an American theoretical physicist at Caltech, for co-leading the LIGO project, which observed gravitational waves.
Rainer Weiss, an American physicist at MIT, for co-leading the LIGO project, which observed gravitational waves.
Mathematics (1 prize)
Jean Bourgain, a Belgian mathematician at the Institute of Advanced Study, for contributions to the fields of high-dimensional geometry, partial differential equations, number theory, and other specialized areas of mathematics.
This story originally appeared on Fortune.com. Copyright 2016
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Harding Black
San Antonio (1912 - 2004)
1972 Oriental Red and Blue Titanium Vase
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Harding Black San Antonio (1912 - 2004)
Harding Black was born on a farm in Nueces County between Ingleside and Aransas Pass and moved with his family to San Antonio in 1916. There he graduated from Brackenridge High School and attended San Antonio Junior College (1929-30). In 1931 Black joined an archaeological expedition to the Big Bend area sponsored by the Witte Memorial Museum. Initially a painter, he was taught by Rudolph Staffel in 1933 to make wheel- thrown pottery and in the same year began to teach children's ceramic classes at the Witte.
Between 1937 and 1939, Black directed ceramic installation in a San Antonio reconstruction project sponsored by the National Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration art program. In 1955 he retired from teaching and devoted his time to ceramics. Black became a well-known ceramist from his research, innovations, and writings in the field.
Exhibitions: San Antonio Local Artists Annual Exhibition (1939-42, 1945, 1947); Texas General Exhibition (1940 award, 1942, 1948 honorable mention); National Ceramic Annual Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Art (1947-54); River Art Group, San Antonio (1948-49); National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington D.C. (1951, 1956); Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (1952 one-man); Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University (1991 one-man); San Antonio Museum of Art (1995 retrospective); National Museum of Art, Washington, D.C. (1995); University of Texas at Dallas, Irving (1998 retrospective). Collections: Dallas Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; San Antonio Museum of Art; Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco; National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.; New Orleans Museum of Art; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, new York; Alfred University (New York).
Harding Black resided in San Antonio Texas where he worked as a potter for over 60 years and far as anyone knows he was completely self taught. I find it amazing that anyone could ever accomplish what he did with with no formal training in either ceramics or chemistry. It was a long and prolific journey from the early hand built earthenware pottery to become recognized as a master of glazes. While I feel that his forms often could be better this is more than compensated for by the spectacular glazes he developed. Constant experimentation and his acquired knowledge of chemistry were the foundations for the wonderful glazes that adorn his pottery.
The following quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a master of glazes and one of the most generous human beings in the ceramic field that I've known. He had literally a room full of beautifully organized test tiles of all his glazes, and he would just throw the room open to anybody who wanted to rummage through his tiles. All the recipes were there and he shared them with anyone who was interested. It was wonderful to go and visit him. Although accurate records of all test firings were kept for reference it I have been told that it would be difficult to reproduce many of these glazes because of the kiln he built and clays he used. This may not be the case because in a recent phone conversation (4/11/2007) with Peter Pinnell he told me that some of his students had success replicating some glazes using Harding's formulas By concentrating on the bowl and vessel forms Harding remained true to the historical traditions of pottery making.
The magnificent Harding Black journey began in 1932. At that time he joined the Witte Museum Archaeological Society which provided him with access to their collections of Native American pottery. Harding became fascinated by these pollychromed vessels and he began attempting to create hand built pots. He had very little or no success but a life long of working in clay had begun. It was about this time that he met up with Rudolf Staffel and it was from him that Harding learned wheel throwing and developed ideas of how to operate a studio. Harding was given access to working space at the Witte where he built a wheel and in 1933 he was given a position as ceramic instructor. In this position it was his responsibility to establish a ceramics department. The first kiln Harding built was using plans that were obtained from Newcomb College. He scrounged parts from a junkyard which were used in its construction. This project was not totally successful because of problems reaching required temperatures. As usual this did not deter Harding. He seemed to have a wonderful ability to learn from failure and move on.
In the early 1940's Harding began working with formulas for copper red glazes prepared by Arthur Baggs and Edgar Littlefield. This work only added to his interest in Oriental pottery and fostered a desire to rework many old glazes. Being greatly influenced by A Potters Book published in 1940 by Bernard Leach Harding was now on his way seeking to incorporate form, function and surface treatment into a single entity where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
In the 1950's Harding left the Witte and built his own studio where he spent the rest of his life creating his wonderful art. The body of his work is a living tribute to the Harding Black lifelong love of ceramics. Along with being a researcher he was also a teacher always willing to share his knowledge with others. He spent his life producing pots and occasionally taking time off to do a bit if fishing. According to Harding Black - Harding Black 11/14/90 "I am one of the lucky ones. When I get up in the morning I can hardly wait to get to work." 1912 Born April 15 near Aransas Pass, Texas 1916 Family moved to San Antonio 1929 Graduated from Breckenridge High School 1929-30 Attended San Antonio Junior College 1931 Joined Archaeological Society of the Witte Museum, San Antonio, and participated in excavations of ancient Basket maker Indian mounds and caves in the Big Bend area of Texas 1933 Taught by Rudolf Staffel to make wheel-thrown pottery. Set tip studio in a streetcar behind Witte Museum and began teaching children’s ceramic classes 1937-39 Appointed Superintendent of Ceramic Installation for N Y A /W P A reconstruction project in San Antonio 1943 Moved from streetcar studio to new facilities in the reconstructed Ruiz House on the grounds of the Witte Museum Began firing to stoneware temperatures 1947-54 Exhibited each year in the annual National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Art 1951 Exhibited at the National Museum of Art, Washington, DC 1952 Toured ceramic centers throughout the United States 1953 “Opening the Door to Copper-Reds” by Harding Black, published in January issue of Ceramics Monthly “Harding Black Profile” published in February issue of Ceramics Monthly 1954 “Iron Spotted Glazes” by Harding Black, published in February issue of Ceramics Monthly 1955 Built present studio at 8212 Broadway, San Antonio Retired from teaching at the Witte Museum 1956 Exhibited at the National Museum of Art, Washington, DC 1961 “Lava Glazes” by Harding Black, published in October issue of Ceramics Monthly 1964 “Harding Black Texas Potter” by Jean R Lange, published in November issue of Ceramics Monthly 1971 The Meyer Family Master Potters of Texas, co-authored by Harding Black and Georgeanna H Greet 1980 Harding Black’s biographical information entered into the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D C 1983 Harding Black traveled throughout China 1984 Awarded Glaze Research Grant by Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio 1985 Solo exhibition at the Southwest Crafts Center 1987 Selected as Artist of the Year by the San Antonio Art League 1988 Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, establishes Harding Black Fund to aid ceramics students 1990 “Harding Black Pottery Pioneer” by Thomas Turnquist published in the Journal of the American Art Pottery Association (Volume V, No 5) 1991 Elected Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Artists (NCECA) Retrospective Exhibition presented in the Martin Museum of Art. HARDING BLACK BIBLIOGRAPHY “Lava Glazes,” Ceramics Monthly. October, 1961 “Opening the Door to Copper-Red Glazes,” Ceramics Monthly, January, 1953 “Iron Spotted Glasses,” Ceramics Monthly, February, 1954 “Harding Black Profile,” Ceramics Monthly, February, 1953 Lange, J , “Harding Black Texas Potter,” Ceramics Monthly, November, 1964 Greer, G. and H. Black, The Meyer Family Master Potters of Texas, Trinity University Press. 1971 Juvan-Savoy, C , “Molding His life’s Work,” Sunday Express News, San Antonio, January 23, 1983 Young, M ,“Feats of Clay,” San Antonio Monthly, March, 1986 Black, H , “In Search of the Basket makers,” San Antonio Monthly, March, 1987 Turner. T “Harding Black Toward a Future Understanding,” Artist of the Year Exhibition, 1987, San Antonio Art League, Turnquist, T , “Harding Black Pioneer Potter,” Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, September-October, 1990.
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Comprehensive Principles of Decision-Making in Saudi Arabia
Samuel Hyravý[1], Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts
The purpose of this study is to examine the process whereby countries that seem to be predominantly affected by their ideology overcome their narrative and become willing to negotiate with their enemies. The case study featured involves Saudi Arabia and its willingness to co-operate with its ideological enemy, Iran. The hypothesis of this article is that existential threat and a potential increase of power lead to co-operation even among enemies. Saudi Arabia is threatened by volatile oil prices, domination of one sector and increasing state expenditure; Iran's increase of power threatens the position of Saudi Arabia in the region, while low oil prices are also threatening it internally. Saudi Arabia introduced economic reform that could significantly increase its powers; however, large governmental investment is required. In order to increase its income Saudi Arabia is willing to co-operate with Iran, which will result in a short-term power increase for Iran; however, this co-operation will result in a long-term increase in power for Saudi Arabia. This article concludes that the hypothesis was proven and countries are willing co-operate when their power position is being threatened.
Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Iran, oil, ideology, power, international co-operation.
What drives countries to overcome their disputes and co-operate with their enemies? Is such co-operation among enemies even possible? To explain this phenomenon, this article will examine a case study from the Middle East. The Middle East is a region marked with brutal wars and numerous foreign interventions; a place where three major religions emerged and clashed. Out of blood and sand, great nations emerged, and these nations compete for dominance over the region. Ideology is everywhere, and some of the countries have the role of religion written into their constitutions. The present case study examines Saudi Arabia and its position towards Iran; two countries that are currently geopolitical enemies. Each uses hostile rhetoric against the other, such as 'serpent's head', members of 'Axis of Evil', 'sponsors of terrorism', 'mad mullahs', and so on (Beeman, 2005: 69)
Iran and Saudi Arabia are sworn enemies fighting their ideological proxy wars in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. However, we have seen signs of co-operation previously among these two enemies. Under what conditions are these two players willing to co-operate? The main scope of this research is to provide an explanation of the seemingly irrational behaviour of the state. The main theoretical framework used is realism, notably Hans Morgenthau and his work Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace (1948) and in following additions his six principles of realism. Realism in international relations stresses the omnipresent possibility of war. The nature of the states, their selfishness, their competitiveness, and lack of institution that would maintain world order and peace results in this aggressive environment.
For realists, the international arena is anarchy where each state is pursuing its own interests. For Morgenthau, each state is pursuing interests in terms of power. States are not primarily concerned with morality, religion, ideology or identity. They are mainly driven by their own national interests of pursuing power and survival. Realists view nations as selfish competing players in a game without a referee. States are engaging in wars to eliminate their rivals, just as they are forming alliances to fight their common enemies. States, for realists, are always anticipating conflict. In his six principles Hans Morgenthau argues that politics is also governed by laws rooted in human nature. Despite the fact that realism is preoccupied with interest defined in terms of power, he claims that realists also acknowledges different associations with power with regard to changes in time and circumstances. Morgenthau also points out the realist's awareness of moral significance for the state and decision itself. However, successful political actions remain the central priority.
In his fifth article, Morgenthau articulates that realists refuse to identify the moral values of one nation as universal, superior values governing the universe. Ironically, fighting in the name of morality and higher values is often used as a framework of mobilisation for conflict (Morgenthau, 1978). He argues that countries' decision-making is driven by interest defined in terms of power. Morgenthau emphasises the rationality in the international relations. He argues that rational foreign policy is essentially a good foreign policy, because the outcome of foreign policy is the rational calculation of the costs and gains of each decision. This rationality focuses on minimising costs and maximising benefits. Therefore for realists, prudence, the ability to successfully make a decision, is the most important trait of a leader.
Realists also argue that states are not primarily concerned with ethical, ideological, religious interests; rather they use them as political tools in order to maximise their power. Just like states are focusing on increasing power and their survival, so are leaders of the countries pursuing the same goal inside the country. In this case, the al-Saud clan is focusing on their survival and maintaining power inside Saudi Arabia. This article argues that it is rationality of the careful calculations that led to the shift in approach that might seem irrational to some observers.
Realist approaches argue against Hinnebusch's (2003) analysis of the region, where he argues that it is also pan-Arabism and the identity of belonging to an Arab nationality that drives countries to fight or co-operate. However, since the Gulf War, it is evident that this connection between Arabs and Persians is not particularly significant. The same logic can be applied to the sectarian question. One might argue that it is the ideology of the particular branch of Islam that drives countries in their decision-making. Islam is of course significant for Saudi Arabia and Iran, but how decisive is this factor? This article argues that it is used only for political reasons as a tool how to increase power.
Barnett (1998) describes the birth of Iran and Saudi Arabia. He argues that Islam played a significant role in the development of both countries and of the Middle East region in general. Early origins of their sectarian conflict emerged in the seventh century when the polarisation of the whole region into Sunni and Shia Islam began. It was under the Safaris, a militant Shiite group, when Shiism became the state religion in Iran. But the majority of Iranians were still Sunni; this all changed with the rule of Ismail around the year 1500 when he began the brutal campaign to convert Sunnis to Shiism. Barnett identifies three significances of Islam for the leaders in the region: moral order, social organisation, and political mobilisation. Wehrey (2009) argues that clearer connection between the countries of the Middle East happened after the fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
Both Iran and Saudi Arabia represent two major sectarian groups. Shia and Sunni support different sides in the whole region. Proxy wars between the two groups in Syria and Yemen resulted in an antagonistic relationship between two states, at least on the rhetorical level. Wehrey (2009) claims that Saudi Arabia's support of Wahhabism was primarily used as a tool to gain dominance in the region. But ideological conflicts can be overcome, as Wehrey (2009), and Fürtig (2002) argue. Wehrey gives us an example of Lebanon, where both sides co-operated to alleviate the situation in the country. Or during Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait where both sides agreed that they needed to oppose such violation of regional balance (Fürtig, 2002). Beydoun and Zahawi (2016) argue that Islam became the primary strategy for Iran and the Sunni Gulf states to increase their regional power. They also classify this as the main reason why the whole region became polarised. This fits with the realist approach that perceives the struggle for power and survival as the primary goal of states.
The recent significant shift in the balance of power happened when the nuclear deal between Iran and the United Nations Security Council's five permanent members (China, France, the Russian Federation, the UK and the USA) was signed. Beydoun and Zahawi (2016) consider this deal as significant in the normalisation of relations with the Gulf States and Iran. They highlight the fact that commerce and economic benefits are the main driving force of this normalisation. Hussain and Abdullah (2015) in their work analyse outcomes of the Iranian isolation that lasted for years and consequences of nuclear deal on Iran. For them, the whole deal strengthened the position of Iran in the region and its power to negotiate with others. Despite the opposition to the deal from the entire Gulf block, but mainly Saudi Arabia, Hussain and Abdullah (2015) expect increasing co-operation between the two states. They agree with Beydoun and Zahawi that co-operation bewteen Saudi Arabia and Iran is expected due to the possible economic gains for both of them. Iran, as a major economy, re-entered the market and is aiming to boost its oil production.
Sudden co-operation
On 30 November 2016, Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members met in Vienna, Austria for their 171st meeting. The members agreed to adjust oil production once again to increase crude oil prices. OPEC abandoned production quotas and price targets in November 2014 (World Bank Group, 2017a: 14). Two months of intense negotiations preceded the agreement. The agreement was based on recommendations of the High-Level Committee that was set up after the extraordinary 170th meeting in Algiers. As a result, producers agreed to cut 1.2 million of barrels per day (mb/d) from October 2017 oil output, targeting 31.9 mb/d. Saudi Arabia agreed to reduce its production by 0.49 mb/d while agreeing to allow the Islamic Republic of Iran to increase its production by 0.09 mb/d. To maintain production at the agreed levels, OPEC members also agreed to establish a High-Level Monitoring Committee responsible for monitoring production levels in each country ('OPEC 171st meeting concludes', 2016). This agreement came into effect on 1 January 2017. OPEC members also met with non-OPEC oil producers to mutually agree on the cuts; these producers agreed to also reduce their production and establish a high-level monitoring committee with the same purpose. This agreement reduced oil production due to cuts from the 151st Extraordinary OPEC meeting in Oran, Algeria in 2008. Iraq participated in the cuts for the first time since 1998. For the first time, non-OPEC countries are involved in the production adjustments ('Oil Price Volatility', 2016).
The fact that Saudi Arabia was willing to cut its production, while Iran was allowed increase its own, goes against the previous strategy of the monarchy. Reducing its own potential economic gains and agreeing to increase Iran's would be hard to imagine several years earlier. Even a few months before OPEC reached agreement the Saudi oil minister intervened and refused to agree to a similar proposal. So why would Saudi Arabia, so vocal about the 'Iranian threat', suddenly agree to co-operate with Iran? This article argues that it is a result of the calculation of the potential risks and benefits. The global situation is radically changing, both politically and technologically. The power of Saudi Arabia is being threatened both internally and externally. While threats and state expenditure are increasing, income is decreasing. All of these factors contributed to the recent political shift. However, it is the power position of a country impacted by external economic pressures, the vulnerable national economy due to the domination of one sector, and the changing power relations that led to the shift in position.
Iranian nuclear deal
On 14 July 2015 the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany reached an agreement with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) also known as the Iranian nuclear deal. This deal significantly increases the time necessary for Iran to develop nuclear weapon also known as the 'breakout time'. In exchange, the international sanctions imposed on Iran were lifted. The main concern of the Gulf countries, regarding the nuclear deal, is Iranian use of the new capital. The Gulf countries are less concerned about the Iranian nuclear programme and more with its geopolitical plans, particularly in light of the recent increase of the Iranian influence over the region (Ibish, 2015).
As a result of the deal, an economy of Iran will significantly improve. The immediate result of the sanction was the release of frozen assets, up to $107bn. The World Bank estimated that sanctions reduced Iranian exports by $17.1bn between 2012 and 2014 (Devarajan and Mottaghi, 2015). Exports are expected to increase rapidly. Up to $50bn of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) are projected to pour into the Iranian economy following the deal (Motevalli, 2016). Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran, conducted a series of official state visits across Europe, where he signed contracts on behalf of Iran. Iran reached a deal with the French PSA Peugeot Citroën worth €300m and Italian steelmaker Danieli worth up to $6.2bn. Besides these deals Iranian and Italian companies also signed deals worth $18.36bn (Meichtry and Wall, 2016). The need for modernisation in the aviation sector resulted in agreements with Boeing for 80 aircraft worth $16bn and with Airbus for over 100 A330 models (Motevalli and Kamel, 2016). Iran also re-entered the oil market. Significant investments are expected in this sector since Iran decreased its production because of the sanctions. The oil sector is expected to rise since a majority of the oil reservoirs are unused. Economic sanctions were first imposed by the United States in 1979. However, Iran managed to keep growing and diversifying its economy despite the sanctions. The Iranian economy is one of the most advanced and diverse economies in the region with 70% of its revenues coming outside of the oil sector (Young, 2015; Beydoun and Zahawi, 2016). This makes Iran less dependent on the oil price and less vulnerable to its volatility, potentially allowing Iran to use oil as the strategic tool once again. US President Donald Trump, during his campaign, repeatedly criticised the Obama administration for the Iran nuclear deal. However, a repeal of the deal is very unlikely, and even if the US decides to re-impose sanctions under the Trump administration, the European Union will not.
Summary of the economy of Saudi Arabia
Revenues from the oil are a crucial part of the Saudi state budget, and therefore survival of the country depends on oil, at least for now. Revenues from exports reached $205.3bn in 2016, and petroleum and petroleum related products represent 90% of this income (CIA, 2017). Saudi Arabia is a country with the second largest proven oil reserves; at least 260 billion barrels. This would last for the next 68 years at current production levels (CIA, 2017). Most of these reserves were discovered in the eastern, predominantly Shia, province of Saudi Arabia. However, Saudi Arabia aims to increase its production and continues to search for new reserves of crude oil. This requires significant investment in the oil sector. The Saudi oil ministry estimates that the government will need to invest $70bn to meet its goal of producing 20 to 30 m/bpd in 2025 (Al-Naimi, 2006). The price of oil fell by 80% between June 2014 and February 2016 according to the World Oil Outlook (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016) Existential dependence on oil prices due to the lack of alternative income for the country, in combination with low oil prices, resulted in a record state deficit. In 2015, Saudi Arabia hit a record state deficit of $98bn (Freedom in the World, 2016).
Another important feature of the Saudi Arabian economy is the royal family itself. In 2005, there were around 3200 royal members in King Abd al-Aziz's immediate family. The annual average cost to sustain each of the members was $1m. However, when counting also the king's half-brothers, all the cousins and families into which the Al-Saudi clan married, the number of the royal family members dramatically increases. Under this calculation, there are approximately 30,000 members of the royal family. The cost of sustaining them could add up as much as $10 billion a year (Raphaeli, 2003). Another problem of the economy is youth unemployment, and currently, it presents one of the biggest challenges for the country. As much as 45.41% of the population are under 24 years old (CIA, 2017). Another major problem for the Saudi economy is foreign workers: in 2008 there were approximately 8 million foreign workers without citizenship compared with 24.7m citizens of Saudi Arabia (Varia, 2008: 15). The Kafala, or the sponsorship system where foreign workers are required to have a Saudi sponsor to enter the kingdom, results in low mobility across occupations since employees are bonded with the employer. This sometimes creates conditions that are almost like slavery (Varia, 2008: 3).
All of this results in the the private sector contributing little to the economy. The majority of the business are controlled by the royal family, and Freedom House ranked Saudi Arabia in 94th position ('Freedom in the World', 2016) in the ranking of how easy it is to do business in the country. On a scale from 1, representing the best environment for the start of new business, to 190, Saudi Arabia compared with its regional partners is ranked 8th out of 20 out of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (World Bank Group, 2016a). The regime for decades subsidised its citizens in exchange for obedience. All of these features of the Saudi Arabian economy also contributed to the fact that only 10% of the state budget comes from the oil sector.
Existential dependence on oil revenues and the location of the majority of the oil wells in the East Shia province led to increased budget spending on the security. However, it is not only the importance of oil, oil locations and volatile oil prices that threaten Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is also using the Strait of Hormuz as a means of transporting the oil. 17 million oil barrels are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz each day. It provides the only sea passage from Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf, and 30% of the world trade in oil is shipped through it. It is the most important oil trading route in the world (EIA, 2014), and the main trading route to the Asian markets. Saudi Arabia's main export partners are China (13.2%), Japan (10.9%), the United States (9.6%), India (9.8%) and South Korea (8.5%) (CIA, 2017). In total, up to 68% of Saudi Arabia's export goes to Asia. The Strait of Hormuz is the potential weakness of Saudi Arabia, and potential blockade can further decrease oil revenues. Iran repeatedly threatened to 'close the Strait'.
Changes in oil prices
The role of supply and demand is one of the most important factors affecting crude oil prices. The provision and demand of oil are being impacted by both market and non-market conditions. Oil is also frequently used as speculation tool in the stock market, adding to the volatility of oil prices (Mottaghi, 2016: 3). Countries also tend to use oil as a strategic tool, significantly affecting its price and adding to the volatility. Another element is the inelasticity of supply and demand in the short term. It takes time to adjust production and in the case of consumption new technologies or sources are required to replace the oil as a source of energy.
As mentioned before, oil prices fell by 80% from June 2014 to January 2016 (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016: 1). In June 2014 the price of a barrel of oil was around $100; this fell to $22.40 in January 2016. This means that the daily decrease in income to the state budget, based on production form the January and compared with the prices from January and June, was $814,800,000. Oil prices were even higher when they peaked at $140 in June 2008. Economic think tanks, OPEC itself, the World Bank and others analyse the current situation and forecast oil prices and the demand and supply numbers to be expected in years to come. The problem is that markets can change rapidly, particularly due to international events such as war or major terrorist attack. The growth of major economies such as those of China, the US and Germany also significantly affects demand, as do environmental policies and technological advances in transportation and industry.
The World Bank Global Economic Prospects report (2017) dropped the forecasted gross domestic product (GDP) growth of Saudi Arabia. In 2015 it reached 3.5% growth, in 2016 it was 1% growth, and it is expected to reach 1.6% in 2017; this can be comapred with Iran, where GDP rose in 2015 by 1.7% despite the sanctions, and in 2016 reached 4.6% as result of the sanction lift. In 2017 Iran is expected to grow as much as 5.2%. European energy consumption has been decreasing for past six years, and it is very unlikely that anything will change (Eurostat, 2016). The European Union adopted the Europe 2020 strategy (2016) that sets up the target of 20% of energy coming from renewable energy sources and a 20% increase in energy efficiency. The 2030 Energy strategy aims for 27% of energy to come from renewables (A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030,2014). However, OPEC in its World Oil Outlook 2016 (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016) expects the European Union to review its goal from 27% to 30% of energy coming from renewable sources (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016: 48; 2030 Energy Strategy). In the WOO 2016, OPEC displays analysis of the current markets and forecasts demand, supply and possible changes in the economy. Most of the oil demand is expected to come from the emerging markets (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016: 11).
OPEC acknowledged dramatic technological development achievements, energy efficiency, and environmental policies and adjusted their forecast for 2040. They decreased expected demand by 0.4 mb/d (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016: 2). Global macroeconomic conditions have continued to offer challenges that might pose problems for the stability of prices. Questions about global economic growth, environmental policies and political uncertainties in both oil-producing and oil-consuming countries constitute a threat to oil prices ('Oil Price Volatility', 2016). In the report, OPEC forecasted three different scenarios; the most optimistic one is used for the reference. However, the most pessimistic one is worth mentioning since it shows how uncertain these projections are. According to the most pessimistic forecast, oil demand will reach only 98.3 mb/d in 2040, representing a 11.1 mb/d decrease compared with the most optimistic scenario (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016: 19). These changes depend on the uncertainties in the forecast. Technological developments and political effects on the economy are hard to predict; therefore actual demand might be even lower. Another factor that might dramatically influence world oil demand is the US. OPEC expects US energy demand to rise. However, this might change with new president Donald Trump. OPEC mentions two major uncertainties that might significantly affect actual demand, and that is the development of the Chinese economy and the impact of Brexit on the European and world economies (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2016: 28). OPEC in its forecast depends heavily on the Asian markets and developing countries. These countries are experiencing significant environmental issues, and further governmental interventions are expected. For example, Hong Kong provides subsidies for some electric cars. And according to the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, Car Qi, acting mayor of Beijing, promised to continue improving Beijng air quality also in 2017. Last year Beijng targeted coal use and high polluting vehicles. This year, Beijing's last coal power plant will be shut down, coal consumption will be cut by 30%, and about 300,000 high-polluting cars will be taken down (Xinhua, 2017).
Implications of the changes in oil prices
As mentioned before, Saudi Arabia relies heavily on revenues from oil, and the drop in oil prices led to a record state deficit. The International Monetary Fund estimates that oil prices of $105.60 are needed to balance the budget, which is more than twice the current levels (World Bank, How is Saudi Arabia Reacting to Low Oil Prices?, 2016). Decreasing reserves and the shrinking state budget are threatening the position of Saudi Arabia. Revenues from oil are used for subsidies and military operations in the region. Long lasting low oil prices are posing an existential threat to Saudi Arabia, both internally and externally.
The royal al-Saud family maintained its power in the kingdom through a 'social contract' with the citizens. Residents gained economic benefits in exchange for fewer political rights; however, total elimination of these benefits could reduce support for the royal family and with increasing external pressure from Iran the unsatisfied Shiite minority might revolt. Saudi Arabia witnessed Arab Springs in its neighborhood, some of the protests even spreading to the kingdom. This contributed to an increase in governmental spending on internal security undertaken to maintain the order. Members of the royal family are still on alert for a potential revolution. Like many other oil producing countries, Saudi Arabia subsidises a huge variety of products to maintain political stability. This policy began in 1970 when subsidies on food and electricity alone reached $1.6 billion. New cuts that were introduced following the economic crisis in 1998 did not last long. In 2002 subsidies again skyrocketed and reached $2.652 billion (Gürer and Ban, 2000). Mann (2010) concluded that it is most likely that the royal family would prefer to maintain the current conditions and not take the risk of changing the status quo. However, the state deficit keeps increasing, and the state budget income shrinking. A recent decision made in Saudi Arabia is a sign that the status quo is slowly changing. Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman al-Saud introduced his 'Vision 2030' as part of the National Transformation Program. However, fast reforms might pose a risk. Iran witnessed revolution due to financial problems, decreasing support for the government and a sudden series of changes. Financial problems resulting from low oil prices pushed the royal family to take extreme steps. For the first time, Value Added Tax (VAT) will be introduced to Gulf Co-operation Council members. Following the record state deficit, the government reduced subsidies for fuel, water, and electricity as a result price of these commodities have risen by 60% (Freedom in the World, 2016).
The Eastern Province poses a threat to the Saudi Arabia; it is a strategic region for the economy, but it is home to a suppressed religious minority. Citizens witness the power of protests in neighbouring countries; they realise how important the oil fields are to the regime and how they can be used as the source of funds for a potential rebellion. Possible conflict in this area could paralyse the entire country as it would significantly lower the kingdom's income.
The radicalisation of political opposition alongside Shia and Sunni fundamentalists led to increased Saudi spending on security following an increased number of terrorist attacks and illegal protests in the Eastern Province (Mann, 2010). According to the data accumulated from 1970 to 2015 by National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), Saudi Arabia witnessed a massive rise in the number of terrorist attacks on its soil. In 2015, 103 cases of terrorist attacks were reported; this compares with just 14 cases in 2014. The previous all-time high was in 2004 when 17 attacks happened (START, 2016). It was in this period when an 18% increase in state expenditure occurred in the years between 2001 and 2003, due to the war in Iraq and increased terrorist activities in the country (Mann, 2010). Terrorist activities are growing in the whole region; they peaked in 2014 with 7000 reported terrorist attacks in the Middle East and North Africa region (START, 2016). Most recently in 2015 governmental spending increased by 13%, as a result of previously planned additional salaries for civil and military employees (Khatteeb, 2016). Riyadh's defence budget has been rising by 19% annually since the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011. This clearly reflects fear of potential protests and regional unrests (Khateeb, 2016). These concerns are based on previous actions of Iran. Iran provided funding and support for uprisings and coups across the Middle East (Molavi, 2015).
In their geopolitical struggle in the region, Saudi Arabia and Iran are supporting different groups across the area. In Syria, for example, Saudi Arabia is supporting rebels in opposition to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad while Iran supports the government. Both countries realise that if their proxy wins, they will control the path of the country. Behind the mask of the sectarian struggle between Sunni and Shia, a complicated geopolitical game is being played. Saudi Arabia expanded its indirect support to direct military intervention in Yemen. Here, sides are flipped, and it is Saudi Arabia that supports the ruling regime while Iran supports the Houthi rebels who are attempting to overthrow the Sunni government. However, these military operations, both direct and indirect, are very expensive. A huge portion of the recent increasing military spending is connected with Saudi Arabia's interventions and proxy wars (Khateeb, 2016). According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), governmental spending on defence reached 27.4% of the entire governmental spending in 2005; this represents 13.7% of Saudi Arabia's GDP. It is the third largest expenditure of GDP in percentage terms. In the year 2015, Saudi Arabia allocated $20 billion just for military operations in Yemen (SIPRI, 2016).
With decreased finances for the state budget, new austerity measures are being introduced. Waging proxy wars in Yemen and Syria is financially demanding, but military spending will not reach the heights of 2008, when oil prices were around $140 per barrel. Supporting various Sunni groups across the region against Shia groups is a crucial strategy for Saudi Arabia for preserving its power. The nuclear deal led to an increase in Iranian power; as a result, enormous amounts of funds are being unfrozen, and investments are pouring into the country. This allows Iran to increase its military capabilities and boost support for their proxies. Saudi Arabia shares its fears over Iran with its GCC counterparts. Wehrey and Sokolsky (2015) argue that Iranian support for Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, Houthi rebels in Yemen and Shia militias in Iraq added to unprecedented unity among the GCC members. Therefore, we see that it is an existential threat that brings Arab countries together and forces them to create strong alliances to survive. This evidence contradicts Barnet's (1998) claims over pan-Arabism and shared identities that drive countries to co-operate.
To conclude: Saudi Arabia is facing a new reality. The world is changing, and due to technological advances oil is becoming a less important commodity. The Saudi economy is heavily reliant on the income from oil revenues. Oil prices are extremely volatile, resulting in enormous changes in the state budget over the years. The power of Saudi Arabia is being threatened by the rising threat of the terrorist attacks, and unrest in the Eastern Province. State budget expenditure is also increasing due to the military operations in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. To continue fighting its external enemies, Saudi Arabia was forced to adopt austerity measures. However, Saudi Arabia for years provided its citizens economic benefits as part of the 'social contract' in exchange for total obedience; any decrease in these benefits might result in unrest and protests, eventually crippling the country and weakening the kingdom.
During the Arab Springs, Saudi Arabia increased its subsidy programme and increased its restrictions over a Shiite minority. Even with the current austerity measures, this system is unsustainable. To balance the budget, oil prices would need to double. Saudi Arabia is also facing an external threat from Iran. Internal threats from unsatisfied citizens, terrorists, and political opposition need to increase its revenues to keep order in the country. As the result, Vision 2030 was introduced – a programme to reform the economy of the country, decrease governmental spending and increase revenues by diversifying the economy and supporting private companies to enter the market. This reform requires massive governmental spending; Saudi Arabia plans to gain funds through partial privatisation of the state-owned oil company. Successful implementation would eventually result in increased Saudi power. This careful calculation of risks and benefits led to the OPEC deal that was reached on 30 November 2016. In the short term, it gives a certain economic advantage to Iran that can be used against Saudi Arabia; however, in the long term this minor increase in the state budget can significantly strengthen the kingdom. This deal represents a willingness to overcome ideological – in this case, sectarian – differences, to increase the power position of Saudi Arabia. This article has proven that even countries with strong ideological positions are willing to co-operate with their enemies when their power position is being threatened.
[1] Samuel Hyravý, Department of International Relations, Central European University
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Slow it Down: Cities with the Most Speeding Tickets
For many motorists, the speedometer becomes an afterthought when they hit the roads. Here’s which cities have the most drivers guilty of speeding.
Seeing a car driving well over the speed limit is a daily occurrence on the streets. Whether the offender is doing it out of necessity because they are late for work, or just driving quickly for the thrill of it, it seems that drivers these days simply can’t slow down. In fact, in a 2017 survey conducted by the National Safety Council, 64 percent of motorists admitted they were comfortable speeding.
Of course, even though exceeding the speed limit is a common sight, it is still against the law. Enough violations can result in a suspended license, and ticketed drivers are hit with hefty fines, and black marks on their driving records. These violations can hurt the wallet in other ways, raising insurance costs for offenders and making it much more difficult to get a cost-friendly plan.
To further investigate speeding in America, data scientists at Insurify, a website to compare car insurance quotes, decided to analyze the numbers to discover which areas are the most guilty of driving too quickly. Here are the 20 cities with the highest proportion of speeding drivers.
National averages. Nationwide, 10.27 percent of drivers have at least one speeding ticket. Additionally, 12.43 percent of drivers had a prior accident, while the mean proportion of speeding-related fatalities was 3.58 per 100,000 people.
A rural problem. Urban areas feature more stop lights and traffic, which theoretically makes it more difficult to speed. The data backs this up. The top 20 list heavily features rural areas. Remarkably, 60 percent of the cities on the list have a population of less than 100,000, and none have more than one million people. In fact, just one of the 35 most populous cities in the U.S. makes our top 20.
Repeat offenders. The cities with the biggest speeding problems certainly weren’t spread out all over the country. In fact, the 15 cities with the highest proportions of drivers with speeding tickets were concentrated in just three states—South Carolina, Virginia, and Iowa. And two of those states were home to 14 of those 15 cities.
To determine which cities have the most speeding drivers, the research team at Insurify, a website to compare car insurance quotes, took a look at some numbers from its database of 1.6 million car insurance applications. To get quotes, applicants enter personal information and driving history, including whether or not they have been ticketed for speeding in the past seven years. The number of drivers with a speeding ticket was analyzed against the total number of drivers in each city to determine the proportion of drivers with a speeding ticket. The top city in each state was then selected and the top 20 are reported here. Additionally, data on the percentage of drivers with a prior accident was also gathered from the Insurify database, while the number of speeding-related fatalities per 100,000 was obtained from data collected in 2017 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Finally, data on city populations was gathered by the United States Census Bureau in 2017.
20. Indianapolis, Indiana
Percentage of drivers with a speeding ticket: 14.22%
Percentage of drivers with a prior accident: 13.46%
Speeding-related fatalities per 100,000 people (statewide): 3.21
19. Lincoln, Nebraska
18. Cheyenne, Wyoming
17. Rockville, Maryland
16. Kansas City, Missouri
15. Gresham, Oregon
14. Cordova, Tennessee
13. Dover, Delaware
12. Jacksonville, North Carolina
Percentage of drivers with a prior accident: 13.9%
11. Wichita, Kansas
10. Madison, Wisconsin
Percentage of drivers with a prior accident: accident: 16.52%
9. Nampa, Idaho
8. Orem, Utah
7. Hinesville, Georgia
6. Spokane, Washington
Percentage of drivers with a speeding ticket: 17.6%
5. Loveland, Colorado
4. Canton, Ohio
3. Des Moines, Iowa
2. Portsmouth, Virginia
1. Beaufort, South Carolina
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Space Race 2.0 – Private space flight, asteroid mining and the cost deflation of nearly everything
Jan 14 2016 | Jeffrey Mackie
Just before Christmas, on December 22nd, 2015 the private company SpaceX vertically landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a landing pad after delivering its payload of 11 communication satellites to orbit. Two things stand out as remarkable feats from this accomplishment. The first is the fact that a private space company was able to launch a re-usable rocket to orbit and land it safely back to earth and the second is the fact that 11 individual communications satellites were launched in one payload. Examples of innovation and progress in areas like this recent rocket launch are striking examples of how technology is significantly driving down the cost of nearly everything.
One of SpaceX’s stated objectives is to achieve an all-in launch cost of around $USD 60 million with a re-usable rocket and in the next few years to take astronauts to the International Space Station and back. This may still sound like a large sum of money, however, it is actually a fraction of the cost of other launch programs that were run in the past. While specific numbers are difficult to find, it is estimated that each Space Shuttle launch cost between $USD 300 to 500 million when the program was running. The Russians are particularly concerned as they have been unseated as the low-cost provider of launch services by a wide margin. Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle, they had the only rocket technology that was powerful enough to take humans to the International Space Station, though with decades old Soyuz technology.
NASA’s Space Shuttle was somewhat re-usable, however, the main shuttle did require significant refurbishment between launches and large parts the launch system burned up in the atmosphere after they detached from the main shuttle and fell back to earth during a launch. As opposed to the Space Shuttle that looks more or less like an airplane and would glide down to land on a runway, the Falcon 9 is a rocket that lands vertically. The video of the recent landing is amazing to watch, as it simply looks like a rocket being launched with the video played in reverse.
Figure 1 Image credit - Spacex.com
A short clip of the landing is available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCBE8ocOkAQ
and the full webcast of the launch and landing is available at
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
I’m not sure what your dexterity is like, but I can barely balance a pencil on the end of my finger for more than a second. Landing a 20 story tall rocket with over 1.5 million pounds of thrust coming out of the bottom and parking it gracefully on earth, without it tipping over or crashing is a remarkable feat of engineering and control systems. This rocket is now being examined for signs of damage from the launch and re-entry, but the company’s eventual goal is to be able to re-launch the same rocket within a few weeks, with only minor maintenance checks and refilling the fuel tanks.
The second impressive feat from this launch was the fact that the rocket delivered 11 satellites to orbit in one payload. The satellites were launched for a private company called Orbcomm which offers services for communication and tracking of equipment like ships, trucks and rail cars. In the past, a single communications satellite would take up the entire payload bay of the Space Shuttle or other launch system. The Orbcomm satellites are obviously much smaller, but with the advent of much smaller and more efficient electronics, they are undoubtedly much more capable than the communications satellites that were launched decades ago. Launching 11 satellites at once, means that the per satellite cost is further reduced by an order of magnitude. On a per satellite basis, this launch cost about 1/100th of what a similar launch would have cost decades ago.
The launch also prompted some interesting social media taunting between the two technology moguls involved in two of the competing space companies. Jeff Bezos of Amazon fame turned to his twitter followers to offer some back-handed congratulations to Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX (and Tesla). Bezos’ rocket company, called Blue Origin, had accomplished a similar landing with their smaller rocket a month earlier and drew similar taunts from Musk.
Elon MuskVerified account @elonmusk 24 Nov 2015
Figure 2: Twitter feeds of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
While Blue Origin’s ‘Shepard’ rocket is much smaller, less powerful and achieved a lower altitude than SpaceX’s ‘Falcon 9’, the fact that two private companies achieved basically the same feat of landing a reusable rocket within a month of each other likely marks a new era of lower cost space exploration and rocket technology. On the surface, the rivalry between Bezos and Musk may appear to be simply two tech moguls taunting each other’s egos and makes for some humorous headlines. However, digging deeper into the plans for each of their companies, they appear to be building profitable businesses in an area that was traditionally funded directly by the resources and taxes of national governments.
Other players are involved in different aspects of this new space race. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is scheduled to take passengers on a short space flight in a couple of years once their rocket/aircraft system is further developed and approved by flight regulators. They are offering the luxury to fly up to 100km altitude (the technical definition of reaching outer space) and experience a few minutes of weightlessness as the craft completes a parabolic trajectory and glides back down. On paper the passengers will technically breach the outer part of the atmosphere, however it isn’t truly an orbital flight for any extended period of time. The tickets for these flights cost $USD 250,000 per person and it may seem frivolous to some to pay this much to achieve what is only technically space flight and a few minutes of weightlessness. However, hundreds of people have signed-up and paid their deposits to be among the first commercial space passengers. (For me, riding the 7th largest roller coaster in the world – ‘Leviathan’ - at Canada’s Wonderland in Toronto this past summer and experiencing an 80 degree drop for 300 feet and a series of parabolic arcs for the $50 park admission fee was plenty of excitement and weightlessness). On a recent trip to London England, I passed by the Virgin Galactic storefront and snapped the photo below. Regrettably, it was early on a Sunday morning and the shop was closed, as I was quite interested to go in and at least hear the sales pitch.
Figure 3: Image Credit - Author
One other company that is involved in a commercial aspect of space exploration is called Planetary Resources. This company is looking to send small robotic crafts into orbit to mine valuable metals from asteroids that are within reach. The company plans to pulverize the high grade ore from the asteroids and turn it into chunks of a foam-like metal compound that can float back to the surface of the earth without burning up in the atmosphere. While this concept may sound like total science fiction, comparing it to the multi-billion dollar costs of some of the mining mega-projects that have been built on the earth’s surface, it actually doesn’t sound that far-fetched. Asteroids are known to hold very high-grade metals and the company claims that a single 500 metre-wide asteroid could contain more platinum and related metals than have ever been mined on the surface of the earth. Considering that many mining companies are mining very low-grade ore and need to move millions of tonnes of dirt and create massive craters in the earth in the process, perhaps doing this all of this in outer space makes a lot of sense. Putting things in perspective, a single 400 tonne mining truck for a large open pit mine costs roughly $USD 5 million, which is in the same range as the per satellite launch cost of one of Orbcomm’s satellites. Launching small mining robots into outer space doesn’t actually seem implausible and we will likely see this company or one of their competitors succeed in the next few decades.
Figure 4: Image credit - Asteroid analysis - www.planetaryresources.com
The development and implementation of technology has put massive deflationary forces on the prices of commodities of all types. Years ago, the world was ‘running out of oil’ while today the reality is that technology has unlocked nearly limitless supplies of oil and natural gas at various price points. (I’m sure that many Albertans wish that we were actually running out of oil and prices for oil and natural gas were a bit higher at the moment.) Canadian ingenuity has been part of the problem. Hydraulic fracturing technology (or ‘Fracking’ as it is now known and commonly spelled) was perfected to a large part in Western Canada and began as a way to stimulate an unproductive vertical well bore with a single ‘frac’. Today, companies like Calgary-based Packers Plus are able to perform 100-stage ‘fracs’ in a horizontal well that can stretch a several kilometers underground. The result is wells that have prolific output that is multiples higher than what was achieved using conventional technology. While this technology is proven in many basins in North America, it is only in the early stages of deployment in other parts of the world, where it will undoubtedly work just as well.
Looking at this type of innovation everywhere in the global economy and the significant cost reductions that it drives, it is hard to point to any areas of inflation. Fuel and raw materials are now cheaper, which drives down the input, transportation, and production costs of nearly every product that people consume, from food to steel to clothing and electronics. Central banks around the world have stated inflation goals in the 2% per year range. The fact that technology is driving down the cost of extracting fuels, materials and commodities as well as making their consumption much more efficient (LED lighting, hybrid vehicles etc.), makes creating an economic environment with any kind of inflation a difficult challenge for those in charge of monetary policy.
These deflationary pressures are having a profound disruptive impact on the world of investing. Interest rates are likely to remain very low or and have even turned negative in some jurisdictions as central banks work to stimulate economic growth and inflation. The energy and commodity weighted Canadian stock market is now at roughly the same point it was ten years ago. Investors clearly need to look for other areas of growth that are less subject to deflationary pressures.
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Democrats Brad Ashford and Kara Eastman have first primary debate
By: KMTV, Nick Starling
Democrats Brad Ashford and Kara Eastman had their first debate Thursday afternoon as they vie for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.
The debate was hosted by the League of Women Voters and covered a wide array of topics including Syria, gun control, healthcare, DACA, the environment, minimum wage and trade.
Each of them trying to get your vote. Ashford touted his experience in politics.
"I'm a legislator, that's what I like to do, I like to find solutions, I don't like partisan bickering," said Ashford.
However Eastman said the second congressional district needs a fresh perspective, "People are looking for somebody who is going to be a champion and somebody who is going to represent their values."
While they both agreed on many of the issues, there was a few topics they split from each other.
On the topic of gun control, both Ashford and Eastman support some type of restrictions.
"Background checks are supported by Republicans 83-percent support them. We need mandatory waiting periods," said Eastman/
"I support the 21 age limit, I also support congress to act in a transparent way by enacting legislation to create a congressional commission to investigate violence," said Ashford.
On DACA, both said Congress needs to take action.
"We have to pass a clean DREAM Act and we need to do it now. It's not fair to keep imbedding DACA restrictions into bigger bills," said Eastman.
"The DREAMERS have been manipulated by the political system this issues cries out for bringing people together," said Ashford.
The candidated differ a bit on whether to provide universal healthcare.
"It is something we can afford, it is the right thing to do and in the wealthiest country in the nation, the fact that we have neglected to provide healthcare to everybody is one of the biggest travesties," said Eastman.
"What we need to do is something in the center that will provide affordability and choice," said Ashford.
The primary is May 15 and the general election is Nov. 6. The seat is currently held by Republican Don Bacon.
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Fatman Scoop / DJ
Over the years Fatman Scoop has catapulted himself to the game’s highest platform without ever losing sight of his roots and always maintaining the swagger and the rumbling and bustling mentality of a true New York native. To many people Scoop is the ”Mr.-Do-it-All” in Hip-Hop. A man whose voice commands attention whether it is heard on the nation’s hottest radio stations or being projected from some of the most widely known and highly frequented nightclubs. Needless to say that his remixes always seem to trigger a pandemonium wherever they are played.
To his peers Fatman Scoop is an entertainer among entertainers with a remarkable prowess in the music industry. Scoop’s extensive resume entails record promotions, commercial voice-overs, radio and TV show appearances. Also, the man has dropped successful party records which includes ”Hands Up,” ”Where You At,” ”Get Busy Remix” with Sean Paul, and the smash hit ”Be Faithful” which went to No. 1 in Europe where he performs at major nightclubs and concert events weekly. The nation gets its weekly scoop of Fatman Scoop from the nationally syndicated radio show ”Full Throttle Radio” alongside DJ Mister Vince.
Fatman Scoop is an international icon who has won the music industry’s most coveted prize for his work. This Grammy Award winner recently stepped away from the microphone to shoot the highly talked about urban reality TV show called “Man and Wife” which has been airing on MTV.
Don and KJ are two of KFAT's original players to start the world famous 929 KFAT Alaska's Hottest Hits in Alaska! Their hobbies include making the city and the states dance world wide via the new 929KFAT app!!! They also are the creators of the newest television cooking show broadcast thru the entire state of Alaska called "Double The Flavor". They bring a NEW breath to morning radio in Alaska that is unparalleled. Weekdays 6-10am WAKE UP WITH THE HOUSE!
Bianca hails from SoCal. But don’t hold that against her. She has better hair than Donald Trump, and the bags under eyes are Gucci. Her hobbies include breakfast lunch, dinner and HAPPY HOUR. A self-proclaimed Kardashian know-it-all. No, seriously, ask her anything. She is obsessed with Drake and would stalk him more proficiently if it wasn’t for that court order. Listen to Bianca weekdays from 2p-6p on KFAT
Born and raised in Lubbock, TX, Tino got into radio at the age of 13 as an intern. At age 16, he was given his first full time shift and worked his way to the #1 night show in his hometown. He now hosts #TinoCochinoRadio weekdays from 6p-10p on KFAT.
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Episode 141 – Speaking About Bad Customer Service…
On this week's show, Ant and Tom talk about films TV shows that are coming out in the next few months including the new Netflix Marvel series Jessica Jones that dropped a teaser trailer this week.Also, the return of the X-Files in the new year gets they reminiscing for a series they both watched only a few of but remember fondly.
Tom had an evening out with Scott and Charlie from The Stinking Pause podcast and was introduced to the brains behind the Rochester Kino film club, which may be the start of a new money vacuum for Ant, Tom and Fred!
Katie Hopkins is back in the news with Lord Alan Sugar, the man whose show introduced her to the world, calling her out for her hate spouting ways. She has hit out against a deformed child by saying 'it' has no future and should have been aborted.
Listener, Paul sent in a message that addressed both the 'what's tacky if you're poor and classy if you're rich' question as well as a customer service story that was too good not to read the entire message.
Ant brings in a story about a Russian scientist who has injected himself with bacteria that is millions of years old in the search for eternal life, but won't let 'normal' people try it. Tom talks about the man who set a petrol station alight trying to kill a spider.
They finish on whether or not the new Bond theme from Sam Smith, Writing's On The Wall, is any good... it's not. We're sorry.
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Henry Hudson
For other people named Henry Hudson, see Henry Hudson (disambiguation).
This speculative portrait from Cyclopedia of Universal History is one of several used to represent Henry Hudson.[a][1][2]
c. 1565[3]
Kingdom of England
1611 (presumed)
Explorer, navigator, author
Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.[4]
In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumored Northeast Passage to Cathay (China) via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609 he landed in North America and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area, looking for a Northwest Passage to Asia on behalf of the Dutch East India Company.[5] He sailed up the Hudson River, which was later named after him, and thereby laid the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region.
Hudson discovered the Hudson Strait and the immense Hudson Bay on his final expedition, while still searching for the Northwest Passage.[6] In 1611, after wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied. The mutineers cast Hudson, his son, and seven others adrift;[7] the Hudsons and their companions were never seen again.
Besides being the namesake of numerous geographical features, Hudson is also the namesake of the Hudson's Bay Company that explored and traded in the vast Hudson Bay watershed in the following centuries.
2 1607 and 1608 voyages
2.1 Alleged discovery of Jan Mayen
3 1609 voyage
4 1610–1611 voyage
4.1 Mutiny and disappearance
Details of Hudson's birth and early life are mostly unknown.[8] Some sources have identified Henry Hudson as having been born in about 1565,[9] but others date his birth to around 1570.[10][11] Other historians assert even less certainty; Peter C. Mancall, for instance, states that "[Hudson] was probably born in the 1560s,"[12] while Piers Pennington gives no date at all.[8] Hudson is thought to have spent many years at sea, beginning as a cabin boy and gradually working his way up to ship's captain.
1607 and 1608 voyages
In 1607, the Muscovy Company of England hired Hudson to find a northerly route to the Pacific coast of Asia. At the time, the English were engaged in an economic battle with the Dutch for control of northwest routes. It was thought that, because the sun shone for three months in the northern latitudes in the summer, the ice would melt and a ship could make it across the "top of the world".[citation needed]
On 1 May 1607, Hudson sailed with a crew of ten men and a boy on the 80-ton Hopewell.[13] They reached the east coast of Greenland on 14 June, coasting it northward until the 22nd. Here the party named a headland "Young's Cape", a "very high mount, like a round castle" near it "Mount of God's Mercy" and land at 73° north latitude "Hold-with-Hope". After turning east, they sighted "Newland" (i.e Spitsbergen) on the 27th, near the mouth of the great bay Hudson later simply named the "Great Indraught" (Isfjorden). On 13 July, Hudson and his crew estimated that they had sailed as far north as 80° 23' N,[b] but more likely only reached 79° 23' N. The following day they entered what Hudson later in the voyage named "Whales Bay" (Krossfjorden and Kongsfjorden), naming its northwestern point "Collins Cape" (Kapp Mitra) after his boatswain, William Collins. They sailed north the following two days. On the 16th they reached as far north as Hakluyt's Headland (which Thomas Edge claims Hudson named on this voyage) at 79° 49' N, thinking they saw the land continue to 82° N (Svalbard's northernmost point is 80° 49' N) when really it trended to the east. Encountering ice packed along the north coast, they were forced to turn back south. Hudson wanted to make his return "by the north of Greenland to Davis his Streights (Davis Strait), and so for Kingdom of England," but ice conditions would have made this impossible. The expedition returned to Tilbury Hope on the Thames on 15 September.
Hudson reported large numbers of whales in Spitsbergen waters during this voyage. Many authors[c] credit his reports as the catalyst for several nations sending whaling expeditions to the islands. This claim is contentious- others have pointed to strong evidence that it was Jonas Poole's reports in 1610 that led to the establishment of English whaling, and voyages of Nicholas Woodcock and Willem Cornelisz. van Muyden in 1612 which led to the establishment of Dutch, French and Spanish whaling.[14] (The industry itself was built by neither Hudson nor Poole- both were dead by 1612.)
In 1608, English merchants of the East India and Muscovy Companies again sent Hudson in the Hopewell to attempt to locate a passage to the Indies, this time to the east around northern Russia. Leaving London on 22 April, the ship traveled almost 2,500 miles, making it to Novaya Zemlya well above the Arctic Circle in July, but even in the summer they found the ice impenetrable and turned back, arriving at Gravesend on 26 August.[15]
Alleged discovery of Jan Mayen
According to Thomas Edge, "William [sic] Hudson" in 1608 discovered an island he named "Hudson's Tutches" (Touches) at 71° N,[16] the latitude of Jan Mayen. However, records of Hudson's voyages suggest that he could only have come across Jan Mayen in 1607 by making an illogical detour, and historians have pointed out that Hudson himself made no mention of it in his journal.[d] There is also no cartographical proof of this supposed discovery.[17] Jonas Poole in 1611 and Robert Fotherby in 1615 both had possession of Hudson's journal while searching for his elusive Hold-with-Hope (which is now believed to have been on the east coast of Greenland), but neither had any knowledge of any discovery of Jan Mayen, an achievement which was only later attributed to Hudson. Fotherby eventually stumbled across Jan Mayen, thinking it a new discovery and naming it "Sir Thomas Smith's Island",[e][18] though the first verifiable records of the discovery of the island had been made a year earlier, in 1614.
1609 voyage
Map of Hudson's voyages to North America
Replica of Henry Hudson's ship Halve Maen, donated in 1909 by the Dutch to the United States on the occasion of the 300-year anniversary of the discovery of what is now New York
In 1609 Hudson was chosen by merchants of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands to find an easterly passage to Asia. While awaiting orders and supplies in Amsterdam, he heard rumors of a northwest route to the Pacific through North America.[19] Hudson had been told to sail through the Arctic Ocean north of Russia, into the Pacific and so to the Far East. Hudson departed Amsterdam on 4 April in command of the Dutch ship Halve Maen.[20] He could not complete the specified (eastward) route because ice blocked the passage, as with all previous such voyages, and he turned the ship around in mid-May while somewhere east of Norway's North Cape. At that point, acting outside his instructions, Hudson pointed the ship west and decided to try to seek a westerly passage through North America.[21]
They reached the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on 2 July, and in mid-July made landfall near the LaHave area of Nova Scotia.[22] Here they encountered Native Americans who were accustomed to trading with the French; they were willing to trade beaver pelts, but apparently no trades occurred.[23] The ship stayed in the area about ten days, the crew replacing a broken mast and fishing for food. On the 25th a dozen men from the Halve Maen, using muskets and small cannon, went ashore and assaulted the village near their anchorage. They drove the people from the settlement and took their boat and other property (probably pelts and trade goods).[24]
On 4 August the ship was at Cape Cod, from which Hudson sailed south to the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. Rather than entering the Chesapeake he explored the coast to the north, finding Delaware Bay but continuing on north. On 3 September he reached the estuary of the river that initially was called the "North River" or "Mauritius" and now carries his name. He was not the first European to discover the estuary, though, as it had been known since the voyage of Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. On 6 September 1609 John Colman of his crew was killed by Indians with an arrow to his neck.[25] Hudson sailed into the upper bay on 11 September,[26] and the following day began a journey up what is now known as the Hudson River.[27] Over the next ten days his ship ascended the river, reaching a point about where the present-day capital of Albany is located.[28]
On 23 September, Hudson decided to return to Europe.[29] He put in at Dartmouth, England on 7 November, and was detained by authorities who wanted access to his log. He managed to pass the log to the Dutch ambassador to England, who sent it, along with his report, to Amsterdam.[30]
While exploring the river, Hudson had traded with several native groups, mainly obtaining furs. His voyage was used to establish Dutch claims to the region and to the fur trade that prospered there when a trading post was established at Albany in 1614. New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island became the capital of New Netherland in 1625.
1610–1611 voyage
In 1610, Hudson obtained backing for another voyage, this time under the English flag. The funding came from the Virginia Company and the British East India Company. At the helm of his new ship, the Discovery, he stayed to the north (some claim he deliberately stayed too far south on his Dutch-funded voyage), reaching Iceland on 11 May, the south of Greenland on 4 June, and then rounding the southern tip of Greenland.
On 25 June, the explorers reached what is now the Hudson Strait at the northern tip of Labrador. Following the southern coast of the strait on 2 August, the ship entered Hudson Bay. Excitement was very high due to the expectation that the ship had finally found the Northwest Passage through the continent. Hudson spent the following months mapping and exploring its eastern shores, but he and his crew did not find a passage to Asia. In November, however, the ship became trapped in the ice in the James Bay, and the crew moved ashore for the winter.
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When the ice cleared in the spring of 1611, Hudson planned to use his Discovery to further explore Hudson Bay with the continuing goal of discovering the Passage; however, most of the members of his crew ardently desired to return home. Matters came to a head and much of the crew mutinied in June.
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John Collier's painting of Henry Hudson with his son and some crew members after a mutiny on his icebound ship. The boat was set adrift and never heard from again. Tate Britain, London.
Descriptions of the successful mutiny are one-sided, because the only survivors who could tell their story were the mutineers and those who went along with the mutiny. Allegedly in the latter class was ship's navigator Abacuk Pricket, a survivor who kept a journal that was to become a key source for the narrative of the mutiny. According to Pricket, the leaders of the mutiny were Henry Greene and Robert Juet. Pricket's narrative tells how the mutineers set Hudson, his teenage son John, and seven crewmen—men who were either sick and infirm or loyal to Hudson—adrift from the Discovery in a small shallop, an open boat, effectively marooning them in Hudson Bay. The Pricket journal reports that the mutineers provided the castaways with clothing, powder and shot, some pikes, an iron pot, some food, and other miscellaneous items.
After the mutiny, Captain Hudson's shallop broke out oars and tried to keep pace with the Discovery for some time. Pricket recalled that the mutineers finally tired of the David-Goliath pursuit and unfurled additional sails aboard the Discovery, enabling the larger vessel to leave the tiny open boat behind. Hudson and the other seven aboard the shallop were never seen again. Despite subsequent searches/expeditions, including those conducted in 1612 by Thomas Button[31] and in 1668-70 by Zachariah Gillam,[32] their fate is unknown.[7]
Pricket's journal and testimony have been severely criticized for bias, on two grounds. Firstly, prior to the mutiny the alleged leaders of the uprising, Greene and Juet, had been friends and loyal seamen of Captain Hudson. Secondly, Greene and Juet did not survive the return voyage to England. Pricket knew he and the other survivors of the mutiny would be tried in England for piracy, and it would have been in his interest, and the interest of the other survivors, to put together a narrative that would place the blame for the mutiny upon men who were no longer alive to defend themselves.
In any case, the Pricket narrative became the controlling story of the expedition's disastrous end. Only 8 of the 13 mutinous crewmen survived the return voyage to Europe. They were arrested in England, and some were put on trial, but no punishment was imposed for the mutiny. One theory holds that the survivors were considered too valuable as sources of information to execute, as they had traveled to the New World and could describe sailing routes and conditions.[33] Perhaps for this reason, they were charged with murder—of which they were acquitted—rather than mutiny, of which they likely would have been convicted and executed.
The gulf or bay discovered by Hudson is twice the size of the Baltic Sea, and its many large estuaries afford access to otherwise landlocked parts of Western Canada and the Arctic. This allowed the Hudson's Bay Company to exploit a lucrative fur trade along its shores for more than two centuries, growing powerful enough to influence the history and present international boundaries of Western North America. Hudson Strait became the entrance to the Arctic for all ships engaged in the historic search for the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic side (though modern voyages take more northerly routes).
Along with Hudson Bay, many other topographical features and landmarks are named for Hudson. The Hudson River in New York and New Jersey is named after him, as are Hudson County, New Jersey, the Henry Hudson Bridge, the Henry Hudson Parkway, and the town of Hudson, New York. The unbuilt Hendrik Hudson Hotel in New York was also to have been named after him.
Hudson and his marooned crewmates appear as mythic characters in the famous story "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. He also appears in the time-travel novel Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
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^ All the portraits used to represent Henry Hudson were drawn after his death.
^ Observations made during this voyage were often wrong, sometimes greatly so. See Conway (1906).
^ Among them are Sandler (2008), p. 407; Umbreit (2005), p. 1; Shorto (2004), p. 21; Mulvaney (2001), p. 38; Davis et al. (1997), p. 31; Francis (1990), p. 30; Rudmose-Brown (1920), p. 312; Chisholm (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911), p. 942; and many others.
^ "The above relation by Thomas Edge is obviously incorrect. Hudson's Christian name is wrongly given, and the year in which he visited the north coast of Spitsbergen was 1607, not 1608. Moreover, Hudson himself has given an account of the voyage and makes absolutely no mention of Hudson's Tutches. It would have been hardly possible indeed for him to visit Jan Mayen on his way home from Bear Island to the Thames." Wordie (1922), p. 182.
^ "Having perused Hudsons Jounrall written by his owne hand... ", p. 88. For Fotherby's 1615 voyage see Purchas (1625), pp. 82–89.
^ Butts, Edward (2009). Henry Hudson:New World Voyager. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 17.
^ Hunter, Douglas (2007). God's Mercies:Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of Discovery. Doubleday Canada. p. 12.
^ "Fun Henry Hudson Facts for Kids". easyscienceforkids.com. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ Sandler, Corey (2007). Henry Hudson Dreams and Obsession. Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0-8065-2739-0.
^ Nieuwe Wereldt ofte Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien, uit veelerhande Schriften ende Aen-teekeningen van verscheyden Natien (Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elseviers, 1625) p.83: "/in den jare 1609 sonden de bewindt-hebbers van de gheoctroyeerde Oost-Indischische compagnie het jacht de halve mane/ daer voor schipper ende koopman op roer Hendrick Hudson, om in 't noordt-oosten een door-gaat naer China te soecken[...]"("in the year 1609 the administrators of the East Indies Company sent the half moon under Hudson to seek a northeast passage to China[...]")
^ Rink, Oliver3 (1986). Holland on the Hudson: An Economic and Social History of Dutch New York. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 29.
^ a b Did Henry Hudson's crew murder him?[permanent dead link] Yahoo news Possible alternative link:Did Henry Hudson's crew murder him in the Arctic?, which draws on Mancall, Peter C. (2009), Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson, Basic Books[dead link]
^ a b Pennington, Piers (1979). The Great Explorers. New York: Facts on File. p. 90.
^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/274681/Henry-Hudson Henry Hudson's entry from china Britannica
^ Sandler, Corey (2007). Henry Hudson: Dreams and Obsession. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp. p. 26.
^ Mancall, Peter (2009). The Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson. Basic Books. p. 43.
^ The following paragraph relies on Asher (1860), pp. 1–22; and Conway (1906), pp. 23–30.
^ See Poole's commission from the Muscovy Company in Purchas (1625), p. 24. For Woodcock see Conway (1906), p. 53, among others.
^ Hunter (2009), pp. 19–20.
^ Purchas (1625), p. 11.
^ Hacquebord (2004), p. 229.
^ Louwrens Hacquebord, "The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry" in Jan Mayen Island in Scientific Focus, pp. 230–31, Stig Skreslet, editor, Springer Verlag 2004
^ "Empire of the Bay: Henry Hudson". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ Hunter (2009), p. 11.
^ Hunter (2009), pp. 56–7.
^ Hunter (2009), p. 98, and Juet (1609), 19 July entry.
^ Hunter (2009), pp. 102–105, and Juet (1609), 25 July entry.
^ Roberts, Sam (4 September 2009). "New York's Coldest Case: A Murder 400 Years Old". The New York Times.
^ Nevius, Michelle and James, "New York's many 9/11 anniversaries: the Staten Island Peace Conference", Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City, 8 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
^ Juet (1609).
^ Hunter (2009), p. 235.
^ Shorto 2004, p. 31
^ "Thomas Button Searches for Remains of Henry Hudson". Trajan Publishing Corporation. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "The Aftermath of Hudson's Voyages and Related Notes". Ian Chadwick. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ Neatby, L. H. (1979) [1966]. "Hudson, Henry". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. I (1000–1700) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
Asher, Georg Michael (1860). Henry Hudson the Navigator. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, 27. ISBN 1-4021-9558-3.
Conway, William Martin (1906). No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. Cambridge, At the University Press.
Hacquebord, Lawrens. (2004). The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry. Its Exploitation of the Greenland Right Whale and its Impact on the Marine Ecosystem. In: S. Skreslet (ed.), Jan Mayen in Scientific Focus. Amsterdam, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 229–238.
Hunter, Douglas (2009). Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the voyage that redrew the map of the New World. Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 1-59691-680-X.
Juet, Robert (1609), Juet's Journal of Hudson's 1609 Voyage from the 1625 edition of Purchas His Pilgrimes and transcribed 2006 by Brea Barthel, "Juet's Journal of Hudson's 1609 Voyage" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2009. .
Mancall, Peter (2009). Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson, A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic. New York: Basic Books. p. 303. ISBN 9780465005116.
Purchas, S. 1625. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others. Volumes XIII and XIV (Reprint 1906 J. Maclehose and sons).
Shorto, Russell (2004). The Island at the Center of the World. Vintage Books. ISBN 1-4000-7867-9.
Wordie, J.M. (1922). "Jan Mayen Island", The Geographical Journal. Vol 59 (3).
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What is masculinity, and why do leftists oppose it?
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My friend Adina shared a splendid article from the American Thinker with me. People often ask me why I speak about policy and politics so much on a Christian apologetics blog. My usual answer is that things like money and religious liberty are central to how Christians run their lives. But this article made me think of a deeper reason, one that’s been the driving force in my life for a long time.
First, let’s see some of the article, then I’ll talk about why this article is a key to really understanding men like me.
An ongoing mantra of the left is that everyone is a victim, with a singular carve-out for white men. A large group of the female population has embraced this chant.
While there may be a number of grievances put forth by this movement, there also comes a theme that is particularly dangerous: the feminist attack on masculinity. This is derived not only from feminists; it comes from the left in general.
There has emerged a war on masculinity. Why? Because masculine men are harder to control under tyrannical socialism. The modern beta male, on the other hand, craves socialism. This is why the left has branded masculinity as toxic: it stands as a roadblock to their endgame.
That’s the thesis of the article, and here is a snippet that I want to talk about:
The feminist hatred for masculinity is only another tool in the toolbox of communism. Masculinity tends to make a man individualistic. Individualistic men are capitalists, not communists. They are men who cherish individual liberty, and they rely on themselves rather than on government. Self-reliance is a four-letter word for leftists, and masculine men are generally self-reliant. Beta males like Pajama Boy rely on government, and such modern men, devoid of any semblance of masculinity, are ideal for leftist indoctrination.
Were the frontiersmen communists or capitalists? How about the cowboys? How about the Navy SEALs or Army Rangers? Sure, the press may find in the military a few Che Guevara t-shirt-wearing idiots and parade them all over the place, but I am willing to bet that the majority of SEAL Team 6 comprises masculine capitalists.
What games do young boys play? They pretend to be cowboys. They pretend to be soldiers. They don’t pretend to be soviet textile workers slaving under Stalin’s system. They don’t pretend to be entitled Millennial brats who congregate at Starbucks and talk about the wonders of socialism, either. Most boys hit the ground embracing masculinity. Some maintain it, but many have it berated out of them by the weak society they walk in or by their leftist parents.
Masculinity leads a man to seek to better himself in many regards, while collectivism thrives on mediocrity. Collectivism in this country is sought by the lazy who don’t want to work but feel entitled to free handouts of all kinds.
I can confirm from my reading of SEAL and Ranger autobiographies that they are overwhelmingly conservative in their politics.
OK, so two points about this. First, I grew up in a very liberal environment where masculinity was already under attack starting from elementary school. It started in the public schools with the lazy public school teachers. In college, I saw lazy college students doing non-STEM degrees because they were easy. And then they wanted bailouts for their unpaid student loans.
I really noticed it when I worked for the government during a couple of summers. Most people in unionized jobs just don’t have the marketable skills to make it in the private sector, where people are paid based on performance and can easily be fired for failure to perform. Public schools and government are two places where people who can’t perform go in order to make money without having to perform. Even their raises are defined by collective bargaining, not individual merit. (My public school system even went on strike, and I would see the teachers holding signs in order to get paid more, instead of doing what normal people do, and producing more). Working in the public sector just not acceptable to people who want to work hard and advance by merit.
The more I experienced this, as a student and as a government employee, the more I realized that I wanted to get as far away as possible from laws and policies that reflect a desire to provide security for lazy people. I wanted these people out of my life. I didn’t want them getting my money. I did not want them making the rules that I had to live by. I wanted to cut government funding and enact right-to-work and school choice laws. Just to stop the forced funding of lazy people through mandatory taxes. I didn’t yet realize that there was any masculine-feminine distinction going on, I just knew that these were lazy people, they made poor choices because of their desire for fun and laziness, and they ought to be starving, not getting paid. And as the left started to crack down on free speech, guns, and other freedoms, I started a lifelong journey from blue states to red states. I just wanted nothing to do with these people interfering in my life, and leeching off of me. I wanted to post pictures of a Steyr Aug on Twitter and tag all my female public school teachers and their nanny state allies, who didn’t like guns because “they are loud and scary”. (Note: I do not yet own a Steyr Aug. Maybe some day.).
My second point is about how this denigration of masculinity works out in relationships.
I wanted to get married pretty much from high school. Since I didn’t have a stay at home mom, I decided early on that I wanted that for my children. I can remember thinking about this in my junior year of high school (grade 11). So, I talked to my Dad about it, and he suggested that I not follow my dream of becoming an English teacher, and instead focus on computer science. I was just as good at computer science as English literature in those days – good enough for the class awards every year in both subjects. So, I got the BS and the MS, and then moved to find work that would pay a lot. And I saved a lot of what I earned.
Fast forward to my relationships. What I found is that women who were influenced by leftism had zero respect for my ability to lead in areas like education, career and finance. Since they had been taught that masculinity was toxic, they would often prefer younger, penniless, unemployed students who were more easily manipulated. They resented that I would offer them advice about what to study, where to work, and how to save more, which – along with apologetics and raising parrots – is about the only stuff I’m qualified to give advice about! Basically, they had been trained to see male competence as toxic. Male leadership – even when it was clearly demonstrated from past success – was toxic. And the “best” men were the men who let them make decisions based on their feelings, which mostly involved pursuing fun and being irresponsible – and sometimes even immoral. Men exist to give women “feelings”, and for no other purpose than that.
Well, that’s what I wanted to say about how my experience with anti-masculinity in education, career and relationships has affected me. My masculinity came about naturally, as a result of encountering leftism in different areas of my life. And I think having to deal with it up close just pushed me further in the masculine direction. That is not to say that I am a promiscuous, risk-taking thug. I’m chaste, I’m a software engineer, I don’t drink, I have no tattoos or piercings, I’ve never been arrested, and I’ve saved most of what I earned. But if I could move to a place where government kept out of my business and out of my wallet, then I’d move. If I could find a woman who respected the strengths of men, then I’d marry her.
I basically want to be in a place where the government and the women around me are respectful of my different priorities and different life goals. Unfortunately, I’m living in a time of great foolishness, and much of that has been brought about by leftism. Much of my income is confiscated so that other people can spend it and call themselves “generous” with money they did not, and could not, earn themselves. My liberty is constrained, and the people who cost me money or do me harm – illegal immigrants, criminals, terrorists, etc. – are treated better than I am. All in the name of “compassion”. We are in a time and place where people in high places are at war with masculinity. I wish I could opt out of every nanny state policy, but there’s no opt-out.
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Rod Hite says:
I sense that I may be significantly older than you. I have graduate degrees in engineering and Christian Apologetics and I’ve been married for forty years. I’ve always considered marriage to be one of life’s greatest adventures. I’d call my self a middle of the road conservative who is terribly concerned about the size of government. Aren’t we all glad that we don’t get all the government we pay for?
There are two observations that I’d like to share regarding your post and I trust they will be short. My first thought is that we need to be certain to make room for the mediocre. Certainly they need to be led and encouraged to do their share but I think we still need to accommodate their mediocrity. The world cannot be made up of only men whose alternate egos would be as Navy Seals or Army Rangers with IQs in the genius range.
The second is that an important key to my marriage (or when things tend to go better) is when I’m sensitive to and not suspicious of my wife’s feelings. I try to encourage the intelligent and sensitive individual that I know she is. If I’ve learned two things over the last forty years, the first would be sensitivity from my wife and the second would be that anyone who believes for a second that there’s no such thing as a feminine ego deserves whatever happens to them.
Griffin says:
That’s the funny thing about the social contract, you’re never given a choice to reject it.
Hegelian says:
Rod Hite, could you expound that last sentence???
I don’t consider my wife at all prideful. But men aren’t the only gender whose egos need to be protected from unnecessary slights. Not being sensitive to this for me is the quickest way to truly unnecessary difficulty.
earlthomas786 says:
Interesting anecdote about women preferring men who lack masculinity and male leadership because they hate men. It makes more sense why they choose losers rather than husbands.
@Rod Hire,
Thank you for your thoughtful and experienced viewpoint. In terms of “making room for mediocrity” you are correct. But what has happened in our society is that mediocrity has become celebrated and even rewarded. Excellence is denigrated and marks you as a productive sucker that the mediocre (mainly in government) can siphon off of.
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When the pm of Canada refers to himself as a feminist. And men will walk around in a shirt saying they are feminist. It shows the craziness of what people do to try and fit in on the left.
A man being feminist doesn’t even make sense when it often implies the idea of special privilege to women.
The biblical view of recognizing women are fully human before God and have full human rights makes sense.
My 2 Cents says:
Leftism cannot succeed unless there is a majority of people who feel like victims, are convinced that no amount of hard work could ever cause them to succeed, and that they are entitled to things simply for existing. People who are raised in families with a mother and a father who fill traditional gender roles are highly unlikely to subscribe to any of these beliefs. It’s no surprise then that the primary Leftist strategy is to destroy the family, particularly through attacking masculinity.
A Lady of Reason says:
I agree with My 2 Cents on this one! Also, masculinity undermines female supremacy, something the radical feminists want! Masculinity means not being like a woman, but a man, and protecting and providing for women. This is seen as oppressive by the feminist movement, with its cries of “I don’t need a man!” Women can’t admit now, that they are weaker than men physically and need men to protect them against bad people. Women don’t like to admit their children also need a father figure, or all men are predators.
they want to feminize men in order to “neutralize the threat” against their radical agenda!
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Vilaseca Says He May Seek Top Job In New Education Agency
By Bob Kinzel | May 18, 2012
There are some big changes coming to the state’s education community. Lawmakers this session approved elevating the Department of Education to a full agency, which means it will be led by a secretary who will be in the governor’s cabinet.
Education commissioner Armando Vilaseca says the change will help highlight education issues.
Currently the state Board of Education is responsible for developing education policies in Vermont. But that’s going to change at the beginning of next year.
That’s when a new law takes effect that transfers this authority from the board to the governor’s office.
Vilaseca says he fully supports this change.
"Quite honestly, when the state Board of Education makes a decision, unless it’s a controversial decision in some way, it’s quite often under the radar," he said. "I think now with the governor being in charge of the Agency of Education, whatever occurs is going to have that strength and that clout from the governor’s office along with it."
Vilaseca also thinks the change will help make education issues more prominent during gubernatorial campaigns.
"It now puts education as one of the major issues of any campaign for governor," he said. "Where again in the past a gubernatorial candidate could say, ‘You know, I’m interested in education. But I have no authority over it because of the state board.’ Now this makes it a forefront issue and it’s a healthy debate, I think, as part of the gubernatorial campaign."
Vilaseca may be interested in applying to be the state’s first education secretary. He says he needs to learn more about the application process, but the answer seems to be, "Yes."
"As someone who’s given 30-plus years of my life to education in Vermont," he said. "I’m interested in keeping myself involved with education in whatever capacity I could support the governor and support the state."
Many of the responsibilities of the state Board of Education will be transferred over to the governor’s office in the first three months of 2013.
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The Best Song From Every Iron Maiden Album
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Like almost every band ever, Iron Maiden’s output depends heavily on their singer.
But there are more than four phases to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal icons’ extensive catalog, and more subtle influences at work behind the fronts provided by singers Paul Di’Anno, Bruce Dickinson, Blaze Bayley and Dickinson again.
Their 1980 self-titled debut was mostly built from a set of songs that bandleader Steve Harris had planned to be recorded by other artists. By Killers they’d secured a distinct approach somewhere between Thin Lizzy and British punk, before Dickinson inspired a move of Biblical proportions in 1982’s The Number of the Beast. The epic turn ramped up steeply through the classic period of the mid to late ‘80s until a sudden and confused “back to basics” punt with 1990’s No Prayer for the Dying and the better-but-not-good-enough follow-up, Fear of the Dark.
Bayley’s arrival heralded a much darker, and also less popular, feel as the band and fans struggled with something of a midlife crisis. Dickinson’s return for Brave New World seemed to signal a return to ‘80s greatness. And while that was the case in many ways, Maiden gradually but gratefully began to fully embrace the prog element that had always been there, and do so to this day.
Selecting one song from each of their 16 albums as “the best” can be challenging because there’s almost always a certain level of quality across the writing of each LP – Maiden very much being a band that embraces the album format. While there can be some doozies, there are almost always at least two, and usually more, candidates for the Best Song From Every Iron Maiden Album.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungarian police say four more victims from the tour boat that sank two weeks ago after colliding on the Danube River with a cruise ship have been identified, raising the death toll to 24, including 22 South Koreans and the two-man Hungarian crew.
Four South Koreans remain missing since the May 29 crash and seven were rescued.
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Rose McGowan’s New Docuseries Is Airing on E! Because Netflix and HBO Aren’t ‘Egalitarian’
She wanted the widest possible reach for Citizen Rose
By Jason Lynch
Citizen Rose will kick off with a two-hour documentary followed by four episodes later this spring.
It’s been just three months since Hollywood was first upended by wave after wave of sexual harassment allegations, but one of the loudest voices speaking out against the industry that turned a blind eye to her for two decades, Rose McGowan, says her upcoming E! docuseries has been three years in the making.
Citizen Rose, a five-part docuseries, will premiere with a two-hour documentary special on Jan. 30 followed by four episodes later this spring. The show will follow McGowan as she writes and finishes up her memoir, Brave.
E! announced the docuseries just a week ago, but McGowan said at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour that she’s been shooting footage for three years.
McGowan, the former actress who is now a multimedia artist, has been speaking out against sexual abuse, harassment and hypocrisy in Hollywood for several years, and her voice has only gotten louder since the allegations against Harvey Weinstein were first reported in October.
She alleges that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in 1997. Weinstein has denied the assault but reached a $100,000 settlement with her at the time.
McGowan said she likes being on E!, as opposed to a premium network or streaming service, because of the network’s “reach,” explaining, “I didn’t want to do something on Netflix or HBO; it felt not egalitarian. My main goal is to really smash the 99 and 1 percent.”
E! was “the right place for her and this show, because this is a global problem,” and Citizen Rose will air in 160 countries, said showrunner Andrea Metz. “What this message is about is that women don’t have to sit in silence any longer and sit in fear.”
When McGowan began shooting footage for Citizen Rose, she said, she realized she wasn’t able to speak in front of a camera without a script and trained herself by doing Facebook Live chats. “I have no glam team. … It’s raw and it’s true, and it’s my truth,” she said of Citizen Rose. “This is my form of volunteer work.”
During her session with reporters, McGowan explained her outspoken approach to activism.
“I scare because I care,” she said, admitting that she was quoting the tagline for the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc. “My father said I was born with my fist up. … This has been a long time coming.”
Her show “is taking people on an actual journey. … I know I make people uncomfortable,” she said. “I’m really just trying to stop international rapists and child molesters, that’s it. It’s pretty simple.”
Bunim/Murray Productions came on board to produce Citizen Rose last fall, even before the Weinstein allegations.
“She’s been talking, but no one’s been listening” before that, said Andrea Metz, who hopes McGowan’s message will empower women to speak out. McGowan had been “dropping hints” to producers that something big was on the way ahead of the first New York Times and New Yorker stories that exposed Weinstein.
Throughout the panel, McGowan talked about everything from the way people talk about sexual harassment (“I wish we had better language. ‘Misconduct’ sounds tepid at best.”) to her two-decade journey since her alleged encounter with Weinstein (“Do you understand what I’ve been through for 20 years? I have fought, I have clawed, I have scraped … it’s not an accident that I’m sitting here.”).
McGowan said her platform is “really quite separate” from the #MeToo movement and also distanced herself from Times Up, an initiative spotlighted at Sunday’s Golden Globes that was created by hundreds of prominent Hollywood women—including Reese Witherspoon, Ashley Judd and Eva Longoria—to fight sexual harassment and gender disparity in leadership roles across the country. McGowan said she was asked to lend her name to aid female farmworkers, “and the next thing I know, I’m endorsing Times Up.”
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New film footage reveals discovery of ‘killer blow’ to King Richard III
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Previously unseen film footage released by the University of Leicester reveals for the first time details of the potential killer blow that claimed the life of King Richard III. The sequence – showing the dramatic injury to the base of the skull as well as the inside of the top of the skull – was taken by University video producer Carl Vivian who is chronicling the key events in the Discovery, Science and Reburial of the last Plantagenet king.
The footage shows the moment when Professor Guy Rutty of East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, based at the University of Leicester, found the potential killer blow. Drawing on 19 years of experience as a Home Office Forensic Pathologist, Professor Rutty examined the skull and linked marks on the vertebra, the smaller of the two wounds to the base of the skull and a mark on the inside of the skull, suggesting that weapon had been thrust up from the base of Richard’s neck and into his head.
Professor Rutty said: “I approached this examination as that of any patient – just because he was a King did not make a difference. Everyone is treated the same with the same doctor/patient relationship, the same respect in death and the same level of professional investigation. The key to this sequence is that alongside my role at the University of Leicester, I am a Home office forensic pathologist. Thus I was able to look at the large injury in the base of the skull and, through experience, I was able to identify the key injury. Using the specialist lighting equipment we have in the forensic mortuary at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, which was key to the examination, I then was able to put the three injuries together on pathological grounds and we all realised I had identified the potential lethal injury to King Richard III. It was one of those eureka moments which Carl Vivian happened to capture on film which we will all remember.”
Dr Jo Appleby demonstrates the angle of the injury inflicted to the base of Richard III’s skull. Image credit: University of Leicester.
The video shows the initial examination of the trauma to the skeleton by Professor Rutty working with Dr Jo Appleby of the University’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History. Osteologist Dr Jo Appleby, who led the exhumation of the skeleton from the Greyfriars car park where Richard was discovered in 2012, said: “Following the identification of a major sharp force trauma to the base of the skull, which was probably inflicted by a sword or the top spike of a bill or halberd, we were interested to determine the angle of the blow. During filming, Professor Rutty noted a small traumatic lesion on the interior surface of the cranium, directly opposite the sharp force trauma. Careful examination showed that the two injuries lined up with one another, and also with an injury to Richard’s first cervical vertebra. The combination of all three injuries provided evidence for the direction of the injury and also the depth to which the weapon had penetrated the skull.”
The small traumatic lesion on the interior surface of the cranium. Image credit: University of Leicester.
The researchers, who examined the remains in a clinical environment at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, have already published in The Lancet their research into the trauma inflicted on King Richard III’s body at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August, 1485. Using modern forensic analysis of the King’s skeletal remains, they discovered that three of his injuries had the potential to cause death quickly- two to the skull and one to the pelvis.
The forensic imaging team, working with the Forensic Pathology Unit and the University’s Department of Engineering, used whole body CT scans and micro-CT imaging of injured bones to analyse trauma to the 500-year-old skeleton carefully, and to determine which of the King’s wounds might have proved fatal. They also analysed tool marks on bone to identify the medieval weapons potentially responsible for his injuries.
Professor Sarah Hainsworth, Professor of Material Engineering at the University, said: “Using modern forensic examination, we have discovered that Richard’s skeleton sustained 11 wounds at or near the time of his death – nine of them to the skull, which were clearly inflicted in battle. The injuries to the head suggest he had either removed or lost his helmet. The other two injuries that we found were to a rib and his pelvis.”
The Dig for Richard III was led by the University of Leicester, working with Leicester City Council and in association with the Richard III Society. The originator of the Search project was Philippa Langley of the Richard III Society.
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Andalusia’s comfortable Mediterranean climate, with hot summers, mild winters and over 300 days of sunshine every year, is one of the main reasons it’s so popular with tourists. However, Andalusia has a lot of variety when it comes to its weather, so you might need to plan your holiday accordingly.
Andalusia contains both the wettest region in Spain, the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park within the province of Cádiz, and the driest place in continental Europe, the Tabernas Desert near Almería. The Guadalquivir valley surrounding Seville and Cordoba has seen the highest temperatures ever measured in Europe, while Sierra Nevada National Park, near Granada, has the lowest annual temperature on the Iberian peninsula.
Huelva and Cádiz have average high winter temperatures of around 16°C. Precipitation is highest in December, and the average amount of rainy days during this month is 12 and 7 for Huelva and Cádiz respectively. Average high temperatures during July and August are 33°C in Huelva and 29°C in Cádiz.The two cities in the Guadalquivir valley, Seville and Cordoba, have average winter temperatures around 16°C and chances of heavy rainfall during December and January. The summers are very hot, with temperatures rarely dropping below 30°C even at night. July and August have average high temperatures of around 37°C, and there is almost no chance for rainfalls during this time. The best time to visit these cities is in late spring or early autumn, when temperatures are at a much more comfortable average mid 20s.
Malaga has a very comfortable climate, especially from late spring to early autumn. Winters have a comfortable average high temperature of 17-18°C, with minimum temperatures around 7°C. There can be a lot of heavy rain during this period. Precipitation is at its highest in December at 100mm, but rainfalls occur as late as May and as early as October. The sea is generally too cold to swim in during this time.
Summers in Malaga are warm and comfortable, with average high temperatures around 31°C. This is a very dry period with almost no chance of rainfall in July and August. The best time to visit Malaga and Costa del Sol is in spring or autumn, when temperatures are comfortable and the sea is warm enough for a swim. This also lets you avoid the tourist crowds that flock to the beach during the summer months.
Granada’s winter temperatures are quite low and can drop to 0°C during its coldest month, January. In summer, the average high temperature is 35°C. Almeria’s winter temperatures are at an average high of 17-18°C, and its summer average high is 31°C. Precipitation here is generally very low, but reaches its maximum in December with an average of 34mm.
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One Morton Square is a residential building at the corner of Morton Street and West Street in the Greenwich Village of Manhattan, New York City. The building is a 14-story concrete structure with large glass windows built in 2002. The property features exceptional amenities and exclusive facilities, and it presents 142 individual apartment units that come in one, two, and three bedroom layouts with high ceilings, hardwood floors, marble baths, and terraces for some units. The property has convenient access to several transportation services and marvelous views of the Hudson River. Individuals and families looking for a new apartment in the city will appreciate the many properties that are move-in ready in One Morton Square.
About One Morton Square
The building has exceptional amenities and facilities available to residents. The property has a full-time doorman, valet service, and concierge. Residents can use the parking garage and bike storage area. The condo also has a full-service gym perfect for your regular exercise needs and a children’s play area where your kids can play with others. The building is across the street from Pier 40 at Hudson River Park, an outdoor athletic complex and garage parking offering shoreline views of the Hudson River. For dog owners, you can visit Leroy Street Dog Park, a designated dog park where pets are allowed off the leash.
If you are planning to move into the building with your kids, you can choose from some schools in the neighborhood. Schools in the area are The Mandell School – West Village, St Luke’s School, Village Community School, and many more. The Greenwich Village neighborhood has a lot of public, private, and religious educational institutions. Parents will have a lot of options for their kids if they move into the One Morton Square building.
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Attorney: Officer attacked without warning in Costco
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIOJune 18, 2019
A Costco employee talks on the phone following a shooting within the wholesale outlet in Corona, Calif., Friday, June 14, 2019. A gunman opened fire inside the store during an argument, killing a man, wounding two other people and sparking a stampede of terrified shoppers before he was taken into custody, police said. The man involved in the argument was killed and two other people were wounded, Corona police Lt. Jeff Edwards said. (Will Lester/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The off-duty officer who shot and killed a man inside a Southern California Costco last week was attacked without warning as he held his toddler son, the policeman’s attorney said Monday.
Attorney David Winslow said his client — a Los Angeles Police Department officer whom he wouldn’t name — was struck from behind without a word being spoken Friday night as he fed his son samples of teriyaki chicken in the warehouse store in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles.
But a cousin of Kenneth French, the man who was killed, described him as a gentle man who didn’t speak because of a mental condition.
Winslow told The Associated Press the officer was briefly knocked unconscious and his 1 ½-year-old son also fell to the ground.
When the officer regained consciousness, Winslow said, “he believed his life and his son’s life was in immediate danger.”
“He believed he was under attack,” Winslow said. “That’s when the shooting started.”
The officer shot and killed French, 32, of Riverside, and critically wounded French’s parents.
A Corona police spokesman said during a news conference shortly after the shooting that witnesses had reported hearing an argument. A statement from the department the following day, however, did not mention a verbal altercation and said the attack was “without provocation.”
Rick Shureih, French’s cousin, told the Press-Enterprise in Riverside that French was gentle and didn’t speak because of a mental condition that started in adulthood. He did not provide details on the condition, but he said French had “to be pretty much monitored” and his cousin’s parents, Russell and Paola French, accompanied him everywhere.
In a Facebook posting Monday, Shureih said the family has gotten “witness accounts that do not match up to the original story.” He declined to provide details, saying the information is confidential. He also said the family is pro-police but wants justice and called on authorities to arrest the officer.
Winslow said he was not aware French had a disability.
The officer — who has been with the LAPD for seven years and currently works in the Southeast Division — was interviewed Monday by LAPD investigators as part of the department’s administrative probe, Winslow said. He is on paid administrative leave that is mandatory after an officer-involved shooting.
The officer’s head injury was caused by a “severe blow” and he was treated at the hospital, his attorney said. His child was not harmed.
Corona police did not respond to requests for information about Winslow’s statements, what immediately preceded the shooting and whether anyone other than the officer had a weapon.
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office issued a statement urging the public to be patient. Once Corona police finish their investigation, prosecutors will review and consider whether to bring criminal charges.
Police have not said if French had any weapons or if the officer identified himself as a police officer before firing.
Witnesses reported seeing an argument between two people near a freezer section when at least six shots rang out. The shooting prompted a stampede of frightened shoppers, some fleeing the store as others sought cover inside.
Video from Costco’s security cameras and shoppers’ cellphones will be critical to the investigations, said Samuel Walker, a retired criminal justice professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and an expert on police accountability.
Off-duty officers can carry concealed firearms as long as the guns are authorized for on-duty use, according to the LAPD manual. Regardless of whether they’re in uniform, police officers are allowed to use deadly force in self-defense or defense of others if it’s clear there is no alternative, said Robert Weisberg, a professor at Stanford University’s law school.
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Fundraiser starts on memorial park for slain Indiana teens
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — A public fundraising drive is on to help pay for construction of a memorial park for two teenage girls whose 2017 deaths while out on a northern Indiana recreation trail remains unsolved.
Organizers for the 20-acre (8.1-hectare) Abby and Libby Memorial Park near Delphi are hoping for $50,000 in online donations by Aug. 14 to qualify for a state grant of the same amount. Work started in March, soon after the two-year mark for when 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams were killed.
Abby’s grandfather, Eric Erskin, says the combined $100,000 would show that organizers are serious about completing the park. Plans include softball fields, playgrounds, an amphitheater and picnic shelters.
Erskin says many companies have agreed to do work for free or at reduced rates.
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US secretary of state arrives in India amid trade tensions
By MARIYA AMRAYEVAJune 25, 2019
An activist of All India Peace and Solidarity Organization, AIPSO, a left-wing organization, holds a placard during a protest against the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to India, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Pompeo is scheduled to travel to India after having visited Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, on a trip aimed at building a global coalition to counter Iran. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
NEW DELHI (AP) — The U.S. secretary of state arrived in India’s capital late Tuesday after visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan on a trip aimed at building a global coalition to counter Iran.
The visit of Mike Pompeo is the first high-level engagement between the two countries since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election in last month’s general election. He is scheduled to meet with his counterpart, S. Jaishankar, and Modi on Wednesday amid growing tensions between the two countries over trade and tariffs.
India imposed tariffs on 28 American products including apples and almonds on June 16 in retaliation for the U.S. ending India’s preferential trade status on June 1. The Trump administration imposed higher duties on products including aluminum and steel.
The visit also comes ahead of scheduled meeting between President Donald Trump and Modi on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Summit in Japan later this week.
The two countries officials are also likely to discuss India’s plans to purchase Russia’s S-400 air defense system. U.S. has shown reservations about the deal.
Earlier Tuesday, hundreds of supporters of left-wing groups marched in central New Delhi to protest Pompeo’s visit and denounce American policies in the Middle East. They demonstrated as riot police watched along the streets ahead of Mike Pompeo’s arrival.
The protesters held banners reading “No war on Iran” and chanted slogans such as “Hands off Iran, hands off!” and “War mongering America, down down.”
They urged the Indian government not to cut off imports of oil from Iran, as the U.S. has demanded.
“The relationship that the U.S. wants with countries like India is between a master and a servant,” said Arun Kumar, a protester. “We are opposed to that. We want a relationship between equals.”
Some other protesters also called for an end of American actions against the governments of Cuba and Venezuela, terming them “imperialism.”
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Housley won’t seek 2020 rematch with Sen. Smith
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Karin Housley says she won’t seek a rematch against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith next year.
Instead, Housley said Tuesday she intends to run for another term in the Minnesota Senate.
Housley, of St. Marys Point, told Minnesota Public Radio News she wants to have a family life. Her husband, Phil, recently took a new hockey coaching job for the Arizona Coyotes after having spent last season with the Buffalo Sabres.
Housley was the Republican nominee last year against Smith, who was appointed to fill Sen. Al Franken’s seat after the Democrat resigned in early 2018.
Smith beat Housley by more than 10 percentage points in the election to fill the remaining two years in Franken’s term. Next year’s election will determine who fills the seat for a six-year term.
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The Reformers and the Regulative Principle by William Cunningham
Articles on Puritan Worship and the Regulative Principle
[The early nineteenth century Scottish theologian John Dick wrote concerning the Church in his Lectures on Theology (vol. 4, p. 324, 1838): ‘Some have supposed that the government of the Church is ambulatory; by which they mean, that no precise form has been prescribed, and that it is left to the wisdom of men to vary the form according to circumstances; to adapt it to the genius, and habits, and civil constitution of different nations. This is a summary mode of terminating all disputes about the subject.’ Although this latitudinarian way of dealing with Church issues had found many supporters in England since the decline of Puritanism, it was not until the second half of the nineteenth century that a widespread attempt was made in Scotland to abandon the historic position that Scripture alone is the rule of the Church.
One of the leading popularizers of this new view was Dr. John Tulloch, who in his Leaders of the Reformation, published in 1859, made the following statement: ‘The Christian Scriptures are a revelation of divine truth and not a revelation of church polity. They not only do not lay down the outline of such a polity, but they do not even give the adequate and conclusive hints of one; and for the best of all reasons, that it would have been entirely contrary to the spirit of Christianity to have done so; and because, in point of fact, the conditions of human progress do not admit of the imposition of any unvarying system of government, ecclesiastical or civil.’ This earned from William Cunningham, Principal of New College, Edinburgh, a trenchant reply in The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and the article was reprinted in a posthumous volume of his writings, The Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation, 1862. It is from this reply to Tulloch that the following statement of the regulative principle of Scripture is taken.]
Of the views generally held by the Reformers on the subject of the organization of the Church, there are two which have been always very offensive to men of a loose and latitudinarian tendency — viz. the alleged unlawfulness of introducing into the worship and government of the Church anything which is not positively warranted by Scripture, and the permanent binding obligation of a particular form of Church government. The second of these principles may be regarded, in one aspect of it,” as comprehended in the first. But it may be proper to make a few observations upon them separately, in the order in which they have now been stated.
The Lutheran and Anglican sections of the Reformers held a somewhat looser view upon these subjects than was approved of by Calvin. They generally held that the Church might warrantably introduce innovations into its government and worship, which might seem fitted to be useful, provided it could not be shown that there was anything in Scripture which expressly prohibited or discountenanced them, thus laying the onus probandi, in so far as Scripture is concerned, upon those who opposed the introduction of innovations. The Calvinistic section of the Reformers, following their great master, adopted a stricter rule, and were of opinion that there are sufficiently plain indications in Scripture itself, that it was Christ’s mind and will that nothing should be introduced into the government and worship of the Church, unless a positive warrant for it could be found in Scripture. This principle was adopted and acted upon by the English Puritans and the Scottish Presbyterians; and we are persuaded that it is the only true and safe principle applicable to this matter.
The principle is in a sense a very wide and sweeping one. But it is purely prohibitory or exclusive; and the practical effect of it, if it were fully carried out, would just be to leave the Church in the condition in which it was left by the apostles, in so far as we have any means of information — a result, surely, which need not be very alarming, except to those who think that they themselves have very superior powers for improving and adorning the Church by their inventions. The principle ought to be understood in a common-sense way, and we ought to be satisfied with reasonable evidence of its truth. Those who dislike this principle, from whatever cause, usually try to run us into difficulties by putting a very stringent construction upon it, and thereby giving it an appearance of absurdity, or by demanding an unreasonable amount of evidence to establish it. The principle must be interpreted and explained in the exercise of common sense. One obvious modification of it is suggested in the first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith where it is acknowledged ‘that there are some circumstances, concerning the worship of God and government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed’. But even this distinction between things and circumstances cannot always be applied very certainly; that is, cases have occurred in which there might be room for a difference of opinion, whether a proposed regulation or arrangement was a distinct thing in the way of innovation, or merely a circumstance attaching to an authorized thing and requiring to be regulated. Difficulties and differences of opinions may arise about details, even when sound judgment and good sense are brought to bear upon the interpretation and application of the principle; but this affords no ground for denying or doubting the truth or soundness of the principle itself.
In regard to questions of this sort there are two opposite extremes, into which one-sided minds are apt to fall, and both of which ought to be guarded against. The one is to stick rigidly and doggedly to a general principle, refusing to admit that any limitations or qualifications ought to he permitted in applying it; and the other is to reject the principle altogether, as if it had no truth or soundness about it, merely because it manifestly cannot be carried out without some exceptions and modifications, and because difficulties may be raised about some of the details of its application which cannot always be very easily solved. Both these extremes have been often exhibited in connection with this principle. Both of them are natural, but both are unreasonable, and both indicate a want of sound judgment. The right course is to ascertain, if possible, whether or not the principle be true; and if there seem to be sufficient evidence of its truth, then to seek to make a reasonable and judicious application of it.
With regard to the Scripture evidence of the truth of the principle, we do not allege that it is very direct, explicit, and overwhelming. It is not of a kind likely to satisfy the coarse, material literalists, who can see nothing in the Bible but what is asserted in express terms. But it is, we think, amply sufficient to convince those who, without any prejudice against it, are ready to submit their minds to the fair impression of what Scripture seems to have been intended to teach. The general principle of the unlawfulness of introducing into the government and worship of the Church anything which cannot be shown to have positive Scriptural sanction, can, we think, be deduced from the Word of God by good and necessary consequence. We do not mean at present to adduce the proof, but merely to indicate where it is to be found. The truth of this principle, as a general rule for the guidance of the Church, is plainly enough involved in what Scripture teaches concerning its own sufficiency and perfection as a rule of faith and practice, concerning God’s exclusive right to determine in what way He ought to be worshipped, concerning Christ’s exclusive right to settle the constitution, laws, and arrangements of His kingdom, concerning the unlawfulness of will-worship, and concerning the utter unfitness of men for the function which they have so often and so boldly usurped in this matter. The fair application of these various Scriptural views taken in combination, along with the utter want of any evidence on the other side, seems to us quite sufficient to shut out the lawfulness of introducing the inventions of men into the government and worship of the Christian Church.
There is no force in the presumption, that, because so little in regard to the externals of the Church is fixed by Scriptural authority, therefore much was left to be regulated by human wisdom, as experience might suggest or as the varying condition of the Church might seem to require. For, on the contrary, every view suggested by Scripture of Christianity and the Church, indicates that Christ intended His Church to remain permanently in the condition of simplicity as to outward arrangements, in which His apostles were guided to leave it. And never certainly has there been a case in which it has been more fully established by experience, that the foolishness of God, as the apostle says, is wiser than men; that what seems to many men very plausible and very wise, is utter folly, and tends to frustrate the very objects which it was designed to serve. Of the innumerable inventions of men introduced into the government and worship of the Church, without any warrant from Scripture, but professedly as being indicated by the wisdom of experience, or by the Christian consciousness of a particular age or country, to be fitted to promote the great ends of the Church, not one can with any plausibility be shown to have had a tendency to contribute, or to have in fact contributed, to the end contemplated; while, taken in the mass — and of course no limitation can be put to them unless the principle we maintain be adopted — they have inflicted fearful injury upon the best interests of the Church. There is a remarkable statement of Dr. Owen’s on this subject, which has been often quoted, but not more frequently than it deserves; it is this — ‘The principle that the church hath power to institute any thing or ceremony belonging to the worship of God, either as to matter or manner, beyond the observance of such circumstances as necessarily attend such ordinances as Christ Himself hath instituted, lies at the bottom of all the horrible superstition and idolatry, of all the confusion, blood, persecution, and wars, that have for so long a season spread themselves over the face of the Christian world.’ It is no doubt very gratifying to the pride of men to think that they, in the exercise of their wisdom, brought to bear upon the experience of the past history of the Church, or (to accommodate our statement to the prevalent views and phraseology of the present day) in the exercise of their own Christian consciousness, their own spiritual tact and discernment, can introduce improvements upon the nakedness and simplicity of the Church as it was left by the apostles. Perhaps the best mode of dealing with such persons, is to call upon them to exemplify their own general principle, by producing specific instances from among the innumerable innovations that have been introduced into the Church in past ages, by which they are prepared to maintain that the interests of religion have been benefited; or, if they decline this, to call upon them for a specimen of the innovations, possessed of course of this beneficial character and tendency, which they themselves have devised and would wish to have introduced; and then to undertake to show, what would be no very difficult task, that these innovations, whether selected or invented, have produced, or would produce if tried, effects the very reverse of what they would ascribe to them.
There is a strange fallacy which seems to mislead men in forming an estimate of the soundness and importance of this principle. Because this principle has been often brought out in connection with the discussion of matters which, viewed in themselves, are very unimportant — such as rites and ceremonies, vestments and organs, crossings, kneelings, bowings, and other such ineptiae – some men seem to think that it partakes of the intrinsic littleness of these things, and that the men who defend and try to enforce it, find their most congenial occupation in fighting about these small matters, and exhibit great bigotry and narrow-mindedness in bringing the authority of God and the testimony of Scripture to bear upon such a number of paltry points. Many have been led to entertain such views as these of the English Puritans and of the Scottish Presbyterians, and very much upon the ground of their maintenance of this principle. Now, it should be quite sufficient to prevent or neutralize this impression, to show, as we think can be done, 1st, That the principle is taught with sufficient plainness in Scripture, and that, therefore, it ought to be professed and applied to the regulation of ecclesiastical affairs. 2nd, That, viewed in itself, it is large, liberal, and comprehensive, such as seems in no way unbecoming its divine Author, and in no way unsuitable to the dignity of the Church as a divine institution, giving to God His rightful place of supremacy, and to the Church, as the body of Christ, its rightful position of elevated simplicity and purity. 3rd, That, when contemplated in connection with the ends of the Church, it is in full accordance with everything suggested by an enlightened and searching survey of the tendencies of human nature, and the testimony of all past experience. And with respect to the connection above referred to, on which the impression we are combating is chiefly based, it is surely plain that, in so far as it exists de facto, this is owing, not to anything in the tendencies of the principle itself or of its supporters, but to the conduct of the men who, in defiance of this principle, would obtrude human inventions into the government and worship of the Church, or who insist upon retaining them permanently after they have once got admittance. The principle suggests no rites or ceremonies, no schemes or arrangements; it is purely negative and prohibitory. Its supporters never devise innovations and press them upon the Church. The principle itself precludes this. It is the deniers of this principle, and they alone, who invent and obtrude innovations; and they are responsible for all the mischiefs that ensue from the discussions and contentions to which these things have given rise.
Men, under the pretence of curing the defects and shortcomings, the nakedness and bareness, attaching to ecclesiastical arrangements as set before us in the New Testament, have been constantly proposing innovations and improvements in government and worship. The question is, How ought these proposals to have been received? Our answer is, There is a great general Scriptural principle which shuts them all out. We refuse even to enter into the consideration of what is alleged in support of them. It is enough for us that they have no positive sanction from Scripture. On this ground we refuse to admit them, and, where they have crept in, we insist upon their being turned out, although, upon this latter point, Calvin, with his usual magnanimity, was always willing to have a reasonable regard to times and circumstances, and to the weaknesses and infirmities of the parties concerned. This is really all that we have to do with the mass of trumpery that has been brought under discussion in connection with these subjects. We find plainly enough indicated in Scripture a great comprehensive principle, suited to the dignity and importance of the great subject to which it relates, the right administration of the Church of Christ — a principle ‘majestic in its own simplicity’. We apply this principle to the mass of paltry stuff that has been devised for the purpose of improving and adorning the Church, and thereby we sweep it all away. This is all that we have to do with these small matters. We have no desire to know or to do anything about them; and when they are obtruded upon us by our opponents, we take our stand upon a higher platform, and refuse to look at them. This is plainly the true state of the case; and yet attempts are constantly made, and not wholly without success, to represent these small matters, and the discussions to which they have given rise, as distinctively characteristic of English Puritans and Scottish Presbyterians; whereas, in all their intrinsic littleness and paltriness, they are really characteristic only of those who contend for introducing or retaining them.
It was a great service, then, that Calvin rendered to the Church when he brought out and established this principle, in correction of the looser views held by the Lutheran and Anglican Reformers. If all the Protestant churches had cordially adopted and faithfully followed this simple but comprehensive and commanding principle, this would certainly have prevented a fearful amount of mischief, and would, in all probability, have effected a vast amount of good. There is good ground to believe, that, in that case, the Protestant churches would have been all along far more cordially united together, and more active and successful in opposing their great common enemies, Popery and infidelity, and in advancing the cause of their common Lord and Master.
There is another principle that was generally held by the Reformers, though not peculiar to them, which is very offensive to Dr. Tulloch and other latitudinarians, — viz. the Scriptural authority or jus divinum of one particular form of Church government. This general principle has been held by most men who have felt any real honest interest in religious matters, whether they had adopted Popish, Prelatic, Presbyterian, or Congregational views of what the government of the Church should be. The first persons who gave prominence to a negation of this principle, were the original defenders of the Church of England in Queen Elizabeth’s reign, Archbishop Whitgift and his associates, who scarcely ventured to claim a Scriptural sanction for the constitution of their Church. They have not been generally followed in this by the more modern defenders of the Church of England, who have commonly claimed a divine right for their government, and not a few of whom have gone the length of unchurching Presbyterians and Congregationalists. But they have been followed by some men in every age who seemed anxious to escape from the controlling authority of Scripture, that they might be more at liberty to gratify their own fancies, or to prosecute their own selfish interest.
From the time of Whitgift and Hooker down to the present day, it has been a common misrepresentation of the views objure divino anti-prelatists to allege that they claimed a divine right — a positive Scripture sanction — for the details of their system of government. Dr.. Tulloch seems to have thought it impossible to dispense with this misrepresentation; and accordingly he tells us that Presbyterianism ‘not merely asserted itself to be wise and conformable to Scripture, and therefore divine, but it claimed the direct impress of a divine right for all its details and applications’. This statement is untrue. There may be differences of opinion among Presbyterians as to the extent to which a divine right should be claimed for the subordinate features of the system, and some, no doubt, have gone to an extreme in the extent of their claims. But no Presbyterians of eminence have ever claimed ‘the direct impress of a divine right for all the details and applications’ of their system. They have claimed a divine right, or scriptural sanction, only for its fundamental principles, its leading features. It is these only which they allege are indicated in Scripture in such a way as to be binding upon the Church in all ages. And it is just the same ground that is taken by all the more intelligent and judicious among jure divino Prelatists and Congregationalists.
Dr. Tulloch, in the last of the quotations we have given from his book, endeavours to prove that no form of Church government was or could have been laid down in Scripture, so as to be permanently binding upon the Church. His leading positions are embodied in this statement:
The Christian Scriptures are a revelation of divine truth, and not a revelation of church polity. They not only do not lay down the outline of such a polity, but they do not even give the adequate and conclusive hints of one. And for the best of all reasons, that it would have been entirely contrary to the spirit of Christianity to have done so; and because, in point of fact, the conditions of human progress do not admit of the imposition of any unvarying system of government, ecclesiastical or civil.
Dr. Tulloch admits that the Scriptures are ‘a revelation of divine truth’; and since the truth revealed in them is not the theology of the Reformation, we hope that some time or other he will enlighten the world as to what the ‘divine truth’ is which they do reveal. As to the position that ‘the Scriptures are not a revelation of church polity’, we venture to think, that it is possible that something may be taught in Scripture on the subject of Church polity for the permanent guidance of the Church; and if there be anything of that nature taught there, then it must be a portion of the ‘divine truth’ which the Scriptures reveal. Whether anything be taught in Scripture on the subject of Church polity, must be determined, not by such an oracular deliverance as Dr. Tulloch has given, but by an examination of Scripture itself, by an investigation into the validity of the Scriptural grounds which have been brought forward in support of the different theories of Church government. Dr. Tulloch will scarcely allege, that there is nothing whatever taught in Scripture as to what should be the polity of the Church; and if there be anything taught there upon the subject, it must be received as a portion of divine truth. He is quite sure, however, that the sacred Scriptures ‘not only do not lay down the outline of such a polity, but they do not even give the adequate and conclusive hints of one’. Here we are directly at issue with him. We contend that not merely ‘hints’, but what may be fairly called an ‘outline’ of a particular Church polity, are set forth in Scripture in such a way as to be binding upon the Church in all ages.
We admit, indeed, that when this position is discussed in the abstract as a general thesis, a good deal of the argument often adduced in support of it is unsatisfactory and insufficient, as well as what is adduced against it. When the position we maintain is put in the shape of an abstract proposition, in which the advocates of all the different forms of Church government — Papists, Prelatists, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists — may concur; in other words, when the general position is laid down, that a particular form of Church government, without specifying what, is sanctioned by Scripture, we admit that the materials which may be brought to bear in support of this position are somewhat vague and indefinite, and do not tell very directly and conclusively upon the point to be proved. The strength of the case is brought fully out only when it is alleged that some one particular form of Church government specified, as Prelacy or Presbyterianism, is sanctioned and imposed by Scripture. The best and most satisfactory way of establishing the general position, that the Scripture sanctions and imposes a particular form of Church government, is to bring out the particular principles, rules, and arrangements in regard to the government of the Church which are sanctioned by Scripture, and to show that these, when taken together, or viewed in combination, constitute what may be fairly and reasonably called a form of Church government. By this process not only is the general proposition most clearly and directly established, but, what is of much more importance, the particular form of Church government which Scripture sanctions, and which, therefore, the Church is under a permanent obligation to have, is brought out and demonstrated.
Attempts, indeed, have been made to prove and to disprove the general thesis in the abstract by a priori reasonings, but most of these reasonings appear to us to possess but little force or relevancy. It is contended on a priori grounds, on the one hand, that there must have been a particular form of Church government laid down in Scripture; and it is contended on similar grounds, on the other hand, that this could not be done, or that it was impossible consistently with the general nature of the Christian Church, and the circumstances in which it was, and was to be, placed. But the truth is, that nothing which can be fairly regarded as very clear or cogent can be adduced in support of either of these abstract positions, unless the idea of a form of Church government be taken, in the first of them, in a very wide and lax, and in the second, in a very minute and restricted sense. On the one hand, while there is a large measure of a priori probability, that Christ, intending to found a Church as an organized, visible, permanent society, very different in character from the previously subsisting Church of God, especially in regard to all matters of external organization and arrangement, should give some general directions or indications of His mind and will as to its constitution and government, we have no certain materials for making any assertion as to the extent to which He was called upon to carry the rules He might prescribe as of permanent obligation, or for holding that He might be confidently expected to give rules so complete and minute as to constitute what might with any propriety be called a form of Church government. And, on the other hand, while it is evident that the Christian Church was intended to be wholly different in external organization from the Jewish one, and to have no such minute and detailed system of regulations, as being intended for all ages and countries; and while on these grounds, but little, as compared with the Jewish system, was to be subjected to precise and detailed regulations, and something might thus be left to the Church to be determined by the light of nature and providential circumstances — there is no antecedent improbability whatever, arising from any source or any consideration, in the idea that Christ might give such general directions on this subject as, when combined together, might justly have the designation of a form of Church government applied to them. On these grounds we do not attach much weight to those general a priori considerations, by which many have undertaken to prove, on the one hand, that Christ must have established a particular form of government for His Church, or, on the other hand, that He could not have done so; and we regard the case upon this whole subject as left in a very defective and imperfect state, until the advocates of the principle of a scripturally sanctioned or jure divino form of Church government, have shown what the particular form of Church government is which the Scripture sanctions, and have produced the evidence that Scripture does sanction that form, and, of course, a form — which will be a sufficient answer to the allegation that He could not have done so.
We think we can prove from Scripture statement and apostolic practice, the binding obligation of certain laws or rules, and arrangements, which furnish not only ‘hints’, but even an ‘outline of church polity’, and which, when combined together, may be fairly said to constitute a form of church government. In this way, we think we can show that there is a particular form of church government which, in its fundamental principles and leading features, is sanctioned and imposed by Scripture, viz. the Presbyterian one.
If the general a priori considerations which have been frequently brought into the discussion of this subject are insufficient to establish the true position, that Scripture does sanction one particular form of church government, much less are they adequate to establish the false position that it does not. Dr. Tulloch, as we have seen, asserts that we have ‘the best of all reasons’ to show that the Scriptures do not lay down even an ‘outline’ of a Church polity. But his ‘best of all reasons’ are not likely to satisfy any but those who are determined beforehand to be convinced. His reasons are two: 1st, ‘It would have been entirely contrary to the spirit of Christianity to have done so’; 2nd, ‘The conditions of human progress do not admit of the imposition of any unvarying system of government, ecclesiastical or civil.’ This is the whole proof which he adduces; and these he calls ‘the best of all reasons’. This, forsooth, is to prove that it is impossible that even the ‘outline’ of a Church polity could have been set forth in Scripture as permanently binding. Even Divine Wisdom, it would seem, could not have devised an outline of a Church polity which would have been accordant with ‘the spirit of Christianity and the conditions of human progress’. Our readers, we presume, will not expect us to say anything more for the purpose of refuting and exposing this. ‘The spirit of Christianity and the conditions of human progress’ might have had some bearing upon the question in hand, if there had been on the other side the maintenance of the position, that the Scriptures imposed upon the Church a full system of minute and detailed prescription of external arrangements, similar in character and general features to the Jewish economy. But when it is considered how entirely different from everything of this sort is all that is contended for by intelligent defenders of the divine right of a particular form of Church government, most men, we think, will see that Dr. Tulloch’s appeal, for conclusive evidence against its possibility, to the spirit of Christianity and the conditions of human progress, is truly ridiculous.
The disproof of the position, which has been received so generally among professing Christians, that Scripture does sanction and prescribe the outline of a Church polity, cannot be effected by means of vague and ambiguous generalities, or by high-sounding declamation. It can be effected, if at all, only by the method of exhaustion; that is, by the detailed refutation of all the different attempts which have been made to establish from Scripture the divine right of a particular form of Church government. And this species of work is much more difficult, requires much more talent and learning, than declaiming about ‘the spirit of Christianity and the conditions of human progress’.
At the same time, we must admit that it has become somewhat common and popular in modern times, to scout and ridicule the advancing of a claim to a divine right on behalf of any particular form of Church government. This has arisen partly, no doubt, from the ignorant and injudicious zeal with which the claim has been sometimes advocated, even by those whose views upon the subject of Church government were, in the main, sound and Scriptural; but principally, we are persuaded, from certain erroneous notions of the practical consequences that are supposed to follow necessarily from the establishment of this claim.
All Papists and many Prelatists, in putting forth a claim to a divine right on behalf of their respective systems of Church government, have openly, and without hesitation, deduced from their fancied success in establishing this claim, the conclusion that professedly Christian societies which had not their form of government were, for this reason, to be refused the designation and the ordinary rights of Christian Churches, or even to be placed beyond the pale within which salvation is ordinarily possible. This mode of procedure, in applying the claim to a divine right, universal among Papists, and by no means uncommon among a certain class of Prelatists, must appear to men who know anything of the general genius and spirit of the Christian system, and who are possessed of any measure of common sense and Christian charity, to be absurd and monstrous; and by many the disgust which has been reasonably excited by this conduct, has been transferred to the general principle of claiming a jus divinum on behalf of a particular form of Church government, from which it was supposed necessarily to flow. All this, however, is unwarranted and erroneous. Presbyterians and Congregationalists have as generally set up a claim to a divine right on behalf of their systems of Church government as Papists and Prelatists have done; but we do not remember that there has ever been a Presbyterian or a Congregationalist of any note who unchurched all other denominations except his own, or who refused to regard and treat them as Christian Churches merely on the ground that they had adopted a form of government different from that which he believed to have, exclusively, the sanction of the Word of God.
But many seem to suppose that Presbyterians and Congregationalists, in not unchurching other denominations on the ground of rejecting what they believe respectively to be the only Scripturally sanctioned form of Church government, are guilty of an amiable weakness, and fall into inconsistency, by declining to follow out their assertion of a jus divinum in judging of others, to its natural and legitimate consequences. This notion is erroneous and unjust, as will appear by attending to the true state of the case. All that is implied in claiming a divine right for Presbyterianism, for instance, is that the person who does so believes, and thinks he can prove, that Christ has plainly enough indicated in His Word His mind and will, that the fundamental principles of Presbyterianism should always and everywhere regulate the government of His Church. Prelatists and Congregationalists, professing equally to follow the guidance of the sacred Scriptures and to submit to the authority of Christ, have formed a different and opposite judgment as to the true bearing and import of the materials which Scripture furnishes upon this subject, and have in consequence set up a different form of government in their Churches. This being the true state of the case, the sum and substance of what any candid and intelligent Presbyterian, even though holding the jus divinum of presbytery, has to charge against them is just this, — that they have mistaken the mind and will of Christ upon this point, that they have formed an erroneous judgment about the import of the indications He has given in His Word, as to how He would have the government of His Church to be regulated. And this, which is really the whole charge, does not, upon principles generally acknowledged, afford of itself any sufficient ground for unchurching them, or for refusing to recognize and treat them as Christian Churches. It is a serious matter to adopt and to act upon erroneous views in regard to any portion of divine truth, anything which God has made known to us in His Word, and we have no wish to palliate this in any instance. But let the case be fairly stated, and let the principles ordinarily and justly applied to other errors be applied to this one. There can be no possible ground for holding, that the adoption and maintenance of an error on the subject of the government of the Church, by words or deeds, involves more guilt, or should be more severely condemned, than the adoption and maintenance of an error upon a matter of doctrine in the more limited sense of that word; and on the contrary, there is a great deal in the nature of the subject, viewed in connection with the general character, spirit, tendency, and objects of the Christian economy, and in the kind and amount of the materials of evidence which Scripture affords us for forming a judgment upon such questions, which indicates that errors in regard to government should be treated with less severity of condemnation, and should less materially affect the intercourse of churches with each other, than errors (within certain limits) with regard to doctrine, which are not usually considered to warrant the unchurching of other denominations, or to form an insuperable obstacle to the maintenance of friendly relations with them.
These grounds, on which we establish the unwarrantableness and unfairness of the common allegation, that claiming a divine right for one particular form of Church government, implies the unchurching of other denominations who may have come to a different conclusion as to the bearing of the Scripture testimony upon this subject, apply equally to the wider and more comprehensive principle, formerly explained, of the unlawfulness of introducing anything into the government and worship of the Church which is not positively sanctioned by Scripture. Lutherans and Anglicans generally contend that this principle is not taught in Scripture, and, on this ground, refuse to be so strictly tied up in regard to the introduction of ceremonies and regulations. We believe that, in denying this principle, they have fallen into an error in the interpretation and application of Scripture, and that the ceremonies and regulations which, in opposition to it, they may have introduced, are unlawful, and ought to be removed. But we never imagined, that because of this error in opinion, followed to some extent by error in practice, these denominations were to be unchurched, or to be shut out from friendly intercourse, especially as the Scriptural evidence in favour of the principle, though quite sufficient and satisfactory to our minds, is of a somewhat constructive and inferential description, and as differences sometimes arise among those who concur in holding it about some of the details of its application.
If these views, which are in manifest accordance with the dictates of common sense, and with principles generally recognized in other departments of theological discussion, were admitted, there would be much less disinclination to yield to the force of the Scripture evidence in support of the two principles which we have explained, and which form, we are persuaded, the only effectual security for the purity of Church administration, and the authority of Church arrangements.
But there are, in every age, some men who seem anxious to have the reputation of being in advance of all around them in the enlightened knowledge of theological subjects, and who, with this view, are very desirous to escape from the trammels of implicit deference to the authority of Scripture. The great source of error in religious matters is that men do not fully and honestly take the Word of God as their rule and standard.
Author: William Cunningham, Principal of New College, Edinburgh, from 1847 till his death in 1861, was on e of the greatest of Scottish theologians. With his breadth of learning, depth of evangelical insight, exactness of thought and vigorous stately style, Cunningham was the Warfield — one might almost say, the Calvin — of the Free Church of Scotland for the first two decades of her life.
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What Would It Have Been Like to Attend a Puritan Worship Service? by Horton Davies
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Top 10 Most Handsome Men In The World 2018
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Kelly Goldstraw & Mark Hunt
July 10, 2015 in Lake Maggiore, Italy
Kelly Goldstraw was working as a counter manager for Origins when she met Mark Hunt, a marketing intern for the same company, at an Origins-Estee Lauder work conference in July of 2005. Mark was living and working in London, while she was located in Manchester. “We both seemed to click straight away,” Kelly describes. “We couldn’t stop looking at each other–although in the back of my head, I thought there would be no way of anything developing, as we lived too far from each other.”
The two reconnected later, when a new Origins store opened in Manchester and Mark traveled over for the launch. After some flirting and a few drinks in The Living Room bar, the two spent all night talking. “Mark was the perfect gentleman, walking me home and giving me a kiss on the cheek,” says Kelly. “We arranged to see each other every other weekend for a year until he finally moved up to Manchester nine years ago.”
For Kelly’s 30th birthday in August of 2013, Mark planned a July trip to Florence but said they needed to fly out of London–a perfect excuse for spending the night in the capital before their travels. While having drinks at the hotel bar, Mark asked if the hotel looked familiar. “Eight years ago today, I met you for the first time in this lobby for an Origins conference, and you changed my world,” he said. “Will you please marry me?” Friends showed up the following day to celebrate the engagement, and the couple took off to Italy that weekend.
Having traveled to Italy many times in the past, Kelly and Mark knew it would be the perfect place for a destination wedding. Guests arrived via boat to a church on Isola Bella, which set the tone for a spectacular series of events. For the aperitif and evening music, singer and X-Factor finalist Nikitta Angus was flown in, along with Andrea, a guitarist–both, whom Mark had met at a London bar. With guests seated on the grass next to the lake, it was like a private music festival with a relaxing and joyful ambiance.
The wedding décor was created around a magical garden theme, and everyone was treated to a delectable culinary spread. Nobody was short of a drink all night, and the wedding cake was an absolute showstopper.
When dinner was finished at 11pm, a special lantern lighting was held down by the lake. “Mark’s mother had passed away the previous August, so it was an emotional day for him and his family,” says the bride. “We wanted to remember his mum and create a moment for other guests to celebrate their close ones who could not be with us.”
The night concluded with dancing in the cellar before heading back to the boat. “When you are planning a wedding, it all looks beautiful; but when it’s your own day, it’s another level of excitement and total appreciation for all the people involved in making it happen,” Kelly says. “We know it’s cliché to say, but if we could do it all again, we would do it the exact same way. It was just perfect, and I wouldn’t have changed a thing.”
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Ceremony Location: Chiesa di San Rocco Lake Maggiore, Italy; Reception Location: Villa Rusconi Clerici Lake Maggiore, Italy; Event Design and Planner: Italian Wedding Company Torino, Italy;
“When you are planning a wedding, it all looks beautiful; but when it’s your own day, it’s another level of excitement”
Kelly Goldstraw
Floral Design: Stefania Weddings Forno Canavese, Italy; Linen and Rentals: Meeting Banqueting Milan, Italy; Lighting and DJ: AudioDress Cairo Montenotte, Italy; Wedding Dress: Pronovias;
When dinner was finished at 11pm, a special lantern lighting was held down by the lake.
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Classical music: This Tuesday night, May 21, at 7:30 the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras perform an impressive Side-by-Side concert that is FREE and UNTICKETED in Overture Hall
This coming Tuesday night, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Overture Hall of the Overture Center, 201 State Street, is another event that can’t help but build audiences and generate good will for classical music.
That is when, once again, the professional musicians of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the student musicians of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras will play side-by-side (below, in a rehearsal), under the baton of WCO music director Andrew Sewell, in an inspiring example of apprenticeship and cooperation.
The Ear has been to the concert before, and loved the experience, which he found moving and excellent. He highly recommends it.
The ensemble repertoire to be played is ambitious and impressive.
In addition, soloists on the program are winners of the WYSO Concerto Competition: flutist Brian Liebau and violinist Benjamin Davies Hudson (below).
Says the WCO website: “Supporting young musicians in our community is essential to the future of music and the arts in Madison. We welcome all in the community to join us at this FREE concert.”
There is no charge for this concert, and no ticket is necessary to enter. Seating is general admission. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak, “Slavonic Dances,” Op. 46, Nos. 1, 3 and 8 (1878)
Hamilton Harty, “In Ireland,” a fantasy for flute, harp and orchestra (1935)
Camille Saint-Saens, “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,” Op. 28 (1863), for violin and orchestra. (In the YouTube video at the bottom, you hear the catchy, tuneful and virtuosic work performed by violinist Itzhak Perlman.)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1877-78), movements 3 and 4
Modest Mussorgsky, selections from “Pictures at an Exhibition” (1874; arranged by Maurice Ravel in 1922)
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Classical music: The Madison Symphony Orchestra finishes its season with first-time performances of a piano concerto by Mozart and a Slavic Mass by Janacek
This weekend the Madison Symphony Orchestra (below, in a photo by Peter Rodgers) concludes its current season with “Mass Appeal,” a program that includes two first-ever performances.
One work is the Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 382, with Christopher O’Riley as the soloist. The other work is the massive “Glagolitic Mass” by the Czech composer Leos Janacek.
The concerts are in Overture Hall of the Overture Center, 201 State St., on Friday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 5, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, May 6, at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $18-$90. Ticket information is lower down.
MSO music director John DeMain (below, in a photo by Prasad) had the following comments about the program:
“The concert opens with the exhilarating Overture to the opera Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
“Janacek’s monumental Glagolitic Mass is a very dramatic work. The soloists who are joining us will fill Overture Hall with voluptuous sound, and the Madison Symphony Chorus will bring its high level of professionalism, adding to the thrilling auditory experience that is so characteristic of Janacek. (NOTE: You can hear the dramatic and brassy opening of the Glagolitic Mass in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
“This work also features the organ in a movement all its own, and will give our audiences a chance to once again experience the beauty and power of the Overture Concert Organ as played by MSO’s Principal Organist Greg Zelek (below).”
“Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni was completed in 1787. Mozart’s musical genius is evident in the subtle shadings of darkness he injects into even the most outwardly cheerful moments of the overture — which was most recently performed by the MSO in 2003.
“Composed in December of 1785, Piano Concerto No. 22 was the first concerto by Mozart (below) to include clarinets, his favorite woodwind, in its scoring. The concerto is considered to be a particularly elegant work, filled with ornate, often complicated, writing for the soloist that carries a natural sense of aristocratic poise.
“The Glagolitic Mass, considered to be one of the century’s masterworks and Janacek’s finest choral work, has often been viewed as a celebration of Slavic culture. With text in Old Church Slavonic, the five movements correspond to the Roman Catholic Ordinary of the Mass, omitting “Dona nobis pacem” in the Agnus Dei.
“The piece begins and closes with triumphant fanfares dominated by the brass and prominently features the organ throughout.
“Janacek (below) wanted it to be a Mass “without the gloom of the medieval monastic cells in the themes, without the same lines of imitation, without the tangled fugues of Bach, without the pathos of Beethoven, without the playfulness of Haydn,” rather he talks of the inspiration of nature and language.
“Acclaimed for his engaging and deeply committed performances, pianist Christopher O’Riley (below, in a photo by Dan Williams) is known to millions as the host of NPR’s From the Top, which spotlights gifted young classical musicians.
“O’Riley’s repertoire spans a kaleidoscopic array of music from pre-baroque to present-day. He performs around the world and has garnered widespread praise for his untiring efforts to reach new audiences.
Christopher O’Riley has performed as a soloist with virtually all of the major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony. He last appeared with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in 1995, making for a highly anticipated return with his performance this season.
Soprano Rebecca Wilson (below, in a photo by Jeremy Lawson) has been praised as a “staggeringly talented singer” by St. Louis Magazine. She has appeared with Union Avenue Opera, in the role of Gutrune in Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) and has performed throughout the Chicago area in many roles.
Hailed as possessing a voice of “spell-binding power and intensity” (The Register-Guard), mezzo-soprano Julie Miller (below, in a photo by Devon Cass) has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras and in many major concert halls across the country.
Tenor Rodrick Dixon (below, in a photo by Dan Demetriad) is a classical crossover artist who possesses a voice of extraordinary range and versatility. His body of work covers 25 years of television, recordings, live theater and concerts, including PBS Specials with tenors Victor Cook, and Thomas Young; “Hallelujah Broadway,” starring his wife, Alfreda Burke; the Miss World Pageant broadcast from China and Washington, D.C., on the “E” channel in 126 countries.
Dixon recently appeared in the annual Freedom Awards. His eclectic discography includes recordings for Sony BMG, EMI Records and Naxos.
Bass Benjamin Sieverding (below, in a photo by Lu Zang) has been recognized by critics nationwide for his “surprising depth” (Boulder Daily Camera), as well as his “natural gift for comedy” and “full, rich sound” (Ann Arbor Observer).
As an active soloist and recitalist, Sieverding performs both regionally and internationally. Sieverding is a three-time district winner and regional finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
The Madison Symphony Chorus (below, in a photo by Greg Anderson) gave its first public performance on February 23, 1928, and has performed regularly with the Madison Symphony Orchestra ever since. The chorus (below) is directed by MSO assistant conductor Beverly Taylor and is comprised of more than 150 volunteer musicians who come from all walks of life and enjoy combining their artistic talent.
One hour before each performance, Beverly Taylor (below), Director of Choral Activities and Professor at the UW-Madison,will lead a 30-minute Prelude Discussion in Overture Hall to enhance concertgoers’ understanding and listening experience.
For more background on the music, please view the Program Notes by MSO trombonist and retiring UW-Whitewater professor J. Michael Allsen at: http://www.allsenmusic.com/NOTES/1718/8.May18.html
The Symphony recommends concert attendees arrive early for each performance to make sure they have time to pass through Overture Center’s security stations, and so they can experience the pre-concert talk (free for all ticket-holders).
Single Tickets for the 2017–2018 season finale May concerts are $18-$90 each and are on sale now at https://www.madisonsymphony.org/singletickets, through the Overture Center Box Office at 201 State Street, or by calling the Box Office at (608) 258-4141.
Groups of 15 or more can save 25% by calling the MSO office at (608) 257-3734. For more information, visit https://www.madisonsymphony.org/groups.
Major funding for the May concerts is provided by Mirror 34 Productions, Fiore Companies, Inc., the Steinhauer Charitable Trust, Diane Ballweg, and WPS Health Solutions. Additional funding provided by Carla and Fernando Alvarado, Forte Research Systems and Nimblify, William Wilcox and Julie Porto, and Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Classical music: The Middleton Community Orchestra draws its largest crowd yet as it rings in the New Year with Viennese waltzes, ethnic dances and violin showpieces
Here is a special posting, a review written by frequent guest critic and writer for this blog, John W. Barker. Barker (below) is an emeritus professor of Medieval history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also is a well-known classical music critic who writes for Isthmus and the American Record Guide, and who hosts an early music show once a month on Sunday morning on WORT-FM 89.9. For years, he served on the Board of Advisors for the Madison Early Music Festival and frequently gives pre-concert lectures in Madison. He also took the performance photos.
On Wednesday night, the mostly amateur Middleton Community Orchestra (below) had the last word of the December holiday season with a distinctly non-Christmas program.
To be sure, it was not a typical concert devoted to a tiny handful of major works. Rather, conductor Kyle Knox (below) devised something a cut above simplistic “pops” programming, with a clutch of nearly a dozen short works, each one of charm and substance—more like what Sir Thomas Beecham used to call “lollipops.”
The opener was a group of three selections from Tchaikovsky’s score for the ballet Swan Lake. There followed three of the Hungarian Dances by Brahms intermingled with two of the Slavonic Dances by Dvorak, in their orchestral versions.
The first half then closed with the first of two pieces featuring the conductor’s wife, violinist Naha Greenholtz (below), who is also the concertmaster of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. This was a kind of mini-concerto tidbit by Tchaikovsky, his Danse Russe.
The high point of the program’s second half was the second violin solo for Greenholz. Ravel’s Tzigane is a contemplation of Gypsy style. It begins with a wild unaccompanied solo for the violin, to which the orchestra then joins in a colorful set of variations. Here the playing by Greenholz was simply dazzling.
(You can hear Ravel’s virtuosic “Tzigane” — played by superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta — in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Otherwise, the second half of the program was a bit of old Vienna, via Johann Strauss II, perhaps hinting at that city’s famous New Year’s Concert.
Setting the scene was the overture to Die Fledermaus. Knox’s direction throughout showed a lot of hard work to bring off all the selections with precision, but I often felt that he strove mainly for exuberance at the cost of subtleties. Notably in this overture, it seemed to me that the strings, especially the violins, sounded a bit coarse, certainly below their best ensemble polish.
But doubts were certainly dispelled with one Strauss miniature, the Persian March, followed by that noblest of the composer’s achievements, the Kaiserwalzer or Emperor Waltz.
All in all, this worked as a responsible seasonal treat. It seemed to me that it drew the largest audience that the Middleton Community Orchestra has yet had, and this audience simply loved everything.
So, if you will, Happy New Year!
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Classical music: The Middleton Community Orchestra offers a head start on celebrating the New Year this coming Wednesday night
The Ear has received the following information to post:
“The mostly amateur and critically acclaimed Middleton Community Orchestra (below) has a fun and entertaining evening planned for this coming Wednesday night, Dec. 20.
“Think of it as an early New Year’s Eve concert.
“The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Middleton Performing Arts Center that is attached to Middleton High School, 2100 Bristol Street.
“The program features:
Johann Strauss Overture to Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances 5, 6, 7
Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op. 46, Nos. 6, 7
Peter Tchaikovsky (below) Selections from the Swan Lake Suite; Opening Scene, Little Swans, Czardas, Dance Russe with Naha Greenholtz, violin
Johann Strauss Persian March
Maurice Ravel Tzigane, Naha Greenholtz, violin
Johann Strauss Emperor Waltz (see the YouTube video below)
“The MCO is having a great time preparing this concert with our regular guest conductor Kyle Knox (below top) and our violin soloist, Naha Greenholtz (below bottom), who many of you know as the concertmaster of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. The two musicians are also married.
“Tickets are $15 and are available at the door or in advance at the Willy Street Coop West. Students are FREE.
“The box office opens at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 7p.m.
“A meet-and-greet reception (below) follows the concert.
“For information, call (608) 212-8690.
Hope to see you there.”
Mindy Taranto and Larry Bevic, co-founders of the Middleton Community Orchestra
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Classical music: Which are the most famous and most popular string quartets? And which ones are your favorites?
Does The Ear ever love chamber music!
And it has been a good few days for him and for other Madison fans of string quartets.
On Saturday night, The Ear heard the Ancora String Quartet (below) in outstanding performances of the “Dissonance” Quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the late String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, “Rosamunde,” by Franz Schubert.
Then on Monday night, the Ear heard the terrific Rhapsodie Quartet (below top, in a photo by Greg Anderson), made up of players in the Madison Symphony Orchestra, perform the “American” String Quartet by Antonin Dvorak followed by the sublime and profound Cello Quintet by Franz Schubert. UW-Madison and Pro Arte Quartet cellist Parry Karp (below bottom) sat in as the extra cellist.
At the Ancora concert, cellist Benjamin Whitcomb, who teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, made the case that Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet is well known for its apt nickname and is probably the best known or most popular of Mozart’s string quartets.
That got The Ear to thinking:
What are the most well-known and most popular string quartets?
And which string quartets are your favorites that you would recommend to other chamber music fans?
The Ear drew up a list of candidates of the first honor of being well-known.
He suspects that the “Emperor” Quartet — with its famous and infamous slow movement theme that was turned from an homage to the Austrian emperor into an anthem for Nazi Germany — by Franz Joseph Haydn, the “Death and the Maiden” Quartet of Schubert and the “American” Quartet of Dvorak all rival or surpass the public reputation of the Mozart’s “Dissonance,” although that one is certainly and deservedly famous to the general public.
As to The Ear’s favorite quartets: The Ear is especially partial to the six early Op. 18 string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven (below), which often take a back seat to the same composer’s middle quartets and late quartets. But of the famous last ones, The Ear loves the very last one, Op. 135, with its return to classical structure and clarity.
He also loves all of the Op. 76 string quartets by Haydn (below top) and is especially partial to the “Sunrise” and the “Quinten” or “Fifths” quartets. He also loves Haydn’s earlier Op. 20 “Sun” quartets; and all six string quartets that Mozart (below bottom) composed for and dedicated to Haydn, generally considered the father or the modern string quartet who also played string quartets with himself on violin and Mozart on viola.
The Ear likes Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” well enough, but he is always blown away by Schubert’s last quartet in G major, which was used as a soundtrack in Woody Allen’s great movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
He also loves the lyrical quartets on Dvorak (below), especially the Op. 51 “Slavonic” as well as the “American.” (You can hear the opening of the “Slavonic” String Quartet in a YouTube video at the bottom.)
As for Johannes Brahms, The Ear prefers the string quintets and string sextets to the string quartets.
Francophile that he is, The Ear also loves the single string quartets by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Among other modern string quartets, he loves the third and fifth of Bela Bartok, the second one by Sergei Prokofiev and the eight and 11th by Dmitri Shostakovich. He also adds the String Quartet No. 3 “Mishima” by Philip Glass.
Well, that’s enough for today and for this post.
What string quartet do you think is the most famous or most popular?
And which string quartets are your favorites?
Leave word, with a YouTube link if possible, in the COMMENT section.
The Ear wants to hear.
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Classical music: It’s Christmas Eve — a good time to revisit how the Wisconsin Chamber Choir imaginatively and successfully used many versions of the “Magnificat” to combine the holiday seasonal and the musically substantial
Here is a special posting that is perfect for Christmas Eve. It is a review written by frequent guest critic and writer for this blog, John W. Barker. Barker (below) is an emeritus professor of Medieval history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also is a well-known classical music critic who writes for Isthmus and the American Record Guide, and who for 12 years hosted an early music show every other Sunday morning on WORT FM 89.9 FM. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Madison Early Music Festival and frequently gives pre-concert lectures in Madison.
On last Saturday night, at the fully filled Grace Episcopal Church on Capitol Square, director Robert Gehrenbeck led the Wisconsin Chamber Choir (below) through a program that managed blessedly to combine the seasonal with the musically substantial.
The program was constructed with very great insight and imagination, around the Magnificat, the hymn in the Gospel of St. Luke that the Virgin Mary and St. Elizabeth are supposed to have improvised during their Visitation.
The Latin version is probably, with the exception of passages from the Mass Ordinary,, the most frequently set of all liturgical texts, given its varied utilities — not only for Advent celebrations but as the culminating part of the Office of Vespers.
Of the absolutely innumerable settings made of this text and its counterparts through the ages, Gehrenbeck (below) – who directs the choral program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater — selected six versions, mingling them among related musical works. The program was organized in six segments, three given before intermission, three after.
An initial German segment was dominated by the Deutsches Magnificat, which uses Martin Luther’s translation, a late and very great Baroque masterpiece for double choir by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672).
That was supplemented with a five-voice motet by Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) that absorbs some of the Magnificat imagery, and a textually unrelated double-choir German motet by the post-Baroque Gottfried Homilius (1714-1785) — a piece that reminded me strikingly of the neo-polyphonic style that Johannes Brahms would develop a century later for his own motets.
Johann Sebastian Bach found his place with three of the four Advent texts that the composer inserted in the original E-flat version of his Latin Magnificat setting. One of those adapts the chorale Vom Himmel hoch (From Heaven High), so the three were prefaced by a chorale-prelude for organ by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) that elaborates on that hymn. (NOTE: Bach’s lovely full choral version of the Magnificat can be heard in a YouTube video at the bottom. It features conductor John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and period instruments played in historically informed performances.)
Then we had settings of the Latin text.
First, one that alternates plainchant on the odd-numbered verses with organ elaborations by Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616-1655) on the even ones.
Second, we had a full setting by the late-Baroque Czech composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), with a skeletal “orchestra” reduced to oboe, violin and cello played beautifully by, respectively, Andy Olson, a graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, who works at Epic and who has performed with the Middleton Community Orchestra; Laura Burns of the Madison Symphony Orchestra; and Eric Miller of the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble.
A clever venture was made into Orthodox Christian treatments of the text in Church Slavonic. The full text in that form was given not in one of the more standard Russian Orthodox settings, but in a highly romanticized treatment by César Cui (1835-1918), a member of the “Mighty Five” group.
This was supplemented with beautiful settings of the Bogoróditse devo and the Dostóyno yest hymns of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, both of which paraphrase parts of Luke’s text: the former composed by the Estonian modernist Arvo Pärt (below, b.1935), the latter by the Russian Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998).
English-language treatments finally came with one of the settings by Herbert Howells (1892-1983) of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis pairing that is standard in the Anglican church. This was prefaced by a simple organ elaboration by John Ireland (1879-1962) of an unrelated English Christmas song.
The final group drew back from the Magnificat motif by presenting two works each of two contemporary American composers who, for their time, are able to write with lovely and idiomatic results for chorus: Peter Bloesch (below top, b. 1963) and Stephen Paulus (below bottom, 1949-2014).
Each was represented by an arrangement and an original piece. Paulus’ treatment of the traditional “We Three Kings” carol went with his setting of a charming poem by Christina Rosetti (slightly suggestive of what Gian-Carlo Menotti portrayed in his opera Amahl and the Night Visitors).
Bloetsch’s elaboration of an old French Christmas song was balanced with his lovely setting of a 15th-century poem that does vaguely hint at some verbiage of the Magnificat after all. Both works by Bloetsch, who was in the audience, received their world premieres.
The 53-voice choir sounded superb: beautifully balanced, precise, sonorous and often simply thrilling. Along the way, four women from the ranks delivered solo parts handsomely. Mark Brampton Smith (below) was organist and pianist as needed.
It proved a superlative seasonal offering, in all, organized with a rationale that was both ingenious and illuminating.
For more information about the Wisconsin Chamber Choir and its future concerts, go to:
http://www.wisconsinchamberchoir.org
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Thousands salute Bush funeral train 4141 on final Texas ride
Posted 6:39 AM, December 6, 2018, by Associated Press and Tahman Bradley, Updated at 05:40PM, December 6, 2018
HOUSTON —Thousands waved and cheered along the route as funeral train No. 4141 — for the 41st president — carried George H.W. Bush's remains to their final resting place on Thursday, his last journey as a week of national remembrance took on a decidedly personal feel in an emotional home state farewell.
Some people laid coins along the tracks that wound through small town Texas so a 420,000-pound locomotive pulling the nation's first funeral train in nearly half a century could crunch them into souvenirs. Others snapped pictures or crowded for views so close that police helicopters overhead had to warn them back. Elementary students hoisted a banner simply reading "THANK YOU."
The scenes reminiscent of a bygone era followed a serious and more somber tone at an earlier funeral service at a Houston church, where Bush's former secretary of state and confidant for decades, James Baker, addressed him as "jefe," Spanish for "boss." At times choking back tears, Baker praised Bush as "a beautiful human being" who had "the courage of a warrior. But when the time came for prudence, he maintained the greater courage of a peacemaker."
Baker also provided a contrast with today's divisive political rhetoric, saying that Bush's "wish for a kinder, gentler nation was not a cynical political slogan. It came honest and unguarded from his soul."
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"The world became a better place because George Bush occupied the White House for four years," said Baker.
As the post-funeral motorcade carrying Bush's remains later sped down a closed highway from the church to the train station, construction workers on all levels of an unfinished building paused to watch. A man sitting on a ferris wheel near the aquarium waved.
Bush's body was later loaded onto a special train fitted with clear sides so people could catch a glimpse of the casket as it rumbled by. The train traveled about 70 miles in two-plus hours — the first presidential funeral train journey since Dwight D. Eisenhower's remains went from Washington to his native Kansas 49 years ago — to the family plot on the grounds of Bush's presidential library at Texas A&M University. Bush's final resting place is alongside his wife, Barbara, and Robin Bush, the daughter they lost to leukemia at age 3.
In the town of Cypress, 55-year-old Doug Allen left eight coins on the tracks before the train passed — three quarters, three dimes and two pennies. The train left the coins flattened and slightly discolored.
"It's something we'll always keep," Allen said.
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Andy Gordon, 38, took his 6-year-old daughter, Addison, out of school so she and her 3-year-old sister, Ashtyn, could see the train pass in Pinehurst, Texas.
"Hopefully, my children will remember the significance and the meaning of today," Gordon said. Addison was carrying two small American flags in her hand.
The train arrived in College Station in the late afternoon with a military band playing "Hail to the Chief" and Texas A&M's "Aggie War Hymn."
About 2,100 cadets in their tan dress uniforms with jackets and ties and knee-high boots waited for hours on a cold, gray day to line the road —known as Barbara Bush Drive— to the Bush library's front doors. The U.S. Navy conducted a 21 strike fighter flyover, a salute to the World War II Navy pilot, followed by a 21-gun cannon salute on the ground.
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At the earlier service at Houston's St. Martin's Episcopal Church, where Bush and his family regularly worshipped, the choir sang "This is My Country," which was also sung at Bush's presidential inauguration in 1989. Those gathered heard a prayer stressing the importance of service and selflessness that the president himself offered for the country at the start of his term.
There were rousing renditions of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Onward Christian Soldiers," and also performances from some of Bush's country favorites. The Oak Ridge Boys recalled playing for him for decades — sometimes at the White House — and joked that Bush "fancied himself to be a good bass singer. He was not." They then sang "Amazing Grace," and Reba McEntire offered a musical version of "The Lord's Prayer."
Thursday's flavor was distinctly Texan, unlike days of previous Washington celebrations that had more of a national feel. In place of most federal dignitaries were top Houston athletes including the NFL Texans' defensive end J.J. Watt — displaying Bush's love for sports — and Chuck Norris, who played TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger."
Grandson George P. Bush, the only member of the political dynasty still holding elected office, as Texas land commissioner, used a eulogy to praise the man the younger generations called "gampy."
"He left a simple, yet profound legacy to his children, to his grandchildren and to his country: service," George P. Bush said.
The church's pastor, Rev. Russell Levenson, Jr., recalled the Bushes often attending services and offering to give up their seats to others on days when the church was particularly crowded.
"He was ready for heaven and heaven was ready for him," Levenson said of Bush who was in declining in health in recent years. The minister also suggested that when the former president died, he met his wife of 73 years in heaven and Barbara Bush playfully demanded, "What took you so long?"
Indeed, the funeral occurred at the same church where services were held in April for Barbara Bush. Those are remembered for an emotional scene when the former president gazed from his wheelchair up at her casket, then shook hands with well-wishers.
Wednesday night, more than 11,000 people paid their respects as Bush lay in repose at the church all night.
Earlier Wednesday, at Washington National Cathedral in the nation's capital, there was high praise for the last of the presidents to have fought in World War II — and a hefty dose of humor about a man whose speaking delivery was once described as a cross between Mister Rogers and John Wayne. Three other former presidents and Donald Trump watched as George W. Bush eulogized his father as "the brightest of a thousand points of light."
Trump, who once mocked the late president's "points of light" call to volunteerism, had nothing but favorable words Thursday.
"He was a wonderful man. We will always remember this great statesman and beloved American patriot," Trump said. "He really was very special."
The cathedral service in Washington was a tribute to the patriarch of one of the nation's most powerful political families — they occupied the White House for a dozen years — and to a faded political era that prized military service and public responsibility. Like Baker's address Thursday, it included indirect comparisons to Trump but was not consumed by them, as speakers focused on Bush's public life and character — with plenty of cracks about his goofy side, too.
"He was a man of such great humility," said Alan Simpson, former Republican senator from Wyoming. Those who travel "the high road of humility in Washington, D.C.," he added pointedly, "are not bothered by heavy traffic."
Trump sat Wednesday with his wife, the trio of ex-presidents and their wives, several of them sharp critics of his presidency and one of them, Hillary Clinton, his 2016 Democratic foe. Apart from courteous nods and some handshakes, there was little interaction between Trump and the others.
George W. Bush broke down briefly at the end of his eulogy while invoking the daughter his parents lost in 1953 and his mother, who died in April. He took comfort in knowing "Dad is hugging Robin and holding Mom's hand again."
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Le Beat: June 2019
WEEED: All you need is This
article by HALEE HASTAD
I spoke with WEEED’s John Goodhue last month as he drove through Badlands National Park, South Dakota. He was headed west, to Portland, where he and the rest of WEEED plan to live together, all in the same city, for the first time since graduating high school a decade ago.
Goodhue has a soft voice, boyish laugh, and speaks in slow contemplation. He doesn’t struggle to articulate thoughts, feelings, and concepts. A general tone of hopefulness could be sensed as he spoke about WEEED coming together on the West Coast again after so many years apart.
The goal, he said, is to see where the band can take them. It’s important to distinguish here that “the band” is not just a group of guys who make music together. No, no. The band, for them, is a collective entity, something beyond their individual selves. It is the whole of four separate parts.
WEEED’s Facebook profile declares their “Interests” as “Unconditional Love”, which Goodhue described as the first phase of them being a band.
“Love starts between the four of us, band or no band,” he said. “As it pertains to the band, fundamentally, all of us are best friends and friends first. Our relationships have grown through the band and the band has formed by the kinship of one-another. Unconditional love is the cornerstone for what allows us to play.”
The second phase, he said, is channelling that essence through the music by using their sound as a conduit to spread the love. At their strongest, WEEED’s live shows act as a closed loop of energy where they are giving love out and receiving it back over and over again, Goodhue described.
Nourish and be nourished.
This is a sentiment that has remained the same since WEEED’s Bainbridge beginnings.
In the time since they graduated high school and went their separate ways, WEEED has put out more than four albums, added an “E” to their name, toured the United States, one member has become a father, the list goes on. They have been physically apart, yes, but remain always together.
I recall seeing them play live in Bellingham a few years ago, at both The Shakedown and what was the Loud House. WEEED’s sets were beyond energetic and inviting – something about this band may be best described as transcendent. It is clear that Goodhue enters a special place of solitude behind his kit, Gabe Seaver (bass, vocals) and Mitch Fosnaugh (guitar, vocals), with eyes closed and heads nodding, become something of a meditative leader duo. It’s listening to an Earth album, Sleep too. But it’s also floating in a pool next to a waterfall.
“What I would love for people to leave a show having experienced is something sort of similar to that which I had,” Goodhue said. “A form of meditation with a sweaty and drawn-out delivery. Not having thought about too much, focussing on one thing at a time.”
Most recently, WEEED added Evan Franz as a drummer, making them one of many bands to enter into the dual percussion category. Franz debuted with the band on their most recent album, This, released June 1 on Important Records, who have described the work “an expansive musical vision and an astonishingly mature sound from a young band.”
This continues WEEED’s exploration of woodwind instruments, synthesizers, and ambient and vocal looping that was heard in Meta (2017), while also expanding on the intention of unity between each member. Inspiration included the music of the North African ethnic group Gnawa (think desert blues), as well as folk, jazz, and orchestral influences. The album was produced and recorded at Bear Creek studio in Woodinville, WA.
WEEED wrote and developed This primarily on the road and during practices, where they were able to suss out how they wanted it to sound, generating it piece-by-piece in live settings while touring in order to figure out how to play it in full, Goodhue said.
“The vision for this album was our most expansive yet,” Goodhue said. “We were able to see how we could connect playing together with a new person in the mix.”
As a result, he feels the work is more mature than anything they’ve created in the past and attributes that quality to a willingness to explore a bit more.
A willingness to share the love, one might say.
WEEED plays the Shakedown on June 7. See their Facebook page and website for more details.
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Doug Jackson ALABAMA MEDIA GROUP
During Hurricane Season, General Aviation Is Our Most Valuable Asset
I will never forget being in Houston during Hurricane Harvey. The area experienced one of its worst natural disasters. Roads were flooded, houses were destroyed, and people were left with nothing. Many of us in Texas felt a sense of urgency to do something, but were seemingly out of options. In our first attempt to reach the communities in need, our trucks and trailers were turned back by flooded roads.
It became apparent that the versatility of general aviation was the only resource for disaster relief and recovery in the immediate aftermath of the storm. A team of pilots, local volunteers, and small aircraft decided that we would just fly over the roads and answer the call for Southeast Texas.
It didn’t take long to get to work. From a collection of friends, aviation professionals, local elected officials, and airport managers, Operation Airdrop started organically with a mission to help those in need. With command centers in Beaumont Municipal Airport and Denton Enterprise Airport, we mobilized local support to load planes, manage logistics, and deliver essential supplies through general aviation.
After just a couple of days, our operations had grown so much that we had to transfer our records from a white board in an airport conference room to a digital database that can accommodate the needs of a national organization.
With pilots stretching every corner of the country, our organization has served almost every major storm since Hurricane Harvey. From the Carolinas to The Caribbean, general aviation is a life-saving tool that provides immediate relief to these communities when it would otherwise take days to receive aid. We will receive distress calls from city officials and local residents that are in life or death situations.
From the time it takes to gather supplies, load planes, and deliver those supplies, we can complete a successful mission in about 3 hours. During our most successful efforts, I will get a call back from the same people telling us to stop deliveries because of the massive surplus they have!
General aviation and local airports bring these communities back to life in times when their utilities are needed most. For example, it enables us to deliver chainsaws that are used to clear roads and open base-level transportation routes for the next phase of recovery. During Hurricane Florence, we flew a water filtration system to Cape Fear, NC, to supplant their water system, we brought hot meals to the town of Maxton, NC, for people that had been eating canned beans for five days, and we brought dehumidifiers and generators to communities across the Carolinas. The impact of this work is immense: 84,000 pounds of supplies to the Florida Keys, 90,000 pounds of supplies to the Florida Panhandle, 250,000 pounds of supplies to Houston, 284,000 pounds of supplies to the Carolinas, and 2.3 million pounds of supplies to Puerto Rico.
The immediate response from Operation Airdrop gives these communities hope and motivation during their most trying times. Most importantly, our efforts foster and rely on community involvement from the areas affected. There is nothing more inspiring than to see folks who may have had their home ruined, or their street flooded, but are still motivated to lend a helping hand.
The fact is there are over 5,000 public-use airports that fulfill roles beyond just the commercial industry. These airports are vital, particularly for rural communities, in providing disaster relief, emergency medical services, law enforcement, and business development. During the hurricane season, I am always encouraged by the willingness of airport managers to offer their services when most public-use facilities are shutdown. They are literal lifelines for storm victims because they act as logistical centers, loading zones, and communication hubs for our operations.
Soon Congress is going to debate proposals to revamp and improve our nation’s infrastructure and as part of this we should not forget the importance of our small airports and aircraft. Yes our big airports and airlines are important, but let’s not ever forget that there are thousands of airports around the country that are a literal lifeline to thousands of communities around the US.
Doug Jackson is the Co-founder of Operation Airdrop.
https://www.al.com/opinion/2019/04/during-hurricane-season-general-aviation-is-our-most-valuable-asset.html
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English Oak Trees to Commemorate Fallen of First World War
Posted by on 2 November 2018 | Comments
A memorial of seven English Oak trees has been planted in Debenham to commemorate the role played by the people of Mid Suffolk in the First World War and to remember all those who gave their lives in sacrifice our of freedoms today.
Mid Suffolk lost just over 1,600 people in the First World War one hundred years ago, and the oak trees that have been planted in remembrance will live to well over one hundred years, allowing their legacy to stand through to the second centenary of the First World War and beyond.
The planting ceremony was hosted by Cllr David Burn, Mid Suffolk District Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, and attended by Eddy Alcock the chairman of the Debenham Branch Royal British Legion, local school children, representatives of the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk’s 2018 Committee and county, district and parish councillors. The final tree was planted by Cllr Derrick Haley, Chairman of Mid Suffolk District Council. Photographs of the ceremony are available on the councils' Flickr pages.
The trees were planted on The Meadow, off Wells Way in Debenham. The trees that were chosen were fastigiate oaks, which will grow in a columnar shape and the leaves of which will turn a fiery red in the autumn.
Cllr Derrick Haley, Chairman of Mid Suffolk District Council, said “These trees are a legacy that will still be standing a century from now. They will remind us through the years of the enduring memory of the sacrifices of the people of Mid Suffolk in the First World War. Mid Suffolk lost 1,600 brave men and women in the First World War, and I hope in years to come people will look at these memorial oaks, remember what those 1,600 did at that time in history, and be proud of our heritage.
“The Lord Lieutenant’s Committee has invited councils across the county to plant oaks this year and Mid Suffolk is proud to be a part of this movement to commemorate the sacrifice of the people of Suffolk between 1914 and 1918. We chose a variety of British Oak that has brilliant red leaves in the autumn, to remind us of the poppies at Flanders that have become such a poignant symbol of remembrance.”
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THE HANDMAID’S TALE: Series creator Bruce Miller talks about the hit Hulu series – Exclusive Interview
THE HANDMAID’S TALE, which just premiered its third season on Hulu, has been a phenomenon. Adapted from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, THE HANDMAID’S TALE in its first became the first series on a streaming service to win Emmys for Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Lead Actress (Elisabeth Moss as June/Offred), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia), Outstanding Direction (Reed Morano), Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Guest Actress (Alexis Bledel as Emily/Ofglen), and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program. The second season brought two more Emmy wins (Guest Actress for Samira Wiley, Outstanding Editing, and a second win for […]Read On »
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By PETER BROWN 07/18/2014
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, William Devane, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Giles Matthey, Michael Wincott, Benjamin Bratt, Kim Raver Writers: Evan Katz, Manny Coto Director: Jon Cassar Network: Fox, airs Monday nights @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: July 14, 2014 I really have nothing bad that can be said about the entire 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY experience. From beginning to end, it was quality TV. Loads of action, loads of Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) being Jack, loads of character deaths, lots of twists and swerves and above all else a smart program that doesn’t just end with fluffy […]Read On »
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Tony Kushner's plays include A Bright Room Called Day and Slavs!; as well as adaptations of Corneille's The Illusion, Ansky's The Dybbuk, Brecht's The Good Person of Szecguan and Goethe's Stella. Current projects include: Henry Box Brown or The Mirror of Slavery; and two musical plays: St. Cecilia or The Power of Music and Caroline or Change. His collaboration with Maurice Sendak on an American version of the children's opera, Brundibar, appeared in book form Fall 2003. Kushner grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and he lives in New York.
A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
By: Tony Kushner
Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, and others
Presenting an original audiobook performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival....
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Mackinac Financial Co. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.12 (NASDAQ:MFNC)
Mackinac Financial Co. (NASDAQ:MFNC) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 18th, NASDAQ reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 28th will be given a dividend of 0.12 per share by the financial services provider on Friday, July 12th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 27th.
Mackinac Financial has increased its dividend payment by an average of 13.9% per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 5 consecutive years. Mackinac Financial has a payout ratio of 43.6% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Mackinac Financial to earn $1.46 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.48 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 32.9%.
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Shares of NASDAQ MFNC traded up $0.05 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $15.90. 1,446 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,447. Mackinac Financial has a 52 week low of $12.60 and a 52 week high of $17.58. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $15.77. The firm has a market cap of $169.38 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.03 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30.
Mackinac Financial (NASDAQ:MFNC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 1st. The financial services provider reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.31 by ($0.01). Mackinac Financial had a net margin of 15.40% and a return on equity of 8.08%. The firm had revenue of $14.35 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.40 million. On average, analysts expect that Mackinac Financial will post 1.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Separately, Zacks Investment Research cut Mackinac Financial from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 10th.
About Mackinac Financial
Mackinac Financial Corporation provides banking solutions. It offers demand deposits and interest and non-interest bearing time and savings deposits. It's deposits include jumbo deposits and retail time deposits. The company provides commercial and industrial loans, consumer loans, commercial real estate loans, and other loans and leases.
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Refugee Week – our ESOL ladies’ trip to the Migration Museum
by Administrator | Jun 25, 2019 | Adult Service | 0 comments
On 20th June 2019, a group of 15 ESOL students from a variety of ESOL classes and 5 members of staff visited the Migration Museum on Lambeth High Street as part of Refugee Week. Everyone met at the Baytree Centre and after a quick head count, set off for the museum at 12.30pm.
On the bus, students chatted enthusiastically with each other and their tutors and so the journey passed quickly and pleasantly. Arriving at our destination, we made sure the students knew where the bus stop was if they needed to leave early.
At the Migration Museum we were welcomed by a member of staff and given a brief overview of the exhibition and a simple floor map. We were told it was a truly interactive experience and the students loved exploring all the different rooms and listening to the different stories from the migrants who had settled in the UK. The exhibition was set out as a series of rooms: a bedsit, a kitchen, a barber shop and a schoolroom, each filled with personal artefacts that visitors to the museum could pick up and examine. In addition, there were opportunities to listen to personal narratives that truly brought to life the struggles of the migrants.
As well as learning more about migrant groups that had made the UK their home, our students were encouraged to think about their own journeys to the UK and many shared their stories with each other and the tutors. The final room gave them the opportunity to think about who had helped them when they first moved to the UK and to offer thanks to these people by writing their names in little boxes which were then incorporated into an exhibit called The Colours of Kindness.
We finished our visit with some light refreshments in the café and enjoyed an art exhibition which featured people who had arrived in The UK on The Windrush. We helped our students to complete feedback forms on their experience of visiting the museum and it was clear from their comments that it had been an overwhelmingly positive experience for everyone.
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Dunwich underwater images show 'Britain's Atlantis'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-22482097
Image caption Underwater imaging techniques showed the ruins through the murky water
Image caption The University of Southampton says the new maps show how Dunwich has been affected by coastal erosion
Underwater images have helped produce what has been called "the most accurate map to date" of "Britain's Atlantis".
Prof David Sear, of the University of Southampton, led the project off the Suffolk coast at Dunwich, which hundreds of years ago was a busy port.
He said using acoustic imaging in the "murky waters" had resulted in maps of where buildings fell after being lost to coastal erosion.
"It's enabled us to see things for the first time, very clearly," he said.
The university began researching the history of the village, which is located between Southwold and Aldeburgh, in 2008.
The 'lost city of Dunwich'
Dunwich was "one of the greatest ports on the East coast".
In the 11th Century it was the 10th largest town in England.
Two great storms in 1286 and 1326 resulted in the loss of its harbour and started its decline.
The village now has about 120 residents.
Source: Dunwich Museum
Dunwich Museum
'Shining a torch'
Prof Sear said: "It's a story about coastal erosion, climate change and people trying to live with that - and frankly not doing very well."
He said previous dives had returned limited results due to the nature of the water.
"People say what's it like on the bottom of Dunwich and I say 'close your eyes', that's what it's like," he said.
Using acoustic imaging technology, he said, was "like shining a torch onto the seabed" but using sound instead of light.
The technique returned images that showed the resting place of some of Dunwich's medieval buildings, up to 10 metres (32ft) below the surface of the sea.
"They were big structures, churches, a priory, but they fell over a cliff," he said.
"They didn't fall very far so they are in the places where we would expect to find them."
The project, which has been funded by English Heritage, claims to have produced the most accurate maps to date of Dunwich's streets, boundaries and major buildings.
Peter Murphy, coastal survey expert with English Heritage, said: "Everyone was surprised by how much of the eroded town still survives under the sea and is identifiable."
Further research is to be carried out in June.
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StateLine: How green are they? Little insight from leading legislators on their own energy use
By Lindsey Parietti
Aug 31, 2007 at 12:01 AM Aug 31, 2007 at 12:45 AM
It's not easy being green. Just ask the Massachusetts politicians who are leading the charge for energy efficiency and environmental awareness.
While Beacon Hill leaders have a host of policy and legislative solutions to make the Bay State more environmentally friendly, most refuse to reveal what they are doing in their own homes.
Only Environment and Energy Secretary Ian Bowles, and Rep. James Marzilli, D-Arlington, responded in full to several questions from the MetroWest Daily News and the Patriot Ledger, although both declined to provide a recent copy of their utility bill.
Aides to Gov. Deval Patrick provided a brief statement detailing his use of a 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Compact Fluorescent Bulbs in his Milton home.
“The Governor and his family also designed their home in Richmond so that its architecture and orientation makes the house more energy efficient, such as capturing the sun for heating during the winter and allowing a natural current of air for cooling during the summer,” wrote Press Secretary Rebecca Deusser.
Bowles said he often walks or takes the bus to work from his Charlestown home.
Marzilli, who filed a host of energy bills this session, said he and his wife both drive Toyota Hybrids, use compact fluorescent bulbs, buy appliances with an Energy Star rating, and recycle nearly 100 percent of organic compost and recyclable material.
But after being given more than a week to respond, several of his colleagues in both the House and Senate either ignored the request or said they did not have time to answer the questions.
Laura Wondolowski, director of the non-profit Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters, said she was not surprised by their reluctance.
“I think with the global warming crisis that we’re facing, we all need to pitch in, and government needs to set an example,” she said. “It’s a tough line between your personal life and your private life. The higher up you are in elected office, the more open your life becomes to the public.”
In an e-mailed statement, Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, chairman of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change, called the questions “way off base,” although he was willing to give a general interview about his energy policies.
Sens. Susan Tucker, D-Andover, and Michael Morrissey, D-Quincy, who head the Joint Telecommunications, Utilities, & Energy Committee; Rep. Frank Smizik, D-Brookline, chairman of the Environment Committee; and Worcester Democrats Reps. John Binienda and Vincent Pedone also declined to respond.
“We need to pass policies that make it easier for citizens including legislators to be more energy efficient,” Wondolowski said. “I think they face some of the same financial constraints that we all do.”
Please provide a copy of a recent electricity/utility bill What types of alternative energy do you use, if any? How? Do energy saving light bulbs make up all, some, or none of the bulbs in your home? If you use them, when did you start? What kind of car do you drive? Year, Make, Model How many miles do you drive per week? How much do you spend on gas? How often do you use public transportation? Why and what types? Please list anything else you do to conserve energy or offset your environmental impact.
Lindsey Parietti of The MetroWest (Mass.) Daily News can be reached at lpariett@cnc.com. Tom Benner of the Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) contributed to this story.
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Walsall Linked With Former Rotherham United Striker David Ball
2:00 pm Tuesday, 18 June 2019 @BescotBanter AFC Wimbledon Blackpool David Ball Fleetwood Town Ipswich Town Lincoln City Port Vale Rotherham United Sunderland The Rumour Mill Tranmere Rovers
Walsall have been named among a trio of clubs considering a move for soon-to-be former Rotherham United striker David Ball, who will be a free agent when his Millers contract expires at the end of the month.
Joined in the hunt by the likes of AFC Wimbledon, Blackpool, Fleetwood Town, Ipswich Town, Lincoln City, Port Vale, Sunderland and Tranmere Rovers, the Saddlers are believed to be keen to secure several signings ahead of their return to pre-season training as the squad is due to travel to Poland for a few days of team building along with a clash against an as-yet unnamed team.
29-year-old Ball spent the vast majority of last season on-loan to the Saddlers' League One rivals Bradford City, where he bagged just seven goals in forty-two first-team outings as the Bantams ultimately suffered relegation to the fourth tier alongside Scunthorpe United, the Saddlers, and Plymouth Argyle.
Ball, a product of Manchester City's youth academy, turned professional in 2009 and, after a season in the club's reserve side, joined Swindon Town on loan where he would go on to make his professional debut in August 2010 as the Robins clashed with Brighton & Hove Albion.
After enjoying a successful six-month spell with Swindon, David was on the move once again as the Citizens had come to terms on a permanent deal with Peterborough United, the Posh paying £50,000 to land their man on the final day of the January Transfer Window.
David went on to make a total of forty-five appearances over the next year for the Posh, but eventually fell out of favour at London Road and ultimately joined Rochdale for the second-half of the 2011/12 season, where he would secure another fifteen first-team appearances.
Following a failed loan switch to Uwe Rosler's Brentford, which saw a potential deal collapse despite appearing all-but done, David signed for newly promoted League Two side Fleetwood Town on a three-year deal in August 2012 and would go on to bag forty-nine goals in two-hundred and nine appearances for the Trawlermen.
After five seasons at Town's Highbury Stadium David was on the move once again as he penned a two-year deal with Rotherham United where he would go on to bag a goal on his debut as the Millers faced Manchester City's Under-23s in the Checkatrade Trophy.
He would go on to grab another eight goals over the course of the 2017/18 campaign as the Millers ultimately secured promotion to the Championship. David made one Millers appearance at the start of last season before agreeing a season-long loan switch to Bradford City on Transfer Deadline Day.
The Whitefield-born attacker was named among a host of players to be leaving the New York Stadium at the end of the campaign, and is said to be on the Saddlers' transfer radar as Darrell Clarke has to both contend with potential departures and rebuild his side following last season's relegation.
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Khloe Kardashian’s life has been flipped upside down over the past 24 hours but she’s not wasting any time in making decisions about her future.
After it came out that boo Tristan Thompson has been cheating on her pretty much since the beginning of her pregnancy, Khloe is reportedly going to do whatever it takes to seek full custody of her unborn baby.
According to Radar Online, after the Kardashian sister found out about Tristan’s dirty ways, she was “devastated” but will use his unfaithfulness against him in court.
“Khloe is going for full legal and primary custody of her daughter,” a source close to the family told the website. “Also, she’s made up her mind to leave Cleveland following the birth, which her family and mom Kris [Jenner] is thankful for.”
Previously, it was reported that Kris Jenner flew to Cleveland to await her granddaughter's birth. Her plane, according to TMZ, left this morning (April 11). Other members of the family are expected to fly in tomorrow and Friday. The Radar source also claims that following the birth, Khloe doesn’t want to see Thompson ever again.
“She, literally, wants nothing to do with him for the rest of her life and, as of right now, she does not want her baby to even know him at all,” the source said. “She is never going to fall for another basketball player again.
“She is crying non-stop and was already crying a lot because she is 9 months pregnant,” they added. “But he just broke her heart.”
Khloe Kardashian has not reacted publicly to Tristan Thompson’s cheating scandal. The woman he was reportedly running around New York City with has been identified as strip club bartender, Lani Blair.
We’ll bring you more about the potential court proceedings once details surrounding them become available.
Written by Paul Meara
Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage
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Callum Brady Sunday, January 20th 2019, @13:30. Manchester City head to West Yorkshire looking to repeat their cricket score victory over a rock bottom Huddersfield Town side who haven’t won in the league since November.
Huddersfield vs Man City: Predictions, Betting Tips & Odds
Huddersfield 17/1 | Draw 27/4 | Man City 4/27
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Manchester City head to West Yorkshire looking to repeat their cricket score victory over a rock bottom Huddersfield Town side who haven’t won in the league since November.
The highest scorers in the Premier League take on the side with the fewest goals in the division so far this season, in a contest that will struggle to be just that.
There are few prizes for backing the away win in this one as the question is really by how many goals will City win, rather than the usual who will win.
When the sides met earlier in the season at the Etihad, City put six past the Terriers although hapless Huddersfield did at least manage to get on the scoresheet in a 6-1 romp.
However, that only occurred after the home side were 3-0 up and had already taken their foot off the gas.
Remarkably, Huddersfield has only won once at home all season and there is little to no chance of David Wagner’s men making it two.
The Terriers are on a 10-game winless run in all competitions whilst City has only conceded seven on the road all season.
Expect a City clean sheet in what proves to be the most comfortable 3-0 away win they will have all season.
Score Prediction
Man City to win to nil is 4/6
It is harder to get better value than that with the best betting sites as the away side are such hot favourites.
Huddersfield has scored just five times at home in the Premier League all season making another City shutout inevitable.
Over 1.5 first half goals in 11/10
Eight of Manchester City’s last 10 goals on the road in the Premier League have come in the first half making this a great bet.
As mentioned above, City have already enjoyed a thumping 6-1 over the Terriers this season although that was at the Etihad.
Huddersfield did however surprise many when they claimed a 0-0 draw at the end of last season even though City had already wrapped up the title.
Despite the current gulf in class between the two, it was not always that way, the Terriers won four straight games against the Citizens in the late 1940’s and Huddersfield have beaten City a total of 22 times in their competitive history.
Manchester City have claimed just five more with 27 and a total of 30 draws has been shared between the two since they first met in a 1920 Division One game.
Manchester City have netted eight times in three Premier League games against the Terriers.
Manchester City has already lost more games on the road this season (2) than in the entirety of the 2017/18 campaign (1).
The Terriers have not beaten City this millennium recording three defeats and three draws in the sides last six meetings.
Huddersfield has only managed five goals at home all season, the fewest in the Premier League.
Manchester City won the first ever meeting between the pair, 1-0 in a 1920 Division One clash.
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PC Games > Hidden Object Games > The Others
A local toymaker and all his factory workers mysteriously vanished on the same night. It's up to you, ace reporter Mary Bingham, to delve into the town's hidden mysteries to discover the truth. But first you'll need to understand the strange inhabitants to solve the riddle of the shuttered toy factory. Is the ominous figure in black trying to help you, or is he leading you into certain peril? What lies beyond the elaborate labyrinth? Uncover a new world of shocking secrets as you hunt for clues in this heart-stopping mystery-adventure!
Truly unique and challenging mini-games
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Rated 5 out of 5 by BUFFALOCHIPS from Honey, you have to play this game! I told my wife that I have never had so much fun playing a game before. Others have described some of the fun challenges in this game, but I'm not reporting about that. I'm writing this review for one reason, and that is to tell you to buy this game. You'll be laughing one minute, and racking your brain the next. In a lot of the places they don't tell what to do, they don't even give you a hint. You'll have to play it to understand me, and again I'm telling you that is one of the best game that I own, and I own hundreds of games. Have fun.
Rated 5 out of 5 by upsysydaisy from Love It And Hate It !! This is the most unusual game I have ever played. Don't know the length, as I've not finished it. In fact, last night I uninstalled it out of sheer frustration...I was sick and tired of running back and forth because there is no map AND I spent way too much time trying to get the right cup of coffee for the whiny zoo director. I absolutely love sc-fi related stories and I am so anxious to get further into the story. Frustration put aside, I really am having fun with this game. In the beginning, the town looked completely deserted and it made for a very creepy background. Eventually, a few characters started appearing and what a quirky bunch they are! I love their dialogue and their crazy personalities. There's a little guy who hangs out in the bar that needs a swift kick in the pants just because he is so irritating. The other-worldly character that I have now met really has a sinister, uncomfortable aura about him. I have yet to experience that "jump out of your chair" moment, but I think I am anxious to get it over with. My love-hate relationship with "The Others" makes playing very interesting and sometimes difficult. I 've so far enjoyed the mini games and HOGs, none have been too difficult. Going back and forth through the maze a million times is something I could definitely do without! I wish Big Fish would find more sci-fi games for us, we have so few. In this day and age you would think there would be an abundance of them! If you want a really spectacular sci-fi game (large file), VOYAGE is the one! It is challenging!! It is interesting, visually outstanding, task and
Rated 5 out of 5 by myedgypal from other surprises Outstanding game, beautiful graphics. Loved the voice of the other. Great to see a sequel. thank you
Rated 5 out of 5 by tekeguy from Best Daily Deal I Have Ever Bought I don't rate a lot of games but I have been buying the newest collector's edition HOGs as soon as they are released for almost a decade now. I was out of anything new to buy and this was a daily deal and the reviews were good so I took a shot. Best decision ever. The game is definitely a little more old school in that there aren't morphing objects, excessive side distractions, complex puzzles or a glut of obvious things you accumulate to just plug into a scene to move forward. You may not necessarily know exactly what to do next because the objects you collect are used for a logical purpose that you may haven't found yet. The story is flat out the best story-line that I haven't found in many games. It becomes more engaging the longer you play and builds to an ending that feels like a real payoff and accomplishment. This isn't a must play for when the current releases are lacking---this is a flat out must play for HOG players.
Rated 5 out of 5 by gamesrgreatfun from Loads of Fun I got hooked on this game during the opening cut scene. I did play the entire demo before I bought it but just because I didn't want to stop long enough to buy it. I just finished playing the whole game and had a blast! My favorite part of the game was the carnival, which you get to play during the demo. If you don't want to play the whole game, at least play the demo to go through the carnival. The storyline was unique and the best part was there wasn't any werewolves, ghosts, witches, vampires, or other occult stuff in it!! This is rare and I for one am truly thankful for the developers breaking out of the mold! There isn't any map but the hint button is directional pointing which way you need to travel through the scenes. There was some traveling but it didn't seem overly much to me. The mini-games were some of the ones I had seen before and some new ones. They were medium difficulty and I had to skip two or three but they were all fun to play. The HOS had a unique twist to it them. I enjoyed the art work in them. Very fun to look at. The graphics in the whole game were very well done and I was very happy to discover new areas so that I could look around. I also enjoyed talking to the various characters along the way. Some of them were a hoot! So, there you have it. I can't find anything to complain about in this game. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole game and I look forward to playing it again. I am VERY happy I purchased it and wished there were more games like this one!
Rated 5 out of 5 by BooksandGameFan from Fantastic Sci fi game! What a wonderful fun Sci-fi game! I played the entire game in approx. 4 hours maybe a little longer, I just didn't want to stop playing it was whimsical and fun. The game filled up my entire 22 inch monitor. The scenes were beautifully done if not a little cartoon like but not cartoonish. I'm glad I listened to the reviews of the people who played the entire game and not those who write reviews of the small demo that I can also play! What I like to know is how much better the game gets after the demo which is why I really appreciate people waiting to place reviews after they finish the game. This game does get better and better as you play. Yes, it's a little on the easy side which is really great when you just want to relax kick back and have some fun. The ending was great and leaves us open to maybe getting another in the series. I really hope so! I highly recommend this game! April 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Volauvent from WOW This game is full of surprises. The developer is totally buttoned up. It's been a long time since I've seen a game in which the play is so crisp and innovative. Even the HOS have surprises. I bought it before the demo was over!
Rated 5 out of 5 by toot_de_la_fruit from Give it a fair chance-it's a gem. Good game play. Not often difficult even if you choose the highest difficulty setting. Fun, good visuals, strong voices, comical at times, not too dark or difficult to see hidden objects, a few mini games, varying in difficulty, great story lie, good game length. I purchased this game after the free trail and am absolutely not disappointed; in fact it is one of my favourite games now! Rarely do I see a game with such a strong message at the end. I was not expecting it at all. All in all, I recommend this game
Rated 5 out of 5 by BarbaraFish from Not your ordinary HOS Adventure As a journalist, you are sent to a town where the head of a company has disappeared along with all his workers. The former journalist on the case was scared and left town. (sissy) You keep pushing forward and uncover some fascinating goings on. There are hidden objects scenes and puzzles enough to satisfy lovers of both. I thought this was a great game. Wish it had been available as a collector's edition. It's the kind of game you don't really want to end. Loved it!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Faith2grace from What a wonderful game!! I usually play games in expert mode and found this game to be a total joy. The level of difficulty was just on the easy side yet I did use the hint button once. The use of items that you find are consistent with a rational story and not absurd. There were different types of challenges, like doing some snooping to discover how to make the ranger a perfect cup of coffee. I usually don't pay too much attention to story lines but found myself following this one. I never play with sound so I can't mention about voice overs or music etc.. I also don't write reviews very often but had to on this game. This was an older type of game and the graphics were very nice. I am so glad I bought this game. It was perfect for my lazy days off this week.
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Langer backs Australia's under-fire batting gameplans
Justin Langer has hit back at criticism of the Australian side's approach during the World Cup and backed his players' form and game plans as they prepare to face England at Lord's on Tuesday.
Australia have lost one game - against India - in their campaign, compared to England's two defeats at the hands of Pakistan and Sri Lanka, but despite this Langer believes the hosts are still favourites.
"Just look at their team," Langer said at Australia's training session at Merchant Taylors School. "Nothing has changed in a week."
"We have seen how they played for four years. They are the best team in the world. I'm not really worried [about] what England are doing. It sounds like a coach's cliche but it is the dead truth. We are concentrating on what we are doing. We are doing okay but we can get better."
A win for Australia at Lord's would heap added pressure on England, who are yet to face the two undefeated sides of the tournament, India and New Zealand, and Langer expects the match to be decided by which team can best deal with their nerves.
"You can look at it two ways," Langer said. "We all have a bit to do. They have three games. They will be tough games but it will be like that in the semi-final. They should be welcoming that. If you are nice and battle hardened, then you might be weary, but you will be ready for the contest. For both teams, it is a good thing. We have England, New Zealand and South Africa, teams we have had good contests with. It is a positive for whoever makes the semis, if they are playing tough cricket going into it.
"This tournament is going to be about who can hold their nerve in the big moments. We have got to concentrate on how we hold our nerve in the big moments. There are going to be plenty of them in the next three games and hopefully the semi-final.
"I have said for 6-8 months, when it comes to a World Cup there is a lot of talk about statistics, but it comes down to match play and we have to play England on Tuesday better than they play us."
Australia have been forced to tinker with their line-up because of a side strain that kept allrounder Marcus Stoinis out for two matches while David Warner has admitted to struggling with fluency despite scoring two centuries and Usman Khawaja appeared to be less comfortable when coming in to bat down the order. And although they have faced questions surrounding the selection and form of some players, they have also ground out some of their wins without necessarily playing at their peak and now sit at No. 2 on the table. Langer was pleased with where they stood in the tournament but expressed his frustration at some criticism.
"It is satisfying," Langer said. "But everyone knows whatever we do people will try to pick holes in it. If Uzzie had not made runs the other day we would have been smashed but he did and nobody said anything. That is life. That is okay. That is the business we are in.
"It is easy being a commentator."
Australia have generally taken a more conservative approach at the start of their innings, particularly with Warner scoring at a slower rate upon his return to ODIs. But Langer pointed to the way his side has improved over the months leading into the World Cup as proof their tactics are working.
"We have a game plan," Langer said. "We just got 381. It has been a long time since Australia got 381. There have been a lot of critics saying we can't do that. But I have maintained for a long time that if we stick to our game plan and conditions are right we will be ok. We have done that for the last six months or so and hopefully we will keep doing that."
In Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, Australia have one of the most potent new-ball attacks in the tournament but Langer was nevertheless wary of England's batting prowess, particularly in the form of Jos Buttler.
"Jos Buttler is an unbelievable player. I love watching him bat. I hope he gets a duck in this game obviously, but I saw him at Somerset and he is an unbelievable athlete and an incredible finisher. He is the new Dhoni of world cricket. We know we will have to be on our game. But they have a number of players. Stokes, Morgan, even Woakes at the end smacks them over point all the time and pulls well. They have a very strong batting unit and we will have to be right on it."
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On Friday, March 22nd the Greater Boston Chamber submitted data-driven testimony to the Joint Committee on Education and signed on to an MBAE coalition letter regarding H.70, An Act to promote equity and excellence in education. While the Chamber understands the need for adequate funding, we believe it is also necessary that additional funding be linked with clear goals and measurement to ensure that the additional funding achieves the outcomes necessary to make Massachusetts a place for all residents to thrive.
In tackling education funding reform, Massachusetts also has a unique opportunity to tackle the achievement and opportunity gaps in our schools. Education is the most important resource the state can provide to promote economic and social stability, advancement, and success. Ensuring that every student in Massachusetts receives an education that will prepare them with the training, skills, and abilities to participate in the workforce is crucial to the long-term economic health of our region.
The Foundation Budget Review Commission indicated that funding for low income and English Language Learners (ELL) has fallen short, but the state of Massachusetts still made substantial progress in the last decade on graduation and MassCore completion rates for these populations. Graduation rates for both ELLs and low income/economically disadvantaged students increased by 9.6 percentage points and 15 percentage points between 2006 and 2018, respectively. [1]
Despite that progress, education gaps persist in Massachusetts student outcomes. In 2018, fewer than two-thirds of English Language Learners graduated high school in four years, a sharp contrast to the statewide four-year graduation rate of nearly 88 percent. In 2017, just 59 percent of ELL students completed MassCore requirements compared to 81 percent of all students statewide. Figure 1 demonstrates that between 2008 and 2017, the difference between ELL students completing MassCore and the entire student population widened from 15 percent to 22 percent.
Economically disadvantaged students face similar gaps in student outcomes. For instance, in 2018, only 45 percent of the Advanced Placement (AP) exams taken by economically disadvantaged students had a passing score compared to 66 percent for the entire student population. These gaps also exist in 10th grade MCAS scores. In 2018, there was an 18 percentage point gap in passing rates between economically disadvantaged students (60 percent pass rate) and all students (78 percent pass rate). That gap was even wider – 21 percentage points – on the Science and Tech/Eng MCAS, where 54 percent of economically disadvantaged students earned a passing score compared to 75 percent of all students.
Recognizing the importance of adequately educating all students, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce would support the Governor’s proposed education funding increases to the economically disadvantaged and English learner increments, in addition to the new high needs concentration increment for districts with the highest proportion of both economically disadvantaged students and English learners, provided the final bill includes robust accountability measures.
We urge the state of Massachusetts to add a category to the existing accountability system that is specific to the achievement gap and to determine a goal relative to that measure. This measure for closing the achievement gap should be clear and accessible to the average Massachusetts resident.
We also urge the Committee to require each district to publish a plan for how it will use the additional ELL and economically disadvantaged increments to close the achievement gap. The plan should also include which metrics the district and state will use to measure progress on closing the achievement gap. The existing scorecards provide a good foundation and can be strengthened by adding post-secondary outcomes. We also urge the Committee to consider what steps will be necessary if a district’s progress falls short.
In addition, we urge the Committee to expand beyond rural districts in Governor Baker’s proposal for a commission to review the financial health of districts with declining enrollments (section 24 of H.70). Non-rural districts, including Boston, have experienced enrollment declines for years and need to adapt to a reduced population. Since 2000, Boston’s enrollment declined by 18 percent; it declined by 7 percent since 2010. As Figure 2 shows, other non-rural districts are also experiencing steady declines in enrollment since 2000, ranging from 8 percent in Bridgewater-Raynham to 26 percent in Salem.
Adequate funding to educate students is important. However, it is just as important to ensure that increases in funding result in higher graduation rates, stronger student achievement, and better opportunities for all students. The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce urges the Committee to resist writing a blank check. Instead, include regular reporting and measurement of progress on goals and a plan to adapt if progress falls short of those goals so that taxpayers and parents are assured that the state is providing the education its students deserve.
[1] The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently changed their income-based measure from "low income", which relied on qualification for a free or reduced lunch, to "economically disadvantaged", which considers students' participation in any of the following state-administered programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); the Transitional Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC); the Department of Children and Families' (DCF) foster care program; and MassHealth (Medicaid). For foundation budget calculations, FY16 served as a transition year to the new measure, with full implementation occurring in FY17. Most school districts have fewer economically disadvantaged students than they had low income students, as such, we cannot perfectly compare data from before and after this transition.
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USDA Hires ‘Integrity Officer’ to Fight Fraud in Food Stamp Program
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service announced Thursday that it is hiring a “chief integrity officer” to prevent fraud in the nation’s food stamp program.
Brandon Lipps — the acting deputy undersecretary for USDA’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services — said that the chief integrity officer would oversee the food stamp program and suggest improvements to maintain the program’s integrity, so those who receive benefits are the ones who really need them.
“Where protection of taxpayer dollars is concerned – the job is never done,” Lipps said in a statement. “Today we are renewing our commitment to ensuring that our nutrition programs are run as effectively and efficiently as possible; increasing program integrity while maintaining the nutrition safety net for those truly in need.”
The USDA also announced that it would conduct a “third-party review” of all 15 nutrition assistance programs—including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC); National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs; and the Summer Food Service Program.
“Integrity is essential to meeting the mission of all FNS nutrition programs, now and into the future. We will continue to improve operations and outcomes in close collaboration with its state and local partners to combat waste, fraud, and abuse and best serve our participants and American taxpayers,” said Lipps.
The agency had rolled out several initiatives over the past few months aiming to reform the nation’s food stamp program.
The USDA announced in February that it would be rolling out its “Harvest Box” program to give food stamp recipients a box of food as part of their monthly benefits package and released a plan in January that would implement work requirements for food stamp recipients nationwide.
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Lejaren Hiller
American composer
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Lejaren Hiller, U.S. composer (born Feb. 23, 1924, New York City—died Jan. 26, 1994, Buffalo, N.Y.), was a pioneer in computer music. From childhood Hiller was interested in both science and music, and he pursued a dual career for much of his life. He graduated from Princeton University with degrees in chemistry (Ph.D., 1947) but also studied composition with Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt. After a five-year stint as a research chemist in industry, during which time he continued to compose and saw his first works performed publicly, Hiller joined the chemistry department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Working there on the ILLIAC IV, the first large-scale university computer, Hiller recognized certain parallels between computer applications in science and the process of composing. In collaboration with Leonard Isaacson, he wrote the Illiac Suite for String Quartet (1956), in which many compositional decisions were given to the computer to make in conformity with a set of rules or weighted probabilities set down by the composer. Other major works included Computer Cantata for soprano, tape, and chamber ensemble (1963), Algorithms I-III (1968-72), and (with John Cage) HPSCHD (1968), a deliberately chaotic work for 1-7 harpsichords (playing pieces of Mozart) and 1-51 channels of taped sound. Hiller also wrote chamber music for traditional instruments as well as a variety of theatre, motion-picture, and television music. He directed the University of Illinois electronic music studio until 1968, when he moved to the State University of New York at Buffalo. There he taught composition and codirected (with Lukas Foss) the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts.
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Tamworth, city, east-central New South Wales, southeastern Australia. It lies on the Peel River, a tributary of the Namoi River.
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A settlement was founded there in 1848 in a valley (visited in 1818 by the explorer John Oxley) by a British land-development corporation and was named for Tamworth in Staffordshire, England, which was the parliamentary constituency of the British prime minister Sir Robert Peel. Tamworth was made a town in 1850 and a municipality in 1876. During the 1860s it was an important coaching station. In 1946 it was proclaimed a city.
Situated at the junction of the Oxley and New England highways and with air and rail links to Sydney (135 miles [217 km] southeast), Tamworth serves parts of the New England and Western Slopes districts that produce livestock, poultry, wheat, sorghum, and sunflowers. Its industries include meat processing, other food processing, and flour milling. Manufactures include furniture, glass and aluminum products, and fencing. The city hosts an annual country music festival (January) and has an art gallery (established 1919) that exhibits works of regional and national significance. Pop. (2006) urban centre, 33,475; (2011) urban centre, 36,131.
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Sheep abuse suspect has twin brother
A POLICE investigation in to the sexual assault and death of several sheep is hampered because the suspect has a twin brother.
DNA found at the scene of the sick assaults in and around Tongs Farm, Botany Bay Lane, Chislehurst, could belong to either of the 27-year-old men.
The molester left his clothes strewn across the fields from which police were able to extract DNA but if the twins are identical it will be the same.
Two sheep are thought to have been killed and several others traumatised in the brutal attacks which happened between March and June this year. At first, only one man was arrested during a dawn raid at a property in Dulwich on July 17.
He was arrested on suspicion of bestiality and possession of drugs with intent to supply.
But the Times has discovered that a second man was arrested on suspicion of bestiality at his home in Sydenham on July 18.
Both men, who have been bailed, are forbidden from entering farmyards and the borough of Bromley. According to a source, a key witness now has to pick out the suspect in an identity parade because although they are twins, 'there are differences between them'.
A police spokesperson would not confirm the men were twins or whether there would be an identity parade but said: "We can confirm that there have been two arrests and enquires are continuing.
"A 27-year-old man was arrested in Dulwich on July 17 and has been bailed to return on September 2. A 27-year-old man was arrested at his address in Sydenham on July 18 and has been bailed until August 13.
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“Getting Creative – Use Kelly v. State to Challenge Any Scientific Evidence”
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In a contested bond revocation hearing, not long ago, the State attempted to admit evidence our client violated a restricted zone using global positioning system (GPS) evidence. They further sought to admit evidence from a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) device that she inappropriately consumed alcohol while on bond. On the day of the hearing we noticed the only witness subpoenaed by the State was the office manager from Recovery Healthcare Corporation, our local GPS and SCRAM system provider. At the same time we pondered . . . “how much does the office manager really know about the scientific reliability of GPS and SCRAM?” Accordingly, before the witness testified about the alleged violations we objected under Kelly v. State, 824 S.W.2d 568 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992) and asked the court’s permission to voir dire the office manager pursuant to Rule of Evidence 705(b) for an inquiry into their understanding of the facts and data about which they were about to testify.
Before scientific evidence is admissible pursuant to Texas law it must meet three (3) reliability criteria. First, the underlying scientific theory must be valid. Next, the technique applying the theory must be valid, as well. And lastly, the technique must have been properly applied on the occasion in question. Kelly, supra. Before the scientific evidence is admissible the trial court must conduct a hearing to determine whether the proponent of the evidence has established its reliability using the Kelly criteria. Jackson v. State, 17 S.W.3d 664 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). The burden is on the proponent to prove admissibility by clear and convincing evidence. Fuller v. State, 827 S.W.2d 919 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992). Additionally, seven (7) factors should be considered by the trial court in deciding whether the reliability criteria have been satisfied: (1) the extent to which the underlying theory and technique were accepted as valid by the relevant scientific community; (2) the qualifications of the expert testifying; (3) the existence of literature supporting or rejecting the underlying scientific theory and technique; (4) the potential rate of error in the technique; (5) the availability of other experts to test and evaluate the technique; (6) the clarity with which the underlying scientific theory and technique can be explained to the court; and (7) the experience and skill of the person who applied the technique on the occasion in question. Kelly at 573. This “gatekeeping” determination is required whether the science at issue is novel or well established. Hartman v. State, 946 S.W.2d 60 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). Finally, once a particular type of scientific evidence is well established as reliable a trial court may take judicial notice of that fact, thereby relieving the proponent of the burden of producing evidence on that question. Emerson v. State, 880 S.W.2d 759 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994).
Remarkably, the court sustained our Kelly objection to the GPS and SCRAM data. During the Rule 705 voir dire examination we utilized the seven Kelly factors as grist for the cross-examination mill. And without surprise, the Recovery Healthcare office manager was neither qualified to establish the scientific reliability of GPS, nor qualified to establish the reliability of the SCRAM system. Moreover, the prosecutor was caught off-guard . . . a mistake I doubt they will repeat. Most importantly, though, our client slept comfortably in their own bed that night since the court properly exercised its function by determining the proponent of scientific evidence had not satisfied its burden to prove the evidence was scientifically reliable.
The teaching point was this. We understand Kelly has been used historically to compel trial courts to perform a gatekeeping function by excluding junk science. But Kelly stands for more than the suppression of unreliable scientific evidence. It forces the proponent of all scientific evidence to establish its reliability. For example, before urinalysis, drug field testing, cell tower data, or any scientific evidence a prosecutor may use against our client is admissible, it must be proven scientifically reliable. The Kelly objection applies during trial, motions to revoke probation, bond hearings, and other contested proceedings. Furthermore, over-worked prosecutors may often be unprepared to prove-up the scientific reliability of their evidence. And like our recent experience, you may help your client enjoy a good-night’s sleep in their own bed after a well-fought motion to revoke hearing. Use Kelly creatively and good luck!
(“Off the Back” featured in the “Voice For The Defense” December 2015)
Stephen Gustitis is a criminal defense lawyer in Bryan-College Station. He is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also a husband, father, and retired amateur bicycle racer.
“Off the Back” is an expression in competitive road cycling describing a rider dropped by the lead group who has lost the energy saving benefit of riding in the group’s slipstream. Once off the back the rider struggles alone in the wind to catch up. The life of a criminal defense lawyer shares many of the characteristics of a bicycle rider struggling alone, in the wind, and “Off the Back.” This column is for them.
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Black Country's Fast-Growth Businesses Top £2.3bn In Revenues
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The Black Country’s top 50 fastest-growing businesses have increased their combined turnover from £1.5bn to £2.3bn over the last three years.
The Black Country’s top 50 fastest-growing businesses have increased their combined turnover from £1.5bn to £2.3bn over the last three years, according to research by accountants and business advisers BDO.
The research, published today in BDO’s Black Country Growth Barometer, ranks the top 50 fastest-growing companies in the region.
Coming out on top of the list for the second year running is Wolverhampton-based transport and logistics company Palman (trading as Pallet Track), which reported an average turnover increase of 75%. Angel Springs Limited and Task Consumer Products Limited follow in second and third place respectively.
Combined, the 50 fastest-growing companies in the Black Country employ more than 8,500 people – an increase of 23% on last year’s employment levels.
Manufacturing is the most prominent sector in the region’s top 50 fastest-growing companies, with 23 companies featured in the list. Combined, these manufacturers have grown revenues by 44% in the last three years. This growth is almost twice the size of construction and civil engineering, the next largest industry group on the list, highlighting the continued importance of manufacturing in the local economy.
The highest performing district in the region is Wolverhampton. There are 13 of Wolverhampton-based businesses in BDO’s top 50, which have increased revenues by 80% in the last three years.
Nicola Cooper, Senior Manager at BDO and leader of the Black Country team, was pleased to see the continued growth across the region.
She said: “The Black Country is home to many impressive, high-growth businesses that should be celebrated. Manufacturing continues to be the region’s strongest card for economic growth and employment. This is evident in the fact that the top 20 manufacturing businesses in the region now employ almost 3,500 workers. A 32% increase over the last three years.”
Despite a positive growth story overall, businesses have voiced concerns around recruitment with many firms focusing on training and development to help bridge the skills gap.
Manufacturing firm Clamason Industries Ltd (number 20 on the top 50) has embarked on an apprentice scheme and training programmes with Dudley College.
CEO of Clamason Industries, Neil Geoghegan, says: “We have made a big investment in our training programmes, with almost 10% of our UK staff taking part in these schemes. Training and development is important to us but it’s also important that we work together to secure the talent the Black Country needs for the future.”
The Black Country Skills Factory has engaged 800 businesses, with a focus on in manufacturers, and supported the expansion of high-value engineering apprenticeships across the Black Country, which have doubled in the last five years.
Another example of progress in the region is The Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills, which launched in October 2018. Its aim is to provide specialist skills to the manufacturing industry, providing training that in many cases, is more advanced than in any other in the country.
In the report, BDO has also spoken to Corin Crane, CEO of the Black Country’s Chamber of Commerce about the strategic and operational issues of the Apprenticeship Levy implemented by the government in April 2017.
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John Hickenlooper Remarks at National Press Club
2019-06-13T18:44:01-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/129/20190613184733001_hd.jpgFormer Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a 2020 the Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon speech. In his remarks, he criticized fellow presidential candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for promoting democratic socialism, saying, “We will not solve our problems by endlessly expanding government or by demonizing the private sector. Mr. Hickenlooper also discussed his record on women’s reproductive rights, gun control, methane regulations and cannabis. Regarding abortion, he said it is a woman’s "inalienable” right and said he would repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding to pay for abortions.
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a 2020 the Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon speech. In his remarks, he… read more
Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a 2020 the Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon speech. In his remarks, he criticized fellow presidential candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for promoting democratic socialism, saying, “We will not solve our problems by endlessly expanding government or by demonizing the private sector. Mr. Hickenlooper also discussed his record on women’s reproductive rights, gun control, methane regulations and cannabis. Regarding abortion, he said it is a woman’s "inalienable” right and said he would repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding to pay for abortions. close
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Singh, Manpreet K DelBello, Melissa P Kowatch, Robert A and Strakowski, Stephen M 2006. Co-occurrence of bipolar and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders in children. Bipolar Disorders, Vol. 8, Issue. 6, p. 710.
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The age-dependent decline of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis of follow-up studies
STEPHEN V. FARAONE (a1), JOSEPH BIEDERMAN (a2) (a3) and ERIC MICK (a2) (a3)
Medical Genetics Research Program and Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit of the Child Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2005
Background. This study examined the persistence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood.
Method. We analyzed data from published follow-up studies of ADHD. To be included in the analysis, these additional studies had to meet the following criteria: the study included a control group and it was clear from the methods if the diagnosis of ADHD included subjects who did not meet full criteria but showed residual and impairing signs of the disorder. We used a meta-analysis regression model to separately assess the syndromatic and symptomatic persistence of ADHD.
Results. When we define only those meeting full criteria for ADHD as having ‘persistent ADHD’, the rate of persistence is low, ~15% at age 25 years. But when we include cases consistent with DSM-IV's definition of ADHD in partial remission, the rate of persistence is much higher, ~65%.
Conclusions. Our results show that estimates of ADHD's persistence rely heavily on how one defines persistence. Yet, regardless of definition, our analyses show that evidence for ADHD lessens with age. More work is needed to determine if this reflects true remission of ADHD symptoms or is due to the developmental insensitivity of diagnostic criteria for the disorder.
2005 Cambridge University Press
Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. (Email: faraones@upstate.edu)
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Providing Financial Coverage For Canada’s Complex Health-CAre Environment
By Rajitha Sivakumaran
Prescription drugs form an essential part of Canada’s health-care system. In 2015, more than 500 million prescriptions were filled across the nation, costing about $30 billion. Twenty years ago, only a quarter of this amount was spent on prescription drugs. This sector of the health-care market has grown rapidly, but the number of Canadians neglecting their medication due to issues of affordability has grown as well. Over three million Canadians are presently uninsured or have inadequate coverage. For those with insurance coverage, deductibles and co-payments pose financial difficulties. Twenty-two per cent of all drug costs come out of pocket, making our prescription drug coverage system neither universal nor comprehensive.
Fifteen years ago, STI Technologies was created by three pharmaceutical executives to bridge the gap between affordability and accessibility. At this time, physicians regularly handed out drug samples to patients before providing an actual prescription. There were many issues associated with this practice, the lack of traceability being one major concern. The founders saw the need in the market to create an alternative way to run samples or trial prescriptions and a program was developed, which allowed doctors to hand out cards rather than physical samples. The patient would then take the card to the pharmacy to receive their prescription. This way, the products being used by patients could be tracked and the effectiveness of medication could be measured.
From this initiative, STI Technologies grew and as the years went on, the company expanded to include multiple applications and programs such as financial reimbursement and patient assistance programs. Although STI is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the card programs are accepted by pharmacies across the nation. The company has worked with numerous hospitals, provincial governments, pharmaceutical companies and non-profit organizations.
“Our products enable access and choice and financial assistance to patients who are participating in the health-care landscape,” said Tim Gillis, STI’s president and CEO.
The organization also serves doctors by bringing awareness of the availability of additional funding options for patients. For example, doctors can initiate patients into suitable therapies, knowing that the treatment has been addressed financially. Patients who experience disruptions in coverage or even termination regardless of the reason can look to STI programs for the continuation of their treatments. Doctors can also expect continuity for a treatment that their patient is already on if their patient is enrolled in an STI card program.
Furthermore, if a patient is not refilling their prescription, intelligent intervention can be used to encourage them to become compliant again. “Our programs include engagement components where we endeavour to help patients when they become non-compliant as told by the data itself, as long as the patient has expressed consent to be communicated to,” Gillis said.
If a patient is unable to afford the drug or the medication has no coverage, STI’s cards and the technology behind those cards reimburse at the point of dispensation so that payment is automatic and simple for the patient and for the pharmacy to administer.
In addition, STI also provides patient support and financial services. “So when you have patients initiated on a therapy and they need to navigate that world of who is going to pay for their drugs, including insurance, governments and so forth, oftentimes the manufacturers will sponsor programs and caseworkers will provide that kind of support to patients,” Gillis said. Although the funding comes from pharmaceutical companies, STI serves as a neutral third party for their patients.
Innovation in health care
The card system has been in effect since the inception of the company, but three years ago the company launched a new program called innoviCares, an initiative that is proving to be very successful. Sponsored by pharmaceutical manufacturers, patients can sign up for free online or request cards through their doctor or pharmacist. The card works just like an insurance card. The patient simply takes the card to the pharmacy along with a prescription. If the medication they need is on the list of products covered, the card will automatically pay all or some of the cost of the prescription, depending on the type of benefit being provided.
“We often get that it’s too good to be true because it’s free,” Gillis said. In fact, two-time Olympic gold medalist Catriona Le May Doan, the company’s ambassador, uses the innoviCares card for her own medical needs.
STI has launched a transformation in the health-care landscape, a feat which has been recently recognized — the company was named one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast50™ Companies last year. Gillis attributes this success to the company’s ability to fill a unique market exigency — a petition for patient choice. “It’s supply and demand and the demand is certainly there,” Gillis said. When patients and physicians need access to medication but face interrupted or non-existent coverage, that necessitates the involvement of an intermediary party in the marketplace.
As the years have gone by, awareness of STI’s programs has increased and this recognition has contributed to the company’s growth as well. Technology and social media have allowed for this awareness to proliferate, but simply getting the word out through conventional patient-to-doctor conversations has also helped.
Increased awareness also contributes to the challenges of operating a company involved with pharma and financial coverage. “The toughest challenge is misconceptions by stakeholders whether that be government or pharmacy. Health care, in general, is a very complex ecosystem with many moving parts and competing interests, so we’ve had to expend energy dispelling any uncertainty or fear about the card programs,” Gillis said.
These misconceptions tend to centre on the commercial side of pharmaceutical products, but Gillis said, “Health care includes commercial aspects, but that’s just a fact of every industry throughout the world and the fact that there is a commercial aspect to health care doesn’t have to be a negative thing.”
But the increasing costs associated with health care are a reason for concern. On the one hand, new medications are coming into the market and improving health outcomes. However, they’re very costly to develop since they target specific disease states and certain populations of patients diagnosed with that disease. “Per patient cost for therapy is getting higher and higher. The good news is there is innovation in medicine. The bad news is it’s expensive,” Gillis said.
A numbers of parties, like individuals, governments and insurance companies, are tasked with paying for these treatments. The challenge lies with managing the escalating costs. “We don’t want innovation to slow down. We don’t want the therapies not to get into the hands of patients. It’s that balancing act of all the parties finding a way to optimize and deliver health care in a sustainable way,” Gillis said.
Technology plays a key role in producing a new and innovative health outcome. This combined with increased competition in the prescription drug market can help lower costs and improve patient choice. STI plans to continue acting on its vision of becoming a leading partner in patient health through the delivery of intelligent solutions.
“At the end of the day, we are confident and we know patients appreciate it,” Gillis said.
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States seek to limit comp for pro athletes
Joyce Famakinwa
Disability Workers Comp Coverage More + Less -
Despite the spotlight on their positions, professional athletes are covered under state workers compensation systems and, like average workers, must contend with legislative proposals to limit the comp benefits they receive.
While professional sports leagues oversee most of the activities involving their teams, in the player-team relationship the team is the employer, said Nathaniel Grow, associate professor of legal studies at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia in Athens.
“Each team has under each state’s respective workers comp law the legal obligation their state imposes on employers of that state to provide workers comp for their employees,” Mr. Grow said. “Within that, the players have the benefit of potentially having that financial security. If they get hurt, the team then has insurance that covers them in case of catastrophic injuries and avoids any lawsuits over alleged negligence.”
In professional sports, the teams cover all the injury costs, and the policies they buy generally have very large deductibles, said Alex Fairly, president of Amarillo, Texas-based Fairly Group, a private risk consulting firm that works with professional sports teams.
“The culture in (workers) compensation in the sports world is that there are very few insurance carriers that want to insure professional athletes,” he said. “The capacity in the insurance marketplace is extremely limited. In general, there is not an insurance company out there covering these claims. There is an insurance policy and the carriers process the claims, but the terms of the coverages are such that most of the money ... comes from the dollars of the teams and the leagues.”
In recent years, legislation has attempted to limit workers comp coverage for professional athletes. For instance, California passed a law in 2013 that prevents athletes from other states from filing workers comp claims there. “What would happen was that a football player from, say, the Miami Dolphins could file a workers comp claim in California, asserting that the injuries he sustained while playing games against the 49ers, Raiders, or Chargers contributed to his disability,” said Mr. Grow.
Other state laws also address comp coverage for professional athletes. Highly paid professional athletes in Michigan are limited from collecting wage differential benefits. In Massachusetts and Florida, professional athletes are not categorized as employees. Florida law prevents workers from filing workers comp claims in other states for injuries incurred while working outside of Florida.
In Illinois, Senate Bill 12, a package of 13 bills that was jointly introduced in January by Illinois Senate Republicans and Democrats in agreement with Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton, D-Chicago, and state Sen. Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, would, among other changes, cut off workers comp benefits for professional athletes at 35 years old. The bill is an attempt to help balance the Illinois budget.
“Illinois law currently caps workers’ comp benefits at around $775 per week. The most a professional athlete would stand to gain would be around $40,000 per year or around $1.3 million for the 32 years from 35-67. Realistically, then, the cost savings to the teams would be a reduction in their workers comp insurance bill based on the reduction in this long-term potential exposure,” said Mr. Grow.
While the executive director of the National Football League Players Association, DeMaurice Smith, has publicly spoken out against the bill, Chicago’s major sports teams — including the Bears, White Sox, Bulls, Cubs and Blackhawks — sent a letter to the Illinois Senate in January expressing their support for the legislation.
In Illinois, injured workers can collect wage differential benefits for workers who are unable to earn as much as they did prior to the injury. These workers are compensated for the difference in pay until age 67. Mr. Fairly noted the law was not written with professional athletes who earn a substantial amount of money in short periods of time in mind. The career span of a professional athlete is much shorter than in other fields, and this reform would adjust the law to reflect this, he said.
“In my opinion legislation like (S.B. 12) makes that benefit in the professional sports world fair,” said Mr. Fairly.
Aside from S.B. 12, there has also been attention on professional athletes and workers comp because of a recent NFL concussion injury lawsuit settlement. Former NFL football players sued the league in 2009, claiming the NFL was aware of the risks associated with repetitive traumatic brain injuries and failed to warn and protect players against the long-term risks.
The settlement covers over 20,000 players, and registration for former players began in February. Current NFL players were not included in the settlement.
"What's coming to light is the lack of treatment for head injuries that have been prevalent in the NFL,” said Los Angeles-based Aaron Swerdlow, counsel at Gerard Fox Law P.C. “The power struggle between teams and coaches, who want players to get back in the game or recover quickly from a head injury or a concussion, and the players whose medical needs might require them to sit out a week or two — the statistics are pretty damning about how often players that have head injuries go unreported or untreated. For example, one-third of all concussions are left off NFL injury reports,” he said, citing a 2014 investigative report.
The NFL denies wrongdoing but will pay former players based on age and qualifying diagnosis, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and deaths involving chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
NFL settled with former players over head injuries
The National Football League reached a major settlement in 2015 with former players who sued the league after experiencing head trauma during their football careers that resulted in brain injuries.
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Mary Katrantzou Raises Investment to Boost Business in China
By Kati Chitrakorn January 22, 2018 18:36
The London-based designer has raised a round of funding led by Chinese investor Wendy Yu, who is fostering an ecosystem of brands targeting China’s consumers.
Mary Katrantzou and Wendy Yu | Source: Courtesy
LONDON, United Kingdom — Chinese heiress-turned-investor Wendy Yu has acquired a minority stake in London-based womenswear label Mary Kantrantzou. The investment was made in October 2017 via Yu Capital, a division of Hong Kong-based Yu Holdings, of which Wendy Yu is the founder and chief executive. The move is part of Yu’s wider plan to act as bridge for Western brands targeting China's consumers. The terms of the transaction were undisclosed.
Yu was joined by additional investors whose identities were undisclosed. “It’s the first time that we are opening our business to a friends and family round. Our intention is to grow the business internationally across different regions and product categories, before raising capital from an institutional investor,” said Katrantzou. “Wendy has been key to lining up partnerships in China to support the expansion of our offering and presence.”
“China is a very important market for us and one of the reasons we felt Wendy would be instrumental in growing the brand’s presence in the region,” continued Katrantzou. “Our ambition is to grow Mary Katrantzou’s presence and diversify our structure, both in terms of product and price point. It is something that will coincide with a focus on creating opportunities to connect directly with our customers.”
Mary Katrantzou Spring/Summer 2018 | Source: Indigital
Yu will not be involved in the day-to-day operations of the Mary Katrantzou business, but hopes to add value by “solidifying Mary’s unique position in the market and supporting her growth, as well as helping her brand navigate and become more established in the Chinese market, especially among young Millennials.”
“I will travel to China with Mary this spring to personally activate her presence in the market, co-host a couple of events and explore long-term commercial opportunities,” said Yu. “My role will be helping with strategy, introductions and special projects in the cities I see as being the most valuable to the brand, such as Hong Kong and Shanghai.”
Having founded her namesake brand in 2008, Mary Katrantzou quickly garnered industry acclaim and a cult following for her signature trompe l’oeil prints and structured silhouettes. Since launch, the Central Saint Martins graduate has, on average, doubled revenues each year to more than $15 million in 2014, without any significant external investment.
Born in Zhejiang in eastern China, Yu is the daughter of Chinese business magnate Jingyuan Yu, who founded the Mengian Group, Asia’s largest wooden door manufacturer. She launched Yu Capital last year, with a focus on the fashion and technology sectors, and has set aside $20 million for investment in emerging businesses in 2018. Her other fashion-related investments include Fashion Concierge, the fashion recognition app formerly known as Asap54, and sustainable fashion brand Bottletop.
Yu joins a growing list of investors who are focused on the potential of the Chinese market. On Friday, British designer Hussein Chalayan sold a 20 percent stake in his business to Centricus, the global investment firm founded by Dalinc Ariburnu and Nizar Al-Bassam, with a view to expand in China. “Even though the Chalayan brand is well known in certain parts of Asia, there has been no penetration yet into China,” Ariburnu told the Financial Times, noting that Chalayan’s expansion “will be in the form of both e-commerce and local presence in big cities.”
“Luxury e-commerce is booming in China as the Millennial customer goes online seeking new and exciting brands. We need to engage with this audience and build awareness on social media, which is how Chinese Millennials interact with the world,” Yu continued.
Indeed, China’s shoppers are currently the biggest spenders worldwide on luxury products, making up 32 percent of the 262 billion euros ($308 billion) global market last year, according to Bain & Company. Sales of luxury goods in China hit 142 billion RMB ($22.07 billion) in 2017, up around 20 percent from the year before, marking the sharpest growth since 2011, when luxury sales started to be hit by slower economic growth and a fierce crackdown on corruption.
“Mary Katrantzou has so much potential, not just in fashion, but also as a lifestyle brand,” said Yu. “In the next 10 to 20 years, I believe that Mary Katrantzou can become a global lifestyle brand.”
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What Channel Is Miss USA 2015 On? The Pageant Has Found A New Home
By Allison Piwowarski
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If you're like me and you've learned to tune out everything and anything about Donald Trump after your parents forced you to watch The Apprentice all throughout high school, then you might be a little in the dark about what is happening with the Miss USA Pageant. After Trump said, "When Mexico sends its people they aren’t sending their best. They are bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they are rapists and some are good people but I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting," according to ABC News, NBC — Miss USA's home network, NBC, dropped all ties with Trump including the Miss USA Pageant. So what channel can you watch Miss USA? Allow me to introduce you to the Reelz network.
I'll put aside all my "keeping it reelz" jokes here that I feel are asking to be said and just stick with the facts you need to know to watch the show. The Reelz network acquired the Miss USA Pageant shortly after NBC cut ties. It will air on Reelz on Sunday, July 12 8 p.m. ET, so set your calendar. The CEO of Reelz, Stan E. Hubbard, said of the pageant joining the network:
"The decision on the part of REELZ to acquire the rights to the MISS USA Pageant was based on our belief that this special event, and the women who compete in it, are an integral part of American tradition."
So now you're probably asking: What is Reelz and can I watch it? The short answer to that is "maybe." Some TV providers don't have Reelz, which is a real bummer for those that wish to take part in the "American tradition" Hubbard speaks of. Here's a list of the cable providers that do host the Reelz network.
For the appropriate channel number, check your local listings. For the rest of America that's like, "... Um, what are those providers even?" there's hope for you still. If you're itching to watch the pageant but don't have one of the above providers, you can watch the live stream of the show online. If this is the fate you've been given, then just head on over to Miss Universe's Miss USA website to watch the entire show there. But spoiler! I think I know who may win...
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Lorde Has A New Song & Music Video On The Way, So Fans Can Finally Rejoice
By Nina Bradley
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The wait is finally over, folks. That's right, nearly four long years after the release of her debut album Pure Heroine, Lorde revealed that she has new music on the way. And lucky for us, it's coming very, very soon. Ahead of the much-awaited release, the 20-year-old entertainer took to Twitter to announce the astounding news with her more than 4.5 million followers, sharing that her single and video for "Green Light" will make their big debut on Thursday, March 2.
There's certainly no doubt that this big revelation is super exciting for fans of the "Royals" songstress. It appears that Lorde, herself, also couldn't contain her excitement over the new project. After months of teasing, she expressed her elation in series of tweets, saying that she was "overjoyed" and "proud" of her sophomore album's lead-out single, that's hitting airwaves shortly.
I don't know about you, but her explanation of the single certainly piqued my curiosity. The New Zealand-born songwriter wrote that the new song is "the first chapter of a story i'm gonna tell you, the story of the last 2 wild, fluorescent years of my life." Hey, I'll be the first to admit that judging from just the description alone, I'm totally here for it all. She also shared this little tidbit, in an effort to describe the feel of the song to fans:
It sure sounds like it's gonna be a bonafide hit, if you ask me. I mean, Lorde certainly knows what she's doing. Her breakthrough album, Pure Heroine, was definitely a huge success, garnering two Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, and three World Music Awards for the then-teenager.
Over the past few months, Lorde has alluded to the genius behind the new music via social media, calling the lyrics the best she's ever written in her life — and after the smash success of her debut, that's certainly saying whole a lot.
Oh, Lorde, I'm so glad to finally have your "Royals" highness back.
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Zacks Investment Research Downgrades Yum! Brands (YUM) to Hold
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Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a note issued to investors on Monday, Zacks.com reports.
According to Zacks, “Shares of Yum! Brands have outperformed the industry in the past three months. We are encouraged by the company’s solid prospects despite the fact that it missed earnings estimates in the fourth quarter. Moreover, Yum! Brands’ endeavors to drive growth by employing greater focus on the development of its three iconic global brands, increasing its franchise ownership, and creating a leaner and more efficient cost structure bode well. In an effort to enhance guest experience, the company has been focusing on deploying technology to more restaurants. Over the next three years, it expects to return an additional $6.5-$7 billion to its shareholders and predicts EPS of at least $3.75 in 2019. However, high costs of restaurant operations and soft sales due to refranchising are near-term concerns for the company. Estimates for current-quarter and year have been stable over the past 30 days.”
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A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on YUM. Goldman Sachs Group cut Yum! Brands from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $83.00 to $76.00 in a report on Friday, January 11th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on Yum! Brands to $100.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Yum! Brands from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $94.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Tuesday, March 19th. Mizuho cut Yum! Brands from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $84.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, March 20th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on Yum! Brands from $104.00 to $103.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Yum! Brands presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $95.21.
Shares of NYSE YUM traded down $0.05 during trading on Monday, reaching $103.27. 32,319 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,249,594. Yum! Brands has a 52-week low of $77.09 and a 52-week high of $103.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.53 billion, a PE ratio of 32.55, a P/E/G ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 0.55.
Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 7th. The restaurant operator reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by ($0.57). The firm had revenue of $1.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.57 billion. Yum! Brands had a net margin of 27.11% and a negative return on equity of 14.19%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.96 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Yum! Brands will post 3.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
In other Yum! Brands news, CFO David W. Gibbs sold 1,531 shares of Yum! Brands stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.54, for a total transaction of $152,395.74. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 41,345 shares in the company, valued at $4,115,481.30. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Tanya L. Domier acquired 2,652 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 8th. The shares were bought at an average price of $94.23 per share, with a total value of $249,897.96. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 98,922 shares of company stock worth $9,384,824. Insiders own 0.67% of the company’s stock.
Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of YUM. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Yum! Brands by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 5,459,185 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $496,295,000 after purchasing an additional 264,177 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Yum! Brands by 14.6% during the 3rd quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 15,173 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $1,379,000 after acquiring an additional 1,933 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Yum! Brands by 20.6% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 255,818 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $23,256,000 after acquiring an additional 43,748 shares in the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in Yum! Brands during the 3rd quarter worth about $462,000. Finally, Kentucky Retirement Systems acquired a new position in Yum! Brands during the 3rd quarter worth about $2,780,000. 75.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Yum! Brands
YUM! Brands, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises quick service restaurants worldwide. It operates in three segments: the KFC Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Taco Bell Division. The company operates restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, which specialize in chicken, pizza, and Mexican-style food categories.
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Cut The Grass at St. Paul's for the Brent Geese
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I Love St. Anne's signed this petition…
I Love St. Anne's started this petition to Minister Josepha Madigan TD
On 11th September 2018, An Bord Pleanala refused permission for a large scale development on 15 acres of playing fields, formerly in the ownership of the Vincentian Fathers of St. Paul’s College, Raheny.
Permission was refused because these lands are an acknowledged habitat for several species of protected birds, including the Brent Geese who winter on the North Bull Island SPA, departing in the Spring for their breeding grounds in Canada. In conservation terms, the Brent Geese are 'Amber listed'. The European population has been evaluated as Vulnerable, as several important populations have declined.
The Brent Geese like to eat the short, sweet grass that grows at St. Paul’s. They return year after year to this exact spot and it is acknowledged by bird experts to be the most important ex-situ feeding site for the Geese who spend the winter building up the fat reserves that will allow them fly back to Canada to breed.
An Bord Pleanala ruled that the landowner at St. Paul's could not demonstrate, beyond reasonable doubt (as required by law) that the loss of St. Paul's would not adversely affect the integrity of the North Bull Island SPA. The Board considered that the proposed development would contravene materially a development objective indicated in the Dublin City Development Plan (2016-2022) for the protection of European sites and would therefore be contrary to the proper planning snd sustainable development of the area.
Having failed to secure planning permission, the land owner at St. Paul's has now ceased to cut and maintain the grass. The consequence of this is that when the Geese arrive, their previously preferred feeding ground will be either unavaliable or unsuitable for them. As identified in the Developer’s own Natura Impact Statement (at p. 65 for example)
“As the average sward height recorded at a known inland feeding site increases, the peak count of brent geese recorded at a known inland feeding site decreases (i.e. a preference shown for shorter grass)”
The feeding ground at St. Paul's is effectively being eliminated.
Under the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, the Minister with responsibility for our Parks and Wildlife Services, Josephea Madigan TD, can compel the landowner to maintain this site. We are now calling on the Minister to compel the landowner at St. Paul's to cut and maintain the grass on this acknowledge habitat, which plays a pivotal role in supporting the Bull Island SPA.
This is a matter of great urgency, as the Brent Geese will arrive back in Dublin in October and we are now at the end of September.
Minister Madigan, get the grass cut for the geese before it's too late.
Please sign and share.
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Silt from Illinois River near East Peoria will turn Chicago slagfield into park
Tons of silt dredged from the Illinois River near East Peoria was dumped onto a Chicago slagfield Friday.
Truckloads of gray sediment from the Illinois River at East Peoria landed with a series of splats Friday as dignitaries once again welcomed the raw material that will provide topsoil for a future lakefront park in Chicago.
It was the latest shipment of silt from Peoria Lakes, under an experimental state program that dredges the obstructionist mud and transports it by barge to soil-starved areas.
The highest-profile use of the substance has been at the former U.S. Steel South Works site at 87th Street and Lake Michigan, a giant slag field that is earmarked for mixed-used redevelopment and greenspace.
The 70 barges of sediment (104,000 tons) that arrived in 2004 at a cost of $2 million were spread on the ground and have long since converted to hilly black dirt that is blanketed with grass and rustic plant life. This summer’s smaller-scale delivery is seven barges’ worth and cost $275,000 to move; once again, the shipments arrive at a boat slip, and the shiny, pudding-like contents are relayed a short distance by dumptrucks.
"Steel forged at this site helped build some of Chicago’s greatest landmarks, including the John Hancock Building and the Sears Tower," Tim Mitchell, superintendent of the Chicago Park District, said at a news conference where the fresh silt served as backdrop. "Now it’s our turn … to help reinvigorate this site. I look forward to the day when this industrial wasteland takes its place among Chicago’s world-renown system of public parks."
Mitchell said the 85-acre park envisioned for the property is a long way from being done, in part because of the estimated $100 million his district would need to convert the brownfield into a well-manicured, tree-filled park.
John Marlin, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources scientist who is credited with creating the "mud-to-parks" program, said it would take at least another 150 barges to cover the 85 acres. Another 60-acre park is planned for a different portion of the slagfield, Mitchell said.
Yet the state budget contains no more money to continue the recycling effort, said Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, who doubles as the chairman of the Illinois River Coordinating Council.
"We have exhausted our resources for this fiscal year," Quinn said. "But hope springs eternal."
The latest transport of sediment — 10,500 tons — was financed by a $250,000 grant from Marlin’s agency and $25,000 from the city of East Peoria. The silt was scooped recently from the East Peoria side of the Illinois River, a commercial and recreational waterway that is choked with the mud.
River sediment wasn’t the only thing recycled Friday. Quinn revived his favorite wisecrack about the environmental project.
"It’s the kind of mud-slinging that we need to have more of in Illinois," he said.
Mike Ramsey can be reached at (312) 857-2323 or ghns-ramsey@sbcglobal.net.
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Travelling through Austria - Vienna.
Vienna's blue skies and white marble statues.
Vienna - a city rich in history and culture. Having only a few days means tough decisions needed to be made regarding where to go and what to see. Much time was spent walking through the old city centre admiring the architecture and statues. However I had specifically wanted to visit the Natural History Museum so this is where I started. Much like the Natural History Museum in London, the collection is housed in a grand historic building. The collections began under the reign of the Hapsburgs in 1750 and has now become vast with an estimated 20 million objects.
I had specially wanted to see the prehistoric figurine - the Venus of Willendorf. This small figure is only eleven centimetres in height but 29,000 years old. In recognition of her significance she is housed in her very own room. It is believed to have been carved during the Paleolithic period and is one of the oldest examples of art in existence today. (There is some debate about the name and in academic circles she is referred to as the Woman of Willendorf to distinguish the association from the Roman Goddess of Love). Although she is often regarded as a divine fertility figure, anthropologists and researchers are still divided as to whether she is truly a representation of a Palaeolithic goddess. We will probably never be sure, but regardless, it is an astonishing ancient work of art.
A grand entrance
Venus of Willendorf
While I knew this figurine was in the collection, I was delightfully surprised to find the Museum also has an exquiste collection of Blaschka glass marine creatures. Leopald Blaschka (1822-1895) was a Bohemian glass artist who made glass models of invertebrate marine creatures. His son Rudolf (1857 -1939) became his only apprentice, so sadly when he died, the knowledge about production of the models was sadly lost.
While Professor of Zoology in Vienna, Carl Claus commissioned 150 glass models for the museum during the 1870's and 1880's. These tiny delicate models capture the ethereal mystery of the deep sea, and in an era before underwater photography, were instrumental in teaching naturalists about invertebrates. Real specimens were often difficult to study as they often collapsed and would loose their colour when stored in jars. These beautiful 'artworks' are an early example of science and art working together.
The University of Vienna has the second largest collection of Blashcka models in Europe. The collection was in use until the 1930's and presumably put into safe storage during the war. They were rediscovered during the 1980's. It is estimated that between father and son as many as ten thousand marine invertebrate models, and a further 4,400 botanical specimens were produced.
Guido Mocafico has made a series of stunning photographs of these glass works capturing their incredible accuracy and beauty. They can be viewed here.
As you enter the marine galleries, the visitor passes through a small Victorian lecture theatre. Several impressive stain glass windows form a wall along one side. Depicting Ernst Haeckel's intricate drawings, they create a cool moody 'underwater' atmosphere. A portrait of the man looks down from the back of the theatre. There was a feeling of walking into a very special place - a cathedral to nature!
I have recently been looking at these drawings in relation to my next piece of work so was thrilled to come across this room.
Ernst Haeckl (1834 - 1919) was a German naturalist, philosopher, physician, artist and a strong proponent of Darwinism. In an age where polymaths were multi talented and able to combine their various experiences and observations, Haeckel's legacy is outstanding. Among his achievements he discovered and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms and through his detailed drawings of microscopic life forms, was instrumental in expanding knowledge and curiosity about the natural world. He produced illustrated volumes of enduring value and biological atlases that have remained unparalleled in their precision.
And so in conclusion...
Moving on, another day, and a different place - the Belvedere Gallery, I conclude here with this charming statue of St Elizabeth. While the crowds flock to see Gustav Klimt's The Kiss (which was magnificent) this understated 13th century sculpture in the medieval gallery is the artwork that stood out above all others. I was moved by its simplicity, and serene quality. Perhaps it was also due to the stark contrast between this and the grand mythological statues we had seen on every building throughout the city!
Here you will find a gathering of thoughts, notes, and images which inform my work. A "virtual sketchbook" of projects and ideas as they evolve.
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history, evolution, fossils
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Archive of the Month: Stanford Hall drawing (Society of the Sacred Heart, England and Wales)
ArchiveRoehamptonSociety of the Sacred Heart England and WalesWorld War II
Welcome to Catholic Heritage’s no doubt eagerly awaited(!) and long-overdue (apologies) second blog post, this time created by the Society of the Sacred Heart (England and Wales Province) Archives. The Society is a congregation of women religious founded in France in 1800. Last year was the 175th anniversary of the Society in the UK, as schools and communities were first established in England in 1842.
During the Second World War, the Convent School at Roehampton was evacuated to Stanford Hall, near Rugby. Over the next few years one of the RSCJ (Réligieuse du Sacré Coeur de Jésus), Sister Catherine Blood, would send regular letters to those Sisters of the congregation who had remained behind in Roehampton – where they were to suffer bombing raids, twice, in 1943.
A gifted illustrator and artist, whose work featured in the humorous literary magazine Punch and in several children’s books, Sr Catherine’s letters would be brought to life with humour and sensitivity in drawings and sketches of the buildings, grounds and daily lives of the community and school at Stanford Hall.
One such drawing from her letters is here, part of a collection found recently in a chasublier which stands outside one of the two rooms of the Society’s Provincial Archives here in Roehampton.
The scene depicted shows one of the RSCJ receiving a gift from a group of Italian prisoners of war who were being held at an internment camp, also at Stanford Hall. The gift being presented is of 18 figs grown by the men. Sr Catherine’s letter describes how touched the RSCJ were by this gift and the way in which it was formally presented.
Finding this and the other letters in this collection, we were struck by the charm of Sr Catherine’s drawings, and the skill with which they are realised.
If you are interested in learning more about this collection or any others held by the Society of the Sacred Heart, please do contact us.
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Detroit pastor, founder of accused priest support group, under investigation
Catholic Church in Detroit, MI. Via Shutterstock
By Christine Rousselle
Detroit, Mich., Jul 9, 2019 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- A priest in the Archdiocese of Detroit who helped to found a nonprofit to support priests accused of abuse, has been temporarily removed from ministry and is the subject of a canonical investigation, the archdiocese has confirmed.
Fr. Eduard Perrone, pastor at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Grotto) Parish in Detroit, was accused of groping a former altar boy. The priest strenuously denies the allegations. His suspension was announced by the archdiocese on Sunday, July 7.
After receiving authorization from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the archdiocese conducted a preliminary investigation, the first stage of a canonical process, into the allegations against Perrone. A subsequent presentation to the Archdiocesan Review Board “found that there was a semblance of truth to the allegation,” Monsignor Mike Bugarin told CNA on Tuesday.
Bugarin serves as Episcopal Vicar and Delegate for Matters of Clergy Misconduct in the Detroit archdiocese.
While speaking to CNA, the monsignor avoided describing the charges as either “credible” or “substantiated” and emphasized that at this stage the only conclusion had been of a “semblance of truth.”
Semblance of truth is a legal standard in canon law usually defined as “not manifestly false or frivolous” that establishes only that an allegation cannot be immediately dismissed as factually impossible.
Bugarin emphasized that the process is still in the “very beginning” stages, and will now be referred back to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for further evaluation.
The Archdiocese of Detroit declined to provide details of when the alleged incident is said to have taken place, citing the ongoing nature of investigations, but did confirm that the alleged incident concerns Perrone’s “earlier years of ministry.”
Perrone was ordained in June of 1978. This complaint was received last year, according to the archdiocese, and is the first ever received against concerning the priest.
According to reporting from the Associated Press, the allegation stems from gatherings Perrone would have with altar boys at his mother’s lake house. Perrone told AP that there were always other adults present at these events, and that everyone remained fully clothed.
After receiving the complaint, Bugarin said the Archdiocese “turned it over not only to the local prosecutor, but also to the Michigan Attorney General’s office.” Initially, per an agreement between the archdiocese and the six county prosecutors represented by the Archdiocese of Detroit’s territory, the complaint was given only to local law enforcement, who began to investigate the claim.
“They in turn continued to do the investigation, until the Michigan Attorney General came in and announced an investigation of the seven dioceses of the state of in the Michigan on the handling of clergy sex abuse crisis,” said Bugarin. This meant that the attorney general was going to investigate the claim.
Three former altar boys who spoke to AP said they had not been sexually abused by Perrone, nor had they ever heard any rumors of the priest abusing anybody. Perrone himself vehemently denied that he ever did anything inappropriate with a child.
"Never inappropriate touching," he said to the Associated Press when asked about the allegations. "I never ever would have done such a thing.”
Perrone is one of the founders of Opus Bono Sacerdotii. Established in 2002, the group describes itself as a support organization for priests facing “acute difficulties” including "criminal investigations and charges, substance and alcohol abuse, gambling addictions, pornography addiction, financial improprieties, behavioral and emotional disorders, vocational crises, interpersonal problems, career burnout, etc,".
The organization did not respond to CNA’s request for comment.
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Farm Bill to pass without expanded SNAP work requirements
U.S. Capitol Building at sunset, Washington, D.C. Credit: DiegoGrandi/Shutterstock
By JD Flynn
Washington D.C., Nov 30, 2018 / 03:40 pm (CNA).- Congress looks set to pass a compromise version of the Farm Bill, which would reauthorize billions in government funds for nutrition assistance and agricultural support, but strike a plan to expand work and job-training requirements for food assistance programs.
A final version of the bill looks set to be approved during the current lame duck session of the 115th Congress.
The Senate and House of Representatives have both passed drafts of the bill, but negotiations on a final compromise version have stalled in recent months.
In the House, H.R. 2 passed in June with narrow, Republican-only support. The House version included provisions that would increase work and training requirements for access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps.
The proposed changes to SNAP, which had the support of House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump, would have required able-bodied beneficiaries between the ages of 18 and 59 to either hold a job or participate in a job training program for 20 hours each week to remain eligible for the program. Similar requirements apply now only to 18-49 year-olds.
Adults with disabilities or dependents under six years old would be exempt from this requirement.
In April, representatives from some Catholic groups wrote a joint letter to the House Agriculture Committee about the bill. The letter welcomed efforts to improve state workforce training programs, but cautioned that the bill do not appear to offer sufficient investment to fund job training programs.
The letter, signed by representatives from the U.S. bishops’ conference, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Rural Life, and the National Council of the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul, also warned that members of rural communities could find it especially difficult to access training, which is often only available some distance away.
Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry told CNA Nov. 30 that as a Catholic legislator, he was comfortable supporting reasonable work and job-training requirements for SNAP beneficiaries.
“The decayed theology of the last 40 years has left little room for a reasoned approach to charity. Access to meaningful work is dignity. Work gives a person well-being, support, and societal participation. Those who suffer from severe incapacity should not be required, but a holistic approach to charity should integrate work when possible,” Fortenberry said.
“The Farm Bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation for America. It provides risk stabilization for farmers and ranchers and protects those who have food insecurity. America enjoys some of the lowest food prices in the world. We pay less for our groceries then anyone else in the world. And this is the result of a smart legislative process that creates an abundance of food supply that actually helps feed the world’s poor as well,” he added.
“I am hopeful that we can quickly reach bipartisan consensus.”
SNAP benefits assist more than 38 million Americans each month to buy food in grocery stores. The proposed employment and job-training requirements were estimated to affect as many as 1.2 million recipients. Savings incurred by the changes would have been reinvested into job training programs and better administration.
The Senate version of the bill did not include the new training requirements, but contained some additional anti-fraud measures, and was able to pass with bipartisan support.
Congressional Republicans are now indicating that a final compromise bill along the lines of the Senate version can pass before the new Congress, with a Democratic majority in the House, is gaveled into session January 3.
Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Pat Roberts R-KAN said Thursday that the final version of the legislation will not include the tougher work rules contained in the House bill.
“We took a more comprehensive approach to provide program integrity, as opposed to extending age limits to moms that have kids,” Roberts told Huffington Post.
“We got to get the farm bill done,” Rep. Glenn Thompson said earlier this month. “If we could get this one done with some bad modifications, it will be so much better than what will be negotiated under the Democrat majority next year.”
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Former Regnum Christi women found new consecrated community in Chile
Malén Oriol (left) with other Regnum Christi members in an undated photo
Santiago, Chile, Feb 26, 2012 / 01:00 pm ().- Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago, Chile announced this Saturday that he has canonically erected a new female association of consecrated life with a group of women who recently left Regnum Christi, the lay association linked to the Legionaries of Christ.
Archbishop Ezzati’s “foundational canonical act” created the new public association Totus Tuus in his private chapel on Feb. 22, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the archbishop’s statement released to Catholic News Agency reports. The archbishop was accompanied by Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, the group of women founders, and the archbishop’s personal secretary Fr. Jose Antonio Varas.
The founders are “women who traveled from eight different countries in Europe and America, including Malén Oriol, until recently Assistant General of the Consecrated of Regnum Christi,” the statement said.
Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati said he consulted the Holy See regarding the opportunity to create the Association Totus Tuus and received the “favorable opinion” of Pope Benedict XVI.
The archbishop was one of the five visitors the Pope appointed to investigate the troubled Legion of Christ between 2009 and 2010.
The name Totus Tuus, Latin for “All Yours,” is taken from Bl. John Paul II’s papal coat of arms. It refers to the full consecration to Mary.
Archbishop Ezzati has appointed Cardinal Errazuriz “to accompany the Community Totus Tuus during its first year of life.”
Cardinal Errazuriz, the Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago, has extensive experience in the field of consecrated life. He was Secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life between 1990 and 1996.
On Feb. 14, Regnum Christi officially announced that Malén Oriol, the assistant for consecrated life to the General Director, sent a letter to all the consecrated women announcing that she had presented her resignation to Cardinal Velasio De Paolis.
In her letter, she mentioned that some consecrated women have asked the Holy See for permission to live out their consecration not as members of the Regnum Christi movement but under the authority of a bishop.
“As of yet, Malén has not clarified if she intends to form part of this new group,” the Regnum Christi statement said.
“We don’t yet have details of this initiative, but we wish them all the best in their new endeavor and pray that they will be blessed with great success in their spiritual growth and service to the Church,” the statement said.
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What’s Living and Dead in Ayn Rand’s Moral and Political Thought
Why Ayn Rand? Some Alternate Answers
Michael Huemer • January 22, 2010 •
What accounts for the continuing and increasing interest in the work of Ayn Rand? Clearly, the attraction of her ideas has much to do with it. This is true despite the fact that most people, even in America, are probably hostile to most of her philosophy. In a capitalist society, one need not please a majority in order to be successful; one need only find a market niche. There are enough individualists and libertarians in America to provide a strong market for Rand’s message.
Recent political developments have clearly contributed to interest in her political philosophy. But recent events do not change the actual relevance of Rand’s ideas, political or otherwise. The election of Barack Obama, for instance, changes little. There have been left-wing democrats for a long time, and there have been calls to socialize medicine for decades. The principles of individual rights are exactly as true as they have been throughout human history, and the nature of the opposition to those principles has changed little in the past few decades.
Contrary to the impression one might get from listening to “tea party” enthusiasts, things are probably getting better, from an individualist’s standpoint, in the medium to long term (on the scale of decades and centuries). A few centuries ago, “the divine right of kings” was taken seriously as a theory of political authority, and slavery was widely practiced. A century ago, half of the adult population of the United States could not vote. Half a century ago, that same half of the population was effectively barred, by collectivist cultural biases, from most professions, while individuals of African ancestry were segregated, both by law and by custom, from the white population. Ayn Rand characterized racism as “the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.”[1] This crudest form of collectivism was not long ago embraced, explicitly and shamelessly, throughout American society. Of course, it is hardly gone today (new forms have arisen lately, such as that of ascribing collective guilt to light-skinned individuals), but who could deny that racism has passed its peak? And just a quarter century ago, the human race was still threatened by the Soviet Union, which sought to spread Marxist communism across the globe. Like racism, communism has not disappeared from the Earth entirely, but it has certainly had its time. All of this suggests to me that the perennial interest in Ayn Rand’s work has more to do with a trend toward individualism than with a reaction to collectivist trends.
This does not answer the question, which Professor Rasmussen has raised, of why Rand attracts more attention than other defenders of liberty, such as Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, or Frederic Bastiat. Here I must differ with Rasmussen. I don’t believe Bastiat, or any other of the well-known defenders of liberty, is nearly as accessible to a modern reader as Rand. Rand, I believe, is the most compelling writer of the group. More importantly, Rand was not only a philosopher, but a compelling novelist.
Some followers of Rand may scoff at this explanation. “No, it is all down to her philosophical ideas,” they may say. “Rand’s works outsell those of von Mises because she has a coherent, comprehensive philosophy!” I think Rasmussen’s suggestion is somewhere in this region as well—that Rand’s greater popularity is due to her connecting libertarian political philosophy with comprehensive ethical and meta-ethical theories. Let us consider the evidence. Atlas Shrugged outsells Human Action by a wide margin. As of this writing, the Amazon sales ranks are 101 and 16,331, respectively.[2] (Admittedly a limited measure, but still interesting.) But Atlas also outsells Rand’s own non-fiction books, by similarly wide margins. The Virtue of Selfishness trails at 11,993, with Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology all the way down at 120,117.[3] If the greater market success of Rand as compared with von Mises were due to Rand’s broader philosophy, wouldn’t we see this reflected in sales of Rand’s non-fiction works, in which she explicitly develops that philosophy?
The data fit another hypothesis: that the novel is a far more accessible and popular vehicle for communicating ideas than the monograph. The lesson for defenders of freedom seems clear. We need more novelists, screenwriters, and other artists.
But let us leave aside the matter of Rand’s literary success. What is the best way to defend freedom intellectually? Is it, as Rand believed, to connect the philosophy of individual rights to a version of ethical egoism, which in turn derives from the metaethical theory presented by Rand in “The Objectivist Ethics”?[4] I don’t think so. Objectivists seem to find that essay completely convincing. But hardly anyone else finds it at all convincing. This is not a trivial observation—one often finds that people who do not accept a whole philosophical system nevertheless find certain parts of it plausible. And one often finds that people who are not ultimately persuaded by an argument nevertheless see some plausibility in it. But neither of these things is true of the argument of “The Objectivist Ethics”—hardly anyone finds that argument even slightly plausible, unless they also buy into virtually all of Ayn Rand’s views. This is not true of most of her other views: one would not be surprised to find a non-Objectivist who nevertheless thinks Rand’s political views are reasonable, or her epistemological views, or her aesthetic theories. The explanation is simple: the theory of “The Objectivist Ethics” is simultaneously the most distinctive and the least plausible, worst defended of all of Rand’s major ideas. (Here is a nicer way to say that: all of Rand’s other major theories are more plausible and better defended than that one.) I do not have space to detail the flaws in the article here; they require more lengthy discussion.[5] For now, just take as a sociological observation that few find the theory of that article plausible, even after reading the article.
There are two major reasons why the best hope for political freedom is not to connect it ideologically with Rand’s ethical and metaethical theories. The first is that those theories are utterly unconvincing to almost everyone—even less convincing than libertarianism. Connecting the two together serves only to discredit the cause of freedom and individual rights. It plays into the hands of those who say that the only opposition to socialism derives from greed and selfishness.
The second major reason is that ethical egoism does not support the philosophy of individual rights in the first place. Quite the opposite. Take Rasmussen’s statement of the basic individualist premise: “Each individual human being is an end in him‑ or herself … not merely a means to the ends of others.” This is a very common idea in classical liberal writings. Nearly identical statements appear in Rand, in Nozick, and of course in Kant.[6] It is also, pace Rand, directly and obviously contrary to ethical egoism. For ethical egoism posits that the only thing that ought to matter intrinsically to me is my own welfare—for me, my own welfare or happiness is the only end in itself. It follows from this that I ought not to regard other individuals as ends in themselves; rather, I should see them only as means to my happiness—just as I see everything else in the world. This is a very simple and straightforward implication of the theory. I cannot hold my own well-being as the only end in itself, and simultaneously say that I recognize other persons as ends in themselves too.
One might say that each person is an end in himself only for himself—maybe the statement “Every individual is an end in himself, not a mere means to the ends of others” means only that each person should treat himself (but not anyone else) as an end in himself, and that no one should see himself as a means to the ends of others (but one should see everyone else as a means to one’s own ends). But this bizarre interpretation of the principle not only robs it of any intuitive plausibility; it also renders obscure its use in defending individual rights. The more straightforward interpretation of the individualist premise is that I must recognize other individuals as ends in themselves, not mere means to my ends. The straightforward argument for respecting individual rights is that when one violates another person’s rights, one uses that person without his consent, and one thus treats that person as if he were a mere means to one’s own ends. That argument, of course, could not be advanced by a true egoist, who must hold that it is obligatory to treat other persons (and everything else) as mere means to one’s own welfare.
At this point, most Objectivists fall back on the contention that, luckily, it is impossible for rational people’s interests to conflict. More particularly, that although it would be praiseworthy to use others for one’s own advantage if one should get the chance, opportunities are peculiarly scarce, so much so that there has never (or almost never) been a case in which anyone would have benefited by violating another person’s rights (for instance, by initiating the use of force against another). It would be truly wonderful if this could be proven. But actual arguments for this claim are unsurprisingly hard to come by, and it remains unclear why anyone would accept the claim, apart from a drive to reconcile Rand’s ethics with her politics. This issue has, of course, been discussed at great length among supporters and critics of Rand, and I have nothing especially new to add. I shall simply record my judgment that defenders of liberty are far more likely to convince others of the need to respect individual rights through the straightforward “persons are ends in themselves” argument mentioned above, than through an argument that relies upon (a) first convincing the audience that the right action is always the most selfish action, and (b) then convincing the audience that it is impossible to benefit from violating someone else’s rights.
It should be clear from this what I think remains alive in Rand’s political and moral thought, and what I think must be discarded. Her key insight is the principle of individual rights, that persons exist as ends in themselves, not mere resources for others to use, and that because of this, individuals may not initiate the use of force or fraud against one another. Rand saw clearly that this entails that capitalism is the only just economic system. Where she went wrong was in thinking that these crucial insights rested on an egoistic foundation.
Michael Huemer is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and author of Ethical Intuitionism.
[1] The Virtue of Selfishness (New York: Signet, 1964), paperback ed., p. 126.
[2] Source: www.amazon.com, January 14, 2010. Statistics are for the paperback edition of Atlas Shrugged (Plume, 1999), and the paperback edition of Human Action (Liberty Fund, 2010)—the most popular editions of each book. Amazon sales rank statistics vary widely from day to day. Nevertheless, the qualitative points here are fairly stable.
[3] From www.amazon.com, January 14, 2010. Statistics are for the Signet 1964 paperback edition of Virtue of Selfishness and the Plume 1990 paperback edition of Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (again, the most popular editions of these books).
[4] pp. 13-35 in The Virtue of Selfishness, op. cit.
[5] See my “Is Benevolent Egoism Coherent?”, Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 3 (2002): 259-88; “Why I Am Not an Objectivist,” especially section 5 <home.sprynet.com/~owl1/rand.htm#5>; and especially “Critique of ‘The Objectivist Ethics’”, <home.sprynet.com/~owl1/rand5.htm>. One caveat: based on my experience, committed Objectivists will not find any of this at all convincing. But just about everyone else will.
[6] Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness, op. cit., p. 27; Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia (New York: Basic Books, 1974), pp. 30-31; Immanuel Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, <http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5682/pg5682.html>, section 2.
Why Ayn Rand? Answers and Some Questions for Discussion by Douglas B. Rasmussen
In this month’s lead essay, St. Johns University philosopher Douglas B. Rasmussen notes that Ayn Rand is all the rage. But why not Hayek or other free-market thinkers? Why Rand? Rasmussen submits that it comes down to “her ability to note with dramatic force the immorality and hypocrisy of our current political age; her commitment to individual rights; her holding liberty and capitalism inviolate; her rejection of ‘moral cannibalism’ in any form; her advocacy of moral individualism; her recognition of a moral order grounded in human nature; and her realization that reality is not only intelligible but open to possibilities for human achievement far more wondrous than ever realized.” But is the philosophy underpinning this envigorating picture coherent? Rasmussen offers for discussion a series of tough questions, ranging from Rand’s account of individual rights to her views of religion.
The Winnowing of Ayn Rand by Roderick T. Long
In his reply to Rasmussen’s lead essay, Auburn University philosopher Roderick Long sets out to sort the wheat from the chaff in Ayn Rand’s moral and political thought. Long maintains that “Rand sets out to found a classical liberal conception of politics … upon a classical Greek conception of human nature and the human good,” and he goes on to defend the plausibility of this project. In particular, Long stands up for Rand’s reliance on a naturalistic teleology to ground her neo-Aristotlean ethic theory, pointing to contemporary philosophical work that supports Rand’s view. Long is less happy with Rand’s political thought and criticizes her ideas of the “pyramid of ability” and of big business as a “persecuted minority.” Long credits Rand for her trenchant analysis of corporatism, but argues that she was mistaken to deny that corporatism and capitalism go hand in hand. According to Long, Rand’s ideal of voluntary interaction not only implies a radical departure from historical capitalism, but also a more thoroughly anti-statist social order.
Why Ayn Rand? Some Alternate Answers by Michael Huemer
University of Colorado philosopher Michael Huemer takes up Douglas Rasmussen’s question of why there is such intense interest in Ayn Rand and answers that Rand, unlike Mises or Bastiat, “was not only a philosopher, but a compelling novelist.” However gripping her novels, Huemer is not impressed with Rand’s moral philosophy. “The theory of ‘The Objectivist Ethics’,” Huemer writes, “is simultaneously the most distinctive and the least plausible, worst defended of all of Rand’s major ideas.” Huemer argues that there is a glaring conflict between Rand’s ethical egoism and her case for individual rights: “I cannot hold my own well-being as the only end in itself, and simultaneously say that I recognize other persons as ends in themselves too.” Huemer recommends discarding Rand’s egoism and setting her ban of the initiation of force and fraud on a more plausible foundation.
Ayn Rand’s Significance: A Reply to Douglas Rasmussen by Neera K. Badhwar
University of Oklahoma philosopher Neera K. Badhwar attributes the ongoing currency of Ayn Rand’s ideas to the persisting appeal of her novels. “In Rand’s fiction,” Badhwar writes, “we witness the tragedy of Prometheus bound and the triumph of Prometheus unbound. No purely theoretical work can show this.” When it comes to Rand’s theoretical work, Badhwar’s assessment is mixed. She notes that Rand’s ethical theory presents both long-term biological survival and survival “as a rational, and thus, viruous being” as the standard of moral action. However, Badhwar argues, “there is no coherent way to show that to survive long-term is to survive qua man is to achieve eudaimonia.” Rand depicts virtue in her fiction “as a shield against misery even in the worst of misfortunes,” and vice “as causing psychological turmoil.” But, Badhwar observes, virtue doesn’t always pay and vice doesn’t always exact a terrible price. Badhwar also disputes Rand’s belief in the unity of the virtues and the possibility of moral perfection and argues that “virtues such as kindness, charity, and forgiveness are much more important in human life than Rand grants.” Last, Badhwar takes up Rand’s idea that “the creator should not pander to debased or immoral desires,” and suggests a more moderate version of this view.
Rand’s Philosophic Thought: A Response to Professors Long, Huemer, and Badhwar by Douglas B. Rasmussen
Survival, Flourishing, and Intuition by Michael Huemer
Omitting Practical Wisdom by Neera K. Badhwar
Can We All Get Along? by Roderick T. Long
Clarifying What Hardly Anyone Would Find Plausible by Michael Huemer
Yes, We Can Get Along — and We Can Even Agree Quite a Bit! by Neera K. Badhwar
This and That by Douglas B. Rasmussen
Bravo Neera by Douglas B. Rasmussen
More on Happiness by Roderick T. Long
The Conflict of Rational Interests by Neera K. Badhwar
Neither Stoicist Nor Putnam-Wittgensteinian by Douglas B. Rasmussen
More on the Conflict of Rational Interests by Michael Huemer
Yes by Douglas B. Rasmussen
Instrumentalist Egoism by Michael Huemer
No by Douglas B. Rasmussen
Interests, Harmonious and Otherwise by Roderick T. Long
Identities and Interests by Michael Huemer
Yes, and … by Roderick T. Long
Biology and Interests by Roderick T. Long
And Now for Something Completely Different by Roderick T. Long
Does Rand Presuppose Egoism or Argue for Egoism? by Neera K. Badhwar
The Other Shoe has Dropped and Some Parting Comments by Douglas B. Rasmussen
The Pyramid of Ability by Neera K. Badhwar
Flourishing at the Margin by Roderick T. Long
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Wolves Hold Off Heat
March 27, 1999 / 1:32 AM / CBS/AP
Kevin Garnett was in foul trouble, Joe Smith didn't even play and the Miami Heat were making a late run.
No problem for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Wolves broke out to a 15-point halftime lead and held off a furious second-half rally by the Heat for a 100-93 victory at Target Center.
Smith missed the game with a rib injury sustained Wednesday against Boston, while Garnett played just 30 minutes because of foul trouble.
But with nine players scoring at least six points and the reserves scoring 34 points, the Wolves trailed only once, at 7-6.
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"This was truly a team effort," Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders said.
Garnett led the Wolves with 19 points but had just four in 13 minutes of the second half. The Heat, down 64-49 with 7:55 left in the third quarter, pulled within two points on three occasions in the fourth quarter.
Terry Porter scored 14 of his season-high 21 points in the fourth quarter for Miami. He also capped a 17-7 run with a 3-pointer that pulled Miami within 89-87 with 5:56 to play.
The teams traded baskets twice before Dean Garrett converted two free throws with 34 seconds to play. P.J. Brown then threw away the ensuing inbounds pass, and Sam Mitchell hit four free throws in the final 32 seconds to ice the game.
Minnesota got 13 points off the bench from Garrett, who didn't start for only the second time this season, and outstanding defense and two crucial 3-pointers from James "Hollywood" Robinson, whom they signed to a 10-day contract just before tipoff.
Robinson, who played for the Wolves in 1996-97, was fishing in Jackson, Miss. on Thursday when his agent called him. He played 19 minutes and helped hold Miami's Tim Hardaway to 5-for-17 shooting.
"It feels like I've only been gone two weeks," Robinson said. "The team welcomed me back with open arms -- esecially when I hit my first three."
Alonzo Mourning led all scorers with 28 points.
"They wanted it a little bit more than we did," Mourning said. "We didn't really feel any sense of urgency until the second half."
It was Minnesota's first victory at home since beating Seattle 85-84 on March 9. Since that game, they had traded starting point guard Stephon Marbury and lost starters Anthony Peeler and Smith and key reserve Malik Sealy to injuries. And despite an embarrassing loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, the Wolves have now won three of four.
"We told ourselves when we beat Boston on Wednesday that we wanted that to be a springboard for us," Garnett said.
Minnesota became only the second team this season to score 100 points against Miami. Boston beat the Heat 108-101 on Feb. 9. Notes: To make room for Robinson, the Timberwolves waived forward Brian Evans. ... Smith had started all 27 previous games and is still listed as day-to-day. ... Opponents' reserves have outscored the Wolves' bench in 12 of the last 16 contests, an indication of Minnesota's injury problems. ... The Wolves began a six-game homestand; the Heat are the only one of their six opponents to make the playoffs last season.
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11/27/2012 at 6:24 AM by Sam Tyler 2
A launch trailer for Trine 2 The Director's Cut
Trine 2 on the Wii U is a Director's Cut Above the Rest
If first you don't succeed, Trine and Trine again. This is exactly what Frozenbyte Games have done with their superb Trine 2. Releasing the exact same game that has graced other consoles on the Nintendo Wii U was just not good enough. Therefore, they launched Trine 2: The Director's Cut, the original sequel with added extras. Check out the launch trailer if you don't believe me.
9/14/2012 at 9:46 AM by Sam Tyler 0
A video shows the lush Trine 2 world
Wii U Magics Up Trine 2: Director's Cut
Trine 2 remains one of the best looking and most impressive co-op downloadable games, receiving the ultimate Co-Optimus accolade of 5 out of 5 when released on PC, PSN and XBLA. With its reduced power the Wii never received the game, but with the Wii U only weeks away, fans of Nintendo systems can buy the game on launch, bu...
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...There's a New Rabbit in Town
"What's Up, Doc? The Animated Art of Chuck Jones" opens Saturday, February 14th in Fort Worth, Texas a their Museum of Science and History.Chuck's daughter, Linda Jones Clough, and his granddaughter, Valerie Kausen, will be special guests on opening day. The exhibit, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibits with the collaboration of the Museum of the Moving Image, New York; Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Beverly Hills, and the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Costa Mesa, explores what it takes to make a cartoon and how Chuck Jones's unique perspective on film-making, his comedic genius, precision timing, and intense focus on character shaped and guided the evolution of the animated film. It is a not-to-be-missed exhibit.
For more information, visit the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History website by clicking this sentence.
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Will Friedwald on Chuck Jones in the Wall Street Journal
The Man Behind the Looney Tunes
How Bugs and Daffy came to life.
Will Friedwald
July 18, 2014 6:05 p.m. ET
'Duck Amuck' (1953) is a benchmark of American film comedy Chuck Jones Center for Creativity/TM Warner Bros.
By 1953, nearly every Hollywood cartoon seemed to be about conflict: Somebody was always chasing or hunting somebody else. But in Chuck Jones's remarkable "Duck Amuck," the confrontation was between Daffy Duck and the off-screen animator who controlled his pen-and-ink destiny. The brief, seven-minute piece continually broke through the cinematic "fourth wall" in a way no live-action film ever could, but at the time that was hardly a new idea: Cartoon characters had been directly addressing movie audiences for years. What made "Duck Amuck" a classic was the degree to which Daffy—as directed by Jones, animated by Ken Harris and voiced by Mel Blanc—becomes such a believable character. No matter how many times his image is erased and redrawn, Daffy remains completely three-dimensional in a two-dimensional medium as he goes on an emotional journey through confusion, anger and, ultimately, resignation, in which he constantly bickers and bargains with his creator. Every aspect of the film reminds us that Daffy is just a drawing, and yet, over the past 60 years, Daffy has become no less real to us than Clark Gable or Humphrey Bogart. With a less-believable star, the conceit of character vs. animator could have been a big snooze; instead, with this "despicable" fall guy of a leading man placed in the accomplished hands of Jones and company, "Duck Amuck" became a masterpiece of American film comedy.
The Animation Art
Of Chuck Jones
Through Jan. 19
Charles M. Jones (1912-2002) was, in fact, easily one of the greatest comedy directors in the history of motion pictures, indisputably on a par with Preston Sturges, Billy Wilder, Mel Brooks or Woody Allen. Jones's role in the history of animation and film comedy is explored in a new exhibit, "What's Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones," which opened Saturday at the Museum of the Moving Image. The exhibition, a co-production of the Smithsonian, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, and MoMI, will close in January and then tour the country through 2019. It includes more than 125 pieces of production artwork on display and 23 of Jones's cartoons, some screened in two different film shows and others as part of the exhibit itself.
Even though Jones would never be as famous as the characters he directed or helped create—Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, the Road Runner and Coyote, and Pepe Le Pew, among others—he came closer than any animated filmmaker (after Walt Disney) to attaining the name-above-the-title status of a Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock or Martin Scorsese. In 1996, the Motion Picture Academy presented Jones with an Honorary Academy Award—a lifetime-achievement award to add to the three Oscars he already won for best short.
In a sense, Jones is an even more distinctive stylist than any Hollywood feature director; you can quickly identify his work from just a single frame, the same way you can immediately distinguish between comic strips by George Harriman and Al Capp. Jones's earliest directorial efforts, particularly those starring the talkative, rather phlegmatic mouse named "Sniffles," show an ability to create a naturalistic, believable character—but little else. By World War II, however, Jones was in step with the rest of the studio in placing his characters in situations that were fast and funny.
Like Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra, Jones was a visionary who brought a touch of the avant-garde to the mainstream—he encouraged his animators and designers to push the limits of the animated medium and do things that had never been done before, with faster, razor-sharp timing and a bolder, more innovative look. He was miraculously subtle: "Cartoon" implies the broadest possible action and situations, but Jones's work was all about the tiniest of nuances. It isn't just that Wile E. Coyote falls off a cliff in his Acme-aided efforts to catch the Road Runner—it's the tiny, almost unnoticeable puff of smoke that appears at the bottom of the canyon that seals the deal.
Throughout the 1950s, Jones turned out classics with astonishing regularity, making the now-established Looney Tunes formulas work better than anyone else could by continually turning them on their head: "One Froggy Evening" (1955) pivots around a frog who miraculously sings and dances; "What's Opera, Doc?" (1957) overlays two sets of myths on top of each other: the pantheon of Norse-Germanic deities (as codified by Richard Wagner in his "Ring" cycle) and the equally well-known and oft-told rabbit-hunting framework (as codified by Tex Avery in the 1940 "A Wild Hare"). Thus Elmer in a viking helmet chases Bugs, who is disguised in drag as Wagner's metal-bosomed Valkyrie Brünnhilde. When Elmer finally "kills the wabbit," he is overcome with remorse and begins toting the lifeless carcass to Valhalla in a climax of "wabbiterdamewung."
(Oddly, "Duck Amuck," "One Froggy Evening" and "What's Opera, Doc?" aren't among Jones's Oscar-winning efforts.)
It was, indeed, a twilight of the gods in the Hollywood studio system as the regime—for both live and animated film—was already being dismantled. Yet Jones went on to do some of his best work in the years that followed, including the two best adaptations of Dr. Seuss stories: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1966) and "Horton Hears a Who" (1970). He lived to be an elder statesman, with a broad range of stylistic descendants not only in animation (the climactic scene in "Monsters, Inc." is an homage to Jones's 1952 "Feed the Kitty"), but live-action feature films, television, theater and even music. Jones said over and over—to me and anyone else who ever knew him—that his characters embodied different aspects of himself: Bugs was the suave, cool customer he aspired to be, but Daffy more accurately embodied his real-life frustrations while the Coyote represented his perceived ineptitude with tools. In laying out his own foibles for the whole world to laugh at, Jones touched us in a way that other directors could only dream about.
Mr. Friedwald writes the weekly Jazz Scene column for the Journal.
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Grand Opening of "What's Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones"
And what a night it was! Hundreds of cartoon and film fans, along with patrons of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, New York, came out to preview the stunning new exhibit, "What's Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones. This exhibit came to fruition with a years-long collaboration between the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibits Services, Academy of Motion Pictures, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, and the Museum of the Moving Image. Possibly the most comprehensive examination of the art and career of Chuck Jones ever mounted, the exhibit will tour through 13 other locations through 2019 (next stop in January 2015 is Fort Worth, Texas.) Look for it at a location near you!Tonight, there will be a special event at MoMI launching an exciting new portal to the world of Chuck Jones. Stay tuned for more details!
Tagged: Academy of Motion Pictures, Chuck Jones, Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, museum exhibit, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, SITES, Smithsonian, WabbitExhibit
A Sneak Peek at "What's Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones"
What a wonderful morning we had taking a walk-through of the Chuck Jones exhibit before the grand opening gala this evening. It was so wonderful to see Chuck's life and work so beautifully curated and exquisitely exhibited. Thrilling!
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Subscribe To Grey's Anatomy's Jesse Williams Knows How April Should Return Updates
Grey's Anatomy's Jesse Williams Knows How April Should Return
Gina Carbone
Grey's Anatomy didn't kill off April Kepner, in the silver lining to writing her off the show in the Season 14 finale. It was a shock to fans when it was announced that both Sarah Drew's April and Jessica Capshaw's Arizona would be leaving at the end of last season. The characters are both still alive, though, and April is now married to Matthew. April doesn't work at Grey Sloan anymore, but she's still in the Seattle area (unlike Arizona). So, as Jesse Williams noted, it would make perfect sense to see April again as she and Jackson Avery co-parent their daughter Harriet:
April is local and we share a kid together, so it would be an opportunity to highlight what it is to be a co-parent, or what it is for April to be a third wheel in my relationship with Maggie. It's real-life. Most marriages end in divorce which means new people come into our lives and you have to co-exist. You don't see a lot of that on broadcast television.
Jesse Williams is right. And the show did leave that door open by keeping April in the area. Right now, Grey's Anatomy Season 15 is doing the awkward love triangle baby mama thing with Teddy, Owen, and Amelia, but this storyline with Jackson and April has the potential to be more mature and realistic. Grey's doesn't often do realistic, let's be honest, but it would be a refreshing break from the rest of the drama.
Right now, Grey's Anatomy Season 15 has given Jackson a couple of complications -- his mother Catherine is potentially dying of cancer, and he's having trouble in his fledgling relationship with (stepsister) Maggie. April could actually be a safe haven for him, with her faith and her friendship.
The snag there is that Sarah Drew did seem pretty hurt on her way out of Grey Sloan. She said it would be "hard" to return after being written off the show, supposedly for creative reasons to "downsize" characters. Meaning they couldn't come up with a good storyline for April even though Jesse Williams just shared a perfectly fine storyline during a chat with TVLine. Plus, they keep adding characters, so how are they downsizing? Anyway...
Here's what Sarah Drew told Entertainment Tonight in October 2018, when asked if she'd ever consider returning to Grey's Anatomy:
I'll never say never because they are my family. I still love everyone over there. I love that community and I still have such an incredible space in my heart for everyone over there. But I really do feel like, because of how it went down, I really had to part ways with April, I just had to. There was no way for me to live in a space of possibility of her returning and also be healthy in my letting go of all of it, so I really have said goodbye to her.
Time may heal that wound, but it's too soon to expect that in Season 15. At this point, we know there will at least be a Grey's Anatomy Season 16, since Ellen Pompeo's contract as Meredith Grey extends through that season. After that? It's not clear. Pompeo said she'll leave when the ratings go down, and so far the ratings seem pretty strong.
Grey's Anatomy Season 15 has some extra episodes to burn through this year, and there's a lot to look forward to ... and dread, like more devastating patient deaths and watching Meredith choose the wrong guy. Grey's airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, as one of the many shows competing for your attention in midseason 2019.
The Bachelorette's Hannah And Luke P. Went At It On Twitter After Wild Episode
The Bachelorette Spoilers: Did Luke's Meltdown Guarantee That Hannah Picks Jed?
Bachelorette Spoilers: Did Peter Just Lose Any Shot At The Bachelor 2020?
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USS Kittiwake
shipwreck, diving, scuba diving
USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) was a United States Navy Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vessel in commission from 1946 to 1994.
Kittiwake was launched 10 July 1945, by Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. Howard S. Rue, Jr.; and commissioned 18 July 1946, Lt. L. H. Collier in command.
After a long and eventful career, Kittiwake was decommissioned on 30 September 1994 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day. Her title was transferred in November 2008 for an undisclosed amount to the government of the Cayman Islands for the purpose of using Kittiwake to form a new artificial reef. Originally intended to be sunk in June 2009, she was finally sunk off Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, on 5 January 2011 in Marine Park.
A 2011 episode of the documentary television series Monster Moves covered moving and sinking the ship. Divers are not allowed to touch or take anything from the dive site. At its most shallow, the wreck of Kittiwake was 15 feet (4.6 meters) below the surface of the water and at its deepest, 64 feet (19.5 meters) below the surface.
In October 2017 the wreck moved towards a nearby natural reef and fell to its port side due to wave action from passing Tropical Storm Nate. The wreck is now approximately 20 feet deeper at its most shallow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kittiwake_(ASR-13)
Bodden Town Mission House, Grand Cayman
Bodden Town (village), Grand Cayman
Wreck of the Ten Sail, George Town, Grand Cayman
Pedro St. James Castle, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands National Museum, Grand Cayman
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One Crystal in the English Classroom
English teacher Heidi Gruber brought our vision of One Crystal to life in her Middle School classroom this spring. She invited faculty and staff from both the Upper and Middle Schools to read portions of the timeless yet highly complex novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, aloud to the class and share their personal experiences with the novel.
Heidi brought our community together through a collective love and understanding of how complicated and perhaps problematic this classic work of American literature is. Upper School English teacher Kate Tomatis told a lively story about her journey from being introduced to the novel as an 8th grader herself. She fell in love with the character of Atticus as a young girl, admiring his moral strength and clarity and likening him to her own father. Her relationship to the character and story has grown more complicated as she can now see how problematic the novel’s depiction of African American characters is, and questions the role the novel might play in assuaging white guilt. Emily Fawcett, an Upper School English teacher, shared fond memories of teaching the book in her first year as a teacher.
It is clear that everyone has some kind of relationship to To Kill A Mockingbird. With Ms. Gruber’s inclusion of people from all corners of Crystal in her presentation of the book to our 8th graders, she was able to effectively start what will inevitably be a lifelong process of returning to and interrogating the book’s themes and questions for our students.
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Cultural Tourism DC Names Steven E. Shulman New Executive Director
Cultural Tourism DC's Board of Directors has named Steven E. Shulman, an experienced leader in arts administration, economic development, and fundraising, as its new executive director. He assumes his role at the nonprofit coalition of more than 230 arts, heritage and community organizations April 1, 2013.
"Cultural Tourism DC is poised to build on the extraordinary contributions it makes to DC's cultural community, its neighborhoods and the hundreds of thousands of people who live and visit here," said Board Chair Timothy C. Cox. "We are excited about Steve's business acumen, his leadership experience in the arts and his entrepreneurial spirit combining to move Cultural Tourism DC to even greater heights at a time when what we have to offer has never been more needed. The fact that he is passionate about what we do and has been deeply connected to the organization is an enormous bonus."
Shulman returns to Washington, DC after nearly seven years in Florida in a variety of roles. As president of the Greater Hollywood Arts Foundation, Inc., Shulman was charged with raising $6.8 million for the ArtsPark at Young Circle. Following Hurricane Katrina, he coordinated the early assessment of damaged collections for the American Association of State and Local History. The Getty Foundation provided $2 million to the New Orleans Museum of Art based upon the team's early assessment of Katrina damage.
This experience became the genesis for creating Our Heritage Vault, Inc., where he was executive director. The company offered services to digitize and protect family photographs and documents and published Our Heritage Preservation, an electronic magazine with tips for preserving, securing, and sharing family memorabilia.
Prior to his southern experiences, Shulman was executive director of the American Red Cross Museum in Washington from 1998 to 2005. In addition to launching the museum, Shulman created a "First Aid for Fine Art" fundraising program to support conservation of more than 41,000 objects.
It was during this time that Shulman was recruited to serve on the board of directors of Cultural Tourism DC and later served on the executive committee. His leadership helped the organization evolve from an initial focus on individual neighborhoods to a citywide presence.
Steve Shulman remarked, "Cultural Tourism DC is the leading nonprofit dedicated to promoting the cultural assets of Washington, from the mall to the neighborhoods and back. As a past beneficiary of this leadership when I ran the American Red Cross Museum, I know how important Cultural Tourism DC's reach and support are. I look forward to building on this record of achievement."
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, he graduated from American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, with a degree in business management and participated in a leadership program for nonprofit executives at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
ABOUT CULTURAL TOURISM DC
Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1999, Cultural Tourism DC (CTDC) is an independent nonprofit coalition of more than 230 culture, heritage and community-based organizations. CTDC and its members help residents and visitors experience DC's authentic culture and heritage. For more information, visit www.CulturalTourismDC.org or call 202-661-7581.
Michelle Cragle
mcragle@culturaltourismdc.org
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