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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › Second Circuit › 1987 › Transit Mix Concrete Corporation, Petitioner-appellant, v. Local Union No. 282, International Brothe...
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Transit Mix Concrete Corporation, Petitioner-appellant, v. Local Union No. 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters,chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America,respondent-cross Petitioner-appellee, 809 F.2d 963 (2d Cir. 1987)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 809 F.2d 963 (2d Cir. 1987)
Argued Jan. 9, 1987. Decided Jan. 22, 1987
Alexander A. Miuccio, New York City (Altieri, Kushner, Miuccio & Frind, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Transit Mix.
Eugene S. Friedman, New York City (Franklin K. Moss, and Cohen, Weiss and Simon, New York City, on the brief), for appellee Local No. 282.
Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and TIMBERS and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Transit Mix Concrete Corporation ("appellant") appeals from a judgment and order entered in the Southern District of New York, John E. Sprizzo, District Judge, denying appellant's petition for a permanent stay of arbitration of a labor dispute and granting a cross petition of appellee Local Union No. 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America ("appellee") to compel arbitration of that dispute. 643 F. Supp. 1002.
The collective bargaining agreement ("the CBA")1 between the parties contains a broad arbitration provision. In another clause, the agreement states that all arbitration awards "shall be final, conclusive and binding" ("the finality clause").
Appellant claimed in the district court that an earlier arbitration award already had resolved the issues raised in the present dispute which is the subject of appellee's cross petition to compel arbitration ("the present dispute") and therefore that the finality clause barred arbitration of the present dispute.
In granting appellee's cross petition to compel arbitration, the district court held that the CBA's broad arbitration clause encompassed the present dispute, including questions as to the applicability and effect of the finality clause.
On appeal, appellant claims that the district court erred in compelling arbitration since, by virtue of the finality clause, appellant had not agreed to arbitrate the present dispute.
We hold that the present dispute is arbitrable and that the CBA's broad arbitration clause leaves to the arbitrator, at least in the first instance, the task of determining both the extent to which the earlier arbitration award resolved the issues raised in the present dispute and the effect of the finality clause. We hold that the district court correctly granted the cross petition to compel arbitration. We affirm.
The facts are straightforward and not in dispute.
Appellant is a supplier of ready-mix concrete. It employs drivers to deliver concrete to construction sites throughout the New York metropolitan area. Appellee is a labor union.
We previously have set forth facts, relevant to the instant appeal, in an opinion enforcing an order of the National Labor Relations Board ("the NLRB") against appellee. NLRB v. Local 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 740 F.2d 141 (2 Cir. 1984). We assume familiarity with that opinion. We shall summarize here only those additional facts believed necessary to an understanding of the issue raised on the instant appeal.
Appellant and appellee are parties to a CBA making appellee the exclusive bargaining representative of the drivers employed by appellant. That agreement sets forth a procedure for the settlement of disputes. Arbitrable disputes are submitted first to a Joint Labor-Management Disputes Panel ("the Panel"), which acts as a "Board of Arbitration". Appellant and appellee each appoint an equal number of representatives to the Panel. In the event that the Panel is deadlocked, the dispute is submitted to an "impartial arbitrator". The impartial arbitrator is selected from a list set forth in an appendix to the CBA. The selection is by lot unless "the parties involved in the selection process ... agree upon [an] alternate procedure for such selection."
The arbitration clause of the CBA sets forth the types of disputes that are arbitrable:
"Jurisdiction of the Panel. Any and all complaints, grievances, controversies or disputes between the Union [appellee] and the Employer [appellant] in connection with or in relation to this Agreement or concerning the interpretation, application, performance or alleged breach thereof by either of the parties hereto, or by any other party signatory to this industry-wide collective bargaining Agreement or with respect to any term or condition of employment hereunder, which the parties are unable to settle between them, may, except for disputes concerning discharge of or disciplinary action against an Employee, be submitted for arbitration and final determination to the [Panel]."
The CBA provides further that the impartial arbitrator "shall have all the powers granted to the Panel herein."
The finality clause is a "Miscellaneous Provision [ ] " in the "Settlement of Disputes" section of the CBA. It provides:
"All determinations, decisions and awards shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto and may be enforced as any other arbitration award in accordance with the laws of the State of New York."
On February 13, 1976, appellant purchased the assets of the Colonial Sand and Stone Company ("Colonial"), theretofore a rival ready-mix concrete supplier. At that time Colonial employed 237 drivers ("the Colonial drivers"); appellant employed 72 drivers ("appellant's drivers"). A CBA between appellee and Colonial made appellee the exclusive bargaining representative of the Colonial drivers.
Prior to the February 13 agreement, both appellant and Colonial maintained seniority lists of their drivers. When drivers were needed, they were called to work according to their positions on the seniority lists. Some drivers worked regularly; others were temporarily out of work, or "laid off". Under a provision of the CBA between appellant and appellee, if a purchase of the assets of another corporation is a "merger", then the drivers of the acquired corporation are inserted into their appropriate positions on the seniority list of appellant's drivers. If the purchase is a "buy-out", then the drivers of the acquired corporation "go to the bottom of the list."2 Appellant treated the purchase of Colonial as a buy-out. An arbitration award made in June 1976 confirmed this characterization of the transaction. Accordingly, the Colonial drivers were placed at the bottom of the seniority list of appellant's drivers.
By 1978, appellant had attempted to recall for regular work those Colonial drivers who had been ranked at number 138 or above on Colonial's seniority list. Not all of those drivers responded to appellant's recall letters. Some of those who did respond either declined appellant's offers of employment or worked for appellant only intermittently.
In early 1979, a dispute arose over appellant's obligation to continue to recall Colonial drivers. Since appellant was having difficulty obtaining a sufficient number of drivers to perform its workload, it wanted to hire drivers who had not been on Colonial's seniority list. It therefore took the position that Colonial drivers who had not "shaped" (i.e., reported for work) or communicated with appellant since 1976 should be removed from the seniority list. Appellee disagreed. The dispute was submitted to the Panel for arbitration.
The panel deadlocked. The dispute accordingly was submitted to Arbitrator Herbert Lippman. He was asked to resolve the following question: "What is the reasonable length of time within which an employee of the Company [appellant] must shape up, call or contact the Company to remain part of the Company work force and retain his seniority?"
On June 27, 1979, Arbitrator Lippman issued his award ("the award" or "the Lippman award"). The award stated that " [a]n employee who does not shape, call or contact the Company for work for a period of one year, shall be deemed to have abandoned his position with the Company and shall no longer be considered an employee of the Company." In an opinion accompanying the award, Arbitrator Lippman stated that 146 Colonial drivers who had not shaped or communicated with appellant for a period in excess of three years "have abandoned their positions with the Company and are no longer members of the work force by their own choice."
In late 1979 or early 1980, Ted Katsaros, a laid-off Colonial driver who had held number 152 on Colonial's seniority list, discovered that appellant was hiring new drivers. After making inquiries he learned of the Lippman award. On June 11, 1980, Katsaros filed an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB. He charged that appellee, in complicity with appellant, had violated the rights of the Colonial drivers under Sec. 7 of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), 29 U.S.C. § 157 (1982), by contriving a fraudulent arbitration proceeding and failing to inform them of the Lippman award.
After administrative proceedings not relevant to this appeal, Katsaros' charge resulted ultimately in a decision and order filed August 26, 1983 by the NLRB. Local 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 267 N.L.R.B. 1130 (1983). The NLRB concluded that " [b]y arbitrarily, and without lawful and legitimate reason, failing to notify employees it represents of the terms of an arbitration award significantly altering the requirements to be fulfilled to maintain their seniority, [appellee] has breached its duty of fair representation in violation of Section 8(b) (1) (A) of the [NLRA, 29 U.S.C. § 158(b) (1) (A) (1982) ]." 267 N.L.R.B. at 1131. The NLRB ordered appellee among other things to " [r]equest the arbitrator who heard the arbitration at issue herein to reopen the proceeding to provide for notice of the terms of the award to affected employees and a retroactive grace period for those employees who have been dropped from [appellant's] seniority list", id. at 1132, and to " [m]ake whole those employees who lost work due to its unlawful conduct" "by payment to them of an amount equal to that which they would have earned but for its unlawful conduct," id. at 1132, 1131. The NLRB also ordered appellee to provide notice of the Lippman award to affected employees by, among other ways, posting copies of the award at its offices. Id. at 1132.
In an opinion filed July 19, 1984, we enforced the NLRB's order "in full." NLRB v. Local 282, supra, 740 F.2d at 148.
In a letter to appellant dated October 1, 1984, appellee stated that it "hereby requests that the grievance and arbitration proceeding commenced by [appellant], which resulted in the [Lippman] award ... be reopened to provide for notice to affected employees and a retroactive grace period." The letter also stated that, if appellant refused the request, appellee would invoke arbitration procedures under the CBA.
On October 24, 1984, appellant petitioned the New York County Supreme Court for an order staying "arbitration within twenty days of the date of receipt of [appellee's] demand for arbitration."
On November 9, 1984, appellee removed the state court proceeding to the district court. Jurisdiction in the district court was based on 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1982).
In a letter dated November 26, 1984 ("the arbitration demand"), appellee formally notified the co-chairman of the Panel that appellee was seeking "an investigation and determination of its dispute resulting from the implementation of [the Lippman] award." The letter stated that appellee "seeks, through this proceeding, to provide for notice to affected employees of [appellant], a retroactive grace period and to [sic] a final determination of all contractual issues applicable to the failure of [appellant] to give timely and adequate notice to its employees of the Lippman Award." Appellant asserted that it was entitled to such relief by Section 15 of the CBA which provides in relevant part:
"When regular employment is not available for an Employee, he shall be laid off for lack of work. During such lay-off, the Employee shall retain seniority without the need to shape regularly. When regular employment becomes available, the Employee on layoff shall be notified by the Employer to return to work by certified mail at his last known address. To preserve his seniority, an Employee must report to work within 3 working days after receipt of such letter."
A copy of the letter also was sent to Arbitrator Lippman under a separate covering letter, dated November 26, 1984, stating that " [t]his letter is being sent to you in compliance with the [NLRB's] Decision and Order." Counsel for appellee informed us at oral argument that it never received a response from Arbitrator Lippman.
Also on November 26, 1984, appellee filed in the district court in the instant proceeding a response to appellant's petition for a stay of arbitration and a cross petition in which it sought an order compelling arbitration of the present dispute. On April 5, 1985, appellant filed a motion in the district court for summary judgment on its petition for a "permanent [ ]" stay of arbitration.
In an opinion and order entered September 16, 1986, the district court denied appellant's petition for a stay of arbitration and granted appellee's cross petition to compel arbitration. A judgment granting appellee's cross petition was entered September 19, 1986. This appeal followed.
For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment and the order of the district court.
The principles governing the arbitrability of labor disputes are well settled.
First, since " 'arbitration is a matter of contract ... a party cannot be required to submit to arbitration any dispute which he has not agreed so to submit.' " AT&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers of America, 106 S. Ct. 1415, 1418 (1986) (quoting United Steelworkers of America v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., 363 U.S. 574, 582 (1960)). Accord, International Longshoremen's Association v. New York Shipping Association, 403 F.2d 807, 809 (2 Cir. 1968) (Feinberg, J.).
Second, "the question of arbitrability--whether a collective-bargaining agreement creates a duty for the parties to arbitrate the particular grievance--is undeniably an issue for judicial determination." AT & T Technologies, supra, 106 S. Ct. at 1418. Accord, International Union of Electrical Workers v. General Electric Co., 407 F.2d 253, 255 (2 Cir. 1968) (Feinberg, J.), cert. denied, 395 U.S. 904 (1969).
Third, "in deciding whether the parties have agreed to submit a particular grievance to arbitration, a court is not to rule on the potential merits of the underlying claims. ... [E]ven if it appears to the court to be frivolous, the union's claim that the employer has violated the collective-bargaining agreement is to be decided, not by the court asked to order arbitration, but as the parties have agreed, by the arbitrator." AT&T Technologies, supra, 106 S. Ct. at 1419. Accord, United Steelworkers of America v. American Manufacturing Co., 363 U.S. 564, 568 (1960).
Finally, if a collective bargaining agreement contains an arbitration clause, "there is a presumption of arbitrability in the sense that ' [a]n order to arbitrate the particular grievance should not be denied unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute. Doubts should be resolved in favor of coverage.' " AT&T Technologies, supra, 106 S. Ct. at 1419 (quoting Warrior & Gulf, supra, 363 U.S. at 582-83). As we stated with regard to this fourth principle in International Association of Machinists v. General Electric Co., 406 F.2d 1046 (2 Cir. 1960) (Feinberg, J.):
"It is enough to say ... that it is 'national policy' to encourage arbitration of labor disputes, that doubts as to arbitrability should be 'resolved in favor of coverage,' that language excluding certain disputes from arbitration must be 'clear and unambiguous' or 'unmistakably clear,' and that arbitration should be ordered 'unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute.' This is an imposing litany for the (party seeking to avoid arbitration) to overcome."
406 F.2d at 1048 (emphasis added).
Mindful of these principles, we turn to the issue raised on the instant appeal.
With good reason, appellant does not dispute that the CBA's arbitration clause, standing alone, is sufficiently broad to encompass the present dispute. With one minor exception not relevant to this appeal, the arbitration clause makes arbitrable " [a]ny and all complaints, grievances, controversies or disputes ... in connection with or in relation to this Agreement or concerning the interpretation, application, performance or alleged breach thereof by either of the parties ... or with respect to any term or condition of employment hereunder...." Appellee's November 26 arbitration demand asserted that Section 15 of the CBA required appellant to notify the Colonial drivers that they would have to shape in accordance with the Lippman award to retain their seniority status. The arbitration demand thus presents a dispute "in connection with or in relation to [the] Agreement." It also presents a grievance "concerning the interpretation, application, performance or alleged breach thereof", and of course it presents a dispute "with respect to any term or condition of employment".
In Rochdale Village, Inc. v. Public Service Employees Union, 605 F.2d 1290 (2 Cir. 1979), we stated that " [i]f a court finds that the parties have agreed to submit to arbitration disputes 'of any nature or character,' or simply 'any and all disputes,' all questions ... will be properly consigned to the arbitrator". 605 F.2d at 1295. Since the language in the arbitration clause involved on the instant appeal is equally as broad as, if not broader than, the language of Rochdale, the conclusion is inescapable that, standing alone, the instant arbitration clause covers the present dispute.
Rather than claiming that the arbitration clause, standing alone, does not encompass the present dispute, appellant claims that the finality clause limits the scope of the arbitration clause. Appellant bases this claim on Woodcrest Nursing Home v. Local 144, Hotel Allied Services Union, 788 F.2d 894 (2 Cir. 1986) (per curiam). In Woodcrest, a union sought an order compelling arbitration of a dispute with an employer involving a type of employee referred to as a "non-slotted/replacement employee". The collective bargaining agreement between the union and the employer contained a broad arbitration clause that clearly covered the dispute. Another clause in the agreement, however, stated that " [n]on-slotted/replacement employees shall not be subject to the terms and benefits of this agreement". We held that the district court correctly had refused to compel arbitration of the dispute. We stated:
"In determining whether a given dispute must be arbitrated the court looks to all terms of the parties' agreement bearing on arbitration. Even though the words of the agreement's arbitration clause may be broad, its scope may be limited by language elsewhere in the agreement clearly and unambiguously negating or limiting it with respect to a matter in dispute."
Woodcrest, supra, 788 F.2d at 898 (emphasis added) (citing Nolde Brothers, Inc. v. Local No. 358, Bakery Workers Union, 430 U.S. 243, 255 (1977)).
Appellant argues that the Lippman award resolved the issues raised in the present dispute. Since the finality clause states that arbitration awards "shall be final, conclusive and binding", appellant argues that the finality clause clearly and unambiguously negates the arbitration clause with respect to the present dispute. Appellant asserts that, by virtue of the finality clause, it did not agree to arbitrate the present dispute and therefore that the district court erred in compelling arbitration. We disagree.
The finality clause by its terms does not render inarbitrable any class of disputes. Rather, it states merely that arbitration awards are final and "may be enforced as any other arbitration award in accordance with the laws of the State of New York." Nor does the finality clause here, as the dispositive clause in Woodcrest did, make the CBA as a whole inapplicable to any particular subject matter. "In the absence of any express provision excluding a particular grievance from arbitration, we think only the most forceful evidence of a purpose to exclude the claim from arbitration can prevail, particularly where, as here, the exclusion clause is vague and the arbitration clause quite broad." Warrior & Gulf, supra, 363 U.S. at 584-85. Appellant here has advanced no such "forceful evidence". Indeed, the language of the clause regarding enforcement under New York law, as well as the location of the clause--a miscellaneous provision not juxtaposed to the arbitration clause--both create a strong inference that the parties had no intention whatever to exclude from arbitration any class of disputes. In short, appellant has failed to overcome the "substantial hurdle" which it must in order to defeat the presumption of arbitrability established by the case law. International Longshoremen's Association, supra, 403 F.2d at 809.
Since the finality clause does not exclude from arbitration any class of disputes and since the arbitration clause encompasses the present dispute, it follows that the present dispute is arbitrable.3 Since the arbitration clause makes arbitrable any dispute "concerning the interpretation [or] application" of the CBA, it follows that questions as to the applicability of the finality clause--in the sense of whether the Lippman award adjudicated the issues raised in the present dispute--or as to its effect--in the sense of the res judicata effect of the Lippman award--are assigned, at least in the first instance, to the Panel or the impartial arbitrator. Under these circumstances, we find it neither necessary nor appropriate for us to decide the extent, if any, to which the Lippman award resolved the issues raised in the present dispute.
Our resolution of the issue raised on this appeal conforms with the approach taken by the Third Circuit in Butler Armco Independent Union v. Armco Inc., 701 F.2d 253 (3 Cir. 1983). We find that court's analysis to be persuasive. There, a collective bargaining agreement between the parties contained two broad arbitration clauses and a rearbitration clause. The rearbitration clause provided in part that "no grievance will be considered ... which would revoke, reverse, or otherwise alter the terms or conditions of any grievance disposed of as above outlined". Id. at 256 n. 2. Although that clause was more restrictive than the one in the instant case, the court held that the rearbitration clause did not bar arbitration of a dispute which was identical to one resolved in an earlier arbitration proceeding. The court stated:
"Having examined [the] arbitration clauses, we cannot say with 'positive assurance' that they do not assign to the arbitrator the task of determining the applicability and effect of the rearbitration clause. It is clear, therefore, that ... the courts must leave to the arbitrator the task of determining whether consideration of the [subsequent dispute] would violate the re-arbitration clause."
Id. at 256 (footnote omitted) (quoting Warrior & Gulf, supra, 363 U.S. at 582).
Likewise here, since we cannot say "with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute", we resolve whatever doubts may exist "in favor of coverage." Warrior & Gulf, supra, 363 U.S. at 582-83.4
We hold that the present dispute is arbitrable and that the CBA's broad arbitration clause leaves to the arbitrator, at least in the first instance, the task of determining both the extent to which the earlier arbitration award resolved the issues raised in the present dispute and the effect of the finality clause.
The district court correctly granted appellee's cross petition to compel arbitration.
To summarize:
A petition to compel arbitration will not be denied unless the party seeking to avoid arbitration overcomes the strong presumption in favor of the arbitrability of labor disputes. Although a party cannot be compelled to arbitrate a dispute that he has not agreed by contract to arbitrate, appellant has failed to establish that the finality clause in any way narrows the broad scope of the CBA's arbitration clause. The arbitration clause therefore encompasses the present dispute, including questions as to the applicability and effect of the finality clause.
Accordingly, we hold that the present dispute is arbitrable and that the CBA's broad arbitration clause leaves to the arbitrator, at least in the first instance, the task of determining both the extent to which the earlier arbitration award resolved the issues raised in the present dispute and the effect of the finality clause. The district court correctly granted appellee's cross petition to compel arbitration and correctly denied appellant's petition to stay arbitration.
During the period of time relevant to this appeal, appellant and appellee were parties to three CBAs. One covered the period from July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1982; the second the period from July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1984; and the third the period from July 1, 1984 to June 30, 1987. The three CBAs are identical in all respects relevant to this appeal. Unless otherwise indicated, throughout this opinion a reference to "the CBA" is to either the CBA in effect at the time relevant to the discussion or to the three CBAs
The record does not disclose whether the CBA between appellee and Colonial also contained this provision
Appellant argues that the present dispute is not arbitrable since appellee's sole motivation in pressing the dispute is to obtain damages under the CBA for the loss appellee sustained as the result of its own violation of the NLRA and the NLRB's order directing that appellee make affected employees whole. This argument is without merit--at least at this prearbitration stage of the controversy. To deny arbitration based on appellant's argument in effect would be to rule on the merits of the dispute. This we decline to do. AT & T Technologies, supra, 106 S. Ct. at 1419
Appellant also argues that appellee's arbitration demand is " 'so plainly unreasonable that ... it can be seen in advance that no award to [appellee] could receive judicial sanction' ". Emery Air Freight Corp. v. Local Union 295, 786 F.2d 93, 99 (2 Cir. 1986) (Feinberg, C.J.) (quoting John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston, 376 U.S. 543, 555 (1964)). In light of our enforcement of the NLRB order which directed appellee to seek to reopen the proceedings which resulted in the Lippman award, this argument is something less than persuasive. Local 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 267 N.L.R.B. 1130, 1132 (1983), enforced, 740 F.2d 141 (2 Cir. 1984).
We note that appellant is not barred forever from seeking relief in the federal court. If appellant believes that any award resulting from the instant arbitration proceeding does not have a basis in law, it will not be foreclosed from applying to the district court to vacate the award. Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Local 420, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 718 F.2d 14, 21 (2 Cir. 1983) (approach to be taken in reviewing conflicting arbitration awards)
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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › Ninth Circuit › 1992 › Jack Rowe Associates, Inc., Rowe Marketing International,inc., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Sanyo Elect...
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Jack Rowe Associates, Inc., Rowe Marketing International,inc., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Sanyo Electric, Inc., Defendant-appellee, 955 F.2d 47 (9th Cir. 1992)
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 955 F.2d 47 (9th Cir. 1992)
Submitted Dec. 5, 1991. *Decided Feb. 20, 1992
Before SCHROEDER, REINHARDT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM*
Rowe Marketing International ("RMI") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Sanyo Electric Inc. ("Sanyo"). The district court determined as a matter of law that Sanyo was justified in terminating its alleged oral distribution contract with RMI because of poor job performance. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
RMI contends summary judgment was inappropriate and in error because issues of material fact existed with respect to whether RMI's conduct under the contract constituted poor job performance. It argues that Jack Rowe's affidavit testimony makes it clear that termination of RMI by Sanyo could only be for RMI's poor job performance uncorrected after notice. According to RMI, it cannot be concluded as a matter of law that the dramatic decline in purchases from Sanyo constituted poor job performance. It attempts to distinguish poor sales from poor sales effort, arguing only the latter would justify termination of the oral contract as a matter of law because poor sales could result from factors beyond the control of RMI.
In order to avoid summary judgment the nonmoving party must set forth specific facts such that a reasonable jury might return a verdict in its favor based on that evidence. T.W. Elec. Serv. v. Pacific Elec. Contractors, 809 F.2d 626, 631 (9th Cir. 1987). Here, there is no evidence in the record to support RMI's contention that the oral contract authorized termination by Sanyo based only on a subjective standard for poor job performance. For purposes of summary judgment, Sanyo concedes the existence of the oral contract and the express term that the only basis upon which Sanyo could terminate RMI was for poor sales performance uncorrected for twelve months after notice and financial assistance from Sanyo. It is undisputed that there were dramatic declines in purchases by RMI from Sanyo.1 Also, RMI does not contend Sanyo failed to provide the requisite financial assistance. Further, the numbers clearly indicate that the downward turn in purchases went uncorrected for a period exceeding twelve months. Finally, it is clear that RMI had actual notice of the dramatic decline in purchases from Sanyo. Additionally, notice was given by way of a letter dated March 29, 1983, from Arthur Westburg, a Senior Vice President of Sanyo, to Rowe, the Chief Executive Officer and the sole owner of RMI. Thus, RMI essentially argues that the question of what it believed the term poor job performance in the contract to mean is an issue of fact that should be submitted to the jury; namely, was the decline a result of economic factors beyond RMI's control.
The difficulty with this contention is that RMI fails to present any specific evidence to indicate the parties agreed that poor job performance would be determined solely on the basis of RMI's subjective efforts and objective factors must be considered in evaluating its job performance under the oral distribution contract. The term of the oral contract testified to by Rowe was that termination was justified in the event of poor job performance uncorrected after notice and financial assistance from Sanyo. Further, during his deposition, Rowe testified that poor performance under the agreement meant a "substantial decrease in sales followed up by incorrective measures over a period of 12 months." There is no evidence in the record to support RMI's current contention that the parties agreed the cause of the poor job performance would be dispositive of termination. Consequently, we find the district court properly granted summary judgment upon its determination that Sanyo was justified in terminating the oral distribution contract with RMI because of poor job performance. See Stewart Title Co. v. Herbert, 96 Cal. Rptr. 631, 635 (Ct.Cal.App.1970) (" [I]t is elementary that the uncommunicated subjective belief of a contracting party is not competent evidence to prove the meaning of the contract.").
Next, RMI contends the decision in this case is dictated by the panel's decision in the first appeal decided November 3, 1988. See Jack Rowe Assoc., Inc. v. Sanyo Electric, Inc., No. 87-5700 (9th Cir. November 3, 1988) (Sanyo I) . According to RMI, the Sanyo I panel implicitly decided there were questions of fact sufficient to preclude summary judgment of whether there was poor job performance as a matter of law justifying Sanyo's termination of the oral contract. Thus, RMI argues the question of poor job performance as a matter of law is barred by the law of the case doctrine. In support of this contention, RMI notes that the panel in Sanyo I determined that "RMI raises a triable issue as to whether Sanyo breached its contract with RMI." Additionally, the panel stated that "RMI presented some evidence by affidavit to show ... (2) that its contract could not be terminated unless for poor performance uncorrected without notice; and (3) that the contract was terminated for other reasons, in breach of the contract." Alternatively, RMI asserts that Sanyo waived its right to rely on poor job performance to justify termination because Sanyo failed to raise it in the first appeal.
Normally, " [t]he doctrine of law of the case encompasses a court's explicit decisions as well as those issues decided by necessary implications." Eichman v. Fotomat Corp., 880 F.2d 149, 157 (9th Cir. 1989). Under this doctrine, the panel in a subsequent proceeding is bound by a decision of the court in a prior appeal unless: 1) the first decision is clearly erroneous and would result in manifest injustice; 2) an intervening change in the law has occurred; or 3) the evidence on remand is substantially different. Id. Also, a subsequent court is free to decide an issue on remand that was not decided in the prior appeal. See Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Program, 691 F.2d 438, 441 (9th Cir. 1982).
Here, the Sanyo I panel did not decide whether Sanyo would be justified as a matter of law in terminating RMI due to poor job performance. Rather, the panel ruled on whether California's statute of frauds prevented enforcement of the oral distribution contract and whether RMI itself voluntarily terminated the contract prior to 1984. While the Sanyo I panel noted that some evidence was presented that the contract could be terminated only for poor performance and that there was some evidence the contract was terminated for other reasons, the panel specifically did not decide whether there was poor job performance by RMI under the contract justifying Sanyo's termination. Additionally, it was subsequent to the Sanyo I that Rowe testified he understood poor performance to mean a substantial decrease in sales uncorrected over twelve months. In response to this new theory, Sanyo gathered additional evidence by taking Jack Rowe's deposition. While presumably this evidence was available during Sanyo I, it was unnecessary because of the legal theories relied on by RMI at that time. Thus, we find that law of the case does not bar Sanyo from seeking summary judgment on the basis of the oral contract's termination provision.
RMI's appellate waiver argument must fail as well. For support, RMI cites Munoz v. County of Imperial, 667 F.2d 811 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 825 (1982), which does not stand for the proposition that Sanyo could not seek summary judgment on different grounds after this court's opinion in Sanyo I. Munoz merely permits this court to refuse to consider a new contention that could have been, but was not, raised during a prior appeal. Munoz, 667 F.2d at 817. That is not the situation before this court. Sanyo is not now attempting to raise new issues on this appeal that could have been raised in Sanyo I. On this appeal, Sanyo is attempting to defend the propriety of the district court's grant of summary judgment on the basis of the termination provision in the oral contract, a different ground from before. Consequently, we find that RMI's appellate waiver argument is not applicable to the situation before this panel.
The district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Sanyo must be affirmed.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for submission on the record and briefs and without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a) and Ninth Circuit Rule 34-4
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3
The figures are as follows:
YEAR SALES 1981 $4.5 million 1982 $230,000 1983 $ 10,000 1984 $ 700
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People v. Renallo
410 Ill. 372 (1951)
102 N.E.2d 116
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Er- v. JAMES RENALLO, Plaintiff in Error.
No. 32029.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Opinion filed November 27, 1951.
*373 THOMAS J. KILROY, and STEPHEN LEE, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.
IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.
Judgment affirmed.
Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendant, James Renallo, and two others, were indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for robbery. Defendant pleaded not guilty and waived a trial by jury. He was tried separately, found guilty as charged, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than seven years. Renallo prosecutes this writ of error.
Spiegel, Inc., owns and operates a store at 6326 West Cermak Road, in the city of Berwyn. The store does not open until noon on Mondays. From the testimony of Dolores Driscoll, employed as a cashier, it appears that, on Monday, March 6, 1950, she and Miss Nearing were on duty at 11:00 A.M., when she saw Ethel Scholl, a third employee, enter the store, followed by two men, one of whom was carrying a gun. One of the strangers, identified as defendant, ordered the cashier to give him the money. The three women employees, in obedience to the command of the armed intruder, went into a washroom. A ladder was placed against it. When the employees came out of the washroom they checked the premises and found that *374 $168 belonging to Spiegel, Inc., had been taken from the cash drawer and that two purses, one of which contained $90 belonging to Ethel Scholl, were missing.
Thereafter, on April 5, 1950, at a review of persons under arrest, held at a police station, Dolores Driscoll identified defendant as one of the perpetrators of the robbery and, according to her testimony, Ethel Scholl also identified him. The witness testified that about ten minutes elapsed from the time she first saw defendant in the store and the time she was locked in the washroom. Police officer James Hajek, and Peter J. McGuire, a detective assigned to the commissioner of police, testified that both Ethel Scholl and Dolores Driscoll identified defendant in a "line-up" of five men on April 5, 1950, in their presence. Ethel Scholl did not testify upon the trial, having married in the meantime and moved away from Chicago.
Defendant denied participation in the robbery. He testified that, on the morning of March 6, 1950, he assisted Earl Burke in his cabinet shop located in the same building where he, defendant, lived; that he reported for work at 9:00 A.M., and remained until about 11:00 A.M.; that, about 11:15 A.M., accompanied by his wife and a friend of the latter, he went to the intersection of State and Van Burke Streets, in Chicago, but returned to Burke's shop in thirty or thirty-five minutes after his departure. Although Burke testified that he had known defendant four years, he stated that March 6, 1950, was the first day he had employed defendant. Burke testified, further, that the cabinet shop was in his spare bedroom; that defendant was in his presence from 9:00 until about 11:15 A.M. on the day named, and that he returned twenty-five or thirty minutes later. He said that he recalled the exact time because defendant had returned and was present when his (Burke's) children came home from school for their noonday meal. In rebuttal, officer McGuire testified that, on April 5, 1950, to an inquiry with respect to his employment, defendant *375 replied that he was an unemployed construction worker, and that he did not mention being in the employ of Burke.
Upon cross-examination, defendant testified that he was acquainted with one codefendant who lived across the street from his mother and that he occasionally saw the second codefendant, who was a relative.
Seeking a reversal of the judgment of conviction, defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to show the existence of money in the control and presence of Ethel Scholl. Our attention is directed to the portion of the indictment charging defendant (and two others) with making an assault on March 6, 1950, on Ethel Scholl, and robbing, stealing, taking and carrying away from her $168 in money, in her care, custody and control, belonging to Spiegel, Inc., and, also, $90 of her own money. Ethel Scholl was but one victim of the robbery. Section 246 of division I of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 38, par. 501,) defines robbery as the felonious and violent taking of money, goods or other valuable thing, from the person of another by force or intimidation. The gist of the offense, both at common law and under the statute, is the force or intimidation used in taking from the person of another, and against his will, property belonging to him or in his care, custody or control. (People v. Kubish, 357 Ill. 531.) Where, as here, property taken has been proved to belong to a particular owner, namely, Spiegel, Inc., and is taken from one charged with its custody, there is no variance or failure of proof, as the actual ownership of the property is unimportant, its possession by the victim being adequate for the purpose of establishing the crime of robbery. (People v. Ficarrotta, 385 Ill. 108; People v. Kubish, 357 Ill. 531; People v. Daniels, 354 Ill. 600.) A robbery and theft of $168 belonging to Spiegel, Inc., were proved. Dolores Driscoll was a victim and, as cashier, had at least partial care, custody and control of the money taken. We deem mere quibbling defendant's statement that "The witness *376 [Dolores Driscoll] said the money was missing without saying that the money was ever there." If money was taken, and there is competent, credible testimony to the effect that it was taken, in the presence of the three victims, including Dolores Driscoll who testified and Ethel Scholl named in the indictment, the money was necessarily in the store. Ethel Scholl's testimony would have been merely corroborative since defendant's guilt was proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Had she testified, a better record, no doubt, would have been made. Judgments in criminal cases are not reversed, however, solely to provide a better record upon another trial. People v. Thompson, 406 Ill. 323; People v. Daniels, 354 Ill. 600.
The defense interposed was an alibi supported by testimony of defendant and Burke. Alibi is an affirmative defense. Where the corpus delicti is proved, together with evidence tending to show the guilt of a defendant, the burden of establishing an alibi rests upon him, although upon the whole case his guilt must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Kerbeck, 362 Ill. 251.) The law has committed to the trial court, where a cause is tried by the court without a jury, the determination of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight to be accorded to their testimony, and, where the evidence is merely conflicting, this court does not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court. People v. Golson, 392 Ill. 252; People v. Kerbeck, 362 Ill. 251; People v. Martishuis, 361 Ill. 178; People v. Bolger, 359 Ill. 58.
Defendant also attacks the testimony identifying him as one of the robbers. The testimony of Dolores Driscoll discloses that she had ample opportunity to observe defendant when he came into the store, with one hand in his pocket as if carrying a gun, and, also, when he demanded the money. In particular, she described the way he was dressed and said she could tell what he looked like. Later, she identified him in a "line-up" of five men. Her identification, *377 according to two corroborating witnesses, as well as that of Ethel Scholl, according to the same witnesses, was positive. Where, as here, an identification is positive and the testimony credible, a judgment will not be reversed merely because there was only one identifying witness and a greater number of persons, including the defendant, testified that he was elsewhere when the crime was committed. People v. Viti, 408 Ill. 206; People v. Bloom, 370 Ill. 144; People v. Filas, 369 Ill. 78; People v. LeMar, 358 Ill. 58; People v. Fortino, 356 Ill. 415.
The judgment of the criminal court of Cook County is affirmed.
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Japanese Imperial succession
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(idea) by gn0sis Sun Dec 02 2001 at 14:36:03
The December 2, 2001 birth of Crown Princess Masako's first child, a baby girl named Aiko, has again brought to the forefront the issue of Japan's Imperial succession.
According to the Imperial Household Law, "the Imperial Throne shall be inherited by a male of patrilineal imperial descent." The exact order laid out in the law, and the current line of succession, is:
the eldest son of the emperor
Crown Prince Naruhito
the eldest son's eldest son
other sons and grandsons of the eldest son
the second eldest son and his sons and grandsons
Prince Akishino
other imperial sons and grandsons
imperial brothers and their sons and grandsons
Prince Hitachi (Masahito), younger brother of reigning Heisei Emperor (Akihito)
imperial uncles and their sons and grandsons.
Prince Mikasa (Takahito), younger brother of the Showa Emperor (Hirohito)
Prince Tomohito, Takahito's eldest son
Prince Katsura, Takahito's second son
Prince Takamodo, Takahito's third son
However, princes Hitachi, Mikasa and their issue are all older than Akishino, making them unlikely to succeed. Since 1965, only female children have been born into the Imperial family, including Princess Nori, the daughter of the reigning Emperor and Empress; Princesses Mako and Kako, the children of Prince Akishino; and now Aiko, the first daughter of the Crown Prince, who would be second in line if the law of succession is changed. In almost ten years of marriage, Crown Princess Masako (37 years old) has given birth once and miscarried once, so having a male heir is starting to appear unlikely.
There is considerable precedent for having a female Emperor (Empress), since no less than eight women have held the throne at one time or another. However, it has been well over one thousand years since the last of real Empress (Shotoku, 764-770), and while records are spotty, it appears that the Empresses were only allowed to reign while male candidates were underage and that they were often mere puppets of the real rulers. Shotoku -- a fervent advocate of Buddhism, who elevated a monk to the post of Chief Minister and seemed intent on making him Emperor -- seems to have been an exception, which may also explain why the practice of allowing females to succeed ended with her. (The sole Empress after Shotoku, Go-Sakuramachi 1762-1771, was just a placeholder until the late emperor's son came of age.)
Japan's political parties, the press and the public seem to support the extension of the right of succession to women nearly unanimously. (The primary exception is the Japanese Communist Party, which opposes the entire institution of having an Emperor.) Opposition to the change seem to come from some of the more extreme nationalist elements and, above all, the sheer inertia of the Imperial Household Agency, which regulates the life of the world's oldest monarchy and is very keen on maintaining traditions. But as the alternative seems to be extinction, I suspect a change in the rules is only a matter of time...
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(idea) by bobbb21 Wed Nov 20 2002 at 16:18:03
The problems concerning the Japanese succession run very deep. gn0sis is very right in saying that the Imperial Household Agency is a great obstacle to change. When I was last in Kyoto (the old capital) I talked to the official guide after a fairly good (if touristy) tour. She was a woman and not too old, so I thought I would have an “enlightened” conversation. And she was perfectly nice and sensible. Until I mentioned the succession. The discussion went similar to this….
Me: “So what do you think will happen about the succession law? Do you think Princess Aiko will become Empress?”
IHA Woman: “Well there was a lot of hoo-ha-ha from a few people but I don’t think most Japanese see the need for change. The Emperor has a lot of sons and male relatives, so it won’t be a problem.”
Me: “Oh. Really…..”
What was worrying was that her eyes were saying that she really believed that. But as gn0sis pointed out, Crown Prince Naruhito’s male relatives are far too old to either produce male heirs, or be anything other than a temporary stop-gap if Naruhito died at an early age. Coupled with the fact that Crown Princess Masako has unfortunately had problems with giving birth, this is likely to mean that there will be no male heirs.
It is also a lie to say that only a minority of people want a change in the law. A survey by Jiji Press news agency in November 2001 showed the following opinions.
55.2% were in favour of a female ruling monarch
7.9% were not in favour of a female ruling monarch
(This leaves 36.9% that did not have an opinion)
This showed a rise in support for a ruling empress from 53% in December 1999. Though there are of course people who are not interested in such matters, support sky-rocketed after the birth of Princess Aiko, after the poll mentioned here. Yomiuri Shimbun (Dec. 29) had an editorial labelled “Sparks of hope in a dark year”. It wrote
“This year has made us sense that our country is in a critical phase in many respects, forcing us to do some serious soul-searching....The birth of a new life brings joy, and we know the public sincerely wishes the new princess health and peace.”
There was a marked increase in the purchase of baby products and as well as indications that the birth rate could increase, spontaneous street parties and decorations being put up. The latter was fairly rare but as whole, the birth of a baby girl lifted the nation, if only briefly. But support for a ruling empress was not temporary, nor as I have shown did it occur quickly. Ordinary Japanese are still baffled by the law. And although it is true to say that there are MPs in almost every political party who support a change in the law, there are those who oppose it.
Japan’s political system is currently plagued by conservatives who wield a great deal of power in the LDP. They are a block on Junichiro Koizumi’s attempts at economic reform and equally on almost any change in the status quo. For reasons that are not too clear, they are very hostile towards women in the Imperial family. The main reason seems to be that they are viewed as a reforming influence, especially as they are “commoners” (that’s ordinary people, to us). Many of the princesses were hounded by conservative elements of the Press, with pointless headlines such as
“SHOCK! Princess so-and-so walks three feet in front of her husband the Prince. What is Japan coming to?…..” Etc, etc, etc.
This might sound tame but the opposition is real. Although Koizumi did not say that he opposed the idea of a ruling empress, he said that there was no need to rush into things. But it would take a half-day’s debate in the Diet’s lower chamber to amend the law. So it can only be a sign that some individuals are desperately hoping that a male heir will be born in the next few years and pressuring for reform to be put off. Either that, or they are so stubborn that they won’t give in until they absolutely have to.
People in Japan are very aware of these kinds of individuals and solemnly nod their heads if you ask them about political corruption, opposition to reform and so on. It is something that they regret but by themselves can do little about. But the level support for a ruling empress is high and at the end of the day, Japan needs a monarch. They cannot hold out forever.
Update, 20.5.04
Recently, Crown Prince Naruhito gave a press conference, describing his wife's illness. This has been going on for several months and doctors are worried that the depression she is suffering from might get worse. Her mother-in-law, Empress Michiko, had a nervous breakdown earlier on in her life - it is rumoured Masako-hime has suffered one too.
Prince Naruhito carefully alluded to the pressure she is under to have a male heir. More important, perhaps is the isolation she has suffered since moving to the Imperial Palace. The family have no direct telephone line and no money of their own - every purchase is accounted for. They are hardly ever allowed out of the Palace and improptue visits my her friends are not allowed for "security reason". As other royal families, like the British, can do so, is this a case of Masako-hime deliberately being isolated by the Imperial Household Agency? Certainly the prince made clear his belief that his wife's personality was being stifled.
"In fact, there were moves which nullified Masako's career, and nullified her character based on that career".
Such a frank admission was completely out of character for the Imperial family. Normally all responses are planned long before, but the prince decided to diverge from the planned response about his wife. One can only assume that the situation is very serious, else he would not have broken with tradition so suddenly. The succession law is still under review and no indications have been made as to when it will be changed to allow women to sit on the throne.
However the wind seems to be changing direction. The prince, a sometimes shy man, is now clearly highlighting the problem. When he wooed Masako-hime, he famously said "Masako-san, I will protect you for my entire life". After many years, some very difficult and strenuous, he is finally doing so.
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"In recent days, it has become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate," Marne Levine, VP of Global Public Policy, wrote on Facebook's official blog. "In some cases, content is not being removed as quickly as we want. In other cases, content that should be removed has not been or has been evaluated using outdated criteria."
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In addition, Facebook plans to update the training for teams that evaluate claims of hate speech and increase the accountability of the creators of "insensitive" content. A few months ago, the company initiated a policy in which authors of such offensive content were required to attach their authentic identity to it.
In her blog post, Levine stresses that while the often-hard-to-define hate speech is verboten on the social network, offensive speech is OK. "While there is no universally accepted definition of hate speech, as a platform we define the term to mean direct and serious attacks on any protected category of people based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or disease," she wrote.
Levine's statement comes after a coalition of watchdog groups initiated a boycott of Facebook and charged that there was too much language and imagery on the site that glorified violence against women.
Examples of such content included a meme with a picture of a woman whose mouth was taped, surrounded by the caption: "Don't wrap it and tap it. Tape her and rape her." The group also called on advertisers to flee the social network and started the hashtag #FBRape to pressure Facebook. According to Think Progress, some 15 advertisers took part in the boycott, including Nationwide UK and Nissan UK.
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-Approved a bill on an 84-8 vote that supporters hope will curtail the theft of metallic items from buildings, construction sites, cemeteries, and even from along Alabama roads. The bill requires metals recyclers to keep additional records concerning metal they have purchased. Law enforcement officials hope this will make it easier to track stolen metallic items. The bill also prohibits recyclers from buying metal from someone younger than 18 and provides criminal penalties for persons who damage certain metal items, like electric power equipment. The measure now goes to the Senate for debate.
-A plan to increase the state property tax by half a mill which would raise about $28 million a year, was thought to have enough support early in the week to pass the House, but wilted in response to lobbying by the Alabama Farmers Federation and Alabama Forestry Association. Rep. Richard Laird said he will not seek a House vote on HB275 until he thinks he has the votes to pass it.
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7.3A: General Characteristics of the Spine
The spine is made of vertebrae that link together to protect the spinal cord.
Describe the structure of the vertebral column
The main functions of the vertebral bones are for structure ( posture ) and protection of the spinal cord.
The spine is split into five regions: the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.
The vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx are fused, but those of the cervical, thoracic, and lumber regions are free to articulate.
Viewed laterally, the vertebral column presents several curves that correspond to the column’s different regions—the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral.
vertebral column: The series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord; the spinal column.
vertebrae: The bones that make up the spinal column.
Human vertebral column: The vertebral column has 33 bones. Each color represents a section of the column.
The vertebral column (also known as the backbone or spine), is a tall, thin organ located dorsally that extends from the base of the spine to the pelvis. It protects the spinal cord and provides a key attachment point for numerous muscle groups.
There are 33 vertebrae in the human spine that are split into four regions that correspond to the curvature of the spine; the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx. The vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx are fused, but those of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions are separated by intervertebral discs.
Vertebrae are given an alphanumeric descriptor, with the initial letter derived from the region they are located in followed by a digit; the digit increases moving down the region. For example, the most superior cervical vertebra is termed C1 and the most inferior C7, which is then followed by the T1 vertebrae of the thoracic region.
Viewed laterally the vertebral column presents several curves that correspond to the different regions of the column. These are called the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and pelvic regions.
The cervical curve covers the region between vertebrae C1 and T2, it is the least marked of all the spinal curves.
The thoracic curve covers the region between vertebrae T2 and T12.
The lumbar curve covers the region between vertebrae T12 and L5 and is more marked in the females than in males due to differences in pelvic structure.
The sacral curve begins at the sacrovertebral articulation, and ends at the point of the coccyx.
The thoracic and sacral curves are termed primary curves because they alone are present during fetal life. The cervical and lumbar curves are secondary curves that are developed after birth; the former when the child is able to maintain an upright posture, the latter when the child begins to walk.
7.3: The Vertebral Column
7.3B: Parts of a Vertebra
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USCIS Questions & Answers: Victims of Criminal Activity, U Nonimmigrant Status
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Questions & Answers: Victims of Criminal Activity, U Nonimmigrant Status
The U nonimmigrant status (U visa) is set aside for victims of crimes who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse and are willing to assist law enforcement and government officials in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity. Below are Questions and Answers pertaining to U nonimmigrant visas.
Congress created the U nonimmigrant visa with the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (including the Battered Immigrant Women’s Protection Act) in October 2000. The legislation was intended to strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking of aliens and other crimes while, at the same time, offer protection to victims of such crimes. The legislation also helps law enforcement agencies to better serve victims of crimes.
Q: How Does One Become Eligible for U Nonimmigrant Status?
A: There are four statutory eligibility requirements. The individual must:
The individual must have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of having been a victim of a qualifying criminal activity.
The individual must have information concerning that criminal activity.
The individual must have been helpful, is being helpful, or is likely to be helpful in the investigation or prosecution of the crime.
The criminal activity violated U.S. laws
Q: What Qualifies as "Criminal Activity"?
A: Qualifying criminal activity is defined as being an activity involving one or more activities that violate U.S. criminal law, including
Abusive Sexual Contact
Genital Female Mutilation
Felonious Assault
Involuntary Servitude
Kidnapping Manslaughter
Sexual Exploitation
Slave Trader
Unlawful Criminal Restraint
Other Related Crimes
Q: What are the Procedures to Request U Nonimmigrant Status?
A: Foreign national victims of crime must file a, Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status. The form requests information regarding the petitioner's eligibility for such status, as well as admissibility to the United States. Currently, USCIS has designated its Vermont Service Center as the centralized location to receive all U nonimmigrant petitions.
Q: Is There a Fee for Applying for U Nonimmigrant Status?
A: No. The program involves the well being of petitioners and USCIS' decision to waive the petition fee reflects the humanitarian purposes of the law.
Petitioners for a U nonimmigrant status are entitled to request a fee waiver of any form associated with the filing for the U nonimmigrant status.
If you are unable to pay the filing fee, you may submit a Request for Fee Waiver, Form I-912 (or a written request).
Q: What Prevents Any Foreign National From Claiming This Status By Saying They Were a Victim of a Crime?
A: A petition for U nonimmigrant status must also contain a certification of helpfulness from a certifying agency. That means the victim must provide a U Nonimmigrant Status Certification (Form I-918, Supplement B), from a U.S. law enforcement agency that demonstrates the petitioner "has been helpful, is being helpful, or is likely to be helpful" in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity.
Q: What Qualifies as a "Certifying Agency"?
A: Certifying agencies can be Federal, State or local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, judges or other authority that investigates or prosecutes criminal activity.
Other agencies such as child protective services, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Department of Labor also qualify as certifying agencies since they have criminal investigative jurisdiction within their respective areas of expertise.
Q: How Long Can One Maintain the U Nonimmigrant Classification?
A: U nonimmigrant status cannot exceed four years. However, extensions are available upon certification by a certifying agency that the foreign national's presence in the United States is required to assist in the investigation or prosecution of the qualifying criminal activity.
Q: Can a Foreign National Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status From Outside the United States?
A: Yes. USCIS has determined that the legal framework for U nonimmigrant status permits foreign national victims of criminal activity to petition for such status either inside or outside the United States.
If not admissible to enter the United States as a foreign national, an applicant for a U visa must obtain a waiver of inadmissibility through submission of a Form I-192, Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Non-Immigrant. This waiver is adjudicated by the Vermont Service Center of USCIS on a discretionary basis, allowing the petitioner to continue with the U nonimmigrant visa process.
Q: Is There a Cap on The Number of U Nonimmigrant Status Grants?
A: Yes. USCIS may grant no more than 10,000 U-1 nonimmigrant visas in any given fiscal year (October 1 through September 30). This does not apply to derivative family members such as spouses, children or other qualifying family members who are accompanying or following to join the principal foreign national victim.
If the cap is reached in any fiscal year before all petitions are adjudicated, USCIS will create a waiting list that will provide a mechanism by which victims cooperating with law enforcement agencies can stabilize their immigration status. Further, U nonimmigrant visa petitioners assigned to the waiting list will be given deferred action or parole while they are on the waiting list. This means they will be eligible to apply for employment authorization or travel until their petitions can be adjudicated after the start of the following fiscal year.
Q: Can Family Members of the Petitioner Receive U Nonimmigrant Status?
A: Family members who accompany the petitioner can, under certain circumstances obtain a U nonimmigrant derivative visa. The U nonimmigrant visa principal must petition on behalf of qualifying family members.
If the principle of petitioner is... Then...
Under 21 years of age They may petition on behalf of spouse, children, parents and unmarried siblings under age 18.
21 years of age or older They may petition on behalf of spouse and children
The principal petitioner needs to file a Form I-918, Supplement A, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of U-1 Recipient, on behalf of their qualifying family members.
Q: Can an Individual Who Has Held U Nonimmigrant Status Eventually Apply for a Green Card (Permanent Residence)?
• The individual must have been physically present in the United for a continuous period of at least three years since the date of admission as a U nonimmigrant,
• The individual must not have unreasonably refused to provide assistance to law enforcement since receiving a U nonimmigrant visa.
• The certifying agency must determine that the individual's continued presence in the country is justified on humanitarian grounds to ensure continuation of a cohesive family, or is otherwise in the national or public interest.
Q: Can Qualifying Family Members Apply for Permanent Residence (a Green Card)?
A: Yes. There are two ways family members of a U nonimmigrant visa holder can apply for a green card. First, family members who hold a derivative U nonimmigrant visa themselves may be eligible for a green card. Second, certain family members who have never held a derivative U nonimmigrant visa may be eligible for a green card.
Q: What are the Eligibility Requirements for Qualifying Family Members Who Have Never Held U Nonimmigrant Status to be Granted Permanent Resident Status?
A: The law allows USCIS to extend these benefits to spouses, children, and parents based upon their relationship to the principal U ("U-1") nonimmigrant if:
The qualifying family member was never admitted to the United States in U nonimmigrant status, and
It is established that either the family member or the U-1 principal applicant would suffer extreme hardship if the qualifying family member is not allowed to remain in or be admitted to the United States.
Q: What are the Procedures for Qualifying Family Members to Apply for Permanent Residency?
A: Family members with derivative U nonimmigrant visas may apply for green cards if the U-1 has met the eligibility requirements for permanent residence and the U-1’s application for adjustment of status was approved, is currently pending, or is filed at the same time.
To apply for a green card, qualifying family members with a derivative U nonimmigrant status must file a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. For detailed instructions and requirements about filing for a green card please refer to special instructions on Form I-485, Supplement E.
To apply for permanent residence for family members who have never held a derivative U nonimmigrant visa, the U-1 status holder must file an immigrant petition on Form I-929, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant, concurrently or subsequent to filing their Form I-485, Application for Adjustment of Status. If the Form I-929 is approved, qualifying family members in the United States may file a Form I-485. Qualifying family members outside the United States may visit a U.S. embassy or consulate to obtain their immigrant visas.
Q: Can a U-1 Nonimmigrant File a Form I-929, Petition For Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant, on Behalf of a Sibling?
A: No, only the spouse, children, and parents (if the petitioner is under 21) of a U-1 nonimmigrant are eligible.
Q: When Can a U-1 Nonimmigrant File a Form I-929 on Behalf of a Qualifying Family Member?
A: U-1 nonimmigrants may file the Form I-929 concurrently with, or at any time after they have filed, their Form I-485 based upon their U status.
Q: Can a Family Member File Their Form I-485 Concurrently With the Form I-929?
A: No. Only the U-1 principle can file their Form I-485 concurrently with the Form I-929.
Q: Can the Form I-929 Be Approved Before the Petitioner’s I-485 Is Approved?
A: No. The petitioner’s I-485 must be approved prior to the approval of the I-929. If the petitioner’s Form I-485 is denied, the Form I-929 will automatically be denied.
Q: Is a Biometric Fee Required for the Form I-929?
A: No. The only fee required is the filing fee.
Q: Can the Filing Fee Be Waived?
A: Yes. If you are unable to pay the filing fee, you may submit a Request for Fee Waiver, Form I-912 (or a written request). For more information about fee waiver guidance, see the fee waiver guidance page.
Q: If the Petition is Approved, What Status Is Given To The Qualified Family Members (Beneficiary)?
A: Approval of the I-929 petition does not confer status upon the beneficiary.
Q: Does Approval of the I-929 Petition Grant Employment Authorization?
A: No. Approval of the petition only makes the beneficiary eligible to apply for adjustment of status.
Q: Is There an Annual Limit on the Number of I-929 Beneficiaries Who Can Be Approved?
A: No. There is no numerical limitation.
Q: Can a T Visa Holder File A Form I-929 on Behalf of His or Her Family Members?
A: No, Form I-929 may only be filed by a U-1 status holder on behalf of eligible family members.
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Community Reception for Indian Ambassadors in Washington
Indian-American Community Hosts Glittering Reception for Delhi’s Top Diplomats in Washington
Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna is seen here at a sparkling Community Reception held in his honor at the Waterford at Fair Oaks in Virginia. At left is emcee Mrs. Nilima Mehra and at right are the Coordinator Dr. Yogendra Gupta and his wife Mrs. Padma Gupta
Ambassador Navtej Sarna Announces ‘Open House’ to Redress Grievances in Embassy’s Consular Service
Fairfax, Virginia, December 4, 2016 – In a one-of-a-kind event, the diaspora warmly welcomed incoming Ambassador Navtej Sarna and bid a fond, emotional adieu to Deputy Chief of Mission Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
Over 350 prominent Indian-Americans packed the elegant ballroom in the Waterford at Fair Oaks for a Community Reception to welcome the new Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna and to bid a fond farewell to Deputy Chief of Mission Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Photo credit: Indian Embassy, Washington
Over 350 people packed the elegant ballroom of the Waterford at Fair Oaks on a Sunday evening for a sparkling community reception spearheaded by activist Dr. Yogendra Gupta. The cool and crisp weather typical of early December in the Washington area did nothing to deter the enthusiasm of the crowd comprising prominent Indian-Americans from all walks of life. There was a collective desire to warmly welcome the new envoy and an eagerness to express gratitude for the fruitful tenure of the deputy ambassador.
Cutting a regal figure with his tall stature, both literally and figuratively, Ambassador Sarna extolled the Indian-American community which he noted forms only one percent of the US population, but its members make up 9 percent of physicians, 30 percent of start-up founders in Silicon Valley, and 50 percent of the hospitality industry. These are awe-inspiring figures given the size of the community!
“This is a huge compliment to all of you that you have turned mathematics on its head”, the envoy told the gathering.
Returning to Washington after a gap of 15 years, he saw “a lot of familiar faces in the audience. There is the same warmth and enthusiasm”, he said.
“I know things have changed dramatically here”, he noted, recalling that in his earlier stint as Press Counselor at the Embassy, fortifying India-US ties “was an uphill task. We were in the doghouse after the nuclear tests which India had conducted keeping in view it’s security interests and the situation in the world”, he said. Gradually, “that relationship turned around and changed qualitatively and quantitatively” so today, whether you go to Capitol Hill where you find bipartisan support for India-US ties, or whether you look at industry and the interest in India, the scientific community, defense and strategic affairs, “the India-US relationship is viewed as one of the most important. And for that I salute all of you for the huge contribution that each one of you has made individually and collectively as associations to influence US policy”, Ambassador Sarna told the gathering.
In what may be seen as a reward to the community, he announced a new initiative that would seek to redress grievances related to the Embassy’s consular service which handles passports, visas and OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) cards. Beginning in the first week of January, an Open House will be held every fortnight at the Indian Embassy in Washington as well as the five consulates located in New York, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco, to tackle teething problems in consular matters. The web-site of the embassy and consulates will display a designated date and time at which members of the community can discuss such issues with a senior official proficient in consular affairs.
Ambassador Sarna dwelt at some length on how Indian-Americans who migrated to America some three decades ago felt cut-off from their motherland. With rapid advances in communication, technology, that feeling of isolation is all in the past and they now feel like an integral part of India’s political and economic development, he noted.
“Accordingly, the relationship between the Indian Embassy and community has changed entirely”, he told the gathering. “Today, we are in close partnership. Our doors are always open. We see your strength and hopefully you see some utility in us. We would like to chalk up plans and programs in which we work together with the community, in which we have open, honest conversations. Our larger objective is the same – We are strengthened, all of us are strengthened, if India-US relations are strengthened”.
Members of the organizing committee of a Community Reception held in honor of Delhi’s top diplomats to Washington, from left to right: Sunil Singh; Satish Korpe; Jay Bhandari; Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna; Dr. Yogendra Gupta; Kumar Singh; Ashok Batra; and Deputy Chief of Mission Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Regarding the grand community reception, the envoy thanked members of the organizing committee “who extended a very warm invitation which it was clear was coming from their hearts”, he said. Together with Dr. Gupta, organizers and advisors included stalwarts of the community such as Mrs. Angela Anand, Mr. Ashok Batra, Mrs. Promila Gupta, Mr. Satish Korpe, Dr. Sambhu Banik, Mr. Jay Bhandari, Dr. Har Swarup Singh, Mr. Sunil Singh, Mr. Kripa Singh, Mr. Kumar Singh, Mr. Gopinath Durgaiyanaidu and Mr. Anadi Naik. Mrs. Nilima Mehra of Global Television Network served as the emcee of the event which began with artistes of the Muvva Kuchipudi Dance School singing the national anthems of India and the US, followed by the Ganesh Vandana – an invocation in Indian classical dance.
Talented artistes of Muvva Kuchipudi Dance School based in Ellicott City, Maryland, performed the Ganesh Vandana at a community reception held at the elegant Waterford at Fair Oaks
Looking around the packed ballroom, Ambassador Sarna said, “It is a great privilege to be here in this huge crowd”. In all humility, he attributed the crowd size to the popularity of DCM Sandhu who will now be heading to Colombo as the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.
“I am not happy about bidding him farewell. I wish he would stay on till I leave”, Ambassador Sarna said, candidly. “I have seen the absolute commitment, the unrelenting hard work and complete focus on the job which he has shown over so many years” and “in so many critical posts”.
Given the radical change in the US administration and the ensuing uncertainties in the minds of many, the envoy’s words were even more profound and impacting. Deputy Ambassador Sandhu’s experience, diplomatic prowess, and invaluable rapport with American officials are needed more than ever in Washington.
Deputy Chief of Mission Taranjit Singh Sandhu addressing the community reception honoring him for his fruitful tenure in Washington. He will now be serving as the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
At the community reception, he implored young Indian-Americans to be more involved and hoped that at the next such event, at least 15 tables will be occupied by them. Citing the example of the Jewish community and how its youth make trips to Israel, DCM Sandhu said, “We need a similar practice in the Indian-American community because the economic future belongs to India” and the youth “will be very well positioned to capitalize on that”.
Lauding Indian-Americans for their stellar accomplishments, he told the gathering, “Each one of you, through determination and hard work, has succeeded here. Whenever one talks to leaders on Capitol Hill, the success of the Indian-American community is always one of the most important aspects” of any discussion.
Virginia State Senator Bryce Reeves (Republican-Spotsylvania), currently running for Lieutenant Governor, is flanked by prominent Indian-Americans at a community reception held at the Waterford at Fair Oaks
Virginia State Senator Bryce Reeves (Republican-Spotsylvania), who is currently running for Lieutenant Governor, mingled with the gathering at the reception, staying from start to finishing, and enjoying himself in the process. “We as Americans are the best and only hope for the rest of the world to see and the best and the brightest are in this room”, he said, in his address.
Senator Reeves quoted former president Ronald Reagan who believed that, in America, “We’ve been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something – for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are the things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to”.
Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna is flanked by activists at a Community Reception held in his honor at the Waterford at Fair Oaks. Fourth from right is Virginia State Senator Bryce Reeves (Republican-Spotsylvania), currently running for Lieutenant Governor, and at left is emcee Mrs. Nilima Mehra
Virginia State Senator Bryce Reeves (Republican-Spotsylvania), currently running for Lieutenant Governor, seen here third from right, is flanked by prominent Indian-Americans at a community reception held at the Waterford at Fair Oaks
Mrs. Nilima Mehra of Global Television Network (third from left) served as the emcee of the Community Reception held in the Waterford at Fair Oaks. Seen here at left are Manoj and Geeta Singh, organizers of the annual DC South Asian Film Festival
Online links:
https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2016/12/06/indian-american-community-hosts-glittering-reception-for-ambassador-navtej-sarna420146/
https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2016/12/06/indian-embassy-consulates-to-have-open-houses-to-redress-grievances-regarding-passport-visa-and-oci-card420138/
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South America is the leader in cocaine production. South America is a prime location for the production of cocaine in countries such as Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, because the coca plant grows naturally there. It can be produced in quantities that result in large amounts of refined cocaine.
How Cocaine Is Made
There are several ways to manufacture cocaine. South American farmers harvest coca leaves, which are soaked in alkaline liquids and extracted with kerosene in metal containers. Further into production, sulfuric acid is used to extract the dissolved cocaine, creating a liquid solution in the form of coca paste.
To reduce impurities in the coca paste, sulfuric acid and potassium permanganate are used along with other chemicals to separate the base. The resulting product is filtered and dried to create a dry, solid white powder.
How Cocaine Is Transported to the United States
Once the cocaine is refined and ready for distribution, decentralized cartels and industry stakeholders work to transport the drug out of Colombia and elsewhere undetected. According the Drug Enforcement Administration, around 93 percent of the cocaine delivered to the United States arrives by sea from Mexico and Central America. It is commonly smuggled into the United States through the southwest border.
Use of Self-Propelled, Semi-Submersible Vessels A Rising Trend in Cocaine Smuggling
An increasing trend in cocaine transportation involves the use of self-propelled semi-submersible vessels traveling from Colombia to Central America and Mexico. Because the majority of these semi-submersible vessels sit below the waterline with only the top portion above the water, they are able to maintain a low profile.
This also reduces the radar echo commonly associated with vessels upon the high seas. As a result, detection of these smuggling vessels is more difficult.
Semi-Submersible Vessels Usually Built Near Cocaine Production Plants
These vessels are commonly built in remote areas, such as the Tumaco region of Colombia’s Pacific coast. They are often made under the canopy of vegetation within jungle coastal areas, which offer smugglers an additional advantage. The semi-submersibles are often close to cocaine production laboratories within jungles.
Once constructed, these vessels can carry over six tons of cocaine. These types of vessels have been in existence since the 1990s. They can include fully submersible vessels or semi-submersible vessels. There are also submersible devices that can be towed underwater, which further reduces the risk of detection.
Challenges of Detecting Semi-Submersibles Carrying Cocaine
Semi-submersible vessels with cocaine are often towed by fishing boats. These boats blend in with legitimate boating traffic and can detach the submersible if law enforcement stops the boat’s operator.
Another challenge associated with these vessels is the risk of being driven and controlled remotely. If traffickers master the technology to remotely operate these vessels, it will be more difficult for law enforcement to hold traffickers accountable when the Coast Guard seizes these semi-submersibles.
Self-propelled, semi-submersible vessels have definitely created an emerging challenge for law enforcement. To address this threat, the Coast Guard continues to be at the forefront of maritime interdictions. In 2017, the Coast Guard had a record year for cocaine seizures through the interdiction with 455,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $6 billion dollars.
Dr. Jarrod Sadulski has been with the Coast Guard since 1997. His expertise includes infrastructure security, maritime security, homeland security, contraband interdiction and intelligence gathering. He has also received commendations from the Coast Guard. Currently, Jarrod is a supervisor in the Reserve Program and provides leadership to Reserve members who conduct homeland security, search and rescue, and law enforcement missions.
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Disciplinary Code of Conduct keithwilson 2016-06-21T19:44:28+01:00
THE MOUNTED GAMES ASSOCIATION (GREAT BRITAIN) LTD
DISCIPLINARY CODE, RULES AND PROCEDURES (UPDATED MARCH 2013)
1.1 ‘Appeal’ means an appeal referred to the MGA Disciplinary Commission pursuant to Rule 11.8
1.2 ‘Association’ means the Mounted Games Association (Great Britain) Ltd (MGAGB Ltd)
1.3 ‘Association Secretary’ means and includes any person nominated to discharge a part of the disciplinary administration of the Association as well as its actual secretary.
1.4 ‘ Child’ means a person who at the date of the relevant incident was 16 years of age or under.
1.5 ‘Competition’ means any Competition held within the sanction of the Association and also includes any Competition held under the jurisdiction of the International Mounted Games Association.
1.6 ‘Disciplinary Commission’ means a Commission appointed to deal with Misconduct under this Code excluding a Ground Jury.
1.7 ‘Event’ means any event held within the sanction of the Mounted Games Association (Great Britain) Ltd and includes, but is not limited to, any Competition, social event, training or practice session or any event held under the jurisdiction of the International Mounted Games Association .
1.8 ‘Ground Jury’ means a group of Officials who are appointed to have overall control of a Competition.
1.9 ‘Hearing’ means a meeting of the Disciplinary Commission.
1.10 ‘Horse’ means any horse or pony which is at a Competition or Event.
1.11 ‘Member’ means any person who has paid a subscription and been accepted into the Association whether they be a rider (Riding Member) or parent or other supporter (Non Riding Member)
1.12 ‘Misconduct’ includes minor Misconduct and serious Misconduct
1.13 ‘Minor Misconduct’ includes, but is not limited to, fits of pique, immediate dissent by word or action to any decision made, or abuse of equipment such as deliberate throwing to the ground and any form of unsporting behaviour or language (whether verbal, written or on social media) of a minor nature as determined by the Ground Jury)
1.14 ‘Official’ means any person who at the time was performing a function to ensure the smooth running of an Event.
1.15 ‘Prohibited Substance’ means a prohibited or restricted substance as set out in the FEI list of banned substances and the World Anti Doping Code Prohibited List which can be found online at http://prohibitedsubstancesdatabase.feicleansport.org
1.16 ‘Rider’ means any rider or competitor as an individual or part of a pair or team or reserve rider as specified on the declaration form for the Competition.
1.17 ‘Serious Misconduct’ includes, but is not limited to, cases alleging assault, indecency, dishonesty, criminal damage, unlawful use or possession of any prohibited substance and offensive, insulting or abusive behaviour or language (whether verbal, written or on social media) or of bringing the Association into disrepute.
1.18 ‘In writing’ means written, printed or lithographed or partly one and partly another and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form sent by hand, by post or by agreed electronic means.
1.19 A ‘season’ lasts for 12 calendar months and commences on the first day of January.
1.20 ‘Working days’ do not include Public Holidays, Saturdays or Sundays.
1.21 Wherever a gender is referred to in this Code, either shall be inferred, as relevant.
1.22 The singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
Agreement to be bound by this Code and Association Rules
2.1 All Members, by their application for membership of the Association, agree to be bound by this Code the MGAGB Memorandum and Articles of Association and all rules, regulations and bye-laws made under them.
2.2 It is the responsibility of all Members to ensure that they are aware of and familiar with this Code and all Members competing under it shall be deemed to have knowledge of the Code as amended from time to time.
2.3 It is expected that common sense shall prevail at all times. This Code can never cover every eventuality. Matters which cannot be solved by interpreting the Code to the letter should be resolved by following as nearly as possible the spirit of the text to obtain a solution which is fairest to all participants.
2.4 Parent(s) or any person(s) having care of a child are responsible for the behaviour of that child and may be charged with minor misconduct or serious misconduct in the event of misconduct by the child.
Conduct of Members
3.1 No Member shall:
Contravene neither any rule set by the Association (nor any rule of the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) of which the MGAGB is a member body.
Contravene any law of the United Kingdom.
Conduct himself at any Event in a manner which is offensive to the public.
Conduct himself in a manner which is detrimental to the character and/or prejudicial to the interests of the Association.
Use offensive, insulting, abusive or threatening behaviour towards any other Member or person.
Argue at an Event with an Official or use abusive or threatening language or behave with incivility or contempt towards an Official.
Compete at an Event for which the Horse and Rider are not fully qualified, fit or eligible.
Compete knowingly or otherwise under the influence of any Prohibited Substance
Refuse to give a sample of his bodily fluids or the bodily fluids of a Horse for the purpose of control of prohibited substances.
Allow, knowingly or otherwise, a Horse for which he is the person responsible to compete in any Competition under the influence of a Prohibited Substance.
Refuse to allow a Horse which has competed or is about to compete in a Competition at an Event to undergo any properly authorised test, inspection or examination if requested.
Ill-treat in any way any Horse at an Event whether inside or outside the Competition area.
Use a whip or spur or any other object to hit or strike a Horse at an Event whether inside or outside the Competition area.
Deliberately use the bit as a means of punishment and/or misuse any item of saddlery in a manner likely to cause pain or discomfort to the Horse.
Unreasonably fail or refuse to assist the Ground Jury, Disciplinary Commission, Appeal or Association Secretary or any Member of the General Committee in their investigations of complaints of Misconduct by Members of the Association.
Make, either orally or in writing, to an Official of the Association under any circumstances, a statement on any matter covered by the rules, which he does not or could not reasonably believe to be true.
Ground Jury Procedure
4.1 Before the commencement of each Competition, the organiser shall appoint a Ground Jury who will be responsible for all matters relating to discipline at the Competition. The Ground Jury shall consist of no less than 3 and no more than five Officials selected from within the Officials responsible for the Competition and, where possible, should include a Riding Member. If the Ground Jury is required to meet they shall elect a Chairman from within their number.
4.2 Any Member charged with Misconduct may seek advice and guidance from any person he sees fit and is entitled to have one person with them at any meeting with the Ground Jury.
4.3 Any complaint of Misconduct occurring in relation to, or whilst travelling to or from a Competition and committed by a member of the Association, shall in the first instance be reported to the Ground Jury for that Competition. They shall take note of the complaint and if they consider that a case has been made out they shall, if it is considered appropriate and practicable, briefly advise the Member complained of about the nature of the complaint and take note of any comments he may make.
4.4 The Ground Jury shall consider the incident and shall, in their report, recommend what further action should be taken under this Code and may, at their discretion report the matter to the proper authorities.
4.5 If the Ground Jury decide the Misconduct alleged is Minor Misconduct they shall administer a verbal warning to the Member as soon as practicable.
4.6 Should any Misconduct occur in the Competition arena it is appropriate for the referee officiating to deal with the matter under the games rules but he must later report the incident and any action taken to the Ground Jury who may, at their discretion, take further action under this Code.
4.7 If the Ground Jury decides the Misconduct alleged is Serious Misconduct, they must require the Member complained of to take no further part in that Competition.
4.8 If the Ground Jury decides the Misconduct alleged is Serious Misconduct unless there are extenuating circumstances, as accepted by the Ground Jury, that Member will be required to leave the Competition venue as soon as possible.
4.9 If the Ground Jury decides the Misconduct alleged is Serious Misconduct formal disciplinary procedures will then be commenced.
4.10 Any complaint of Misconduct occurring elsewhere than travelling to or from or before, during or after an Association Competition shall be reported to the Chairman of the General Committee who shall appoint a disciplinary body who shall conduct their investigations and hearings in the manner prescribed by this Code.
4.11 In the case of a disciplinary matter where the complaint is against a Child or a Child is asked to make a statement or give evidence all meetings with that Child and any warnings or other penalties administered shall be done in the presence of a parent, guardian, or appropriate adult who shall be in addition to the person who they are entitled to have with them at any meeting with the Ground Jury
5.1 In all cases of Misconduct the Chairman of the Ground Jury must send a written report to the Association Secretary within 7 working days. Other than in cases of Minor Misconduct, this must be together with details of any known witnesses and other written reports he may have received.
5.2 In cases of Serious Misconduct, formal disciplinary procedures shall commence no later than 30 working days after the alleged incident or first report of the alleged incident, and the outcome determined as soon as is reasonably possible.
5.3 The Association must use due diligence to charge and/or finalise cases within a reasonable period of time.
5.4 In cases of Serious Misconduct, the Association Secretary will request written statements from known witnesses (if not already in his possession) requesting a response from them in writing as soon as reasonably possible and enclosing a stamped addressed envelope. End of event
Minor Misconduct
6.1 Upon receiving a report from a Ground Jury that a Member has been warned for Minor Misconduct the Association Secretary must send a written acknowledgement to the Chairman of the Ground Jury and send to the Member(s) concerned a copy of the Ground Jury’s report together with a written notification that the warning has been recorded. Copies of other reports need not be sent.
6.2 In circumstances where a case of Minor Misconduct has been upheld the Member must pay an administration charge of £25 within 14 days of the date of the written notification. In the case of a Child this will be the responsibility of their parent or guardian.
6.3 A Member will not be permitted to request a Hearing in respect of finding of Minor Misconduct by a Ground Jury except in the case of a claim of mistaken identity.
6.4 In the case of mistaken identity;
6.4.1 Any such claim must be lodged in writing with the Association Secretary within 10 working days of the receipt of the written notification.
6.4.2 This must be by the Member alleging mistaken identity (or by a parent or guardian in the case of a Child) and must give particulars upon which the claim is founded.
6.4.3 If the relevant Ground Jury members or the Association Secretary are satisfied that the claim warrants further investigation, a Disciplinary Commission must be appointed to deal with the matter.
6.4.4 If the members of the Commission are satisfied that mistaken identity has been proved, the record of the offence will be transferred to the appropriate offender where possible, who may then be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the provisions of this Code,
6.4.5 If the Commission is not satisfied that mistaken identity has been proved the warning will be recorded on the original Member’s record.
Serious Misconduct
7.1 Upon receiving a report from the Chairman of the Ground Jury of alleged Serious Misconduct the Association Secretary must: –
7.2 Within 15 working days send in writing an acknowledgement to the Ground Jury Chairman and send to the Member concerned in writing a copy of the Ground Jury’s report together with a letter offering a penalty in accordance with the recommendation of the Ground Jury. Copies of other reports need not be sent.
7.3 The Member must pay an administration charge of £50, within 15 working days of the date on the letter informing him of the offered penalty.
7.4 In the case of a Child this will be the responsibility of their parent or guardian.
7.5 In the event that a Member does not accept the offer of the recommended punishment he may: –
7.5.1 Make a written request in writing to the Association Secretary for a Hearing enclosing the fee of £50
7.5.2 Submit in writing a plea to the Association for leniency, setting out any mitigating factors which the Member wishes to be considered. By electing for this option the Member accepts the findings of the Ground Jury and their report(s) on which the charge is based
7.6 In either case a Disciplinary Commission will be appointed to consider the matter further or to consider the mitigating plea made by the Member
Failure to comply
8.1 Failure on the part of the Member to discharge any of the requirements set out at clauses in Sections 6, 7 10 and 11 may constitute Misconduct, which may result in a further charge against the Member. Any punishment imposed for failure to comply will include an automatic suspension of the Member until such time as compliance has taken place.
Composition of the Disciplinary Commission & Board of Appeal
9.1 A Disciplinary Commission shall consist of not less than three and not more than five Members appointed by the General Committee and, where possible, should include a Riding Member. The appointed members of the Commission should, where possible, have no previous knowledge of the events or any involvement with any of the participants concerned and should not have been on the Ground Jury for the Event at which the Misconduct occurred.
9.2 A Board of Appeal shall consist of not less than three Members appointed by the General Committee and, where possible, should include a Riding Member. The appointed members of such Board of Appeal should not consist of any Member who has sat on either the Ground Jury or the Disciplinary Commission who first heard the case.
Procedure for a Hearing
10.1 The notification indicating a charge of serious Misconduct must inform the Member of the right to request a Hearing in respect of the alleged offence. It must also indicate that in the event of the charge being proved there may be a liability to be ordered to pay all or part of the costs of the Hearing, which costs may include a part of the overhead expenses of the Association attributable to the Hearing.
10.2 Similarly, in cases where the rules or regulations of the Association require the payment of a fee for a Hearing, the Member must be informed that the fee is liable to be forfeited in full or in part if the charge is proved. This is in addition to any fine that may be imposed.
10.3 In an unproved case neither a fee may be retained, nor may Commission costs be levied.
10.4 Upon receiving a request for a Hearing, the Chairman of the General Committee will appoint a Disciplinary Commission.
10.5 Any Member charged with Misconduct may seek advice and guidance from any person he sees fit and is entitled to have one person with them at the Hearing.
10.6 In the case of a Hearing where the complaint is against a Child or a Child is asked to make a statement or give evidence all meetings with that Child and any warnings or other penalties administered shall be done in the presence of a parent, guardian, or appropriate adult who shall be in addition to the person who they are entitled to have with them at the hearing
10.7 The Member must be given in writing the date, time and venue fixed for the Hearing and arrangements made for the attendance before the Commission of any witnesses.
10.8 The person charged and the witness(es) concerned should be given in writing a minimum 15 working days’ notice of details of the Hearing
10.9 Any written request to the Commission for a postponement of the Hearing should be given consideration. If the reason submitted is considered valid, then a postponement should be granted, and in such circumstances costs may be charged. A request for a second postponement by the same party should not be granted.
10.10 At a Hearing the Disciplinary Commission may adopt such procedures as it considers appropriate and expedient for the just determination of the charge brought before it. A Commission shall not be bound by any enactment or rule of law relating to the admissibility of evidence in proceedings before a court of law.
10.11 If the charge is found not proved, any record of it will be expunged.
10.12 If the charge is found proved the Commission will decide what punishment, if any, is to be imposed. In so doing, members of the Commission must consider the overall nature and effect of the offence(s) and the Member’s previous record and any plea for leniency.
10.13 Except when an Appeal has been lodged, any fines or costs that are ordered must be paid before the expiry of 15 working days from the date of the order. Failure to pay within such period is deemed to be Misconduct punishable by censure, further fine and/or suspension as determined by the Commission that made the order. The Member is responsible for payment of the fine and costs, except in the case of a Child where it is the responsibility of their parent or guardian.
10.14 The decisions of Commissions are final and binding on all parties subject only to a right of appeal to an Appeal Board.
10.15 The decision of the Association will be sent by first-class post to the Member’s last known address.
10.16 The commencement date of any suspension imposed on a Member is at the discretion of the adjudicating Commission.
10.17 The Member may appeal the decision of the Disciplinary Commission within 15 working days of the sending of the decision notification by appealing in writing to the Association Secretary and enclosing the fee for an Appeal Hearing (£50).
11 Appeal Board
11.1 A Board of Appeal shall consist of not less than three Members appointed by the General Committee and where possible should include a Riding Member. The appointed members of such Board of Appeal should not consist of any Member who has sat on Ground Jury or the Disciplinary Commission who first heard the case.
11.2 The procedures set down in this Code for a Hearing shall also apply to Appeals but otherwise at an Appeal the Appeal Board may adopt such procedures as it considers appropriate and expedient for the just determination of the charge brought before it.
11.3 An Appeal Board shall not be bound by any enactment or rule of law relating to the admissibility of evidence in proceedings before a court of law.
11.4 The fee for an Appeal Hearing is £50.
12 Continuing Misconduct
The Association may bring a charge that a Member is not acting in the best interests of the Association when he has been disciplined for Misconduct on more than one occasion in the same season. When dealing with such cases a Disciplinary Commission considering what penalty to impose, must take into account the punishments that were imposed for the original offence(s).
13 Misconduct at International and Overseas Competitions and Events
13.1 Where an alleged incident of Misconduct by a Member occurs overseas at a Competition or Event run by IMGA or by the Association of the relevant country the Misconduct may be dealt with either by IMGA Officials under its Code of Conduct or by Officials of the Association of the relevant country under its Code of Conduct or by the Association under this Code.
13.2 Where an alleged incident of Misconduct by a Member occurs at an International Competition or Event run by IMGA the Misconduct may be dealt with either by IMGA Officials under its Code of Conduct or by the Association under this Code.
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Will the ICC Charge Israel With War Crimes? – TRNN Transcript
International War Crimes, Palestine
Attorney Michael Ratner, Gaza, Geneva Conventions, ICC International Criminal Court, International Criminal Court, Israel, Journalist Sharmini Peries, Operation Protective Edge, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, The Real News Network, War Crimes
SHARMINI PERIES, EXEC. PRODUCER, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries, coming to you from Baltimore. Welcome to the first edition of the 2015 Michael Ratner report. The Palestinian Authority has signed the Rome Statute, paving the way to access the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague. If accepted, Palestinians plan to pursue a case against Israel for crimes committed during the military assault on Gaza last summer known as Operation Protective Edge.
Israel has responded by freezing the transfer of taxes that it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, while the U.S. State Department says it will review the $440 million in aid it receives. This comes two weeks after UN Security Council rejected a resolution that would have cleared the path to statehood for Palestine.
PERIES: So, Michael, let’s start by what does this mean in terms of signing the Rome Statute and joining the International Criminal Court. Will it happen?
RATNER: Well, I think it will happen. I mean, there probably–as you can see, as you mentioned, there’s a lot of pressure even today on the Palestinian Authority to retract it somehow, a big pushback. Netanyahu called it creating a confrontation with Israel. The U.S. says it’s counterproductive. Israel said they would cut off the money that is actually Palestinian money–it’s tax proceeds of the Palestinians. So it’s another robbery of the Palestinian people, not just the taking of the land, but now they’re taking their money as well. And the U.S. is pushing back as well.
Now, what’s interesting to me is they’re screaming so much, because while it’s an important act to join the ICC, it’s not going to bring a revolution to the Palestinian people, it’s not going to really change the situation in Palestine, at least not very quickly, it’s only part of a much, much larger drama that’s being played out. But the way Israel and the United States are screaming, you’d think that tomorrow we’re going to see Palestinian state, at least that is in the occupied territories, West Bank and Gaza. But, of course, it’s not that.
On the other hand, it is an important step, I think, for two reasons, one because the people who oppose a state–and we have both the U.S. and Israel on that side are screaming about it. And secondly, it took so many years the Palestinians to actually take this step, or[, rather,] for the Palestinian Authority to take this step. Here they’ve been going into negotiations year after year, decade after decade, and they’ve got–not only have they gotten nothing, but they’ve actually lost land and more land in the occupied territories.
So 20 years ago, who knows how many settlers there were. Today there’s over half a million in the West Bank and East Jerusalem or Jerusalem. So you’re talking about a huge taking of land and the moving of a population from an occupier to the occupied territory while negotiations have gone on.
So am I glad they did it? Yes. Is it going to be revolutionary? No.
Obviously, what is needed is much more. I think depending on the worldwide movement of boycott, divestment, and sanction would be critical to that.
But, of course, we should address what does it mean.
PERIES: Right. So, Michael, one of the issues for Palestinians is, by joining the court, are they going to be able to pursue a case against Israel for what happened over the summer, the assault on Gaza. Now there’s some controversy over whether even if they accepted and they actually joined with it it will apply retroactively.
RATNER: Well, there’s two issues here. One is pursuing a case, and the second is actually getting the case taken and winning the case. The first question is pursuing a case and what kind of case. And when I say winning a case, they have to be skeptical, because that court is a very biased, one-sided political court that has so far, to date, only indicted 36 people, and they’re all from Africa. It’s never indicted anyone else anywhere in the world. That includes complaints that were made to it about paramilitaries in Colombia, other places in the world where great atrocities have happened. So even if they got into the court, it’s still a very difficult issue.
But on the other hand, Israel’s terrified about it, because Israel right now has complete impunity. Israel kills and murders at its whim, as it recently did in Protective Edge this summer, where 2,000 people were killed, 70 to 80 percent civilians, all Palestinians, 500 children.
So the question is: will they be able to get a case into the court? And they’re saying the issue is retroactivity. Will they be able to bring in the Protective Edge–what happened in Protective Edge and the killings? Normally in the ICC, you only go back to the point at which you joined or formally joined the International Criminal Court. So that would mean as of, essentially, last week when the Palestinian Authority joined on behalf of the Palestinian state.
The wrinkle here is that in 2009 and subsequently, Palestine filed various papers with the ICC. The international court didn’t accept it then, but said they wanted to get a opinion from the General Assembly of the United Nations. They got that opinion, and basically that opinion said, this is a state, they should go ahead. So the question of retroactivity is more complex than in a normal case.
I think there’s a strong argument that the court should take a case going back to certainly include the recent massacres that happened in Gaza this past summer. Whether they will or not, difficult question.
Let’s assume they don’t for whatever reason and hold it only goes back to last week when they signed. Well, in that case, of course, it’ll apply to any future violations by Israel, so another assault on Gaza like the one that just took place would clearly give jurisdiction to Palestine to go before the International Criminal Court. Will that prevent Israel from doing another assault? Hard for me to believe that that will, but I would like to hope it would restrain Israel a little bit.
On the other hand, there is a continuing violation, a war crime that’s being committed by Israel every day, as we speak, yesterday, and tomorrow, and that’s moving the civilians of an occupying territory into an occupied territory. So, to the extent that Israel has moved civilians living in Israel, some half a million of them now, into a territory it occupied as a result of the 1967 War, that’s a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. And the ICC has jurisdiction over war crimes. And because it’s a continuing war crime, it’s not one you have to go back to, the ICC has immediate jurisdiction over that.
And in some way that’s such an open and notorious violation. It’s not a question of, oh, we bombed here and we tried to kill this person and we got the wrong target. I think all those excuses are not worth anything by Israel, but they at least make those arguments. With moving people from Israeli into the occupied territories, 100 percent war crime, the ICC will have jurisdiction over that.
And I have to tell you, because Israel’s war crimes are so extreme and so open and notorious, both the assaults on Gaza as well as the movement of civilians into occupied territories, that I think there’s a chance that, if they have any legitimacy, the International Criminal Court will have to go forward on opening an investigation on at least some part of those crimes. So I’m not without hope.
And I think one reason you’re seeing Israel scream so much is Israel, like the United States, believes that no one should be in judgment about what it does in the world. And this is the first opportunity that there might actually be a system, or at least a court, saying to Israel, we will hold you accountable for your war crimes not just in Gaza, but in all of the occupied territories.
PERIES: Right, Michael. And will this also mean that Palestinians will be held to the same measure in the Criminal Court in terms of their reaction to the Israel assault?
RATNER: The answer is yes, that Palestinians in the occupied territories will also be held accountable under the same system that Israel will be held accountable. [Of course, it’s] difficult to compare the levels of criminality of one of the other.
And recently an interesting thing. When I say also [will be] held accountable, they will, but in a way it will be different. And it will be different for the following reasons. The International Criminal Court generally takes on massive human rights violations. And so, recently you had a case of the Gaza flotilla, where Israel attacked and committed war crimes in attacking the Mavi Marmara, where it killed nine people and wounded 50 or more on an attack on the Gaza flotilla a few years ago. And a claim was made in the International Criminal Court by the country that owned the flag vessel on the Gaza flotilla that was attacked. The International Criminal Court came down interesting opinion. They said, while we believe that Israel may have committed war crimes in attacking the Gaza flotilla in the way they did, we are not going to take jurisdiction of it, because the level of the criminality was not on the massive scale that we need to undertake a serious investigation of those crimes.
So I’m saying that because if we look at what is the most obvious one that people claim is a war crime, which is the sending of rockets from Gaza into Israel, and you count the number of people killed by those rockets, I mean, it’s miniscule. It’s either less than the numbers [of fingers] on my hand or less than that. It can’t recall whether it’s one or two or none. So it would seem to me that a fair decision by an ICC would be to say, okay, that may be violative of our law in some way without taking into self-defense and all that, that may be violative of human rights, but it’s not something we as the ICC should consider. On the other hand, the killing of 2,000 people in Gaza, 1,500 civilians, and the movement of half a million people into the occupied territories, that’s the kind of massive human rights violation that the International Criminal Court was set up specifically to address. So I think, yes, the answer is, theoretically, both sides should be taken to the court–or could be taken to the court, rather, not should be–but in fact the court, if it’s doing its duty in what it has just done in the case against Israel will refuse to look at what are claimed to be crimes by the Palestinians.
PERIES: Right. So, Michael, thank you so much for this update and explanation of what it all means. Thank you for joining us.
RATNER: And thank you for having me on The Real News.
PERIES: And thank you for joining us on The Real News.
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Banana Yoshimoto – Lizard
by Michelle January 27, 2012
Just over ten years ago now, when I was living in a small town in southern Japan, I read my very first book by Banana Yoshimoto. It was called Amrita (1994), and it was about a young woman with amnesia, whose sister has just committed suicide, and who has a strange relationship with a man that leads her (or maybe she just goes on her own) to the island of Saipei. I don’t remember much about the book except for the mood of it, which was dense and dreamlike, and a bit mysterious, and the fact that it introduced me to a different kind of Japanese literature than I’d been used to.
Before moving to Japan, I’d studied a lot of Japanese literature but almost all of it was pre-1950, and most of it was much older. I think that up until then, the most recent Japanese fiction I’d read was A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe (1964). So Yoshimoto’s more contemporary writing was an eye-opening discovery. Since then I’ve gone on to read other contemporary Japanese writers like both Murakamis and Yoko Ogawa, and, interestingly, Yoshimoto actually seems quite tame in comparison.
But it was high time I read another Yoshimoto, and so I picked up a copy of her short story collection, Lizard, published in 1993 and translated by Ann Sherif. There are six stories in Lizard, and while all of them have merit, the first two pieces really stand out. The first tells of a near-magical encounter on a train between a recently married young man and a homeless person, the second is about childhood trauma and how it can shape a person’s future. Both dealt with feelings of alienation and with love relationships.
Yoshimoto has an interesting style, one that in general I would call light, especially when busy with narrative summation and dialogue. This gives the stories an easy feel, almost too easy. But every once in a while, Yoshimoto lets her narrator linger on a description or a deeper observation and the result is quite different. Take this example, from “Newlywed”:
It seemed as if we had toured Tokyo from every possible angle, visiting each building, observing eery person, and every situation. It was the incredible sensation of encountering a life force that enveloped everything, including the station near my house, the slight feeling of alienation I feel toward my marriage and work and life in general, and Atsuko’s lovely profile. This town breathes in all the universes that people in this city have in their heads.
When she does this enough in a story, the story is transformed, becomes more universal, and I think this is what made “Newlywed” and “Lizard” stand out among the six.
Interestingly, every narrator in Lizard, male or female, is a first-person narrator with a somewhat conspiratorial but also colloquial mode of expression. The shared confidences tend to sound like they’re being given directly to the reader, like this:
I won’t deny that I admired some of the residents, those who didn’t pompously claim that they had achieved spiritual enlightenment—you know, satori and all that.
While reading, I couldn’t help thinking how a translator is going to have a lot of impact on how this type of sentence reads. There were moments throughout the collection when the little sentences—the explanatory phrases, the dialogue tags and transitions—felt unnecessarily wordy, and I wonder if it was a translation issue. In the sense that in making certain decisions, the translator had gone a little overboard to make what was implied (happens often in Japanese) into something overly explicit. Or, in the opposite direction, allowing a lot of narrative filtering that might be innocuous to a Japanese reader but that can slow things down for an English reader.
I don’t have a copy of Lizard in Japanese or I would have done some comparing, but I have an example from another book. In Kitchen, Yoshimoto’s most famous novel, the narrator opens with the line: 私がこの世で一番好きな場所は台所だと思う. A strictly literal translation would be: I think that my favorite place in this world is the kitchen. Note the “I think,” which finishes off the sentence in Japanese. In Megan Backus’s translation of Kitchen, the novel begins: The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. It is a tiny difference, but Backus makes a choice to make the sentence more immediate, to get rid of the second layer of narrative filter. We could debate this choice, but I think that for an English reader, the second sentence is much smoother. And a novel made up of sentences requiring this kind of decision-making can be translated in two different directions.
I’ll get through Kitchen and see if I have a similar reaction to the writing as I did while reading certain stories in Lizard, and this time I can read along with the original and do some meaningful comparing.
Categories: Banana Yoshimoto, book reviewTags: books, contemporary Japanese literature, translation
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mamieberry says:
I am currently reading Murakami’s “Kafka on the Shore” and next in my list will be “1Q84 (ichi-kew-hachi-yon).” What draws me to Murakami is his surreal style in writing and the way I can relate to all the Japanese aspects he includes in his books. The way he writes them makes me reminisce the exact moment I encountered those things when I was in Japan.
Thank you for your post, now I will be finding a book written by Banana Yoshimoto. Seems interesting as well.
I haven’t found a favorite Murakami yet, but I read his Norwegian Wood first (besides giving up about one third into Dance, Dance, Dance) and I think the fault lies with me. I’d like to read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and then decide. But I’ve good things about 1Q84.
I’ve also read “Dance, Dance, Dance” and I really loved the book. It’s alright, we really have our own preferences, don’t blame yourself. Try to read his memoir, though, “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running,” you will get to know him better through that one.
Do you know, I have been entirely put off Banana Yoshimoto by the belief (where did that come from?) that she was a chick-lit author – not my cup of tea. But you have made her writing sound not just interesting but fresh and different (bearing in mind that the only Japanese novels I’ve read are by Murakami). So now she’s going on my list – thank you for that!
What you write about the translation of Kitchen is intriguing. To me, Backus’s sentence is smoother but losing the filter is a significant change, it makes the narrator seem much more definite and maybe that’s not quite her character? Perhaps it contributes too much to the sense of ease you refer to? How interesting that just such small decisions could change the tone of the novel so much. Translation is such a fascinating act.
It’s funny you say chick-lit author because I read a review of Amrita that pretty much discounted her work entirely along those lines, and on the one hand, I can understand what gave the reviewer that impression – there is something about her writing that suggests she isn’t very deep, or that the writing is just a little too cliché – but I worry that it is a combination of her style done in English translation and that she was one of the first contemporary Japanese writers to be translated into English and she was maybe marketed as a “women’s author,” which means the covers of her books and the hubbub around her does its best to put her in a certain category.
But I haven’t read enough of her work to be able to say for sure… so we’ll see!
I don’t know quite why your post makes me feel this way, but if you ever have the opportunity, do try Olga Grushin. I read her first novel, The Dream Life of Sukhanov back in December and was hugely impressed by it. The quotation you liked from Banana Yoshimoton reminded me of her a bit. I said I’d read more Japanese literature back at the start of 2011 and I have done dreadfully so far. Must try to fit more in this year.
Oh fun, I’ve never heard of Olga Grushin so that gives me a new name to look up. Thank you!
Thank you for highlighting Japanese language and translation issues I could never have experienced myself.
I had read Kitchen and NP fifteen years ago, and Lizard was a nice way to reconnect to Yoshimoto’s light yet dreamy word after a bad experience with Amrita. I also enjoyed her novella, Hardboiled, Hard luck (I reviewed all 3 on my blog) and I guess you’d love it too!
I also read Kitchen a long time ago and I find the translation choices fascinating. A translator is an artist.
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Uronic Acid Pathway
August 24, 2018 by Sagar Aryal
Uronic acids are a class of sugar acids with both carbonyl and carboxylic acid functional groups.
They are sugars in which the terminal carbon’s hydroxyl group has been oxidized to a carboxylic acid.
Oxidation of the terminal aldehyde instead yields an aldonic acid, while oxidation of both the terminal hydroxyl group and the aldehyde yields an aldaric acid.
The names of uronic acids are generally based on their parent sugars, for example, the uronic acid analog of glucose is glucuronic acid.
Uronic acids derived from hexoses are known as hexuronic acids and uronic acids derived from pentoses are known as penturonic acids.
The glucuronic acid pathway is a quantitatively minor route of glucose metabolism. Like the pentose phosphate pathway, it provides biosynthetic precursors and inter-converts some less common sugars to ones that can be metabolized.
Uronic acid pathway is an alternative oxidative pathway for glucose metabolism.
It catalyzes the conversion of glucose to glucuronic acid, ascorbic acid, and pentoses.
It does not lead to the formation of ATP.
In cytoplasm of the cell
Tissue distribution: Liver and Adipose tissue
Steps of Uronic Acid Pathway
STEP 1: Glucose 6-phosphate is converted to Glucose1-phosphate via phosphoglucomutase.
STEP 2: Glucose 1-phosphate reacts with uridinetriphosphate (UTP) via UDP glucosepyrophosphorylase to form UDP glucose.
STEP 3: UDP glucose is oxidized at C6 by a 2-step process via an NAD +-dependent UDP glucosedehydrogenase to form UDP glucuronic acid.
STEP 4: UDP glucuronic acid is hydrolysed to form UDP and D-glucuronic acid.
UDP-glucuronate
Source of glucuronate for reactions involving its incorporation into proteoglycans.
conjugated to nonpolar acceptor molecules such as steroid hormones, some drugs, bilirubin, or other foreign compounds in the liver for easier excretion via the bile.
STEP 5: Oxidation of D-glucuronic acid to L-gulonic acid via L- gulonic dehydrogenase in the presence of NADPH2.
L-gulonate
It is the direct precursor of ascorbate in those animals capable of synthesizing this vitamin, in an NADPH-dependent reaction.
In humans, ascorbic acid cannot be synthesized because of the absence of L-gulonolactone oxidase.
STEP 6: Oxidation of L-Udonic acid
L-gulonic acid may be oxidized to 3-keto-L-gulonicacid via β -L-hydroxy acid dehydrogenase.
NADH is generated.
STEP 7: Decarboxylation of 3-Keto-L-Gulonic Acid
Followed by decarboxylation of 3-keto-L-gulonicacid to form L-xylulose,a ketopentose via β-L- gulonate decarboxylase ; here, carbon 1 of 3-keto-L-gulonic acid is released as CO2.
STEP 8: Oxidation of L-Xylulose
L-xylulose is then reduced to xylitol via xylitoldehydrogenase (or xylulosereductase)
STEP 9: Reoxidation of Xylitol
STEP 10: Phosphorylation of D-Xylulose
D-xylulose is phosphorylated at carbon 5 to form D-xylulose 5-phosphat via xylulose kinase
Further metabolized via the HMP Shunt
Converted to intermediates of glycolysis for energy production
Regulation of Uronic Pathway
Administration of drugs i.e. Chlorobutanol & Barbital significantly increases the uronic acid pathway.
Certain drugs are also found to enhance the synthesis of Ascorbic acid.
Significance of Uronic Pathway
It is an alternative oxidative pathway for glucose.
It is concerned with the synthesis of glucuronic acid, pentoses & vitamin-ascorbic acid (except in primates & guinea pigs).
Major function is to produce D-Glucuronic acid which is required for: Detoxification of foreign chemicals and synthesis of mucopolysaccharides.
Many wastes in the human body are excreted in the urine as their glucuronate salts,
Iduronic acid is a component of some structural complexes such as proteoglycans.
Rodwell, V. W., Botham, K. M., Kennelly, P. J., Weil, P. A., & Bender, D. A. (2015). Harper’s illustrated biochemistry (30th ed.). New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Education LLC.
John W. Pelley, Edward F. Goljan (2011). Biochemistry. Third edition. Philadelphia: USA.
https://www.scribd.com/document/328465491/2-4-Biochemistry-Tca-Hmp-and-Uronic-Acid-Pathway
https://www.slideshare.net/sathi3366/presentation-29571791.
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John Musgrove
Sunday’s Obituary – Susannah Musgrove (1856-1869)
Susannah Musgrove is my great grand aunt – a sister of my great grandfather Thomas Ainsworth Musgrove.
Susannah was born on 2 August 1856 at Over Darwen, Lancashire. She was the first of five children born to my 2x great grandparents John Musgrove and Catherine Ainsworth.
I had known for a long time that Susannah died young at the age of 12. However I have only just found a newspaper article with details of the circumstances of her death. This report is from the Preston Herald of 6 February 1869.
A GIRL KILLED AT THE BELGRAVE PAPER STAINING WORKS
On Monday afternoon a fatal accident happened to a girl named Susannah Musgrove, aged 12 years, daughter of Mr John Musgrove, who was employed as a short time tearer in connection with the block printing department. It appears that she had been to school on Monday afternoon, and on returning called at the print shop to see if her master was there, and was seen playing about in the room on the second floor. About 5.40pm a man named Joseph Riding had occasion to use the hoist, which is in one corner of the room, and used for the purpose of raising goods from one room to another. As the hoist did not descend lower than the second floor, the man Riding went to see what was the cause. On getting there he found the deceased laid down on her belly on the floor, with her head underneath the hoist. The hoist was at once raised, but the unfortunate girl was dead. She must have been in the act of looking down the hoist way into the lower room, and therefore could not see the hoist when descending. An inquest will be held on the body.
You know sometimes you just wonder how much tragedy one family can have.
Susannah’s grandfather, Joseph Musgrove (my 3x great grandfather) died in 1858 as the result of a fall at home when he dislocated his neck. I blogged about this here.
John Musgrove, Susannah’s father, committed suicide in 1884 – see blog post here.
Of the five children that were born to John Musgrove and Catherine Ainsworth only two survived to adulthood – Thomas and Joseph.
Susannah died as the result of the accident. Her brother George died on the day he was born 20 August 1857. And another brother, James, died at three months old in 1868.
Posted in My Family, Sunday's Obituary and tagged Belgrave Paper Staining Works, Catherine Ainsworth, George Musgrove, James Musgrove, John Musgrove, Joseph Musgrove, Over Darwen, Preston Herald, Susannah Musgrove, Thomas Ainsworth Musgrove on December 9, 2018 by mike. 1 Comment
Wedding Wednesday – Edward Musgrove and Rebecca Cockshutt
Edward Musgrove is my 1st cousin 2x removed. His parents are Joseph Musgrove and Bridget Maria Grainger. Our common ancestors are John Musgrove and Catherine Ainsworth, my 2x great grandparents.
Edward was born on 8 March 1903 in Clitheroe, Lancashire.
On the 2 November 1940 Edward married Rebecca Cockshutt at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Clitheroe. A report of the wedding was published in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times on 8 November 1940.
MUSGROVE-COCKSHUTT
The wedding took place on Saturday, at St. Mary’s Parish Church, of Mr. Edward Musgrove, the fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Musgrove, of 66, Wilkin Street, and Miss Rebecca I. Cockshutt, daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. G. Cockshutt, of 6, Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. The Rev. W. S. Helm, M.A., performed the ceremony.
Given away by her brother, Mr. George Cockshutt, the bride was attired in a pale blue edge-to-edge coat, a floral gown with navy accessories, and had a spray of pink carnations. The bridesmaid, Miss Hilda Gates (niece), wore a similar ensemble in a darker shade. The best man was Mr. Tom Musgrove, and the groomsman Mr. John Smalley.
A reception followed at Briggs’s cafe, the bride and bridegroom afterwards leaving for Blackpool. They are to reside at 6, Chatburn Road, Clitheroe.
Posted in My Family, Wedding Wednesday and tagged Bridget Maria Grainger, Briggs's Cafe, Catherine Ainsworth, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Edward Musgrove, Hilda Gates, John Musgrove, John Smalley, Joseph Musgrove, Rebecca Cockshutt, St. Mary's Parish Church Clitheroe, Tom Musgrove on May 9, 2018 by mike. Leave a comment
Sunday’s Obituary – Albert Musgrove (1896-1946)
Albert Musgrove is my 1st cousin 2x removed. His parents are Joseph Musgrove and Bridget Maria Grainger. Our common ancestors are John Musgrove and Catherine Ainsworth, my 2x great grandparents.
Albert was born on 16 March 1896 in Clitheroe, Lancashire. He was baptised at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Clitheroe on 12 April 1896.
Sometime in the March quarter of 1921 Albert married Ivy Hargreaves.
Albert died at the age of 49 on 25 January 1946. The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times published a brief obituary on 1 February 1946.
MR ALBERT MUSGROVE
After a long illness the death took place last Friday of Mr Albert Musgrove, aged 49, of 6 Pendle Road, Clitheroe. He was a native of the town. For many years he was employed at Dawson’s Bakery, his last place of work being Whiteside’s wine merchants, Clitheroe. He is survived by a widow, two daughters and a son. The interment was at St Mary’s Cemetery on Tuesday.
Posted in My Family, Sunday's Obituary and tagged Albert Musgrove, Bridget Maria Grainger, Catherine Ainsworth, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Dawson's Bakery, Ivy Hargreaves, John Musgrove, Joseph Musgrove, St Mary Magdalene Clitheroe, Whiteside's wine merchants on April 22, 2018 by mike. Leave a comment
Sunday’s Obituary – Joseph Musgrove (1864-1948)
Joseph Musgrove is my great grand uncle – in other words, brother of my great grandfather. His parents are John Musgrove and Catherine Ainsworth – my 2x great grandparents.
Joseph was born on 13 April 1864 in Darwen, Lancashire.
I have Joseph on all the census returns from 1871 to 1911 and in the 1939 Register. For most of these years his occupation was given as “labourer”. So I am guessing that he had a very hard working life.
On 16 May 1891Joseph married Bridget Maria Grainger at St. James Church, Clitheroe, Lancashire.
James and Bridget had eleven children between 1892 and 1911. The local paper published a story marking their golden wedding anniversary in 1941 – see blog post here.
Joseph passed away on 3 June 1948 and details of his death were published in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times on 11 June 1948.
MR JOSEPH MUSGROVE
Mr Joseph Musgrove of 66, Wilkin Street, Clitheroe who died yesterday week in his 85th year was one of the town’s best known characters.
He was a native of Darwen, but had spent most of his life in Clitheroe and a for a long number of years was employed in the Highways Department of the Corporation, retiring in 1932. For many years he was one of town’s halberd bearers.
Mr Musgrove was keenly interested in cricket and football and in April travelled to Rochdale to watch Clitheroe Football Club’s last away match of the season.
He was a member of the Royal Castle Lodge Ancient Order of Foresters and members of the order were present at the interment on Tuesday at St Mary’s Cemetery, conducted by the Rev J T Hall.
Mr Musgrove leaves a widow, three sons and three daughters who will have general sympathy in their bereavement.
Posted in My Family, Sunday's Obituary and tagged Bridget Maria Grainger, Catherine Ainsworth, Clitheroe, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Clitheroe Football Club, Darwen, John Musgrove, Joseph Musgrove, Lancashire, St James Church Clitheroe, St Mary's Cemetery Clitheroe, Wilkin Street Clitheroe on March 18, 2018 by mike. Leave a comment
Wedding Wednesday – Joseph Musgrove and Bridget Maria Grainger
Joseph Musgrove is my great grand uncle (the brother of my great grandfather Thomas Ainsworth Musgrove).
Joseph was born on 13 April 1864 to parents John Musgrove and Catherine Ainsworth (my 2x great grandparents).
On 16 May 1891 Joseph married Bridget Maria Grainger in Clitheroe, Lancashire. Bridget had been born on 23 February 1867 in Devon.
On the 9 May 1941 the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times published an article celebrating the golden wedding anniversary of Joseph and Bridget.
FAMILY OF ELEVEN
REARED ON £1 A WEEK
GOLDEN WEDDING MEMORIES OF MR. & MRS. J. MUSGROVE
An insight into conditions of life which obtained fifty or more years ago was given in an interview by Mr and Mrs Joseph Musgrove, of 66 Wilkin Street, Clitheroe, who will celebrate their golden wedding on Monday next. They were married on May 12, 1891, at St James’s Church, by the curate, the Rev Mr Ince.
STARTED WORK WHEN SIX!
Seventy-seven years of age and a native of Darwen, Mr Musgrove came to Clitheroe at the age of six and a half years, and started work in the spinning room at Messrs Dewhurst’s Salford Bridge Mills on attaining his eighth year. He was employed full time at eleven. When sixteen, he went to the print works at Barrow, but left there in 1896 to enter the employ of Clitheroe Corporation highways department, continuing for thirty years, except for a break of six years during which he worked as a mason’s labourer.
All his life, Mr Musgrove has taken a keen interest in both football and cricket, rarely missing a match either at Shaw Bridge or at Chatburn Road. For fifty-six years he has been identified with Court “Royal Castle” (No. 8549) of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and still holds the post of senior door beadle. For eleven years he was one of the borough’s halberdiers. “We had to buy our own top hats and white gloves in those days,” he said, adding: “There were none o’these fancy cloaks and three-cornered hats!”
SIXPENCE A WEEK!
Mrs Musgrove, whose maiden name was Miss Bridget Maria Grainger – she is a sister of the late Mr Luke Grainger, formerly of West View – was born seventy-four years ago near Taunton, Somerset, and came to Clitheroe at the age of sixteen. She learnt to weave at Salford Bridge Mill, where Mr Musgrove learnt spinning, but she had not had charge of two looms long when the mill closed down, and she was accordingly out of work for some time.
“Of course, I had been working for years before I came to Clitheroe,” she said. “Maybe you won’t believe me when I tell you that when eight years old, my wage was sixpence a week.”
Mrs Musgrove added the information that this remuneration was for looking after the smaller children of a well-to-do family, who also provided her with meals. “They regarded the sixpence as spending money, but my mother had to clothe me out of it,” she added.
Speaking of old times, Mrs Musgrove said: “Yes, they were hard, I can’t say I would like to live them over again – not under the same conditions, at any rate.” She went on to say that it was a big problem to bring up a family of eleven on £1 a week. “I can’t tell you how we managed, but we did. It was a hard struggle, but we were fortunate in having good health.”
SUPREME SACRIFICE
Of a family of eleven children, seven – three daughters and four sons survive. Of four sons who served in the last Great War, two made the supreme sacrifice.
All their married life Mr and Mrs Musgrove have been associated with St Mary’s Parish Church. Mrs Musgrove being one of the oldest and a founder member of the Mothers’ Union. Their golden wedding anniversary will be celebrated quietly at home, with just a few relatives and neighbours for tea. “Lord Woolton won’t let us do much more.” Mrs Musgrove said with a laugh.
In conjunction with their many friends, we wish them health and many more years of happiness together.
Posted in My Family, Wedding Wednesday and tagged Bridget Maria Grainger, Catherine Ainsworth, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, John Musgrove, Joseph Musgrove, Thomas Ainsworth Musgrove on March 7, 2018 by mike. Leave a comment
Military Monday – Henry John Grainger Musgrove (1892-1917)
Henry John Grainger Musgrove is my 1st cousin 2x removed. His parents are Joseph Musgrove and Bridget Maria Grainger. Our common ancestors are John Musgrove and Catherine Ainsworth, my 2x great grandparents.
Henry was the first of ten children by Joseph and Bridget. He was born on 9 April 1892 and baptised at St. James church, Clitheroe, Lancashire on 29 May 1892.
In the 1911 census Henry’s occupation was given as “baker”.
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find any remaining records of Henry’s military service. However I know from the newspaper article below that he enlisted with the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 11 December 1915. His service number was 21851 and at the time of his death on 24 June 1917 he was serving with the 7th Battalion.
The following article appeared in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times on 29 June 1917.
HOW PRIVATE H. MUSGROVE MET HIS DEATH
“It is my sad duty to write and inform you that I buried your son, yesterday (the 24th inst.). He was killed whilst with a working party, the previous night, and as our battalion is close at hand, Captain Kendall asked me to take charge of the burial. I expect the Authorities will inform you in due course, of the place of burial, and that they will erect a cross over his grave. Captain Kendall spoke in the very highest terms of your son’s bravery and usefulness as a soldier, and his death is much lamented by all his comrades. He has given his life for the greatest of all causes, and he now sleeps in an honoured grave, fondly remembered by all who knew him. May God bless and comfort you and all sorrowing relatives.”
The above letter, signed by the Rev. R. Kelso, Chaplain to the Royal Irish Rifles, has been received by Mr. Musgrove, Wilkin Street, and refers to his son, Private Hy. Musgrove, King’s Royal Lancaster Regt., who was 25 years of age, and enlisted on the 11th December, 1915. Deceased was well known throughout the district, being formerly in the employ of Mr. Dawson, Shaw Bridge. At the time he joined the Army, however, he was engaged as a baker for the Billington and Whalley Co-operative Society. He had been in France 13 months.
A couple of weeks later the following article was published in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times on 13 July 1917
PRIVATE HENRY J. G. MUSGROVE
Official confirmation of the death in action of Private Henry J. G. Musgrove, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., was received on Friday last. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Musgrove, 66, Wilkin Street, a single man aged 25, and was, formerly employed by the Billington and Whalley Co-operative Society. He joined the forces in December, 1915, and went to France the following April. The circumstances under which he met death are given by his C.O. in a letter which is appended. Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove, who are to be commiserated with in their great loss, have two other sons in France, and one in training.
The first intimation of Private Musgrove’s untimely end came from Captain Pobert Kelso, Chaplain to the 13th Royal Irish Rifles: “It is my sad duty to wrote and inform you that I buried your son, yesterday (the 24th inst.). He was killed whilst with a working party, the previous night, ands our battalion is close at hand, Captain Kendall asked me to take charge of the burial. I expect the Authorities will inform you in due course, of the place of burial, and that they will erect a cross over his grave. Captain Kendall spoke in the very highest terms of your son’s bravery and usefulness as a soldier, and his death is much lamented by all his comrades. He has given his life for the greatest of all causes, and he now sleeps in an honoured grave, fondly remembered by all who knew him. May God bless and comfort you and all sorrowing relatives.”
Captain Kendall, writing on the 2nd inst., said: “It is with the deepest regret that I write to tell you, in case you have not already heard from other sources, of the death in action of your son, No. 21,851 Private Musgrove, of this regiment. He was killed while working in a trench at night, which work was part of the general operations in the Messines ridge. A shell landed in the midst of his party, causing immediate death to him and one of his comrades. I cannot tell you how sorry I am to lose him from my company, as he had many times proved himself a brave and valuable man. On one occasion, a few days before his death, he had volunteered to carry ammunition through heavy fire, and, altogether, was one of the men whom we could least afford to lose. I can only hope that the fact that he died a noble death, and also the fact that we miss him very much out here, may help to lighten your great sorrow.”
Private Musgrove had been connected with St. Mary’s Sunday School from childhood, and a hymn was sung to his memory and reference made to his death, on Sunday last. A memorial service, conducted by the Vicar, was held in the Church on Wednesday night.
Henry is buried at Wytschaete Military Cemetery in Belgium.
The following information is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) website.
Wytschaete (now Wijtschate) was taken by the Germans early in November 1914. It was recovered by Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917, but fell into German hands once more on 16 April 1918. The village was recovered for the last time on 28 September. The cemetery was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from isolated positions surrounding Wytschaete and the following small battlefield cemeteries:- REST AND BE THANKFUL FARM, KEMMEL: 23 UK burials (13 of them 2nd Suffolks), mostly of 1915. R.E. (BEAVER) FARM, KEMMEL: 18 Royal Engineer and four Canadian Engineer burials of 1915-1917. The CEMETERY NEAR ROSSIGNOL ESTAMINET, KEMMEL: 18 UK burials (11 of the 1st Wiltshire Regiment), of January-April 1915. SOMER FARM CEMETERY No.2, WYTSCHAETE: 13 UK burials made by IXth Corps in June 1917. GORDON CEMETERY, KEMMEL: 19 UK burials (14 of them 1st Gordon Highlanders) of January-May 1915. There are now 1,002 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 673 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to 16 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate casualties known to have been buried at the Cemetery near Rossignol Estaminet, RE (Beaver) Farm and Rest and be Thankful Farm, whose graves could not be found on concentration. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Wytschaete Military Cemetery
The article published in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times on 19 July 1917 refers to three other brothers of Henry – at that time two were already in France and the other was in training.
These brothers were James, Albert and Tom. I am very happy to say that all three survived the war.
The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times published another article about the family on 19 October 1917.
There are some pleasant incidents even in France, amid all the horrors and suffering entailed by the carnage of war. One such happened last Friday, when brothers Tom and Jim Musgrove (sons of Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove, Wilkin Street), met for the first time in two years. Each has since written to his parents saying how well the other looked, and what a pleasure it was to meet after such a long interval. Jim, who is attached to the Lancs. Fusiliers, has been at the front two years, and Tom, who was on his way to the Blue Cross hospital with a horse when the unexpected meeting took place, has been out with the East Lancs. nine months. Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove lost a son, henry, in action, and a fourth son, Albert, is a driver in the R.F.A., and is also across the Channel.
Posted in Military Monday, My Family and tagged Albert Musgrove, Bridget Maria Grainger, Catherine Ainsworth, Clitheroe, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Henry John Grainger Musgrove, James Musgrove, John Musgrove, Joseph Musgrove, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, St James Church Clitheroe, St Mary's Sunday School Clitheroe, Tom Musgrove, Wilkin Street, Wytschaete Military Cemetery on February 12, 2018 by mike. Leave a comment
John Musgrove (c1833-1884)
This is an update to a blog post I published on 1 November 2015.
John Musgrove is my 2x great grandfather. He was born c1833 to parents Joseph Musgrove and Jane Dewhurst.
On 6 October 1855 John married Catherine Ainsworth at the Parish Church in Blackburn, Lancashire. They had at least 5 children:-
Susannah – born 2 August 1856 – died 1 February 1869
George – born 20 August 1857 – died 20 August 1857
Thomas Ainsworth – born 12 December 1860 – died 16 April 1928 (my great grandfather)
Joseph – born 13 April 1864 – died 3 June 1948
James – born 5 August 1868 – died 23 November 1868
I have found John on the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1881 census returns. His occupation varied over the years and he was described as a crofter, a carter and a general labourer. In the 1871 census Catherine is living at 18 Ellen Street, Over Darwen, Lancashire and I assume that John was away from home at the time of the census.
On the 2 December 1858 tragedy struck the family when John’s father, Joseph Musgrove, died as the result of a fall at home. Here’s a blog post about his death – Sunday’s Obituary: Joseph Musgrove
Ever since I started my interest in genealogy and researching my family history my mother has regularly told me of a story about a suicide by hanging somewhere in the past. So I was aware that at some point I may find the evidence.
Back in August 2015 I finally got round to ordering a copy of John Musgrove’s death certificate. And finally had confirmation of the family story – cause of death was “suicide by hanging – unsound mind”.
According to the death certificate John died at Railway Road, Clitheroe, Lancashire, on 17 September 1884. An inquest was held by the Deputy Coroner J C Anderton on the same date.
The family story was that John returned home one night and the door was locked. Whether he had been drinking, whether John and Catherine had argued, I guess I will never know. Catherine refused to let him in and John replied that he might as well kill himself. If the story is to be believed then Catherine threw him a rope.
Despite my best efforts in the Autumn of 2015 I wasn’t able to find any record of the inquest. I tried Clitheroe library and visited Blackburn library to search the newspaper archives. I also spoke with the Blackburn Coroners Office. There is a death notice in the local Blackburn paper but no report of the inquest. I discovered during this search that inquest records/reports were considered to be the property of the coroner and were most likely destroyed when the coroner retired.
Yesterday I went to Skipton library to search the newspaper archives of the Craven Herald in connection with another relative. As a long shot I decided to try the Craven Herald, a weekly paper, to see if there was any reference to John Musgrove back in 1884.
BINGO!!!
I was very fortunate to find two articles about John’s suicide. The first is from 20 September 1884 – three days after John’s death. The second is from 27 September 1884 and reports on the Coroner’s inquest.
Craven Herald – 20 September 1884
SUICIDE – At six o’clock on Wednesday morning John Musgrove, labourer, fifty two years of age, was found hanging on a gate in Railway Road, Clitheroe, quite dead. John O’Donnell, mason, found the body as he was going to his work, and immediately gave information to the police. Deceased, who lived in Water Street, Clitheroe, had been drinking hard for some weeks, and has had domestic trouble during the last few days.
SUICIDE THROUGH DRINK – An inquest was held last week, before Mr J E Anderton, deputy coroner, touching the death of a labourer named John Musgrove, aged 52 years. Deceased was found hanging by his neck from a gate in a bye-road leading from Railway Road to the Gasworks, dead. A clothes line was fastened about his neck and tied to the top bar of the gate. His shoulders were resting against the lower part of the gate and his legs and the lower part of his body were on the ground. A man named John O’Donnell found the body as he was going to his work, and immediately gave information to the police. Deceased is known to have been drinking hard for some weeks, and has been in a low way during the last few years. “Deceased committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind” was the verdict of the jury.
Another lesson for would-be genealogists is to always be on the look out for new records being added to online resources. I check the newspaper archives on Find My Past regularly. I had previously been unable to find any mention of John’s death – until this morning as I’m writing this blog post. Now I’ve found an article from the Preston Herald of 20th September 1884!
Preston Herald – 20 September 1884
SUICIDE BY HANGING – At six o’clock on Wednesday morning John Musgrove, labourer, aged 52 years, was found hanging by his neck from a gate in a bye-road leading from Railway Road to the Gasworks, dead. A clothes line was fastened about his neck and tied to the top bar of the gate. His shoulders were resting against the lower part of the gate and his legs and the lower part of his body were on the ground. A man named John O’Donnell found the body as he was going to his work, and immediately gave information to the police. Deceased is known to have been drinking hard for some weeks, and has been in a low way during the last few years. The inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr J E Anderton, deputy coroner for the district. Joseph Musgrove, son of the deceased, identified the body as that of his father. John O’Donnell deposed to the finding of the body by him at six o’clock that morning in the position and place described above. PC Halliday said that from information he received he proceeded to the place mentioned by the last witness, and there found the body of John Musgrove. He cut the cord and conveyed him home. PC Benson said that he saw the deceased alive on Tuesday at twelve at noon. Musgrove accosted him in King Street, and said that he had been to the police office to try to get locked up, but there was no one in. Witness told him to go home and go to bed and he would feel better. He (deceased) was drunk at the time. The verdict of the jury was that deceased committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind.
So there we have it. A bit more of the picture to a very desperate end to John’s life has now been painted. It appears that John had possibly been depressed for some years and couldn’t go on any longer.
I’m left wondering what it must have been like for John in those final days and hours. What must Catherine have gone through before and after wards – perhaps not understanding what was happening to her husband as he descended into despair. They had both shared the grief of losing three of their five children – one aged 12 and two as babies. John’s father had died in a tragic accident – although this was 26 years earlier maybe that trauma stuck with John, who knows.
Catherine died three years and two days later on 19 September 1887.
I feel quite sad now.
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Man arrested by U.S. Marshals for unpaid student loan
by Katie Lobosco @KatieLobosco February 17, 2016: 4:31 PM ET
A Texas man was arrested by U.S. Marshals last week for not paying his $1,500 federal student loan -- for 29 years.
Paul Aker was arrested at his home and later brought before a judge to sign a payment plan for a loan he said he borrowed in 1987.
"I was unaware of any outstanding debt," Aker told CNNMoney on Tuesday. "I paid two other student loans and thought I had consolidated everything and paid it all off."
The U.S. Marshals Service made several attempts to serve Aker with a court order requesting that he appear in federal court and searched numerous known addresses, the agency said in a statement. The Marshals Service said it spoke with him by phone in 2012 requesting he appear in court, but he refused.
Aker told CNNMoney that he does not remember having that conversation, and said that he hasn't received any notification about the outstanding loan in a long time.
A judge issued a warrant for his arrest in December of 2012 after he failed to appear in court, the Marshals Service said.
Related: The secret world of government debt collection
On Friday, Aker was approached by two Marshals outside of his home when he went to check his mail. Things quickly escalated when they attempted to arrest him.
"I went inside to get my gun because I didn't know who these guys were," he told CNNMoney.
The two Marshals requested backup after Aker said that he was armed. After about two hours, he put the gun down and went outside, where he was arrested without further incident, the Marshals Service said.
"I saw some local police officers outside and thought if they're here, this must be real," Aker said.
Related: Debt collectors can robocall for student loans
The original loan was for $1,500, and with interest it now amounts to about $5,700. He said he agreed before a judge on Friday to start paying in installments of $200 a month immediately.
"I'm still shaken," Aker said. "Why send seven guys with guns about a student loan?"
It is not uncommon for U.S. Marshals to serve summonses to people who fail to appear in court regarding outstanding federal student loans. But a warrant is only issued after someone skips a court appearance.
Last year, such warrants were issued for 25 people in the Houston area, the Marshals Service said. Seven were arrested while the others came to court on their own to resolve the matter.
"Our goal is not to arrest people regarding this issue, but to give them a chance to comply with the court order and resolve their debt," a Marshals spokeswoman said.
Related: How to repay $125,000 in student loans
Former students get many chances to start repaying a federal loan before U.S. Marshals knock on the door.
Here's what typically happens after someone misses a payment:
After 90 days, a loan becomes delinquent, and possibly damages the borrower's credit score.
But it's not considered to be in default until 9 months go by without payment. By this point, the borrower should have heard from the lender several times. But if the borrower still doesn't pay, a collection agency steps in, which will also probably contact the former student.
The borrower's wages can be garnished and the government can withhold a tax refund.
The collection agency can then sue the borrower, though it doesn't have the authority to arrest them. But if the debt is still ignored and the person fails to appear in court, then a judge could issue a warrant for arrest. That's where the U.S. Marshals could come in.
At this point, a borrower will owe a lot more than the principal as interest, late fees, and collection fees add up.
At the end of 2014, there were 43.3 million Americans with student loans who owe a total of $1.3 trillion. About 11% are in default, which means they failed to pay for more than 9 months, according to the New York Federal Reserve. About 1,500 people in the Houston area have defaulted on federal student loans, according the the Marshals Service.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that warrants for 1,500 people in the Houston area had been issued because they failed to appear in court for a hearing regarding unpaid student loans. The U.S. Marshals Service says that 1,500 people have been identified as defaulting on their federal loans, but have not been contacted yet.
CNNMoney (New York) First published February 16, 2016: 8:58 PM ET
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Puerto Rico might CUT its minimum wage
by Heather Long @byHeatherLong March 31, 2016: 1:48 PM ET
Puerto Rico is deep in debt
Dozens of American cities and states believe the U.S. federal minimum wage of $7.25 is way too low. Not Puerto Rico. The island might actually slash wages.
Congress just drafted a bill to help Puerto Rico climb out of its severe economic crisis and $70 billion debt debacle. One of the many band-aids House Republicans is showing Puerto Rico is a minimum wage below the federal requirement of $7.25 an hour.
It would immediately make Puerto Ricans the cheapest labor in the country, although only workers under 25 would qualify for the lower wages.
The goal is to get more Puerto Ricans employed. One in every 10 people on the island wants a job but can't find one. That's far worse than just about anywhere else in the United States.
Lowering the wage could make Puerto Rico more competitive "among neighboring islands where lower-wage labor is readily available," the House Committee on Natural Resources explained in a press release accompanying the bill.
Related: Puerto Rico has become 'dead dog island'
There's some justification for paying less on the island. Across America, the typical household earns $53,657 a year. In Puerto Rico, the typical family earns a mere $22,477 a year, according to Census. The salary people need to live a middle class life on the island is far lower than in other parts of the country.
The House Republican plan to fix Puerto Rico
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan praised the bill. Ryan vowed that Congress would come up with a way to help the island by March 31 -- and that Puerto Rico would not get a taxpayer bailout.
The House Republican plan to fix Puerto Rico has three key parts:
1. Puerto Rico gets a Financial Oversight Board -- A 5-member board would be appointed by the president and function like a quasi-Wizard of Oz for the island. The board would be tasked with coming up with a financial plan to get the island out of its mess.
2. A "time out" on lawsuits -- The bill grants Puerto Rico an 18-month respite from any lawsuits, including from creditors demanding payment. It's meant to give some breathing room so the Oversight Board can do its work in peace.
3. A "last resort" that's similar to bankruptcy -- The bill stops short of giving Puerto Rico the ability to declare bankruptcy (or giving it so-called Chapter 9 bankruptcy rights that other U.S. municipalities have). But the bill says if the Oversight Board comes up with a plan and the creditors still demand more, then the Oversight Board can head to court. In short, it means there is a possibility that the island's creditors could receive less than 100% of what they are owed.
Related: There's a big sale on Puerto Rican homes
What's next for Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's governor and the island's many bondholders don't get along. They agree on little, but both sides immediately blasted the House Republican plan.
Bondholders want some sort of control board. They want someone they can trust overseeing the island's money after what they claim has been years of government mismanagement. But they don't want to get less than 100% of their money back.
"No one wants to say it, but the Puerto Rican government is broken," Joaquin Garcia de la Noceda told CNNMoney in February. He's a locksmith in San Juan, who has lost over $100,000 on his investment in the island's bonds.
Related: Puerto Rican bonds: A retiree's nightmare
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla wants to be able to declare bankruptcy. He says the bondholders are vultures who are squeezing the island. He called the plan for an Oversight Board "dishonorable" and "degrading" to Puerto Rico.
People familiar with the bill say it's only a first draft. There will be revisions. A hearing is set for April 13.
CNNMoney (New York) First published March 31, 2016: 1:48 PM ET
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When Swedish producer/DJ Avicii, a.k.a. Tim Bergling, died by suicide in 2018, he left behind more than just unanswered questions—there were also somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 unreleased tracks and demos. By the accounts of his friends and collaborators, not only was Bergling in good spirits near the end of his life, but he was well into the production of what would become his third full-length album. Within weeks of his passing, his family asked his management to begin the process of combing through all his devices for the music he’d been working on. "He kept titled folders like 'These are the [tracks] that I want to release' or 'These are the ones that I'm unsure of,’” Christopher Thordson, a member of Avicii's management team, tells Apple Music. After Thordson inventorized everything he could find—audio files, emails and text messages to his co-writers and label team, iPhone voice memos, notes in his Dropbox folders—he met with Bergling’s father, Klas, and a group of A&R people to whittle down five years’ worth of recordings into a shortlist of songs for the album. From there, Avicii's co-producers and songwriters began their work—which was intentionally kept to a minimum. (Thordson estimates the tracks were about 80 to 90 percent finished at the time of Bergling's death.) “No one is saying that this is 100% Tim, because that's impossible when you have a guy that is so particular and a perfectionist,” admits Thordson.
The songs that were chosen for the final album, which was overseen by producers and songwriters Carl Falk, Albin Nedler, and Kristoffer Fogelmark, follow a similar direction to what Avicii had been pointed toward with the folk-pop feel of 2017’s Avīci (01) EP. TIM’s first few singles (“SOS,” “Tough Love," and “Heaven,” which features Coldplay’s Chris Martin) are built on dance-pop’s foundations, but the scaffolding—touches of ’80s soft rock, acoustic strums, vaguely Eastern-sounding strings—makes them something different altogether, even if you could still spend a night on a beach dancing to them. And as was one of Avicii’s signatures, there’s an introspective, darker tone to the lyrics that’s offset by the music's uplifting vibes. “Just a couple of days before passing away, Tim had written in his iPhone notes, 'Spread positivity through my music... and enjoy success but not materialistic success,'” says Thordson. "Within the same context—writing to himself about music—he also wrote, 'Transfer emotion to the song, and what emotion the song is written in will be transmitted.'"
In some cases, Bergling's comments were more specific, particularly around using lesser-known vocalists for the features. “If every song is an interesting mix of never-before-seen collaborators,” Bergling wrote, “that is in itself a sign” that the tracks will stand on their own, as opposed to drawing attention with recognizable names. Which is why you’ll see that beyond Martin, Imagine Dragons, and Aloe Blacc (whom Avicii in many ways introduced to the world on 2013’s "Wake Me Up”), most of the guests who appear—and who were on Bergling's original demos—are up-and-coming, globally speaking. Here are a few more examples of how Avicii’s notes helped put the finishing touches on TIM.
“Peace of Mind” (feat. Vargas & Lagola)
"We made ‘Peace of Mind' the very first track because Tim wanted to have it as an intro,” says Thordson. "He also wrote that it's about society, how we're unable to disconnect from our cell phones. He said, 'This can be such a cool concept song, especially if we capitalize on 'peace of mind party' versus 'peace of mind I need a break from constant impressions,' meaning social impressions on Instagram. It’s about putting your phone on flight mode and taking a break."
"SOS” (feat. Aloe Blacc)
"On ‘SOS,' it was another demo vocalist originally,” says Thordson. “But Tim wrote in his notes and told the songwriters, Kristoffer Fogelmark and Albin Nedler, that it would be really cool to have Aloe Blacc on it. That's an exception where we took in someone because Tim specifically said so. Otherwise, with the majority of these vocalists, they're the same as on the demos."
"Freak” (feat. Bonn)
"Tim wrote in his notes that he absolutely loved that whistling,” Thordson explains, referring to a sample from Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto's 1961 song “Sukiyaki.” "It's way more difficult to release a sample than it is to play it yourself. But he was very clear that he wanted to use the original. He wrote, 'The whistle is probably my favorite production out of all of these,' and that he ripped it from YouTube. I think that's very characteristic of the way that he worked, that he finds something unique and he makes something really cool out of it. It's the same vocalist as on the original demo: Kristoffer Fogelmark, a.k.a. Bonn."
“Tough Love” (feat. Agnes and Vargas & Lagola)
"Tim wrote that this one needs to be a duet,” Thordson tells us. "'Coolest thing would be a real couple, or a couple that have worked together enough to almost be considered a couple. Something like Selena/Bieber, but not Selena/Bieber.’ Originally, it was just Vincent Pontare of Vargas & Lagola. After I told the songwriters, Vincent and his wife—she's a quite famous Swedish artist as well, Agnes—said, 'Okay, let's try making a duet.' To actually have the original demo vocalist there, and to be able to have a real couple—that really made sense according to Tim's notes."
TIM Avicii
SOS (feat. Aloe Blacc)
Tough Love (feat. Agnes & Vargas & Lagola)
Bad Reputation (feat. Joe Janiak)
Ain't A Thing (feat. Bonn)
Hold The Line (feat. A R I Z O N A)
Freak (feat. Bonn)
Excuse Me Mr Sir (feat. Vargas & Lagola)
Avicii & Imagine Dragons
Never Leave Me (feat. Joe Janiak)
Fades Away (feat. Noonie Bao)
℗ 2019 Avicii Recordings AB, under exclusive license to Universal Music AB
Mclove music , 05/14/2019
Amazing 😍
Tim Bergling thank you for everything you’ve done in the world💪☝🏻🙏 We all miss you very much! You were one of the most influential DJ/Music Producers of all time! Everyone needs to listen to this album on June 8th. This album is such a gift 💝 this gift is from someone special along with friends, family, and other music producers who helped with this album✅
LDHeinze01 , 06/04/2019
Long live Avicii
Forever in our hearts and always in our ears. I feel like Fades Away is gonna get all of us. Heaven is gonna make all of us cry.
Nickbrain456 , 06/07/2019
Great but missing tracks
Most or all of these tracks are great, but there were several bangers leaked from concerts and studio recordings that are notably missing (ex: Lord, which was completely finished and even used in the documentary about Avicii). If the people behind finishing and publishing this incredible music are reading this, I think I speak for many many people when I say releasing more of Tim’s music is a fantastic idea.
When Frederic Chopin died, he requested that all of his unpublished music be burned, and his mother and sister instead gave it to the world, not in spite of him but in love for his musical genius they thought everyone should enjoy. Thank you for the work releasing these 12 tracks, and we hope for more to come down the road.
More By Avicii
Levels (Remixes) - EP
AVĪCI (01) - EP
The Days/Nights - EP
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Rapper 50 Cent ‘s boxing company bankrupt
SMS Promotions, a boxing company owned by rap mogul 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 25.
An attorney for SMS Promotions says Jackson made the decision to file so the business could reorganize and emerge as a stronger company.
“SMS Promotions, LLC, (SMS Promotions) a boxing promotion company owned by Curtis Jackson, a/k/a 50 Cent, today announced that it has filed for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The filing allows the company to reorganize in an effort to protect its investment in worldwide boxing promotion and a promising stable of talented, young fighters.
“SMS Promotions is expected to continue operating under the supervision of the bankruptcy court – in furtherance of its mission to become one of the world’s leading boxing and sports promotion companies. Founded in 2012, SMS Promotions has gained international fame as the promoter of landmark sporting events and superstar fighters such as junior middleweight James Kirkland.
“This filing for bankruptcy protection permits SMS Promotions to continue the operation of its business, while it pursues an orderly reorganization of its affairs,” says Patrick J. Neligan, Jr., partner at Neligan Foley, LLP and counsel for SMS Promotions. “Under the direction of Mr. Jackson, SMS Promotions looks forward to reorganizing as a new corporate entity and becoming one of the leading promotion companies in the world of professional boxing.”
The promotion held its most recent fight card, May 15 in Connecticut, the same state where the court documents were filed just 10 days later. According to those documents, SMS states it has between $100k and $500k in debts.
Jackson started SMS promotions in 2012 after parting ways with Floyd Mayweather Jr., and the “Money Team.”
SMS Promotions signed four fighters including Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andrew Dirrell, Billy Dib and Celestino Caballero.
Tags: 50 cent, bankrupt, bankruptcy, boxing, Connecticut, rapper, SMS promotions
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Revealed: The areas of the UK where knife crime is rising the fastest
The number of offences involving knives or sharp instruments has increased by 30% since 2011.
By Carmen Aguilar Garcia, data journalist
Wednesday 6 March 2019 15:37, UK
Image: Knife crime is rising fastest in Kent and West Yorkshire
Britain is seeing a rise in knife crime across the country, but in Kent and West Yorkshire, it is rising at the fastest rate of all.
Knife crime in England and Wales has been rising since 2014 and reached a peak in the year to September 2018, according to the last report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The number of offences involving knives or sharp instruments went up by 8% to 39,818 compared with 36,776 offences recorded the previous year.
London has the largest proportion of knife crime. In 2018, 35% of all knife offences recorded happened in the capital.
And the city has also the highest rate of knife crime. The Metropolitan Police saw 168 offences per 100,000 people in the latest year. At the other end of the table, Surrey recorded just five offences per 100,000 people.
However the perspective changes if the rate of increase is considered, with Kent and West Yorkshire seeing huge jumps in the number of offences.
Compared with the year ending in March 2011, the number or offences involving a knife or a sharp instrument recorded by the police has increased in 39 out of 44 of the police forces.
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But this increase varies from the West Midlands where the number rose by 3%, to Kent or West Yorkshire, where the rate has doubled in the last eight years. London has seen an 11% rise.
The map also highlights police forces such as Sussex or Northumbria - the only two together with the British Transport Police that have reduced the number of offences since 2011.
Despite the fact that knife crime has risen, police resources have gone down.
According to the National Audit Office, police funding from central and local sources fell by 19%, taking inflation into account, between 2010-11 and 2018-19. That compares with the 31% increase in police spending between 2000-01 and 2009-10.
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Figures from the Home Office show a reduction in the total workforce police of 18% (that includes officers, police and community support officers, and other police staff) between March 2010 and March 2018.
There is a moderate correlation between the reduction in funding and the rise in knife crime.
The police forces who have experienced greatest cuts are those who most rely on government funding.
Northumbria (down 25%) recorded the highest funding reduction between 2010-11 and 2018-19 in the country, followed by the West Midlands (down 23%).
As for the workforce, Cleveland and Lincolnshire recorded the largest reduction, with more than 30% fewer workers in 2018/19 compared to 2010/11.
Almost nine in every 10 crimes involving a knife or a sharp instrument in England and Wales were robberies or violent assaults.
Rape, attempted murder, sexual assault and homicide accounted for a very small proportion of offences involving a knife or sharp instrument.
Nevertheless, the number of knife-related homicides has increased since 2014. Last year, four in every 10 homicides involved a knife or a sharp instrument.
The number of admissions to NHS hospitals resulting from assault with a sharp object has also increased. Between April 2017 and March 2018 there were 4,986 admissions. That number is 15% higher than the previous year.
Over 90% of the patients are male and about 90% of them are adults. However, the number of patients under the age of 18 has risen from 318 in the year ending March 2013 to 573 in the year ending March 2018.
One in five of the knife offences resulting in caution or conviction involved a person aged 10 to 17. The number of offences related to teenagers has been increasing since 2013.
In 2018, there were 4,459 sentences related to people underage - the number is 69% higher than in 2013 with 2,639.
The figures also show that the sentences for knife crime have been getting tougher, with a higher proportion of custodial sentences.
In year ending September 2018, 36% were sent to prison and an extra 18% were given a suspended custodial sentence.
The average time for those jailed for a knife crime has gone up from around five months in 2008 to eight months in 2018.
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Architecture Students Explore Sustainable Design in Heart of Dubai
Thursday, April 14, 2016, By Elaine Wackerow
Each semester, advanced-level architecture students enrolled in Syracuse Architecture visiting critic studios have the opportunity to engage in a unique, full-scope design experience led by highly knowledgeable faculty and/or architects. Within a small setting, students work in teams to pursue a common studio objective. They learn to consider a full range of contextual factors in their work through site visits and first-hand engagement with cross-disciplinary thought leaders in public and private sectors.
Students looking at the Jumeirah Beach Resort
In spring 2016, 10 students in Assistant Professor Tarek Rakha’s “Sustainable Start Ups in the Desert” studio received a once-in-a-lifetime educational benefit, a nine-day trip to Dubai during spring break, thanks to the generosity of Saudi-based firm El Seif Engineering Contracting Co.
“The Dubai trip was an exhilarating learning medium for Syracuse Architecture students,” says Rakha, who is also a Center of Excellence faculty research fellow. “Not only did they experience one of the built environment spectacles of the Middle East, but also they presented their projects for feedback from prominent practicing architects and engineers in the region, as well as academic leaders focusing on energy in buildings.”
“What made this trip so memorable for me,” says Rajwa Alseif ’17, “was seeing the students in the studio experience Arabic culture and architecture for the first time. Dubai is very intriguing, having contemporary architecture while also attempting to maintain the traditional beauty of the Arabic culture and history.”
Dubai is inarguably one of the world’s most spectacular cities. The city’s amenities often evoke descriptives such as “world’s largest,” an outgrowth of an affluent, oil-rich economy. But Dubai’s sprawling development in the face of climatic conditions has created unique challenges and opportunities. Increasing knowledge and technologies in the area of sustainable design practices are paving the way for new thinking.
In his studio, Rakha’s students have been developing speculative approaches to sustainable design of an entrepreneurial startup campus on a site located in the heart of Dubai. The studio project has been divided into three stages: urban campus design, start-up incubator building development and feasibility analysis of developed design, with a focus on energy and sustainability. During their trip, students benefited from a wide range of experiences to inform their projects.
Beginning with a visit to the American University of Sharjah, students attended a lecture that gave them background on early master planning and socioeconomic factors that influenced Dubai’s development. “A trip to ‘Old’ Dubai,” says Colin Hoover G’17, “gave insight into both cultural heritage as well as potential passive strategies that could be used to reduce energy in contemporary buildings.”
A visit to architecture firm CallisonRTKL gave students the opportunity for a guided tour of Dubai in addition to a critique on their midterm projects. Alice Gorodetsky ’18 reports that a visit to Dubai’s Design District (D3) included experience with an intricate model of the district’s master plan. Steven Veligrinis of Perkins + Will joined them to “discuss his design decisions and confer with the group about relevant topics in practice such as undesirable ‘green-washing.’”
A day that included a visit to engineering firm Buro Happold focused largely on the theme of extreme experience in the built environment. With Buro Happold’s John Sullivan as their guide, “We explored the biggest mall in the world,” says Yen-Chun Liu MS ‘16, “and then took the world’s fastest elevator to the top of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the word.” A follow-up tour of the firm ended with students presenting their projects for feedback by firm consultants.
“In Masdar City in Abu Dhabi,” reports Christian Martinez G‘17, “we had opportunity to use the famous and fully automated Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system to travel to the Masdar Institute.” Students delivered quick project presentations to the Masdar Institute engineering team and learned about the institute’s Abu Dhabi-based research.
Looking at the Burj Khalifa from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard
Additional outings throughout the city region—including the Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque (UAE’s largest)—provided students with additional insight, but there was also time for “just fun” experiences including a desert safari, dune dashing and camel rides.
The studio is in its final phase of project development and preparing for a symposium, “Start Ups in the Desert: Finding Value in Environmentally Responsive Built Environments,” on Monday, April 25, from 9 a.m.-noon in the Slocum Hall first-floor atrium. Discussions and presentations will focus on the architecture and urbanism of the UAE, Dubai and the Gulf, and the value of sustainability in the desert. The symposium will also serve as the final review of student projects. Guest presenters with Gulf-based work expertise include: D. Rodman Henderer, senior vice president, RTKL, and chair, Syracuse Architecture Advisory Board; Christoph Reinhart, associate professor, MIT School of Architecture and Planning; and Nezar Alsayyad, Professor of Architecture, Planning, Urban Design and Urban History, College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley.
Says Alseif, the symposium student organizer, “The studio is looking forward to participating in this culminating event, sharing their projects with other students and faculty, as well as learning from an interesting team of experts who will provide helpful insights on sustainability issues in the Gulf.”
Student reporters Austin Adams ’18, Alice Gorodetsky ’18, Colin Hoover G’17, Victoria Hughes ’18, Yen-Chun Liu MS ’16, Seungah Sally Lee MS ’16, Christian Martinez G’17, Killian Miles G’17 and Derek Dongmin Shin ’18 contributed to this story.
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Actress Felicity Huffman Enters Guilty Plea For College Admissions Scandal
By Tovia Smith • May 13, 2019
Originally published on May 13, 2019 6:16 pm
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Felicity Huffman, the actress known for her role in "Desperate Housewives," was in federal court in Boston today. She pleaded guilty to a scheme that involved cheating on her daughter's college entrance exams. Huffman is one of 50 people charged in a massive conspiracy and bribery case that involves wealthy parents, college coaches, test proctors on the take and the mastermind, a corrupt college consultant.
NPR's Tovia Smith has been following the story from Boston and joins us now. Tovia, let's begin with what you saw in court today.
TOVIA SMITH, BYLINE: Well, Felicity Huffman actually broke down in tears in court as she explained to the judge that her daughter knew nothing about the scam and that her daughter's accommodation for extra time on tests was legit. But she then pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, admitting that she paid $15,000 to get her daughter's SAT scores boosted by having someone correct the answers after the daughter took the test.
And we know Huffman is among the most high-profile of defendants, along with the other Hollywood star Lori Loughlin, but another parent also pleaded guilty in court today, and that is LA businessman Devin Sloane, who was involved in a different angle of this scam. He paid bribes to get his son recruited to the USC water polo team even though the son was never a competitive player. And the dad went so far as to get someone to photoshop pictures of his son to look like he was. And he paid $250,000 in bribes that were disguised as charitable donations.
CORNISH: Sloane and Huffman are among 20 parents, coaches, others to plead guilty. What are they hoping for?
SMITH: Well, they're hoping for a lighter sentence. Huffman has accepted responsibility for what she did. She's unequivocally apologized, which counts - that counts in her favor. And she has said she has deep regret and shame, and especially she's sorry for the students who work hard every day to get into college and their parents who support them honestly, she said.
So for her, prosecutors are recommending $20,000 in fines and a four-month sentence. She could end up with even less than that, even - maybe even at a halfway house. In Devin Sloane's case where much more money changed hands, the government's recommending a year in prison and $75,000 in fines.
CORNISH: What's different about the cases of those who are pleading not guilty to similar charges?
SMITH: Well, some might be taking the position that they didn't think they were doing anything wrong, that they didn't realize the extent of it. They may think they can win the case despite all the evidence against them. They could still change their pleas to guilty, though after they didn't take a deal at the beginning, they were hit with a second charge, so they're automatically facing stiffer sentences.
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CORNISH: That's NPR's Tovia Smith reporting from Boston. Tovia, thank you.
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Humana People to People in South Africa 2673 views
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Humana People to People in South Africa Consultancy South Africa July 17, 2019 - July 23, 2019
Humana People to People in South Africa
18 years of empowering the less fortunate through Community & Youth Development; Education; Health & fighting HIV/AIDS
Humana People to People in South Africa (HPP-SA) started its operations in South Africa in 1995 and is today operating in five provinces. It is registered as a Section 21 company and as a non-profit organization (NPO). HPP-SA staff works side by side with poor communities to improve their economic situation, their education and their social well-being and health. HPP-SA interventions includes: Fighting HIV, AIDS and TB; working with communities to secure the well-being and development of children; working with youth; education and skills training; economic development and job creation; food security; environmental protection and sustainable agriculture.
Projects being carried out by Humana People to People in South Africa include: Other HPP-SA Projects include:i) Total South Africa Control of the Epidemic Programme TCE): The Total South Africa Control of the Epidemic Programme is a systematic community mobilisation campaign against HIV and AIDS. It is one of the largest programmes with operations in Soweto/Mogale in Gauteng Province; in Sekhukhune and Mopani Districts in Limpopo Province; iLembe in KZN, Amathole in Eastern Cape and Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga.ii) Child Aid:Child Aid is an effective child development and support intervention because it targets communities at three levels: children (especially Orphans and Vulnerable Children) - by seeking to ensure that all children have access to education, healthcare, food and other support; families (by empowering families through education and income generation); the community (the community is mobilised to promote children rights and welfare).iii) Hope Humana: This is an outreach intervention that targets impoverished communities affected by HIV and AIDS. It was established in 2002 as a special KwaZulu-Natal focused integrated programme. At present, HPP-SA is operating two Hope Humana Projects in Ehlanzeni and Mopani Districts.iv) Development Instructor Programme: As part of its contribution to capacity enhancement in the development field in South Africa, HPP-SA established a partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Experimental College in Durban to train Development Instructors. The programme is accredited by ETDP-SETA with 17 Unit Standards in Development Practice. HPP-SA’s respective programmes interface and benefit from each other in terms of experiences and lessons drawn thereof, information input and capacity exchange and/or sharing strategy and approach.
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Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is a non-government organisation founded in 1992 and registered in 1994. The Commission campaigns to create a culture in Kenya where human rights and democratic culture are entrenched. It does this through monitoring, documenting and publicising rights violations
The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is a premier human rights organisation, founded in 1992 and registered in Kenya in 1994, that works towards a society and state that respects, protects and promotes human rights and democratic values.
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Villagers pays tribute to Home Sweet Home & ‘Apollo House’ with a new song
Folk & Singer-Songwriter,
Apollo House,
Today, the volunteers and homeless who were occupying Apollo House vacated the premises to honour the court order to get them to vacate but not without strong words for the state.
In a statement, Home Sweet Home said:
“It is regrettable that in recent days the state has failed to take this opportunity to publicly support this effort to address a national emergency, instead seeking to deny clear commitments made and to use law to effectively force some people back into unsuitable accommodation for their needs.”
“Accordingly Home Sweet Home as a public campaign will house those currently in Apollo House elsewhere until Minister Coveney and the support services deliver what they committed to last Friday 6 January 2017 – the short and long term needs of residents being met according to their needs.”
Conor O’Brien, the singer-songwriter who eloquently operates under Villagers is the latest artist who has written a new song in tribute to the Home Sweet Home Campaign, which will continue to be “a permanent intervention in the nation’s housing policy and discussion.”
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PCI Status
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What's needed to make this happen?
On the UK side of the link, the sub-sea cable will come to land in Scotland near Long Haven Bay, south of Peterhead. A High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable will be required onshore to carry the electricity from the landfall location to the converter stations. The electricity will be converted from HVDC to High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) in order to connect to the National Grid. An HVAC cable is then required to connect the converter stations to a substation which is where the interconnector will join to the National Grid.
Following development and detailed design work it is anticipated that construction will happen between 2019 – 2022.
The construction of the converter station and HVAC cable in the UK will last approximately 30 months. The majority of works will be carried out during the day to minimise noise impacts to local residents, however from time to time there maybe requirements to work during evenings, weekends, or at night. These activities will be strictly controlled to minimise nuisance impacts on local residents.
The construction will be undertaken in 4 phases: preliminary works, site preparation and stage 1 landscaping, Converter station build, HVAC cable installation and landscaping, and reinstatement.
Further information about the construction of the UK Converter Station and onshore AC cable connections are contained within the Environmental Statement.
NorthConnect recognise that due to the scale of the development and its proximity to designated areas there is a potential to have an effect on the environment. These effects need to be understood to allow appropriate avoidance techniques and mitigation to be identified. The regulators and their statutory consultees required this information to inform the decision making process. NorthConnect carried out a voluntary EIA and produced a voluntary Environmental Statement (ES) to support the planning and marine licensing applications for the HVDC cable.
A scoping report was submitted to Marine Scotland in April 2016 to seek agreement from all key stakeholders on the assessment methodologies to be utilised as part of the EIA process. Scoping opinions were received from Aberdeenshire Council in May 2016 and Marine Scotland July 2016. Applications were then submitted in 2018 and approval was granted by Aberdeenshire Council in January 2019 and Marine Scotland in February 2019.
Converter Station & Cables
NorthConnect has received planning consent for the converter station on the ‘Fourfields’ site near Boddam, Peterhead and cable route connecting the converter station to the Peterhead substation. Aberdeenshire Council unanimously voted to approve the planning application at their meeting on the 27th August 2015.
HVDC cable
The planning process for the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables that will transmit electricity between Scotland and Norway under the North Sea, started in 2016.
In order to complete an environmental impact assessment, a number of surveys were undertaken which considered a full range of environmental and socio-economic impacts in order to determine the exact route that the onshore and offshore cable will take. This includes seabed surveys, bird surveys and ecology surveys.
Seabed Survey
A corridor between the UK and Norway has been identified taking a number of aspects into consideration. The final cable route design has taken into account input from stakeholders and results of the detailed subsea survey.
UK nearshore subsea survey work, within the Buchan Ness to Collieston Special Protection Area (SPA), was undertaken in winter 2016/17 to avoid the bird breeding season. Offshore surveying was undertaken in Summer 2017.
The cable route survey provided information to support the assessment of marine effects on commercial fisheries, ecology, archaeology, seabed and water quality. The outputs of the survey will also aid in the identification of offshore cable protection requirements and appropriate installation technique selection.
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71-year-old woman accused of prostitution
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WESTPORT, Conn., Jan. 27 (UPI) — A 71-year-old woman was arrested in Connecticut for alleged prostitution, police said.
Sygun Liebhart, of Westport, was arrested in a hotel room at the Homewood Suites, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Friday.
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Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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FTC takes aim at celebs, Web hype-sters
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Attention, celebrities and bloggers endorsing a product: Uncle Sam is watching.
The Federal Trade Commission is taking a harder line when it comes to celebrities and bloggers who are paid to tout products — requiring them to disclose to readers when they get cash or some sort of “in-kind” payment to endorse a product.
It marks the first time that the rules, which were last updated in 1980, have been extended to bloggers. The blogging community, which was expecting regulation, has been debating disclosure since the FTC released a draft version of the rules last year.
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Celebrities will be required to reveal when they are being paid to shill a product outside of an obvious ad, such as in a talk-show setting or on a social-media Web site. Along with advertisers, stars can be held liable for making false and misleading claims about a product under the new rules.
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← Undue Influence as a Ground for Will Contests in North Carolina
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Pitfalls to Avoid in Estate Planning
Several online web sites provide forms for people to create their own wills for a fee less than that of hiring a typical attorney. Earlier this year, a member of the Florida Supreme Court called that approach “penny-wise and pound-foolish” in a case that developed after Ann Aldrich died in October 2009. Five years before her death—in April 2004—Aldrich executed a Will that she drafted leaving essentially all of her property, including a life insurance policy and a Fidelity IRA, to her sister. In the event of the sister’s death before Aldrich’s own, the Will provided that the property would be distributed to Aldrich’s brother. For whatever reason, Aldrich failed to include a residuary clause, and that omission became problematic when Aldrich’s sister died in 2007, leaving her own assets—both cash and real property—to Aldrich, who opened a new, separate Fidelity account. Apparently, in an effort to provide for the distribution of the inherited property, Aldrich subsequently signed another document—arguably a codicil—that said she wanted to “reiterate that all my worldly possessions pass to my brother.” But that document only had one witness, and Florida law, like most jurisdictions, requires two witnesses for both a Will and a codicil to be valid. The question, then, became how the predeceasing sister’s property should be distributed: to the surviving brother whom Aldrich named in her Will, or to the nieces of another, predeceased brother, including Laurie Basile, the plaintiff, under the state’s intestacy laws. The trial court ruled in favor of the surviving brother, but the Court of Appeals reversed, ruling that the property Aldrich inherited should be distributed to the nieces. The state’s Supreme Court agreed with the appellate court, and affirmed.
The law of North Carolina regarding witnesses to the execution of a will and residuary clauses is substantially similar to the law of Florida, and it seems likely that the North Carolina Supreme Court would decide a similar case in the same way as the Florida Supreme Court did. To avoid unwanted results, it is best to consult an experienced attorney to assist with estate planning matters.
The case is Aldrich v. Basile, No. SC11-2147, FL 3/27/14.
Evan Lohr is an attorney with Lohr & Lohr PLLC in Raleigh, NC. He handles estate disputes and helps clients prepare estate plans. He can be reached at evan@lohrnc.com or at (919) 348-9211.
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Hotchkiss School, The
Founded in 1891, The Hotchkiss School is a competitive,college-preparatory boarding school for 600 students in grades 9-12. Located in Lakeville, Connecticut, the School sits on 827 acres of woods, fields, and farmland in the midst of the scenic Berkshire-Taconic region - a place the Nature Conservancy calls "one of the most extraordinary landscapes in the Northeast." <o:p></o:p>
The Hotchkiss School seeks to inspire a diverse range of students who are committed to the betterment of self and society, and to cultivate in them, at the highest standards of excellence, imagination and intellect, openness and personal integrity, and empathy and responsible citizenship, that they may discover and fulfill their potential as individuals fully engaged in our world. As of the 2018-2019 school year, 33% of students are U.S. students of color, 16% are international, and 95% of students are boarders. <o:p></o:p>
Organization Name: Hotchkiss School, The
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Outing Iceman
It has been a few months since the younger time displaced version of Bobby Drake/ Iceman was outed in the pages of All New X-Men. The resulting controversy is notable not so much for the fact that Iceman is gay (even though there was and is some of that) but the handling of Iceman’s outing. I wrote about this issue briefly in my last post, but I’ve decided to expand on some points. The important thing, though, is that I still have problems with how Iceman’s outing was handled.
There are two main problems at the moment regarding Bobby Drake’s outing (besides Jean Grey’s involvement): One, the lack of a parallel narrative regarding the elder Iceman. Two, the abruptness of the younger Iceman’s outing.
It is important to remember that LGBT people come out at every age. (Having come out at seventeen, it is something I myself often forget. See my issue with Mark Matthews’s coming out in Coming Out on Top for an example). Iceman comes from (if my memory is right) a very conservative background. It would not be surprising that he would be closeted and in denial for a significant part of his life. This is equally true of many other gay and lesbian superheroes and supervillains who have come out like Obsidian and Rictor.
Personally, I feel that the elder Iceman should start the realization process (if not the coming out process) concurrently to the younger Iceman’s journey. Yes, the elder “straight” character confronted by his “younger” gay self is an interesting story. But it is also fraught with narrative danger. Especially given the general abruptness of the storyline.
Again, Iceman’s outing should either have been foreshadowed or explored in more depth as a subplot. This is one of the biggest frustrations when it comes to LGBT characters in comics. Creators who genuinely want to diversify their casts tend to out with little buildup or fall out. Characters come out. They don’t start the realization process or build the courage to accept themselves and come out. LGBT characters also rarely get to be explored after acceptance when the weight of the closet has been lifted.
The abruptness of declaring or outing a character as gay with little buildup or fall out leads, I think, to a general trend of pushing LGBT characters to the background. Has Bendis done anything interesting with Benjamin Deeds yet? Has Anole been featured more besides a recent oneshot? Has Striker appeared recently? (I could also ask where the hell the Young Avengers are).
Maybe I’m being too harsh here, I can admit that. Perhaps the push to the background has more to do with which characters the creative teams wish to work with. Maybe no one wants to work with those characters? Maybe in the future a creative team will? (Thinking back to my own Teen Titans idea, I would have favored Gear pretty hard. And I would have raged if I had to use Superboy or Bart Allen’s Kid Flash).
Another problem may be the fact that Marvel, favoring team books, has a general problem characterizing all of the cast members in the various titles. Especially given the nature of contemporary comic book writing.
Regardless, it is ultimately the choice of the creative team to decide who they write about. The buck stops with them and the editors.
I just hope Iceman’s story doesn’t fall to the background. Given the events of All New X-Men 41, I don’t hold out much hope.
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Updates: Potpourri Style
It has been a while since I blogged. I should probably update. Many of the updates in this post should have their own, larger, posts, but I’m watching my nephew and step niece at the moment.
Avoiding the Puppies
I wish I could say that I have not near obsessively followed the latest fight of the recurrent plague that afflicts science fiction and fantasy fandom. But I have managed to keep my fingers from writing anything about it. Too many pixels have already been wasted on this seemingly never ending fight.
The only thing I will say is that I am wasting my time on this. I should be writing.
Late to Iceman’s Coming Out Party
A few months back, the younger version of Iceman from All New X-Men was dragged out of the closet by Marvel Girl. The revelation did not come without controversy. Thankfully, the majority of the blowback originated from criticism of how the story played out, rather than the revelation that Iceman is gay.
It has taken me quite a while to get around to reading the issue at hand. I follow All New X-Men through the trades as provided by my local library. So, I’m way behind.
Personally, I think Iceman’s outing could have been handled better. It needed foreshadowing. It needed build up. And it needs to go somewhere. Not at the end of a run with the future of the character (not to say the least about the X-Men as a whole) uncertain to say the least.
What I want to know is: what has happened to Benjamin Deeds since his coming out? Anything?
This is one of my problems with LGBT characters in comics. What happens after coming out? Do the characters continue to be interesting or do they fade to the background while other, straighter, characters get more attention?
What has happened to Benjamin Deeds, Anole, Striker, and all the others?
I’ll stop myself now before I go into a full blown rant. But I should return to this issue again, soon.
Primary World Epic Fantasy?
I want to write an epic fantasy set in the real world. I have two options for this: an expansion of my magic project and a return to my superhero project.
Expanding the magic project should not be difficult. I already have a good idea of how I’m going to do it.
My only problem is that I don’t want to create a “real” magical tradition and force all magic into that provincial box. I want to use as many traditions as possible. Which means I’m going to have to do a lot of research in order not to fuck up.
As for the superhero project, I want to write it. I just don’t know what I want to write. I’m not happy with my original plan. But I am, actually, fond of what my Teen Titans idea could lead to.
World Building Modern Fantasies
As much as I want to write a primary world epic fantasy, I also want to write an epic fantasy set in a more modern secondary world. I like ancient history a lot. Indeed, my portal fantasy is set on a more “ancient” inspired world. But I prefer modern history far more (when I wanted to be an English professor, I intended to focus on modern and postmodern literature). So it goes as no surprise that I want to write fantasies inspired by the times I love. Now what ideas do I have. . .
This is it for now. But I’m going to try and post more regularly.
Tags: GLBT issues in comics, World Building, Writing, Writing Superheroes
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Border Run by: Shya Scanlon
Jack stood before the tour group and raised his arm, palm up, hand pointing south.
“Now you see why we need the Wall,” he said finally.
The group nodded glumly, sipping their water and staring around themselves emptily, or at the floor. Jack tried to remember the last time he enjoyed this part of the show. He couldn’t. He wondered how long they’d stand here in silence if he let them. As he looked over the faces waiting expectantly for him to continue, he could think only of his old plans nailed to the outside wall of his house. They itched inside him like a secret. When someone finally spoke, it actually took Jack a moment to process the sound as speech.
“What do you mean,” the man repeated. He was short, and had long hair pulled back into a ponytail. He took off his glasses and wiped his face with a small white cloth.
Jack had never before been asked to clarify this statement. He was suddenly convinced he could tell these people anything he wanted about the wall and they’d believe it, repeat it, and one day spit it back to someone as fact. The wall was built by Abraham Lincoln. The wall was built in a day. The wall has spikes triggered by people trying to dig their way underneath. The wall was built for our safety.
Instead he told them the actual height, the true length, and he explained how many people it prevented from entering the United States every year. One of the tourists up front, a slender young woman in white pumps, stood with a puzzled look on her face, as though every bit of what Jack said was lost on her. This couldn’t be the case, of course— confusion was likely her natural expression—but as Jack proceeded to describe the conditions of border crossing in the late 20th Century he became unable to focus on anything else. Her raised blond eyebrow, like a hooked finger, held him in place, and suddenly it was as though his sole purpose was to convince this woman that he was not just talking about some random, abstract thing. He was talking about something right outside, something that she’d seen only moments before. Something real.
But what he said was something else entirely.
“Do you really think we can keep people out?” he said. Jack was staring directly at her, but it took her a moment to understand the question was for her alone.
“Well,” she said nervously, “isn’t that what you’ve been saying?”
She turned to look at the other tourists, and reached down to grab the hand of a young boy standing beside her. Jack hadn’t noticed the kid. Yes, he thought, that is what I’ve been saying. But it’s not what I believe. It’s not what I want. He thought then of Ben, a boy who’d grown up both fatherless and, in a way, a son of the town itself. What would his legacy be? What would any of their legacies be? Jack let the room wait as he tried to summon a response. He had no defense, no way of explaining away the lie he’d been telling.
“You can make walls ‘till you’re blue in the face,” Jack said, finally.
He didn’t know where he was going with this.
“You can divide and divide and divide again, but all these divisions are bullshit. Nothing is ever really separate. That wall out there is just a thin strip under open air that sits on dirt. It’s the same dirt that lies on the other side, and it’s the same air that fills the lungs of everyone on earth. If we go back far enough, we start calling the same people family, and if we look far enough forward, we’ll see one another at the same weddings. We share blood like we share the air. We share blood and air and skin and wind and dust and all this stuff, this stuff you see around you is connecting us, not keeping us apart. That thing south of Border Run! you’ve just seen, it’s not permanent, it’s not even really there. It’s an illusion. You know this. If you’re honest you know this is true.”
The room was quiet, and the noise of people laughing and bargaining outside could be heard through the thin walls of the Center. Someone slurped their water and crunched the cup in their hand. Jack stood before them, not knowing what to do next.
“Does anyone have any questions?” he asked.
No one spoke for a moment, and Jack saw Larry creeping around outside. He peered in the window. Then the woman’s son raised his free hand.
“Are you a communist?”
Jack smiled, and looked up at his mother. “This is your lucky day,” he said, “because you happened to come on the day of our annual Busk Ceremony. The Busk Ceremony is an ancient Indian custom for giving thanks to the Supreme Spirit.” Jack began to cut through the group toward the door behind them, and waved to Larry. “My colleague Larry will give you a little introduction to the variety of local arts and crafts for sale in the parking lot, and I think you’ll have the option of sticking around for part of the entertainment that’ll be happening a little later. You can talk to your driver about that. Thank you all for coming to Border Run!”
He opened the door and let Larry come in, then stepped past him into the day, where he was eclipsed by bright light.
Jack looked north, across the road. The Indians faced him, staring him down quietly, some sitting in front but most standing, hundreds of them, their judgment silently invading his event, though no one seemed to be paying any attention to them but him. The dull utility of their act impressed and scared him. It was difficult to understand, disproportionate. Though somewhat invasive, surely his wasn’t an oppressive force, a force worthy of such protest. Who could think that? Yet they came, year after year, and their numbers had grown from a trickle into this blunt flood. It drained him to look at their impassive faces. In the foreground, he saw Micah talking with the bus driver, and hurried in that direction, wanting to shake off the vague, dispiriting sense of wrongdoing.
“Morning, Jack,” Micah said. “This is Rusty.”
Jack shook hands with the man. He rarely spoke to the drivers.
“Can you believe,” said Micah, “that this thing can travel 120 hours straight between charges?”
“Technically, it could probably go 160, but company policy caps us lower, for insurance purposes.” Rusty was a man who sat all day. Just standing in this heat made sweat pour down his face, but he seemed genuinely proud of his bus, and tickled by Micah’s interest, which, as far as Jack could tell, was sincere. “Of course, it won’t break 65 miles an hour.”
“Well, you know what they say,” said Micah. “It’s either fast or far.”
Jack had never heard that, but he figured they probably said it. He watched Micah peeking up through the cab’s open door at the dashboard’s wide, sprawling city of buttons and lights.
Micah was the least radical leftist revolutionary Jack had ever met.
“Have you seen Jo?” Micah asked.
“Not since my Q and A. I don’t suppose you’ve seen Rockette running around here.”
Micah shook his head.
“Damn,” said Jack. “Well, Micah. I’ve got to meet with my team, but we should talk afterward. I want to run a couple things by you.”
Micah spread his arms wide, as if offering a hug. “Hey, I’m certainly not going anywhere.”
“You want to sit up there at the wheel?” asked Rusty. “It looks a lot more complicated than it is.”
Micah shot Jack a guilty look before springing up the stairs. Rusty nodded to Jack, and struggled up after him. Then he pressed a button by the wheel, and the bus door closed behind them, blowing Jack a kiss of cool air.
He turned around as a group of boys walked by: it was the same crew that had been posting Busk signs the night before last. Hoot’s son stared straight ahead, his message clearly that he was above any further contact with the man, and the other kids slunk by, trying to follow Jeremy’s example, but stealing furtive looks all the while. One even grinned, then broke into a skip after passing, as though to release the energy contained in their strange yet urgently necessary act. It was all part of the transition to adulthood, and Jack left them alone. It did make him wonder, however, why Ben wasn’t in their midst. The only person he’d ever seen Ben with was Prince, which didn’t bode well. Perhaps there was a deeper reason the Mayor had consented to have her son receive a Busk name. Perhaps what had originated as a way to strengthen the bond between Arivaca and the business community had deepened, in Jesse’s mind, into a hope that her son would see his youthful indiscretions in the context of adulthood, and rethink them. This thought, of course, only increased the anxiety he had about coming up with something suitable.
Behind him the bus horn blew, sending a small flock of birds into the air, and Jack looked for one with a yellow stripe. The bird he’d seen earlier with Jesse, however, was probably long gone, and instead Jack looked back to see Micah waving excitedly from the driver’s seat.
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OHSAA Soccer and Volleyball Regional Pairings; Cross Country and Field Hockey State Tournament Information
For Immediate Release – Oct. 28, 2018
Cross country and field hockey state tournaments are this weekend; soccer and volleyball regional semifinals are midweek, followed by regional finals Saturday
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will conduct state tournaments this weekend in cross country and field hockey, while the volleyball and soccer tournaments have reached the regional round. Please see below for links to cross country state tournament qualifiers and championships information, along with state tournament pairings in field hockey and regional tournament pairings in volleyball and soccer.
Cross Country State Championships Information:
State Qualifiers, Schedule & More: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Cross-Country/Cross-Country-2018/2018-OHSAA-Cross-Country-State-Tournament-Coverage-Page
Media Information & Credential Application: http://www.ohsaa.org/news/credentials/crosscountry
Field Hockey State Tournament Information:
State Tournament Coverage: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Field-Hockey/Field-Hockey-2018/2018-OHSAA-Field-Hockey-State-Tournament-Coverage
State Semifinal: Cincinnati Ursuline Academy vs. Columbus Academy, Fri., Noon, Upper Arlington H.S.
State Semifinal: Hudson vs. Thomas Worthington, Fri., 2:30, Upper Arlington H.S.
State Championship: Sat., 1 p.m., Upper Arlington H.S.
Volleyball Regional Pairings: SEE PAIRINGS BELOW
Statewide Brackets: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Volleyball/Volleyball-2018/2018-OHSAA-State-Volleyball-Tournament-Brackets
Soccer Regional Pairings: SEE PAIRINGS BELOW
Statewide Girls Brackets: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Soccer/Soccer-2018/2018-OHSAA-Girls-Soccer-Statewide-Tournament-Brackets
Statewide Boys Brackets: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Soccer/Soccer-2018/2018-OHSAA-Boys-Soccer-Statewide-Tournament-Brackets
Football Playoffs Information
Playoff Coverage Home and Brackets: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Football/Football-2018/2018-OHSAA-Football-State-Playoffs-Coverage
Regional Quarterfinals Notes Packet: https://www.ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Sports/Football/2018/2018FBRelease2.pdf
Regional Quarterfinals Pairings Release: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports/News/ArtMID/1090/ArticleID/388/OHSAA-Releases-Football-First-Round-Playoff-Pairings
Credentials for Football Regional Playoff Games
For the first four rounds of the playoffs, media must contact the host site’s media coordinator by 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Contact information for the media coordinator for each game will be posted within the brackets at OHSAA.org. Media coordinators will work with the athletic director at the schools and follow the OHSAA’s press box priority seating scale: http://www.ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Sports/Football/FBMediaPressBoxMemo.pdf
2018 OHSAA Volleyball Regional Pairings
Home Team Listed First. Dates, Locations and Times Subject to Change.
Records Indicated Are as of District Final from Available Information.
Rankings are from the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association State Poll released on Monday, October 15, 2018.
Hudson Region
Painesville Riverside (14-2) vs. Solon (20-5) at Hudson High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (16-9) vs. Massillon Jackson (20-4) at Hudson High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Hudson High School, 2 p.m.
Norwalk Region
Toledo St. Ursula Academy (14-10) vs. No. 2 Parma Padua Franciscan (24-1) at Norwalk High School, Thurs. at 6 p.m.
No. 10 Rocky River Magnificat (18-6) vs. No. 17 Toledo Notre Dame Academy (16-9) at Norwalk High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Norwalk High School, 2 p.m.
Worthington Region
No. 5 Dublin Coffman (23-3) vs. No. 7 Powell Olentangy Liberty (25-0) at Worthington Kilbourne High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
Columbus Bishop Watterson (19-7) vs. No. 13 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (20-5) at Worthington Kilbourne High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Worthington Kilbourne High School, 2 p.m.
West Chester Region
No. 3 Cincinnati Mercy McAuley (21-3) vs. No. 4 Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame (19-6) at Lakota West High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
No. 8 Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy (14-9) vs. No. 1 Cincinnati Ursuline Academy (23-2) at Lakota West High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Lakota West High School, 2 p.m.
Division I State Tournament at Wright State University, Dayton
Hudson Region vs. Norwalk Region, Fri., Nov. 9 at 4 p.m.
West Chester Region vs. Worthington Region, Fri., Nov. 9 at 6 p.m.
Division I State Championship: Sat., Nov. 10 at 5 p.m.
Stow Region
No. 11 Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (13-12) vs. No. 20 Richfield Revere (23-2) at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
No. 14 Mentor Lake Catholic (14-11) vs. No. 12 Mantua Crestwood (20-1) at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Stow- Munroe Falls High School, 2 p.m.
Heath Region
Thornville Sheridan (23-3) vs. No. 18 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (23-3) at Heath High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
No. 5 Plain City Jonathan Alder (21-4) vs. No. 9 Columbus Bishop Hartley (18-6) at Heath High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Heath High School, 2 p.m.
Lexington Region
Wauseon (20-5) vs. Willard (18-7) at Lexington High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
Oak Harbor (21-4) vs. No. 3 Parma Heights Holy Name (22-3) at Lexington High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Lexington High School, 2 p.m.
Vandalia Region
Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (14-12) vs. No. 15 Middletown Bishop Fenwick (19-5) at Butler High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
No. 1 St. Bernard Roger Bacon (24-0) vs. No. 16 Tipp City Tippecanoe (23-2) at Butler High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Butler High School, 2 p.m.
Division II State Tournament at Wright State University, Dayton
Lexington Region vs. Vandalia Region, Fri., Nov. 9 at Noon
Stow Region vs. Heath Region, Fri., Nov. 9 at 2 p.m.
Division II State Championship: Sat., Nov. 10 at 3 p.m.
Barberton Region
No. 20 Apple Creek Waynedale (22-3) vs. Burton Berkshire (13-5) at Barberton High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
No. 9 Independence (15-2) vs. No. 6 Salem (18-2) at Barberton High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Barberton High School, 2 p.m.
Millbury Region
No. 2 Findlay Liberty-Benton (26-0) vs. No. 3 Huron (23-3) at Lake High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
Galion Northmor (20-5) vs. No. 4 Defiance Tinora (26-0) at Lake High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Lake High School, 2 p.m.
Logan Region
No. 8 Chillicothe Southeastern (22-2) vs. No. 18 Berlin Hiland (22-3) at Logan High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
No. 5 Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley (22-2) vs. No. 7 Wheelersburg (27-0) at Logan High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Logan High School, 2 p.m.
Kettering Region
Anna (16-7) vs. No. 14 Marion Pleasant (24-3) at Kettering Fairmont High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
No. 18 Versailles (15-10) vs. Casstown Miami East (17-8) at Kettering Fairmont High School Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Kettering Fairmont High School, 2 p.m.
Division III State Tournament at Wright State University, Dayton
Millbury Region vs. Barberton Region, Thurs., Nov. 8 at 4 p.m.
Kettering Region vs. Logan Region, Thurs., Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
Division III State Championship: Sat., Nov. 10 at 1 p.m.
Uniontown Region
No. 9 Monroeville (22-3) vs. No. 16 Dalton (20-5) at Lake High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
Newbury (20-3) vs. No. 12 Wellsville (23-1) at Lake High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Elida Region
No. 18 Arlington (20-5) vs. No. 4 Leipsic (24-2) at Elida High School, Thurs., 6 p.m.
Defiance Ayersville (19-2) vs. No. 13 Tiffin Calvert (22-3) at Elida High School, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Elida High School, 2 p.m.
Lancaster Region
Portsmouth Clay (22-3) vs. No. 8 Lancaster Fairfield Christian Academy (25-1) at Lancaster High School, Wed., 7:30 p.m.
No. 17 Beverly Fort Frye (15-4) vs. Portsmouth Notre Dame (20-5) at Lancaster High School, Wed., 6 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Lancaster High School, 2 p.m.
Clayton Region
No. 6 Jackson Center (21-3) vs. No. 11 Russia (20-6) at Northmont High School, Wed., 7:30 p.m.
No. 15 Fort Loramie (14-12) vs. No. 3 New Bremen (22-4) at Northmont High School, Wed., 6 p.m.
Regional Final: Nov. 3 at Northmont High School, 2 p.m.
Division IV State Tournament at Wright State University, Dayton
Elida Region vs. Lancaster Region, Thurs., Nov. 8 at Noon
Uniontown Region vs. Clayton Region, Thurs., Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
Division IV State Championship: Sat., Nov. 10 at 11 a.m.
2018 OHSAA Boys Soccer Regional Pairings
Home Team Listed First. Dates, Locations and Times Subject to Change
Records Indicated Are as of District Final from Available Information
Rankings are from the Seventh Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association State Poll released on Monday, October 15, 2018.
Medina (14-1-4) vs. Hunting Valley University School (11-6-2) at Solon High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
North Canton Hoover (15-3-0) vs. Stow-Munroe Falls (15-2-2) at Nordonia High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Regional Final: at TBA, Saturday at TBA
Toledo St. Francis DeSales (12-6-1) vs. No. 9 Sylvania Northview (15-1-3) at Millbury Lake High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
No. 1 Cleveland St. Ignatius (16-1-2) vs. Avon (14-2-3) at Brunswick High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Powell Olentangy Liberty (16-2-0) vs. Pickerington North (17-1-0) at Dublin Jerome High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
No. 8 Columbus St. Charles (14-3-2) vs. Dublin Coffman (14-2-3) at Westerville Central High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Cincinnati Anderson (13-3-2) vs. No. 3 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (16-1-3)at Lebanon Junior High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
No. 10 Cincinnati St. Xavier (13-3-3) vs. Cincinnati Turpin (14-1-3) at Monroe High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Division I State Semifinals and Championship
Region 2 vs. Region 1, Wed., Nov. 7 at TBA, 7 p.m.
Division I State Championship: Sat., Nov. 10 at MAPFRE Stadium, TBA
Chesterland West Geauga (12-6-1) vs. Hubbard (18-0-1) at Twinsburg High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
No. 5 Richfield Revere (14-2-3) vs. Alliance Marlington (16-1-2) at Ravenna Stadium, Wed., 7 p.m.
No. 6 Kenton (17-0-1) vs. Toledo Central Catholic (12-5-2) at Findlay High School, Wed., 8 p.m.
No. 1 Bay Village Bay (16-1-2) vs. No. 10 Lexington (14-5-0) at Wooster High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
The Plains Athens (17-1-1) vs. Albany Alexander (9-7-3) at Logan High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Warsaw River View (14-6-0) vs. No. 1 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (16-3-0) at Coshocton High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Bexley (12-6-0) vs. Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (9-8-2) at London High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Cincinnati Summit Country Day (12-7-0) vs. Tipp City Tippecanoe (15-2-2) at Lakota West High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Division II State Semifinals and Championship
Division II State Championship: Sat., Nov. 10 at MAPFRE Stadium, TBA
Mineral Ridge (16-2-0) vs. Campbell Memorial (16-3-0) at Niles McKinley High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Kirtland (15-1-3) vs. No. 9 Kidron Central Christian (16-1-2) at Green Memorial Stadium, Wed., 7 p.m.
Van Buren (17-2-0) vs. Independence (19-0-0) at Perkins High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Kalida (9-3-6) vs. No. 8 Archbold (18-1-0) at Findlay High School, Wed., 6 p.m.
No. 10 Columbus Wellington School (14-4-1) vs. No. 5 Grandview Heights (14-2-3) at Gahanna Lincoln High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Berlin Hiland (15-3-1) vs. South Webster (19-1-0) at Marietta College, Wed., 7 p.m.
No. 6 Troy Christian (15-1-1) vs. No. 3 Miamisburg Dayton Christian (17-2-1) at Centerville Alumni Stadium, Wed., 7 p.m.
Cincinnati Madeira (12-5-2) vs. No. 2 Cincinnati Seven Hills (16-1-1) at Lakota East High School, Wed., 7 p.m.
Division III State Semifinals and Championship
Region 10 vs. Region 9, Wed., Nov. 7 at TBA, TBA
Region 12 vs. Region 11, Wed., Nov. 7 at TBA, TBA
Division III State Championship: Sat., Nov. 10 at MAPFRE Stadium, TBA
2018 OHSAA Girls Soccer Regional Pairings
No. 8 Twinsburg (19-0-0) vs. No. 1 Medina (17-0-2) at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Madison (14-5-0) vs. Massillon Jackson (11-3-5) at Nordonia High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 10 Ashland (16-3-0) vs. Toledo Notre Dame Academy (10-2-7) at Millbury Lake High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
North Royalton (6-9-4) vs. Strongsville (16-0-3) at North Ridgeville High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Pickerington North (14-2-3) vs. Lewis Center Olentangy (13-3-2) at Dublin Jerome High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 6 Columbus Bishop Watterson (16-1-2) vs. Dublin Jerome (15-3-1) at Westerville Central High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 2 Beavercreek (20-0-0) vs. Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame (14-5-1) at Mason High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 9 Mason (15-1-2) vs. No. 5 Loveland (15-1-3) at Monroe High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Region 2 vs. Region 1, Tues., Nov. 6 at TBA, 7 p.m.
Division I State Championship: Fri., Nov. 9 at MAPFRE Stadium, TBA
Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (13-3-4) vs. Mentor Lake Catholic (11-5-1) at Streetsboro High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Alliance Marlington (9-6-3) vs. Richfield Revere (11-3-5) at Green High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 3 Mansfield Madison Comprehensive (16-1-3) vs. Bay Village Bay (11-5-3) at Sandusky High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Millbury Lake (13-5-1) vs. Wapakoneta (11-5-2) at Findlay High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 9 Sunbury Big Walnut (12-2-4) vs. Chillicothe Unioto (14-1-3) at Bloom-Carroll High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Warsaw River View (15-3-1) vs. New Concord John Glenn (17-2-0) at Coshocton High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 6 Cincinnati Indian Hill (14-2-3) vs. No. 2 Cincinnati Summit Country Day (18-2-0) at Lebanon Junior High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 5 Kettering Archbishop Alter (15-2-2) vs. Bellbrook (14-4-1) at Miamisburg High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Division II State Championship: Fri., Nov. 9 at MAPFRE Stadium, TBA
Warren Champion (17-2-0) vs. No. 5 Doylestown Chippewa (17-1-1) at Ravenna High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 2 Kirtland (17-2-0) vs. Canfield South Range (13-7-0) at Solon High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Pemberville Eastwood (19-1-0) vs. No. 6 Findlay Liberty-Benton (17-0-1) at Perrysburg Junior High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Archbold (14-1-4) vs. Lima Central Catholic (12-5-1) at Napoleon High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Grandview Heights (15-2-2) vs. No. 8 Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (13-2-3) at Hebron Lakewood High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Wheelersburg (18-1-0) vs. Albany Alexander (12-4-2) at Waverly High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Sidney Lehman Catholic (13-4-1) vs. Cincinnati Madeira (19-3-5) at Centerville Alumni Stadium, Tues., 7 p.m.
No. 3 Anna (17-0-2) vs. No. 1 Cincinnati Country Day (16-2-0) at Beavercreek High School, Tues., 7 p.m.
Division III State Championship: Fri., Nov. 9 at MAPFRE Stadium, TBA
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King’s Lament on Spotify
In only the last few years, traditional fiddler and banjoist David Bragger has become an ubiquitous figure in traditional American folk music. He is a musician, documentarian, UCLA ensemble director, 78rpm record collector, musical festival director and co-founder of the independent folk label Tiki Parlour Recordings. Having learned the “old-time” art of fiddling directly from two generations of traditional masters, David has been passing down these archaic musical secrets and sounds to fiddlers and violinists worldwide. His critically-acclaimed debut CD Big Fancy instantly put him on the traditional music map and paved the way for his groundbreaking sophomore release. In 2018, he and fiddler Susan Platz released the very first American old-time fiddle duet CD ever recorded: King’s Lament–Old-Time Fiddle Duets.
Susan Platz, originally from Illinois, has been singing and playing the violin all her life. She holds a degree in music from Lawrence University where she focused on early Baroque opera and Renaissance choral music. After dabbling in various folk traditions, she discovered old-time fiddle at one of David Bragger’s workshops and, having never experienced this beautiful, haunting, powerful, earthy music before, became immediately obsessed and never looked back. Susan has pronounced herself a “lifer” student of David’s, and was invited by her mentor to join his acclaimed Los Angeles-based old-time string band Sausage Grinder. Susan is a two-time winner of the Santa Barbara Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention and is in her third year as a Director’s Assistant in the UCLA Old-Time String Band Ensemble. She is also a powerful singer known to yodel on occasion. Susan and David collaborated to release the first-ever old-time fiddle duet album, King’s Lament. Having forged a powerhouse old-time duo with David, she has been invited to teach and perform fiddle duets across the US and abroad.
Old-Time, Cajun & Blues Footage of the Robert Garfias Collection
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Who Is The Blackstar?
A week before David Bowie’s death on January 10th, my wife sat me down in front of the music video for his new single, “Blackstar.” The album by the same name was released on January 8th (his 69th birthday) just two days prior to his death, and received wide critical acclaim. And so I sat for nearly ten minutes, mesmerized. I was a little shaken- not as badly as the trembling devotees featured in the video, but close. Because here we have a clear antichrist drama playing out. My wife suggested that I write a review. “I don’t really want to do reviews,” I told her. Not since 2000’s Machina/The Machines of God by the Smashing Pumpkins had I written an album review. Besides, I was quite sure the Vigilant Citizens of the world had already picked “Blackstar” apart for its Satanic symbolism or forecasting an encounter with Nibiru or whatever. I was already late to the party. Says Bowie in his song “Lazarus,” “Everybody knows me now.” This is an attempt to understand the esoteric meaning that Bowie has woven into his final offering; in true One American fashion, an abstract of various observations having a loose theme, which we can then interpret through a Biblical lens.
For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
[1 Corinthians 16:26]
The song and video set the tone for the whole album, which is dark and unsettling even for Bowie and makes his death, which rocked the entertainment world, seem all that more mysterious. But why? It seems apparent that Bowie was attempting to come to terms with his mortality, having been diagnosed with cancer, but at the same time Blackstar is a revelation- Bowie’s final chapter. This is evidenced by many of the album’s lyrics- and certainly the occult imagery of the record’s two videos- which leave fans with a sense that somehow, David Bowie, the enigmatic space man, lives still. Indeed, Bowie the rock star and Bowie the star of film and fashion will live on, if only as an archive of enormous influence, but is there more to the story of David Bowie’s career? Who is the Blackstar?
Blackstar documents Bowie’s final transformation; throughout the album his distinct voice can be heard requiverating over an elegant mix of jazz noir and electronica. This time he teams up with a New York jazz combo to extend his reign as pop music’s premier trendsetter. Bowie’s visionary artistic talent and breadth of influence in music, film and fashion cannot be denied. Commenters around the net mourning his death have referred to him as a “genius” and even a “god.” Music critics uniformly fell on their knees to worship the Space Oddity and his final statement to mankind.
What bothers me is that although Blackstar finds Bowie doing quite a bit of soul-searching, it seems to have amounted to little more than a shoulder shrug in the end. There is no redemption here. The underlying message is there is no God. Really, this is the dominant worldview now, where if God is to be believed in at all, it is only as a mere abstraction. Although we are presented with a tale of transcendence on the surface, the mood of the album is one of emptiness and melancholia- a Gnostic ode to oblivion. And in this case, oblivion feels a lot like a New York street corner.
The life and times of David Bowie has become a modern mythology, where our hero desperately strives for immortality through mystical knowledge. He ultimately fails, but we say “close enough.” As if that’s all we have to look forward to- an orchestrated drama that compels the adoration of one’s contemporaries. Bowie seems to enjoy the praise, but at the same time reviles the poor suckers who get wrapped up in the mythos.
Major Tom, having exhausted all available oxygen, has detached his hoses and restraints and succumbed to his fate: an image preserved floating through the vacuum of space for all time.
In the video for “Blackstar” we find that Major Tom has found his eternal resting place on a distant planet, and although his body has wasted away, his jewel-encrusted skull remains to later be found by a young woman and brought back to the “villa of Ormen,” where it is worshiped as a powerful relic.
It appears that something happened when Major Tom was orbiting the Earth. In awe of the blue planet below him, he became enlightened or illuminated, “The stars look very different today.” Major Tom lost contact with ground control and a few years later he descended from the heavens as the androgynous alien Ziggy Stardust. From then on, he lived out his life disguised as a peculiar human being, finding employment as a rock musician and appearing in a dozen or so film roles. Or so the story goes.
It is hard to think of another entertainer in recent times so universally adored than David Bowie. At least from the perspective of his fans, Bowie was successful at achieving god-status. It is well known that Bowie had a deep interest in the occult, practiced Kabbalah and was enamored with Aleister Crowley- a major figure in Western occultism. It seems this is the mistake we make when it comes to our idols; we elevate them to the status of gods (or extra-terrestrials) and then it becomes blasphemous to suggest that they are mere human beings.
This is not intended to disparage David Bowie. In fact, I have been a fan of much of his music over the years. While some have been quick to accuse Bowie of being a Satanist, based on the videos for “Blackstar” and “Lazarus,” or citing his androgynous incarnation during the 70s, or his admitted bisexual past, I see another side to David Bowie. Although he is an icon in the LGBT community, he chose a heterosexual life. In 1992, he chose to marry Somali model Iman and live in a monogamous relationship. In 2000, following the birth of his daughter Alexandria he said, “It is amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction seconds after its birth. Everything falls into a feeling of rightness,” he said in a 2000 interview for Hello!. Here he is, essentially confirming God’s perfect design for the human family.
While most people see David Bowie as many characters, I see two people. David Robert Jones (the man) and David Bowie (the idol). In fact, Jones took the name “Bowie” from Jim Bowie’s double-edged knife in the 1960 western, The Alamo. Likewise, the entity we’ve come to know as David Bowie is also double-edged and sometimes gives way to David Jones, who handles all the questions related to mundane human existence. David Bowie, being a very perceptive man, was aware of this tendency toward idol worship. In his song “Ashes To Ashes” from 1980’s Scary Monsters he punches a hole in the image that made him famous with the line, “We all know Major Tom’s a junkie.” In other words, your space odyssey may just be a delusional mind-trip.
As a musician and writer myself, I understand that artists do not always speak from a first-person perspective. Musicians can also be actors, on stage or in their music videos, and sometimes represent a viewpoint other than their own. It can be difficult to discern where the artist stands on the subject matter, especially since they are often ambiguous about it, preferring to leave the listener to the interpretation. As is the case with Bowie, I often find myself seeking out the heart of an artist. What causes anxiety for me is not so much the images in the “Blackstar” video, but not knowing where Bowie himself figures in. This can be troublesome when it comes to artists we admire. This is especially true as Christians trying to discern whether the music might detract from our walk with Christ. Is he like a preacher, with a message of impending doom for the impish women foolishly conjuring evil? Is he like an antichrist, orchestrating a cultic ritual? Is he an observer, a commentator on a society obsessed with the worship of false idols? I’d like to offer another opinion. With Blackstar, David Robert Jones (the man) is offering up David Bowie (the idol) as a sacrifice. There is a sense of detachment here, a casting off of David Bowie the persona into the cosmic ether which birthed his image. David Bowie is the Blackstar; he serves as a substitute- an antichrist character. In the video we see a black star eclipsing the sun.
Echoing throughout the song “Blackstar” is a transmuted voice alternately insisting, “I’m not a pop star” and “I’m not a film star” and “I’m not a porn star” among other refutals. Underneath the dazzling facade of fame, fortune and even carnal pleasure, we see the true nature of the beast, “I’m a black star.” The concept of the black star runs parallel to the occult notion of the black sun or midnight sun and from a Christian standpoint is symbolic of the Antichrist. There can be many antichrists- things we worship in place of Christ, including our beloved pop stars [1 John 4:3]. I’m not saying Bowie is the Antichrist, but he’s certainly displaying the spirit of antichrist, which has a firm grip over many pop musicians. Undoubtedly David Bowie brushed shoulders with more than a few of the Illuminus in his five-decade career; he was their darling. Even if Bowie was not himself a participant, surely he was invited. And clearly he propagated the same insidious ideas, which, through the vehicle of pop music, have entered into the collective psyche of our society.
Curiously though, as it seems to be with many artists who are exposed to the slimy underbelly of the entertainment industry, they have also embedded a warning in their message: Beware what you worship.
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ArticlesPeretok Light: highlights of the Russian and global power sectors for 11 to 17 February
Peretok Light: highlights of the Russian and global power sectors for 11 to 17 February
The Government Commission has approved the limitation of the regions’ rights to raise network tariffs
The Russian Investment Forum, held in Sochi on February 14-15, became the main event of the past week. However, among power engineers, only Rosseti took an active part in the official program. Pavel Livinsky, the head of the network holding, presented the “Digital Transformation 2030” concept but had no significant news to announce. Rosseti continues to estimate the industry’s digitalization program at about 1.3 trillion rubles, and the company is ready to finance all the activities with its own funds as well as those of different investors. Nevertheless, the representatives of the network sector found quite a number of topics to discuss on the sidelines of the forum: on February 12, it transpired that the authorities were planning to close the legislative loophole that had previously allowed networkers in certain regions to bypass restrictions on their tariff increases.
Shipelov: RT-Invest will launch the construction of an incineration CHP plant in Tatarstan in June-July
During the Sochi forum, RIA Novosti published an interview with Andrey Shipelov, RT-Invest’s General Director. His company won tenders for the construction of five incineration CHP plants; four of them are to be built in the Moscow region, and another one in Tatarstan. The facilities are being built at the expense of wholesale energy market consumers under the PSA (Power Supply Agreement) SHW (Solid Household Waste) program and have few supporters in the energy sector. The week before last, Kommersant wrote about the difficulties RT-Invest faced holding public hearings on the incineration CHP plant project, even the Supreme Court took the side of the Tatar activists, which threatened to delay the implementation of the project. In his interview, the company head stated that the practical implementation of the project in Tatarstan was planned to start in summer 2019.
Vnesheconombank (VEB) intends to provide loans amounting to more than 50 billion rubles to build four incineration CHP plants in the Moscow region
At RIF-2019, it also transpired that Gazprombank and VEB were ready to participate in the financing of the construction of the four incineration CHP plants. VEB intends to invest more than 50 billion rubles in these projects — it makes a third of the total amount of estimated investments in the four incinerators.
SRT company is ready to provide smart meter protocols “on arm’s length basis”
In his interview, Mr. Shipelov also practically confirmed that SRT company (“Modern Radio Technologies”), co-owned by him, claimed the status of a monopoly supplier of data transmission technology in the process of electricity metering system digitization. Earlier, Vedomosti announced that the use of SRT’s data transfer protocol could become mandatory for all electricity smart metering systems (SMSs). This proposal was put forward in the letter, which Alexei Sokolov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, addressed to the Ministry of Energy. To transfer data from smart meters to the metering system, the Ministry of Communications proposes to use the LPWAN radio technology and the XNB protocol developed by SRT, as, according to the developer company, these technologies are the only ones in Russia that meet the current GOSTs. As Andrey Shipelov implies, the company is going to work with third-party manufacturers “on arm’s length basis”.
Vasilyev: Gazprom is preparing an agreement with Dagestan to curb shadow business
In the energy sector, the investigation into the multi-billion gas theft in the North Caucasus continues to make headlines; consumers in this region are also responsible for more than 65% of all debts on the wholesale electricity market (WEM). The key region in the “Arashukov case” was Dagestan; at the Sochi Forum, the head of the region, Vladimir Vasilyev, announced the upcoming signing of an agreement with Gazprom, which will be instrumental in fighting off fuel theft in the republic.
Deputy General Director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Makhachkala arrested in Dagestan
At the same time, as part of the “Arashukov case”, law enforcement agencies detained another high-ranking manager of the regional Gazprom Mezhregiongaz branch.
RusHydro will erect a memorial sign in honor of the elimination of the Bureya HEPP reservoir blockage
Early last week, the Ministry of Defense reported on the completion of the clearance operation on the Bureya, where the mud volcano that had fallen into the river in December blocked the inflow to the Bureya HEPP reservoir. The Ministry of Defense conducted a special operation at the site of the emergency to make a canal in the natural dam sufficient to restore the inflow. The news turned out to be one of the brightest this week: to commemorate the success of the month-long operation, more than 80 servicemen were awarded by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and more than 300 people received the “Bureya Emergency Relief Operation Participant” medal. RusHydro, which practically didn’t participate in the blockage elimination, decided to be part of the momentous event, having promised to erect a memorial sign at the site of the emergency and open an exposition at the Bureya HEPP.
Between the atom and the wind
In the face of abandoning a number of nuclear projects amid Brexit, the UK is trying to avoid energy shortages while reaching its targets to reduce harmful emissions. So far, gas generation wins the battle between nuclear power plants and renewable energy sources. The arguments put forward by the opponents in support of their positions and the reasons for billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ “coming out for the atom” can be found in the recent Peretok review.
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Featured: Mario Andretti On Enzo Ferrari, Colin Chapman, And Growing Up On The Race Track
Mario Andretti On Enzo Ferrari, Colin Chapman, And Growing Up On The Race Track
My mom is a very supportive woman. But I doubt she’s ever actually known any of the people I’ve been lucky enough to interview are—so she’s always done her best to sound “impressed” when I tell her what I’m up to at work. That was, however, until I mentioned that I’d be speaking with Mario Andretti.
“Woah,” she said. Her genuine reaction is a tiny indicator of the transcendence of Mario Andretti’s achievements. There’s scarcely a race he hasn’t entered, and only slightly fewer that he hasn’t won. He’s touched almost every discipline of the sport, bridging continents, countries, and careers with an almost righteous ease. He raced for Enzo Ferrari. Three decades later he flipped an Indycar three times in the air, “…like an F-16,” at 220 mph. Four decades before that, he was pioneering ground effect air flow technology.
Mario Andretti is a legend, and we’re incredibly excited to share our conversation with him.
Ted Gushue: What was the first car you ever drove?
Mario Andretti: I’ve meditated on this subject many, many times. I’m constantly asking myself, why cars? Why racing? What attracted me so very young to this world when my family didn’t even have a car? Maybe it’s that my family didn’t have a car [laughs]. I lived the first eight years of my life in a war torn part of Italy, and then when Italy lost that territory after the Geneva Convention to Yugoslavia, we fled. The choice was to exist under hardline communism with Marshall Tito, or just leave and try to maintain our Italian citizenship and way of life.
We were refugees in our own country for 7 1/2 years, in Tuscany, in Luca. Just last week, actually, I was made an honorary citizen of Luca! We came full circle. The time that we spent there was a very dark, sad time. People who lived in the region at the time had no idea who we were or why we were there. There was almost no press coverage of the refugee situation at that time. There were maybe 1,200 of us that felt like uninvited guests, if you will.
Now all of a sudden, since 2002 Italy has recognized the refugees from the region we were originally from. I realize that this is a bit of a tangent, but I’m driving to the point of your question.
I have a twin brother, Aldo, he and I shared a nice little red bicycle when we were refugees. We would make believe that it was a gorgeous red Moto Guzzi. We would drive it around everywhere, making motorcycle noises, until we started hanging around this garage that was right across the small square from the entrance to our refugee camp. They obviously did some repairs and washing cars whatnot, and also ran a parking lot for some of the merchants who would visit the camp daily.
Now Aldo and I started befriending the two owners of the garage and they started allowing us to park the cars that would come into the camp [laughs] and so, of course, Aldo and I would do burnouts. Somehow, we ended up becoming really good friends with these people. Marco Decesari and Danilo Piccinini were their names. Marco took Aldo and I to the 1954 Italian Grand Prix.
TG: The one that Fangio won when Ascari was knocked out, yes?
MA: Yes. Exactly. Aside from these events, the passion started almost out of nowhere. Now we didn’t have television obviously, there was no video coverage. We had to get all of our information on motor racing from print, which was great because of the huge involvement of Ferrari, Maserati, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and so forth.
TG: Did the Mille Miglia have any impact on you at all?
MA: Yes! In 1955, in May, a month before we came to the United States, Danilo took us to watch the race in the Abetone Pass. That’s closer to Florence.
TG: So you didn’t grow up that far apart from motorsport, it doesn’t seem too crazy that you would fall into it.
MA: Yes, but we were the ones that were showing the interest, nobody ever forced it on us. Everything that we wanted to pursue had to come from us, and luckily our friends tried to oblige us. Luckily, there were a few small local races to keep us interested, so that we could go to see something, but there was nothing like the Saturday or Sunday night races at the fairgrounds like you had here in America. None of that. The bottom line is that Aldo and I became enamored with the sport in Italy, and the mold was cast for our future when Marco took us to see the Grand Prix at Monza.
TG: What do you remember from that day?
MA: I remember being just mesmerized, overwhelmed by the sound, by the speed. We didn’t even have a grandstand seat, we were up on that bank before the Parabolica on the left. You know, we had a good view of things. It was quite a treat to be taken there, because it was it was really far from our home. The autostradas were not what they are today, etcetera.
TG: How many years passed before you got the chance to meet some of the Formula 1 drivers you saw there on that day?
MA: It took me almost 20 years, once I was racing Formula 1 in the ’70s. That’s when I first met Fangio. Obviously, I never met Ascari who was killed in 1955 during a test at Monza, testing for Sebring.
TG: What do you remember of the first time you met Fangio?
MA: I was at Donnington, he was doing an exhibition run with one of the W196 Mercedes. Of course I just had to meet him. It was very brief, but then after I had won the Argentine Grand Prix, I was invited to the opening of Fangio’s museum there, along with Stirling Moss. So he, Stirling and I stayed up talking until 3 in the morning in his studio, and they were just mesmerized with how much I knew about their careers. Most of the modern racing drivers at that time hadn’t been as well-versed in the history of these guys, and I just had so much knowledge about their careers. They were at the top during my most impressionable years. They couldn’t believe I knew so many of the particulars of their lives. It was a little bit of a mutual admiration society, as at the time I had been winning quite a lot on Formula 1.
TG: So to back up a bit, you emigrate to America in 1955 at age 15, what was your family driving at the time?
MA: The first car my Dad bought was a 1946 Ford, and about a year later he bought a ’51 Buick, and then two years later our first new car was a ’57 Chevy. That was the car that made us terrors around the neighborhood.
TG: Did you modify the Chevy?
MA: Oh, we were always doing something to that car. Glasspack muffler, you know, fuel injection. All these things my father asked, “Why are we doing this? What do these parts do?” and our excuse was always that it gave the car better gas mileage. “Dual exhausts pick up at least 4 more miles to the gallon.” My dad was not an aficionado of the sport by any means, he didn’t want to understand any of that stuff, but we did.
TG: So was that the first car you started racing?
MA: No, no that was just the car that we pretended to be the big boys with. We didn’t start racing till 1959, but we started building our first stock car which was a ’48 Hudson to run on the local track in 1957. The objective was to have the car finished for 1961, at which point we would have been legal to race at age 21. You know, professional racing with prize money. In those days you had to be 21, legally, to race in any sanctioned event because of the insurance. But we finished the car when we were 19, in 1959, so we had a local newspaper editor who was a friend of ours fudge the birthdays on our driver’s licenses. So all of a sudden we became 21.
By the time I was 23 on my license, I had a hell of a time trying to convince everyone that I was actually 21. Nobody would believe us!
TG: Was that quite common to lie about your age to get into racing back then?
MA: Probably. You didn’t have computers in those days, so you could get away with it really easily. It could have been disastrous actually. At the end of that first ’59 season, at the very last race, Aldo had a huge accident during the qualifying heat. He ended up hospitalized in a coma, and the chief of police started investigating the crash for some reason, and he came to me and asked how old Aldo was.
“Twenty-one, just like I am. He’s my twin brother.” So he demands to see my license to prove it, takes one look at it and obviously can tell that it’s fake. But he knew that if my brother was known to be under 21, the race insurance wouldn’t have covered his medical bills or the crash or anything, so he handed the license back to me and just says: “21, huh?” And then went on his way.
TG: How quickly did you move from local dirt track racing to more structured national and international competition?
MA: I started racing in ’59 and I never looked back. I spent 2 years with the cars we built, then 3/4 midgets, midgets, sprint cars, and it was just one after the other. My career progressed very naturally, always moving forward into another category. I never wanted to stay in any category longer than I had to. I wanted to get to the Indy 500 as quickly as possible. Many drivers can and did make a living and a career out of being a midget car driver. I didn’t want any of that, I wanted to go straight to Indy. To the top.
TG: During your meteoric rise, what were you driving off the track.?
MA: That ’57 Chevy.
TG: The whole time?
MA: My dad bought that car, and my brother and I had to share. It was all we needed. It got us to the track through the stock car years. We never had two of anything ’til we both got married. The early years we were earning money driving stock cars but never enough to buy a car. My first new car after I got married at 21 was a ’65 Mustang Fastback. But I had an Austin Healey and some used cars before then.
TG: What cars from that era do you still own?
MA: I don’t own any old cars. That’s one thing I’ve never had a real passion for, I just wanted to get new cars. I wanted to move forward. Always get the latest and greatest I could find. I love technology, I try to look forward constantly, not backwards. It’s very easy to look at the past and say, “Oh gosh, those were the days.” Not me, I love moving forward. Something new. Something more technical. That’s what attracted me to the sport over all of the years of my career.
TG: You’re one of the few people that we would let slide for being interested in the new stuff, partially because for you, the new stuff was at one point what we at Petrolicious are dedicated to celebrating.
MA: I fully realize that [laughs]. Obviously, I’ve a very special appreciation for the opportunity to be a part of the development of motorsport technology over the years. All of the things about the construction and handling and performance of the cars that I’ve touched through my career, I’ve experienced like very few other people. Would I change the time I spent with those cars? Never, not in a million years. It’s precious. There was so much to be learned at the time that you always had so much to look forward to the next thing to be developed.
There was a period where I was involved in the tire development for Firestone, and we used to make so much progress in tire technology, sidewall construction, compounds and so forth, that from one year to the next you didn’t even need a new car, we were making huge leaps of speed just through that! Then we reached a plateau with that and we had to start working on aerodynamics, and then I was at the ground floor at ground effects! The team I was driving for [Lotus] started all of that. I do have an appreciation for those days because I know where we came from, and I know what we had to do to get today.
We were the first team to have its Indycar fully computerized. We were at the Ford proving grounds in Michigan developing telemetry. Moments like that are why I am always excited for the future.
TG: What did you learn or develop in Indy that you were able to translate over into Formula 1?
MA: At the time, my first Formula 1 experience was 1968, 10 years after I started racing. I took to it like a duck to water, I was successful in the beginning, on pole position in my very first race. I was at Monza, my very first test with Formula 1, set a track record. I felt very comfortable in Formula 1, and I continued to dabble in it until I did it full time in ’74.
There’s always something that transfers when you switch between styles of racing. Certain behaviors that apply. I drove dirt tracks all the way up through the ’70s, I won a national championship in Champ cars in ’74, and I had already won in F1 in South Africa in ’71. That whole time I was racing dirt.
The lack of grip on the dirt made me a much better driver in the rain. Formula 1 and Indycar both benefitted from my dirt track experience. Some of the biggest races I ever won were in the wet. The two types of racing are apples and oranges, but they’re still connected. By moving around the different disciplines it was very useful. It expanded my horizons.
My specialty has always been open-wheeled single seaters, but I was winning stock car races like Daytona. A race driver’s a race driver, but I had the opportunity to learn more because I was so curious about what the other guys were doing.
TG: Why do you think European and Formula 1 drivers don’t find a home on dirt in the way that you did?
MA: It’s all about what’s available. It’s about what’s fashionable. Is it fashionable to be a dirt track driver outside of the United States? No. I had the opportunity to do it all. There are other drivers that were successful in Formula 1 like Dan Gurney who never saw dirt though. It’s more fashionable, especially today to specialize in just one area of racing. You very rarely see an F1 driver competing in sports prototypes, like at Le Mans or wherever. It was much more common back then.
Why? I don’t know, it’s up to the individual I guess. AJ Foyt did it. Dan Gurney moved around a lot. We did it because we just loved racing, in every form I think. I was so totally passionate about it that it was all I wanted to do. One discipline alone was not satisfying me, it’s that simple. I also was very fortunate as I was able to drive for some of the top teams, which gave me the opportunity to realistically bring home some results. And that’s the ultimate satisfaction.
TG: Why do you feel that Formula 1 has never really caught on here in America? Are you happy with its current adoption by fans?
MA: Well, you have to figure that America is the only country on this planet that has elite categories and disciplines in their own motorsports. No other country really has that. Drivers here can have a very satisfying, illustrious career without really even having a passport. That’s why Formula 1, as appealing as it is, international, sophisticated in every way, you don’t have the widespread interest that say NASCAR does. It’s rather you know, more basic and derivative cars. Until the mid-’90s, Indycars were supreme here in the states. Some of that changed because of the politics around that scene, still today an Indycar driver could have a very satisfying career never leaving the sport. Very few young American talents probably had that dream of Formula 1 because they don’t feel like they need it. That’s probably why you don’t have this widespread interest in Formula 1.
Don’t underestimate it though, we still have a pretty strong fan base here. Of course our races are struggling here, but there is still a fanbase. It’s just competing with incredibly strong homegrown disciplines.
TG: And when you hear people like Bernie Ecclestone say things like he did in the press recently that essentially he wouldn’t pay his own money to go watch a Formula 1 race today, how does that make you feel?
MA: [Laughs heavily]
TG: Give me the Mario Andretti interpretation of Bernie Ecclestone.
MA: [Still laughing] I love the guy. I truly do. He always does stuff like that for a reason. He wants to wake these guys up, wants to simplify all these crazy technical rules. He’s more interested in the show aspect than say the pure technical side of it. A lot of the manufacturers who are big in F1 now they try to constantly have the pinnacle of technology, which sometimes doesn’t produce the best show, or makes it very predictable.
But I’ve known Bernie since he started in Formula 1 in ’72. He saw the potential in Formula 1. He secured the TV rights for the sport. That’s what brought the real wealth to Formula 1. I’ll tell you what, if you’ve been at it for the long haul like I have, or if your one of these teams that’s been there forever, they’ll all tell you that Formula 1 has benefited from Bernie being involved. Every other type of racing was jealous when Bernie did what he did. NASCAR was jealous. Indycar was jealous. He invented the concept of big money in motorsport. He made racing drivers some of the highest paid athletes in the world.
You’ve gotta look at the big picture, of what he’s done for the sport. That’s when you start to understand him. Does he have a love/hate relationship with the community? Sure. But if you know him intimately in the way I do, and know exactly what he’s done over the years for Formula 1, you’ll know that no other man could have done what he did. And I appreciate him for that.
TG: What’s he like in person?
MA: Very interesting individual. Straightforward. What you see is what you get. A handshake is all you need with Bernie. A solid man, no nonsense. I tell you he’s the best negotiator I’ve ever met in my entire life. He intimidates governments! [Laughs] That’s who he is though! He’s an amazing man. I tell you, the day that he is no longer a part of Formula 1, that is the day that Formula 1 is going to suffer. Mark my words.
TG: Who else in F1 has had a larger than life personality like Bernie that you’ve worked with?
MA: Enzo Ferrari. Colin Chapman. These are individuals that were bigger than life, then and now.
TG: What was it like to work with Enzo?
MA: Again, here was a guy that just demanded results. But he was a guy that also understood when the cars had shortcomings. He was one that could always appreciate the effort that a driver made, when you were just busting your butt, flat out, flinging the car, and all that. He was one guy that knew and saw that. He was a guy that was all-in. Had no other interest in life outside of motor racing and all of the intricacies of it. Somewhat misunderstood in many ways because he was so demanding, so tough on everyone, but at the end of the day he was correct. Always correct. And that’s why you had the respect that you had for him.
When I look back at what’s precious in my life, it’s that I was able to have a 1:1 relationship with the man. Dealt directly with him. Drove for him. Won for him. That’s one of the most valuable parts of my life.
TG: Was Enzo somewhat of a father figure for you?
MA: Father figure isn’t the right term. A father figure is one that understands and sympathizes. He was one that could be very intimidating. He was more like a school principal. Wouldn’t tolerate it if you were jacking around. You’d do just about anything to get a smile out of his face. If he really, really approved of what you were doing you got a light smile out of him. That was just huge when that happened.
TG: Tell me about Colin Chapman.
MA: Colin had the reputation he had because he wanted to give the driver every possible advantage, and he knew that weight was the issue. He was adamant about weight. Many times it crossed over and it cost the drivers, and I knew that. But I was not shy about making certain demands, I had an incredibly good relationship with his mechanics. Like Bob Dance.
I said to Bob, if you see anything in your own mind that Colin is trying to do that is just a little too radical, or a little too over the limit, please let me know. I told him I like to be reasonable, so I felt like I had a security blanket in that area away from some of Colin’s more out-there ideas. But I was always looking at Colin, there was a confidence aspect that he was doing everything possible to get you a winning car. He was a maverick for sure, but that’s what drove him. He was never one to sit on his laurels, he would get bored with the status quo.
He was very creative, very moody. You had to be with him at just the right time, which I was, because he had peaks and valleys in his own career because he was always trying to play outside the box, which sometimes didn’t work because he was too radical. But when he was right on, he was right on. And I enjoyed that part of it obviously, and took advantage of that by bringing home a world championship for Lotus.
TG: When you were driving for Lotus, or other marques in general, were there ever cars that scared you?
MA: No, if I had felt that I would have expressed that. I came from position of strength as far as being a driver, I never had to worry about getting fired, within reason, and of course I didn’t want to get hurt. The spectrum of failure was always there, but if something looked unreasonable I would just say no.
For instance, [like] all of a sudden when we switched to titanium pedals, clutch throttle and brake. And I just said no. I insisted on a steel brake. The tensile strength of titanium under panic breaking just isn’t enough. I forced the switch back to steel. Titanium brake pedals are what almost killed Clay Regazonni at Long Beach in 1980. The brake pedal broke, and the crash paralyzed him for life.
There was another one where they wanted to do titanium rocker arms on the suspension and I flat out said no. I had some say in areas when I believed something could be catastrophic when it broke, but I always had confidence in the engineers that I was driving for.
TG: Were there any crashes in your career that stand out as particularly memorable?
MA: I did several flips at Indy in 2003 at testing. There was a piece of safe wall on the track after Kenny Bräck crashed in front of me. Right in the middle of the track I hit the safe wall. I was doing my son a favor by helping him test the car, subbing in for Tony Kannan. I’d been out of Indycar for nine years, and they had me sub in for Tony. Right at the end of the day I was trying to get a big tow from Kenny right in front of me, and his engine exploded going into a turn. There was a chunk of the safe barrels that they’d just installed that flew into the middle of the road. I ran over it. That “unstuck” the car.
I was coming out of turn 1 doing about 222 mph, according to the telemetry. That’s when the car turned into an F-16, and I did three backflips about 28 feet in the air. But somehow landed on the wheels, which was obviously a blessing.
TG: What was the worst car you ever drove?
MA: That’s easy: The car is an old Can-Am car, and it was called a Honker. Designed by Len Terry, it was a Ford Project in 1967, and I determined that was the worst race car I ever drove.
TG: What was the best car you’ve ever driven?
MA: Any car I could win a race in.
TG: How would you compare today’s racing drivers with the same racing drivers that you grew up with?
MA: Quite honestly, I believe that the champions of yesteryear would be champions of today, and vice versa. I think it takes a very special person to compete at that level in any decade. The job of the driver is to wring 101% out of the car the individual has been given. It takes a lot of commitment, passion and burning desire to be able to be a champion or a winner. You had to have that today, and you had to have it then.
TG: What’s the fastest speeding ticket you’ve ever gotten?
MA: I actually don’t really get tickets. I’ve been really really lucky, but I never drive recklessly. If I’m driving fast, I never put anyone in any danger. Never cut anyone off, etcetera. I’ve been stopped a few times, but let’s just say they’ve always been kind to me. I always try to behave, though.
Photos Courtesy of Mario Andretti
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Keith Crossley
I saw Andretti drive the Honker at Bridgehampton. Besides being a bad car it was also extremely Ugly! Well, actually, it was the purple paint job.
Ivor Bennet
Its LUCCA not Luca 🙂
sofaman
Very well done interview. “What’s it like out there?” was the first racing book I read. Mario had done more for American racing than anyone ever has. That’s my opinion of course. But wow, what a career.
Bryan Dickerson
Great interview!
Richard Petty and Mario Andretti were the first names I knew in racing.
A number of years ago I saw a documentary about Mario and Michael developing their race cars. Simultaneously the movie follows the restoration of Mario’s first dirt track racer. At the end of the movie he drives it into the sunset. He may like new cars but he sure looked like he enjoyed driving that old beast.
What a great interview from Mario. He is just a wonderful, smart, gracious, passionate, and fast dude. I know I’ve told this before, but I can tell it again. Mario buzzed past me on a scooter at a race a couple of years ago, and I told my son that was Mario Andretti who just passed us going in the opposite direction. My son and his friend tore off after him as he wove through the crowd. He had a big grin and finally waited for them to catch up a ways down the road. No pictures were taken, and… Read more »
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The Soft Bigotry of Lofty Expectations
Celeste Marcus February 26, 2016 One Comment
Aaron A. Wildavsky, Washington University in St. Louis
“The IDF is the most moral military in the world.”
So goes a common pro-Israel mantra. British Colonel Richard Kemp popularized it in a viral Prager University video, arguing that “the Israel Defense Forces did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in the combat zones than any other army in the history of warfare.” Israel advocates in the U.S. and Europe frequently cite Kemp’s claim.
Whether or not the IDF is actually the most moral military in the world, the assertion itself is problematic. The IDF’s respectability should not rest upon the comparative claim that it conducts military operations more ethically than do other nations.
The grounds upon which one can describe a military as “more moral” than another are difficult to codify, as morality cannot easily be quantified. Nonetheless, to use an extreme example, there are obvious distinctions between the American and the Syrian armed forces. Unlike its Syrian counterpart, the US Air Force does not gas its own citizens. In the event that American soldiers commit war crimes, such as raping civilians or abusing prisoners of war, they are systematically court-martialed, despite imperfections in the process. There are thus fair grounds to state that certain militaries are more moral than others.
It is obvious to any impartial observer that the IDF has more in common with the US Army than it does with its Syrian counterpart. All Israeli soldiers must commit to a code of ethics that states, “Every human being is of value,” and pledge to “not use their weapons and force to harm human beings who are not combatants or prisoners of war.” More uniquely, the code obligates soldiers to “carry out their duties at all times…within the framework of their authority, while prepared to bear responsibility for their conduct.” No Israeli soldier can defend committing an immoral act by claiming to have been simply following orders. The IDF’s conduct during the Gaza conflicts of 2008-09, 2012, and 2014 further demonstrate its tendency toward just warfare. Through its use of phone calls, “roof knocking,” and leaflet dropping to warn civilians of impending bombings, the Israeli Army undoubtedly saved innocent lives.
But none of these actions necessarily makes the IDF the most moral military in the world. What is missing from most commentaries in support of this affirmation is an objective comparison with the many other militaries that operate in an honorable fashion. What grounds exist to support the claim that, for example, the French, South Korean, or Estonian armies would not have shown similar regard for human dignity had they been in Israel’s shoes during any of the Gaza conflicts?
That said, it is entirely possible that IDF is in fact more moral than any other military. I greatly admire the IDF and may well serve in its ranks someday. In writing this article, I simply hope to question a form of praise which not only may be excessive, but also feeds hatred of the Jewish state.
Zionists should not defend the IDF’s conduct on the grounds that it does a uniquely good job of respecting its adversaries’ humanity. Instead, we should justify it on a nationalist basis. The IDF is just because it defends its citizens, while meeting the moral standards the West expects of its militaries.
The former line of argument provides fodder for a subtle, irrational mistrust of Jewish power. For some critics of Israel, any moral misjudgment committed by an Israeli soldier makes the entire IDF barbaric. By claiming that the IDF is above committing such mistakes, Israel’s supporters unwittingly perpetuate the uniquely high standards that some outside observers set for the Jewish state. If and when the Israeli military fails to meet those standards, its global standing is bound to suffer.
Instead of calling the IDF “the most moral military in the world,” friends of Israel should call it what it is: the armed force of a liberal democracy, which operates in accordance with its state’s core principles. The military of the Jewish state conducts warfare at least as honorably as those of other liberal democracies, and far better than those of illiberal states. If the world views the IDF as just another Western military, perhaps then it can view Israel as just another Western nation-state. For Zionists, that should be enough.
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In Memoriam: Thoughts on Justice Scalia
Translation of the poem “אני” by Rachel Bluwstein
No Hope March 14, 2016 at 5:47 am
I like the article title almost as much as the original quote: “the soft bigotry of low expectations.” How appropriate for this magazine: Bush’s oft-repeated line was coined by Michael Gerson, someone who Wikipedia calls “a leading figure of the evangelical intelligentsia movement.”
OR Journal: leading the Jewish evangelical intelligentsia movement!
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Madonna in London
Posted on May 12, 2016 by medijum0
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The world-famous singer and songwriter that is Madonna needs no introduction, having made quite the name for herself over the years by continuously pushing the boundaries in the mainstream pop music industry. While Madonna may be American, and have strong ties to New York City, London has long since held a special place in her heart, so much so that the artist recently decided to relocate to the city.
The West End
The theaters that line London’s West End have become a significant part of British culture, and it was in 2002 that Madonna took her first foray into the world of theater. The play, titled Up for Grabs, was written by Australian playwright David Williamson and is about a female art dealer who is trying to establish herself in the city and in the industry. Madonna performed the lead role in the play, and while her performance may not have been met with much appreciation from the critics, it was an experience that this multi-talented actress does not regret.
Homes in London
Madonna owns six different properties in Central London, with her current permanent residence being located in Marylebone. While many celebrities would automatically opt for the sophisticated district of Mayfair, Madonna recognizes the potential that Marylebone has, which is why she owns three properties here. In addition to her £7 million family townhouse, Madonna has also recently purchased the adjacent property for £6 million, and also owns two cottages nearby. Outside of Marylebone, Madonna also owns a Georgian townhouse near Regent’s Park, a sprawling estate in Wiltshire, and two West End buildings, which are currently being used by the Kaballah religious sect, something that is of a huge personal importance to the star.
Favorite London Spots
Madonna is constantly being spotted all over the streets of London, but there are certain spots that she tends to favor. The Ivy, in London’s West End, has long since been one of her favorite restaurants to dine at, although the artist also regularly frequents Kensington Place, a modern seafood restaurant in the heart of Notting Hill. When it comes to an evening of drinks, Madonna truly enjoys the relaxed atmosphere of a classic British pub, with the Scarsdale Tavern in Kensington being one of her favorites. When it comes to Madonna’s favorite London clubs, the list is extensive, but China White, Rock and Kabaret are among her top five. Of course, Madonna is also renowned for her style, and she appreciates the diversity that comes with British fashion. From Koh Samui in Covent Garden to Voyage on Fulham Road, London has always been one of Madonna’s favorite cities for a shopping trip.
Madonna is considered to be the best-selling female artist of all time, and her music has touched the lives of millions of people all over the world. With all of the investments that the artist has made into the London property market, it would seem as though Madonna is in the city to stay, which is something that London locals are most definitely excited about.
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Creating Opportunities
Imran Aftab August 2017
At the age of sixteen, Imran Aftab was preparing himself to drop out of a well-regarded Jesuit school in Karachi. Although he worked as a tutor to supplement his family’s income, his father had struggled to find work for seven long years. The political situation in Pakistan was unstable, jobs were scarce, and it looked as though Imran’s school fees were becoming too hefty to manage.
“The Bishop said he could go home and instead wanted to deal with me directly. He agreed to let me study for free—an incredibly life-defining moment, considering it was one of the best schools in Pakistan. It was a kindness that came with no strings attached, but made all the difference.
Imran and his father went to meet with the Bishop to explain their situation. There, Bishop Lobo presented them with a blank white sheet of paper, and asked Mr. Aftab to write down whatever amount he could afford. “My dad had tears in his eyes,” recalls Imran. “The Bishop said he could go home and instead wanted to deal with me directly. He agreed to let me study for free—an incredibly life-defining moment, considering it was one of the best schools in Pakistan. It was a kindness that came with no strings attached, but made all the difference. I could have been in the streets. Instead, I was able to take my SATs and get a scholarship, all thanks to that little act of kindness.”
Today, Imran’s commitment to achievement is driven by his desire to create opportunity for others to succeed, both here in the United States and back in his native Pakistan. He brings his scientific, engineering, business, and finance expertise to bear as the CEO of 10Pearls, a software development firm he founded in 2004. The business employs over 300 people in four offices—about 80 percent in Karachi, with the rest in Toronto, Dubai, and Herndon, Virginia.
With the help of his brother in Pakistan, Imran launched 10Pearls with a mere $2,000 while still working full-time at AOL. In his capacity as Head of Global Sourcing there, he had spent years traveling to India, the Philippines, South Africa, and Brazil witnessing first-hand the effect of well-paying work on poor communities. “When people have an opportunity to earn money, all they want to do is spend it on their kids,” Imran says. “People in America don’t understand that, especially in the rest of the world, society is much more interconnected. There are joined family systems, and one dollar—or a single created opportunity—can go a long way.”
Imran often observed that such job creation would be beneficial in Pakistan, and that the country was ripe for the blended-shore business model. After all, Pakistan is the third largest English speaking country in the world, with a strong technology education system and favorable IP laws. On top of all that, competition for the best talent is scarce. “India is super saturated,” explains Imran. “Unless you have a substantial amount of money you want to spend, good luck hiring Tier 1 people. Why would I work for 10Pearls when I can go work for Google India? Bangalore has more start-ups than Washington, DC!”
Still, the job at AOL was comfortable, and these thoughts were initially theoretical. The idea of starting his own software business that sourced talent in Pakistan didn’t really begin to take shape until a chance encounter forced Imran to articulate his purpose aloud. While flying with other AOL executives, a colleague asked a question about his background. “One of the executives said to me, ‘Imran, are you from Pakistan? You seem normal. What’s wrong with the others?’ Oh boy! That started a 90-minute conversation which really refined and clarified for me the purpose of my existence,” he recounts. Having achieved a great deal of success, Imran found that he felt called to give back. Just as the Bishop at the Jesuit school had given him a leg up, Imran set about creating opportunity for those still in Karachi.
Working in a small empty bedroom by the kitchen, this first employee always got hungry when Mrs. Aftab, Imran’s mother, started cooking. Imran and his brother made a decision: free lunch would be provided for every 10Pearls employee in Pakistan. Twelve years later, they’ve never missed a meal.
Armed with inspiration, he didn’t overthink his plan. He’d been inspired by a short video, called “Business Backwards,” detailing a new strategy in which you work first and then make detailed plans later. So Imran sent his brother, Zeeshan Aftab, $2,000 in Karachi and asked him to join the venture and help execute on the vision. Their first employee served as a developer, designer, and QA while they got off the ground. Working in a small empty bedroom by the kitchen, this first employee always got hungry when Mrs. Aftab, Imran’s mother, started cooking. Imran and his brother made a decision: free lunch would be provided for every 10Pearls employee in Pakistan. Twelve years later, they’ve never missed a meal.
Today, the 300 employees at 10Pearls work with clients large and small to help businesses compete in the digital age. From developing mobile applications, to redefining and automating business processes, to focusing on service and human-centered design, to assisting with secure cloud technology, the company is brought in on all things digital, and boasts end-to-end capabilities. Imran’s blended team leverages the high availability of excellent, yet affordable technical talent in Pakistan, in conjunction with world-class expert contributors stateside who work shoulder to-shoulder with clients. And because the work they do has a larger purpose, it’s never work for the sake of work. “You need to understand how to use technology for the sake of business, instead of vice versa,” he explains. “You don’t want to pursue capabilities just because someone else is, and a ‘me too’ play does not get you anywhere. We’re excited because we’re thinkers—we love problem solving, and there’s a level of satisfaction you get when you come up with the right solution for someone. That’s the intrinsic motivation.”
True to that ethos, 10Pearls is working with one major client, AARP, to develop digital products for caregivers. Because Western nations are dealing with an aging population, caregiving responsibilities, especially among young people, are becoming increasingly common. A full quarter of caregivers are millennials, and that market is crying out for modernization. “These people demand mobile technology and digital tools,” says Imran. “Why should they be on hold with a healthcare provider, when they could just be texting them at their leisure? Why could they not go to an online marketplace to find out the best nutrition provider, or a replacement caregiver when they’re on vacation? How can they schedule a ride for mom and make sure she got there safely? How can they emotionally connect with another caregiver? In the past, all these interesting sorts of interactions have been done in person, on the phone, and in emails. Now, thanks to the digital revolution, there’s all this great advancement. We’re living in a world that’s going to be virtual as well as physical, and we’re going to see some amazing new opportunities as a result.” Thanks to this vision and work ethic, AARP named 10Pearls their Supplier of the Year for 2016, a competitive award that honors companies that use technology to change lives for the better.
Imran’s expansive ambitions are not despite his humble beginnings, but rather because of them. His childhood in Karachi was a kind of “rags to riches to rags” story, but even the “riches” were relatively modest. Before he entered Grade 2, Imran’s father, an accountant by education, landed a good job working for the airlines in Singapore. For two years, the family’s financial woes receded. Savings accumulated, and Imran enjoyed life in Singapore. “Grade 2 to Grade 4 were some of the best times of my life,” Imran recalls. “But overnight, everything just flipped, and political strife destabilized the region.” Imran, his parents, and his five siblings returned to Karachi, where they survived on the family’s savings for a time. But money became tighter and tighter. Imran took on his tutoring work, while Mrs. Aftab made every dollar stretch. “We had a period where we would say, we won’t eat meat these days. And mom would make paddies from these kidney beans that taste like meat. She was an amazing cook,” Imran remembers. “We were managing, and we took out loans to get by. Everyone in the family knew they needed to contribute in some way.”
Although Imran’s father felt that the kids could quit school and go to work full time, his mother was insistent that they have the opportunity to get an education. “My mom said we would starve before they took us kids out of school,” says Imran. “She never had access to the education and opportunity that could have changed her life dramatically, and she wanted a better life for us. She had an amazing spirit about her, and her commitment to education created the opportunity we needed to lay the foundation for success later on.”
When he wasn’t working, Imran played cricket and football, read fantasy novels, and devoted himself to his studies. He hoped to excel in school and ultimately land a scholarship to study in the U.S. The Jesuit school was filled with Imran Aftab competitive kids from wealthy families, and most of them aspired to do just that. But while many of the kids could count on financial support from their parents, Imran knew he would have to land a scholarship if he wanted to go at all. At age 17, he filled out the applications, submitted glowing letters of recommendation, and received some acceptances, but not enough scholarship money. He would still be expected to contribute $7,000 to his tuition, and he didn’t have a penny.
It was a crucial fork in the road for Imran. He considered attending the local university, and even passed the exam to attend one of the top computer science colleges. But instead, he made a gamble and decided to take a job teaching high school chemistry, offered by the very same Bishop who had changed his life several years earlier. For a year, Imran was an 18-year-old high school chemistry teacher by day, and a tutor by night. He saved every penny, and the following year, he reapplied to school and received an acceptance letter and full scholarship to Bard College in upstate New York. He had applied for and been accepted into their Distinguished Scientist program, awarded to only ten students each year. Imran had to cover $4,000 in expenses, but with the money he’d saved—plus $1,000 from his father, and a campus job—he was able to start his life in the U.S. as a student at a small, liberal arts school.
Imran immediately made his mark at Bard. “I was a superstar there,” he remembers. “They called me a wizard. I was able to take math and physics classes as well. More importantly, I was able to take several courses in humanities that helped tremendously. Bard was in the middle of nowhere, so there really wasn’t anything to do but study.” The rarified college campus was a perfect learning environment, but upon graduation, he found that there were no jobs. Imran decided to apply for a Chemistry PhD program instead. He was accepted into three prominent programs, and ultimately went with UNC Chapel Hill. “Purdue is top notch, but they made the mistake of flying me out in the middle of winter,” Imran laughs. “Chapel Hill was smart enough to fly me out in the middle of March Madness!”
But after some time in North Carolina, Imran began to have doubts about pursuing a career in chemistry. The lab work had become boring, and he didn’t feel like his work was directly applicable to the real world. Most of all, Imran wanted to ensure that, when he came out of school, he’d be able to do more to help his family back home in Karachi. So he began looking at courses at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, and decided to try his hand at corporate finance. Right away, something clicked. After years of study in math and the hard sciences, finance courses were a breeze. Despite having completed two years of coursework and a Master’s degree, Imran decided to leave his PhD program with what’s known as an “ABD”—all but dissertation. In 1996, Imran gambled on himself again and got a job stuffing envelopes on Wall Street, biding his time for a big break.
In 1997, Imran landed an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank for a job with the chemicals industry group doing syndicated finance. The interview went well, in part because Imran had much in common with the interviewer. “The guy interviewing me had a PhD in Chemistry. What’s the likelihood of that?” exclaims Imran. “It seemed as if it was all scripted, right? He saw himself in me, and he could see the next steps I was trying to take in relating sciences and finances.” With that, he landed the job and worked for Chase until 1999.
Imran’s Muslim faith has played an important role in the development of his career, and that was not the first or last life-changing event in which he sees a divine providence. His next move was motivated by a desire to be closer to family in Virginia, and although he was reluctant to leave banking at the time, in retrospect he feels fortunate that he did. He took a job with MicroStrategy, where he began his career in technology. The company was hiring young people, training them in a kind of tech boot camp, and using them as consultants. For five years, Imran developed his familiarity with the tech world and continued to expand his skill set.
Then, in 2003, AOL came knocking. It was shortly after their acquisition by Time Warner, and they were looking for data experts to work with them on an operational overhaul. Imran had spent some time in the business world by that point, but AOL exposed him to a whole new level of leadership and infrastructure. “AOL gave me exposure to deal making,” Imran says. “Because it was such a big company, it gave me the opportunity to explore a wide range of functions. I learned how to manage relationships and the political aspects of things. I was able to manage people and manage budgets. I was also brought into the outsourcing group, where they had a risk- Profiles in Success: Inspiration from Executive Leaders in the Washington D.C. Area reward model. I learned about outsourcing and how to incentivize lenders better. I travelled internationally to all these place, and I made amazing connections along the way.”
AOL solidified and expanded the skill set Imran needed to make the jump to executive of his own firm. Armed with his experiences in the sciences, in the financial world, in a business environment, and in the tech sector, Imran’s solo venture was poised from the outset to achieve the success and potential it is well on its way to fully realizing. But Imran is quick to share the credit with those around him, including his brother, Zeeshan Aftab, who has been an instrumental right-hand man and partner. Imran also carries with him his father’s humility and his mother’s willpower. And his wife, Salma Naseer, is both a rock that grounds him and a compass that guides him.
Imran felt a kindship with Salma right away. Like him, she started out in America with practically nothing, and like him, she is self-made. Her father brought the family from India when she was 17, but he died of a stroke before he could finish his exams at Veterinary school. The couple married in 2000. In 2004, a few days before the birth of their first son, Salma’s sister and brotherin-law died in an accident. Facing so much tragedy was difficult, but Salma channeled her emotional pain into her spiritual life, and constantly reminds Imran to value what is truly important. “She has a very different outlook on life,” Imran states admiringly. “Material things don’t affect her at all. She’s always focused on the spiritual side of life, which is very important to me because it’s easy to get lost in this material world. She insures that we focus on the bigger purpose of helping people for the sake of helping and creating opportunity; not because we want to get our names out there.”
“Rather than constantly working to make more money for yourself, work backwards and figure out what you need. Then figure out how you can use your skills to expand opportunity for those around you.
To that end, the Aftabs have launched a 10Pearls charity initiative, the Empower Foundation. The foundation focuses on the needs of children and women, both in Virginia and in Karachi. Among Imran’s goals is the expansion of the foundation, along with growing the business. Imran’s goal of creating opportunity for those in need is one he hopes new generations of entrepreneurs will take on as well. In advising young people entering the working world today, he encourages young people to focus on the change they want to be in their lives and their societies. “Before you pick a career, figure out what problem you want to solve,” he says. “Rather than constantly working to make more money for yourself, work backwards and figure out what you need. Then figure out how you can use your skills to expand opportunity for those around you. It’s a different mindset, and one that allows you to chart the course of your life with care and intention. Otherwise you’re constantly chasing that next promotion or maintaining the status quo. Sixty years later, you retire, and what was it all for? When you orient yourself around making a difference, there’s always more to do.”
With an eye to the future, Imran is confident in the direction 10Pearls is headed, thanks in large part to his lifelong commitment to positive global change. “I don’t know if you’d call it fearless, but I’m not afraid,” he says. “I’m not afraid of losing at all. My wife and I always remember that we came into this world with nothing. We came to this country with nothing, and we’re going to go with nothing, so why not take risks and be bold? We’re not saying be reckless, but why not keep thinking and imagining? Why not keeping working and creating opportunity for the benefit of the environment, society, and the children of tomorrow?”
© August 2017 Gordon J. Bernhardt. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.
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President and founder of Bernhardt Wealth Management and author of Profiles in Success: Inspiration from Executive Leaders in the Washington D.C. Area. Gordon provides financial planning and wealth management services to affluent individuals, families and business owners throughout the Washington, DC area. Since establishing his firm in 1994, he and his team have been focused on providing high quality service and independent financial advice to help clients make informed decisions about their money.
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January 3, 2019 elvagreen123
Tickled to be Movin’ On Up
To quote (or misquote) a line from a movie “What a year it’s going to be!” I’ll open my house in Malibu . . .ok, never mind this post is actually about beginning a new venture that will make the transition from my first book writing journey, smoother.
2019 I will be focusing on two adventures. I will be saving money for my first trip to Baltimore where my father was born. I will be attending a convention while there and I hope to see some friends I’ve made since writing a biography about my father, and maybe I will be able to visit the part of town Eddie lived in. I am not a flyer but I have decided that being in a plane does not mean I may die, living definitely means I am going to die, so I might as well put in the effort to realize my dreams by getting on a plane to Baltimore. Plus I will be giving a presentation at the convention. How cool is that?
I will also be focusing on writing my second book. This will be a non-fiction about the 1970s sitcom, The Jeffersons. I am so tickled!! Someone actually gave me the chance to write another book! Now, when anyone asks me what I do I can say “I am a writer.” I spent my early years pursuing a singing career, then worked 30 years as a Secretary then retired. And now a whole new career has blossomed. I love it. And, I have actually found a connection between one of the characters from The Jeffersons and my father, Eddie Green.
Sherman Hemsley played the part of George Jefferson. While doing a bit of research I found this excerpt from an interview done in 1975, Mr. Hemsley was asked if he watched other Black tv shows. His reply: “Listen, I don’t even watch my own show, because I don’t own a television set. But I used to like ‘Amos and Andy.’ I loved them. ” Olean Times Herald May 9, 1975 by-line Arthur Unger. If you have followed me for a while you know that my father was a character on the Amos n Andy radio show in the 1940s. I don’t know if Mr. Hemsley heard the radio program or watched the tv show of the 50s and 60s but he says he “loved them”.
In 1949, the year before Eddie died this article was printed. “Gosden still speaks the parts of Amos, Kingfish and Lightnin’. Correll enacts Andy and Henry Van Porter. Eddie Green is Stonewall, the lawyer; Ernestine Wade is Sapphire, wife of Kingfish, and Wonderful Smith plays various roles as needed.” Rochester Democrat Chronicle 1949
I began this blog as a companion document to the biography I wrote about my father. My findings went from 1917 with his song “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, into his Burlesque career in 1921, where to my horror he was billed as Eddie (Simp) Green, LOL. Articles like this one helped me verify I had the correct Eddie Green. “Eddie (Simp) Green, the acrobatic dancer, is singing his own songs with “The Girls-De-Looks” Burlesque Show. “Nelson’s comment on his act in the review of the show is very favorable. Eddie is a good business man and has his own publishing business at 131 West 135th Street. New York. He is contracted with the show for the next two years.”
I finished the book with news of Eddie’s last movie from 1949 and his death in 1950. The following article appeared in the Los Angeles California Watts newspaper:
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Patrons of the Largo and Aliso Theatres will be pleased to learn that Mr. Berman, well known manager of both these houses, is now negotiating with Sepia Productions, Inc., who has just produced a new musical comedy featurette entitled, “Mr. Adam’s Bomb.”
Mr. Berman said. “I believe that my patrons would want to see this picture, not only because of the fact that it has an all Colored cast, but it features one of the best comedians in the country-— Eddie Green.
I am so proud of my father. And though I will continue to mention him here, periodically, I am too thrilled to begin a new book writing journey. I’m movin’ on up!!
October 2, 2018 elvagreen123
You Better Recognize!
Everyone can enjoy music. Any race or gender. It’s not normally about who is playing it. It really does not matter who is performing the music, only the notes matter. I think, however, what does matter is, who writes the notes and the lyrics. Who gets the recognition. I am happy that despite the fact that my father wrote his first song way back in 1917 his name is still listed as the writer. It’s pretty much a well known fact. And many, many people have recorded or performed Eddie’s song. Just recently a friend played it in a hotel where he works as a pianist. He was surprised how many people recognized the song, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is still being played by someone, somewhere in the world.
The song was made popular in 1919 by a White woman, Marion Harris, the first widely known White woman to sing jazz and blues. Then Sophie Tucker (the Red Hot Mama) fell in love with the song and sung it night after night in her nightclub act. Alberta Hunter took it after that. Bessie Smith, Louie Prima, and on and on. It’s been a fox trot, it’s been played with a ukulele. It was sung by Frank Sinatra in a movie joined by Shelley Winters. However, until I wrote Eddie’s biography most people were unaware that the writer of “A Good Man is Hard to Find” was a Black man.
What I have known for a long time is that there are many songs written and/or performed first by African-Americans that became widely popular through White singers who wound up getting the kudos (think Elvis and “Hound Dog”).
John Turner Layton, Jr., was an African-American songwriter, singer and pianist. Born 1894, he died in 1978. Turner Layton’s buddy, Harry Sterling Creamer, born 1879, died 1930, was also an African-American song lyricist. He co-wrote many popular songs in the years from 1900 to 1929. These men were talented, dedicated, and also patriotic as you can see by their first album. And like my father, Eddie, also appeared in vaudeville.
These two men wrote the song “After You’ve Gone” in 1918. Like Eddie’s song, Marion Harris helped make this song popular, as did Sophie Tucker. Edyie Gorme has sung the song, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.
“Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” was also a popular song with music by John Turner Layton, lyrics by Harry Creamer. Sung by The Andrews Sisters (1950) Freddie Cannon, Bing Crosby, Jan and Dean (1963!) among others. Yet, how many people are aware of the fact that these songs were written by African-American men? Where is their recognition?
Layton and Creamer were even commissioned to do a play. ” COBURNS PLAN MUSICAL SHOW: Mr. and Mrs. Coburn. it was learned last week, have practically completed negotiations for a new musical play which they plan to produce. The play is called “The Three Showers,” and the book, lyrics and music were written Jointly by Harry S. Creamer and Turner Layton. If George M. Cohan consents to fix up the book of “The Three Showers,” as is contemplated by the Coburns.”
About 1924 Turner Layton went to Europe. He teamed up with a Mr. Clarence “Tandy” Johnstone and enjoyed a great deal of success. Per the Pittsburgh Courier, 1927: “Turner Layton, Clarence Johnstone Are Playing To Big Crowds In London.”
Like Eddie, Turner Layton was often mentioned in the Black newspapers even as late as 1950, Pittsburgh Courier, 1950: “The Turner Laytons with daughter Alelia vacationing in usual swank style on French Riviera. Turner Layton happy at relief of gas rationing . . . Rolls Royces do less than 8 miles to the gallon. ” The man had a Rolls Royce.
We hear the songs and even recognize the people who sing them and that’s cool. But the recognition of the fact that there is much widely popular music that was written by African-Americans is absent in America. There, I’ve said it. Which is why who wrote the music matters, today. Music is universal. As is the African-American contribution.
Check out my book: Eddie Green The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer.
October 30, 2017 elvagreen123
I have a few newer followers to this blog. So I am posting a bit of information, some of which is in my book, for the newer people, though I have added new information in this post that I have only found today. I have also included a YouTube video, so there should be something for everybody. Say Hi to this guy Eddie Green, my father. I began this blog in order to chronicle my research into and my writing of his biography. A rags-to-riches story of a man who was a composer, Broadway and movie star, an Old Time Radio icon and filmmaker. The book has been published and has even won a Foreword INDIES 2016 Bronze Book Award (yay!!). I am in the process now of visiting libraries and Rotary Clubs and other venues to give presentations. I have been interviewed on podcasts and a National Radio program, and on YesterdayUSA. And I am continuing to post on this blog, one reason being that I am still learning new information about my father, another is that I continue to make good friends as well as good contacts. And I continue to discover that there are lots of people in this world who knew of my father and wanted to learn more.
The title of the book is Eddie Green The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer. In the book I mention a song that Eddie and another actor, Ernest Whitman, sang in 1945, “One Meatball”. I decided to post a YouTube video so that my audience (you) can hear Eddie announced and, can hear his voice.
When I logged onto the YouTube site I noticed these comments from tugOjackson from 2000: Eddie Green was beloved by millions of Americans who knew him as “Eddie the Waiter” on the Duffy’s Tavern radio show (which was the basis of the Cheers TV show.) Eddie was a marvelous talent and I know he would have been just as successful today. Thanks (jazzman) for not letting him be forgotten. And who knew Ernie & Eddie could sing jazz too? Their jazz/comic timing is superb in this clip! This may be the best version of “One Meatball” ever recorded! Listening again to this superb rendition of “One Meatball”. Eddie Green’s spoken comic asides as Ernie sings the first chorus are pure jazz improvisation. And Ernie can really sing too. By the way Mark Twain mentions this song in his book Roughing It, so it goes waay back. (I have tried to locate these two gentleman to thank them for their comments, but no luck so far.)
The song is by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer. What I didn’t put in the book is the journey this song took before it got it’s current name. In 1855 while living at Cloverden in Cambridge, Massachusetts, George Martin Lane wrote the song “The Lone Fish Ball”; after decades as a staple of Harvard undergraduates, it was modernized into the popular hit “One Meat Ball”. The song is composed upon an old english folk song entitled “Sucking Cider Through a Straw”. According to Professor Morris H. Morgan, the song is based upon an actual experience of Lane’s at a restaurant in Boston, although the reality involved a half-portion of macaroni, rather than a fish ball. The song goes on to relate the impoverished diner’s embarrassment at the hands of a disdainful waiter.
After becoming popular among Harvard undergraduates, it was translated into a mock Italian operetta, “Il Pesceballo”, by faculty members Francis James Child, James Russell Lowell and John Knowles Paine, set to a pastiche of grand opera music, and performed in Boston and Cambridge to raise funds for the Union army. A fish ball was for breakfast, cooked fish and potatoes pan fried together.
In 1944, the song was revived by Tin Pan Alley songwriters Hy Zaret and Lou Singer in a more bluesy format as “One Meat Ball”, and the recording by Josh White became one of the biggest hits of the early part of the American folk music revival. The song has been performed by The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Savo, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and others. Hy Zaret lived to be 99 years old, dying in 2007.
So, take a few more minutes, sit back and enjoy seeing my father, Eddie Green, and his friend Ernest Whitman in this compilation of images put together by jazzman and tugOjackson just so I could find it and share it with you.
As always, thanks, for stopping by.
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March 24, 2016 March 24, 2016 elvagreen123
It has been eleven days since my last post. Now that I have finished writing the biography of my father’s (Eddie Green) life and signed with a publisher I have been concentrating on the book cover design. Actually, I have been obsessing over it. Morning, noon, and night. Today I went out to the dentist and I was so anxious to get back home to my computer, I forgot to bring home something for dinner. I have been wracking my brain over what pictures to use.
Eddie’s forte was comedy, but he also sang, wrote songs, ran a string of restaurants, owned a movie picture/television station and was a government licensed ham radio operator. In the early 1900s Eddie was what Bob Hope called “a man of all trades, master of fun.” He was present before, during and after the Harlem Renaissance. So there are photos that I can use on the cover page, but in most of them Eddie was either acting silly, as in the picture from his movie “One Round Jones” (1941), or he is making a funny face in character. Anyhow, what I want to use is a picture that showed Eddie as the business man that he was because even as a comedian he was all business.
EDDIE GREEN IN ONE ROUND JONES
So, I have chosen the only photo that I have – a head shot of Eddie in his usual attire when he wasn’t in character – a sharp suit and a snazzy hat. Back east in the 40s and 50s men wore snazzy hats. Once the design is done, I will post it here. I think I will place small images of one or two of the comedies he made on the cover also.
I have realized recently that when I post to this blog I post as if I am sending my stuff out to the whole world, worrying that if I put too much in the blog who will buy this book? But, hello, silly me, the whole world is not following my blog! I have realized that I think of my blog followers as the whole world which is a good thing. Because that means I am pleased and satisfied with the progress of this endeavor.
Once my book publishes of course, I will be making a serious effort to see that it gets out to as many people as possible.
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Rafael Zaldivar explores and renews Cuba's traditions with his own music
Last December, Montreal jazz pianist Rafael Zaldivar was initiated into the Yoruba tradition in Cuba. It was part of his recent exploration of his own Cuban roots, at the same time as he's become firmly ensconced in Quebec's jazz scene.
Rafael Zaldivar ©Brett Delmage, 2012
It was a spiritual experience for him: he went through a ceremony “to resolve personal incidents that I had about my past”. And not only did he learn more about this major Cuban belief system, its link to nature and the universe and to the divine, but also about the rhythms, dances, and songs which are a central part of its practices.
He's put those rhythms and that music into his Afro-Cuban Revival project, which he brings to the Ottawa Jazz Festival tonight, and then to the Montreal Jazz Festival on July 3. It's a show which he hopes will connect the audience to the energy of the music, the spirituality of the traditions, and “the vibration that music brings to them”.
“This is a live performance. This is an animated performance. There will be a lot of exchange between the musicians in terms of accentuations, syncopations, visual exchange between views, the dancing, the physicality of the performance – people will appreciate that.”
Zaldivar, 35, was educated in Cuba's rigorous musical system, graduating from the Higher Institute of Arts in Havana. He emigrated to Canada in 2005, and quickly found a place in Montreal's jazz scene. He has released three albums of mostly original compositions with Canadian and American musicians, one of which was nominated for a JUNO Award. At the same time, he continued his university education, and was awarded a Doctorate in Music from McGill University in 2016. He's currently a professor of music at Laval University.
His Afro-Cuban Revival Project includes rhythms traced from the four major Afro-Cuban cultures: the Yoruba (or Lucumí), the Congo (or Bantu), the Arará, and the Abakuá. These are all rhythms which he studied for his doctoral thesis, on Afro-Cuban integration in jazz composition and improvisation.
His thesis discussed cultural integration and hybridization: “the way I perceive the rhythms themselves, the way the rhythms were perceived in Africa, in Cuba, in Brazil, the United States, and the way those rhythms changed the Cuban landscape, in terms of our situation, in terms of syncopation, in terms of displacement for rhythm. And how Afro-Cuban musicians have been exploring in the jazz practice area, how did they use those rhythms to create a new voice and a way of thinking, to develop a personal voice and individuality through the creation.”
He examined how different ethnic influences combined into Afro-Cuban music, and then “how musicians like Chucho Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba or even Steve Coleman, David Virelles in New York – how did they take these rhythms and make something personal with that.” And then he wrote compositions based on those rhythms: “a simple process of experimenting with rhythms and creating something personal with rhythm.”
In the Afro-Cuban Revival project, Zaldivar incorporates these rhythms both in the drumming and percussion, but also in how he improvises on piano. “Also when I compose, I use them to shape my harmonic and melodic ideas. Basically my compositions are not melodically or harmonically driven, they are more rhythmically driven. It's the rhythms in front for me first and the harmony and the melody are in second place.”
Most of the music his ensemble will play will be his compositions: “I think jazz festivals are a great opportunity to promote your creations, your personal and original work.”
However, he may include “La comparsa”, a song by Cuban nationalist composer Ernesto Lecuona which crosses between classical and Afro-Cuban music. “He's a tremendous composer. He wrote music for piano, with influences from African music and he added the rhythms into the compositional process. But also he makes clear the kind of classical steps where he writes.”
"I want my country to change, in the best way"
For Zaldivar, the project extends beyond just the music: he wants to use to bring issues about society, particularly in Cuba but also in Canada, up front. The “revival” in its title refers to “renewal”, he said: “to renew thinking, consciousness, to be conscious of my identity, my background, my past.”
“Because I want my country to change, in the best way. We really think of the word 'revival' as to change. It's a word that represents change, that represents development, opening to change, and a reflection about cultural issues and issues about identity, about political administrations that we have been facing for all the last 50 years in Cuba.”
The current Cuban system has many advantages: “free education, a health care system which is free, too. We also have access to the resources generally – there is no difference basically. We tend to see that there is no difference between races. All the things that Castro and the Cuban system made for Cubans and I personally appreciate that and I personally appreciate that.”
But “there is a price to pay for all the things that the Cuban government made at the time: free education, free health care. And the price is the freedom. So people don't have the freedom to express themselves. They don't have the freedom to understand the culture in a really deep sense and to produce it in their own way. They don't have the freedom to explore with their consciousness about the fact that we are an Afro-Cuban identity, and the African element is as important as the Spanish element. There is also a gap between the African practices themselves, and the vision of the Revolution has about the culture of the Cubans. So we need to be aware of that, we need to be conscious of the role of Africans, the role of African culture in the Cuban society.”
To him, the Afro-Cuban revival includes being conscious of one's past and and “the rights that we as citizens need to create a better and more hybridized society.” While specifically related to Cuba, this could apply to any country, he says.
“It's important for me to reflect about those issues. The Revival puts these issues up front.”
A hybrid ensemble
Performing with Zaldivar in the project's ensemble are two Cuban musicians now living in Montreal: drummer Michel Medrano and percussionist Eugenio 'Kiko' Osorio. Ottawa audiences have heard both in concert with Miguel de Armas.
Zaldivar said both are in harmony with his vision about rhythms, as well as bringing their own experience as Afro-Cuban musicians about facing those issues in Cuba before coming to Canada. Osorio is also “one of the most solid and grounded percussionists in Montreal”, and “contributes to the musical direction of the group as a percussionist because he used to play with a really well-known pianist José Maria Vitier in Cuba as a percussionist, so he knows about collaboration with a pianist, he knows how to create that kind of single voice attached together with the piano.”
From Medrano comes a “younger vision” as opposed to Osorio's “more mature vision. I think it's a great mix, that we have different ages in the group, and I value the differences.”
Also in the ensemble is Montreal jazz bassist Rémi-Jean LeBlanc, who is originally from Moncton, New Brunswick. Zaldivar values the fact that LeBlanc comes from a bilingual (French/English) and “more balanced” culture which has faced issues about acculturation and has “a really open view about cultures”.
“Rémi-Jean LeBlanc reflects these kinds of ideas. And he's a musician that plays with everybody because he understands the hybridization process. And he's interested also in the collaboration process. So this is why I have him in my band. Of course I could use a Cuban bassist to play this music, because this music relates to the Afro-Cuban ideal. But Rémi-Jean LeBlanc is able to relate these two and he also brings something personal, which is different and which is also related to jazz. He's a tremendous musician, a very talented and creative musician. So sometimes we find people in other countries, other places that are an example for you. That's why I have him in my band.”
Adding his own voice
Vocalist Mireille Boily will join the ensemble for the Montreal jazz festival shows. But for both shows, Zaldivar will add a new component: he'll sing along with his piano on a few pieces.
“Singing is probably the best way to show people how you feel, how you reflect about music, and what you have to say to them. And I like exposing my inner side to the people. So I wanted to sing a little bit. I will be singing in Spanish but I will also be doing some vocalizations along to my piano melodies.”
“There is a piece that I love which is called 'Guaguanco'. Guaguanco is a specific type of Cuban rhythm but any rhythm or artistic expression or musical expression comes from the dance itself, so Guaguanco is a dance basically. Even the word has a rhythm in it, we sing it.”
“That piece talks about the way people dance the Guaguanco in Cuba, the way people socialize through the Guaguanco, around the Guaguanco. This is a tool for socializing, expressing social values and human values. So I use that piece to sing.”
He will sing the melody – sometimes in unison with the piano, sometimes in harmony with the piano. “Sometimes I use the melody and I keep playing something different on the piano. I keep the original melody of the piece and I play something in the background with the piano. Sometimes I play in unison with the melody for my improvised line and my voice. I want to be sounding fresh and exposing more my inner soul to people.”
Zaldivar's next CD will be a recording of the Afro-Cuban Revival, most of which he's already recorded with the ensemble. He'll be back in the studio on July 16 to add vocal tracks. He's also hoping to include with the CD a documentary interview about Afro-Cuban practices, including interviews with Afro-Cuban musicians.
He also has another current project celebrating Cuban popular music: his Tribute to Buena Vista Social Club, the renowned quintet from Havana whose collaboration with Ry Cooder renewed interest in the U.S. in Cuban jazz. He'll bring that show to the Festival Desjardins in Aylmer on July 28 [see OttawaJazzScene.ca's story about the festival].
Welcoming every kind of influence
Zaldivar's interest in “hybridization” extends well beyond just the Revival project – in fact, it was a constant refrain in our interview.
What attracted him to staying in Quebec, he said, were the many opportunities that became available to him, and how the how the society welcomed a hybrid mix of musical influences. When he first came to Montreal he said, “I saw that the jazz community was so open to receive, to welcome every kind of influence from Africa, from the south, like me for example as an Afro-Cuban musician. And I had the opportunity to play with musicians here and invite the musicians to be part of my projects and I made some groups with them. So that was something that really inspired me at that time, the fact that the society was flexible, to be open to the continued integration and the hybridization process.”
More recently, in May, he led a three-week residency at the Centre d'Expérimentation Musicale in Chicoutimi, Quebec, with six other vocalists and instrumentalists. They worked on Zaldivar's new compositions, focusing on rhythm and Afro-Cuban groove mixed with contemporary jazz.
Zaldivar said he got to know the other musicians as people as well as performers, in a family atmosphere. “The experience for me was amazing – I got three weeks to write my own music. I also get three weeks to reflect about my music to get away from the metropolitan area, to reflect about myself as a person, and to put these reflections through my compositional process.”
“I also had the experience to see how my music is performed in different ways for other people. We had singers, we had saxophonists, we had bass, we had a drummer, we had a Québeçois percussionist, It was awesome to integrate the Afro-Cuban rhythms into the compositional process around discussions with all these musicians. That was a kind of reconciliation around cultural differences.”
Those compositions won't be in his immediate set-lists “but the process itself of putting this music together, creating this music, the questions that came out regarding other musicians – these are going to be helping me with the performances.”
“Because that gives me more ways to deal with my own musicians in the Afro-Cuban Revival. And that gives me more space to know, to better define ideas with Afro-Cuban musicians. To better define my values, to reinforce my human values.”
Rafael Zaldivar and the Afro-Cuban Revival will perform on the Ottawa Jazz Festival's Main Stage on Saturday, July 23, at 6:30 p.m., and at the Montreal Jazz Festival (Club Jazz Casino de Montréal à la place SNC-Lavalin at the corner of De Bleury and René Lévesque) on Tuesday, July 3, at 8 p.m.
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Privacy Research: The Need for Evidence in the Design of U.S. Privacy Policy
By: Daniel R. Pérez
This regulatory policy insight details the importance of using evidence to inform the development of U.S. privacy policy and identifies the kinds of evidence that would be particularly useful for policymakers to consider.
The Relationship Between Regulatory Form & Productivity: An Empirical Application to Agriculture
Under a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture, the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center produced this four-chapter report detailing the findings of its research on the relationship between regulation and agricultural productivity. This report does not represent an official position of the GW Regulatory Studies Center, the George Washington University, or the United States Department of Agriculture.
Organizational Process, Rulemaking Pace, and the Shadow of Judicial Review
By: Christopher Carrigan & Russell W. Mills (Published by the Public Administration Review)
Scholars have long understood that structuring internal work processes into more hierarchical or team‐based arrangements has consequences for organizational outputs. Building on this insight, this research examines the relationship between how agencies organize their rulemaking routines and the resulting rules. Tracking the job functions of rule contacts for economically significant rules proposed over a four‐year period, the analysis demonstrates that expanding the breadth of personnel types closely involved in a rulemaking is associated with a reduction in the time it takes to promulgate the rule. However, increasing the pace at which rules are finalized is not without cost, as those completed faster appear more likely to be overturned when challenged in court. The article not only adds another dimension to empirical scholarship studying rulemaking, which has largely focused on how forces originating outside the agency affect rules, but also suggests the importance of considering competing priorities in designing rulemaking processes.
Restoring Internet Freedom as an example of How to Regulate
By: Jerry Ellig
Thomas Lambert’s How to Regulate contains some simple but critical pieces of advice for regulators: (1) Diagnose the problem before settling on a solution, (2) Compare the merits (benefits and costs) of alternatives, and (3) Recognize that regulators, like the rest of us, respond to the incentives created by the organization in which they are embedded. The FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom order presents an example of how to apply those principles in practice. The 2017 order’s decisions on blocking and throttling, paid prioritization, and the general conduct rule are informed by an extensive diagnosis of the problems the regulations are intended to solve and an assessment of the merits of alternative solutions. The decision to reclassify broadband from Title II to Title I takes into account the public choice incentives that could lead regulators to behave in a less-than-optimal way.
Expanding OIRA Review to IRS
By Bridget C. E. Dooling
Executive Order 12866 describes U.S. policy on regulatory planning and review. It directs agencies to identify the nature and significance of the problem they are trying to solve with regulation, to identify alternative solutions, to assess the quantifiable and non-quantifiable costs and benefits of each alternative, and then to choose the option that maximizes net benefits to society, taking into account distributional effects and other considerations. That policy, which has governed U.S. regulation for several decades, is managed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). It is also subject to several exemptions. In April 2018, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget signed a historic memorandum of agreement (MOA) narrowing one of those exemptions. The MOA expands the number of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulatory actions for which IRS must comply with EO 12866. This action moved tax rules out of the “presidential tax-policy blind spot” as described by Professor Clint Wallace. This working paper offers a close study of the MOA and reveals six striking features that not only affect tax regulation, but also offer intriguing possibilities for (1) scholarly understanding of OIRA as an institution and (2) the future of regulatory review of independent agencies, which is the largest remaining exemption from OIRA review.
Review: How Do Cross-Country Regulatory Systems Affect Poverty?
By Mark Febrizio
A March 2019 Policy Research Working Paper for the World Bank Group examines how “business-friendly” regulations and their enforcement affect poverty at the country level. This review analyzes the paper’s main claims, examines its methodology, and recommends ways to make improvements. In its current form, the paper makes strong claims that are not fully supported by the results or methodology. Modifying the analysis could enhance the findings and expand the paper’s contribution to the literature on country-level determinants of poverty. Rather than offering a clear path forward to addressing poverty, the paper is better seen as a starting point for further research.
Working Paper Series: Adapting Policy Analysis for Uncertain Futures
Policymakers face demands to act today to protect against a wide range of future risks, and to do so without impeding economic growth. Yet traditional analytical tools may not be adequate to frame the relevant uncertainties and tradeoffs. Challenges such as climate change, nuclear war, and widespread natural disasters don’t lend themselves to decision rules designed for discrete policy questions and marginal analyses. We refer to such issues as “uncertain futures.”
Planning for Everything (Besides Death and Taxes)
By Susan Dudley, Daniel R. Pérez, Brian Mannix, & Christopher Carrigan
As part of a GW Regulatory Studies Center series of working papers on “Adapting Policy Analysis for Uncertain Futures,” this paper notes that policymakers face demands to act today to protect against a wide range of future risks, and to do so without impeding economic growth. Yet traditional analytical tools may not be adequate to frame the relevant uncertainties and tradeoffs. Challenges such as climate change, nuclear war, and widespread natural disasters don’t lend themselves to decision rules designed for discrete policy questions and marginal analyses. We refer to such issues as “uncertain futures.”
From Football to Oil Rigs: Risk Assessment for Combined Cyber and Physical Attacks
By: Fred S. Roberts
As part of a GW Regulatory Studies Center series of working papers on “Adapting Policy Analysis for Uncertain Futures,” Fred Roberts applies risk assessment to scenarios of terrorist attacks on critical infrastructure including U.S. sporting venues and the international maritime transportation system. He notes that risk assessments of terrorist attacks traditionally treat physical and cyber attacks separately and are inappropriate for considering the risk of combined attacks that include both a physical and cyber component. He proposes a framework informed by expert judgement to determine whether an attacker would likely prefer executing a combined or traditional physical attack on a given target.
Nuclear War as a Global Catastrophic Risk
By: James Scouras
As part of a GW Regulatory Studies Center series of working papers on “Adapting Policy Analysis for Uncertain Futures,” James Scouras identifies nuclear war as a global catastrophic risk and suggests that multidisciplinary studies that combine insights from “historical case studies, expert elicitation, probabilistic risk assessment, complex systems theory, and other disciplines” can address many of the shortcomings of single analytic approaches. He suggests that experts can address current gaps in their assessments of the consequences of nuclear weapons by further investigating understudied phenomena (e.g., the effects of electromagnetic pulses, nuclear winter, the prolonged effects of radiation).
A Brief History of Regulation and Deregulation
By: Susan Dudley
The history of regulatory policy in the United States is rich, but its future remains unclear. Susan Dudley provides four key milestones in the development of the current regulatory policy landscape, and posits that we may be in the midst of a fifth milestone being laid, in this article for The Regulatory Review at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Decision Analysis, Muddling-Through, and Machine Learning for Managing Large-Scale Uncertain Risks
By Louis Anthony Cox, Jr.
As part of a GW Regulatory Studies Center series of working papers on “Adapting Policy Analysis for Uncertain Futures,” Tony Cox, builds on Charles Lindblom’s research on the limits of rational-comprehensive decisionmaking, to provide insights on how machine learning can help individuals and institutions make better informed decisions — improving society’s experience of ‘muddling through’ policymaking under uncertainty.
Responsible Precautions for Uncertain Environmental Risks
By W. Kip Viscusi
As part of a GW Regulatory Studies Center series of working papers on “Adapting Policy Analysis for Uncertain Futures,” W. Kip Viscusi elaborates on best practices for decisionmakers facing low probability, high consequence hazards. Viscusi points out that these uncertain risks often create incentives to pursue suboptimal policy approaches that potentially over commit public resources to less consequential hazards.
Consultation, Participation, and the Institutionalization of Governance Reform in China
By Steven J. Balla & Zhoudan Xie
This article examines the institutionalization of online consultation, a prominent instrument of governance reform in China in which government officials provide interested parties with opportunities to comment on draft laws and regulations over the Internet. The analysis demonstrates that government consultation practices have institutionalized to a greater degree than the citizen feedback that occurs in response to draft laws and regulations. These results point to the conclusion that online consultation is a governance reform that has advanced transparency and (to a lesser degree) public participation, but has not eroded the Chinese Communist Party’s dominance over policymaking.
Measuring Costs and Benefits of Privacy Controls: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Estimates
By Joseph J. Cordes & Daniel R. Pérez
Co-director Joe Cordes and senior policy analyst Daniel Pérez's article published in The Journal of Law, Economics & Policy draws on the economics of privacy literature to summarize why the costs and benefits of privacy controls should be measured in principle, discusses previous attempts to do so, and generates useful estimates of consumers' valuation of privacy.
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You are here: Home / Publications / Commentaries / Missing Offsets: EPA and DOE Rules May not Comply with One-in-Two-out Executive Order
Missing Offsets: EPA and DOE Rules May not Comply with One-in-Two-out Executive Order
by Sofie E. Miller, Senior Policy Analyst
Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,” requires agencies to identify two rules for removal for each new significant rule they issue after noon on January 20, 2017. Additionally, the EO instructs agencies to comply with a $0 regulatory cost cap for fiscal year 2017, meaning that the costs of new significant rules should be offset by the costs of the rules selected for removal or modification. While some scholars have hypothesized that the requirements of EO 13771 will halt rulemaking entirely, agencies have managed to publish two significant rules in recent weeks—without mentioning the requirements of EO 13771.
What is a “Significant” Rule?
In February, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued an interim guidance to agencies on implementing the new one-in-two-out requirement and limiting its scope to new significant rules from executive branch agencies. “Significant” rules are defined in Executive Order 12866 as rules that are expected to result in $100 million in annual economic impact, materially alter certain budget impacts, or raise novel legal or policy issues, among other things. Based on this definition and OMB’s guidance, EO 13771 is intended to apply only to the regulations with the biggest potential effect: only about 5% of final rules published in any given year are “significant.”
Significant Rules without Regulatory Offsets
On June 14, EPA published a significant rule in the Federal Register requiring dental practices to use the best available technology to control the discharge of mercury and other metals in dental amalgam into publicly owned sewage treatment plants. Despite the fact that EPA’s rule “is a significant regulatory action that was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review because it raises novel legal or policy issues,” EPA did not identify any regulatory offsets, or even mention EO 13771 in the preamble to its rule.
Although the rule wasn’t published in the Federal Register until June, OMB concluded its review of the rule on December 8, 2016, more than one month before EO 13771 was issued. In this case, it could have been difficult for OMB to enforce the requirements of EO 13771 after regulatory review had concluded.
The Department of Energy also published a final rule increasing the stringency of existing energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers, which were last updated in 2014. DOE expects the amended standards to save 0.9 quads of energy over 30 years, resulting in $5.6 billion in benefits and $600 million in costs. Unsurprisingly, OMB determined that this rule is a significant regulatory action; however, DOE did not identify regulatory offsets in its rule pursuant to EO 13771.
Judicial Deadline?
There are two reasons behind why DOE may have neglected to identify regulatory offsets for the $600 million in new costs. One is that, like the EPA dental amalgam rule, OMB concluded review of DOE’s final rule on December 23, 2016, well before the requirements of EO 13771 were in place. The second reason may be that OMB identifies DOE’s rule as being driven by a judicial deadline, which could make it eligible for additional time to identify which rules will be used as offsets.
DOE’s rule is being issued in response to a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which vacated six of the 2014 standards for refrigeration systems. While DOE details how its current rule responds to the court’s decision, it makes no mention of a judicial deadline, raising questions as to whether DOE qualifies for additional time to identify its offsets.
Renewable Fuels Standards Require Offset
Continuing this trend, EPA recently released a pre-publication draft of its proposed Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) for 2018. These standards mandate the volumes of ethanol, biodiesel, and cellulosic ethanol to be blended into transportation fuel in the following year, and are required to be issued prior to November of the year prior to the standards.
Similar to the EPA and DOE rules above, this proposed rule is a significant regulatory action that makes no mention of how it will comply with the requirements of EO 13771. What sets this proposed rule apart is that EPA is bound by a statutory deadline to issue the standards by November 30th, 2017. Although rules with statutory deadlines are still bound by the requirements of EO 13771, agencies are granted additional time to identify the regulatory offsets for these rules.
OMB’s guidance indicates that the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions will be used to track new agency rules and offsets. All eyes will be on the Agenda, expected to be published this week, to see how these rules as well as others on the horizon comply with EO 13771.
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On Wednesday afternoon, President Trump announced the reinstatement of a ban, via Twitter, preventing transgender people from serving in any and all branches of the military “in any capacity.” The ban would not only prohibit transgender people from joining military but would force military personnel already serving to give up their positions. This decision seems to have been made very abruptly considering that, during both his campaign and his presidency thus far, he has never voiced his interest or concern about whether or not he thinks trans people should be able to serve their country. In fact, senators from both major parties were quite shocked by this decision and immediately took to Twitter to advocate for trans involvement in the military, thanking them for their service and assuring them that who they are is not a “burden”, a word Trump used to describe the medical expenses of trans people in the armed forces. Even Republican Senator John McCain, who is notoriously socially conservative, voiced his outrage over Trump’s news, saying that the tweets Trump posted announcing the ban were “unclear” and that “There is no reason to force any service members who are able to fight, train, and deploy to leave the military.” While Trump claims the ban is due to the cost of hormone replacement therapy and/or reassignment surgery that transgender military personnel may need, these expenses are a fraction of the cost of the Department of Defense’s healthcare expenditures, totaling to only around $8.4 million, at most, out of a 49 billion dollar budget. In other words, attempting to justify this ban as a way to decrease costs is simply untrue. In addition, banning an entire demographic of people from the military is not only discriminatory, and echoes not so distant moments in American history when black or gay people couldn’t serve, but it decreases the number of willing and able citizens who want to fight to protect their country. All the while, this regressive and discriminatory announcement of the ban falls on the 69th anniversary of the day President Harry Truman desegregated the armed forces.
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CYO - Teen Outreach
Daughters of St. Joachim
Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers
Small Children's Worship
July 6th & 7th - Archdiocese of New Orleans Propagation of Faith
Members of the Franciscan Mission will be at all masses July 6th & 7th. The Franciscan Mission works to support the mission of St. Francis of Assisi. Over 800 years ago, St. Francis stumbled upon a church in the little town that was in great despair. While in prayer over its condition in front of the crucifix, he heard the words, “Go repair my house.” Instead of attempting to raise the fund to start the rebuilding, he assumed his wealthy family would help. However, Francis was wrong, and was immediately disowned by his family. Francis decided to turn to his extended family, just as Jesus had done. He begged the community for help, and they reciprocated with joy. Francis learned to work with his hands to help the poor, and ask humbly for help when it was needed.
Today, the Franciscans are still using the inspiration of St. Francis to fund and support missions throughout the world. Their funds are used to provide financial support to orphanages, soup kitchens, medical clinics, sustainable water projects, and the development of farms to feed, while teaching people to farm for their own food. The Franciscans support the education of Franciscan missionaries, the building of churches, housing for the poor, and formation housing for Franciscan students. The Franciscan Missions also provides charitable relief to countries around the world that have been devastated from disaster.
Today, the goal of the Franciscan Missions is to bring their support and work to the United States. Their specific focus is on the youth and young adults of our country, to educate and support day to day experiences of the mission work of the Franciscan Order. The plan is also to maintain a “mission fraternity” in Waterford, WI, a fraternity of international friar-missionaries, whose purpose will be to pray for the missions and missionaries, while preaching and teaching about the Franciscan Mission.
Without your generous support, the Franciscans would be unable to continue and fulfill the mission spoken to them by the Lord. Just as the image of the cross spoke to St. Francis, and assured him that his people would help support Francis in his mission, the Lord is speaking to each one of us in our hearts to help these brothers support others less fortunate then ourselves and spread the good news of God through the work of their missions.
St. Joachim Catholic Church
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Gabriel Nathan Rosenberg
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
Gabriel N. Rosenberg is Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and History. He earned his Ph.D. from Brown University in History. He was the recipient of the Gilbert C. Fite Award from the Agricultural History Society, the K. Austin Kerr Prize from the Business History Conference, and a François André Michaux Fund Fellowship from the American Philosophical Society. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University's Program in Agrarian Studies, an Early Career Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh's Humanities Center, and a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His essays have appeared in journals such as American Quarterly , GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies , and Diplomatic History .
Broadly, Gabriel Rosenberg's research investigates the historical and contemporary linkages among gender, sexuality, and the global food system. In particular, he studies spaces of agricultural production as important sites for the constitution and governance of intimacy – intimacy both between and among humans, animals, and plants. Although central throughout history to human knowledge about reproduction, agriculture has been peripheral to accounts of the governance of sexuality. In tandem, while historical accounts of American state power have productively questioned matters of governance through the lens of agriculture, they have largely overlooked sexuality as its own formative analytic. His research looks to agriculture as a site of knowledge/power formation that inscribes and mobilizes both human and non-human bodies and desire. Reflecting his training as a historian of the modern United States, he uses the archives of the America’s agricultural past to exhume the tangled relationships between agricultural practices and the governance of human gender and sexuality, a relationship that now conditions America’s relationship to the agricultural peripheries of the global South.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019
gabriel.rosenberg@duke.edu
Education, Training, & Certifications
Ph.D., Brown University 2011
Duke Appointment History
Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015 - 2019
Assistant Professor History, History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016 - 2019
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Women's Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2015
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History, History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2012
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, 2017-Present
Chair, Sexuality Studies Advisory Board, 2017-Present
Member, Provost’s Advisory Committee on Faculty Advancement. 2018-Present
Member, Academic Programs Committee, 2019-Present
Academic Positions Outside Duke
Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. 2019
Early Career Fellow, Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh. 2016 - 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University. 2012 - 2013
A New Faculty-in-Residence Moves Into Southgate Residence Hall
What We Talk About When We Talk About Locker Room Talk
SEP 7, 2016 lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Gabriel Rosenberg, co-author: Chill out. Political history has never been better
MAY 4, 2016 New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth”
Gabriel Rosenberg: Family farm fetish
America's Family Farm Fetish
APR 11, 2016 The Boston Globe
Gabriel Rosenberg: Fetishizing family farms
AUG 11, 2015 The Hill
Back to School - or Back to the Fields?
MAR 2, 2015 Mother Jones
Gabriel Rosenberg: Inside the bizarre cow trials of the 1920s
OCT 13, 2014 The New Republic
Kelly Alexander: Don't blame Michelle Obama for disgusting school lunches. Blame big agro
I'll Have Some Cricket's Head With My Fondue
APR 28, 2014 Indianapolis Star
Gabriel Rosenberg: Learning to hate the Pacers, a team I have long loved
FEB 5, 2014 The Charlotte Post, AP
Gabriel Rosenberg comments: Farm bill passes Senate
News Tip: Duke Expert Says Farm Bill Only Helps Wealthy Farmers
Gilbert C. Fite Best Dissertation Prize. Agricultural History Society. June 2012
K. Austin Kerr Prize. Business History Conference. March 2012
Postdoctoral Fellowship. Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University. January 2012
History, Modern
Global Scholarship
United States of America (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Rosenberg, G. N. The 4-H Harvest: Sexuality and the State in Rural America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Rosenberg, Gabriel. “How Meat Changed Sex.” Glq: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 23, no. 4 (2017): 473–507. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-4157487.
Rosenberg, Gabriel N. “A Race Suicide among the Hogs: The Biopolitics of Pork in the United States, 1865–1930.” American Quarterly 68, no. 1 (2016): 49–73. https://doi.org/10.1353/aq.2016.0007.
Rosenberg, G. N., and M. Honeck. “Transnational Generations: Organizing Youth and Cold War International Relations, 1945-1980.” Diplomatic History 38 (April 2014).
Rosenberg, G. N. “A Classroom in the Barnyard: Reproducing Heterosexuality in American 4-H.” In Queering the Countryside: New Directions in Rural Queer Studies, edited by M. Gray, C. Johnson, and B. Gilley. New York University Press, 2016.
Rosenberg, G. N. “Youth as Infrastructure: 4-H and the Intimate State in the 1920s Rural United States.” In Boundaries of the State in U.S. History, edited by J. Sparrow, W. Novak, and S. Sawyer. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Rosenberg, G. N. “The Charleston Slave Conspiracy of 1822.” In Conflicts in American History: The Early Republic, 1783-1860, edited by C Brad Nicholson, 2:163–90. Facts on File, 2010.
Rosenberg, G. N. “Department of Agriculture.” In Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, edited by Kathleen Brosnan. Facts on File, 2010.
Rosenberg, G. N. “Breeds and Breeding.” In Animals, Vol. 10, n.d.
Rosenberg, Gabriel. “Fetishizing Family Farms.” The Boston Globe, April 10, 2016.
Rosenberg, G. N. “Where are the Animals in the History of Sexuality?.” Notches: (Re)Marks on the History of Sexuality, September 2, 2014.
Rosenberg, G. N. “Learning to Hate the Pacers, a Team I Have Long Loved.” Indianapolis Star, April 25, 2014.
Rosenberg, G. N. “A Painful Retreat on Child Labor.” Raleigh News Observer, May 2, 2012.
Rosenberg, G. N. “The Programa Interamericano para la Juventud Rural and Rural Modernization in Cold War Latin America.” Research Reports of the Rockefeller Archives, 2011.
Rosenberg, Gabriel N. “Global Appetites: American Power and the Literature of Food.” American Literature, June 2016.
Rosenberg, Gabriel N. “Beyond the Fruited Plain: Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850-1905.” American Literature, June 2016.
Rosenberg, Gabriel N. “Just Queer Folks: Gender and Sexuality in Rural America.” Journal of the History of Sexuality. UNIV TEXAS PRESS, January 1, 2016.
Rosenberg, G. N. “Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight, by Timothy Pachirat.” Agricultural History, 2013.
Rosenberg, G. N. “Not in This Family: Gays and the Meaning of Kinship in Postwar North America, by Heather Murray.” The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 2012.
Rosenberg, Gabriel N. “Food and Everyday Life on Kentucky Farms, 1920–1950.” History: Reviews of New Books. Informa UK Limited, January 2007. https://doi.org/10.1080/03612759.2007.10527016.
Teaching & Mentoring
ENVIRON 209: Food, Farming, and Feminism 2019
GLHLTH 225: Food, Farming, and Feminism 2019
GSF 275: Food, Farming, and Feminism 2019
GSF 370S: Queer Theory 2019
GSF 493: Honors Independent Study 2019
GSF 701S: Foundations in Feminist Theory 2019
GSF 891: Independent Study 2019
HISTORY 221: Food, Farming, and Feminism 2019
LIT 475S: Queer Theory 2019
LIT 761S: Foundations in Feminist Theory 2019
SXL 470S: Queer Theory 2019
ENGLISH 890S: Special Topics Seminar 2018
GSF 202S: Introduction to Study of Sexualities (DS4) 2018
GSF 499S: Senior Seminar in Women's Studies 2018
GSF 960S: Interdisciplinary Debates (Topics) 2018
HISTORY 890S-13: Research Topics in Methods and Theory 2018
SXL 199S: Introduction to Study of Sexualities (DS4) 2018
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
A Race Suicide Among the Hogs: Animal Bodies, Racial Knowledge, and the Biopolitics of Meat. Working Group on Feminism and History. January 31, 2013 2013
‘How is Race Suicide to Be Prevented When the Cholera Gets Among the Hogs?’: Animal Bodies and Racial Knowledge in Late 19th and Early 20th Century America. Program in Agrarian Studies. January 31, 2013 2013
4-H and the Biopolitics of Agricultural Reform in Early Twentieth Century America. January 31, 2012 2012
Inventing the Family Farm: Rethinking the Role of Gender, Sexuality, and Agrarianism in Alternative Food Movements. January 31, 2012 2012
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Organizer. Pig Out: Hogs and Humans in Global and Historical Perspective. Yale University. October 16, 2015 - October 18, 2015 2015
Bass Connections Faculty Team Member . Data+. June 2015 - August 2015 2015
Co-Convenor. Subnature and Culinary Cultures. Humanities Writ Large, Duke University. August 2014 - November 2014 2014
Organizer. Workshop on the Study of Animals in History. Agricultural History Society. June 2015 2015
Program Committee. Annual Meeting. Agricultural History Society. June 2015 2015
Service to Duke
Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University. Humanities Writ Large, Steering Committee. July 2015 2015
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Refraction of Light
Edited by Sim, Jen Moreau
Applications of Total Internal Reflection
Refraction of Light through Prism
1 Refraction of Light
2 Laws of Refraction:
3 Index of Refraction:
4 Total Internal Reflection:
5 Critical Angle:
6 Conditions for Total Internal Reflection:
7 Relation between Critical angle & Refractive Index:
8 Applications of Total Internal Reflection
9 Refraction of Light through Prism
10 Referencing this Article
When a beam of light strikes the boundary separating two transparent media such as air and water or glass, some of the light is reflected whereas the remaining portion enters the second medium and undergoes a change in direction as well as in velocity. This change of direction and velocity of light is called refraction of light.
Consider a surface A'B' which separates two media. When a ray of light AO passes from one medium to the other, its direction changes along OC instead of straight line AB. Point 'O' is the point of incidence, NO'N is the normal to the surface A'B'. OA is the incident ray and OC is the refracted ray. The angle AON = Li and the angle CON' =Lr. From this discussion and experiment, it is clear that "when a light passes from a rare to a dense medium, the refracted ray bends towards the normal and when a ray of light passes from dense to a rare medium, the refracted ray bends away from normal as shown below (Note: glass is denser than water and water is denser than air).
Laws of Refraction:
There are two laws of refraction.
The incident ray, the refracted ray and the normal all lie in the same plane at the incident point
The second law called Snell's law was discovered by Snell in 1621
According to this law, "The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence "I" to the sine of the angle of refraction "r" is constant for all the rays of light passing from one medium to the other. This constant is called index of refraction.
Mathematically, n= SinLi/SinLr
When light passes from one medium into another, it is refracted, because the speed of light is different in different media. In general, the speed of light in any medium is less than the speed of light in vacuum. It is, therefore, convenient to define the index of refraction "n" as the ratio of the velocities of light in vacuum or air to the velocity of light in the given medium.
n= velocity of light in air or vacuum/ velocity of light in medium
n= C/V, where C= 3x108m/s
Note: Since the speed of light in the vacuum is almost equal to the speed of light in air, we use the speed of light in the air instead of vacuum. The refractive index is a ratio of two similar quantities, therefore, having no unit. It only shows the ability of a substance to bend light rays. The refractive index of a substance depends only on the nature of the medium and wavelength and does not depend on the angle of incidence. Moreover, as the apparent depth of water pond seems less than its real depth, we can calculate the refractive index of water as,
n= Real depth/ apparent depth
Ref: nwater=1.33 and nair= 1.0003
Total Internal Reflection:
When a beam of light passes through an optically denser medium to a rarer medium, i.e. from water to air, the refracted ray bends away from the normal, and the angle of refraction "Lr" is always greater than the corresponding angle of incidence. "Li"
It should be noted that as the angle of incidence increases, the angle of refraction also increases until a certain value where the corresponding angle of refraction becomes 90º and the refracted ray runs along the surface (separating the two media). When the value of the angle of incidence becomes greater than the critical angle, there is no refraction and the whole ray is internally reflected in the medium, such a process is called total internal reflection.
Critical Angle:
When the light enters from a denser medium to rarer medium, the value of the angle of incidence for which its corresponding angle of refraction is 90º is called critical angle. Li=Lie, when r= 90º
Conditions for Total Internal Reflection:
The following two conditions are necessary for total internal reflection.
The ray of light should travel from a denser to a less dense medium
The angle of incidence should be greater than the critical angle
Relation between Critical angle & Refractive Index:
If the critical angle for a specific medium is known, then the refractive index "n" can be found as n= 1/ sin ic
As n= sin Li/sin Lr
Also, n= index of air/ index of medium
So, sin Li/sin Lr= index of air/ index of medium
Sin ic/sin90= 1/ index of medium
Index= I/sin ic
The following are applications or examples of total internal reflection.
It is an instrument which enables the crew of a submarine to obtain information about a ship on the surface of the water when it is itself submerged into the water. In this device, two persons (totally reflected prisms, i.e one angle is 90º and two others 45º each) are used as shown in the figure below. Light entering and leaving each prism does not suffer refraction because <I=0. Light rays striking the hypotenuse side of the prism at an angle of 45º are totally internally reflected because the value of the critical angle of glass is 42º.
Sparkling of Diamond
Sparkling of diamond is a very good example of total internal reflection because of a very high value 'n', the critical angle is very small, 24º. Hence when light enters the diamond particle, it is totally reflected many times inside the diamond.
The endoscope is an optical instrument used to view & photograph the inside of a hollow organ. Such as the bladder, the stomach, etc. Using optical fibers in an endoscope, the part of the body to be viewed is illuminated. A video camera is fitted outside the bundles of optical fibers. This makes the interior part of the organ visible to the surgeon during an operation.
An optical fiber is made up of a fine strand of glass coated with another type of glass of lower refractive index. A single fiber is about the thickness of human hair (0.01) mm. The light rays falling on the interface between two types of glasses undergo total internal reflection. Thus, when light enters one end of the fiber is refracted towards the normal by the inner glass. The refracted ray falls on the boundary between two types of glass and undergoes total internal reflection. After many repeated internal reflections at the walls, it emerges out at the other end as shown in the figure. If several thousands of these fibers are bonded together, a flexible light pipe is obtained that can be used by doctors and engineers to light up some inaccessible parts during an examination.
The Binoculars
The binoculars also make use of prisms to reduce the length of the instrument and to produce an erect image. The light rays in a pair of binoculars are bent by180º through each prism in contrast to the periscope where light rays are only bent through 90º by each prism.
Prism: Prism is a transparent body having three rectangular and two triangular surfaces. It is usually made of glass commonly used to separate light into its component wavelengths or spectral colors. When a ray of light enters the prism, it is bent twice, once during entering the prism and once during leaving.
Angle of Prism: The angle between the two refracting rectangular surfaces opposite to the base is called the angle of the prism. In the figure: the incident ray EF makes an angle EFO=Li with the surface AB. This ray, while entering the glass prism, bends towards the base of the prism BC. When this refracted ray 'FG' emerges out of the prism, it bends away from the normal. The emergent ray 'GH' deviates from its original path 'EFK'. If we produce 'GH' backward, it will meet ' EFK' at point 'O' making an angle KOH. This angle through which the emergent ray has deviated is called the angle of deviation 'D' i.e angle KOH. The minimum value of the angle of deviation is called angle of minimum deviation. The angle of deviation depends on the following factors:
Angle 'A' of the prism.
The incident angle.
The refractive index of the prism
It is experimentally verified that when the refracted ray becomes parallel with the base 'BC' of the prism, then the angle of deviation 'Dm' becomes minimum. The index of refraction of the material of the prism can be determined by the relation
n= sin (A+Dm)/ Sin a/2
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Why male role models matter
Last June, Boston Public Schools announced its list of high school valedictorians for 2016. Of the 37 top achievers, only 11 were male. Those numbers don’t surprise Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., who has been studying gender for more than 15 years.
“If you look at the proportion of graduates from American four-year universities, 58 percent are women and 42 percent are men. In Canada, it’s 61 to 39. College-educated women under 35 outnumber men 3 to 2,” he says.
Sax is quick to applaud the achievements of young women, but he is deeply worried about the state of young men. As he writes in Boys Adrift (Basic Books, 2016), five factors are fueling an epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men in America:
Prescription drugs for ADHD
The devaluation of masculinity
That last factor relates not as much to evolving gender roles as to the lack of positive male role models on the local and societal levels. In popular culture, for example, Sax notes father figures have devolved from Ward Cleaver to Homer Simpson.
Sax argues positive male role models are essential because emotional maturation, unlike puberty, doesn’t happen automatically.
“Every enduring culture has rules, has a notion of what it means to be a good man,” he says. “Boys are not born knowing those rules. They have to be taught.”
While Sax is quick to acknowledge women can teach boys plenty (and men can teach girls a lot), he says gender roles are best modeled and taught by someone of the same gender. Citing the work of anthropologist David Gilmore, he says, “Cultures that endure have strong bonds across generations for boys to learn from a community of men and for girls to learn from a community of women.”
In Boys Adrift, for example, he describes a carefully planned program called Boys to Men that provides mentoring and camping opportunities for teens. But he also cites the example of J.R. Moehringer, who found his community of men at a local bar long before he was old enough to drink. (In his memoir of that time, The Tender Bar, Moehringer writes, “To be a man, a boy must see a man.”)
While mentors don’t have to be far removed from their own teenage years, Sax says sometimes older is better. He describes a conversation with a teacher who had invited a retired electrician to help with his robotics club. The boys arranged themselves in a circle around the man and listened intently as he explained how to deal with high-voltage lines and described the time a friend had been electrocuted.
“The boys were just entranced,” Sax says. “The teacher said to me, ‘I saw a tribe being formed.’”
Sax has seen similar results when his patients complete Philmont treks with their troops. “That’s the kind of thing we need more of,” he says. “I’ve seen a few boys go through that, and it changes them.”
For more information on Sax’s work, visit leonardsax.com
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Johnston Press, TrakM8 and Brexit
Over the weekend, Johnston Press (JPR) was put into administration and immediately sold to a new group of companies controlled by the company’s bondholders. In other words this looks like a typical “pre-pack” administration where a company does not go through a proper administration process with an open sales process but is flogged off to in a fire sale to those who already know the business and see an opportunity to collect a bargain.
Trade creditors will lose their money, shareholders will lose everything and the pension scheme is being dumped – and is likely to need bailing out by the Pension Protection Fund.
One investor in the company who wished to revive the business was Norwegian Mr Ager-Hanssen who on Saturday accused the board of thwarting efforts to turn the group around and a “sham” sales process. He is probably right from my experience of what happens in pre-pack administrations. Pre-pack administrations are an anathema as I have said many times before as they undermine a proper process when a company is in difficulties.
Johnston Press does have some very valuable media titles such as the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post but had managed to accumulate an enormous amount of debt by going on an acquisition spree. It also had a big pension deficit. The company put itself up for sale recently but now states that the offers were insufficient to repay the bonds so the company has concluded the equity is worthless. Or perhaps it was simply an example of where the prospective buyers could see it was cheaper to do it via a pre-pack.
I have never held shares in Johnston Press although I looked at it a few times as a possible “value” play. But high debt is a killer when the market in which a company operates is facing strategic problems. With newspaper circulations dropping, and advertising revenue being impacted by changes to media usage – particularly a move to internet advertising – the company failed to cut its debt rapidly enough while revenue was falling and profits disappeared.
Another disaster area on Friday was AIM-listed Trakm8 (TRAK) whose shares fell by 66% on the day to a new low of 22p. This was after publication of their half-year results and a trading statement. Group revenue fell by 38% and a very large loss was the result. The company provided numerous excuses for this and a very negative short-term outlook. But it suggests the market for the company’s solutions “will be robust in the longer term”. Anyone who believes the latter statement must be an eternal optimist.
I did hold this company’s shares briefly in early 2016 when it was the darling of many private investors and the share price peaked at over 360p but I rapidly became disillusioned with the management. Peculiar acquisitions made subsequently, poor cash flow (rather suggesting profits were a mirage of fancy accounting) and generally over-optimistic statements being issued. Warren Buffett has always emphasised the importance of trust in the management of companies in which he invests, and when I lose trust I sell in short order.
Brexit is a topic one can hardly avoid talking about at present. I gave my personal analysis of the draft withdrawal agreement here (yes I have read it): https://roliscon.blog/2018/11/16/brexit-agreement-is-it-a-fair-deal/ . On reflection it seems to me that Mrs May is attempting to meet the demands of both brexiteers and remainers with a compromise deal that keeps us partly in the EU in many regards. The result is that she has pleased few people – the right wing of her own party, the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn who is stirring the pot like mad to gain political advantage, the DUP who May relies on for votes, and many others. Even her cabinet seems split counting only those who remain. The concept of the “chequers” plan might have made some sense, but the detail of the proposed agreement is simply not acceptable to many people. I suggest she needs to reconsider, sooner rather than later.
Author rogerwlawsonPosted on November 19, 2018 November 19, 2018 Categories AIM, Companies, Corporate Governance, Insolvency, Laws & RegulationsTags Brexit, Johnston Press, JPR, TRAK, Trakm83 Comments on Johnston Press, TrakM8 and Brexit
Johnston Press, Blancco Technology and Intercede
Companies in difficulties always make for interesting reading, and here’s a brace of them.
Firstly Johnston Press (JPR), a publisher of newspapers. That includes many local ones but also the Yorkshire Post and the Scotsman who cover national business news – the latter is particularly good on the travails of those big banks registered in Scotland such as RBS and Lloyds. The company had more operating losses than revenue last year, debt is way too high and dividends have been non-existant for years. Local newspapers have been shrinking as advertising revenue has moved elsewhere and traditional national newspapers have also been battered by the availability of free news on the internet. It is clearly operating in a sector in sharp decline.
Now it has become the subject of an attempted revolution by its largest shareholder, Norwegian Christen Ager-Hanssen who holds 20% of the equity. He wishes to replace some, if not all, the directors and called an EGM to do so. Removal of the Chairman of Johnston is proposed and the appointment of Alex Salmond, former First Minister in Scotland, and experienced newspaper executive Steve Auckland.
Apparently they feel confident of winning a vote, and would have been even more aggressive in removing directors if the company did not have a “poison pill”. One of their issued bonds includes a provision that if new directors form a majority of the board but were not appointed by the existing directors the debt could become immediately repayable. The company would have little hope of doing that. Mr Ager-Hansen says this mechanism is a “breach of fiduciary duties” and is consulting lawyers as to whether action could be taken against the directors. This writer certainly agrees that this arrangement was and is morally dubious and the sooner the Chairman of Johnston Press Camillia Rhodes, goes then the better. Shareholders should vote accordingly.
Whether a new management team can revive such an ailing business, even if editorial policy and management improves (which is one of the issues apparently) is surely doubtful.
Blancco Technology Group (BLTG) has been in turmoil for a couple of years. Results for the year to June were published today. They changed the nature of the business to focus on software for “erasure” and “mobile phone diagnostics” and new management was put in place a couple of years ago. But today’s announcement makes grim reading. The Chairman, Rob Woodward, spells it out to begin with by saying: “2017 has been a year of substantial challenges for the Group, with the business performing far below our expectations”, But he does say: “However, the underlying strengths of Blancco remain in place and I am confident that these, together with the significant number of remedial actions we are taking, will restore a sustainable growth trajectory and build long-term shareholder value”.
But the detail makes for horrific reading. For example: “During April the Group undertook a review of cash flow forecasts and identified anticipated pressure on the cash position of the Group. This pressure was caused by the non-collection of £3.5 million of outstanding receivables relating to a sale booked in June 2016 and a sale booked in December 2016, and costs associated with past acquisition activity, including earn-outs and M&A advisory fees”; and “On 4 September 2017 the Group announced the reversal of two contracts totalling £2.9 million booked as revenue during June 2017, following a number of matters being brought to the Board’s attention”. As a result the 2016 accounts have been restated. In addition, the new interim CFO, Simon Herrick, was appointed interim CEO and the former CEO departed.
Last year’s accounts were full of adjustments and the complexity compounded by the number of disposals and acquisitions. This year is not much different, and they even report “adjusted cash flows”. I always thought cash was cash, but apparently not. But the share price perked up somewhat – up 30% at 72p at the time of writing after a long decline. The company does seem to have some interesting technology but whether all the problems have now been revealed we do not know. The Chairman is sticking around after previously announcing his departure but they are still looking for a new CEO.
I would not care to predict the future for this business. But one question worth asking is “what were the auditors doing last year?”. Revenue recognition is often a problem in this kind of company and it looks like a case of sales proving to be fictitious when some questions were asked about them. This is yet another example of the audit profession falling down on the job which we have seen so many times before. Shareholders in Blannco should consider asking for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to undertake an investigation into the audits of this company. The auditors last year were KPMG.
Intercede (IGP) issued a profit warning yesterday in a Trading Update. A large order for its identity software solution that was expected will not now be received until the next financial year. Other orders are also apparently being delayed. As a result, revenue growth this year will be below market expectations. The share price fell yesterday and today and is 34p at the time of writing.
I first commented on Intercede back in 2011 when ShareSoc ran a campaign against the remuneration scheme in the company. The share price then was about 60p. It briefly went over 200p in 2014, on hopes of real growth in revenue and profits but then steadily declined before this latest announcement. In reality this company is a consistent under-performer. It operates in what should be a hot sector (personal id security) but never seems able to capitalise on its interesting technology in a growing market. Change is made difficult as Richard Parris runs it as “Executive Chairman”, assisted by his wife who is also employed in the business. An example of a “lifestyle” business, not uncommon on AIM, where the directors extract signficant sums while the business goes nowhere in particular.
This company would probably be worth a lot more than the current market cap to a trade buyer who could exploit the technology and improve the sales and marketing. What’s the chance of that happening? Not much I would guess.
Note: the writer has trivial holdings in Blancco and Intercede.
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The History of Rowley Agency
The Rowley Agency, Inc. was established by Joseph Rowley in 1966. It all started from a single office in Concord, NH, and now we are one of the largest independent insurance agencies in northern New England.
The Rowley Agency has offices in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, and we have established a long-term presence in the communities we serve. Since 1991, when majority ownership transitioned over to Dan Church (CEO) and Gary Stevens (President), our agency has maintained consistent, steady growth and built a business on the principles of caring, understanding and guiding.
Our Philosophy & Culture
The Rowley Agency prides itself on our professional work ethic, expertise in handling complex challenges, 24/7 customer care and claim service, strong personal relationships, and deep commitment to the communities we serve. All our relationships are built on honesty, integrity, and the highest level of personal service. We listen, do what we say we’ll do, and make the process easier for you.
“Anyone can sell you insurance,” says Rowley Agency president Gary Stevens, “but it’s the personal approach, guidance, and service that we provide to each of our clients that makes our agency truly unique. We listen to you to understand your needs and then develop a customized plan that matches your personal or business insurance needs. We’re problem solvers. Our goal is to be your long-term partner in providing creative solutions that solve problems before they happen, make it easy on you if problems do occur, and reduce the overall cost of your risk.”
Core Values of the Rowley Agency
Our shared values as an agency are essential to our continued success not just professionally, but personally. The following values act as a guide in our efforts on behalf of our clients, business partners, and colleagues.
Integrity – We have cultivated an environment of honesty and integrity within which we hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards. We let these standards guide us in our dealings with our clients, business partners and colleagues.
Expertise – We seek to attract and retain employees that are client-focused and committed to continuous improvement and personal growth. When necessary we will seek outside expertise and counsel to assure the optimum outcome for our clients.
Dedication – We are devoted to our clients and principles in our approach of offering innovative and cost effective solutions for our clients’ risk management programs.
Relationships – We are committed to meaningful and long-lasting relationships with our clients, business partners and colleagues. These relationships are built on integrity and Henry Ford’s philosophy of “doing the right thing even when no one is looking.”
Community – We are intimately tied to the neighborhoods and communities that we serve and live in. We play an active role by donating time and money to the charities and organizations, which are important to our community.
Daniel Church
Dan joined The Rowley Agency in 1970. During his career at the agency, he has worked in every phase of the business with concentration on handling bond programs for contractors. In 1991, founder Joseph E. Rowley retired and Dan was named to succeed him as President. In 2004 Dan was elected as C.E.O. Prior to joining the agency, Dan spent four years in the United States Navy serving two tours in Vietnam. Dan is a 1966 graduate of The Hartford Institute with an Associate’s degree in Accounting. He is a past Chapter President of AGC of New Hampshire, and past President of New Hampshire Good Roads Association. He is a Past President of The Hundred Club of New Hampshire. He is a former Member of the Board of Directors for Primary Bank of Peterborough, New Hampshire and served on the Board of Directors of the Concord Country Club. He remains active with The National Association of Surety Bond Producers.
Gary attended the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. In 1980 Gary joined The Rowley Agency as an Account Executive specializing in commercial insurance. He attained the Certified Insurance Counselor designation in 1982 and the distinguished Certified Property and Casualty Underwriter designation in 1987. Gary was voted in as Partner in 1985 and elevated to President in 2004. The majority of Gary’s time is spent servicing his clients, building insurance carrier relationships and managing the agency’s account executive staff. Gary has served on numerous insurance carrier and association boards during his insurance career and has been President of the New Hampshire Good Roads Association.
Christine Holman
Vice President & Partner
Christine started her insurance career in 1976 working part time for a small agency in her hometown of Greenville, NH. Upon graduating from high school in 1978 she took a year off to decide her career path. Thirty five years later she knows she made the right decision. Christine joined The Rowley Agency in 1986 as a Commercial Lines Account Manager. The skills learned from 10 years with the Eaton Insurance Agency quickly promoted her to Commercial and Personal Lines Manager. She attained her CIC designation in 1986 followed by the CPCU designation in 1990. In 1996 she was promoted to Vice President and partner. Today the majority of her time is spent managing the agency’s staff of 50, however, delving into the complexities of insurance and handling the needs of The Rowley Agency’s clients is still her first love.
Mark Douglas
After earning a B.S. degree in Business Administration from The Whittemore School of Business and Economics at The University of New Hampshire in 1974, Mark worked for two major Insurance Companies. Mark joined The Rowley Agency in 1978 as an Account Executive. He attained his Certified Insurance Counselors designation in 1981 and in 1996 was promoted to Vice President and partner. Mark handles insurance accounts in our Commercial Property and Casualty Department including: construction, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and research and technology companies with domestic and international exposures.
Rob Simpson
Rob joined The Rowley Agency, Inc. in 1993 after working for a national insurance brokerage for 9 years. Rob graduated from the University of Maine with a B.S. degree. He specializes in commercial risk, particularly hospitality and construction. Currently, Rob holds a Master Hotel Supplier designation. Rob was promoted to Vice President and Partner in 1998.
John Harbottle
John began his insurance career immediately following graduation from college in 1974 with the General Adjustment Bureau, a fee adjusting company owned by United Airlines. In 1986 he was hired by the Rowley Agency Inc., as an account executive. He has a seasoned book of business and continues to pursue clients in energy, construction, professional liability, hospitality, resorts, and technology. John earned his CIC designation in 1988 and is pursuing the CRM designation. He is a Board member of the Maine Better Transportation Association and sits on the legislative board of the ABC of Maine. John was promoted to Vice President and Partner in 2002.
Dan Duhamel
Dan is a licensed life/health agent and has been in Employee Benefits and the insurance industry for over 20 years. A graduate of St. Anselm college with a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Dan came to The Rowley Agency, Inc. in 1997. He has been a member on several advisory boards for insurance companies and some non-profit organizations. Dan specializes in Corporate Employee Benefits assisting organizations with all aspects of their benefits for employees. A consultative approach in market analysis and then customized benefit arrangements with strong communication support is what Dan most enjoys. Dan also works with Key Executives in their pursuit of executive bonus plans, life insurance, disability income protection and long term care. Dan was promoted to Partner and Vice President in 2006.
Eric Horner
Eric began his insurance career in 1988 working for a large, national insurance carrier in New Jersey as a claims adjuster. He then held various claims roles throughout New England on both the carrier and independent adjusting side. In 1995 Eric transitioned to commercial sales joining The Rowley Agency in 1999.
A graduate of St. Anselm College with a Bachelor’s degree, he also holds both the Associate in Claims and Certified Insurance Counselor Designations. His claims and investigation background has helped many clients over the years improve their safety culture and reduce claims. Eric specializes in assisting the commercial sector throughout New England for their insurance, risk management and safety needs. In 2015 Eric was promoted to Vice President and Partner.
Treasurer & Partner
Bruce joined The Rowley Agency, Inc. in 1984 as a Surety Account Executive. Prior to coming on board with Rowley he worked as a Surety Marketing Representative for a New Hampshire insurance company. Shortly after joining Rowley, he shifted his attention to the accounting and administration side of the agency business. Bruce attended Keene State College and studied Accounting at New Hampshire College. It was at New Hampshire College that Bruce earned membership in Delta Mu Delta, the National Honor Society for Business Administration. In 2015 Bruce was promoted to Treasurer and Partner.
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Gary P. LaPierre has 28 years in the property and casualty insurance industry in Maine. Gary came to the Rowley Agency in 1998 after 10 years on the insurance carrier side working in underwriting and marketing for large commercial risks in New England. Gary attended the University of Maine where he attained a Business Marketing degree. Gary is a past Chairman of ABC and is also active with Associated General Contractors, Maine Better Transportation Assoc., Maine Aggregate Assoc., Hospitality & Real Estate Associations. Gary was promoted to Vice President and Partner in 2015.
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Human resource management and performance: Lessons from the Netherlands
J.P. Boselie, J. Paauwe, P.G.W. Jansen
The relationship between HRM and firm performance has been a hotly debated topic over the last decade, with the great bulk of the primary scientific research coming from the USA and, to a lesser extent, the UK. We start with an overview of this research to give a frame of reference to compare the findings from the Netherlands. By comparing the results of research in the Netherlands with those in the USA and the UK we hope to reveal the secret of achieving 'competitive advantage through people' (Pfeffer, 1994) in the Netherlands. The comparison may further allow us to supplement resource-based approaches with a more institutional perspective.
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Boselie, J. P., Paauwe, J., & Jansen, P. G. W. (2001). Human resource management and performance: Lessons from the Netherlands. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 12(7), 23-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190110068331
Boselie, J.P. ; Paauwe, J. ; Jansen, P.G.W. / Human resource management and performance: Lessons from the Netherlands. In: International Journal of Human Resource Management. 2001 ; Vol. 12, No. 7. pp. 23-41.
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Posted on 08/07/2011 by צוות אתר הר ברכה
Be a Jew in the Workplace
Challenges at Work
Recently, I received the following letter: “Rabbi, Shalom and blessings. My name is …and I live in… I am 33 years old, married with children. I have a Master’s degree in Economics and Accounting, and for a few months now I have been unemployed. Every week I read your extremely sensible articles in the ‘Basheva’ newspaper. Thank you for your enriching and erudite commentaries. That’s why I am turning to you, Rabbi, with an issue that is bothering me a lot.
As a religious woman who was brought-up and educated in ‘ulpana’ [woman’s seminary], I was imbued with the values of generosity, placing trust in people, gratitude, seeing the good in things, the significance of happiness, and many other important and suitable values. I was totally unprepared for my encounter with the secular world! My first shock was when I went to …University. There, I met a world foreign to me – cold and alienated, hardened to values of achievement, competition, and detachedness. So very different from the “incubator” I was brought-up in. Because of my good marks I was able to endure an atmosphere that was extremely difficult for me to cope with. Today, with the establishment of various, new colleges, there’s no need to learn in a non-religious university anymore. Nowadays, the “religious world” shelters its graduates during the academic stage of life as well.
The second and more important shock came when I went out to the work market. There, I met the language of the secular, Tel Aviv crowd, whose values are so different from what I was raised and educated on – and I asked myself: “Where can I turn to now?” A good portion of the “gear” in my “toolbox” had become impractical. I was forced to obtain a new “toolbox”, which, till this day, is still lacking.
It’s important for me to emphasize – I have no complaints against the “religious world” and its teachers. The goal of this letter is to raise a painful issue without blaming anyone, in the hopes that you, Rabbi, will take it into consideration, and perhaps, view it as important enough to deal with. From my numerous discussions with friends and associates it seems that every one of them has to cope with a lot of ‘politics’ at work – and it’s not easy.
That being the case, my question is: How should a religious, God-fearing person whose honesty and good character traits are being shamefully exploited, behave? The majority of people I have spoken to about this problem say: “Be a human-being at home, and a wolf at work”, or, “Be religious at home, and a Tel-Avivian at work.” Sometimes these people, for lack of any other option, behave contrary to their genuine personality and character traits because of Biblical sayings such as “with the perverse show yourself subtle”, etc.
What hurts most is that sometimes two religious people meet at work and treat each other according to the destructive code of behavior of their workplace. It’s really painful to see how religious people outside of the ‘incubator’ forget how to behave, and in the cloak of pursuit of a livelihood act so disgustingly.
My request, Rabbi, is if you could explain in detail the value of work and how one should act at there (especially when dealing with unethical and immoral people), in a way we can understand and put into practice, so that people like us can enjoy the fruits of their religious up-bringing. Unfortunately, answers’ encouraging further improvement of one’s character traits does not fit in here, because that just worsens the feeling of helplessness and powerlessness when situated opposite a secular society which speaks a different language and doesn’t understand or value modesty, concessions, and pure generosity, without expecting something in return. Thank you and blessings.
The Torah of Work Ethics
Indeed, this is a very important subject that cannot be answered fully in one article. Nevertheless, I will attempt to present a number of principles.
Judaism’s grand ideal is that the morals of the Torah should guide our path – “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths”. Precisely because of our running into difficulties and coping with them, we merit revealing profound and important ideas, thereby elevating and improving the world.
As a result of the sin of Adam, we are forced to work hard for our livelihood, as God decreed upon him: “The ground will therefore be cursed because of you. You will derive food from it with anguish all the days of your life. It will bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the grass of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat bread. Finally, you will return to the ground, for it was from [the ground] that you were taken. You are dust, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:17-19). The need to work is existential – for food, clothing, and shelter – and thus, man faces a world of ruthless competition. Our challenge is to imbue labor with moral values and content, and precisely in this manner, to improve it, thereby bringing the world closer to redemption – until this world returns to being like the Garden of Eden. Therefore, the virtue of a person who merits’ being ethical in his work is enormous and the ‘tikun’ (improvement) which he makes cannot be achieved even by all the righteous people learning Torah in the study halls.
Lazy? Don’t Blame Religion!
One must be careful not to use moral or religious arguments as an excuse for negligence at work, a breach of an agreement, or for being late. For example: “Sorry I’m late, prayers were long today”, or “I had to help my wife – ‘shalom bayit’ (domestic peace), you know…” Or, an employee, who, according to his out-put, doesn’t deserve a higher salary than his co-workers, cannot claim that his religious boss should give him a bonus because he’s got to pay more for his kids Talmud Torah education, and buy food with special ‘kashrut’ supervision.
It’s not fair to make such claims, and it’s also annoying, because it is very difficult for an employer to contend with someone who enlists God and His Torah in every argument. This is not the way of the Torah, for indeed, we have seen how the Sages, in times of need, were lenient in shortening a worker’s prayer and reciting of ‘Birkat Hamazone’ (blessing after meals) so as not to waste the time of one’s employer (Shulchan Aruch, Orech Chaim 73:7-8; 191:1-2).
Add Blessing to the World
The basic value of work is to add blessing to the world. Just as our forefather Yaacov shepherded the flocks of Lavan’s sheep with tremendous devotion. He had a thousand excuses to be negligent, for Lavan was a swindler. However, Yaacov saw value in labor – so that the world has more wool for clothing to be made, more meat to be consumed, and more goat milk to be drunk. Therefore, he worked devotedly for twenty years. He made sure the animals were healthy; he was not deterred by the summer heat or the winter cold, night and day, guarding and taking care of them. The wicked Lavan thought that in the end he would kill Yaacov and inherit all his great wealth, but God protected Yaacov. About this, the Sages said something wonderful (Breishit Rabba 74:12): “Labor is more cherished than ‘zechut Avot’ (merit of the forefather’s), for in the merit of Yaacov’s diligence in work, God saved his life, and in the merit of his father’s Avraham and Yitzchak, God saved his possessions”. The very essence of Yaacov’s existence was granted in the merit of his hard work, while all the other merits help to enhance and improve life.
Integrity, Not False Modesty
Indeed, sometimes educators over-emphasize the value of being modest, claiming that the character trait of humility obligates it. Such education is liable to harm one’s ability to integrate into a job where one must cope with unfamiliar surroundings that place a strong emphasis on achievement and competition. Besides this, education towards being modest usually ends up a bit distorted.
The essence of modesty is knowing that everything is from God – one’s talents, genealogy, good looks, and strength – and one is obligated to use these talents to benefit the world. If so, a person’s acknowledgment of his true talents is not egotistic at all. On the contrary, many times modesty covers-up for pathological egotism. Sometimes, a person with average talents prefers to think to himself: “Don’t be conceited; don’t think you’re the most qualified. True, you do deserve the main role, but it’s better to give-in”. In reality, this type of modesty is both arrogance and a lie, for in truth, not only does he lack talent, but he’s also not suitable for the main role; there’s no need for egotism to realize this. Such false modesty only causes him sharp bitterness towards his co-workers and bosses. The first stipulation of true modesty is integrity – not to exaggerate, nor diminish, one’s worth.
Don’t Be a Chump
The ideal is for one to want to work, so as to add blessing in the world; the compensation he receives is merely an extra. True, it is forbidden to be a ‘friar’ (chump), for ‘friars’ encourage evil people to exploit their friends. Someone who knows that his work is worth more than he’s getting paid should look for another job. He doesn’t have to punish himself over it and quit immediately, rather, he should continue working faithfully, and quit when he finds a better job. Once again, there are those who fool themselves into thinking that they really do deserve more. Therefore, it’s worthwhile for them to search out a new job that pays more. If they don’t find one, apparently their work is worth less than they thought.
A Harmful Workplace
Indeed, some workplaces are extremely competitive, negative, and ethically problematical. Anything is permitted in order to get more money out of their clients. The desire to advance in salary and status overshadows family values, the obligation to speak the truth, and the mitzvah to help one’s fellow man. Someone who doesn’t fit-in with all the intrigues isn’t respected, and other people will take credit for his good deeds. One should not work in such places. If possible, it’s preferable to explain the reason for resigning, but in any case, it’s advisable to quit.
In order not to be dependent on such a workplace, everyone should try to accumulate savings, allowing one to uphold his principles, and not have to accept any job offered him. In the meantime, until one finds a suitable job, he can upgrade his professional level, in order to be better at his job.
Friends Help Friends
Moral people who have faith in the values of the Torah and realize the importance of work should be considerate and help each other out. This will also serve to improve the labor market. Jews all over the world helped each other out, maintained a high level of credibility, and contributed to the economic prosperity of the world invaluably. What flourished in the Diaspora can be immeasurably successful here in the Land of Israel, where all the different types of work progressively become more spiritually purified and connected to the loftiest ideals.
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I am very pleased to announce that in a special evening sale on November 14, Christie’s will be auctioning George Washington’s First Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation.
In this signed, handwritten document, Washington thanks “providence” for bringing America through the Revolutionary War, and for the chance “to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted—for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge…”
In one of the final acts of the historic first session of the first Federal Congress sitting in New York, Congress had requested that the president issue such a proclamation. On September 28, 1789, the day Congress passed the Thanksgiving Proclamation resolution, the proposed Bill of Rights passed its final Congressional hurdle. Two days later, Washington sent copies of the Bill of Rights to the states for ratification, and the next day issued this Proclamation.
We’ll post a link on our website to the catalog (with an introductory essay by Richard Brookhiser) as soon as it becomes available.
Though I more frequently represent buyers, in this case I represent the seller. If you would like additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation reminds us that despite many contentious issues from the early days of our nation, our leaders were able to find creative ways to work together to solve the young nation’s problems. I’ll take this opportunity to point out a few of our founding period documents, some dealing with the biggest compromises of their day:
The Foundation of America’s Financial System
This historic act of Congress was the lynchpin of Alexander Hamilton’s audacious plan to place the government on solid financial ground by taking on more debt. The document we are offering is an official copy—only two of which were prepared for each state and signed by Thomas Jefferson—of the first of four Acts implementing Hamilton’s plan. In a compromise brokered by James Madison, Jefferson agreed to accept the plan that he hated in return for Federalists agreeing to move the nation’s capital to the South.
[UNITED STATES CONGRESS]. THOMAS JEFFERSON. Document Signed as Secretary of State. An Act making Provision for the Debt of the United States. August 4, 1790. 8 pp.
#23219 $150,000
The Bill of Rights—Scarce Early Rhode Island Printing
After months of wrangling, Congress approved 12 proposed amendments to the Constitution. Rhode Island was the only state not to send a representative to the Constitutional Convention, and did not ratify the Constitution until May 1790.
[BILL OF RIGHTS]. Providence Gazette and Country Journal. The Bill of Rights appears on pages 2-3 of 4 pages. October 24, 1789. #22997 $10,000
Hamilton Promotes New Jersey’s Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures
The Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.) was a public-private partnership to industrialize the Great Falls of the Passaic River. (Note: we will soon post a rare newspaper printing of the Charter of S.U.M.)
ALEXANDER HAMILTON. Autograph Receipt Signed Twice, in the text, as Secretary of the Treasury. August 20, 1791. #22740 $16,500
Washington’s Whiskey Rebellion Proclamation
The most unpopular part of Hamilton’s assumption plan was an excise tax on whiskey, prompting farmers in western Pennsylvania to take up arms in protest.
[GEORGE WASHINGTON]. New York Journal & Patriotic Register. September 29, 1792. The proclamation appears on page 2 of 4 pages. #22707 $900
The U.S. Mint Adds an Officer in Charge of Copper, Silver and Gold Bullion
This 1795 addition to the Mint Act (1792) establishes a new position of “melter and refiner,” charged with receiving bullion and processing it into bars or ingots.
[EDMUND RANDOLPH]. An Act Supplementary to the Act, Intituled “An Act Establishing a Mint, and Regulating the Coins of the United States.” #23241 $6,750
Finally, this Thanksgiving, November 28, is also the first night of Hanukkah. This hasn’t happened before, and won’t happen again for 77,799 years. I had to share this unique moment of serendipity in closing.
Posted by SethKaller on October 3, 2013 in General
Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Bill of Rights, Congress, First Congress, George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, Thomas Jefferson, Whiskey Rebellion
The rare first newspaper printing of the Declaration of Independence we auctioned yesterday brought $632,500—a record price for any historic newspaper. The sale was held with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York City. The newspaper was purchased by David Rubenstein.
The July 6, 1776, edition of the Pennsylvania Evening Post was only the second printing of the Declaration in any form. The copy sold yesterday is one of just four issues of the Post’s Declaration printing that have appeared at auction in the past 50 years. We have handled three of those four copies.
George Washington at Christie’s
Another noteworthy sale took place June 21st at Christie’s, where George Washington’s 1788 letter to John Armstrong endorsing ratification of the Constitution sold for $1,443,750 net. To see our selection of great Washington documents—which includes several important letters—click here.
We have a number of other scare Declaration printings at a variety of price points—just in time for the Fourth of July.
Rare July 1776 Declaration of Independence Broadside
All July 1776 broadside printings of the Declaration are rare and valuable, but this example is exceptionally so. It is the earliest known publication of the Declaration in Massachusetts—the birthplace of the American Revolution—and its unique, four-column format makes it one of the rarest and most interesting of the printings. Including this example, only six copies of this broadside are known, four of which are already in institutional collections.
#21747.99 Price on Request
A Stone/Force Printing of the Declaration
This second edition printing of the first exact facsimile remains one of the best representations of the Declaration as the manuscript looked when it was signed and prior to its nearly complete deterioration. Very little of the original is legible today. Originally bound into Peter Force’s American Archives.
#22929 $28,000
Scarce, Never Folded Stone/Force Declaration
Another Stone/Force print. Copies that were never folded are far more rare on the market than folded ones.
America’s Three Founding Documents
A 1791 printing of the Complete Acts of the First Congress, including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights (which had just been ratified).
#22592 $1,400
1808 Commemorative Printing of the Declaration and Patriotic Songs
This 1808 commemorative printing from the Philadelphia Aurora also contains “Freedom and Peace…Or, The Voice of America. A National Song,” along with other patriotic songs for the occasion.
#23035.01 $700
Declaration of Independence Centennial Printing
The July 8, 1876, issue of Harper’s Weekly, containing a supplement celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, complete with a centerspread facsimile of one of Jefferson’s draft manuscripts and the signatures of the signers, along with related engravings.
#30011.001 $145
Tags: auctions, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, First Congress, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
An unparalleled offering of presidential commissions—from Thomas Jefferson to
Abraham Lincoln—covering the most significant career advances of Joseph G. Totten,
Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army, who fought with distinction in three wars.
This set of commissions, from an officer who served so long and contributed so much to American military preparedness in the run-up to the Civil War, is indeed a rare find.
Only Hyman Rickover, the “Father of the Nuclear Navy” served longer than Totten, at 63 years. General Winfield “Old Fuss and Feathers” Scott served 53 years, and generals such as Omar Bradley and Douglas MacArthur all served fewer than 50 years each.
Document Signed. Commission as 2nd Lieutenant of Engineers,
June 11, 1808. On vellum. 14¾ x 18 in.
Document Signed. Commission as 1st Lieutenant of Engineers,
March 9, 1811. On vellum. 15½ x 18 in.
MARTIN VAN BUREN
Document Signed. Commission as Colonel of Engineers,
April 1, 1839. On vellum. 14 x 17¾ in.
JAMES K. POLK
Document Signed. Commission as Brevet Brigadier General,
August 23, 1848. On vellum. 14½ x 17 in.
Document Signed. Commission as Brigadier General of Engineers,
April 13, 1863. On vellum. 14¾ x 19½ in.
All in matching archival display frames. #23097.01-.05 The set: $48,000
Totten’s Career (with our commissions in bold)
In 1805, Joseph Gilbert Totten (1788-1864) of New Haven, Connecticut, graduated from West Point and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He resigned in 1806 to serve as secretary to the Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory. In 1808, Thomas Jefferson reappointed him to his former rank, which began his nearly 56 years of military service (55 years and 10 months, in addition to the 2 years he had already served).
Totten’s career in the Corps of Engineers spanned the development of the United States’ coastal defense program. He helped construct New York’s harbor defenses and supervised the construction of Fort Clinton in Castle Garden (now Battery Park), 1808-1812. James Madison promoted Totten to 1st lieutenant in 1811 just before the War of 1812.
Madison again promoted Totten, this time to captain, where he was supervising engineer for the fortification of Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence River, and other coastal defenses. He served in operations on Lake Champlain, the Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers, and the Great Lakes. He helped capture Fort George in Upper Canada (Ontario), repel the British Fleet on Lake Ontario, took part in the Battle of Plattsburg, and blew up the abandoned Fort Erie, also in Upper Canada. Still under Madison’s presidency, Totten was breveted major in 1813, and lieutenant colonel in 1814, for meritorious service and gallantry, respectively. President James Monroe promoted Totten to major in 1818, and breveted Totten colonel in 1824. John Quincy Adams promoted Totten to lieutenant colonel in 1828. Between 1825 and 1838, Totten supervised the construction of Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, (now the site of the world-famous Newport Jazz Festival).
In 1838, Martin Van Buren gave Totten one of his most important commissions to full colonel and Chief Engineer of the Army. Totten continued to build shore defenses and harbor works as well as with the drydocks at the Pensacola Navy Yard. Totten then served under General Winfield Scott at the Siege of Vera Cruz (1847) during the Mexican-American War. President Polk marked Totten’s advancement to a generalship when he awarded him the rank of brevet brigadier general for “gallant and meritorious conduct” in the battle.
Minot’s Ledge Light
In 1851, he joined the lighthouse board and began reforming notoriously dangerous designs. His most notable design achievement was rebuilding Boston Harbor’s Minot’s Ledge Light, considered the “most wave-swept structure in North America,” after the first lighthouse was destroyed in spectacular fashion with the loss of both lighthouse keepers. Totten designed a granite-constructed tower, with its first forty feet serving as a massive anchor block attached to the ledge with iron pins and its own enormous weight. It took five years to construct (1855-1860) and stands to this day.
During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln made the breveted rank permanent by promoting Totten to full brigadier general in 1863. As chief engineer of the army, Totten helped plan the defense of Washington, D.C., including construction of Fort Totten, now a D.C. neighborhood. Totten was breveted a major general for “long, faithful, and eminent services” on April 21, 1864, one day before he died.
100 lb. Parrott gun at Fort Totten in Washington, D.C., August 1865
In addition to his military achievements, Totten was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, a Corporator of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Harbor Commissioner of both Boston and New York. Three forts bore his name: Fort Totten in Queens, New York, Washington, D.C., and North Dakota.
Posted by SethKaller on April 19, 2013 in General
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, James Polk, Martin Van Buren, Thomas Jefferson
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COVER-UP: Nuclear Chemist, “Aluminum Poisoning of Humanity via Geoengineering”
Source – wakingscience.com
– Within the past couple of years alone, the concept of geoengineering has sparked a growing interest (which seems to be accelerating at a rapid rate) within the academic world.
It’s also ignited a heavy interest in policy making, which is no surprise given the fact that we are talking about “geoengineering” the entire global climate in response to global climate change.
That’s exactly what geoengineering is – a response to destructive human activity which we have yet to cease – and it involves injecting stratospheric particles/aerosols into the atmosphere to, again, reduce the effect of global climate change.
For example, SPICE is a United Kingdom government funded geoengineering research project that collaborates with the university of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Bristol to further examine the idea of Solar Radiation Management (SRM).
Some of the candidate particles to spray in the air proposed by SPICE (to name a few) are (source):
Sulphate/Sulphuric Acid/Sulphur Dioxide
Groundbreaking Paper(s)
Dr. Marvin Herndon, PhD., a nuclear chemist, geochemist, and cosmochemist – most noted for deducing the composition of the inner core of Earth as being nickel silicide, not partially crystallized nickel-iron metal – has published a groundbreaking paper in the peer-reviewed journal Current Science (Indian Academy of Sciences) titled “Aluminum poisoning of humanity and Earth’s biota by clandestine geoengineering activity: implications for India.”
The abstract reads as follows:
“In response to an urgent call through an article in Current Science for assistance to understand the geological association of high aluminum mobility with human health in the Ganga Alluvial Plain, I describe evidence of clandestine geoengineering activity that has occurred for at least 15 years, and which has escalated sharply in the last two years. The geoengineering activity via tanker-jet aircraft emplaces a non-natural, toxic substance in the Earth’s atmosphere which with rainwater liberates highly mobile aluminum. Further, I present evidence that the toxic substance is coal combustion fly ash. Clandestine dispersal of coal fly ash and the resulting liberation of highly mobile aluminum, I posit, is an underlying cause of the widespread and pronounced increase in neurological diseases and as well as the currently widespread and increasing debilitation of Earth’s biota. Recommendations are made for verifying whether the evidence presented here is applicable to the Ganga Alluvial Plain.” (source)(source)
The paper goes on to discuss and cite publications which have detected heavy metals like aluminum, barium, strontium, and more in rainwater, fly ash, and more. For example, during the period between July 2011 and November 2012, 73 rainwater samples were collected and analysed for aluminum and barium; 71 were collected from 60 different locations in Germany, 1 from France, and 1 from Austria.
Aluminum was detected in 77% of the rainwater samples, there was also a very high barium concentration and a very high Strontium concentration.
It also discusses how these concentrations of metals are not the result of natural phenomenon, like volcanic explosions, for example.
This isn’t the only recent groundbreaking publication that comes from the world of academia regarding this phenomenon. A few months ago, Dr. Rose Cairns, PhD., who belongs to the University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment, published a paper in the peer-reviewed Geophysical Journal titled “Climates of suspicion: ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy narratives and the international politics of geoengineering.” She is also currently undertaking research into the Governance of Geoengineering as part of a multi-disciplinary collaborative project between Sussex University, UCL, and Oxford University (http://geoengineering-governance-research.org/). The project examines the social, ethical, and political implications of climate geoengineering proposals. (source)
In her paper, she describes developments in mainstream academic and political discourse regarding geoengineering, and how climate modification, also being discussed by the citizens of the world (who use the term “chemtrails”), is having devastating ecological and health effects worldwide. According to her paper:
“Understanding the emerging politics of geoengineering, and taking seriously claims regarding the importance of public participation, requires an understanding of the whole discursive landscape around ideas of global climate control – including marginal ideas such as those held by chemtrail activists. Ignoring or dismissing these discourses out of hand as pathological or paranoid is to ignore potentially revealing insights about the emerging politics of geoengineering.” (source)
She also mentions that:
“This analysis suggests a number of ways in which the chemtrail narrative may contain important insights and implications for the emerging politics of geoengineering that cannot be dismissed out of hand as ‘paranoid’ or ‘pathological’.” (source)
Although Dr. Rose is not a proponent of the “chemtrail conspiracy,” it’s great to see another published paper by an academic taking a neutral perspective, recognizing the importance of these claims rather than dismissing them outright.
The basic difference here is that geoengineering in the academic realm is strictly a proposal, and that these means of engineering Earth’s climate are still not operational. When it comes to the “chemtrail” advocates, they believe that they are operational, as does the academic described at the beginning of this article, along with many others.
Truth is, there seems to be a tremendous amount of information suggesting that these programs are indeed operational. Whether their intent is to modify the climate to combat the effects of global warming, or to further some other type of agenda, is still not clear.
Evidence Suggesting That These Programs Are Already Operational
“In recent years there has been a decline in the support for weather modification research, and a tendency to move directly into operational projects.” – World Meteorological Association (source)
“In addition to specific research programs sponsored by Federal agencies, there are other functions related to weather modification which are performed in several places in the executive branch. Various federal advisory panels and committees and their staffs – established to conduct in-depth studies and prepare reports, to provide advice or recommendations, or to coordinate weather modification programs – have been housed and supported within executive departments, agencies, or offices.” (source)
By Arjun Walia, Collective Evolution
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Defective Brake Light Leads Police to Find Meth, THC, and Stolen Gun
John Navarro (TGSO)
By Matt Tramell | Jun. 25, 2019 2:31 pm
SAN ANGELO, TX -- A traffic stop for a brake light may send a man back to prison after police find meth, THC wax, and a stolen pistol.
According to Court Documents, on June 22, an officer for the San Angelo Police Department's Anti-Crime Unit pulled over a vehicle on the 1600 block of N Bryant for a defective middle brake light.
The officer spoke with the driver and was identified as 27-year-old John Navarro. Navarro's ID was searched and came back positive for outstanding warrants. He was then detained and his vehicle was searched.
During the search officers found 11 grams of methamphetamine and 7.44 grams of tetrahydrocannabinol wax. They also found a Ruger 9mm that came back as stolen.
Navarro told police that he did not know it was stolen but that he bought it for $1,500 from as guy named "Singleton".
On September 2, 2015, Navarro was convicted for possession of a controlled substance and spent three years in the TDCJ.
On November 30, 2018, Navarro was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon after he was pulled over. During this event he told officers that he had found the gun earlier in the day and just forgot to take it out of the vehicle. He has a plea hearing at July 23.
Now Navarro is facing two counts of manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance and another charge of unlawful possession of a firearm be a felon.
He is currently in the Tom Green County Jail and his bond is set at $110,000.
Matt Tramell - Reporter
Matt is a general assignments reporter for San Angelo LIVE! He is class of 2020 at Angelo State University.
Mouth Breather
by Sheylan
Why is this loser out on the streets?!
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Independent | No, it doesn’t make you a bigot if you want to be called a pregnant ‘woman’ rather than ‘person’
1 February, 2017 21 February, 2017 ~ Sarah Ditum
I’m reading the British Medical Association’s guidance on inclusive language, subsection “pregnancy and maternity”. “Gender inequality is reflected in traditional ideas about the roles of women and men,” it says, and I nod firmly. “It is common to assume a woman will have children, look after them and take a break from paid work or work part-time to accommodate the family…such assumptions and stereotypes can and often do have the effect of seriously disadvantaging women,” it says, and my nodding steps up to a vigorous pace.
All solid, sensible and anti-sexist stuff. And then I get to this: “A large majority of people that have been pregnant or have given birth identify as women. We can include intersex men and transmen who may get pregnant by saying ‘pregnant people’ instead of ‘expectant mothers’.”
Pregnant people. Pregnant. People. As though acknowledging a connection between femaleness and pregnancy was as crass and false as saying “little girls like pink” or “men make better leaders”.
Read the full post at the Independent
New Statesman | Why I find the prospect of an apocalypse comforting
25 January, 2017 21 February, 2017 ~ Sarah Ditum
“Cosy catastrophe” is the nickname the sci-fi writer and historian Brian Aldiss applied to the works of John Wyndham, author of The Midwich Cuckoos and The Day of the Triffids. Aldiss did not mean for it to be flattering: “The essence of cosy catastrophe is that the hero should have a pretty good time (a girl, free suites at the Savoy, automobiles for the taking) while everyone else is dying off.”
In other words, the cosy catastrophe is a cop-out. It’s safe. Bad things happen, but they don’t happen to people like us. Whether it’s a fair way to describe Wyndham doesn’t really matter, because while the name caught on, the pejorative intent didn’t. Aldiss had reached for sick burn and accidentally struck deep truth: there is something comforting about the apocalypse.
Read the full post at the New Statesman
New Statesman | Transgender Kids: why doctors are right to be cautious about childhood transition
This piece was published yesterday, before the broadcast of the documentary. You can now watch it in full on iPlayer.
The BBC Two documentary Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best? won’t be broadcast until 9pm this evening, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of people from forming very firm opinions about it. There has been the inevitable petition, and yesterday, the Guardian published a critical article stating that “the transgender community is ‘very scared and very worried’” by a programme that no one interviewed had, as yet, seen. The focus of that concern is a Canadian doctor called Ken Zucker, who, according to his critics, is a discredited proponent of “conversion therapy” who has prevented trans children from obtaining appropriate treatment and was fired for gross misconduct.
But in his decades-long career, Zucker supported hundred of children and adolescents with gender identity disorder (GID), some of whom went on to live happily in their birth sex and some of whom eventually had sex reassignment surgery (SRS). The allegations against him stem from an external review commissioned by his employer, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto (CAMH) – a review which was withdrawn from CAMH’s website after investigations showed that many claims were unsubstantiated and one key charge was demonstrably false. As the journalist Jesse Singal wrote: “it’s hard not to come to an uncomfortable, politically incorrect conclusion: Zucker’s defenders are right. This was a show trial.”
We can’t have a women’s movement if we don’t call ourselves women
28 December, 2016 21 February, 2017 ~ Sarah Ditum
When National Geographic magazine put together the newsstand cover (above right) for its January 2017 “Gender Revolution” special edition, it left something out. The cover is a group shot designed to show the range of genders now available in the heralded revolution, a cluster of seven people each annotated with an identity: “intersex non-binary”, “transgender female”, “transgender female” (a second one), “bi-gender”, “transgender male”, “androgynous”, and “male”. What’s missing? As feminists noted once the cover was circulated – but as National Geographic either didn’t notice, or didn’t consider notable – there’s no “female” here.
There are females, of course (at a guess, I would say three of the models are natal females and three natal males), but “female” is not counted as a gender identity. Female is written out. Inside the magazine, you’ll find features which reveal that, actually, femaleness is a highly pertinent characteristic: you can read about the poverty and violence inflicted on girls in developing nations, the pressures of bullying and body-shaming on girls in America, and how the two-tiered market in children’s toys might be harming girls through pinkification. Being female is a matter of life and death, but, per the cover, “female” is not a label under which people may gather.
Here I suppose I should concede National Geographic’s good intentions. National Geographic did not, I assume, deliberately set out to produce an issue showing that female people are exploited and abused for being female, while also announcing that “female” does not exist. Nor is National Geographic doing anything particularly new or shocking by deleting women as a class: reproductive rights organisations now talk about “pregnant people” rather than women in order to be “inclusive”, and even references to vaginas can be damned as transphobic. But if it the express motivation of this cover had been to tauntingly depoliticise everything the inside pages have to tell about the place of women and girls in the world, the patriarchy would give it a 10/10 for threat neutralisation.
It’s often claimed that “the binary” is in and of itself a patriarchal tool, and the role of feminists should be to “disrupt the binary”, as if even to recognise the existence of sexual biology in humans is to give warrant to sex-based oppression. What this cover shows is that male dominance has nothing to fear at all from the splintering of “gender” into multifarious “gender identities”. On the cover, the “male” is simply and unrevealingly dressed. He stands with his whole body facing the camera. Other models dip their heads beguilingly, or pose in three-quarter profile with a becomingly flexed leg; there are flashes of midriff and clearly defined breasts; the “transgender male” (a natal female adolescent) wears a dandyish bow-tie. But “male” has unadorned authority. “Male” exists in simple relief against the contrasting background of all these other types. He is the one, and the rest are all “other”.
One of the most marked qualities of the “gender revolution” has been that, where transsexuality was predominantly about males transitioning to live as women (with transmen making up a very small proportion of transitioners), the more recent framing of transgender has involved a huge surge in female adolescents presenting for treatment. As Rosamund Urwin of the Evening Standard wrote in a report from May on the Tavistock gender identity clinic: “Last year, almost twice as many natal females (929) were referred to the centre as natal males (490) and yet, until six years ago, natal males used to be the majority.”
How can we explain this reversal? In a way, maybe the surprise is that there haven’t always been more females than males making the flit from their culturally sanctioned gender. “Woman” is a role marked by inferiority and destined for service. As the editorial in the January issue of National Geographic points out, being female means being subject to abuses on a global scale. It means child marriage, bleeding in a hut at the edge of your village during your period, being taunted with smartphone porn by boys in school, being paid less than men, doing more housework, being told you talk too much, talk wrong, that you’re either unfuckable or only there to be fucked.
In the circumstances, wanting out of the class “woman” is eminently rational. And being a woman is only going to get rougher in Trump’s America. Michelle Goldberg is correct in her bleak, eloquent Slate column when she writes that Trump’s presidency means the backlash is on. Abortion rights, protections against sexual discrimination, action against sexual violence – these things will be the first to go. Even if you don’t “feel female”, you will be exposed by being female. A label is no defense against male violence. You can disown your body, but your body is too valuable a commodity to be left alone. It can make babies. It can make dinners, mop floors. It can make a man orgasm. You are a resource to be colonised, and simply stating that you are not one by refusing the title “woman” will never function as a “keep out” sign.
To survive, to resist, we need to organise. To organise, we need to acknowledge what we hold in common. Throughout feminism’s waves and wanings, that’s been the basis of every success: identifying the oppressions imposed on us as women, and working together as women against them. Our female bodies are the battleground, and we can’t escape that even if we deny it by claiming some variant identity such as “non-binary” or “bi-gender”. We need a women’s movement. Even those of us who think we don’t need it, will need it. And for that, we need to call ourselves – our female selves – women, without compromise or qualification.
New Statesman | Why technology is no longer the left’s great hope
Do you remember when it wasn’t going to be like this? Technology was the left’s great hope. It was going to enable rapid, low-cost organising and people power. There would be revolutions because of it. Through it, huge volumes of information could finally be gathered into analysable silos for better decision-making. Governments could no longer rely on secrecy to maintain their power: a new era of transparency was upon us, and Wikileaks would lead us there. News would be open. Paywalls were the enemy. Everything was going to get better.
Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody in 2008 was a cheery welcome for the wisdom of crowds. Yes, expertise was going to suffer – now anyone could be a journalist, journalists could no longer claim any special status or privileges – but this was just something to be accepted. And in any case, the same year saw Flat Earth News by Nick Davies, which suggested that journalists hadn’t been doing so much to deserve their esteemed social position anyway.
Read the full column at the New Statesman
The Observer | Themes of 2016: the battle to decide one’s own identity
This is one of five pieces by different writers commissioned by the Observer to cover the big issues of 2016: you can also read Carole Cadwalladr on tech disruption, Ryan Avent on how technology puts millions of jobs in jeopardy, Ian Buruma on the rise of autocrats, and (in print only at the moment) Michael Sandel on what progressive parties need to reckon with to retain relevance.
In 2016, body politics went definitively mainstream. Transgender people, having previously been objects of niche curiosity and prurience at best from most of the media, became the subject of mid-morning current affairs debates, in-depth documentaries and sympathetic profiles. What does it mean to be trans? How should society change to give trans people necessary rights and protections?
These questions received urgent discussion, while other issues were more implied than addressed: how much is anyone able to control their own body, both in terms of what they choose to do with it and how it is perceived by other people? That problem of rights and responsibilities, and the tension between the individual and society, simmered away not only in the context of gender but also when it came to many other matters of sex and sexuality.
Read the full column at the Observer
New Statesman | There’s no point celebrating women’s power, until reality reflects it
Just over a year ago, Germaine Greer gave a lecture on women and power, or rather, as she put it: “women and their total lack of power… isn’t that bloody absurd and ridiculous?” Now she’s at number four on the Woman’s Hour 2016 Power List, announced yesterday, a ragtag collection of female influencers which in a way proves her point. For the first time, the list (which has been running since 2013) includes dead women along with the living, so Thatcher came in at number one, followed by Helen Brook of the Brook Advisory sexual health and family planning centres (d. 1997) and Barbara Castle, the Labour MP who introduced the 1970 Equal Pay Act (d. 2002).
In fact, of the top seven (to mark seven decades of Woman’s Hour), only three are not-dead: Greer, Beyoncé and Bridget Jones, who being a fictional character never has to confront the inconvenience of mortality. All of these women can lay claim to huge achievements (apart from Bridget, obviously, whose accomplishments can only be counted in calories drunk, men bagged and young women readers of the 90s and 00s gigglingly seduced into thinking that calories and men were the stuff of life). But what this list doesn’t do is explain the world we actually live in. What it shows is that women’s power has remained constrained and conditional. Heck, there’s even an outright anti-feminist on the Women Equalities committee thanks to awful Philip Davies.
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Daily Archives: July 28th, 2014
Galactic Suburbia 105!
By Alex on July 28, 2014 | Leave a comment
This episode of Galactic Suburbia is brought to you by the flavour vanilla and the colour of fairytales. You can get us from iTunes or at Galactic Suburbia.
Drowned Vanilla Cover reveal – order the book at the publisher’s site.
Tansy’s Drowned Vanilla Pinterest board
Wiscon Update
Aussie Spec Fic Snapshot is on again.
What Culture Have we Consumed?
Tansy: Go Bayside (April Richardson); Breaking Bubbles; Dimetrodon, the Doubleclicks; First 3 Harry Potter movies, The Prisoner of Azkaban
Alisa: Squaresville; The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet; What book will she discard?
Alex: The Elenium and The Tamuli trilogies, David Eddings; Snowpiercer; Reality Dysfunction, Peter F Hamilton; Extant
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Posted in: Books, Podcasts | Tagged: books, david eddings, fairy tales, feminism, galactic suburbia, podcasts
Snapshot: Sean Williams
By Alex on July 28, 2014 | 1 Comment
Sean Williams is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over forty award-winning novels for children, young adults and adults. His latest include Jump and Missing, Presumed Evil, with Garth Nix. For more information, please visit twinmakerbooks.com.
1. You’ve recently completed a PhD – congratulations! – and you’ve published a few stories connected to the topic of your research. How did your fascination with “d-mat” start, and do you think it’s a concept you’ll use in future stories?
I’ve been obsessed with matter transmitters for about as long as I’ve been obsessed with stories. Where the obsession comes from isn’t hard to identify–it’s Doctor Who (not Star Trek)–but it’s taken me forty years to work out why I keep coming back to it. And boy, do I. Before Twinmaker, I had over two dozen published novels and short stories featuring the trope (plus my very first, unpublished short), and the number of Twinmaker-related stories just passed twenty-five. I’m currently working on two more, and I have an unsold novel featuring matter transmitters that I co-wrote with a friend last year. It would be fair to say that there’s no sign of the flood easing any time soon.
But why keep coming back to it? Because the matter transmitter is a trope that allows an author to tackle any aspect of society, identity, physicality, and spatiality she wants. It is the perfect SFnal trope, in fact: there’s literally nothing about the present world you can’t interrogate with it. That’s my opinion and I’m sticking to it!
2. Some of your best known work is your Star Wars novels. What was it like working in a shared universe like that? Has it had much of an impact on your other writing?
It’s both fun and extremely hard work. I enjoy doing it because it takes me out of my own worlds and into a much larger collaborative space than the one in which I normal operate, where I’m working on my own or with another author, with the help of my agent and editors. Tie-in work is massively constrained in lots of ways, but that forces you to be more creative. I find that kind of thing immensely stimulating.
3. You’re in the midst of a children’s series, with Garth Nix, called Troubletwisters. Do you already have an idea of where the story will take the twins, and how many more books are there to go?
Yes and yes. We have always known pretty much where the twins would end up, although the journey there has brought its share of surprises, as with all writing. As with all journeys, I guess. I feel like we could write about Jaide and Jack forever, but sadly all stories must come to an end, and Garth and I are even now looking into the stories we’ll be telling next.
4. What Australian works have you loved recently?
I’m way behind on everything, including, most shamefully, the work of my friends and peers. Here’s some I’ve read this year, in no particular order:
These Broken Stars, Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Beauty’s Sister, James Bradley
Newt’s Emerald, Garth Nix
It Shines and Shakes and Laughs, Tim Molloy
The Bride Price, Cat Sparks
5. Have recent changes in the publishing industry influenced the way you work? What do you think you will be writing in five years from now?
As I mentioned earlier, Garth and I are mapping out our post-Troubletwisters series, while at the same time I’m looking at what will come after Twinmaker. There have been no radical changes to the way this falls into place, for me, anyway. I still work pretty much the same way I did when I sold my first novels, ie drafting stories in a word processor (no Scrivener), delivering through a traditional publisher and an agent, and selling books mainly in paper form. That doesn’t mean I have a problem with e-books. Quite the contrary! They’re all I read, and most of my earlier novels are available that way now. The only reason I haven’t gone down that road yet is because I have no interest in being a publisher myself, not to mention the time to learn the skills required. But that could change if the right project comes along.
What do I think I’ll be writing in five years? Five years ago I thought I’d be writing adult crime novels, and here I am loving every moment in YA and MG, so what do I know? Whatever it is, I’ll be totally invested, and totally loving it. That’s the only way to be.
This interview was conducted as part of the 2014 Snapshot of Australian Speculative Fiction. We’ll be blogging interviews from 28 July to 10 August and archiving them at SF Signal. You can read interviews at:
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Rational Policy
A Rational, Long-Term View on American Policy & Politics
Essays / History / Politics
A Brief History of Modern Political Framing
September 16, 2017 September 16, 2017 Mike CotéLeave a comment
“A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.”
– Frank Luntz
Tax reform, tax relief, tax cuts, tax giveaways. Estate taxes, inheritance taxes, death taxes. Illegal aliens, undocumented immigrants, economic migrants, refugees, DREAMers. Pro-life, pro-choice, anti-woman, pro-murder.
Have you ever turned on the news and heard pundits on opposite sides of an argument use completely different terms to describe the exact same policy, proposal, or position? It’s a common communications strategy called “framing” and it is critical to understanding the nature of our partisan politics today and how so many issues have become utterly toxic to reasoned discussion and debate. Framing can be incredibly confusing, frustrating and, frankly, annoying. It serves to further divide people into ideological camps and confounds rational and logical discussions of the actual issues at hand, underneath all of the flowery wording. And it has been around for nearly as long as politics has.
In brief, framing theory suggests that “how something is presented to the audience (called the “frame”) influences the choices people make about how to process that information.” Generally, this means that the way an issue or topic is presented to someone, whether it is the wording that is used, the images or other media used to present the topic, or the tone or attitude in which the message is presented, directly impacts how the recipient of that information will view, process, and ultimately come to understand and hold onto that information.
George Orwell, circa 1946
ORWELL ON LANGUAGE: THE MID 20TH CENTURY
Most people know George Orwell from his widely-read literary classics 1984 and Animal Farm, which are staples of the English-language fiction library and are commonly taught in American high-school and college classrooms. These novels are beautifully-written allegories for reality, and focus on dystopian futures and the disastrous results of Communism, and both stand up well to the test of time. These works, for anyone who has read them, clearly tell political stories and deal with many contentious topics, not least of which are the complexities of speech, language, and word choice in the realm of government, news and information, and partisan debate. As much as 1984 and Animal Farm delve into the questions of language and word use in a political context, Orwell has a far more important work that is much more straightforward in addressing this critical issue: his 1946 essay, Politics and the English Language.
Politics and the English Language was published in the April 1946 issue of the journal Horizon, during a time when Orwell was writing prolifically after his wife’s passing, often on the topics of truth, use of language, and politics. The essay received both criticism and praise at the time of its publication, but in the decades since it has been widely seen as prescient. The essay focuses its criticism on the poor use of language, especially to confuse or to obfuscate the truth of one’s intentions or the point one is trying to get across. He discusses how words can be misused so often that they become entirely meaningless, which is most definitely a problem that has not disappeared from the arena since his writing. In one passage that could have seemingly been written in 2017, Orwell argues:
“The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable’. The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice, have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another. In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of régime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. Words of this kind are often used in a consciously dishonest way. That is, the person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something quite different.”
Orwell continues by detailing how complex, fancifully-structured language can often be hiding falsehoods or outright lies. He states, “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.” Orwell most definitely was not a fan of overused idioms and clichéd metaphors, and goes after many of the most commonly used throughout the essay. Some of the metaphors he latches onto are a bit outdated today, but many are still trotted out by major media on a routine basis: toe the line, play into the hands of, Achilles’ heel, swan song, hotbed, and no axe to grind, for example.
Still, his harshest polemics are reserved for politicians, saying “All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” He continues to tear apart political language and those who (mis)use it, maligning most political speeches and writings as having a “lifeless, imitative style” and rarely, if ever, having “a fresh, vivid, home-made turn of speech.” He excoriates politicians giving prepared speeches as “tired hack[s]…mechanically repeating the same phrases,” and compares them to automatons and those uttering repetitive responses in church. His harshest criticism is perhaps what strikes me as the most applicable to the modern age and although referencing events of his day, the passage reveals the intrinsic truth of political language in any time and place:
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness. Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called transfer of population or rectification of frontiers. People are imprisoned for years without trial, or shot in the back of the neck or sent to die of scurvy in Arctic lumber camps: this is called elimination of unreliable elements. Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.”
If George Orwell was a crusader for simpler, easier-to-understand language in politics, he absolutely would have despised the man who I will introduce next, the influential GOP pollster and focus group fanatic Frank Luntz.
Frank Luntz on Fox News. Image courtesy of TheBlaze.
FOCUS ON FRANK: FRAMING FROM 1980 – 2000s
Climate change. Death tax. Energy exploration. Government takeover. Contract with America.
If you’ve ever heard any of those phrases used before – and I can almost guarantee you have if you’ve been alive and alert sometime within the past 30 years – you have been exposed to a work of Frank Luntz framing genius. Luntz, born in Connecticut in 1962, has been the most influential Republican pollster and linguistic wunderkind of the modern political era. His work with wording has altered the way Americans and people across the globe think of concepts as diverse as energy, taxation, climate, healthcare, education, and more. Luntz’s efforts on behalf of conservative candidates and causes have helped not only reorient the lenses through which we view many of the most contentious issues of modern times, but also has changed the methods by which political parties, candidates, and organizations collect and process opinion data from the public at large.
In the latter half of the 20th Century, particularly beginning in the 1980s, political framing itself became a topic of discussion in the news, particularly for the nascent 24-hour cable news industry. The terms ‘spin’ and ‘spin doctor’ became entrenched in the American lexicon as words for political framing and the operatives who were in charge of said framing. Spin became the story itself, even more so than the actual policies, politics, or candidates engaged in running for office. As CBS News host John Dickerson writes in his must-read campaign book Whistlestop, “One analysis of debate night coverage in 1988, relative to the campaigns that had preceded it, showed a significant increase in the amount of attention paid not to what the campaign was actually doing, but to the spin the campaign was emitting to put the best gloss on what was happening.” As spin became more and more a focus of coverage, it became more and more important to have a master spin doctor on your team. And nobody was better than Frank Luntz.
As the 1980s flowed into the 1990s and Bill Clinton was elected President in 1992, the GOP seemed to be at a nadir. It was time for Luntz to get to work. He explicitly credits Clinton for his great successes, saying, “Bill Clinton made Frank Luntz because Bill Clinton discovered the power and the influence of words.” During the 1994 Congressional election campaign, Luntz was hired as a pollster for the Republican party, and was asked to give a presentation at a GOP retreat in Maryland. At this retreat, he discussed how “the American people didn’t trust politicians in general and, quite frankly, didn’t trust Republicans in particular,” which led to Luntz’s proposal of a “proclamation”, altered by then-Congressman Newt Gingrich into a “contract”. This proposal became the famous ‘Contract with America’, which rocketed the GOP to control of the House and Senate for the first time since 1953 and elevated Gingrich himself to the lofty perch of Speaker of the House. Luntz was crucial to the framing of the Contract, making sure that key aspects were added or retained; these include a section stating “Keep this page to hold us accountable,” which according to Luntz did not exist in the original document, as well as a statement to the effect of “If we break this contract, throw us out. We mean it.” These additions were incredibly important to framing the document as a contract, which signifies more than only a campaign statement; it is a hard copy of one’s sworn word and connotes a firmer resolve than a simple promise. These words, “accountable”, “contract”, “break”, all are related to contractual obligations and put the voter in the contractual frame instead of the typical campaign frame; Luntz himself describes them as “enforcement clause[s]”, and says that they are “what told people this was for real.”
After the unparalleled success of the 1994 election, Luntz went on to continue working with conservative candidates and causes throughout the US and the rest of the world. He notably coined the terms ‘climate change’ and ‘death tax’ in reference to global warming and estate taxes, respectively. I will address those topics in further detail in the coming sequels to this story. His path has included stints working with the George W Bush White House, a wide range of corporate clients, the Israeli government, the UK Conservative Party, and many television networks as an analyst to give focus group perspectives, particularly after political debates. In many ways, our current political world has been shaped by the work and the words of Frank Luntz.
In the next piece in this series, you will begin to understand just how much framing can impact rational discussion of policies, can obfuscate what is really going on, and see how language can be intentionally used to deceive. And although Frank Luntz is fond of saying things like “facts matter” and “credibility is more important than anything,” we’ll see just how far he and other master framers have been willing to stretch language in the pursuit of political gain. In the words of George Orwell, “Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
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Connor Graham
Alfred Montoya
Eric Kerr
Research Article|December 01 2018
The Internet in Asia through Singapore
Tembusu College and Asia Research Institute,
e-mail: aricgra@nus.edu.sg
Connor Graham is senior lecturer at Tembusu College and research fellow at the Science, Technology, and Society Research Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, both at the National University of Singapore. His teaching and research center on living and dying in the age of the Internet, with a particular focus on new information and communication technologies. His recent work has been examining the evolution and features of the Internet in Asia through the city-state of Singapore.
e-mail: eric.kerr@nus.edu.sg
Eric Kerr is a philosopher and research fellow at the Asia Research Institute and lecturer at Tembusu College, National University of Singapore. His writing centers on the philosophy of technology and social epistemology. He is associate editor and book review Editor at Social Epistemology and cofounder of the Society for the Philosophy of Information.
Natalie Pang
Institute of Policy Studies Social Lab,
e-mail: natalie.pang@nus.edu.sg
Natalie Pang is senior research fellow at the IPS Social Lab at the Institute of Policy Studies. She received her PhD in information technology from Monash University, Australia. Prior to joining IPS she was assistant professor in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. She is an active contributor and reviewer for New Media and Society, Computers in Human Behavior, Online Information Review, Telematics and Informatics, Journal of Association of Information Science and Technology, Chinese Journal of Communication, and Media, Culture and Society.
Science, Technology, and Society Program and Anthropology Program,
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine,
e-mail: mfischer@mit.edu
Michael M. J. Fischer trained in geography and philosophy at Johns Hopkins, social anthropology and philosophy at the London School of Economics, and anthropology at the University of Chicago. Before joining the MIT faculty he was director of the Center for Cultural Studies at Rice. He has done fieldwork in the Caribbean, Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia; he currently works on the anthropology of biosciences, media circuits, and emergent forms of life.
East Asian Science, Technology and Society (2018) 12 (4): 479-494.
Connor Graham, Eric Kerr, Natalie Pang, Michael M. J. Fischer; The Internet in Asia through Singapore. East Asian Science, Technology and Society 1 December 2018; 12 (4): 479–494. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/18752160-7218957
The Internet or, as these authors argue, Internets (plural) in Asia are composed of cables and exchanges, protocols and firewalls, regulations and other legal devices, making them subject to investment and governance strategies, as well as treaties and court cases. But they are also composed of figures, layers, stories, and rumors. These latter descriptors provide a heuristic framework of social features that, together with metaphors from folklore, provide analytic tools for understanding the diversity, conflicts, competitions, and disengagements of the patchwork of Internet development across Asia. The authors further argue that Singapore provides an exceptionally valuable comparative site from which to explore these features. The first part of this article lays out some of the comparative features, and the second part turns to the four themes or heuristics of figures, layers, stories, and rumors, developed through an STS research cluster at the Asia Research Institute and Tembusu College, both at the National University of Singapore.
Internet, Singapore, folklore
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Category Archives: Mysteries
10 Hidden Chambers and Passageways
Whether for sinister, practical or survival purposes, man has been developing secret passageways, rooms and spaces, virtually since he began walking the Earth. I find the topic to be especially fascinating, because with each one discovered or publicly brought to light, another small piece of history is also discovered. Here we take a look at 10, each one with its own unique past.
Breathtakingly perched 2,500 feet high in the Vosges Mountains of France, the Mont Sainte-Odile monastery dates back to the 7th century A.D. Its library has, for centuries, housed many rare and ancient books, but in 2003 something peculiar began happening. Many of these books began to seemingly vanish. Since the room was soundly locked and off limits to the public, it was a complete mystery as to where these books were disappearing. After police were called in, they eventually found that a section of bookcase swung back to reveal a hidden passageway. With a security camera then set up, a local teacher, Stanislas Gosse, was arrested soon thereafter. Apparently, he had stumbled upon a map to the secret passage in the city archives and decided to embark on his own adventure. In order to steal the books, he climbed over the exterior walls of the monastery then accessed hidden stairways that snaked toward a centuries-old, long-forgotten medieval passageway which led directly to the swinging bookcase in the library. It is believed that the passage was originally built to allow senior monks to eavesdrop on the younger monksâ conversations, being held in the library. As for Gosse, he commented that he stole the books because he felt they had been âabandonedâ and he also wanted a âthrill.â 1,000 of the monasteryâs books were found safely in his small apartment.
In Prohibition-era New York City in the 1920s, many speakeasies sprung up across the city to offer thirsty citizens illegal alcohol and good times. But one of them, the 21 Club, may have been the most clever of them all. The owners also owned the building next door, and used this as a means to hide their vast liquor supply in its cellar. This secret storage room was concealed by an enormous door that was designed to appear as a simple, cement wall. The door weighed a massive two-and-a-half tons, and could only be opened by inserting an 18-inch length of wire into one of the various cracks in the cement. With some muscle, the door would swing open into the basement next door, which housed hundreds of bottles of booze. Thanks to this secret room, and a system of levers used to tip shelves and drop bottles into the sewers below, neither the owners nor patrons were ever caught, even though the 21 Club was raided by police several times. During Prohibition, many celebrities and important political figures were known to imbibe in the secret cellar – including the mayor of NYC.
On the picturesque British island of Jersey, in the English Channel, the disturbing secrets of the Haut de la Garenne childrenâs home were made public, in 2008. After reports of abuse, rumors of exceedingly grim findings followed. An underground network of four, underground chambers were unearthed after an extensive police investigation, and what was discovered inside of them shocked not only the island, but the whole world as well. There were reports of shackles, juvenile bone and teeth remains, and shallow baths with traces of blood. It was down in these subterranean rooms where the children of the home were âpunishedâ. It was stated that such abuse and murder took place from the 1940s to the 1980s, with the bulk of it occurring in the 60s. From various interviews and research, it was determined that âbad behaviorâ was met with floggings, druggings, sexual assault and solitary confinement in these terrible rooms. As if that wasnât enough, notorious serial sex attacker, Edward Paisnel, also known as the âBeast of Jerseyâ, was also said to make visits to Haut de la Garenne to carry out his nefarious crimes. The accounts of abuse and murder now make up a long list, since many victims have come forward years later. The only positive effect to result from these horrors is that the island of Jersey has now taken legal steps to ensure that atrocities like this never occur again even though many of the initial horror stories have since been found to be exaggerations or completely untrue.
During WWII, a number of British and French soldiers were held as POWs in Germanyâs Colditz Castle. It was in the attic of this castle where a notably impressive escape was planned and crafted. Led by British Lieutenant, Tony Rolt, and pilots, Bill Goldfinch and Jack Best, the small team of prisoners constructed a false wall and ceiling out of wooden shutters and mud, which created a hidden room in the attic. It was here that work on a secret glider commenced. Amazingly, their German captors did not even notice this newly-build room whenever they entered the space. Painstakingly, a flyable glider was built from no more than scraps of materials they found around the portion of the castle in which they were held. Able to get onto the roof with their creation, named the Colditz Cock, the escape launch was scheduled for the spring of 1945. However, the POW camp was liberated by American forces just before the planned date of escape.
Although the name of this edifice sounds malevolent, it actually was a source of hope about 150-160 years ago. Located in Fountain City, Indiana, this was a small, brick home owned by Quaker, and abolitionist, Levi Coffin. The home contained many secret spaces, including a small, hidden room off the bedroom. Although the structure itself was nothing profound, what occurred there certainly was. It was in this diminutive room where Coffin successfully hid 2,000 escaped slaves who were following the path of the Underground Railroad, before the start of the American Civil War. Over the course of 20 years, these fugitive slaves would hole up in the room for, possibly, weeks as they prepared for the next leg of their journey to freedom. One slaveâs experience in particular, known only as Eliza, was included in the classic novel “Uncle Tomâs Cabin”, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Because every slave Levi Coffin assisted eventually made their way to freedom, he became known as the âPresident of the Underground Railroadâ.
Dating back to 1277, the Passetto di Borgo was a secret passageway, approximately 800 meters long, atop the old Vatican wall linking Vatican City to the Castel SantâAngelo, or Mausoleum of Hadrian, in Rome. Commissioned by Pope Nicholas III, it provided a crucial escape route for a number of subsequent popes. In 1494, Pope Alexander VI used it to escape an invasion by Charles VIII (It is also rumored that he used it to surreptitiously visit some of his lovers), and Pope Clement VII fled through it in 1527, during the Sack of Rome. Readers of author Dan Brown may also remember that the passageway played a part in his novel “Angels & Demons”. Today, the Passetto di Borgo is not so much of a secret, and is open to tourists. Legend has it that if a man runs 77 times up and down the passageway, he will get his lost virility back.
Discovered in November of 2010, this elaborate passageway spans 2,200 feet long and is equipped with a small rail system, ventilation and fluorescent lighting. It connects the kitchen of a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to two warehouses in an industrial district in San Diego, California. Believed to be the work of Mexicoâs Sinaloa drug cartel, which is headed by the countryâs most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin âEl Chapoâ Guzman, the passage was used to transport massive amounts of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States. Located off the passage is a hidden staircase leading to a room 50 feet underground which housed an enormous amount of marijuana. Overall, more than 20 tons of marijuana was seized by U.S. and Mexican law enforcement. Many clandestine passages along the two countriesâ border have been found since the early 90s, but this recently uncovered one is, by far, the most complex and complete.
Built in 1913, Grand Central Terminal, in New York City, is the largest train station in the world, in terms of number of platforms. Therefore, itâs only natural that there be various hidden nooks, corners and spaces, such as the network of underground tracks, storage areas and tunnels. Weaved amidst them all is an unlisted train platform, known as Track 61, with a secret entrance and passageway leading to an elevator going straight up to the world-famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel. This furtive passage was what President Franklin D. Roosevelt used as his private entrance into Manhattan. It was a way of avoiding the pesky questions and flashbulbs of reporters and of going straight from his train to his hotel. In addition, it shielded the public from witnessing, in plain view, his polio affliction. Today, the entrance to this long-forgotten passage is welded shut, as millions of people per year scramble just feet away all around it.
Another very recent discovery (November, 2010), this hidden chamber lies in the Indian National Library, housed in the Belvedere House, in Calcutta. As the building was undergoing restoration this year, the Archaeology Survey of India discovered the location of a mysterious large room, around 1,000 square feet in size. What makes it so mysterious is that they cannot find an entrance to the room, even after searching every square inch of the ceiling and walls that make up the enclosure. What was found was an arch on one side that was walled up at some point. Since the Belvedere House was home to British Governors then Lt. Governors during British colonial rule, there are some interesting theories as to what may be behind the chamberâs walls. Apparently, it was common practice among the British at the time to âwall upâ offenders in âdeath chambersâ, and thatâs one speculation, since some sources say the room seems to have the same dimensions that such a chamber would have had. Others say that it may contain hidden treasures since the British of that time were also known to hide their riches in so called âblind chambersâ. A colonial Governor or Lieutenant Governor definitely would have been a wealthy man, so itâs a valid hypothesis. Since a wall cannot be demolished due to the historic importance of the building, archaeologists are currently waiting on permission from Indiaâs Ministry of Culture before they bore a hole through the wall to peer inside with a searchlight.
He is known as Americaâs first serial killer. Born Herman Webster Mudgett, H.H. Holmes was an abject degenerate of a human being. Using dirty money he attained from unscrupulous activities, such as insurance fraud and the occasional murder-for-hire, he constructed a large building in Chicago and ran it as a hotel/hostel, in 1893. In addition, he ran a drug store on the same street which helped him become a respected member of the community. However, his ostensible integrity hid a sinister monster. It turns out that, for years, his building was the site of grisly and gruesome murders carried out at his hands. After his ultimate arrest, it was discovered that âThe Murder Castleâ, as it became known, contained many architectural oddities such as hidden staircases and trap doors, allowing Holmes to enter guestsâ rooms. The most macabre hidden area, however, was the dissection room and crematorium, located in the basement into which victimsâ bodies were thrown via a chute from upper floors. This room was a âlaboratoryâ of torture devices, tombs and surgical devices and became publicly known as the âChamber of Horrorsâ. It is believed that no fewer than 50 women were slaughtered in unimaginable ways there.
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Meraj Mohiuddin’s Revelation: The Story Of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): A Critical Review
July 1, 2019 by Siblings Of Ilm No Comments
In the name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate.
Despite its relatively recent publication, Dr. Meraj Mohiuddin’s Revelation: The Story of Muhammad (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him) has quickly become one of the more popular, publicized, and widely-distributed additions to the growing corpus of English literature on the prophetic biography (sīrah). Boasting an aesthetically-pleasing, simple, and modern design, Revelation enjoys a long list of endorsements by well-recognized Muslim personalities in the West and a foreword by the American Muslim academic Dr. Sherman Jackson.
The author, a physician by training, has taken great pains to design a book that is rich in illustrations to complement a condensed chronicle of the Messenger of Allah’s life (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). Mohiuddin includes a wealth of graphics: maps, family trees, and timelines that help visualize complex lineages and familial relationships, track the movements of armies, and contextualize significant events in time. Deceptively large in size, the book’s historical material is in fact quite concise, providing first-time readers of the sīrah a summarized version of the contents of, for the most part, Martin Ling’s Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources and Ṣafī al-Raḥmān al-Mubārakpūrī’s The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet (al-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm).
Readers will be able to immediately appreciate the overall quality of the printing: the heavy paper, strong binding, professional typesetting, minimalist design, etc… Unlike some sīrahbooks available in the market, which – despite some excellent content – are commonly discredited due to their poor grammatical constructions, imprecise translations, archaic prose, sophomoric transliteration, or simply the use of flimsy paper that allows text to bleed through to the other side, Revelation ensures that no reader will superficially dismiss it on the basis of appearance alone.
Once the curious reader opens the textbook to grade it on the basis of its actual substance, however, some serious limitations of the work begin to emerge. The graphics, timelines, glossaries, and quality printing become quickly and regrettably obscured by a paucity of sources, a careless narrative, an excessive poetic license, and a general reductionistic historical revisionism, amongst a laundry list of other issues.
Of course, there is little reason to doubt the noble and sincere intentions of the author, who despite admitted academic limitations, goes to great pains to present readers with a biography that reflects his appreciation of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) while also appearing to be a critical and reflective narrative. Our intention in writing this review is not to place doubt on the author’s aims or motives. It is simply an attempt to bring to light some of the book’s shortcomings, be they obvious or subtle, so that readers may be equipped to read it with a critical eye. Our hope is that despite the work’s historical and methodological failings, readers will learn to appreciate its limitations while still taking advantage of the book’s noteworthy contributions, and that the author will benefit from the suggestions of this review – as harsh or extensive as they may seem – in producing future editions.
Method of Critique
In this critique, we attempt to address some of the key issues of methodology and sources in the work under separate headings and with only a few examples from the text for each. Should it be requested or required, a future, more exhaustive corrigendum may be provided with a more detailed, systematic inventory of errors arranged in order of their appearance in the book. For the time being, we suffice with four main headings – poverty of sources, reductionist historical revisionism and cultural presentism, factual inaccuracies, and poetic license. We have not intended, by any means, to exhaustively list the book’s failings. We have also chosen not to focus on typographical or spelling errors, transliteration issues, or other minor points in this review. However, in some instances, when it is useful for the reader to address smaller matters, we have done so. A case in point is the author’s choice to exclude Arabic text in the book so that the reader “will not have to treat it with ceremonial care”, despite the cover of the book being adorned with a beautiful calligraphic print of the Prophet Muḥammad’s name (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), which even if not a verse of the Qurʾān, demands a certain degree of veneration and ceremonial care.
Due to this ill-equipped reviewer’s own academic limitations and owing to the urgency with which this review was prepared, I am certainly under no illusion that my critique has sufficiently or comprehensively addressed the book’s flaws, nor that every particular assessment is accurate. It is my sincere hope that any mistakes found in this review will be rectified in the future, with help from the reader, for the general benefit.
Poverty of Sources
One of the more pivotal shortcomings of Dr. Mohiuddin’s Revelation is immediately obvious from the author’s introduction. Admitting a lack of expertise, the author laudably concedes to being “neither an Islamic scholar nor an amateur historian” and later admits to his “unfamiliarity with seventh-century Arabian customs” and an “unsophisticated understanding of tribal history and politics”. The self-admission helps to explain the author’s paucity of references and inattention to Arabic primary sources for the construction and verification of his narrative, due to which any original contribution to the sīrah genre of literature in terms of substantive research is minimal, perhaps even negligible. Omitting the visual aids and the multitude of overlong verbatim quotations, the actual body content of the book lacks much of the substance that is found in easily-available sīrah books in the market today.
Many of these books, despite their own imperfections, could have tremendously benefited the author in compiling his narrative. Some are translations of Arabic primary source documents, like Alfred Guillaume’s reconstructed translation of the second-century historian Muḥammad b. Iṣḥāq’s (d. 159/770) maghāzī work, and are indispensable to any writer limited to English-language sources (See Ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad. The Life of Muḥammad: A Translation of Ibn Isḥāq ‘s Sīrat Rasūl Allāh. Translated with introduction and notes by Alfred Guillaume. London and Karachi, 1955. See also Dr. ‘Abdul Latif Tibawi’s important critical review: The Life of Muhammad: A Critique of Guillaume’s English Translation in Tibawi, A. L., Arabic and Islamic Themes: Historical, Educational and Literacy Studies, London: Luzac, 1976, 25-52). For priceless descriptions of the Messenger of Allah’s (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) names, character, habits, miracles, and physical countenance, Mohiuddin could have used Aisha Bewley’s translation of Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ al-Yaḥṣūbī’s (554/1149) Kitāb al-Shifāʾ (‘Iyāḍ, al-Qāḍī. Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, Ash-Shifa of Qadi ‘Iyad. Translated by Aisha Bewley. Madinah Press, January 1, 2006) or Darussalam’s translation of the abridged Zād al-Maʿād (al-Jawziyyah, Ibn Qayyim. Provisions for the Hereafter. Summarized by Imam Muhammad b. Abdul Wahhab At-Tamimi. Darussalam)
Similarly missing is Trevor Gassick’s translation of Ibn Kathīr’s (774/1373) celebrated and critical sīrah volume (Ibn Kathīr. The Life of the Prophet Muhammad. Translated by Trevor Le Gassick and reviewed by Dr. Ahmed Fareed. Garnet Publishing, September 1, 2000), the indispensable historiographical discussions in Shiblī al-Nuʿmānī’s Sīrat al-Nabī (Al-Nu‘mānī, al-Shibli. Sirat-un- Nabi. Translated by M. Tayyib Bakhsh Budayūnī. Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delhi, reprinted in 1983) or Idrīs al-Kandhalwī’s critical hadith examinations in his Sīrat al-Muṣṭafā (Kandehlawī, Idrīs. Siratul Mustafa. Translated by Mufti Muhammed Kadwa. 3 vols. Zam Zam Publishers, January 1, 2011), as well as Abū-l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Nadwī’s (d. 1999) invaluable cultural and socio-political comments in his al-Sīrat al-Nabawiyyah (al-Nadwī, Abu al-Ḥasan. Prophet of Mercy. Translated by Dr. Mohiuddin Ahmad. Turath Publishing, 2014).
Given that the author expresses interest in the extraction of meanings and lessons from the historical narrative, the omission of Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī’s or Muḥammad al-Ghazālī’s respective Fiqh al-Sīrah books is puzzling (al-Būṭī, M. Sa‘īd Ramaḍān. The Jurisprudence of the Prophetic Biography. Translated by Nancy Roberts and revised by Anas al-Rifā‘ī. Dār al-Fikr, January 1 2006; al-Ghazālī, Muḥammad. Fiqh-us-Seerah, Understanding the Life of the Prophet Muhammad. International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations and distributed by International Islamic Publishing House, revised second edition 1420/1999), just as is the exclusion of the 3-volume English translation of ʿAlī Muḥammad al-Ṣallābī’s al-Sīrat al-Nabawiyyah (as-Sallaabee, ‘Ali Muhammad. Noble Life of the Prophet. Translated by Faisal Shafeeq. Dar-us-Salam Publications, October 1, 2005) or Dr. Muḥammad Ḥamīdullah’s The Life and Work of the Prophet of Islam (Hamidullah, Muhammad. The Life and Work of The Prophet of Islam. Translated by Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi. Adam Publishers, January 1, 1998).
As a result, the reader is left with, besides al-Mubārakpūrī and Lings, an unhealthy reliance on extractions from a handful of controversial figures and questionable authorities like Montgomery Watt, Reza Aslan, and Karen Armstrong. Without any direct reference to the ḥadīth, maghāzī, or shamāʾīl collections of the critical ḥadīth scholars, like al-Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, or al-Nasāʾī (whose canonical texts have long been translated into the English language) or their encyclopedic commentaries, readers are forced to rely on a slew of such secondary or tertiary sources and their wide array of fantastical imaginations born out of dated, reductionist attitudes. A simple internet search for critical reviews of Martin Lings or Montgomery Watt’s works (see for example, G. F. Haddad’s A Critical Reading of Lings’ Muhammad or Muhammad Mohar Ali’s The Biography of the Prophet and the Orientalists with Special Reference to the Writings of William Muir, D. S. Margoliouth and W. Montgomery Watt) helps bring to light some of most glaring problems in Mohiuddin’s quotations: secular/materialistic reductionism, misinterpretation of socio-economic context, chronological snobbery, poetic license, and factual inaccuracy.
As for other Mohiuddin’s other sources, Hamza Yusuf’s lecture notes are indeed valuable (even if not from a written or early source, or even necessarily original), as are most of the Tariq Ramadan’s reflections. From the journalist Adil Salahi the author actually takes very little, and the lengthiest selections he quotes from him are from Salahi’s most controversial and poorly-researched revisionist positions, foremost amongst them the issue of the age of ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her).
It is entirely possible that this reviewer simply had too high of an expectation from the book from the onset, an expectation fed by the outstanding quality of print and the long list of endorsements. Yet, one cannot but imagine how many of the failings this review highlights could have been easily avoided had the author simply accessed the vast treasure of historical data available in the original, Arabic source material (or at least had his work thoroughly reviewed by a critical Islamic scholar or two trained in the use of such sources). To demonstrate how limiting Mohiuddin’s list of sources truly is – or for that matter any sīrah book composed using only non-Arabic sources – we have compiled a list of some published, accessible Arabic books on sīrah today, some of which span 14 volumes or more (and have chosen to leave out hundreds of other works from various sub-genres of historical literature, including the innumerable ḥadīth collections which would take too much space and time to add and some of which are published in over 50 volumes):
Ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad. al-Mubtadaʾ wa-l-Mabʿath wa al-Maghāzī. (recensions and portions of which are published in Ibn Hishām, al-Ṭabarī, and others)
Ibn Hishām, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik. Tahdhīb al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah. Ed. Muḥammad Khalīl Harās. Cairo: Maktabat al-Jumhūriyyah, 1389.
Ibn Ḥibbān, Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad. al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah wa Akhbār al-Khulafāʾ. Ed. ʿAbd al-Salām ʿAlūsh. al-Maktab al-Islāmī.
al-Qayrawānī, ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. al-Jāmiʿ fī-l-Sunan wa-l-Ādāb wa-l-Maghāzī. Ed. ‘Abd al-Majīd Turkī. Dār al-Gharb al-Islāmī.
Al-Rāzī, Abū Zakariyyā Aḥmad b. Fāris. Awjaz al-Siyar li Khayr al-Bashr. Ed. Muḥammad Maḥmūd Ḥamdān. Dār al-Bashr.
al-Andulusī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Saʿīd b. Ḥazm. Jawāmiʿ al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah. Ed. Dr. Iḥsān ʿAbbās and Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Asad and reviewed by Aḥmad Shākir. Egypt: Dār al-Maʿārif.
al-Namirī, Abū ʿUmar Yūsuf b. ʿAbd Allah b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Barr. al-Durar fī-l-Maghāzī wa-l-Siyar. Ed. Dr. Shawqī Ḍayf. Cairo: Dār al-Maʿārif.
al-Qurashī, Abū al-Qāsim Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad. al-Mabʿath wa-l-Maghāzī. Muḥammad b. Khalīfah al-Rabbāḥ. Beirut: Dār Ibn Ḥazm.
al-Suhaylī, Abū-l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbd Allah. al-Rawḍ al-Unf. Ed. ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Salām al-Salāmī. Beirut: Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 1421.
al-Maqdisī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ghanī b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid. Mukhtaṣar Sīrat al-Nabī Ṣallā Allāhu ʿAlayhi wa Sallam. Ed. Khālid b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shāyiʿ.
Ibn Abī Rukab, Abū Dharr Muṣʿab b. Abī Bakr. Sharḥ Tahdhīb al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah. Egypt: 1329.
Muḥibb al-Dīn al-Ṭabarī, Abū-l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. ʿAbd Allah. Khulāṣat Siyar Sayyid al-Bashar.Ed. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ghaffār Khān. Hyderabad, India: al-Jāmiʿah al-ʿUthmāniyyah (academic treatise) 1991, then published by Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmāniyyah, 2005/1426.
al-Dimyāṭī, Abū Muḥammad Sharaf al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin b. Khalaf. al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah.Ed. Asʿad Muḥammad al-Ṭayyib. Aleppo, Syria: Dār al-Ṣābūnī, 1416.
al-Kinānī, Badr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm. al-Mukhtaṣar al-Ṣaghīr fī Sīrat al-Bashīr wa-l-Nadhīr. Muḥammad Kamāl al-Dīn ʿIzz al-Dīn. ʿĀlam al-Kutub.
al-Kinānī, ʿIzz al-Dīn b. Badr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Ibn Jamāʿah. al-Mukhtaṣar al-Kabīr fī Sīrat al-Rasūl Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhu wa Sallam. Sāmī Makkī al-ʿĀnī. al-Bashīr.
Abū-l-Fatḥ, Fatḥ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad. ʿUyūn al-Athar fī Funūn al-Maghāzī wa-l-Shamāʾil wa-l-Siyar. Ed. Ibrāhīm Muḥammad Ramaḍān. Beirut: Dār al-Qalam.
Abū-l-Fatḥ, Fatḥ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Muḥammad. Nūr al-ʿUyūn fī Talkhīṣ Sīrat al-Amīn al-Maʾmūn. Ed. Sulaymān Ḥarsh. Dār al-Nawādir.
Quṭb al-Dīn, Abū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿAbd al-Nūr. al-Mawrid al-ʿAdhb al-Hanī fī-l-Kalām ʿalā al-Sīrah li-l-Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī. Ed. Nūr al-Dīn Ṭālib. Dār al-Nawādir.
al-Dhahabī, Shams al-Dīn ʿAbū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Aḥmad. Mukhtaṣar al-Rawḍ al-Unf al-Bāsim fī al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah al-Sharīfah. Ed. Dr. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Ḥarfūsh. Damascus: Dār al-Bashāʾir al-Islāmiyyah, 1426.
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Mughlaṭāʾī, b. Qalīj b. ʿAbd Allah. al-Ishārah ilā Sīrat al-Muṣṭafā Ṣallā Allāhū ʿalayh wa Sallam. Ed. Muḥammad Niẓām al-Dīn al-Fatīh. al-Qalam, Dār al-Shāmiyyah.
ʿAlāʿ al-Dīn Mughlaṭāʾī, b. Qalīj b. ʿAbd Allah. al-Zahr al-Bāsim fī Sīrat Abī-l-Qāsim. Ed. Aḥsan Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Shakūr. Riyadh: Dār al-Salām.
Ibn Kathīr, Abū-l-Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar. al-Fuṣūl fī Sīrat al-Rasūl Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa Sallam. Ed. ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-Turkī. Cairo: Dār Hijr.
Badr al-Dīn, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. ʿUmar. al-Muqtafā min Sirah al-Muṣṭafā. Ed. Dr. Muṣṭafā Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Dhahabī. Cairo: Dār al-Ḥadīth, 1416.
al-Fayrawzabādī, Majd al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb. Sifr al-Saʿādah. Aḥmad Muṣṭafā al-Ṭahṭāwī. Dār al-Faḍīlah, 2004.
Sibṭ Ibn al-ʿAjamī, Burhān al-Dīn Abū-l-Wafāʾ Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad. Nūr al-Nibrās ʿalā Sīrat Ibn Sayyid al-Nās. Ed. by a team under the supervision of Nūr al-Dīn al-Ṭālib. Dār al-Nawādir.
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. ʿAlī. Imtāʿ al-Asmāʾ bimā li-l-Rasūl min al-Anbāʾ wa-l-Amwāl wa-l-Ḥafadah wa-l-Matāʿ. Ed. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Namīsī. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyyah.
al-Yamānī, Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā b. Abī Bakr. Bahjat al-Maḥāfil wa Baghyat al-Amāthil fī Talkhīṣ al-Siyar wa-l-Muʿjizāt wa-l-Masāʾil. Ed. Anwar b. Abī al-Shaykhī al-Dāghistānī. Jeddah: Dār al-Minhāj, 1430.
Zayn al-Dīn, ʿAbd al-Bāsiṭ b. Khalīl. Ghāyat al-Sūl fī Sīrat al-Rasūl. Ed. Muḥammad Kamāl al-Dīn ʿIzz al-Dīn ʿAlī. Beirut: ʿĀlam al-Kutub.
al-Qasṭallānī, Abū-l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. Muḥammad. al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah bi-l-Minaḥ al-Muḥammadiyyah. Ed. Ṣāliḥ b. Aḥmad al-Shāmī. al-Maktab al-Islāmī.
Baḥraq, Muḥammad b. ‘Umar. Ḥadāʾiq al-Anwār wa Maṭāliʿ al-Asrār fī Sīrah al-Nabī al-Mukhtār. Ed. Muḥammad Ghassān Naṣūḥ ʿAzqūl. Jeddah: Dār al-Minhāj.
al-Shāmī, Muḥammad b. Yūsuf. Subul al-Hudā wa-l-Rashād fī Sīrat Khayr al-ʿIbād. Ed. by a group of researchers. Cairo: al-Majlis al-Aʿlā li-l-Shuʾūn al-Islāmiyyah bi Miṣr, 1418.
Ibn Burhān al-Dīn al-Ḥalabī, Abū-l-Faraj ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm. Insān al-‘Uyūn fī Sīrat al-Amīn al-Maʾmūn. Dār al-Nawādir.
al-Zurqānī, Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Bāqī. Sharḥ al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah li-l-Qasṭallānī. Ed. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Khālidī. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyyah.
al-Tamīmī, Abū Sulaymān ʿAbd Allah b. Muḥammad. Mukhtaṣar Sīrat al-Nabī Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa Sallam. Ed. Quṣayy Muḥibb al-Dīn al-Khaṭīb. al-Maktabah al-Salafiyyah, 1397.
Daḥlān, Aḥmad b. Zaynī. al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah wa-l-Āthār al-Muḥammadiyyah. Dār al-Nawādir, 2013.
al-Banjāwī, Muḥammad b. Hārūn. Mulakhkhaṣ al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah. Beirut: al-Maktabah al-Thaqāfiyyah.
Jamāl al-dīn, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad. Shadhrah min al-Sīrah al-Muḥammadiyyah. Cairo: Maṭbaʿat al-Manār, 1321.
al-Khuḍrī Bak, Muḥammad b. ʿAfīf. Nūr al-Yaqīn fī Sīrat Sayyid al-Mursalīn Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa Sallam. Ed. ʿAbduh ʿAlī Kushk. Dār al-Bashāʾir al-Islāmiyyah.
Riḍā, Muḥammad Rashīd. Khulāṣat al-Sīrah al-Muḥammadiyyah wa Ḥaqīqat al-Daʿwah al-Islāmiyyah. Cairo: Maṭbaʿat al-Manār, 1353.
al-Ṭabbākh, Muḥammad Rāghib b. Maḥmūd. al-Fatḥ al-Mubīn ʿAlā Nūr al-Yaqīn fī Sīrat Sayyid al-Mursalīn Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa Sallam.
al-Banjāwī, ʿAbd al-Salām Hārūn. Tahdhīb Sīrat Ibn Hishām. Kuwait: Dār al-Buḥūth with Muʾassasat al-Risālah in Beirut, 1408.
al-Miṣrī, Muḥammad al-Ghazālī. Fiqh al-Sīrah. With the takhrīj of al-Albānī. 6th ed. Egypt: Dār al-Kutub al-Ḥadīthah, 1965.
al-Albānī, Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah. Oman: al-Maktabah al-Islāmiyyah.
al-Junaynī, Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Sīrat al-Nabawiyyah. Introduction and chapter arrangement by Dr. ʿUmar b. Sulayman al-Ashqar. Oman: Dār al-Nafāʾis.
al-Mubārakpūrī, Ṣafī al-Raḥmān. al-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm. Dār Ibn al-Jawzī.
al-Mubārakpūrī, Ṣafī al-Raḥmān. Rawḍat al-Anwār fī Sīrat al-Nabī al-Mukhtār. Saudi Arabia: Wizārat al-Shuʾūn al-Islāmiyyah.
al-Jazāʾirī, Abū Bakr Jābir. Hadhā al-Ḥabīb Muḥammad Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa Sallam Yā Muḥibb. Madinah: Maktabat al-ʿUlūm wa-l-Ḥikam.
al-ʿUmrī, Akram Ḍiyāʾ. al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah al-Ṣaḥīḥah.
Mahdī, Rizq Allah Aḥmad. al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah fī Ḍawʾ al-Maṣādir al-Aṣliyyah. Dār Imām al-Daʿwah.
Mahdī, Rizq Allah Aḥmad. Ṣafwat al-Sīrat al-Nabawiyyah fī Sīrat Khayr al-Bariyyah Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayh wa Sallam. Riyadh: Wizārat al-Shuʾūn al-Islāmiyyah wa-l-Awqāf wa-l-Daʿwah wa-l-Irshād.
Some of the works from the maghāzī genre of prophetic biography that are published and available today:
Maghāzī ʿUrwat b. al-Zubayr. Published by Nabīhah ʿAbūd. Chicago: al-Bardiyyāt al-ʿArabiyyah, 1378.
Maghāzī Wahb b. Munabbih al-Ṣanʿānī. Published by Nabīhah ʿAbūd. Heidelberg, Germany.
Maghāzī Maʿmar b. Rāshid al-Azdī. Published by Nabīhah Maʿbūd. 1378.
al-Wāqidī, Muḥammad b. ʿUmar. Maghāzī al-Wāqidī. Ed. Ṣabāḥ Muṣṭafā Aḥmad al-Ḥashshāsh. Cairo: 1424.
Ibn Abī Shaybah, Abū Bakr ‘Abd Allah b. Muḥammad. al-Maghāzī. Ed. Dr. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿUmurī. Dār Ishbīliyā.
al-Andulusī, Abū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik b. Ḥabīb. al-Maghāzī. Ed. Khūrkhī Ajwādī. Madrid: 1411.
Ibn Qāḍī Shuhbah, Taqī al-Dīn Abū Bakr b. Aḥmad. Aḥādīth Muntakhabah min Maghāzī Mūsā b. ʿUqbah. Ed. Mashhūr b. Ḥasan Āl Salmān. Muʾassasat al-Rayyān.
al-Qurashī, Abū-l-Qāsim Ismā‘īl b. Muḥammad. al-Mabʿath wa-l-Maghāzī. Ed. Muḥammad b. Khalīfah al-Rabāḥ. Beirut: Dār Ibn Ḥazm.
al-Andulusī, Abū al-Rabīʿ Sulaymān b. Mūsā. al-Iktifāʾ fī Maghāzī Rasūl Allāh wa-l-Thalāthah al-Khulafāʾ.
Reductionist Historical Revisionism and Cultural Presentism
The problem of the paucity of Revelation’s source material is exacerbated by the author’s relatively injudicious selection of complimentary sources. The regular and uncritical extractions from Montgomery Watt, Karen Armstrong, Reza Aslan, Adil Salahi, and Martin Lings results in, among other things, an overall presentation of the prophetic biography with some fairly obvious cognitive biases: reductionism, presentism, chronological snobbery, etc… By reductionism, we are referring to the general unwillingness of some of the above authors to consider spiritual or religious factors in their historical explanations. By presentism, or “the fallacy of nunc pro tunc”, we are referring to the problem in their historical analysis of an anachronistic projection of present-day ideas and perspectives onto the past, while chronological snobbery is a reference to the often subconscious presumption that the thinking, art, or science of an earlier time is inherently inferior to that of the present. These cognitive and cultural biases are particularly replete in the Watt, Aslan, and Armstrong excerpts, together which present an overall misleading view of the Prophet’s life (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his motives rather than what the author alleges is objective and critical historical context.
About Montgomery Watt in particular, Fred Donner, professor of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago, notes how important it is to view his contributions to the prophetic biography as a product of their time. He states:
“The social sciences, after a period of gestation in the first half of the twentieth century, became in the years following World War II the regnant academic disciplines in much of the Western academy (and outside it, in the arena of policy formation). Watt’s work, like that of everyone else in that time, reflects this. His interpretation of Muḥammad’s life, for example, focuses on the economic and social tensions that, he argued, had developed in Meccan society because of the nascent inequality produced by the burgeoning commerce of Mecca. He spoke of the demise— under the corrosive effect of the growing rift between rich and poor – of what he called “tribal humanism,” the ethos of mutual responsibility according to which members of a tribe shared and looked after each other. Watt saw Muhammad’s teachings as, in part, a response to this essentially socio-economic and, hence, moral dislocation in Meccan society. There was relatively little emphasis on the impact of Muḥammad’s religious ideas as a factor in Islam’s appearance.
Watt’s work on Muḥammad resembled in some respects the earlier work of Hubert Grimme (1864-1942). Grimme had argued that Muḥammad was not a religious preacher, but a social reformer, concerned with succoring orphans and widows, and the poor generally. This view was, however, almost immediately criticized by other scholars, who emphasized the centrality in Muḥammad’s teachings of the idea of God’s oneness and concern with the Last Judgment and the afterlife, concerns that went far beyond merely mundane social issues.
Watt did not deny Muḥammad’s religious role—far from it; indeed, he seems to have accepted that Muḥammad had been sincere in presenting himself as a prophet, and always spoke of Muḥammad in a tone of respect that bordered on reverence. But he did not expend much ink in elaborating how Muḥammad’s religious message contributed to the success of the movement he had begun, nor did he explore very deeply how Muḥammad’s religious message fit into currents of religious thought in the seventh- century Near East. This tepid engagement by Watt with the religious aspects of Muḥammad’s mission was also in keeping with the outlook of the social sciences of his day. Social scientists at that time, and secular-minded historians above all, were uncomfortable talking about religion, and had particular difficulty accepting religion as a factor of historical explanation. So they often engaged in a kind of reductionism when speaking of early Islam, explaining away Islam’s worldly success as being due to something else, searching for what they considered the “real” cause—anything other than religion: the desiccation of Arabia, the lust for booty among Arabian tribesmen, the desire to open new commercial markets, the expression of a presumed “Arab” national feeling, the exhaustion of the two great empires, the social integration brought by Islam that unleashed the latent energy of a hitherto fragmented tribal society (this last one being my own contribution to the reductionist agenda). Watt was swimming in these secular waters too; the secular tone of his work was pronounced enough that the French Islamicist Georges-Henri Bousquet (1900-1978) gave his review of Watt’s Muḥammad at Mecca the wonderfully ironic title “A Marxist interpretation of the origins of Islam by an Episcopal clergyman.”” (Fred Donner, The Study of Islam’s Origins since W. Montgomery Watt’s Publications, paper presented on Friday, November 23, 2015, at the University of Edinburgh)
In fact, Donner is only one of several writers to highlight the biases in Montgomery Watt and other Orientalists’ works. Before him, Dr. Muhammad Mohar Ali (d. 2007), former professor of Islamic History at the University of Madinah and PhD graduate of SOAS, University of London, wrote a multi-volume critical analysis entitled: The Biography of the Prophet and the Orientalists: With Special Reference to the Writings of William Muir, D. S. Margoliouth, and W. Montgomery Watt(See Muhammad Mohar Ali, King Fahad Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an: Madinah, 1417/1997) in which he highlights a long list of instances in which Watt, amongst others, portrays the Prophet’s (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) motives as purely political, tribal, or economic. Zafar Ali Qureshi likewise commits two volumes to convincingly demonstrate that Watt is little better than some of his predecessors in portraying an imaginative prophet of the Orientalist discourse (See Zafar Ali Qureshi, Prophet Muhammad and His Western Critics: A Critique of W. Montgomery Watt and Others, Idāra Maʿārif Islamic, Lahore, 1992, 2 Vols, p. 1103).
The pluralist Reza Aslan’s No god but God, a sloppily researched publication by an often vulgar sensationalist, essentially regurgitates the spurious scholarship of Watt, Muir, and Margoliouth and advances much of their fantastical imaginations on the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). While one can understand the author’s desire for alternative voices and critical scholarship, the belief that Aslan “may represent the voice of a younger generation of Muslims that respect traditional teaching, but have become increasingly unsatisfied with its lack of critical analysis” is deeply problematic. After all, the assumption that traditional teachings lack critical analysis requires first a deep and scholarly engagement with the rich Islamic critical hadith and historical traditions, which neither the author nor Aslan are able to demonstrate.
Particularly striking is the sheer proportion of Watt and Aslan’s quotes that present the reductionist bias highlighted above: Within the sixty-five occasions in which the author chooses to quote Watt, one may identify at least forty which confirm a reductionist bias (over 61%), and of the forty-two Aslan quotes in the book, at least thirty-one (nearly 74%) exhibit such a bias. In other words, the large majority of the Watt and Aslan quotes the author selects from their books are guilty of reductionist bias, not to mention widespread factual inaccuracy, poetic license, and pejorative language. We provide below a few selections from the book, some being extractions from Watt, Aslan, or Armstrong, and some being the author’s own verbiage, that demonstrate the presence of the aforementioned reductionist bias:
On page 58 the author quotes Aslan:
“This trade, modest as it may have been, was wholly dependent on the Ka’bah; there was simply no other reason to be in Mecca. This was a desert wasteland that produced nothing. By inextricably linking the religious and economic life in the city, Qusayy and his descendants had developed an innovative religio-economic system that relied on control of the Ka’bah and its pilgrimage rites – rites in which nearly the whole of the Hijaz participated – to guarantee the economic, religious, and political supremacy of a single tribe, the Quraysh.”
In Aslan’s poorly constructed narrative, the religious life of the Makkans is almost entirely reduced to economic incentives and deliberate manipulation of sacred rites to serve political or economic agendas. Aslan is unabashedly oblivious to the well-established reverence of the Makkan Arabs for sacred rites and the sanctity of the Kaʿbah, as well as the long-standing traditions that testified to their regard for religious custom.
Similarly problematic is Aslan’s unsubstantiated claim quoted on page 71 that “the Abyssinians tried to destroy the Ka’bah… not because the Ka’bah was a religious threat, but because it was an economic rival.” Even if the two were mutually exclusive motivations, all historical accounts contradict Aslan’s claim of exclusivity. All the historically authenticated accounts we were able to find present Abrahah as a ruler who was primarily and initially motivated in the construction of the al-Qullays cathedral by a desire to appease the Abyssinian Negus and to direct the attention of the Arab pilgrims to the cathedral built in the Negus’s name. And he was motivated in his attack on the Kaʿbah by a fury incited by a man from the Kinānī Arabs who provocatively soiled his cathedral. Ibn Isḥāq and Ibn Hishām both transmit that when Abrahah built his matchless cathedral (al-Qullays) in Ṣanʿā, Yemen, and wrote to the Negus in Abyssinia that “he had built a cathedral of such magnificence whose like had not been built for a ruler before him” and that Abrahah would not rest until he could divert the Arab pilgrimages to it, and when news of Abrahah’s goals reached some of the Arabs, a Kinānī Arab from the tribe of Banū Fuqaym b. ʿAdī b. ʿĀmir b. Thaʿlabah b. al-Ḥārith b. Mālik b. Kinānah set out towards the cathedral in Ṣanʿā and soiled it and then returned to his lands. Upon learning of the incident, Abrahah took an oath to march upon the Kaʿbah and raze it to the ground. (Ibn Hishām, al-Sīrat al-Nabawiyyah pg. 50-54)
On the very same page (71) one will also find Watt’s imaginative claim that ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib’s negotiations with Abrahah “ought to be interpreted as a party move of a small group of Quraysh” and that “‘Abd al-Muttalib was presumably trying to get support from the Abyssinians against his rivals among Quraysh, such as the clans of ‘Abd Shams, Nawfal, and Makhzum”. Watt’s assertion here is neither explicitly nor implicitly supported by any historical evidence. It disappointingly reduces the role of morality and religio-ethical motivations in ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib’s narrative, replacing them instead with purely political or economic ones.
Only a few pages later (pg. 74) Aslan is quoted as stating that “the nomadic lifestyle is one that requires a religion to address immediate concerns. Which god can lead us to water? Which god can heal our illnesses?”, which in light of Aslan’s larger reductionist lens appears to suggest that theological realizations were little more than a result of immediate, mundane, and secular concerns, not intellectual reflection and spiritual introspection. Aslan’s chronological snobbery, a term coined by C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield to describe the cognitive bias that pre-modern thinking and learning must be inherently inferior simply by virtue of its temporal priority, grants little credit to the nomadic intellect and the clarity of bedouin wisdom, such as is demonstrated in the well-transmitted statement of a bedouin Arab: “If camel dung gives evidence of a camel, and footsteps give evidence of a traveler, does not the overshadowing night, the tranquil day, and the sky full of constellations give evidence of (the existence of) the All-Knowing Creator?” (al-Jāḥiẓ, al-Bayān wa-l-Tabyīn 1:163)
This sort of reductionist historical revisionism is also apparent in Watt’s denial of altruism in the Pact of Chivalry on page 80, his overemphasis of economic factors on page 98 (as well as the author’s own overemphasis of social justice motivations on the same page), Karen Armstrong’s reductionist focus on concerns about the aggressive market economy and social reform instead of theology and morality on pages 93, 100, and 103, etc… On page 103, in fact, Armstrong’s reductionism is coupled by an odd, indefensible error. She states, “In his desire to avoid a serious dispute, Muhammad did not, at this stage, emphasize the monotheistic content of his message… It was more important to practice the ‘works of justice’ than to insist on a theological position that would offend many of the people he was trying to win over.” It should be clear to any reader – be they expert or amateur – of the sīrah literature that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) undoubtedly emphasized monotheism in the early stage of his prophethood regardless of who it offended from amongst those who were dear to him. He was not simply advocating sweeping social reform. From the very first public statements the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) made was the unequivocal and emphatic claim that he (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is the one God’s messenger and that he was sent to warn his people of the Last Day. Clearly, these were theological positions that he realized would offend many of the people he was trying to win over (the Messenger of Allah’s encounter with Waraqah immediately after prophethood is also sufficient proof that he was aware that his proselytizing would offend his fellow Makkans to the extent that it would eventually lead to his expulsion from Makkah).
The author likewise quotes Watt’s bizarre claim that “Muhammad’s original message was not a criticism of paganism. It appears to be directed to people who already had a vague belief in God, and to aim at making this belief of theirs more precise by calling attention to particular events and natural processes in which God’s agency was to be seen…” He then adds, “What, then, is the point of the Qur’an’s insistence on God’s goodness and power? Against whom is it directed? It is directed against the materialism of the Meccan merchants who thought that, because of their wealth and influence, they were little gods, disposing of Meccan commerce and politics as they pleased.” How is one to understand such a claim when faced with clear and incontrovertible evidence from the Qurʾān’s earliest verses indicating that the original message of Muḥamad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) no doubt emphasized rejection of paganism and provided critique of it in remarkable detail? Of course, if one were to identify all the passages in which Watt’s reduction of motivations to the socio-economic and material is on full display, this review would become detailed beyond readability (for just a few more examples, see pages 112, 115, 141, and 186).
Aslan’s imaginative reductionism is also replete throughout his quoted passages, as demonstrated in the several examples provided above. Below are some more egregious examples: On page 115, Aslan seems to imply that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) intentionally directed an attack on the status of the Kaʿbah in order to overturn the religio-economic system. Not only is the claim categorically false, to my knowledge their appears to be no historical evidence to indicate that the Makkans perceived the Prophet’s call to monotheism as a necessary attack on the sanctity or status of the Kaʿbah. On page 117, Aslan repeats his unsubstantiated claim that the Messenger of Allah’s (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) initial concern was not with how many gods there were but with revealing what kind of god Allah was. Aslan appears to struggle with the idea that part of the Prophet’s revealing what kind of god Allah is necessitated a focus on His oneness. To instead focus on the “more urgent message” of abolishing false contracts and the practice of usury is also to ignore the clear and simple historical fact that usury was prohibited only much later in the late Madinan period.
Below are a few more examples of reductionist historical revisionism evident in the passages quoted by Mohiuddin:
Armstrong (pg. 134) claiming that “Muhammad had no quarrel with the beliefs of Abu l-Hakam [Abu Jahl] or Abu Sufyan. In fact, much of their theology was quite correct…”
Armstrong (pg. 139): “This new religion was not about achieving metaphysical certainty: the Qur’an wanted people to develop a different kind of awareness.” The fallacy of both statements is quite apparent.
Watt (pg. 141): “The situation which confronted Muhammad was a malaise which had social, economic, political, and intellectual symptoms. His message was essentially religious in that it attempted to remedy the underlying religious causes of the malaise, but it affected the other aspects, and consequently the opposition had many facets”, in addition to, “He [Muhammad] doubtless accepted the Qur’anic view that he was only a warner, and sought for no more than a religious function….” Both quotes demonstrate that Watt is unable to comprehend the larger political, social, and economic message in revelation, both early and later revelation. The second passage makes it appear as if the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, initially sought no political position but later realizes that secular leadership was necessary to carry forward the word of God, hence his push to conquer Makkah. Of course, the injunction to conquer Makkah and the Prophet’s eventual establishment as a social, political, and economic leader can not, in Watt’s eyes, itself be a result of God’s revelation and divine injunction.
Watt (pg. 175): “Muhammad’s reasons for thus waiting until the majority had reached Medina were probably to ensure that waverers did not abandon the enterprise and to make it certain the he would be in a strong and independent position when he reached Medina and would not have to rely solely on the support on the Medinan Muslims.” Clearly, this conjectural statement is but a reflection of Watt’s general reductionist commitment.
Armstrong (pg. 308): “Muhammad had never planned to overthrow the Quraysh but had simply wanted to reform the social system, which, he was convinced, would bring the city to ruin.” In light of Armstrong’s general narrative, it may be tolerably assumed that by “ruin” she refers to worldly ruin, whereas the Prophet’s (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) concerns for the Makkans and mankind in general extended far beyond worldly social reform or economic and political ruin. Instead, his concern was primarily focused on their ruin in the next life and their failure in the eyes of Allah.
With such an abundance of choice quotations in which this sort of reductionist historical revisionism is evident in Dr. Mohiuddin’s book, it should not be surprising that such revisionism is also evident in the author’s own narrative. On page 106, for example, Mohiuddin appears to imply that the only things that troubled the prophet Muḥammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) in his 30’s was personal aggrandizement, wealth inequality, and social injustice, not polytheism, immorality, rejection of an afterlife, etc… On page 114, a similar uncorroborated focus on the problem of wealth inequality in Makkah leads into the problematic Watt and Aslan quotes on the following page. On page 110, the author exclusively mentions the Prophet’s charisma and determination in discussing his influence on “a number of ambivalent Meccans”, failing to identify the profound effect of the Qurʾān’s inimitable message, the appeal of Islam’s unadulterated monotheism, and the Prophet’s unparalleled honesty and good character, amongst other factors. For the sake of relative brevity we will suffice with the above examples. Otherwise, the curious critical reader will find more examples on the following pages (Aslan 67, Aslan 93, Armstrong 132, Watt 155, 168, 169, Aslan 187, Aslan 189,Watt 190, Watt 205, Watt 206, Watt 207, Watt 238, Watt 263, Watt 291, and Watt 292)
Factual Inaccuracies
A standard practice in the world of academic writing is peer (and often blind) review. Given the author’s self-admitted lack of expertise in the field of history and the Islamic sciences, it is not unreasonable to have expected him to have commissioned a review to be performed not only by peers but more importantly by a group of experts. To the reader’s great misfortune, however, it appears that the involvement of traditionally-trained and qualified Islamic scholarship in the Revelation project was more or less limited to a list of endorsements and testimonials. Had some of the project funding been spent on a thorough expert review, it is possible that many of the factual inaccuracies and exaggerations could have been identified before publication. Admittedly, many of these errors are relatively minor. Others, however, are quite remarkable and require more attention in this review.
From the long list of comparatively minor errors is the author’s assertion on page 47 that Ibrāhīm (upon him be peace) “was born into a family of staunch polytheists”. Although it is established that his father, Āzar (also known as Tārikh amongst other names), was a committed polytheist (as opposed to those minority of scholars who posit that Āzar was in fact his uncle), little is known about the faith of his family elders other than that of his father. Although it was certainly the norm in Ibrāhīm’s (upon him be peace) time for people to have worshipped stone or wood idols, celestial bodies, or political leaders, we don’t know enough about his entire extended family to be able to make a categorical judgment on their beliefs.
Another minor error occurs on page 71 on which the name the author gives to the “grand cathedral in Sana’a” is the “Yemeni Al-Ka’bah”, which is not only a grammatically incorrect construction but also deviates from the name given in the early sīrah literature: “Qullays”. (See Ibn Hishām, al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah pg. 49; Mughulṭāʾī, al-Zahr al-Bāsim 1:198-200. Although Mughulṭāʾī also quotes al-Qasṭāllī as providing the alternate spellings Qulays and Qalīs; See also al-Shihāb, al-Ḥāṣhiyah ʿalā Tafsīr al-Bayḍāwī or ʿInāyat al-Qāḍī wa Kifāyat al-Rāḍī 9:567 sub Sūrat al-Fīl)
Transliteration inconsistencies and spelling errors are also relatively minor issues despite their frequency in the work. A thorough scholarly edit would likely have resolved these problems. For example, Medina al-Munawwarah should be al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah or al-Medina al-Munawwarah with the particle “al” before Medina to avoid confusing the ṣifah construction with the iḍāfah construction (pg. 59). On page 78, Ḥarb al-Fijār is misspelled as Harb al-Hijar. On page 198, “Umm Makhtum” should be “Umm Maktūm”. On page 295, “ghayr” is improperly spelled and should instead read “ghayra” or “ghayrah”. … etc…
A scholarly edit by a properly-trained historian/ḥadith expert would also have helped the author identify the strength – or lack thereof – of many of the narrations he relies upon to construct his narrative. For example, the narrations of Ṭabaqāt Ibn Saʿd that indicate that Muḥammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) learned how to swim and fly kites in Yathrib include the narrator Muḥammad b. ʿUmar al-Wāqidī, whose historical reports are considered highly suspicious by investigative hadith scholars who would view this narration, in its uncorroborated form, as unreliable at best and fabricated at worst.
Some potentially more significant errors include Mohiuddin’s incorrect identification of “belief in black magic” as a pagan superstition on page 64. Likely the author intended the “practice of black magic” since belief in siḥr, often understood to be encompassing of what is often referred to today as black or dark magic, as real and effectual is neither antithetical to Islam nor Judaism. (See Sūrat al-Falaq 4 and its exegesis for Qurʾānic evidence of the reality of magic; See also Kitāb al-Furūq 4:149 in which Imam al-Qarāfī categorically declares that indeed “magic has a reality, and the one affected by magic may die (of it), or at least his nature or habits may change (as a result of it) even if he does not come into direct contact (with the sorcerer), and this is the position of al-Shāfiʿī and (Aḥmad) Ibn Ḥanbal.”
On the same page the author quotes a fanciful and unsubstantiated claim of Reza Aslan that “the origin myths of the Ka‘bah indicate that it was a Semitic sanctuary with its roots dug deeply in Jewish tradition.” It is not clear what Aslan is referring to, as the Abrahamic origins of the Ka’bah seem to have had little effect on Jewish cultural or religious practices. No historical evidence is provided by Aslan to indicate Jewish veneration of the Ka’bah, nor an explanation for the lack of a Jewish presence in Makkah.
Similarly, the author uncritically presents Aslan’s claim on page 71 that Arab society had “no concept of an absolute morality as dictated by a divine code of ethics”. This is only true so far as the Arabs had no written code of ethics passed down from the time of Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl, upon them be peace. The oral tradition, however, carried many of the Abrahamic ethical codes down to the Jāhilī Arabs, albeit in an adulterated form. Yet, it is a far claim to make that the society had no concept of an absolute morality dictated by a divine code of ethics when it continued to revere much of the Abrahamic tradition and its sacred rites. Certainly the moral structure of society had broken down. However, one must be careful to avoid careless absolutes.
As forgiving Mohiuddin is of Aslan’s poor research, he is equally forgiving – if even aware – of Aslan’s perennialist commitments and their influence on his portrayal of the Prophet’s biography (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). It is not as if Aslan is private about his pluralistic views. In an article in the Washington Post, Aslan states:
“It’s not [that] I think Islam is correct and Christianity is incorrect. It’s that all religions are nothing more than a language made up of symbols and metaphors to help an individual explain faith.” (Roig, Manuel (2013-08-08). “Reza Aslan: A Jesus scholar who’s hard to pin down”. The Washington Post)
In an interview with The Young Turks, Aslan publicly described Islam as:
a man-made institution. It’s a set of symbols and metaphors that provides a language for which to express what is inexpressible, and that is faith. It’s symbols and metaphors that I prefer, but it’s not more right or more wrong than any other symbols and metaphors. It’s a language, that’s all it is. (Aslan, Reza (October 13, 2014). “Reza Aslan – Bigotry, Fundamentalism and Neo-Atheism in the Media”. The Young Turks (Interview). Interview with Cenk Uygur)
On page 67 of Revelation, Aslan’s perennialism is subtly discernible in his reduction of the importance of monotheism as the distinguishing feature of Hanifism. Aslan alleges that “at the heart of the movement was a fervent commitment to absolute morality. It was not enough merely to abstain from idol worship; the Hanifs believed one must strive to be morally upright.” In fact, at the heart of the Hanifism movement was not primarily an absolute morality (as Aslan would define it) but pure monotheism (or at the very least a rejection of idol worship and polytheism); morality was secondary and subsequent to it. (See the available biographical information on the renowned Ḥanīfs Qass ibn Sāʿidah al-Iyādī in Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah of Abū Nuʿaym al-Aṣfahānī, Ibn Kathīr’s al-Bidāyah wa-l-Nihāyah 2:231-237 and Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, bāb Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl, and Sīrat Ibn Hisham 1:224-232 and Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, bāb Kayfa Kāna Badʾ al-Waḥy, and Umayyah ibn Abī al-Ṣalt ibn ʿAwf al-Thaqafī, all of which confirm that their distinguishing feature was an uncompromising tawḥīd, a belief in the Hereafter and the Resurrection, and an absolute repudiation of polytheism.)
The author similarly forgives Aslan’s fallacious statement on page 81 that “Islam does not establish a closed universe of reference but rather relies on a set of universal principles that can coincide with the fundamentals and values of other beliefs and religious traditions.” Worse, he forgives Aslan’s untenable translation of al-nabī al-ummī as “the Prophet for the unlettered” instead of “the unlettered Prophet”. Aslan’s translation and interpretation are in fact not consistent with the grammar of the sentence as he claims (pg. 94). The problem of interpreting the construction of the phrase as possessive (iḍāfī) instead as descriptive (tawṣīfī) should not be lost on those with a basic familiarity with the rules of Arabic grammar. Further, is it not puzzling that Aslan equates illiteracy with scripture-lessness such that the verse may be used for that purpose? Is it not bizarre that Aslan does not hesitate to discard a millennium of grammatical expertise and exegetical tradition for the linguistically inaccurate suggestion of Kenneth Cragg?
Amongst the more egregious issues in the book is the author’s claim that the noble Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) is “terrified that he is possessed” after first receiving prophethood. No doubt the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was overcome with natural fear and sudden alarm as a result of his awe-inspiring supernatural encounter with the archangel Jibrīl (upon him be peace). However, the fear was not of being possessed as the author claims. Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, commenting on the expression “I feared for myself” found in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, states that the fear or terror that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) experienced was either due to the intensity of that first encounter with the angel Jibrīl, that it was so straining that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) feared he would not be able to endure it, or due to the realization of the intense burden that had suddenly been placed upon him and his apprehension of being incapable of fulfilling that duty. (Ibn Ḥajar, Fatḥ al-Bārī 1:24) The response of his noble wife Khadījah (may Allah be well-pleased with her) and her enumeration of his moral virtues corroborates this latter understanding.
A further blunder in that early narrative, although one not unique to this sīrah book, is the author’s uncritical acceptance of the idea that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) attempted on numerous occasions to commit suicide due to his apprehensions about his sanity. On page 95, the author quotes Aslan as stating, “But it is safe to say that if it were not for Khadijah, Muhammad might have gone through with his plan to end it all, and history would have turned out quite differently.” On the following page the author himself claims that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) begins “to doubt his own sanity. On several occasions he nearly throws himself off mountain cliffs, but each time he is greeted by Gabriel, who reminds him that he is, indeed, God’s messenger.” Both the idea that he doubted his sanity and that he nearly throws himself off a mountain cliff are simply not authentically established in the hadith and sīrah literature. Although mentioned by al-Bukhārī secondarily in his Ṣaḥīḥ, the portion of his narration of the story that speaks of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) intending to “end it all” and throw himself off a mountain are transmitted through a mursal (interrupted) chain of Ibn Shihāb al-Zuhrī who appended it to a sound transmission that has an uninterrupted chain. In other words, al-Bukhārī, in narrating the credible portion of the hadith with its uninterrupted and sound chain, secondarily includes a piece of information as an addendum that the narrator al-Zuhrī claims had reached him but through an incomplete or dubious chain. Experts of al-Bukhārī’s Ṣaḥīḥrecognize that such an addendum does not receive the guarantee of authenticity or soundness that al-Bukhārī provides for all those narrations in his work which contain a complete chain. Then when it comes to the mursal narrations of al-Zuhrī, including this one mentioned in passing by al-Bukhārī in his Ṣaḥīḥ, the majority of the investigative hadith experts agree that they are unreliable. Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, for example, notes in his Tadrīb al-Rāwī:
“(About) the mursal narrations of al-Zuhrī, Ibn Maʿīn and Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān state: ‘They are nothing (i.e. they are not reliable)’. Al-Shāfiʿī states something similar. He explains, ‘…because we find him narrating from Sulaymān b. Arqam’. Al-Bayhaqī narrates from Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd that he states, ‘The mursal narrations of al-Zuhrī are worse than the mursal narrations of others because he is a ḥāfiẓ and whenever he is capable of naming (the narrators above him) he names them. He only omits those who he does not prefer to name.” (al-Suyūṭī, Taḍrīb al-Rāwī3:167 Dār al-Minhāj ed. Muḥammad ʿAwwāmah or 1:232 Dār Ṭaybah, ed. Abū Qutaybah Naẓr Muḥammad al-Faryābī) Note: the editor of the Tadrīb, the Ḥalabī ḥadīth master Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAwwāmah does add in his gloss that the early Egyptian ḥāfiẓ Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ disagrees with Yaḥyā’s criticism of al-Zuhrī’s mursal reports even though the prominent (mashhūr) position is that they are weak. See also Marāsīl Ibn Abī Ḥātim 1:2 and for al-Shāfiʿī’s statements al-Bayhaqī’s al-Manāqib 1:531 and his al-Madkhal 850.
Shaykh ʿAwwāmah’s detailed comments on the report in question in his single-volume study on al-Dhahabī’s al-Kāṣhif is useful to quote here in totality. He remarks about this interrupted narration of al-Zuhrī which runs through ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be well-pleased with her):
The ḥadīth of Sayyidah ʿĀʾishah, may Allah be well-pleased with her, in narrating the beginning of divine revelation upon the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is well known. Al-Bukhārī and others narrate it through various paths; amongst them is al-Bukhārī’s transmission of it in the beginning of the Book of Dream Interpretation in his Ṣaḥīḥ through the path of ʿUqayl and Maʿmar – both independently – from al-Zuhrī from ʿUrwah from ʿĀʾishah, and at the end of it is: “…then Waraqah passed away immediately afterward and revelation paused for a period until the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, became downcast – according to what has reached us – to the extent that he repeatedly set out so that he may fall off the tops of lofty mountains. (Yet) every time he drew near the summit of a mountain so that he may fling himself from it, Jibrīl would manifest himself to him and say, ‘O Muḥammad! Truly you are the messenger of Allah!’ Hence his agitation would find calm and his heart (nafs) would become settled, so he would then return.”
Some of the opponents of the prophetic tradition (sunnah) refer to this narration – out of heresy, not ignorance -, claiming that in these attempts by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, (is evidence of) an intent to kill his noble self, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and that this is not possible, for killing oneself is prohibited by consensus of all sacred law codes (sharāʾiʿ). They intend by this to discredit Ṣaḥīh al-Bukhārī, the first (preeminent) book of the sunnah!
The reply (to this claim) is that this postscript (ziyādah), starting from the statement “the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, became downcast – according to what has reached us – to the extent…” is a postscript of al-Zuhrī, one of the narrators of the chain. It is evident from the postscript that he appended it to the previous chain and did not mention his chain of transmission for it. Al-Ḥāfiz (Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī) states in al-Fatḥ, commenting on this narration, “The one stating ‘according to what has reached us’ is al-Zuhrī, and the meaning of the statement is that ‘amongst the various things that have reached us regarding the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in this story…’. (The report is thus) from the unsourced/incompletely sourced reports (balāghāt) of al-Zuhrī and is not connected (mawṣūl, i.e. possessing an uninterrupted chain of transmission). The report is hence from those mursal reports whose grading amongst the scholars of ḥadīth is well-known – that they are nothing (not established) – according to al-Shāfiʿī, Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān, and Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn. In the wording of Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān, ‘The mursal narrations of al-Zuhrī are worse than the mursalnarrations of others.’”
(Shaykh ʿAwwamah then says:) I certainly know that we are not lacking in capability to provide answers containing various explanations, justifications, reconciliations, etc… to this postscript from the perspective of meaning, but this answer is the most appropriate and through it the dogged opponent will be deterred. (Dirāsāt al-Kāṣhif li-l-Imām al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī, second ed., Dār al-Minhāj 1:199-200 )
For a more detailed discussion and refutation of the notion that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, attempted to take his own life during this pause in revelation, see also Jamīl Ḥalīm’s Laṭāʾif al-Tanbīhāt ʿalā Baʿḍ mā fī Ṣaḥīḥay al-Bukhārī wa Muslim min al-Riwāyāt.As such notions potentially challenge the foundational theological doctrine of the prophets’ ʿiṣmah (protection from sin, or sinlessness), they should not be taken lightly and deserve further investigation.
On the margins of page 118, we also find the author stating that “a number of Muslim historians relate that Satan had inspired the Prophet to suggest that the three sister idols were intercessors for God, and that the verse was later removed from the Qur’an (53:19).” The verse in question appears in the accounts of the early Muslim historians Muḥammad b. ʿUmar al-Wāqidī (ca. 130-207/ca. 747-823) and Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (224-310/839-923). Regarding al-Wāqidī, critical hadith scholars view his historical reports with a great deal of suspicion, especially in relation to critical issues such as these Qurʾānic verses, in which the standards of authenticity must be applied most meticulously. Ibn Ḥajar, for example, grades al-Wāqidī as a disclaimed (matrūk) narrator despite the vastness of his knowledge. According to Ibn Ḥibbān (d. 354/965), it is because of inaccuracies and omissions in al-Wāqīdī’s transmissions that Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal considered him unreliable. Al-Dhahabī (d. 748/1348) stated, “He is a ḥāfiẓ, an ocean, yet I have not provided his biographical entry here due to the consensus (of the scholars) on disclaiming his hadith. He was amongst the vessels of knowledge but he was not proficient in hadith. He was a leader in maghāzī and sīrah, (though) he transmitted from every type (of narrator).”(See Ibn Ḥajar’s Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb and Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb and al-Dhahabī’s Tadhkirat al-Ḥuffāẓ. Also, see T. Khalidi, Arabic Historical Thought In The Classical Period, Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 47-48). As for al-Ṭabarī, despite his preeminent status as a jurist and historian, the challenge with al-Ṭabarī’s Taʾrīkh is that it is not a critical historical work. Rather, it is an indiscriminate compilation of historical reports that reached al-Ṭabarī through chains of varying degrees of authenticity, all of which the author includes so that experts could sift truth from falsehood. Unfortunately, the uncritical dependence of Western writers – and of the committed Muslim imitators of their historical fantasies – on the works of al-Ṭabarī has helped introduce highly dubious ideas into the sīrah narrative, including the thoroughly debunked myth that Satan was actually capable of inspiring the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to suggest that the three sister idols were intercessors for God. In an attempt to avoid further elongation of this section we will not produce here a full refutation of this problematic idea. Instead, we would simply like to bring to the reader’s attention the need for any compiler of the prophetic biography to be aware of the methodology of reading al-Ṭabarī’s Taʾrīkh work before its utilization. In fact, it is al-Ṭabarī himself in the introduction to his first volume of the Taʾrīkh who highlights this need, warning:
“Let he who examines my work know that I have exclusively relied upon, in everything I mention therein which I stipulate to be described by me, what has been transmitted to me by way of reports which I cite therein and traditions which I ascribe to their narrators, to the exclusion of what may be apprehended by rational argument or deduced by the human mind, except in very few cases. This is because knowledge of the reports of men of the past and of contemporaneous views of men of the present do not reach the one who has not witnessed them nor lived in their times except through the accounts of reporters and the transmission of transmitters, to the exclusion of rational deduction and mental inference. Hence, if I mention in this book a report about some men of the past, which the reader of listener finds objectionable or worthy of censure because he can see no aspect of truth nor any factual substance therein, let him know that this is not to be attributed to us but to those who transmitted it to us and we have merely passed this on as it has been passed on to us” (Taʾrīkh al-Ṭabarī: Tāʾrīkh al-Umam wa-l-Mulūk, Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyyah, 1997 1:13, translation provided by Waqar Akbar Cheema whose refutation entitled “The Lie of Satanic Verse Exposed” is worth reading).
We finish this section with one last error, this one again found in one of the author’s many quotes of Reza Aslan. On page 204, Aslan claims, “But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars.” It is perhaps defensible to mention that some historical reports are attributed to early scholars like ʿAtaʾ b. Abī Rabāḥ, Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (d. 104/722) and Sufyān al-Thawrī (d. 161/778) that argue against an obligation upon the individual to participate in an offensive jihad. It is also perhaps justifiable to argue that in the bigger picture, like in the case of Badr, even preemptive offensive military advances were and are part of a larger defense of Islam and the protection of its values. However, a categorical prohibition of all but defensive wars is simply untenable in light of the many campaigns in the prophetic biography that were indisputably offensive in nature and in light of the dominant classical opinion of Muslim jurists since the earliest generations. Perhaps the motivation behind a restriction of jihad to the defensive is to refute the false equivalence of jihad with forceful conversion of non-Muslims, a notion often wrongly associated with Islam. However, propounders of this restriction must reflect first on the verses of the Qurʾān which explicitly instruct Muslims to engage in offensive campaigns (such as Q 4:75 and 9:29) as well as the numerous prophetic military campaigns that were not preempted by the aggression of non-Muslims.
Poetic License and Excessive Liberties with the Sources
Poetic license is one of the key problems Dr. Gibril Haddad underscores in his valuable review of Martin Lings’s Muhammad, a work that is a key source for Mohiuddin’s narrative and is often quoted both verbatim and at length. This issue of poetic license and taking excessive liberties with the sources similarly plagues the recurrent Reza Aslan passages and even occasionally Mohiuddin’s own narrative. About Lings’ work specifically Dr. Haddad observes:
“Poetic license marks off Muhammad [may Allah bless him and grant him peace]: his life based on the earliest sources from all other serious Prophetic biographies. It is fair to say Lings often has more imagination than knowledge of what he describes and never takes to heart the absolute prohibition of fiction in Islām with regard to the Prophet [may Allah bless him and grant him peace]. Consequently, his constant embroidery detracts from the reliability of his book and, much as it is meant to enhance reading, brings it down to the romance level from which its titlepage homage to ‘the earliest sources’ had promised to exempt it. It is also possible that Lings spent little time in Muslim lands (although he kept company with René Guénon in Cairo for a while), where he normally would have absorbed some of the sensibilities of Muslims and might have avoided or at least suppressed, after the fact, the two or three more momentous misinterpretations in Muḥammad: his life based on the earliest sources. He defended them in reprint after reprint by beefing up his footnotes with references he thought provided enough justification. Instead, surely, he should have done away altogether with those passages. One of them is the “lightly clad” Zaynab scene – in his defense an error of taste that predates him; but an error, nevertheless, that “betokens ignorance of the immense rights and merits of the Prophet [may Allah bless him and grant him peace]” according to Qaḍī Abū Muḥammad al-Qushayrī al-Mālikī as cited by Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ in al-Shifā. (How greatly would Lings and many other biographers of the Prophet [may Allah bless him and grant him peace] have profited from reading that book before they set to their task!).” (Haddad, A Critical Reading of Martin Lings’ Muhammad)
In the case of the non-Muslim Orientalist Montgomery Watt, the issue extends well beyond that of mere embellishment, which Lings may also be guilty of, but Lings nevertheless maintains his commitment to the faith and a deep reverence for the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). Watt, on the other hand, shows relatively little regard for the immense rights and merits of Islam’s noble Prophet Muḥammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his language throughout his two-volume work undoubtedly reflects his educational and religious background as well as his overall skeptical view of Islam as a true religion. Still, such skepticism is to be expected from an outsider to the faith and no doubt many readers of Watt’s books will assume that they are reading the biography of the Prophet of Islam through the perspective of a distant and even occasionally admiring “Other”. What is unexpected, however, is when a presumedly devout Muslim demonstrates such a lack of discretion in quoting any of the many distasteful and erroneous claims that Watt espouses in his biography, such as his assertion (pg. 195) that “it is tolerably certain that Muhammad himself had few scruples about fighting in the sacred months, but that he had to respect the scruples of an important section of his followers and to guard against repercussions which might weaken his prophetic authority.” Is one being led to believe that the prophet Muḥammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would have had few scruples about violating the sanctity of the sacred months despite himself conveying Allah’s immutable message regarding their sanctity in the Qurʾān?
Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve (lunar) months in the register of Allah (from) the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion (i.e. way), so do not wrong yourselves during them. (Sūrat al-Tawbah 9:36)
Should one argue that the verses of Sūrat al-Tawbah were revealed in the later Madīnan period (9 AH according to Ibn Kaysān; see al-Ālūsī, Rūḥ al-Maʿānī, Muʾassassat al-Risālah 10:201) and thus before the revelation the Prophet of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) may have not attached much value to the sanctity of these months, they would be overlooking the reference in the verse to the months being “the correct religion” or “way”, a reference to the months’ sanctity being an Abrahamic tradition, passed down from the prophets Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl, a tradition that was deeply honored and revered by the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) throughout his life, before and after prophethood. Again, that this positive view of the Messenger of Allah’s character and moral code (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) would be lost upon Watt is not unexpected. Nevertheless, it should not have gone unchallenged.
It is also not unexpected that Reza Aslan, given his particular background and upbringing, would demonstrate relatively limited constraint in questioning the Companions’ committed loyalty and obedience to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Note, for example, his tone and language when he casually pontificates (pg. 233): “If Muhammad’s male followers were disgruntled about the new inheritance laws, they must have been furious when, in a single revolutionary move, he both limited how many wives a man could marry and granted women the right to divorce their husbands.” It is, however, disappointing that Mohiuddin fails to identify the various errors and insensitivities in the above statement: first, that it incorrectly asserts that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) granted women the right to divorce their husbands when the prerogative of divorce in Islam is in fact the husband’s by historical and juristic consensus (although a wife may initiate a request for divorce by offering financial motivation in the form of a khulʿ); and, second, that Aslan asserts that the male Companions were disgruntled (i.e. angry or dissatisfied) with the new inheritance laws, for which I am not aware of any evidence to suggest such a strong emotional response, and then, adding fuel to the fire, presuming that the Companions must have been furious with the ruling on the restriction on the number of wives they could marry.
Of course, the distasteful rhetoric the author reproduces from the pen of Reza Aslan is not limited to his portrayal of the Companions. Perhaps in an attempt to portray himself as a neutral commentator or to appease hyper-skeptical Western readers of Islam, Aslan generously extends his sloppy and hyperbolical diction to the depiction of the blessed Prophet of Allah’s persona, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. In describing the Prophet’s emigration to Yathrib (later called al-Madīnah), Mohiuddin quotes Aslan as remarking (pg. 189):
“That Muhammad came to Yathrib as little more than the Hakam [arbitrator] in the quarrel between Aws and Khazraj is certain. And yet the traditions seem to present Muhammad arriving in the oasis as the mighty prophet of a new and firmly established religion, and as the unchallenged leader of the whole of Yathrib… His movement represented the tiniest fraction of Yathrib’s population; the Jews alone may have totaled in the thousands. When Muhammad arrived in the oasis, he had brought fewer than a hundred men, women, and children with him.”
To illustrate the blunders of Aslan’s above depiction, let us examine a few important facts about the Prophet’s emigration and relationship with the people of Yathrib. First, it was during the eleventh year of prophethood, a full two years before the Emigration (hijrah), that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) invited some pilgrims from the Khazraj tribe to accept Islam. Upon observing him and hearing him recite verses of the Qurʾān, they are able to immediately recognize that Muḥammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was the very prophet about whom the Jews had foretold, and thus they remarked, “By Allah! This is the very same prophet whom the Jews longingly speak of. Take heed! Let not the Jews beat you to this good fortune and virtue.” (al-Kāndhalwī, Sīratul-Mustafā 1:363) No historical evidence lends weight to the idea that the leaders of Khazraj (Asʿad b. Zurārah, ʿAwf b. al-Ḥārith, Rāfiʿ b. Mālik, Quṭbah b. ʿĀmir, ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir, and Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Rabāb, may Allah be well-pleased with them all) who first embraced Islam in that eleventh year of prophethood viewed the Prophet of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), at this instant or even later, as merely an arbitrator, or that in the many excited communications they had with their people upon returning to Madīnah that they viewed his message of God and the new faith as one of primarily a political importance. The nature of the pledges made by the Anṣār in the twelfth year in what is called the Bayʿat al-ʿAqabah al-Ūlā (the First Pledge of ʿAqabah) further reinforces the notion of primarily spiritual and moral motives and that the allegiance of the Anṣār was founded on the belief of the oneness of God (or the pledge to abstain from ascribing partners to Allah), abstinence from theft, adultery, infanticide, false accusations, and slander. Further, the deputation of Musʿab b. ʿUmayr al-Qurashī al-ʿAbdarī to the people of Madīnah for the purpose of teaching them about divine unity (tawḥīd), the Qurʾān, ritual prayer, and other basic religious legal rulings (which at this time comprise almost exclusively issues of ritual worship and good character), and the rapid increase of the Muslim population in a small period of time establishes that the spread of Islam amongst the Madīnans was built on theological and spiritual foundations, not merely political expedience. The actual historical reports about the hijrah are even more telling. Take, for example, the enthusiasm with which the Madīnans awaited the arrival of the blessed Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUwaymir b. Sāʿidah reported that a number of men from his community from the Companions stated that when they heard of the Messenger of Allah’s departure (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) from Makkah, they began to await his arrival. They would leave towards the outskirts of the city after offering every morning prayer in wait, and swore by Allah that they would not waver until they could no longer find any shade, after which they would return, all of this taking place during days of scorching heat. This continued until finally the day of the Messenger’s arrival came, when they sat as they always had, and when the shade disappeared they returned to their homes. The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) arrived some time after they had returned home. Hence, the first person to actually see the Prophet’s arrival was a Jewish man who had been observing the Muslims’ eager and enthusiastic daily exoduses in anticipation of a possible arrival. The Jew thus bellowed with his loudest voice, “O Banū Qaylah (i.e. the Anṣār), your good fortune has arrived!” Such was the joy of the occasion that Imam al-Bukhārī transmits in his Ṣaḥīḥ that Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib (may Allah be well-pleased with him) remarked that “I have not witnessed the Madīnans as ecstatic as they were for (the arrival of) the Messenger of Allah (may Allah be well-pleased with him), to the extent that (even) the slave girls were exclaiming, ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has arrived!’” (Bukhārī, Manāqib al-Anṣār, bāb maqdam al-nabiyy ṣalla-Llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam wa aṣḥābuhu al-madīnah) The women of the city clambered upon the rooftops of their homes and sang. The young girls of Banū Najjār chanted, “We are the maids of Banū Najjar, Oh! What a pleasure to have Muḥammad as a neighbor!” The residents of Madīnah sent impassioned and fervent pleas of invitations in hope that they would be honored to play host to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). In the face of all these details of the Emigration furnished by empirically authenticated traditions, are we expected to instead mindlessly accept Aslan’s claim that the Prophet’s coming “to Yathrib as little more than the Hakam [arbitrator] in the quarrel between Aws and Khazraj is certain”? I invite readers to thoroughly read themselves the chapters of the inception of Islam in Madīnah and the Emigration from the wide variety of available sīrah books, especially those written from primary and early secondary sources, and then to formulate an informed opinion on the attitude of the people of Madīnah before and during the Hijrah.
Certainly not all embellishments found in Mohiuddin’s Revelation are equally egregious. Nevertheless, even the lighter cases of its embellishments result in unfortunate and unnecessary factual distortions. Take, for example, the extraneous details the author mentions on page 28 where he describes that when two lonely riders, one of them Ṣafwān ibn Umayyah, “crested the next hill, Safwan remembered how just a few months ago, another friend, Khalid ibn al-Walid, unexpectedly fell for the Prophet and begged Safwan to come with him to Medina”. No source for the details of this account are provided, thus one is unable to verify from where the author procured the detail that it was when Ṣafwān crested the hill that he remembered and reflected on Khālid’s conversion, or later on that “for the first time in his life, Safwan stopped to look into the Prophet’s eyes”. Perhaps these are relatively minor infractions. Nevertheless, they are unnecessary, unsourced, and extending into the realm of fiction. Similarly troublesome is Mohiuddin’s embellished narrative of Salmān al-Fārisī’s conversion to Islam in which he states that “Salman (al-Farisi) ended up in the remote valley of Quba, where he embraced the Prophet the moment he laid eyes on him”. In reality, the well-established reports of Salmān al-Fārisī’s conversion (may Allah be well-pleased with him) report that at Qubā Salmān al-Fārisī only began a long process of enquiry to verify that the prophecies about the last messenger applied to Muḥammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and that the process involved three tests, only one of which took place in Qubā, the second taking place in Baqī al-Gharqad, and the last in Madīnah at a later time. Similarly unnecessary embellishments can be found on page 71 in one of several instances in which the author quotes Lings’s Muhammad verbatim. See for example the expressions “…from the direction from the sea…” and “survivors said that they flew with a flight like that of swifts…” as well the other verbatim quotes of Lings.
As Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Nadwī so aptly notes to introduce his own sīrah work (translated into English with the title Prophet of Mercy),
“A work of this nature should also be compatible with the spiritual truths and realities which are indispensable for comprehending the true nature of revelation, prophetic guidance, miracles and the recondite facts of mute reality, and should be written by one who can put his trust in the Prophet not as a national leader or statesman but as the Apostle of God sent for the guidance of the entire humanity. Only the life of the Prophet so written can be placed before every unbiased educated person (whether a Muslim or a non-Muslim) without any reservation or specious reasoning. Accordingly, the writer (speaking of himself) has placed more reliance on the original sources in describing the events and character of the Prophet and narrated them in a way that everything speaks for itself and allows the reader to arrive at his own conclusion. The life of the Prophet is a living portrait, conveying the feeling of the good and the sublime, for which the writer has no need to philosophise or draw any inferences. In its charm and grace, harmony and excellence, and effectiveness and appeal, the life of the Prophet does not, in truth and reality, need the polish or refinement of any writer or the exposition of an erudite scholar. All that one needs attempt is the narration of facts selected and arranged harmoniously, in a simple and unaffected style.” (Muhammad Rasulullah: The Apostle of Mercy, Haji Arfeen Academy pg. 3)
As the above critique has attempted to demonstrate, Dr. Meraj Mohiuddin’s novel attempt at presenting an accessible and relatable biography of the noble prophet of Islam, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is a mixed bag. While the biographical sketch is furnished with laudable visuals and a sincere attempt at critical examination, it fails to provide a narrative firmly rooted in the original sources and one free of the hyper skeptical misgivings of an antiquated Orientalist discourse. Instead of a simple, fluid, and unaffected narrative with source material that speaks for itself, Mohiuddin dilutes his work with quote after quote from questionable authorities on Islam’s most critical historical period, notably Montgomery Watt, Reza Aslan, and Karen Armstrong. As a result, the reader is left with a rather charmless exposition, one starving for the grace of spiritual realities that are necessary for a harmonious understanding of the true nature of revelation of which al-Nadwī speaks above. Certainly, it does not help that the author is neither an erudite Islamic scholar, historian, or experienced writer. However, a heavier dependence on original, credible, and critical sources could have, to a great degree, remedied the author’s inexperience and inaptitude. More importantly, the Revelation project could have and should have utilized the services of content editors and reviewers well-versed in the Islamic historical critical tradition.
So, while Mohiuddin’s passionate first foray into the world of sīrah writing is indeed “clear” and “eminently accessible” as its endorser Dr. Sherman Jackson asserts, it is questionably “based on some of the best Western scholarship on the life of the Prophet” as he also claims. It should also be fair to disagree with the following endorsement of the book by the respectable scholar and revered Muslim leader, Imam Zaid Shakir, who states: “Many biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) have appeared in recent years. None, however, display the scholarly depth, methodological precision and factual clarity of Meraj Mohiuddin’s, Revelation: The Story of Muhammad (pbuh).”
It is our belief that if Dr. Mohiuddin addresses the several key concerns highlighted in the above review it is possible to remedy the book’s failings while also retaining its unique contributions. No doubt, the author is to be commended for his use of visual aids, tables, and explanatory notes to make otherwise seemingly complex lineages, family and tribal relationships, and geographical movements accessible to the average reader. It is not our intent to allow readers of this review to disregard his noble contributions in this regard. Mohiuddin’s laborious inclusion of visually appealing design, typesetting, etc… will appeal to both beginner and advanced audiences hungering for quality presentations of the beloved Prophet’s biography.
To Mohiuddin’s advantage is the fact that his own material in Revelation is relatively less marred by the discourtesy, poetic license, revisionism, and factual error that is the focus of our critique. This fact alone encourages us about the possibility of a revised edition that addresses the book’s most glaring issues by entirely or almost entirely omitting the Watt, Aslan, Armstrong (and to a certain extent others) quotes. If the author chooses not to enrich his work with original, primary sources and with the superior research of works recommended in the first subsection of this review, at the very least a removal of the aforementioned passages should limit the potential harm of reading his book uncritically. The reviewer can sympathize with the daunting nature of such a proposed revision and the inevitable extraordinary change of appearance that it will entail. However, we are also of the belief that the author has demonstrated a certain degree of sincerity and passion for the prophetic biography that will hopefully serve as sufficient motivation for the production of a significantly modified second edition.
For the reader,
Bilal Ali Ansari
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René Girard in 2007
René Noël Théophile Girard
(1923-12-25)December 25, 1923
November 4, 2015(2015-11-04) (aged 91)
Stanford, California, U.S.
École Nationale des Chartes (Master's degree)
Indiana University (Ph.D)
Mimetic desire
Scapegoat mechanism as origin of sacrifice and foundation of human culture
Académie française (Seat 37)
Knight of the Légion d’honneur
Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Duke University,
Bryn Mawr College,
Johns Hopkins University,
State University of New York at Buffalo,
Notable students
René Noël Théophile Girard (/ʒiˈrɑːrd/; French: [ʒiʁaʁ]; December 25, 1923 – November 4, 2015)[1][2] was a French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His writings were based on anthropological philosophy. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books with his writings spanning many academic domains. His work was based on literary criticism, critical theory, anthropology, theology, psychology, mythology, sociology, economics, cultural studies, and philosophy.
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Свобода и предикация в творчестве Ф.В.Й.Шеллинга 1800 - 1810-х гг.
Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Философия. 2013. № 1. С. 6-18.
Резвых П. В.
The article gives an analysis of the relation between freedom and rationality in the work of F.W.J.Schelling in the time between 1800 and 1810. The author argues that Schelling’s understanding of the concept of freedom in context of his identity philosophy is not so due to his reception of Platonism as to his reflection on various problems of the theory of transcendental ideal in Kant’s “Critic of pure reason”, at first on the problem of conditions for the possibility of the predicative form of propositions which Schelling interprets as a basic form of any rationality.
Research target: Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies
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Keywords: SchellingGerman idealismfreedommodalityrationality
Berliner Schelling Studien. Heft 3. Vorträge zu Schellings Philosophie
Edited by: E. Hahn. Berlin: Total Verlag, 2008.
Rationality and the FML invariant
Popov V. Linear Algebraic Groups and Related Structures. LAGRS. Bielefeld University, 2012. No. 485.
We construct counterexamples to the rationality conjecture regar-ding the new version of the Makar-Limanov invariant introduced in A. Liendo, Ga-actions of fiber type on affine T-varieties, J. Algebra 324 (2010), 3653–3665.
Philisophy of Law International Symposium "Rationality in Law"
Edited by: J. P. Alonso. Buenos Aires: Faculty of Law of Buenos Aires University, 2014.
Proceedings of Philisophy of Law International Symposium "Rationality in Law" (Buenos Aires, 5-7 May, 2014)
Generic algebras: rational parametrization and normal forms
Vladimir L. Popov. arxiv.org. math. Cornell University, 2014. No. 1411.6570.
For every algebraically closed field $\boldsymbol k$ of characteristic different from $2$, we prove the following: (1) Generic finite dimensional (not necessarily associative) $\boldsymbol k$-algebras of a fixed dimension, considered up to isomorphism, are parametrized by the values of a tuple of algebraically independent over $\boldsymbol k$ rational functions in the structure constants. (2) There exists an "algebraic normal form", to which the set of structure constants of every such algebra can be uniquely transformed by means of passing to its new basis, namely: there are two finite systems of nonconstant polynomials on the space of structure constants, $\{f_i\}_{i\in I}$ and $\{b_j\}_{j\in J}$, such that the ideal generated by the set $\{f_i\}_{i\in I}$ is prime and, for every tuple $c$ of structure constants satisfying the property $b_j(c)\neq 0$ for all $j\in J$, there exists a unique new basis of this algebra in which the tuple $c'$ of its structure constants satisfies the property $f_i(c')=0$ for all $i\in I$.
Философия кризиса культуры ХХ века: взгляд русских и западных философов
Чернусь В. К. В кн.: Философия. Язык. Культура (Вып.3). Вып. 3. СПб.: Алетейя, 2012. Гл. 17. С. 194-203.
This paper is devoted to the problem of cultural crisis and those points of view on this problem that were maintained by russian and western philosophers. It was written a lot of books concerning this subject. At the beginning of XX century many philosophers within different philosophical tradition and schools began to reason about the crisis of culture. For some of them it was important to stress religious aspect of crisis: the mankind has lost the belief in God — this is the reason of crisis. For others it was importatt to understand the social aspect of cultural crisis.
Cultural crisis is the crisis of values: human and freedom. In the first half of the XXth century the culture has not found answers for two questions: what is freedom and what is human?
Либерализм, безопасность и справедливость.
Кашников Б. Н. В кн.: Welfare and Security in 21st Century: Politisation of the „Social Contract“: Interdisciplinary Collection of Scientific Works. Благосостояние и безопасность в ХХI веке: политизация „социального контракта“ : Интердисциплинарный сборник научных трудов. Клайпеда: Klaipėda University Press, 2017. С. 27-40.
The author looks into the contradictions of security and the paradigms of their resolution in the modern era. The issue of security is considered in conjunction with the issue of justice. Emphasi is placed on the fact that the disharmony of the modern security paradigms is just temporary. As the global civil society is growing stronger, the paradigm of human rights must once again regain its priority. Just as in the case of the return of the multipolarity of the world, the paradigm of cooperation and non-intervention must get back the lost rights
Проблема рациональности в правовой аргументации судебных решений
Шаповалов И. А. Юридическая техника. 2013. № 7-1. С. 377-383.
Modality of representations
Vladimir L. Popov. arxiv.org. math. Cornell University, 2017. No. arXiv:1707.07720v1 [math.RT] 24 Jul 2017.
We first establish several general properties of modality of al- gebraic group actions. In particular, we introduce the notion of a modali- ty-regular action and prove that every visible action is modality-regular. Then, using these results, we classify irreducible linear representations of connected simple algebraic groups of every fixed modality < 3. Next, ex- ploring a finer geometric structure of linear actions, we generalize to the case of any cyclically graded semisimple Lie algebra the notion of a packet (or a Jordan/decomposition class) and establish the properties of packets.
Рациональность морального действия
Левин С. М. В кн.: Рациональность и экзистенция. СПб.: Философский факультет СПбГУ, 2011. С. 58-61.
How do lay consumers and households understand financial strategizing?
Kuzina O. E., Dodd N. Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 2014. Vol. 5. No. 1. P. 89-114.
The paper focuses on the concept of ‘financial strategies’ and addresses two problems: first, how to define the concepts of financial strategy and strategizing, and second, how to operationalize them into indicators for empirical research. The introduction to this new concept is based on the conviction that strategizing (which is understood as a specific attitude to life held by people who do not live for the moment, think about their future even if it is rather uncertain, set long-term financial goals and act towards achieving them), is an intrinsic factor in the financial behavior of people. It is argued that it is not possible to define financial strategy or to operationalize it objectively and universally since people operate in very different circumstances; i.e. in different institutional environments or at different stages of life, etc. The solution must be found in the interactionist sociological perspective with the emphasis on the construction of the interpretation of a situation: how individuals themselves make sense of financial strategizing in their own environment, the options they perceive and the constraints they feel.
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Poisson groups and differential Galois theory of Schrodinger equation on the circle
Semenov-Tian-Shansky M., Marshall I. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 2008. No. 284. P. 537-552.
Л.Н. Толстой: Просветитель, преодолевший Просвещение
Климова С. М. Философские науки. 2019. Т. 62. № 2. С. 109-126.
The article considers the Views of L. N. Tolstoy not only as a representative, but also as a accomplisher of the Enlightenment. A comparison of his philosophy with the ideas of Spinoza and Diderot made it possible to clarify some aspects of the transition to the unique Tolstoy’s religious and philosophical doctrine. The comparison of General and specific features of the three philosophers was subjected to a special analysis. Special attention is paid to the way of thinking, the relation to science and the specifics of the worldview by Tolstoy and Diderot. An important aspect is researched the contradiction between the way of thinking and the way of life of the three philosophers.
Tolstoy's transition from rational perception of life to its religious and existential bases is shown. Tolstoy gradually moves away from the idea of a natural man to the idea of a man, who living the commandments of Christ. Starting from the educational worldview, Tolstoy ended by creation of religious and philosophical doctrine, which were relevant for the 20th century.
Гуманитарные чтения РГГУ-2010. Теория и методология гуманитарного знания. Россиеведение. Общественные функции гуманитарных наук. Сборник материалов
Edited by: Е. И. Пивовар М.: РГГУ, 2011.
Added: Feb 7, 2013
The Irony of Heidegger
Haas A. L.; NY: Continuum, 2007.
This important new book offers the first full-length interpretation of the thought of Martin Heidegger with respect to irony. In a radical reading of Heidegger's major works (from Being and Time through the ‘Rector's Address' and the ‘Letter on Humanism' to ‘The Origin of the Work of Art' and the Spiegel interview), Andrew Haas does not claim that Heidegger is simply being ironic. Rather he argues that Heidegger's writings make such an interpretation possible - perhaps even necessary.
Heidegger begins Being and Time with a quote from Plato, a thinker famous for his insistence upon Socratic irony. The Irony of Heidegger takes seriously the apparently curious decision to introduce the threat of irony even as philosophy begins in earnest to raise the question of the meaning of being. Through a detailed and thorough reading of Heidegger's major texts and the fundamental questions they raise, Haas reveals that one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century can be read with as much irony as earnestness. The Irony of Heidegger attempts to show that the essence of this irony lies in uncertainty, and that the entire project of onto-heno-chrono-phenomenology, therefore needs to be called into question.
История философии для экономистов
Сорвин К. В. учебное пособие. учебное пособие. ГУ ВШЭ, 2000
hbar-expansion of KP hierarchy: Recursive construction of solutions
Takebe T., Takasaki K. arxiv.org. math. Cornell University, 2009. No. 0912.4867.
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Entries: "biconditional", "contingent", "sentence"
Schang F. Key Terms in Logic. ISBN-10: 1847061141. Bloomsberry Academic, 2010
A definition of three logical concepts: "biconditional", "contingent", and "sentence".
Свобода техники? К пониманию техники у Эрнста и Фридриха Георга Юнгеров
Михайловский А. В. Философские науки. 2013. № 7. С. 79-95.
The article is concerned with the notions of technology in essays of Ernst and Friedrich Georg Jünger. The special problem of the connection between technology and freedom is discussed in the broader context of the criticism of culture and technocracy discussion in the German intellectual history of the first half of the 20th century.
Материалы XLIII Международной научной студенческой конференции «Студент и научно-технический прогресс»
Т. Востоковедение. Новосибирск: Новосибирский государственный университет, 2005.
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Monkey Business: The Scopes Monkey Trial and its Impact on American Fundamentalism
by Seth Dunn · Published June 8, 2015 · Updated December 30, 2017
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE VS. SCOPES
In front of the Rhea County courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee there is a plaque that reads: “Here, from July 10 to 21, 1925 John Thomas Scopes, a County High School teacher, was tried for teaching that a man descended from a lower order of animals in violation of a lately passed state law. William Jennings Bryan assisted the prosecution; Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield
Hays, and Dudley Field Malone the defense. Scopes was convicted.”[1] The case to which the plaque refers is The State of Tennessee vs. Scopes. The law to which the plaque refers is the Butler Act. The Butler Act, which was enacted in 1925 (and later repealed in 1968), specifically stated “That it shall be unlawful for any teacher in any of the Universities, Normals and all other public schools of the State which are supported in whole or in part by the public school funds of the State, to teach any theory that denies the Story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.” [2] The teacher referred to in the plaque, John Thomas Scopes, appealed his conviction to the Tennessee State Supreme Court. He did not win his appeal case but his conviction was overturned on a technicality, John Thomas Scopes vs. the State on January 17th, 1927. In both cases, Scopes never denied violating the Butler Act.
From a legal standpoint, The State of Tennessee vs. Scopes was a simple open and shut case. The defendant was convicted in slightly less than a fortnight and ordered to pay a $100 fine, which was later rescinded. From a historical standpoint, the case was anything but simple. It was highly publicized; in fact, it was literally a media circus…over two hundred reporters descended upon the small town of Dayton and trained monkeys actually performed on the courthouse lawn.[3] The reason for the publicity was the controversial nature of the matter being decided at trial; John T. Scopes was put on trial for breaking a law (The Butler Act) which seemingly advocated a religious viewpoint in a public classroom (teaching something other than “Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible”). Adding to the controversy further was the way in which Scopes violated the Butler Act; he taught the theory of evolution in his classroom. The theory of evolution was, in 1925, very divisive (and still is today to a lesser extent).
The State of Tennessee vs. Scopes, which has come to be known famously as “The Scopes Monkey Trial,” involved more than the conviction of just one man. While John T. Scopes was being put on trial in a court of law, the merits of American Fundamentalism were being put on trial in the court of public opinion. The Monkey Trial, which began as a publicity stunt, resulted in what many consider a serious blow to the American Fundamentalist Movement. Whatever the result, negative or positive, of the Monkey Trial to the American Fundamentalist Movement; it did not disappear. Even after the media circus of the Monkey Trial, the American
Fundamentalist movement is alive, though it may not be as well venerated.
THE MONKEY TRIAL: MAY BE BAD FOR FUNDAMENTALISM BUT DEFINITELY GOOD FOR BUSINESS
Business was not good in Dayton in the summer of 1925, but thanks to the Butler Act it was about to get better. Local mine manager George Rappleyea, a native New Yorker and future member of the First Humanist Society of New York, hatched the idea to bring attention to the small city of Dayton by convincing John Scopes to stand trial for violating the Butler Act. On the surface it would seem that Rappaleyea’s interest was a matter of economic stimulus (he recruited other local businessmen to participate in his scheme), but given his big city origins and future involvement in a humanist society, one must wonder of Rappaleya’s real motivation was to make the small southern town of Dayton, TN look like a Fundamentalist backwater.
Whatever his motivations were, his scheme worked. The American Civil Liberties Union had already pledged to defend anyone accused of violating the act, thus Scopes (who was by all means a willing participant) did not have to worry about financing his own defense…and what a defense it would become. As the trial gained more and more publicity, Scopes’ defense team grew to include renowned defense attorney Clarence Darrow. Not to be outdone, the partisans for the prosecution enlisted the help of distinguished orator, former Secretary of State, and champion of Fundamentalism William Jennings Bryant. Rappleyea’s plan to bring attention to Dayton was a success. The flood of media coverage surrounding The Scopes Monkey Trial cast American Fundamentalism into the spotlight.
FUNDAMENTALISM IN AMERICA
Typical Fundamentalists (Fundamentalist for this work will be understood to refer to Christian Fundamentalism) views include: the verbal and inerrant inspiration of the Bible, the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, His substitutionary atonement, the physical or bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, the immanent second coming of Jesus Christ, His deity, the depravity or sinful nature of man, the eventual physical or bodily resurrection of believing or regenerate Christians, salvation and justification by faith through the Grace of God, and the Trinitarian nature of God.[4] [5] These Fundamentalist views remain…fundamental. That is to say, Fundamentalist beliefs today are much the same as they were in 1925. What has changed since 1925 is the relationship of Fundamentalist beliefs to more progressive or modernist beliefs (such as acceptance of the theory of evolution, the Big Bang Theory of universe origin, or even Theistic Evolution).
During the time when the Butler Act was passed, modernist views were an emerging threat to long accepted Fundamentalist standards. Today, the inclusion of the theory of evolution in a science book is typical and generally accepted by society. The attitude of 1920s era society, especially 1920s era Tennessee is perhaps best summed up by the Butler Act’s author, John Washington Butler, who (in reference to his act) said, “No, I didn’t know anything about evolution when I introduced it. I’d read in the papers that boys and girls were coming home from school and telling their fathers and mothers that the Bible was all nonsense.”[6] Butler’s Fundamentalist perspective was at odds with a modernist perspective that was growing both among church-goers and non believers alike. The Monkey Trial pitted these opposing perspectives against one another for the entire nation to see.
MONKEY TRIAL
From a factual perspective, the Monkey Trial was an open and shut case. Scopes had all but volunteered himself to stand trial and did not deny violating the Butler Act. The defense, therefore, did not object to the charges but rather the merits of the Butler Act. The defense argued that the Butler Act gave preference to a religion and thus violated the constitution of Tennessee which forbade doing so. The presiding Judge, John T. Raulston, did not buy the argument. Raulston asserted that the act did not give preference to a particular religion. Judge Raulston, who was himself very likely partisan to the Fundamentalist viewpoint, struck down any objection to the law on constitutional grounds. In fact, the judge instructed the jury to ignore all defense testimony regarding the merit of the law and focus on the violation of the Act itself. The defense, realizing that no judicial rejection of the Butler Act on constitutional grounds would take place in Raulston’s courtroom encouraged the jury to convict Scopes in the hopes of having the conviction overturned on appeal. The jury did just that; as previously mentioned, Scope’s appeal to the Tennessee State Supreme Court to have the law declared unconstitutional failed. However, the $100 fine imposed by Judge Raulston upon Scopes’ conviction was over the $50 maximum that Tennessee judges were allowed to issue; because of this Scope’s conviction was overturned. He was never retried. The Tennessee State Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Scopes conviction not only spared Scopes, but perhaps the Butler Act itself. The constitutionality of the act could not be challenged at the federal level because Scopes’ conviction had been overturned.
The Fundamentalist law was persevered. However, the Fundamentalist viewpoint took a beating publically. In a strange turn of events during the trial, Darrow called on Bryan to testify for the court as a “bible expert.” Bryan really never claimed to be such an expert, but he was a national figurehead of the Fundamentalist movement. Darrow and Bryan had been publically feuding over progressive views for some time. At the monkey trial, the feud came to a head. William Jennings Bryan, special prosecutor for the state, took the stand. Up until that point, the lead prosecutor, Tom Stewart had successfully kept the trial focused on the violation of the law itself and limited the defense’s ability to present scientific evidence against the merit of the law. While that strategy (along with Judge Raulston’s apparent biblical bias) helped win the case, it did not prevent Darrow from attempting to make Bryan and the Fundamentalist viewpoint look foolish.
In the opinion of many in the media covering the trial, which was broadcast on the radio nationally, Darrow did just that. As one reporter put it,” Let there be little doubt about that Bryan was broken, if ever a man was broken. Darrow never spared him. To see him humbled and humiliated before the vast crowd which had come to adore him, was sheer tragedy, nothing less.”[7] Of course, in the opinions of others, Bryan’s actions at the trial were nothing short of heroic. In eulogizing Bryan, Fundamentalist leader W.B. Riley stated that Bryan, “won the judgment of the intelligent world,” at the trial.[8] Given that evolution is such a controversial topic, even today, it is difficult to gage from Darrow and Bryan’s contemporaries who really won the philosophical debate. When it comes to contentious topics, especially ones regarding religious beliefs, an objective opinion is a hard thing to find. Darrow’s opinion was clear. He belittled Bryan’s views as foolish and unbelievable to intelligent Christians. Bryan, in later statement, stated that the real threat of evolution was not to Christianity, but to religion itself.
AFTERMATH OF THE MONKEY TRIAL
Bryan did not live to see the result of Scope’s appeal. He died in his sleep after attending a church picnic in Dayton less than one week after the trial ended. After the trial, Darrow effectively retired from practicing law. Scopes left the teaching profession and became a geologist. As it turned out, Scopes may not have been without religious belief himself. He was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church while working in Venezuela. The Butler Act stayed on the books in Tennessee until its repeal in 1968. That same year, the US Supreme Court struck down an Arkansas statute similar to the Butler Act. The Butler Act’s repeal assured that it would never be struck down in the courts the same way. After the trial, other states considered passing similar laws. Some states did so (such as Arkansas), but none of these laws are still valid today as they have been struck down by the judicial process. The controversy of teaching evolution in schools lingers on presently. As late as 2005, a federal court decided a case concerning the teaching of intelligent design (the theory that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection[9]) as an alternative to teaching evolution in school.
FUNDAMENTALISM TODAY
Although there are no longer laws such as the Butler Act on the books to support their views, Fundamentalists are still an influential part of American culture. Fundamentalist political organizations such as the Christian Coalition (to name one) have been influential in American politics. There are also a large number of thriving Fundamentalist denominations in America. For example, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is the world’s largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the US with over 16 million members and more than 42,000 churches.[10] While the SBC doesn’t officially label itself a “Fundamentalist” organization, (likely because many view the term pejoratively) it does hold very conservative views that many consider to be Fundamentalist. There are currently twenty seven member churches of the Southern Baptist Convention affiliated Tennessee Valley Baptist Association which is headquartered in Dayton, TN. It is probably safe to say, that Fundamentalist beliefs are still the norm in Dayton some 82 year later, even in the wake of national reaction to the monkey trial which wasn’t necessarily positive. There are certainly some who hold the viewpoint that, “The Scopes trial discredited Fundamentalism as the belief system of uneducated, hayseed chewing, southern hicks.”[11] In fact, this view point accurately sums up the views many who covered the Monkey Trial in the (non-southern) press. Fundamentalists still adhere to their biblical belief that people must, as Jesus states in Matthew 18:3 “become as little children”[i] to follow the Christian path. Progressives and Modernists, on the other hand, prefer to believe less by faith and rely more on the scientific method to draw their conclusions.
After arriving in Dayton, William Jennings Bryan made this pretrial comment: “The contest between evolution and Christianity is a duel to the death. If evolution wins, Christianity goes.”[12] Bryan had legitimate concerns that the teaching of evolution in educational institutions was negatively affecting the Christian faith of students. However, the merits of Christianity (both fundamental and progressive) over agnosticism or atheism cannot ultimately be decided on a court of law, but rather the heart (or mind) of an individual man. The outcome of each trial (the trial of John T. Scopes in a court of law and the trail of Fundamentalist beliefs in the court of public opinion) was ultimately decided by jurisdictional prejudice. In Dayton, Tennessee a jury of Southerners presided over by a bible-quoting judge convicted Scopes. In the court of public opinion, a jury of big-city newspapermen convicted Fundamentalism. The Scopes Monkey Trial, while historic, did not ultimately do any significant damage to either the progressive or Fundamentalist movement. The highly publicized arguments of the trial rather drew a line in the sand for those who disagreed or agreed with Fundamentalist principals. Although Bryan believed the trial was a duel to the death, over 85 years later evolution and Christianity (both fundamental and progressive) are very much still alive.
[Contributed by Seth Dunn]
*Please note that the preceding is my personal opinion. It is not necessarily the opinion of any entity by which I am employed, any church at which I am a member, any church which I attend, or the educational institution at which I am enrolled. Any copyrighted material displayed or referenced is done under the doctrine of fair use.
[1] (Scopes Trial)
[2] (Tennessee Anti-Evolution Statute – UMKC School of Law)
[3] (Larson, 1997)
[4] (Wilson)
[5] (Robbins, 1995)
[6] (Allen, 1925)
[7] (Anderson, 1925)
[8] (Trollinger, 1991)
[9] (Center, 2004)
[10] (Horton)
[11] (Espín, 2007)
[12] (Linder, 2004)
[i] All Scripture quotations in this paper, unless noted otherwise, are from the Holy
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A multidistrict litigation involving RICO claims against Honda Corporation in the District of Maryland
Prosecution of a nonprofit corporation's RICO claims against its former direct mail fund-raiser in federal court and through arbitration;
Representation of the claims of a proposed nationwide class of farmers in an antitrust action against the Chicago Board of Trade before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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Representation of counsel in their successful appeal to the Eleventh Circuit from bank fraud convictions entered
Representation of numerous discriminates before the NLRB resulting in one of the largest back pay awards issued by the agency
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Sexual assault defense of a celebrity in Arlington County, Virginia.
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Robert Strange McNamara is the former Secretary of Defense for President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He served as president of the World Bank (1968-1981). He is Honorary Trustee at the Aspen Institute, on the advisory committee for the Population Institute, was involved in the Pentagon Papers project, and is believed to be a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Khurram Husain wrote in the November/December 2003 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:
"When Robert McNamara entered the Pentagon as defense secretary, he brought with him a clutch of youthful Rand analysts deeply steeped in studies of SAC vulnerability and counterforce. They came to be called the 'Whiz Kids'."
Director Ex Officio, National Council on Science and the Environment
Co-Chairperson Emeriti, Global Coalition for Africa
Director, World Future Society [1]
Council, Population Action International [2]
Advisory Council, World Food Prize [3]
Life Trustee, Urban Institute [4]
Emeritis Member National Advisory Council, Reading is Fundamental [5]
Founding Member, Earth Council Alliance [6]
Advisory Council (2008), Technoserve [7]
His wife was Margaret McNamara.
1 Operation Iraqi Freedom
2 Resources and articles
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2.2 References
3.1 Publications
3.2 Profiles
3.3 Articles & Commentary
Former Secretary of Defense and president of the World Bank, Robert McNamara, "repentant Vietnam War architect ... breaks his silence on Iraq: The United States, he says, is making the same mistakes all over again."
"'We're misusing our influence,' he said in a staccato voice that had lost none of its rapid-fire engagement. 'It's just wrong what we're doing. It's morally wrong, it's politically wrong, it's economically wrong.'" [1]
See Operation Iraqi Freedom: Military and Political Dissent.
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Call for Nominations: 2016 George Mason Award
May 18, 2016 by rsidersky
The Society of Professional Journalists, Virginia Pro Chapter, seeks nominations for its 53rd George Mason Award, to be presented in September 2016.
The annual award recognizes a person in Virginia has done something extraordinary for journalism and the public: reporting and writing that has righted a wrong, caused a sea change in attitudes, changed a law, started a watchdog group that exposed violation of the public trust, defended a reporter or news organization from unjust persecution, forced a reluctant government to make the people’s business public, mentored young reporters who went on to outstanding careers, or some other specific, noteworthy accomplishment.
Past winners have included reporters, columnists, editorial writers, publishers, broadcast station owners, attorneys, directors of public interest organizations and professional development associations, among others. They have worked for organizations large and small.
SPJ Virginia Pro named the award for Mason, Virginia’s “forgotten founding father,” because he risked lifelong friendships and personal fortune by insisting that the fledgling United States protect freedom of the press and the other civil liberties by enacting a Bill of Rights. He was born in Fairfax County in 1725, helped frame the Virginia Constitution and in 1776 wrote its Declaration of Rights, the first authoritative formulation of the doctrine of inalienable rights. Mason’s work influenced Thomas Jefferson in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
The chapter has presented the George Mason Award annually since 1964 to journalists and others who have supported freedom of the press and made significant contributions to Virginia journalism. It expresses the esteem of SPJ members, who are committed to ethics, freedom of information, education and legal defense of reporters in the practice of journalism. The award plaque carries Mason’s conviction regarding the role of the press: “Freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of Liberty and can never be restrained but by despotick governments.”
Nominations should be made in letter form, complete with reference to supporting information, to the chapter’s George Mason Committee chair, Robyn Sidersky and sent to robyn.sidersky@gmail.com.
Deadline for nominations is June 30, 2016.
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Bones Break the News on Reproduction
Mickie H. Cheng
Department of Medicine,UCSF Diabetes Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. E-mail:mcheng{at}diabetes.ucsf.edu
Science Translational Medicine 09 Mar 2011:
Vol. 3, Issue 73, pp. 73ec30
Our bones are constantly being remodeled throughout life because of the opposing actions of osteoblast cells that build up bone and osteoclast cells that break it down. A well-known cause of bone loss and osteoporosis in women is decreased production of estrogen or failure of the ovaries that produce this sex hormone. Although it is clear that estrogen (and also testosterone) have marked effects on bone, whether bone affects the gonads has not been studied. Enter Oury et al. with their surprising discovery that a factor produced by bone, osteocalcin, induces synthesis of testosterone in the testis, thus identifying bone as an unexpected regulator of reproduction.
In their tour-de-force mouse genetics study, the authors demonstrate that osteocalcin produced by bone osteoblasts instructs Leydig cells in the testis to produce the male sex hormone testosterone, which promotes survival of male germ cells and production of sperm. Tissue-specific inactivation of osteocalcin in bone led to decreases in testosterone production, testes weight, and sperm counts, resulting in reduced male fertility without an effect on female fertility. The investigators mapped these effects to a reduction in testosterone production that caused an increase in germ cell apoptosis, resulting in decreased numbers of spermatocytes and spermatids (the progenitors of mature sperm) in osteocalcin-deficient male mice. On the basis of increased adenosine 3´,5´-monophosphate (cAMP) production in osteocalcin-stimulated Leydig cells, the authors hypothesized that the osteocalcin might mediate its effects through a G protein–coupled receptor. They identified a testis-specific orphan G protein–coupled receptor, Gprc6a, as the receptor for osteocalcin. In a key experiment, loss of Gprc6a produced the same phenotype as loss of osteocalcin and abolished binding of osteocalcin to Leydig cells. These results establish osteocalcin and Gprc6a as a ligand-receptor pair that together regulate testosterone production by Leydig cells in the testis.
The exciting study of Oury and colleagues uncovers an unexpected role for bone in the endocrine regulation of reproduction. A few years ago, this group established a link between osteocalcin produced by bone and both insulin secretion and energy metabolism, suggesting that osteocalcin may play a role in diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Here, they show that in mice osteocalcin is also important for testosterone production and testis function. Further studies are needed to confirm whether osteocalcin and its Gprc6a receptor play a role in human reproduction and whether manipulating this ligand-receptor pair could help to treat some forms of male infertility.
F. Oury et al., Endocrine regulation of male fertility by the skeleton. Cell 144, 796–809 (2011). [Abstract]
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Justia › US Law › US Case Law › US Supreme Court › Volume 225 › ICC v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co.
ICC v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 225 U.S. 306 (1912)
Interstate Commerce Commission v.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Argued January 15, 16, 1912
Decided June 10, 1912
The Commerce Court has jurisdiction of a petition of a carrier to restrain an affirmative order of the Interstate Commerce Commission that it desist from paying allowance for lighterage to one shipper unless it pay the same to other shippers, and also has power to determine whether such order was entitled to be enforced.
The Commerce Court has power to allow a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission directing the carrier to desist from paying allowances for lighterage.
An appeal to this Court from an interlocutory order of the Commerce Court allowing a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of an affirmative order of the Interstate Commerce Commission lies under § 2 of the act creating the court, now § 210 of the new Judicial Code.
Under § 210 of the Judicial Code, injunction orders can be issued by the Commerce Court restraining the enforcement of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the following classes of cases:
First. A temporary restraining order staying in whole or in part the operation of the order for not more than sixty days to be allowed by the court or a judge thereof.
Second. A preliminary injunction to restrain or suspend in whole or in part the operation of the Commission's order pendente lite to be granted by the court.
Third. A perpetual injunction upon entry of final decree.
The requirements in § 210, Judicial Code, that a restraining order must contain a statement of facts as to irreparable damage resulting from the order of the Commission relates only to the first class of cases.
This Court will not apply to the construction of the equity powers of a statutory court general principles of equity if the effect would be to destroy the law creating the court by expunging therefrom the very powers which Congress intended to grant, and so held that the power given by § 210, Judicial Code, to the Commerce Court to issue an injunction pendente lite was to enable that court to have proper time for consideration, and the right of appeal to this Court was given as a safeguard against a possible abuse of the power to issue the order, and the order will not be reversed in the absence of such abuse. Where Congress creates a special tribunal for a special class of cases with an appeal to this Court, it is the duty of this Court to give effect to that purpose and uphold the lawful authority of the court so created and to also correct abuse of power when it appears.
In this case, held that there was no abuse of power in issuing the order for an injunction pendente lite, and the order is affirmed and the case remanded so that there may be opportunity to dispose of it in the forum selected by Congress for that purpose.
The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Commerce Court and its power to issue restraining orders and injunctions, are stated in the opinion.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit instituted in the Commerce Court to enjoin the enforcement of an order by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The complainants in the bill are the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, the Erie Railroad Company, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, the New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal and John Arbuckle and William A. Jamison, copartners trading as the Jay Street Terminal, intervened and were made parties complainant, they being interested to defeat the order of the Commission.
The defendant named in the bill is the United States. The Interstate Commerce Commission appeared, and the Federal Sugar Refining Company intervened and was made a party defendant.
The order which it was the purpose of the suit to enjoin was made in a proceeding commenced before the Commission on behalf of the Federal Sugar Refining Company to compel the railroads above named to desist and abstain from paying to Arbuckle Brothers, claimed to be operating what is known as the Jay Street Terminal, certain so-called allowances for floatage, lighterage, and terminal services rendered by them to the complainants in connection with sugar transported by them in New York harbor to and for the complainants, while at the same time paying no such allowances to the said Federal Refining Company on its sugar.
We substantially adopt as accurate a summary statement made of the subject matter of the controversy in the brief of counsel for the railroad companies:
"The Federal Sugar Refining Company has a refinery at Yonkers, New York, and Arbuckle Brothers have a refinery in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. The railroad companies operate what are known as trunk line railroads, extending from New York to western and southern points. In order to receive and deliver freight in New York City, they are obliged to transport the same across the waters of New York harbor on lighters by what is called lighterage service, or, when the freight is carried through in railroad cars, on car floats by what is called floatage service."
"At numerous points along the New York City waterfront within the lighterage limits, they have established public stations for the receipt and delivery of freight."
"They have also established boundaries known as 'lighterage limits,' including substantially all of what may be called manufacturing and commercial portion of the waterfront of New York City and the opposite shore of New Jersey, and within these boundaries they receive and deliver freight at any accessible point on the waterfront without any additional charge above the New York rates, which are, generally speaking, the same as the rates
to and from the terminals on the New Jersey shore. At 'public' docks open to any vessel, the railroad pays the wharfage; at private docks the shipper or consignee must arrange for the necessary dockage."
"At a number of points in the Boroughs of Brooklyn and the Bronx, the railroad companies or some of them furnish public stations through arrangements made with terminal companies to furnish union public stations and terminal facilities for the receipt and delivery of freight in cars and through freight houses, and for the transportation of such freight between such terminal stations and the railroad companies' rails on the western shore of the harbor, all of which is done for and in the name of the railroad companies under provisions of their tariffs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission under which their New York rates apply to and from such union public stations."
"One of these public terminal stations, known as the Jay Street Terminal, is owned and operated by William A. Jamison and John Arbuckle, conducting a separate business in that respect as copartners under the name and style of 'Jay Street Terminal,' in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Jay Street Terminal is named as a station of the railroad companies, appellees, in their respective tariffs, and is conducted under contract with the railroad companies like any other freight station, bills of lading issued from and to it on behalf of the railroad companies and in their names, on the regular uniform form, charges being collected and accounts kept, the Jay Street Terminal performing the entire physical and clerical service and furnishing the necessary docks, freight yard, and station buildings and equipment, excepting cars. The Jay Street Terminal also floats or lighters all shipments between the terminal and the rails of the railroad companies on the New Jersey shore. For these services and facilities each railroad company pays to the
Jay Street Terminal an aggregate compensation figured on the freight handled for it, based on the rate of 4 1/5 cents per hundred pounds on freight originating at or destined to points at or west of the westerly limits of Trunk Line Territory, so called, and 3 cents per hundred pounds on freight originating at or destined to points east of the westerly limit of Trunk Line Territory. The same amounts per hundred pounds are paid to other terminal companies furnishing similar service at New York."
"The refinery of Arbuckle Brothers, a copartnership composed of William A. Jamison and John Arbuckle, is within two blocks of the Jay Street Terminal, and they truck sugar from their refinery to this terminal and load it into cars at their own expense and deliver it to the Jay Street Terminal, and obtain the railroad company's bill of lading for it from the Jay Street Terminal just as other shippers do with other freight."
"The refinery of the Federal Sugar Refining Company at Yonkers, New York, formerly operated by the Federal Sugar Refining Company of Yonkers, is located on the Hudson River, 10 miles north of the limits of the lighterage limits. The sugar manufactured at this refinery and shipped over the lines of these appellees is loaded onto lighters of the Ben Franklin Transportation Company, an independent boat line with which the Federal Sugar Refining Company has made a contract under which the boat line lighters its sugar to the terminals of the railroad companies for 3 cents per hundred pounds. The boat line brings the sugar to the terminals of the railroads on the western shore of New York harbor and delivers it to them for rail transportation."
"The Federal Sugar Refining Company's refinery at Yonkers is located directly on the tracks of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company. Over this railroad, the rates to the points in the shipping territory of the Federal Sugar Refining Company are, with few
exceptions, the same as the rates via the lines of the railroad companies. To ship at the New York rate over the lines of the roads, the Federal Sugar Refining Company can deliver its shipments to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad at Yonkers, thence to be transported by that railroad to New York, and there delivered to the said railroad companies within lighterage limits. None of these railroads has lines extending to Yonkers. Because of alleged delay in the handling and transportation of shipments via this route, the Federal Sugar Refining Company sometimes prefers to deliver said shipments by lighter to the said railroad companies at their stations on the New Jersey shore of New York harbor."
"Prior to July, 1909, these shipments were carried by the Ben Franklin Transportation Company directly to the rail terminals on the Jersey shore from Yonkers without stop. Since that date, the lighters stop en route at Pier 24, North River. The reason for stopping at Pier 24 is found in the decision made by the Commission in case No. 1082, brought by the Federal Sugar Refining Company of Yonkers, the predecessor of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, against the same railroad companies, appellees here (17 I.C.C. 40). The complaint in that proceeding claimed a discrimination against the Federal Sugar Refining Company of Yonkers and in favor of the Jay Street Terminal and the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, an incorporated company operating a similar terminal station in another section of Brooklyn, because of the refusal of the railroad companies to pay it the same amounts on account of the lighterage performed by the Ben Franklin Transportation Company from Yonkers to the rail terminals of the railroad company on the western shore of New York harbor as were paid to the two terminal companies above named on account of the various services performed and terminal facilities furnished by them in connection with the transportation of sugar shipped by
Arbuckle Brothers and the American Sugar Refining Company, respectively. This complaint was dismissed because the extension of the lighterage limits in New York harbor of the railroad companies was a matter of business discretion, and that the Commission had no authority to require such extension beyond the then prescribed boundaries, and that the Federal Sugar Refining Company, being located outside of the prescribed lighterage limits, was not subject to unlawful discrimination by reason of the practice of the railroad companies in affording free lighterage on shipments originating at a distance to points within said lighterage limits while refusing to so afford on shipments of the Federal Sugar Refining Company."
"As a result of this decision of the Commission, the lighters of the Ben Franklin Transportation Company were stopped en route from Yonkers at Pier 24, North River, where certain formalities with reference to shipping orders were had for the purpose of making it appear as a matter of law that these shipments were made not from Yonkers, but from Pier 24, North River, a point within lighterage limits. A new complaint was filed with the Commission, setting forth the same grounds of discrimination as the prior one, but on the theory that the decision of the Commission did not apply because the shipments of the Federal Sugar Refining Company were now lightered from Pier 24, a point within lighterage limits, and not from Yonkers. The Commission held as a matter of law that the stoppage of the lighters of the Ben Franklin Transportation Company for instructions at Pier 24 differentiated the case from the former one, and made the following order:"
" It is ordered that the above-named defendants [the appellees] be and they are hereby notified and required to cease and desist on or before the 15th day of April, 1911, and for a period of not less than two years thereafter abstain from paying such allowances to Arbuckle Brothers
on their sugar, while at the same time paying no such allowance to said complainant [Federal Sugar Refining Company] on its sugar, which said allowances so paid to said Arbuckle Brothers by said defendants are found by the Commission in said report to be unduly discriminatory and in violation of the Act to Regulate Commerce."
"The so-called 'allowances' referred to in this order are a part of the payments making up the compensation of the Jay Street Terminal, figured at the rates of 3 cents and 4 1/5 cents per hundred pounds, as above described."
This is the order the enforcement of which was the subject matter of the controversy in the court below.
The United States, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Federal Sugar Refining Company promptly filed motions to dismiss the petition and the intervening petition of the Jay Street Terminal upon the ground of want of equity and because the order of the Commission was an adjudication of matters of fact as to which its judgment was conclusive. The petitioners, on the other hand, applied for an injunction pendente lite suspending the order of the Commission until the final determination of the action. The motions to dismiss were denied. On the same day, the motion for a temporary injunction -- which had been heard upon the petition and intervening petitions and affidavits submitted by petitioners in support of the averments of the petition and intervening petition -- was granted, and the assailed order "and its force and effect" were suspended until the further order of the court. This appeal was then taken.
There was clearly a right in the court below to entertain jurisdiction of the petition, and to determine whether the affirmative order of the Commission was entitled to be enforced. There was clearly also power in the court to allow a preliminary injunction, since that authority is conferred in express terms by § 3 (208) of the act. And
the right to appeal from such an order is also in express terms conferred by § 2 (210) of the act.
It is urged on behalf of the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission that, wholly irrespective of the merits of the petition, the order granting the interlocutory injunction must be reversed because of what is insisted to be the express requirements of the act imposing the duty on the Commerce Court or a judge of that court, if a restraining order is granted under the conditions in the statute, to state the facts from which it is found that irreparable injury would arise if a restraining order were not allowed. The section containing the provision relied upon is as follows:
"That suits to enjoin, set aside, annul, or suspend any order of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be brought in the Commerce Court against the United States. The pendency of such suit shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, but the Commerce Court, in its discretion, may restrain or suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of the Commission's order pending the final hearing and determination of the suit. No order or injunction so restraining or suspending an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be made by the Commerce Court otherwise than upon notice and after hearing, except that, in cases where irreparable damage would otherwise ensue to the petitioner, said court, or a judge thereof, may, on hearing, after not less than three days' notice to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Attorney General, allow a temporary stay or suspension in whole or in part of the operation of the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission for not more than sixty days from the date of the order of such court or judge, pending application to the court for its order or injunction, in which case the said order shall contain a specific finding, based upon evidence submitted to the judge making the
order and identified by reference thereto, that such irreparable damage would result to the petitioner, and specifying the nature of the damage. The court may, at the time of hearing such application, upon a like finding, continue the temporary stay or suspension in whole or in part until its decision upon the application."
Without ambiguity, we think the statute contemplates three classes of orders: first, a temporary restraining order staying in whole or in part the operation of the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission for not more than sixty days from the date of the suspensive order, to be allowed by the court or a judge thereof; second, a preliminary injunction -- that is, an injunction pendente lite, which, to quote the words of the statute, may be granted by the court to "restrain or suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of the Commission's order pending the final hearing and determination of the suit;" third, in the nature of things, a perpetual injunction upon the entry of the final decree. The order in this case, made after notice and hearing, suspending the force and effect of the order of the Commission until the further order of the court, was obviously an exercise of the power conferred to grant a preliminary injunction or injunction pendente lite, and not of the power to allow a temporary restraining order embraced in the first of the classes stated. As we think it clear that the requirements of the statute relied upon respecting the statement of facts as to irreparable damages relate only to the first class of cases -- that is, the power to issue a temporary restraining order -- we hold the objection to be without merit.
This brings us to consider the scope of our reviewing authority under the right conferred by the statute to appeal from the allowance by the court below of a preliminary injunction or injunction pendente lite. To determine this question requires a consideration of the nature and character of the powers which the court had a right to
exert over the subject matter presented to it by petition filed to perpetually enjoin the enforcement of the order of the Commission.
We have determined in the Procter & Gamble case, ante, p. 225 U. S. 282, that the Commerce Court was but endowed in considering whether an affirmative order of the Commission should be enforced, on the one hand, or set aside and declared nonenforceable, on the other, with the jurisdiction and power existing at the time that act was passed in the circuit courts of the United States. And as, at that time, it was conclusively settled that the courts had only authority to reexamine the findings of the Commission as to subjects like the one here under consideration for the purpose of ascertaining whether the action of the Commission was repugnant to the Constitution, in excess of the statutory powers conferred upon it, or manifested such an abuse as to be equivalent to an excess of authority, it clearly results that the court below was likewise limited in passing upon the petition before it in this case. This being true, it is also necessarily true that virtually the sole authority of the court below was in a sense confined to determining questions of law arising upon the case as presented on the face of the pleadings. Under the general principles of equity, where a court is called upon to decide whether it will allow a preliminary or pendente lite injunction, the duty arising requires it to be determined whether, on the face of the papers presented, there is such an equitable cause of action presented as justifies the issue of a preliminary injunction to preserve the status pending the suit -- that is, to afford an opportunity for a trial of the issues presented. Necessarily it is true also that, where an appeal is allowed from an order granting a preliminary injunction, the reviewing court is put to the duty of determining whether, on the face of the papers, the court below erred as a matter of law in granting the preliminary injunction. Do these principles apply to the case before
us is then the first consideration. The result of holding that they do will inevitably cause the expunging from the Act of the express authority conferred to issue a preliminary injunction, since, viewed under the general principles of equity, the criteria by which to determine the rightfulness of such an order in view of the nature an character of the jurisdiction of the Commerce Court is exactly and exclusively the same criteria by which the rightfulness of a final decree of that court, issuing a perpetual injunction in conformity to such decree, would require to be tested. Our duty, however, is not to destroy the law, but to enforce it, and in doing so to seek to discover the intention of the lawmaker, the wrong intended to be prevented, and the remedy designed to be afforded by the enactment of the statute. Coming to consider the statute for this purpose, we have pointed out in the Proctor & Gamble case that the great remedy intended to be accomplished was the concentration in a single court of the power to consider the rightfulness of enforcing or setting aside orders of the Commission; that, to prevent unnecessary delays, the limitations as to restraining orders and their duration, and the hearing which is commanded as to irreparable injury, were enacted. It must therefore in reason be that the power to issue a preliminary injunction was recognized and preserved so as to afford the court the proper time for deliberation and consideration of the questions to be decided by the Commission, instead of compelling that body, virtually eo instante upon the presentation of a petition, to reach a final conclusion. And it would seem also to be the case that the right to appeal from such an order was given as a safeguard against a possible abuse of discretion by an unwarranted, arbitrary, and unreasonable exercise of the power conferred. In other words, we think that the enlightened purpose of Congress was that the court which it created, in the exercise of the important trusts confined to its authority,
and where occasion required it as a consequence of the gravity and complexity of the legal questions which might arise, should be afforded ample opportunity for due consideration and ripe judgment, and that it was not intended to compel precipitate, and perhaps ill considered, action.
Coming to consider the case presented in the light of these principles, in view of the doubt which existed as to the scope and effect of the powers conferred upon the Commission, as shown by the decision of the Court in the Procter & Gamble case, of the nature and character of the subject matter here under consideration and its importance, of the action of the Commission had on that subject prior to the making of the order of the Commission which was assailed by the petition, and especially of the diversity of opinion which existed among the members of the Commission on the subject, we think there is no room for saying that the preliminary injunction issued was in excess of the power conferred upon the court, because of the plain want of necessity for it, resulting from the obvious nature and character of the legal questions as to which the judgment of the court was invoked in consequence of the filing of the petition calling for the exertion of the authority conferred upon it by Congress.
It is not disputable that, although the right to appeal to this Court from an order like the one here in question is conferred, yet obviously the purpose which must have caused the creation of the Commerce Court must have been the desire to interpose between the action of the Commission and this Court an intermediate tribunal, having the powers which the statute delegates to it. Our duty is to give that purpose effect and to uphold the lawful authority of the court without deviation, and yet without hesitancy, where there has been an abuse of discretion, to correct it in the completest way. But, as this case manifests no such abuse, our duty is not to reverse the action of the court, but to remand the case, so that
there may be an opportunity to dispose of it on the merits in the forum selected by Congress for that purpose. Of course, in saying this, we must not be understood as deciding or in any way implying that the duty would not exist to examine the merits of a preliminary order of the general character of the one before us in a case where it plainly, in our judgment, appeared that the granting of the preliminary order was in effect a decision by the court of the whole controversy on the merits, or where it was demonstrable that grave detriment to the public interest would result from not considering and finally disposing of the controversy without remanding to enable the court below to do so.
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Posts Tagged ‘Yoan Moncada’
Posted: December 7, 2016 by Sports Time Radio in baseball, football, sports
Tags: boston red sox, Carlos Gomez, Chicago White Sox, Chris Sale, Yoan Moncada
Pretty much since the 2016 season the talk has been that the Chicago White Sox had to trade Chris Sale and start there rebuilding process. Now just about every team had been rumored to be in on Sale and you can’t blame them. It was looking like the Washington nationals where the front runner to land Sale, but they weren’t willing to give the White Sox two top prospects. In the end the Nationals where left holding the bag as the Boston Red Sox stepped up and gave the White Sox four of their Top 30 prospects for Sale. The Red Sox sent #1 minor league prospect Yoan Moncada, right handed pitchers Michael Kopech and Victor Diaz plus outfielder Luis Alexander Basabe to Chicago for Sale.
Sale was the 13th pick of the 1st round in 2010 by the White Sox. He made his debut that same year. Sale didn’t become a starter until 2012, but has finished in the Top 6 of the Cy Young voting since then. Sale is 70-47 as a starter. Sale has had over 200 strikeouts the last four seasons and led the A.L. in 2015 with 274 strikeouts. Sale led the A.L. in complete games last season with 6. It’s tough to give up a pitcher like Sale as he is a true ace. It will be a few seasons before we know how this trade will be evaluated. Moncada did play in 8 games and got 20 at bats at the major league level last season, but spent most the year in Double-A where he hit .277 with 11 home runs. It appears as though Moncada will play 3rd base, but he spent the majority of his time at 2nd base in the minors. Kopech finished last season at high Class-A where he made 11 starts going 4-1 with an E.R.A. of 2.25. Kopech throws 100 m.p.h. but is still a few seasons away from being a factor in the White Sox rotation. Diaz spent all of last season at Class-A. He pitched in 37 games all in relief and had 10 saves. Diaz record was 2-5 and his E.R.A. was 3.88. Basabe spent most of last season on the same team as Diaz before being moved up to high Class-A for 5 games. Basabe hit .264 combined with 12 home runs and 53 RBI’s. Basabe did steal 25 bases. Moncada is 20, Kopech is 20, Diaz is 22 and Basabe is 20; so while we may see Moncada in a White Sox uniform it will be a while before the other players acquired in this reach the major league level.
Sale will be added to a Red Sox rotation that features 2016 Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello, David Price and it looks like the other two rotation spots are to be decided between Clay Buchholz, Steven Wright, Drew Pomeranz or Eduardo Rodriquez. Right now it doesn’t look as though the Red Sox other top pitching prospect Henry Owens will be in this battle.
While Sale was the biggest move the Red Sox made it wasn’t the only move they made on Tuesday. Earlier in the day they sent 3rd baseman Travis Shaw and minor leaguers Mauricio Dubon and Josh Pennington to the Milwaukee Brewers for set up man Tyler Thornburg. Shaw can play 3rd and 1st base hit .242 with 16 home runs with 71 RBI’s last season. Dubon is a shortstop who finished the year at Double-A where he hit .339 in 62 games. Pennington made 13 starts in low Class-A last season going 5-3 with a 2.86 E.R.A. Thornburg appeared in 67 games for Milwaukee last season gong 8-5 with an E.R.A. of 2.15. Thornburg did save 13 games, but blew 8 saves last season. Thornburg should serve as the Red Sox main set up guy and he did have 20 holds last season.
The other move the Red Sox made on Tuesday was the signing of Mitch Moreland to a 1-year deal worth $5.5 million. Moreland had spent his entire 7-year career with the Texas Rangers. Moreland had a down year average wise hitting just .233, but did have 22 home runs and drove in 60 runs. Moreland is a left handed hitter who has played mostly 1st base in his career, but he has played 45 games in rightfield. Moreland has a career .996 fielding percentage at 1st base; so it looks as though he may take over in the field and Hanley Ramirez will move into the DH role.
Not to be out done the other Chicago baseball team that just happened to win the World Series appears to have found their closer. With the prices for Kenley Jansen and Aroldis Chapman get up around $20 million a season the Cubs turned to the trade market to get a closer. While it hasn’t been officially announced it’s being reported that the Cubs have agreed to send outfielder Jorge Soler to the Kansas City Royals for Wade Davis. Davis did miss some time last season with a forearm injury, but still converted 27 of 30 save opportunities and had an E.R.A. of 1.87. Soler appeared to be the odd man out in the Cubs outfield; so moving him makes sense. Soler also had some injury issues last season. He played in 86 games, hitting .238 with 12 home runs and 31 RBI’s. While Davis is in the final year of his contract Soler still has 3 years left on a 9-year $30 million dollar deal.
There where a couple of other signings yesterday. Carlos Gomez agreed to return to the Texas Rangers in a 1-year $11.5 million dollar deal. The Rangers acquired Gomez as a free agent on Aug. 20 after he had been released by the Astros. He played in 33 games for the Rangers and hit .284 with eight home runs and 24 RBIs. He had a .362 on-base percentage and a .543 slugging percentage. The other signing saw the Tampa Bay Rays ink catcher Wilson Ramos to a 2-year $12.5 million dollar deal, but the deal includes playing time incentives to make up to $18.25 million over the two years. Ramos is recovering from a torn ACL that he suffered last September; so he has to pass a physical for the deal to be completed.
Here’s how are NFL picks went for Week 13. Mr. Fantasy won another week going 12-3. Schaumburg Stu and I both had 10-5 records for the week while Dan the Man struggled going 8-7. Overall Schaumburg Stu still has the lead at 123-69. It’s looking like Schaumburg Stu is going to be tough to catch. Mr. Fantasy has moved into 2nd place by a game as he is 118-74 overall with Dan the Man right behind him at 117-75. That of course means I am still in last place. My overall record is 110-82. I guess we’ll see how Week 14 goes for us.
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How Did Germany’s Weimar Democracy Become the Third Reich?
November 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
« Smithsonian Museum Day at SAM
Defeated, humiliated, and in chaos, Germany after World War I was imperiled by leftist revolution and right-wing violence. Jack Mayer recounts the origins of the Third Reich through the story of Ernst Werner Techow, a member of the para-military Free Corps and the murderous Organization C, who was recruited into a clandestine assassination network trying to bring down the fledgling Weimar democracy.
Techow participated in the 1922 murder of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, the highest-ranking Jew in the Weimar Republic. But an offer of forgiveness while on trial for his life set him on a complex journey of redemption.
Join SAM and the Vermont Humanities Council on Thursday, November 7 at 7pm in the Bliss Room. This program, presented by Dr. Jack Mayer, is free and open to the public.
Mayer, a Vermont writer and pediatrician, is the author of numerous short stories, poems, essays, and two award-winning books.
St. Albans, 05478 United States + Google Map
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Tag Archives: “pay in order to get your manuscript accepted”
September 28, 2013 “The Skeptics™” Burzynski discussion: By Bob Blaskiewicz – 2:19:51
Posted on October 4, 2013 by didymusjudasthomas
All comments by Professor Robert J. (Bob) Blaskiewicz of University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire “fame” should be considered as likely LIES until such time as he keeps his word to respond on this blog, to criticism of him on this blog
“I hope somebody is writing all this down out there, so that we can go back and look at these claims later, right ?”
Seriously, Bob ?
Do you really think one of “The Skeptics™” was going to write all this down, when none of them showed that they had written down much of anything of much note about Burzynski 2 when they attended the screenings ? 🙂
*Some words may or may not be missing, but it doesn’t take away from the final result
I will be adding separate critiques that break this down into manageable parts, but wanted to have entire video comments altogether here
Are you there ?
Okay, we might as well get started if were going to do this
Alright, so ummm I guess we can start with uhhh bit of a conversation [0]
You’ve been on the Burzynski Hashtag for a long time – what’s you’re motivation ?
Well as I put in my about page, I agreed with the juror that he was neither guilty or innocent [8]
So, so since I see all this opposition by these Skeptics, and I see that the they’re getting all of their facts straight
(Freudian sarcasm slip)
I decided to take the position of being a Skeptic Skeptic
In other words I am skeptical of Skeptics who do not fact-check their information before they post it on social media
And since I see ahhh y’all pretty much trying to take over the net with y’all’s information I decided to come back and correct all the false information that was being put out by other Skeptics
So what information have Skeptics posted that they uhhh that they missed that demonstrates that Burzynski’s uhhh treatments are effective ?
What, what have we missed ?
Well the major issue is that the FDA’s own information says if phase 3 trials are approved – phase 2 trials is to see if there’s evidence of effectiveness
And so if phase 3 trials are approved, that means you’ve provided evidence of effectiveness
That’s the FDA’s own information – I have that clearly on my blog [9]
Also the FDA has given Burzynski uhhh Orphan Drug Designation in 2004 for uhhh brainstem glioma and then in 2009 for all gliomas [10]
So that must mean that there is evidence of effectiveness, otherwise I don’t think they would be doing that
Well okay, uh one of the issues that Skeptics have with Burzynski is that in order to, let’s say, elevate uh the profile of his drug, in order to make sure that everybody who needs it can get, is to complete a phase 3 uh trial uh he started uh I believe was it just the one, right ?
Uhmmm, and that’s gone nowhere
In fact, it was withdrawn this I think within the last week
It doesn’t look like its going to happen, and this is, you know, for all the the phase 1 and phase 2 trials, those are very preliminary trials
Uhmmm, the phase 3 is is will be the gold standard, and also the bare minimum that that the larger medical community will accept uhhh as evidence, so it’s like you’ve lowered the bar for for evidence in a way that that you know oncologists don’t
Well the issue is he was given 2 phase 3 trials that we know of
One was on uh Clinical Trials . gov – the one about eye cancer
The vision cancer
And then the other one was not posted on there, but then again the FDA has said, and I posted this on my blog because I specifically contacted and asked them and they said we don’t post all clinical trials on our web-site [11]
(Correction: NCI)
And so he obviously had that other one about brainstem glioma, that he was trying to get started [12]
But the other issue is that Skeptics have posted on there that he could not get that accelerated approval until he had published a phase 2 trial and that is exactly not the case because other drugs have been given accelerated approval before their results were published in phase 2 clinical trial publications, cuz, so that question remains as well [13]
So, do you think that there is a uh uh conspiracy to keep Burzynski from publishing ?
Well, what we do know is that in the movie, Merola showed that one page rejection from The Lancet
where Burzynski was trying to show his results from like 8 to 16 years, and they said we think your uh publication would be seen best elsewhere, or some ridiculous statement like that
And so, I thought that funny of The Lancet [14]
Of course, I understand their 2nd response, which came out, which Eric posted on his Facebook page, y’all, that y’all have talked about – that, you know, they’re busy, they get a lot of
I understand that, so obviously he would have to look for a different publication for both of those, things he’s trying to get published
Clarification: Burzynski and Tsuda
So, uhmmm, as far as I understand it The Lancet, uhhh the the question of The Lancet publication ehhh is par for the course, that most people are, when they get a speedy rejection from a uh uh, uh journal, are actually uh grateful, because that means there allowed to go ahead and submit their material to another journal more quickly and get it out there
Uhm, but the reaction that we saw on the side of the Burzynski camp was that, see, they’ll never publish us
Uhm, which is, eg, taken as far as I can tell as evidence of a conspiracy or that his name is is poison uh I mean, I think it is, but uhmmm, that wasn’t indicated in the in the rejection letter in order to uh claim that it is is to go beyond the evidence which again we’re not really willing to do
So, uhmmm what is the the ration the the something that I think a lot of of a lot of The Skeptics have been curious about when it comes to your your your blog and your behavior on-line uhhh is that that that, that the format of your blog does not make sense to us, we don’t understand exactly what you’re trying to do with it
Could you kind of clarify that for us because it’s uhhh long and it’s it’s intense and there’s a lot of emotion behind it but we don’t understand exactly, what it’s supposed to mean
Well a lot of the time I’m making fun of y’all’s favorite oncologist, the way he words his blogs, and uhmmm I cite specifically from the FDA, from from the National Cancer Institute, from these other scientific sources, from scientific publications
And so I’ve tried to add those things and allow people to search, on specific things like publications, or what I posted about The Lancet, or specifically about The Skeptics, or specifically about the oncologist
So whenever I see something posted new on Twitter, by y’all, sometimes I’ll check it out and sometimes I won’t, and sometimes I’ll comment on it
Alright, ah have you read The Other Burzynski Patient Group ?
I was, on there just yesterday to see some more of your post on there [15]
So, ahmmm what is your response say to the story of Amelia Saunders ?
Well the thing is, when you accepted this hangout, I published my newest blog article and I specifically listed all the information I had critiqued from you previously including Amelia, and I posted the specific Twitter responses by BurzynskiMovie; which is probably Eric, to your issues with Amelia, and he disagrees with what the oncologist posted, and so I pretty much let his Twitter responses stand to what the oncologist said [2]
Okay, what part of, what did I get wrong ?
Well I also did a critique of the newspaper story that was put out about Amelia in the U.K. [16]
And they had 2, 2 patients that were dealt with
Uh was that Amelia and Luna ?
I believe, yes
Luna was the other one, correct [17]
And one of the patients, Burzynski has specifically published in one of his scientific publications that maximum dosage is not reached for a month
So if someone, so if someone only goes in there and has treatment for a month, they’re not even, you know, they’re finally going to reach the uh maximum dosage [18]
And I think that was maybe the case with Luna, I think she was only there for a month
Oh, I, you’re talking, oh this is one of the very 1st ones that we did on the, on the site
Uhmmm, oh, her name is, her name escapes me at the moment
Um, but she wasn’t there for for very long but uh her condition deteriorated very rapidly
Uhmmm, and one of the questions that we had, we raised, is is, you know, you you don’t need to reach full dosage ’cause the the full dosage for these ANP seem to be pretty high, at least the sodium load that that that patients are asked to to carry, or required to carry if they they go on it
And we wondered if the sodium load was ah to great for someone who has a brain tumor, I mean uh, you know uh sodium load will increase your blood pressure, and these people have extra things in their brains that probably won’t react well to swelling, right, and and wont react well to pressure, so we were wondering, if in fact you don’t have to reach the full dosage in order to have uh severe side effects
Ummm, you know maybe you haven’t reached a therapeutic dose level, but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t have an effect on her
And you can clearly tell, that, you know in the videos, well at least the videos before the family took it down, that she was lethargic and a little bit out of it, she uh the the difference in her conscious state was no noticeable for anyone to see
Ummm, to, you know where she had been up and about to in her bed kind of slurring and and, and and and, in fact just disoriented, just looked like someone had taken the piss out of her
I mean, ummm, so that’s, that one, ummm, you know the critique that, reaching therapeutic levels and having a biological effect on someone are are clearly different things in her case
Uhmmm, now I never went on you know on to say ummm that uh she had uh reached therapeutic levels
Uhmmm, I I think as far as I went was that she went, she paid her $30,000 dollars and then she died
Uhmmm, and and and what part of that’s not true
Well my only thing is, uh, we know that sometimes he will go to a maximum dosage, or you know, the suggested dosage, but he will back down off it, in fact in the uh adverse effects you mentioned those are specifically adverse effects mentioned in his publications, and when that happens normally they will subside within 24 to 48 hours is what it says once you take them off the treatment and let, you know, those conditions take care of themselves, and then you will slowly raise the medication again [19]
So, you know, it just didn’t tell, if only one month of treatment was enough to even start to do anything for her [20]
Okay, so, um, going back to Amelia, um, some of the the most um I think the most serious charges is that we see a uh repeatedly in his uh uh stories of his patients, um those are all cited, those are all backed uh by, you know, um at least as good as anything the Burzynski Patient Group has ever done
Uhmmm, something that we see over and over are patients reporting over and over that signs of getting worse are signs if getting better
Um, in particular a, uh report that’s very common from from patients is that the center of their solid tumors are breaking up
One of the problems that we we we see is that that is more frequently a sign of ischemic necrosis that the tumor has outgrown its blood supply and that it’s dying on the inside
And when you see something like a 5th of the patients who we’ve been able to to document, reporting this excitedly, we get extremely concerned about what’s happening
Uhmmm, what part of that is not absolutely terrifying to you
Well the thing is, the FDA has approved phase 3 <strong[12]and also given them the Orphan Drug Designation, which means they should have some knowledge about what’s going on, I would think [10]
Plus we don’t know for sure, we’ve heard about, ummm, some of the things supposedly the oncologist has talked about, which is cutting off the blood flow, to the tumor, which is something that some uhhh drugs can do, and I think that’s one of the things Burzynski has tried to do, ah he’s specifically mentioned it in his personalized treatment
But I don’t know for sure if it’s also something that’s done with the ANP’s in just the clinical trials environment
So, that could be a possibility
Well, the the yeah I’ve never seen anyone say that the purpose of the antineoplastons is to cause uhhh, you know, to restrict the blood flow to the tumor and and and uh cause it to die that way, which is certainly one therapeutic approach that’s been, that’s been floated and research has been done on uh and might even be promising and uh what he’s saying is that cancer is caused by a lack of antineoplastons in the system and that basically what he is doing is antineoplaston uh uh supplement therapy uh rath, what’s the word I’m looking for, uhm uh, replacement therapy
Uh and there isn’t a doctor on the planet, uh not a medical specialist on the planet, who, I, who has identified at at as a contributing factor as a contributor to cancer or antineo or lack of antineoplastons
Why isn’t he, you know, you understand that these doctors, ummm like nothing is true or false because a doctor says it is true or false
Uhmmm it’s it’s it but when the entire medical community uhhh who are des are desperately are are every bit as tired of seeing patients die uhmmm and seeing patients suffer or as anyone else’s families are you you imagine what an oncologist sees in that office over the course of of a year and there’s going to be unimaginable suffering
I’m sure that they’re tired of that
And that they would, you know, that if there was the slightest hint that antineoplaston deficiency was a cause of cancer that it would make it into the literature, with or without Burzynski
Uhhh ummm, why should we trust him when he has uh the sole uh the only person who had identified antineoplastons as a contributor to cancer when he is the sole manufacturer of the of the therapy uh when he is the uh sole prescriber of the therapy and when he is, where the sole distributor of the therapy from his pharmacy
Well what I find interesting about these other doctors is like like the doctors mentioned in the movie and BBC Panorama’s report and in some of these newspaper articles where they are mentioned again is that these doctors never do a review of Burzynski’s scientific publications and including our favorite oncologist who refuses to do so [20]
Uhhh [21]
He’s read everything
Oh yeah he says he’s read everything but uh you know he claims that he’s uhmmm reviewed, reviewed uh Burzynski’s personalized gene targeted therapy but he, but then just a few months ago he admitted, you know, I don’t know where Burzynski says which genes are targeted by antineoplastons [22]
And I pointed out which specific publications that Burzynski published, publications which specifically mention which genes are targeted by antineoplastons, and I said how can you claim that you’ve read and reviewed every Burzynski publication and you didn’t know which genes are targeted by antineoplastons when that’s specifically in the publications ? [10]
I mean that’s just funny as heck to me that he would say that
Can you go ahead and send me that link that that I saw in the chat that you had uh posted a couple of times in the chat
Could you send me that link, to that publication
I can give you a minute to to go find it if that’s
Well I’ve, I’ve got it on my blog
Uhm
I mean I can forward it to you at some point
That would be good
Uhmmm
But I agree with you about I don’t remember seeing anything about antineoplastons cutting off the blood flow to the, you know the blood brain barrier for sure either
Well, yeah that’s a, that’s you know one of the major problems that this this cancer has is the location is such a pain to get to
Uhm, and often when we are talking about these cancers, the thing that gets me over and over and over, and this is something that I’ve learned from from working uh with others on the Burzynski Patient Group is what’s it like to be a cancer patient, only by proxy, man I couldn’t imagine really going through this myself, and, you know I’d hate to see my family go through this
That these people are at what could be described as a low point, they’re um uhhh, you get a diagnosis of uh brainstem glioma the prognosis is very bad
Uhmmm, there are only a few cases of people recovering from that, I mean they’re there uhm uhhh but, you know that it’s an, it’s an extremely grim prognosis
Uhhh and I worry that when they’re in that desperate state and especially let’s talk about the children, you have these kids who are uh you know 2 and 3 and have had this, you know uh awful diagnosis and the parents are willing to do literally anything to keep their kids alive
What protections are in place for patients as far as that these kids are and and their parents are protected
Well I think i know the point that you’re getting at uhhh about the IRB’s and all that good stuff
All I can say is that, you know the FDA can come in with any amount of investigators and say that you did this or that but you have the opportunity to respond, and so they can pretty much say anything, it’s only when the final report comes out that you can take that to the bank
And so all this speculation about what a investigative team may say about the clinic is, to me just like someone going into a lawsuit and saying so-and-so did this, you know, can you prove that, you know, did so-and-so do that [23]
So it’s the same thing with the FDA, these um little reports, the final report is what counts, and so, also what I find interesting is some of Burzynski’s publications specifically said, you know this particular uh clinical trial, the IRB was agreed upon by the FDA [24]
Well if if the FDA agreed upon it, you know, then some questions should arise about exactly what did the FDA agree upon
What would we find out from a Freedom of Information Act request on that ?
And, and what I also found interesting is when I did research on other clinical trials for brainstem glioma I found, you know, all these other science based medicine studies where 374 children had died in their studies [25]
And what I found interesting is back in 1999, they reported on a clinical trial, they had better results then all these clinical trials afterwards [18]
Who had the better results ?
Well, I would have to find you one, there were like 3
There were like 3 major ones that Burzynski has mentioned in his publications to cross-reference his trials versus their trials as far as the results
And so, I, there was one back in 1999 that had better results than a lot of these clinical trials that come afterwards
So when we talk about, you know, what’s really right for the patients well we can see that the drug companies want to test their drugs through clinical trials and, you know, and if your kid dies, well, unfortunately the kid dies
Even though we showed better results in 1999 with a different type of treatment, you would have thought that maybe they would have poured more investment into that particular treatment but that’s not necessarily how the clinical trial system works
Hmmm, yeah, the, Guy Chapman has just um uh tossed in a a, a comment
I guess uh that there are a lot of people who wanna talk to you (laughter)
Uh, Guy Chapman has just jumped in and said it looks like you forgot the phase 3 trial is withdrawn and none of the phase 2 trials were published
Uhmmm, this, this is not a minor thing for for for Skeptics
This, this is exactly what will convince us to get on board the Burzynski train is the publication of these trials
But even the preliminary trials, one has been finished, and none has been published in its entirety for over 15 years
When you consider that this is a, as you just pointed out, this is a a cancer, the, especially the brainstem gliomas
That these cancers uh the cases resolved fairly quickly, we know what the outcome are fairly quickly
Ummm, do you have any sense of when these trials are going to be published ?
Well here’s my point, I mean, y’all probably get a better sense from, ummm, Hymas, about what’s going on with that
From Laura ?
From her uh fiancé, or husband, whatever his status happens to be right now (laugh)
And uh also from Ric, uh they’re more closer to Burzynski than I am, because I have never met Burzynski, I have never e-mailed Burzynski, uhmmm never talked to Burzynski, never met him, blah blah blah
Uh, my sense is that since 1996 when the FDA talked about antineoplastons, that specific FDA Commissioner that was in charge at the time, he set out 7 major points about how there was going to be less people required and there was going to be less paperwork, there was going to be less stringent things about Partial Response [26]
And so, to me, the FDA is the final source to go to when people want to complain about how long their trials have lasted uh because the FDA is bottom line, you know, in charge of that
When you, when you think about a major, sorry, go ahead
And my other point is that, uhmmm, when these trials finish, as I’ve pointed out on my blog, M.D. Anderson finished a trial in 2006 and didn’t publish the results electronically until January of this year [27]
So, just think
Burzynski’s 1st trial we know that finished in 2009
So we would still have more years to go before he caught up to M.D. Anderson as far as publishing
So for him to actually be trying to publish stuff now and The Lancet not publishing because they have other stuff to do, put in there, that’s understandable
So, we know that he’s trying to publish, uh but they’re going to keep it close to the vest obviously, from, from how they do their things, and where they’re trying to publish
And plus, like I’ve said before
Yeah, right, uh
We’ve still got the accelerated approval thing that’s out there, you know, like the FDA’s given Temodar and, and Avastin, and another drug, whereas they’re not doing the same thing for antineoplastons, eve even though for all intents and purposes from what we know, antineoplastons have had better success rates than Temodar and Avastin when they were approved [13]
Antineoplastons has a better rate ?
Well from the information that’s been published in certain um publications
And in, and in not only Burzynski’s but elsewhere in, in newspapers or articles, or such like that
Right, one of the things that that there there are 2 points to be made here
Uhm, the 1st one is that major pharmaceutical companies that are getting this accelerated approval have a track record of producing results which Burzynski does not have
Secondly, when it comes to ummm the rates of antineoplastons, how can we possibly say without a single published trial he, that he has an improved rate over Temodar or anything like that, and that’s exactly what would show to us whether or not his rate is better, the the types of publications that he’s done, that look really good on paper, ummm, to the to the, the common persons eye are these case series where he goes through and picks out people who have happened to have survived
But what that doesn’t tell us is whether or not the antineoplaston had anything to do with it
What you need to do is go and separate the background noise, the random weird rare but very real survive, unexpected survivals that occur, and separate those, uhhh, from any effect of antineoplaston, he’s never done that
Well what I found interesting is when the FDA approved these other 1 or 2 drugs, some of them specifically said that, uhhh, some of these drugs had, you know, better survivability or they showed no better rate than any previous treatment but we’re approving it anyway [13]
Basically that’s what the publication said and I published this on my blog in an article specifically about, you know, those 2 or 3 drugs that the FDA approved for brainstem or brain related cancers [28]
And so, you know, I’m not going to buy that argument about that, about that specific thing
But if you think about that, I mean that if it does have a a an improvement rate above uh other treatments
That still has an improvement rate, you know, that, that would give another option to people, ummm, even if in the aggregate their rates aren’t better
It might work on some individuals tumors rather than on, you know, you you it it is it taken as a, as a lump but extend life by uh quality of life for 3 months or something um in some cases but, you know, it it still has an effect, a real effect, and deserves to be out there
Well one of these newspaper articles specifically said, you know, Avastin would maybe keep you alive for maybe 4 more months
So, you know, take that [2]
That’s a long time when someone is dying
Well, we can wonder if some of Burzynski’s results are the same, otherwise why would the FDA say, you know, give the ODD [10], why would the FDA give the phase 3 approval [12]
Plus I don’t buy some of these doctors coming out and saying stuff, they have the opportunity just like the other doctors in Egypt [29], in Russia [30], in Germany, in, in Poland [31], in China [32 – 33], in Taiwan [34] that have done antineoplaston studies, I’m like, these people can do antineoplaston studies so what’s the excuse for all these other doctors who say that they supposedly can’t do them
You know, the information’s out there and
Well, one of
and like these other doctors can do it
One of the problems that that doctors have in in this country when it comes to doing ummm antineoplastons studies to verify any any effect that uh Burzynski has uhhh I i think back to the one where people say well that the FDA sabotaged his trials, and
Well, we kind of know that that’s a fact [35]
Clarification: NIH, NCI, and the Investigators
Well, if if you think about it though, um, the, the proposed action as I understand it of the antineoplaston is that it’s a deacetylase inhibitor, which slightly unspools DNA, that allows uh, which would allow uh proteins to get into a pair of damaged DNA
And we have drugs that do that which carry a much lower sodium load
Uh, um, it, that would have a therapeutic effect on and that the risks outweigh the possible benefits of using this one particular drug
Um, I’ve seen any number of people looking at um, if you look at the Luna ah Pettiguine uh uh story on The Other Burzynski Patient Group um you see that the doctor is absolutely horrified by the insane sodium load that that Burzynski’s patients are carrying
Um in in some ways that that sodium load is uh leading people to constantly drinking up to I’ve seen 12 liters of water a day
That’s not necessary for other deacetylase inhibitors
Um the, why would you prefer that to to another drug if it did essentially the same thing, that didnt have this massive side effect ?
Well what we know from 1996 from Burzynski’s own information that he’s published, is that not only does he have the original parent antineoplastons, but he’s developed 2nd and 3rd generations, but he can’t just stop in the middle of his clinical trial and use the 2nd and 3rd generations which may be better [36]
(Clarification: 1997)
He can't uh use these other types of um antineoplastons that other researchers, researchers like Egypt [29], or Japan [37] have found um that may be better because he can’t just switch in the middle of the clinical trial
Now if he, if the FDA approves his product, well then, maybe he can roll out the 2nd and 3rd generation and these other types of antineoplastons that may be less harsh, but that’s all he’s got to work on and that takes us back to the FDA, having control over the entire process, as far as the paperwork, how many people are in the trials, etcetera
Well that sss I believe that that’s proposed by the researchers, the design trial, you know they they sign off on it but that is is, is up to uh Burzynski uh my uh David James @StortSkeptic on the [38]
ah he has asked everything that Burzynski does looks sort of like the behaviors of pseudo-science
So what we’re saying uhhh he does uh uhhh Burzynski like for instance like I said he has vertically integrated, ah, he controls all parts from identification to the creation of the drug uh to the diagnosing uh well he doesn’t do the diagnosing but he does um um prescribe and distribute, he does all that vertically, which is actually something that snake oil salesmen do
Another thing that that’s a red flag in Skeptic circles is that his one compound seems to be a sort of panacea for all sorts of different types of, of of cancers, um where we know that cancer has a a varied uh, uh, ideology and and the uh panaceas are are are to be and a variety of different types of causes um, in fact in any one tumor you would, you could say that these, these tumors are are completely uh heterogenous
The idea that there’s gonna be one knockout, it seems rather unrealistic
Um, additionally he charges immense amounts of money for this drug, um, even though the components cost pennies
Um, on top of that, um, there’s something that he asks for a a huge payment up front
That’s something that’s been warned against for generations of uh by anti-quack um uh crusaders if if they’re asking for everything up front, then be afraid
Ummm, another thing is that uh the kind of cult that’s sprung up around Burzynski, uh, one that is immune to uh criticism, reason, and pits people who are doing standard cancer research, as enemies, um, creating a black and white version of the world where there are good people and there are bad people
There are people who are fighting the disease, and then there are people who are really helping the disease
I mean, if you look at the, the new web-site by the Burzynski patients fighting back group, they say support the cure not the cancer
That’s a manikin world-view of black and white
Um, these are all huge red flags, that you’re dealing with a quack
Um, why hasn’t Burzynski done anything to change that ?
Well I find it interesting that you talk about the cost, because I’ve done a lot of research about the cost, and I was just looking at the cost again this morning, and put it into that particular blog article I was talking about, that I did for this particular program [39]
And, um
The thing that’s funny is that people can say, ohhh Burzynski charges a lot, but the fact is, so does chemo, radiation, and some of these newspaper articles that have been published, and specifically in the movie, Burzynski 2, one of the people mentioned how much someone was paying for standard treatment
And I noticed our
favorite oncologist didn’t comment about that in his movie review [40]
Well, there, this is important
This is really important though
Wha, when she’s talking about, that’s Luna Pettiguine’s mother, is is talking about the costs there
Uhmmm, you, when someone is not insured in in this country,
Ahm, the, the the base cost that that’s calculated is, is the hospital only expects to get a fraction, a tiny fraction of that back from the insurance companies, and that’s why the costs are so inflated
Um, usually, when a patient is self-pay there is a self-pay price which is a more reasonable price
Additionally, all of those therapies, have demonstrated efficacy, and if Burzynski were to demonstrate his efficacy, $30,000 dollars to start on a life-saving treatment for a child would be a steal, and he would earn every nickel of it
Um, so, those arguments hold very little weight with us
Well what I find interesting, you know, I’m not sure how people think he’s supposed to pay for the clinical trials, you know, if he’s supposed to go into debt, millions of dollars
He has a a an enormous house that’s valued in the tens of millions of dollars, he could do that if if the other, the other thing he could do, and this, we would love to see him do this, wousa, would be apply to Federal grant
That, that would be amazing, if he could get a grant to study this stuff
But, you know, um, I I don’t think he’d be able to get one, I don’t think he’s shown uh that he can carry off a uh a research program responsibly
I find that funny considering the FDA approved phase 3, has given him ODD for brainstem glioma and also also all gliomas [12]
You know, that’s kind of ridiculous [10]
And the people
gettin’ off about his house, well who cares ?
They don’t know where his money came for that particular source
(Clarification: “They don’t know the particular source where his money came from for that house”)
Oh he, have you noticed the the, the thing on his web-site where if you make a donation to the clinic it goes directly to him ?
Well, you know, when you have good tax lawyers your tax lawyers will tell you how to structure things, and everybody in America has the right to structure their taxes in a manner that effectively serves them according to our Supreme Court
So, if you have a tax lawyer who tells you, hey this is the best way to do it, to save money, well, you may do that uh based upon your lawyer’s advice
So, maybe Burzynski has taken his tax lawyers advice, just like I’m sure he’s taken Richard Jaffe’s ad advice (laugh), which has proved well, for him
You know, you know
That’s another thing
Ummm, o-kay
Uh, I want to turn this over to the people who are watching
Um, I want to give them a a chance to address you as well
Uhmmm, hi everyone
Uhmmm, so, um, let’s, let’s wait for for that to roll in, and I do wait to go back to the, the the, the and let’s be very specific about this, the the things that you see on The Other Burzynski Patent Group, a patient reporting that um uh getting worse is getting better
How do you explain that ?
Well I guess we could ask, you know, Ben and Laura Hymas [41]
What was their experience, you know ?
Did they have, did she have to drink uh a lot of water because she was thirsty ?
You know, did she have to drink a lot of water due to the high sodium ?
Well that’s just a known side-effect, your going to know that going in, but we actually have people say
So I would ask her about her personal experience instead of saying, you know, instead of quoting some of these other people
Are there, why why why not, these people, see this is the thing though
The reason that site was started was because the people that don’t make it don’t have a voice
And when you, when you whittle away, when you only look at the at the, the positive outcomes, which is exactly in Burzynski’s favor to only look at the positive outcomes, and to have no sense of how other people’s diseases progressed, right, you’re gonna get a skewed and inaccurate version of the efficacy of this particular drug
Now lets lets lets go back and not talk about Laura, lets talk about these patients who report symptoms of getting worse, as if they were signs of getting better
Some people say that oh it’s a healing crisis or it’s progression of the disease
Or other people say it’s breaking up in the middle, hurrah
No, it’s actually a tumor that’s growing
That record there, that’s being left by patients, whose stories are every bit as important as the as the stories of the patients who have lived, are painting a completely different picture
Well we all know the FDA is in charge of this, and so hopefully they know what’s going on
Are they feeding these people their stories ?
Are they feeding these people their stories
No, I’m sure the FDA can look at the records because Burzynski sent them 2.5 million pages according to our friend Fabio [42]
And uh, you know just something the doctors who came in and did the little ol’ one day, 6 patient records, where they reviewed all the records and slides, and MRI’s, etcetera, you know they can do the same thing, the FDA can do the same thing with all these patients [35]
(Clarification: 7)
And see the same MRI’s and scans, etcetera
I mean, we, we know that with all these 374 children I mentioned dying in other science-based medicine clinical trials [25]
I mean, they, FDA probably went through all their records
And, so, all these people didn’t look good either but, you know, the FDA still gave approval to Avastin and Te Temodar even though a lot of people died in their clinical trials [25]
Okay I’m going to go back, I want to point something else out to you
Um, I have to, I don’t remember the exact patient so I have to go back to my web-site to take a look at it
Because we are, because we’re on a Google+ stream that that’s a lot of data it takes awhile to bring up my, my site
I mean, we could agree that since Burzynski’s publication says that it’s going to take a month to get up to required dosage, and so we know, the tumor can still grow, like he said, up to 50%, he specifically acknowledges that in his publication, so, we know that can happen [43]
Well, that seems to give him an instant out, no matter what happens
That turns his claims into something that’s unfalsifiable
If I could give you an example of what unfalsifiable is
Um, and I’ll I’ll draw an uh, uh, case, uh hypothetical case of um uh proposed by Carl Sagan as the invisible dragon in your garage
If you say you have have a dragon in your garage, um, you know, you should be able to go over and verify that there’s a dragon in the garage
So let’s say we go over to Carl Sagan’s garage and, you know
Well, I don’t see anything
Well it’s an invisible dragon
Well okay, well then, let’s uh spray paint it
Well, it’s incorporeal
Well, uh, let’s measure for the heat of the breath
Well it’s heatless flame that it breathes
And, you know, okay, well then we’ll put flour down on the ground to see that it’s it it’s standing there
And, oh no it’s ah it’s floating
Well, you know, at some point, when you can’t falsify something
When you cannot, even in principle, prove something false, it’s indistinguishable from something that’s not there
And that kind of out, that oh well the tumor can keep on growing
Th (laugh) that that that’s an invisible dragon, as far as I can tell
Well we know from his own publications, he says he can’t just go in and start giving the maximum dose, or recommended dose right off the bat because a particular condition will occur, and he specifically mentions, in the publications what that condition is, I don’t remember it right off the top of my head [20]
But then again, his 2nd generation, his 3rd generation, his other form of antineoplastons that may work in the future, if approved, well those could possibly (not) have the same uh adverse effects that the current parent generation have [36]
But we don’t know, and like I said the FDA I’m sure knows because they have all the records, we don’t have them, and so unlike our favorite oncologist I’m not going to speculate, about what the FDA knows and I do not know
A every time that I and and and and , and David points this out, that um, you you know your not going to speculate about the the FDA but then at every turn your invoking the FDA as being obstructionist
I, I just find that to be contradictory and and self-defeating
Um, let me see
Well we know they stopped this particular trial, supposedly because a patient died
So what’s the hold-up ?
I mean, hopefully they’ve done an autopsy
What was found
Well, that’s not necessarily true
I mean uh when it when it comes to the case um I’ve i’ve talked to oncologists about this
And when it comes to uh for instance in in this case it sounds like it was a pediatric patient who was dying, ummm, who had died, ummm, the,
the 1st inclination is to ascribe the death to, um, to the tumor, which actually, would be to Burzynski’s benefit if there were other cases, I’m not saying there were, but if there were other cases where this type of complication arose, and it was ascribed to the tumor they might well not do it, uh, do an autopsy
Um, it’s ah as you could imagine it could be very difficult for the families to do that especially when they have ooh ah, a possibility of what, you know, led to the ultimate demise, that didn’t involve them ultimately somehow being responsible for it, right?
So, it it it doesn’t seem to me that necessarily an autopsy would be um a a done deal
And we don’t have a final report from the FDA on what the findings were
No we don’t and it would be irresponsible to completely speculate on on, on, the outcome of that uh, uh, uh, individual patient, I am still scrolling through looking for this story that I wanted to talk about
Uh, and, I guess I’ll
It should be in Amelia’s I I, I packed Amelia’s story with all the stories, um, that I could find um in what we’d written up already
Hold on a sec
She is a cute kid though
Um, alright
Now, our favorite oncologist (laugh), as you keep putting it, um, uh, with with the Amelia story, um, uh, was able to correctly determine that the Saunders family, had a, did not understand the significance of this cyst that had opened up in, uh, that had opened up in the center of the tumor, in fact they were ecstatic
They were delighted
Um, the family, of Haley, um, S, also
Uh, the the family of Haley S., also, had the same reading given to them
Um, the same diagnosis uh same prognosis was to, was given to Justin B in 2006
A similar cyst in Lesley S’s story uh ah, was in 2006
Um, and that kept her on uh treatment for a a another month so that could be another $7,000 some odd dollars
We same thing in the, in the case of, uh, Samantha T in 2005
We see it again as far back as 1994, in Cody G’s story
And then lastly and and the worst uh thing that we’ve seen, the patients report that Burzynski himself told Chase uh Sammut
The exact same thing
Um, and that was a
Have you read Chase’s story
I don’t remember specifically
Possibly not
It would stick with you, because that case is grotesque
The parents, uh, there was even a uh, uh, a fight over whether or not the parents should be allowed to continue treating this kid
He was basically lying, uh, in a uh uh brain dead uh for all intents and purposes, uh, in a in a coma uh without possibility of reversal, in his parents living room for months
Um, eh, all the while, he’s still on the, uh, we’ll I don’t actually, I can’t say that, I don’t exactly know if he was on the treatment the whole time
Um, but, we do have this pattern, that is there, of people believing, that this particular pattern is, uh, progress, a a is not progression of disease but is is inducement to to stay on, um, eh, and this has been going on for decades
Eh, eh just based on what we’ve been able to find that patients have been reporting this for decades
At some point, you would think that a doctor would realize that perhaps what these patients are walking away with is inaccurate
Why hasn’t that changed ?
Well he’s using the same 1st generation drug
E wel that that that that’s not it
This is this is like the 2nd day of oncology class, that that’s what the tumor looks like
People are reporting that the tumor is no longer growing, um, or that the growing has slowed after they’ve started
Well, okay
There, there is an explanation for that, and why you can’t take that as necessarily being evidence of efficacy
Ah, the tumor grows exponentially while the resources are available to it, but then it reaches a point where it’s a self-limited growth, so it, the time between uh doublings in size decreases logarithmically
Um, so this is, this is like basic tumor physiology that we’re talking about, and his patients don’t leave his office, knowing these facts, for decades
This doesn’t have anything to do with the, do with the drug
This this
Well I’m sure a lot of people leave the doctors office not knowing things (laugh), for decades
But, but when it’s, this treatment is working or this is not evidence that the treatment is working
That’s pretty basic
I mean we’re not, we’re not talking about deacetylase inhibitors or anything like that were you’d really need to know something about
This is, whether or not, you’re getting the outcome that you want
This is the whole reason for going
And it has nothing to do with the with the with the drugs
Well we know the contin, the tumors can uh continue to grow for awhile, at least, and certain effects that they probably would
Which is, which is like which we just pointed out was a was an invisible dragon
Well I’m sure, I mean, it’s going to continue to grow, in any other clinical trial too, for a certain awhile
I mean like
you’re you’re you’re assuming
You’re you’re you’re assuming that
You’re assuming that
Um, I’m not assuming that
Well we know that all these other kids died in these science-based medicine trials, and, you know, we can assume that that was the case there too [25]
Ultimately it would, but whether or not it it it had a genuine therapeutic effect is a different matter all together
Um, this, what would, what would convince you that you’re wrong
The FDA not giving him phase 3 approval [12], the FDA not giving him ODD designation [10]
So you’re saying because the Orphan Drug Designation and the face that there’s a phase 3, therefor it works ?
And showing that, and showing the FDA that there’s evidence of effectiveness [11]
So what you’re saying is there’s nothing that would convince you now, that it doesn’t work
Not until the FDA says it doesn’t work
O-kay
Um, it’s it’s it’s not the FDA’s, but you understand it’s not the FDA’s job to tell someone that their drug doesn’t work
Well they seem to be doing a good job of it
it’s it’s it’s up to Burzynski
It’s up to Burzynski to show that his drug does work
And it’s always been his burden of proof
He’s the one that’s been claiming this miracle cancer cure, forever
Well I’m sure, I’m sure they wouldn’t have done things if they didn’t see some evidence that it was working
Um, I don’t know if you’ve read Jaffe’s book
No I haven’t read it [44]
There seems to have been a lot going on there you really should look at it because it’s it’s it’s kind of revealing
Um, that that that it seems that there was a lot of political pressure applied to the FDA which may have been, uh, uh, have influenced the way in which these these trials were approved
I I would say that it is a genuine con uh uh bit of confusion on the parts of Skeptics
We don’t know why the phase 3 trial was approved
I don’t know that we’ve seen even the phase 1 trials, we don’t know why he’s getting a phase 3
And there’s a real story in that, we think
Um, that we’d love to see, however we can’t see, however we can’t see it because of proti protri proprietary uh protections that the FDA is giving to Burzynski, right ?
They’re not sharing his trial designs because they are his trial designs, right?
That the makeup of his drug that he’s distributing are his, uh design, and his intellectual property
So the FDA is protecting him, uh from outside scrutiny
While you may imagine that that, that that the FDA is is somehow antagonistic toward him
They’ve given him every opportunity, over 60 opportunities to prove himself worth uh their confidence and hasn’t
Um, but I definitely recommend that you look at Jaffe’s book and you will see, I think, um that um it’s called um, uh Galileo’s
I know what it’s called [44]
You know what it’s called, okay, yeah
Um, definitely look at that
Um, you, you will see, the ways in which, the way that we got to this point, isn’t necessarily having anything to do with the efficacy of the drug
That comes across very clearly
Um, you, you mentioned it yourself, he he’s done well to listen to Jaffe’s advice, right ?
So, there there’s a lot to that
Um, uh, but yeah, let me go back to the Twitter feed
Well I’m just gonna say, you know, the F, the FDA doing what they’ve done, since they approved those 72 initial trials, pretty much speaks for itself [45]
I mean they’ve had every opportunity to shut this down, since then
Well it sounds to me like they’re they’re not um, the the the you know, they’ve put the clinical hold on now because they now have evidence that somebody may have died because of the treatment
Um, I don’t know what the state of that is right now
Um, uh, oh my gosh, um, let me see
Someone has just sent me a, a ah a link to, are you following the Hashtag, as this is going on
No, I’m just concentrating on what we’re doing
I’m doing, I’m doing the 2 things at once and it’s um, ok ok well it’s well ok I can’t I can’t go in and read that right now
Um, I would, ok let me tell you exactly what it will take, for me to come around and promote Burzynski
Um, for me, he needs to get a publication in a uh, yeah, uh uh uh publication in a peer-reviewed journal, a respected peer-reviewed journal, not like the the Journal of Medical Hypothesis or things we just made up
Um, something, you know, a a good, respectable journal that oncologists would read, that research oncologists would read
I would need an completely independent group to replicate his findings, and then I’d be all for it
I would say that right now, the business model that the Burzynski Clinic seems to depend on, as best as I can tell from an outsider, that, um, uh, that it depends on people paying money up front
It doesn’t depend on him developing and taking away a viable drug, that he can market to the entire world
His business model as best I can tell, is to keep it in house
That seems, if it works, if his drug genuinely works, and he hasn’t sent it along to mass approval, where he gets, for a couple of years at least, you know, exclusive rights to produce and sell this stuff, for one of the most intractable diseases, uh that man eh can can can, you know, can get, um, that suggests to me that there’s something else going on here
Now, someone has just sent a a note, uh that he has failed 3 different Institutional Review Board audits; this is Guy Chapman (@SceptiGuy), uh no other institution has a 3 for 3 fail, according to to Guy iye he knows no other one
Um, that 45% of phase 3 clinical trials fail due to deficient phase 2 design
Um, he has an approved phase 3, but phase 2 was deficient so phase 3 fails
Do you think that that could possibly have anything to do with why we’re not seeing the phase 3 advance
Well #1 I don’t think the one with brainstem glioma where they wanted to use radiation with ANP was really the right way to go, I mean he’s already proven that uh he seems to have better results without [12]
He’s claimed
first starting radiation [20]
That’s a different thing altogether
And in fact
Yeah but the thing is radi, I, the FDA was not saying, ok, one study, one side of the study we’re only going to use ANP, in the other side of the study we’re going to use radiation and and ANP like like they would normally do
No, they wanted to make him use radiation in both sides of the study [20]
Well, you understand why they do that, because in order to, it’s
They don’t do that with other drugs [13]
No, they do do this with other drugs, well, it depends on the type
Some drugs it’s ethical to give something completely questionable, what they want to make sure that they at least get the standard care, you know which includes radiation
Um, and radiation does seem to extend life, reduce the size of some tumors some times
Um, do you concede, that in order to have a phase 3, you do not need to have a successful phase 2 ?
When 45% of phase 3 fail because they have a deficient phase 2 design, do you concede that ?
Well I don’t buy anything Guy Chapman sells, considering his past record [46]
Well, ok
It doesn’t matter where
It doesn’t matter where it comes from uh, um
Well his theories are suspect, anything he hands out, let me tell ya [47]
So-kay, um that would be shooting the messenger as opposed to dealing with the question, but
But the question may be bogus, because of where the messenger has been bogus a lot of times before (laugh) [48]
the idea, the best, well, the best, well in that case the best response is “I don’t know”
Well I’m just gonna say what I think about Chapman because he’s proven himself, many times to be questionable
I don’t see him on my blog responding to my criticism [7]
There’s something that that we don’t know, you’re coming, honestly we didn’t know what to expect when we talked to you
No, that is tied together
But let me, we know that that the the, the central concern is Burzynski
Ah, the source of this ah of of those #’s that I just gave you, Chapman has just updated me and he says um that it is, and I’ll go back to the, the ADR research . com issues in clinical research, so it’s the question, Bay Clinical uh Research and Clinical Development,a white paper called “Why do so many phase 3 clinical trials fail ?”
Uh, it’s prepared by Anistazios Retzios, Ph.D
Is Anistazios Retzios reliable ?
There is a correct here
Well how would I know ?
That’s the right answer
You don’t know
You need to look into it
Alright ?
Before you dismiss it you have to look into it
Everytime somebody throws uh uh something to me, I have to look into it
That’s just, it’s my responsibility as a reader
Well you didn’t when I tried to get you to do stuff the 1st time, did ya ? [2]
What, what stuff would you like
What stuff would you like me to do ?
I generally, I don’t read your blog
Well I, the most, the mostly, excuse me, the most recent article I posted on there is the one about this particular conversation, where I went through all your comments that you had posted, and my response to them
And so I tried to consolidate everything into one, particular article
Uh um, alright
And that’s the newest article [2]
Okay, I’ll look at that, and I will respond to it once I’ve taken a look at that, okay ?
Um, and I’ll respond on your web-site
Um, seems only fair
Um, one question I’d wondered, what is the Didymus Judas Thomas reference to
Well I thought that was pretty funny because doing biblical research, you come upon, Didymus Judas Thomas, or he’s all, also known by other names
He’s basically The Skeptic
And so, like I said, I consider myself to be Skeptic of The Skeptics
Oh, so this is the Doubting Thomas
I thought it was apropos
This is the Doubting Thomas
I’m doubting The Skeptics
Okay, so this is the one, you show me the, you put your your, the, your hand inside the wound
You know, Jesus says, basically, ok, bring it on, check me out, right ?
That that, I didn’t, I didn’t realize that he was also, that that was the same guy
So, it’s it’s the Doubting Thomas
Um, what we would say, um, is that if Burzynski is the savior that he claims to be, that he should, open up his trials, he should open up his uh research uh protocols um and just say, “Look, bring it on”
Check out these wounds
But he’s never done that
Instead he he he wants us to just take the words of of of of his apostles
I don’t necessarily trust his apostles
I don’t think that they’re unbiased
I wanna see the data
I wanna see the the wounds in his hands and the the mark on his side
Well I like how The Skeptics say, you know, all of Burzynski’s successes over the years are anecdotal and uh I consider on the same way that everything negative about Burzynski is anecdotal
Oh, hey when when we talk about The Other Burzynski Patient Group, I don’t make any pretensions to make that my site proves anything
I I I really don’t
It’s not my job to prove anything
It’s Burzynski’s job
It is a researchers job to prove these things
Well my point is he’s proven them to the FDA because they’re the ones
But we just pointed out, we just pointed out, that the FDA, often approves, phase 3 trials, based on flawed phase 2 clinical trials
That is therefor a real possibility in this case
Could be, but I would have to read, read the
Yes you would
T t and what I would honestly expect and hope, is that you would be honest about this, to yourself, and and and that’s the thing we don’t, we often don’t realize that we’re not being honest with ourself
I try to fight against it, constantly
But, um, uh but the way that you’d earlier phrased your uh your response to “could you possibly be proved wrong ?”, . . really did exclude other possibilities of of of of yourself being wrong
So if the FDA
Well when it comes to Guy Chapman, yeah
Well I’m not talking about the Guy Chapman
What you off, when I asked you, yourself, you know, what would prove you wrong, you said that the FDA hasn’t approved a phase 3
Let’s let’s back, let’s back up
What would the FDA, what happens if the FDA occasionally op op opposes, approves uh phase 3 trials, based on bad phase 2 trials
Would that be, would that cause any doubt in your mind ?
About the efficacy of ANP
You still there ?
Yeah, hello, yeah, you’re back
Yeah, something cut off there for awhile
Yeah Google+ is a little wonky sometimes
But, would, does, if you were to learn, that sometimes phase 3 trials, uh, are approved, and failed, based on flawed phase 2, would, would that make you reconsider your position of the phase 3 being evidence that it works
Well I would certainly look at that, but then again I would also look at the FDA granting him Orphan Drug Designation [10]
Uh um could you send me that link, the, the, um . me see
I’m just looking at other things that are coming in on the Hashtag right now
Um, so the ANP is Orphan Drug status but is it Orphan Drug for glioma ?
Orphan Drug for brainstem glioma and all gliomas [10]
Is it sodium phenylbutyrate or is it the the versions of the drug, the AS10 stuff or A1 or whatever it’s called ?
Right, it’s both AS10 AS2-1 and AS
Clarification: A10 and AS2-1
Okay, that’s what has Orphan Drug status
Alright, I’ll look into that
So, oh, um
Do you have any questions for me ?
I’ve spent a lot of times asking questions of you
Well not really, since you mentioned that you’d go in and look at my most recent article, anything you show in there or any reply you give is going to cover, what we’ve gone over
And so we can re debate it there
Mhmm
Guy Chapman, throws up the the, the comment, permission to investigate is not evidence of anything other than evidence of a valid protocol, not a uh, evidence of efficacy, in and of itself
That’s another comment
Um, alright then, this is your chance t, there are lots of people have lots of questions about me out there
Uh, about what my motivations are and such
I might as well put that out on the table just so it’s on the record, is that I am taking exactly no money from anyone for this, and have gotten nothin’ but grief from a lot of people, even people who (laugh), even people who support me have given me grief for this
Um, just so that you know, um, there have been, some of the things that have happened, oh, this is an important point too
Um, that when we have criticized this, uh, a # of us, especially Gorski, uh myself, uh Rhys Morgan, uh, um, and and uh Popehat, the the lawyer, blog, uh, um, who else was on there, um, oh, the Merritts, uh, t, uh Wayne Merritt, and his family, people have been critical of of of Burzynski have faced retaliation for opposing him ah and intimidation, and including, um, I had my uh a couple weeks before Christmas my, my, the Chancellor of my University was contacted via e-mail, and uh Eric Merola said that I had been um, uh, been spreading mis truths about Burzynski, that I had been a be, on my my show um had said things that were demonstratively untrue, and he also said that the drug was FDA approved, which it, you know, that’s not right
But um, he said that he was gonna do, talk about me in his new movie, in, uh, relat, in millions of homes, um, and he wanted to get a statement from the University
The University of course ignored him, and immediately let me know that I was going to get smeared
Um, I consulted my lawyer and uh uh, you know, the best course of action was figured out, and um uh a Gorski has had his accreditation board contacted, he’s had his bosses contacted, Rhys Morgan received threats of liable suits from somebody who had been hired, by the clinic, to clean up his on-line reputation if he didn’t take down his on-line review of Burzynski, uh, had his a picture of his house sent to him, clearly the message being, “We know where you live kid,” uh, Wayne Merritt; a pancreatic cancer patient, this is something that, that people generally, do not recover from, like generally, die from, received phone calls at home, from, this individual, threatening him with lawsuits; he doesn’t have a law degree so he’s misrepresenting himself
Um, but all of this, was done, to critics
Do you think that is deserved ?
Do you think that that is right ?
Well I’ve specifically stated on my blog that Marc Stephens uh obviously didn’t know what he was doing and went about it the wrong way
My position was he should of bou, got around it, gone about it the way I did, which is, I blog, and show where Rhys is wrong [49], I blog and show where Gorski is wrong [40], I blog and show where you are wrong [2], or Josephine Jones [50], or Guy Chapman [7], etcetera
And, eh, y’all have every opportunity to come on my blog, and I’ve had very few takers, uh, one claiming to be from Wikipedia, who I shot down [51]
And hasn’t come back
So, you know, I am welcome to anybody trying to come on my blog, and prove what I posted is wrong, and debate anything
Unlike some of The Skeptics I don’t block people on my blog
I don’t give lame reasons for blocking people on my blog because I’m an American and I actually believe in “Free Speech”
Well to be fair
It it it doesn’t strike me as necessarily a “Free Speech” issue, you know
Well to me it is when Forbes removes all my comments, in response to Skeptics some, and I showed this from screen-shots
You know, stuff like that [52]
Was it down-voted ?
It wasn’t down-voted
They, I mean I’ve got screen-shots of where my comments were there, between other people’s comments, and uh, and they just decided to remove all my comments, and I blogged specifically about, you know, what they did and, uh, Gorski’s good friend and pal who authored that particular article
So I, I like how The Skeptics run things, you know
Well we do have for for for for one thing, um, I guess to understand is that we are uh motivated by um uh a respect, this is the one thing that that all Skeptics I think um are uh respect critical thinking, um, and um respect scientific uh a we we’re mostly scientific enthusiasts, there’s some Skeptics who are not um, uh, you know oh u space nerds, or whatever who are um just sc scholars and the humanities but for the most part we all respect scientific consensus and we respect scientific method and have an enthusiasm for living in the real world, this is something that like all of us us are about
And to that end, sometimes that influence is how we run, is how we decide to run our personal web-sites
Um, uh, that whether or not we want our, to give a platform to people who disagree with us, um, you know, uh, when we do, uh . . it it is our sandbox, you know, right ?
This, this (laughter), we’re allowed to to let whoever we want into our sandbox if we, you know, uh if we want
Well I think that people who really believe in “Free Speech,” and when it’s done rationally, I mean, Gorski would never, really respond to any of my questions, so I [53]
Did he, did he leave them up ?
Well I know that he specifically removed a review I did uh of his review of Burzynski I on his web, on his blog
Right, um, do you think that he is required to answer you
Well I would think, if you’re going to base your position on a certain thing, and then you can’t back it up with scientific literature, uh, you should answer, maybe not specifically to me, but answer the question
Answer to your readers
You know, I can tell his readers come on my blog because it shows that they come on my blog
Um so a a question uh why were why do you have so many Twitter and Wikipedia sock-puppets
Well the reason I have so many Twitter things is because, obviously, some of The Skeptics will be on there lying about some tweet I sent, and so Wikipedia, excuse me Twitter will do a little ol’, do their little, hey we’re going to block your account while we do blah blah blah, and I’m not gonna waste my time, going through their little review process, I’ll just create another uh Twitter address because, like, you know, if you read the Twitter information you can have a ridiculous amount of uh Twitter I.D.’s, and I’ll just use another Twitter I.D. and continue on
And so Wikipedia can say what they want, because I’ve only ever used one I.P., I’ve only got on there during one time, and when they finally said hey, you know, we’re not gonna uh grant your appeal, I completely left their web-site alone, so all that stuff [54]
You left Wikipedia
that they post [55]
Yep [56]
So all that garbage that they posted about me, about how I supposedly got on-line, on these other articles is just entirely B.S. [57]
Um a
And if they can prove otherwise, I’d sure like to see it [58]
Uh We have uh a response from David James, everyone uh gave you a fair shout
You were a spammer plain and simple
You couldn’t, you couldn’t
work out your questions
But that’s what y’all always say
That’s what y’all like to say, about everything
Twitter does not
Twitter does not block people for for arguing
Only for spamming and policy violations
Yeah I’m sure that’s what they like to say
I mean, you can report an e-mail, or report a twit, and they’ll block it
But um they’ll never come back and say, and this is why we blocked you, for this particular twit, for this particular reason
Each new account was blocked for additional violations of policies
Um, this is a uh uh referring to the Wikipedia rules too
Um, so
Wikipedia is a joke [59]
Um, Wikipedia, do you know why um they’ve locked the Burzynski page ?
Oh sure, I’m sure, that’s no problem [60]
I don’t have any problem with them locking that [61]
You know, I could tell when I was on there, and when Merola was on there, because he had a different I.P. address than me, I could tell they were his questions because of the way they were formed [62]
So I said, well they’re not answering his questions, I’ll just take on that role, and uh ask his questions and ask further questions, and they didn’t wanna deal with it, you know [63]
Did you notice the part where he threatened, did you notice the part where he threatened to expose Wikipedia
Expose them for what ?
For doing what they do, which is basically provide false information and one-sided information ? [64]
We have to, well, they they uh are looking that it’s not one-sided information they want to show
Like they discuss, there is controversy about this guy
Oh, please
They get on there and they say hey, Lola Quinlan filed a lawsuit, but they don’t tell you anything else
They don’t tell you, you know, Jaffe’s side of the story, and her lawyer’s side of the story
Yeah, Jaffe’s on there
Jaffe’s on there
Oh Jaffe’s on there but on that specific article about Lola, they didn’t say, here’s the article that was posted on uh Lola’s attorney’s web-site that, that mentions both his responses and Jaffe’s responses, to the uh lawsuit
uh well you could add that if you hadn’t gotten blocked
Uh, trust me, I tried to add that and they wouldn’t add it
Um, so, who are you
You know, The Skeptics like to be nasty, and so, I’ve been like Josephine Jones (@_JosephineJones)
If she wants to play anonymous, I’ll play anonymous [65]
She’s gotten threats
Well, I don’t threaten people
I don’t threaten Gorski
I don’t send letters to people’s employers
I deal with them directly, and, you know, if if they won’t answer questions, then, you know, I’ll just post them on my blog for other people to see, and question uh themselves
So we don’t know who you are
Like I said, I’m going to be like Josephine Jones [66]
Like, she has suffered at the hands of some really mess, and she’s also, you have to realize she’s in the U.K, where libel laws are very lax at this point
That’s changing, ah, but uh, the the legitimate criticism, there is a big case last, me maybe 2 years ago of Simon Singh, talking about an alternative therapy, and, um, he was just saying that there’s no evidence for it but it’s promoted by um chiropractors, or something, or something like that
And he got slapped with a libel suit that cost him several years of his life and a lot of money
Um, so, there are several reasons why someone in the U.K. might uh be uh reticent to use their real name um, uh, and legitimate reasons
Um, in the U.S., I’m not sure that there is
I’ve been using my real name for a long time now
Um, you know, Gorski blogs under his real name, and is critical of uh, uh, also, let’s face it, everyone know, knows who “Orac” is
Um, how do we know that you don’t work for the clinic ?
Because I’ve said so
I’m not even in Texas
I was born in Texas, but I don’t live in Texas
I don’t even, didn’t even, uh live in Houston
Wasn’t even close to Houston
Well see, one of the the problems is, Ju, I don’t know if you were around for the BurzynskiSaves thing
Did you ever see that account ?
Oh, of course, I, I’ve seen a lot of stuff goes on Twitter [67]
I’ve see y’all saying “Oh, we’re “The Skeptics” and y’all know are names,” but, there’s a lot of Skeptics that post on there with pseudonyms, also [68]
Oh no, I mean you have a right to do that but but I I’ve found that posting under a pseudonym diminishes my credibility
Um, so, . . the quote was uh um, uh, “Happily promotes bogus therapies,” was Simon Singh’s quote that got him sued
Um, but Josephine Jones does it to, quote “protect her family”
So there’s that
Um, are you afraid for you’re family ?
Well, I’m just not sure how some of these uh Skeptics will react considering their past behavior [69]
I mean, when Skeptics refuse to, I mean they block you on your blogs [70]
They block your comments [71]
You know, they decide, “Well, I’m maybe going to accept one comment from you, but I won’t accept anymore [72]
You know, to me that’s just ridiculous [73]
Uh, the action on Forbes that happened, the action on The Guardian that happened, where, you know, you had someone on Gorski’s blog basically lie to the Gua, to The Guardian to get them to get them to uh block my comment [74]
So, you know, I’m Skeptical of The Skeptics and their uh and what they would do [75]
Um, you don’t see that there would be anything to gain from, from going on-record ?
Not really [76]
I like my anonymity just like Josephine Jones likes hers [77]
I mean, I will read her stuff and reply to it and treat it seriously jus, just like any other blogger [78]
Um I I haven’t, I’ve never, honestly, I’ve never seen a Skeptic actually go after a person individually
Um, you know, uh, you, unless they were doing colossal harm to people
Um, to to focus on an, uh, let’s say, call someone’s work for um, yeah
Cite one example, of a Skeptic making shit for a Burzynski shill or anyone else in real life
That’s a quote
That’s, that’s something coming in from, from Guy
Well the thing is, some of these Skeptics use names, and they’re not necessarily their real names
So, you know, I’ve seen
Like had anyone ever contacted Sheila Herron, or has anyone to to um, go after her job, or go after um, you know, my brother has gotten stuff from people
He didn’t tell me because he didn’t want to upset me, but my brother gets things from Burzynski supporters that are violent and threatening
I get letters telling me that I suck cancer’s dick
Um, I I’ve all sorts of things um, and I just, I’ve never seen that, that intrusion into real life on the part of uh, um, uh, Skeptics
I’ve never seen them doing that type of of of stuff
I’ve never seen them threatening bogus lawsuits
Um, and I I I wonder there, if there is some sort of, what do you think accounts for that, that difference?
Well I think that some people just have bad manners
I mean see, I’ve seen Skeptics on Twitter basically harass someone pro-Burzynski and keep sending them tweets, and that person specifically send them a tweet saying please keep, stop sending me tweets
You know, they didn’t go in and ask Twitter to block the, that particular person
That person just kept sending them tweets
So, you know, I’ve seen that stuff before
I’ve I’ve I’ve shown up on, you know, as you, as you might, I imagine you moni, you monitor the Hashtag, right ?
Yeah, I’ll look at it, and if you notice, I don’t uh, I usually don’t reply to Skeptics individually because I pretty much figure that y’all are gonna try and get my next account blocked whenever I do that kind of junk, so, well, you know, I just post what I want to post, under the Hashtag
Um, which is, which is your right
Um, uh, but every so often I jump in and say, you know, this movie has some flaws in it
You know, that’s something I say rather frequently
Um, and I invite people, if they’re interested, to take a look at a couple of links
I don’t, I, you’ll notice that I no longer force people to like, “Well how do you explain this ?,” because that doesn’t seem to be very persuasive, or work at all
Ah, only people who are open minded to having their mind changed, those are the only ones I want to talk to
So I give them a choice
Kind of like Morpheus in The Matrix really
Um, b, that was a joke for me
Um (laugh), um anyway
Um, but, it it I, honestly, I would encourage you to go on-record, um, but I have, less than nothing invested in that, so, um
(Why would I want to reveal my identity, when David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, a/k/a “Orac” claimed that he was pretty certain he knew who I was ?
Just Bring it, Gorski)
Uh, what’s next for you
Well I’ll just keep reviewing the, any inaccurate statements I see posted
Well what happens
Well what happens if he doesn’t understand what you’re saying ?
I mean one of the
I mean seriously
Well, one of the problems I think that a lot of Skeptics have had, in in back channel discussions about this is that we don’t understand exactly what you’re saying
We certainly don’t understand why you’re so attached to him if you’ve never had any uh, you know, close dealing with uh, uh, with Burzynski
We don’t really understand that
I find, I find
Actually, especially when you consider, that all the information that we’ve put forward, that we’ve backed up with statements from uh, you know, uh, it, it, the statements that we have from from patients saying that you know, we’ve we’ve, we were told that, no that’s not exactly, they put it usually that but that that we believe that getting worse is getting better
Like how could someone continue to defend someone, when we pile up all of these different, you know, sources, saying the same thing ?
It it is, it is beyond us and we wonder if there’s absolutely anything that we could say that would convince you otherwise
You know, I’m just going to let the FDA do their job, and let y’all speculate all y’all want
Uh, I mean (laugh)
But, I mean, but that means
See, I’m here for full discussion
And y’all don’t seem to want to discuss, after y’all just go out there and spam the Internet with garbage, that you don’t back-up with citations and references and links
Everything on The Other Other Burzynski Patient Group is referenced
It goes
But some of your other stuff that you tweeted that you haven’t backed up with links, and some of the stuff on thehoustoncancerquack isn’t backed-up with links, and Gorski’s stuff
There’s very little on
thehoustoncancerquack
thehoustoncancerquack in the 1st place
Well, that and the anp4all one
isn’t backed up
Eh, right
The they both go to the same place
Uh un but, you know, we, the thing that that totally befuddles us, and is just endlessly frustrating, is like how many more examples, of patients believing that getting worse is getting better, and it’s not us saying it, it’s the patients saying it
And how many more of those patients do we need to to give you before you will like reconsider that perhaps you might be wrong ?
When the FDA says he’s wrong
I mean, I’m not, I’m not just gonna accept your story
I don’t, the thing is though that, that that’s a inver, shifting the burden of proof off of Burzynski
Burzynski has to prove them wrong, has to prove him right
The FDA is not there to say this doesn’t work
Burzynski provides the FDA with the evidence, and the FDA makes the
The evidence would be
the FDA doesn’t approve a drug
if something’s not proved
The evidence would be phase 2 trials
And ev the evidence would be a completed and published phase 3 trial
That’s not forthcoming
The phase 3
Well you know that he’s trying
I mean, y’all can sit there and jump up and down all you want
You don’t know that he’s trying
He’d start completing these trials
And he would, he would be soliciting um, uh, lots of um, uh, you know, you know he’d be putting out papers constantly um and if the the British Medical Journal example’s anything uh representative of how Burzynski works, he’d immediately tell everyone that his he’s being . . blackballed by the, by the journal, even when it’s just a courtesy that he gets a a rejection
So, I mean, honestly, um, saying “Well, when the F, FDA tells you that it doesn’t work, the FDA’s never gonna say that because that’s not their job
So, given that what would, how many more patients do we have to show you before you consider that you may be wrong ?
Well, I’m gonna go with what the FDA is gonna do still because they’re running the show
That’s not an option, because they’re never gonna do it
They relinquish, a lot of authority, over to Burzynski, and his Institutional Review Board, which, I would mention, has failed 3 reviews in a row
It is Burzynski’s job to be convincing
It is not our uh, uh, it it it he hasn’t produced in decades
In decades
In hundreds and hundreds of patients, who’ve payed to be on this
What I find funny is that y’all complain, “Well, he hasn’t published, uh a final report”
Well his 1st final, was completed in 2009, and like I said, the M.D. Anderson 2006 study wasn’t published until 2, 2013
I mean, so y’all can jump up and down all you want
Y’all want a final report
Well, the final report will be done when the clinical trial is over
Hell, we’d we’d we’d like a prelim, well when you’re talking about something that is so difficult as brainstem glioma, that type of thing gets, really does in the publishing stream get fast-tracked there
Well, unless you’re The Lancet, I guess
they test it
Yeah, and they they they want uh, that was evidence of fast-tracking is what, that rejection was uh e was very quickly
Um, so, uh, uh again, the FDA is not the arbiter of this
It’s ultimately Burzynski
So, how long will it be before Burzynski doesn’t publish, that you decide that uh perhaps he’s he’s, doesn’t have the goods ?
Well, I’m not gonna get into speculation, I’m just going to wait and see
You’ve been speculating about what the FDA’s motivation are like crazy
Why not speculate about Burzynski a little bit
Well, how have I been speculating ?
Well actually I’m not even asking you to speculate about Burzynski, I’m only asking you to tell me, how long would it take, uh how, for him to go unpublished like this, um, for this long, before you would doubt it ?
what the journals keep saying, in response
You know, are they going to give The Lancet response, like they did in 2 hours and such, saying, “Well, we think your message would be best heard elsewhere,” or they gonna gonna give The Lancet response of, “Well, we don’t have room in our publication this time, well, because we’re full up, so, try and pick another place
But these but but but that doesn’t have any bearing on
That doesn’t
Oh I’m not asking you how long, how long, would it take you for you to start doubting whether or not he has the goods ?
How long would it take ?
It’s a it’s a it’s a question that should be answered by a number uh uh months ?
Years ?
How long ?
It’s been 15 years already
Well, you like to jump up and down with the 15 year quote, but then again I always get back to, Hey, it’s when, when the report, when the clinical trial is done
Not that he’s been practicing medicine medicine for 36 years, or whatever, it’s when the clin, clinical trial was done
I could push it back to 36 years
He hasn’t shown that it works for 36 years
I can do that
I was being nice
The FDA A believes there is evidence of efficacy
Perhaps based on bad phase 2
Well, we don’t know that
We don’t have the Freedom of Information Act information
He withdrew
He withdrew the the phase 3 clinical trial
I that before recruiting,
although I’ve seen lots of people say they were on a phase 3 clinical trial
I wonder how that happened
Well, we know what happened in the movie because Eric particularly covered that when they tried to get what, what, was it 200 or 300 something institutions to take on a phase 3, and they refused
Uh did do do you think that if they thought that he was a real doctor that they all would have refused like that ?
Well, Eric gave the reasons that they said they would not take a particular uh phase 3
And so using that excuse that you you just gave there, I’m not even gonna buy that one, because that’s not one of the reasons
He’s changed things
Eric said they gave
That The Lancet is a top-tier journal like New England Journal of Medicine
It’s basically be, besieged by uh 100’s of people submitting their, their, their reports
Um, it’s just, you know, let’s say he, someone has such a thin publishing record as Burzynski does, do you think that it’s likely that he will ever get in a top-tier journal ?
What about the the Public Library of Science ?
It’s not the only journal there
What about BMC Cancer ?
There’s lots of places that he can go
We’ll I’m
Um, and he doesn’t seem to to have evailed himself of that, as far as I can tell
And I would know because he’d get rejected, or he’d be crowing, you know
Either way, he’s gonna tell us what happens
He told us what happened with The Lancet, you know
I don’t have any evidence that suggests to me that he’s even trying
Well, I’m, I’m sure that they’re going to keep you appraised just like they have in the past, just like Eric has done in the past
I mean, we’ll see what happens with the Japanese study
So let’s go back to this
How long will it take ?
How long will it take before you, the Japanese study’s interesting too because we should be able to find that in the Japanese science databases, and we can find, we can’t find it at all
We can’t find it anywhere
And, and those are in English, so it’s not a language problem
We can’t find that anywhere
We’ve asked
We asked Rick Schiff, for, for that study
And, and it hasn’t come to us
He is now I believe on the Board of Directors, over there
He should have access to this
We can’t get it
How how long will it take before you recognize that, nothing is forthcoming ?
How long would that take ?
Well that’s like me asking “How long is it going to take for y’all’s, y’all’s Skeptics to respond to my questions ?”
Because y’all haven’t been forthcoming
Well, I mean, were talking about a blog here
We’re talking about life
No, we’re talking about a blogger’s feelings in that case
In in this case we’re talking about, 1,000’s of patients, over the course of of of generations, you know
This is important stuff
This is not eh eh equating what’s happening to to patients with what’s happening to you is is completely off-kilter as far as I can tell
It’s nothing
It’s nothing like you not getting to say something on my web-site
This is they they have thrown in with Burzynski, and they’ve trusted him, and he’s produced nothing
Nothing of substance
Nothing thas that has made all of that um, uh, n nothing th th th that uh his peers would take seriously
The other thing that that that strikes me now is that, you know, you you you you keep saying that, well Eric is going to to share things with you
Does it ever concern you eh uh eh occur to you that Eric might not be reliable ?
Well, he gave you The Lancet information and he posted the e-mail in the movie, and Josephine Jones posted a copy of it
He then, and then he
And then he he, you know, the the the the dialogue that sprung up around that was, well see, he’s never going to get to get published
Well you’re just setting yourself up for wish fulfillment
You want him to be, persecuted, so you are ecstatic when he doesn’t get to publish, which is unfortunate for all the cancer patients, who really thought that one day, all the studies were going to be published
Well, y’all are free to, you know, claim that all you want, because I don’t always agree with Eric, and uh, he’s free to express his opinion
Where has Eric been wrong ?
Well I don’t necessarily believe, what Eric would say about, you know, The Lancet that refused to publish the 2nd one, for the reasons he stated, and which y’all have commented on, including Gorski
You know, I don’t necessarily agree with that
I am more agreeable to y’all, saying that, you know, they’re busy, they’ve got other things to do, but I’m kind of still laughing at their 1st response which he showed in the movie about how they felt about, you know his results would be better in some other publication
I thought that was kind of a ridiculous response to give someone
It’s it’s it’s it’s a form letter
They’re just saying, “No thanks”
“Thanks, but no thanks” is what they were saying, in the most generic way possible
Like I said, they’re besieged by researchers trying to publish
Well you would think that if its a form letter they would use the same form that they used the 2nd time
You know, they didn’t use the same wording that they used the 1st time
I would have think that, you know, their 2nd comment
So, so, possibly
So possibly what you are saying is that they in fact have read it, and after having read it they’ve rejected it
Is that what you’re saying ?
Because that’s what peer-review is
Nah, I’m not saying that they did that all
I’m just sayin’, you know, that they gave, 2 different responses, and I would think that the 2nd one they gave
Do you know it was the same editor, that it came from the same desk ?
You can’t make that assumption that that the form letter will be the same form letter every time
I mean you just can’t
I mean in in some ways we have a lot of non-information that you’re filling in, with what you expect, as as opposed to what’s actually really there, and I I I just think you’re putting too much uh stock in one uh, uh, in in in in this uh the publication kerfuffle
Well I find it funny, something along the lines of, you know, “We believe your message would be received better elsewhere, you know
I don’t see that as a normal response, a scientific publication would send to someone trying to publish something
I mean, to me that sounds, like, if you’re doing that, and you’re The Lancet Oncology, maybe you need to set some different procedures in place, ‘cuz you would think that with such a great scientific peer-reviewed magazine, that they would have structured things in as far as how they do their operations
Well, not necessarily
I’ve been in any # of professional groups where the organization is just not optimal, and publications certainly th there are all sorts of pressures from all sorts of different places
I I have no problems whatsoever with seeing that this might not be completely uh um uh streamlining uniform processes as possible
The fact that it’s not uniform, doesn’t have anything to do with Burzynski not publishing, not producing good data
Not just going to a, you know, god, even if, even if, let’s put it this way, even if he went to a pay to play type publication where you have to pay in order to get your manuscript accepted; and he has the money to do this, it wouldn’t take that much, and he were to put out a good protocol, and he were to show us his data, and he would make his, his his stuff accessible to us, then we could validate it, then we could look at it and say, “Yeah, this is good,” or “No, this is the problem, you have to go back and you have to fix this”
So we really, every time we talk about the letter that he got, yeah that doesn’t have much to do with anything, really
We wanna see the frickin’ data
And if he had a cure for some cancers that otherwise don’t have reliable treatments, he has an obligation to get that out there anyway he can
And if if peer-review doesn’t, you know, play a, if peer-review can’t do it, you know, isn’t fast enough for him, then he should take it to the web, and he should send copies out to every pediatric, uh, you know, oncologist that there is
That’s the way to do it
Well, I’m sure, I’m sure Gorski would have a comment about that, as he’s commented previously about how he thinks uh Burzynski should publish
Oh I, I I I certainly don’t think that he would put a lot of stock in it, but I, I, I know Dave Gorski enough, he wants this to work
And, it it it doesn’t make sense, I mean, there, some of the best um, one of the the most important developments in medical history, was the development of of just washing your hands uh uh before uh uh going in and delivering a baby
The guy who did it, was a colossal jerk, but it still worked and it’s the standard now
Um, yea, it doesn’t matter now whether or not Burz, whether or not Gorski agrees with how Burzynski publishes
It’s the, it’s the data itself
If if Burzynski is is, is confident in his data, he will put it out there
One way or the other
Like I said before
So then he can go on, you know, for however many years he wants to
But he is a, the thing is, the thing is, you thing you have to understand is Gorski, Gorski is a genuine expert, in matters re re regarding on oncology studies
He, He’s able to convince people, he’s able to convince people, on the strength of his record, to give him money to carry out research
This is, this is a guy who must phone it in because, he went in there and posted the old Josephine Jones response that, you know, no drugs had been approved by the FDA without their final phase 2 publication 1st being published, which was not a factual statement, and you’ve made the same statement
I mean, Gorski needs to stop phoning stuff in, and check his sources before he posts stuff, because I’ve found many cases where, he hasn’t seemed to do that, and that’s why I question him
Well what about all the other physicians, um, going back long before the Burzynski thing broke on-line
Of all these patients, with whom they have long-established relationships, and then doctors essentially after years, of treating these patients, basically saying, “I can’t work with you anymore if you go to Burzynski”
What about that ?
Di, are all of these doctors just as biased ?
Well, I found it interesting that uh the one on the, Burzynski 2, you know he gave his ex excuses for not, working with uh, that patient, and, but yet, he was the same doctor that treated a another Burzynski patient, according to the movie
I mean, so what does he do ?
Pick and choose ?
Or do doctors pick and choose over there in Britain ?
Did he get burned at some point ?
Well, the movie didn’t say anything
Yeah, well, you wouldn’t expect Eric Merola to say that he got, that a doctor got burned
Would you ?
Well, I fail to see these doctors on there, providing any factual information, anywhere on the Internet about, uh their disagreements, in a serious way, instead of just making these over-broad statements, you know, “He hasn’t published anything in the blah blah blah,” and
But he, he doesn’t have, he hasn’t given us his data
Well, he’s provided some data, and specifically 4 publications
He’s given, he’s given, he’s given case studies
He’s given more than the case studies
He’s done
He’s done more than the case studies
Except for a ph, completed phase 3 clinical trial
I mean, I love Gorski, but he comes up with these stupid excuses like, “Well, Burzynski is not an oncologist”
Well, Gorski doesn’t go go in there and look at his other, his phase 2 clinical trial publications, as far as the preliminary reports, and look at the co-authors, and see if any of those guys are oncologists, and that they’re working with Gorski, I mean they’re working with Burzynski
One of the things, one of the things that I’ve noticed going through these um, well, well there there is that
Uh, Guy Chapman, “It’s a blog, not a peer-reviewed publication” [79]
Um, almost no treatment goes out without trials
Massive amounts of data are required
Um, so, it it is kind of, slightly disingenuous to hold uh Gorski to the same . . standard that you would, it on his blog
I think that professionally he would make, he he he would follow-up on these things, but u what I’ve noticed when you you mention these other people who are working with with Burzynski as co-investigators, the co- investigators don’t seem to have access to these, to these records
Um, you know, when they have to, when a patient has to, and often you have someone like a pediatrician, uh, signing on um uh to eh eh to work with with, uh and arrange care for patients when they’re out of state, away from Burzynski
Um, it’s it’s it’s often not an oncologist
It’s accurate to say that B Burzynski is not a board s uh certified oncologist
It’s accurate to say that no trial has been completed and fully published
Um, yeah it’s um, it it it if, all of the arguing on behalf of Burzynski doesn’t give him a single phase 3
It doesn’t give him um a uh uh of of a completed and and published phase 2
Uh, in in in that sense, you know, uh all the the the, you know, kind of back-peddling and and and trying to defend him is is going to, not going to help his case at all
You are, honestly as far as I can tell you are doing the um, you know, you’re you’re ah throwing up uh, uh, uh, you’re giving me another uh invisible dragon in the garage, um
Well y’all, y’all can call things what y’all want
I mean, y’all can give these, fallacy arguments and all that garbage that y’all like, because that’s what y’all like to talk about instead of dealing with the issues
I mean, Gorski doesn’t want to deal with the issues
What is the issue were not talking about
I mean, Gorski will just
Yeah, but they
post a lot of stuff without backing it up
But they have track records that support the idea that you should trust them
Well, (laughing), I, you know, that’s up to someone’s opinion, considering some of the information that’s that the FDA has accepted, as far as giving these guys approval
Okay, so
What you’re telling me is that you trust the FDA to to be able to tell you when he’s not doing, good science, but also that you don’t trust the FDA
Do you see an inherent conflict there ?
How did I say I, I didn’t trust them ?
Well, when I, whenever I would ask about, like, why would these trials aren’t happening uh and, you know, you say well the the FDA’s arranged it
The FDA’s in control
They sign off on these things
But they’re they’re they’re they’re at the same that they’re, they’re trustworthy they’re also not trustworthy depending on what you need for the particular argument at the time
Well, I didn’t say that they weren’t trustworthy, I just raised questions that no one wants to answer about ’em
You’re suggesting that they’re untrustworthy
No, I’m just sayin’ that I’ve raised questions and none of The Skeptics wanna to uh talk about ’em
I I would say that the the FDA has given Burzynski every opportunity for decades
Every opportunity
When he didn’t have r r really, he got special treatment as far as I can tell
Uh, the, I’m rather stunned every morning I wake up and don’t see in the paper, that that place has has been closed down
I, I really am
Uh, so, you know,that one doesn’t really fly with me either
Well, to me the FDA owes Burzynski for a lot of the garbage they pulled off against him (laugh), not to say, you know, they owe him in that way, but they owed him
Do you know that the FDA pulled out of the prosecution ?
Did you know that the FDA pulled out of the prosecution um of his criminal case, because they were backing a researcher ?
Well, we know a lot stuff they did, but that still doesn’t impress me that they pulled out of the prosecution
Yeah, the the the it wasn’t the FDA who was pressing charges, it was a Federal prosecutor
And and, they declined to provide information that the prosecution needed
That’s important
That that that’s really important
That he has been given the benefit of the doubt, and he has come up wanting, for decades now
Well I find it interesting a lot of this uh, a lot of these letters that were provided between, you know, the government and Burzynski, when the uh phase 2 study was going on, at the behest of the NCI
You know, anybody who reads that stuff knows, that when just ignore the person that’s been doing, do treating their patients for 20 something years, or close to 20 years, and you change the protocol without his approval, and you don’t use the drugs in the manner that he knows works
The, no, claims works
He claims works
Well, he says they work together and they’re not going to work if you don’t use them that way
One of the things I think
One of the things that I think is happening here
One of the things I think is happening here, is that lots of people have worked with Burzynski and then have stopped working with B Burzynski
Uh, you know, uh lots of uh uh uh these partnerships do not seem to work out in the end
I often wonder, if the uh, the way that these things are, are are playing out, because it’s s so reliable that they’re, that these partnerships are going to fail, I I wonder if th they are designed in such a way, that for instance, um a, uh, a a partner would be uncomfortable working with him
Or um or that the specifications for what it takes to enter one of these trials is so high, that nobody will ever enter the trials
I mean, I wonder if they are, what, especially, like why hasn’t Burzynski left the country ?
That’s what I want to know
Why would he leave the country ?
I think he’s made it clear
If he was so, if he was s so persecuted and really cares about getting his treatment out to the world, why wouldn’t he ?
They’re, they’re lots of things going on here
David James has pointed this out, that a lot of questions I’m asking are not going answered
“I still don’t know how long it would take before you would have any doubts about Burzynski”
“I still have no idea, how often we can see patients reporting that signs of getting worse are getting better, before you would change your mind”
I’ve made it very clear that he just needs to have a completed study published and replicated before I support his right to go out and charge people what he’s charging for these, for these drugs, and I’m I’m just not seeing that here with you, and I I wonder what could come from, and don’t worry I will go to your site and I will comment on on on what you’ve run
Um, but, you know, I I I I it’s hard for Skeptics to imagine, what could be gained from engaging with you, if there seems to be no conceivable way, that we can, one, get a straight answer for, how many patients will have to report that getting worse is getting better before you starting doubting your opinion, or, uh, how many uh, uh, how many years does this have to go on before you decide that, “No, we probably just can’t produce the goods”
One of the interesting things about Doubting Thomas that I think you should definitely consider for yourself, is that at some point, when faced with the real opportunity to prove or disprove his assertions, he doubted himself
And that’s important
And that’s where you’re falling short in the analogy
Well, I think The Skeptics, Skeptics are falling short because, you know, they don’t own up to
I’ve laid out exactly what it would take for me to turn on a fucking dime
I have, I have made it abundantly clear what I need
Gorski has made it abundantly clear
Everybody else, Guy, and David, and Josephine Jones, uh, the Morgans, all of them have made it abundantly clear, what it would take to change our minds, and you’ve never done that
And even in this, this was an opportunity to do that
To come up with a basis for understanding, where it’s like, you know what, If we can show this, you know, if we can show a this guy, that, that, there, that his standards are not being met, then, you know, we could possibly have some sort of ongoing dialogue after this
So I can say that since the Mayo Clinic finished their study in 2006, and it took them until 2013, to actually publish it, then I can say, well, Burzynski finished his in 2009, which was 3 years later, which would give Burzynski until 2016
Correction: M.D. Anderson
Why wasn’t that study
for me to make up my mind (laughing)
Why wasn’t that , that that that, still . . again, it it doesn’t seem really to to approach the the the, main question here
You know, um . . what are the standards that you have that it isn’t, what are your standards to show that it isn’t efficacious ?
Well I can say, well I’m going to have to wait, the same amount of time I had to wait for Mayo to publish their study; which was from 2006 to 2013
Clarification: M.D. Anderson
Why was the Mayo
Why was the Mayo study delayed ?
How do you know it was delayed ?
Well you said you had so many years before you finish it and go in
I mean, has anybody
Why, why did it take so long ?
done a review of when a clinical trial is studied, and completed, and how long it took the people to publish it ?
If they could point to me a study that’s done that, and say, well here’s the high end, here’s the low end of the spectrum, here’s the middle
I have something for you, okay ?
Send me that
Could you send me that study the way that it was published because um, just just send me the final study, um, to my e-mail address
Um, because, I can ask that question of those researchers, why was this study in this time, and what happened in-between
Why did it take so long for it, for it to come out
Sure, but that’s not gonna, you know like, answer an overall question of, you know, somebody did a comparative study of all clinical trials, and, when they were finished, and at, and when the study was actually published afterwards
You know, that’s only gonna be one, particular clinical study
Um, but it it would, perhaps, answer the question; because you’re using it as an example on the basis of which to dismiss criticism, whether or not, uh, it is the standard, and therefor you’re allowed to accept that Burzynski hasn’t published until 2016, or, um, it’s an anomaly, which is also a possibility, that most stuff comes out more quickly
Well, we know that the Declaration of Helsinki doesn’t even give a standard saying, “You must publish within x amount of years,” you know ?
So, I’ve yet to find a Skeptic who posted something that said, “Here are the standards, published here”
I I, yeah, the other thing that David James points out is, you know, why 2016 when he’s had 36 years already ?
Again, we get back to, when the clinical trial is finished, not when Burzynski started
Treating people
I mean, you would expect to find a results to be published after, the final results are in
You would expect the Burzynski Patient Group to be a lot bigger after 36 years, and in fact is
You would expect some people would want to have confidentiality, and maybe not want to be included
So, if you’re unsure about this stuff, if you’re unsure about the the time to publication, why are you defending it so hard, other than saying, “I don’t know, I really need to”
Why am I unsure ?
Uh about the
(laughing) I just gave you an example
The reasons, the reasons for which that he’s, no, why are you defending him so hard, when you’re unsure ?
Oh, who said I was unsure ?
I just gave you an example
I mean, I’m just, I believe in free and open debate
I mean, I believe, if y’all are gonna spam the Internet, the Internet with garbage that y’all do not back-up, with specific
I’ve backed-up everything that
Every time that I’ve tried
and then other people
Like your tweet that said uh, “antineoplastons is uron, is Unicorn pee,” right ?
Way back
It is about
It is about as efficacious
We have the same
“Burzynski is a vampire”
Good one (laughing)
Yeah, I’ve, and and I based that on a a a that type of thing
He sucks their blood out of ’em right ?
Yeah (laughing)
Okay, I understand humor
You, you, you can read that how you want, right ?
He does have the accent though
No (laugh)
Well, that’s because he’s Polish
No, but listen, like, it it it’s not, it, we we don’t understand why you defend himself so hard, when there is such a paucity of of of information out there
What I defend, is that, y’all post stuff, a lot of Skeptics post stuff, including Gorski, and they do not back it up, with references, citations, or links
Even if it’s true or false you, honestly though
We know it’s false
Even if it’s true or false, in in that particular instance, you know, eh let’s just say that you’re right
Well, I’m just
That’s a Red Herring
I’m just
You’re just focusing on this, on this little niggly stuff, where the real question, is does it work ?
Are patients getting better at a better rate then not
That’s
or otherwise ?
Well, that is just lame
Y’all, Skeptics, like to sh spam Twitter, and social media, with all this negative stuff about Burzynski, but then when I ask you to back it up, you can’t back it up, and then, and then on this conversation you want to come down and pinhole it, to a specific subject, you know, the nitty-gritty
Well, if y’all were only debating the nitty-gritty, we would only be d debating the nitty-gritty, but that’s not what y’all do
We’re were talking about whether or not there’s evidence to suggest it works
Well, we know the FDA’s said there is
The FDA, see that’s the thing
You, the FDA are are, you know, you invest them with, we’re just, we’re just circling around again
Well, this has gone on for rather a, longer than I thought it would
Um, I, uh, wanna thank you for coming on here
I wasn’t sure that you would actually do it
Um, I’m glad that you did
I’m glad that we talked
Um, I will look at your web-site, and we will, uh, we, uh, you, oh make sure that I I go to your blog and and I talk there
And I’ll give you those links that I told you I would give you
Please do
And I will look at those
Maybe not in the next few days; I’ve got a lot going on but
Yeah, that’s fine
Well, I thought it was productive too
You know, I don’t see why Gorski is afraid of debating issues
I don’t think he is
on the Internet, on his blog
I don’t think he’s afraid
Hey, he has time to post about, “Hey, uh, Burzynski got a Catholic award from somebody,” which, has nothing to do with antineoplastons, whatsoever
So, you know, he’s not focusing just in on, “Do antineoplastons work, yes or no?,” “When will Burzynski publish ?,” yes or no ?
I I would ask that you to to go back over The The Other Burzynski Patient Group and take their stories seriously, because they deserve at least the same amount of consideration that the survivors do
That’s my
That’s my kids, okay
Well, Thanks for much for talking
I greatly appreciate it
You bet
I thought that this was very productive, because it proved that Randy Hinton was correct when he commented on #Forbes:
“[Y]ou people always control the conversation“
[0] – Bobby Blaskiewicz Bows Up ‘Bout Burzynski:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/bobby-blaskiewicz-bows-up-bout-burzynski/
[1] – 9/28/2013 – Burzynski discussion: By Bob Blaskiewicz – 2:19:51
http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google#/watch?v=pa97hXMbUL0
[2] – The Skeptics™” Robert J. (don’t call me “Bobby”) Blaskiewicz wants to Debate:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/the-skeptics-robert-j-dont-call-me-bobby-blaskiewicz-wants-to-debate/
[3] – “The Skeptics” are “debatable”:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/the-skeptics-are-debatable/
[4] – Bob Burzynski Skeptic Sez Multiforme Manuscript Meme Message Memorable:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/bob-burzynski-skeptic-sez-multiforme-manuscript-meme-message-memorable/
[5] – What to do when a Burzynski Skeptic suggests you not do it:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/what-to-do-when-a-burzynski-skeptic-suggests-you-not-do-it/
[6] – “The Skeptics™” Definition of “Debate”
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/the-skeptics-definition-of-debate/
[7] – A Message to Guy “Can’t Git-R-Done” Chapman:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/a-message-to-guy-cant-git-r-done-chapman/
[8] – About | Didymus Judas Thomas’ Hipocritical Oath Blog
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/about/
[9] – Burzynski: The FDA’s Drug Review Process: Ensuring Drugs Are Safe and Effective:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/burzynski-the-fdas-drug-review-process-ensuring-drugs-are-safe-and-effective/
[10] – Critiquing: The Institute of Medicine report on cancer care: Is the system “in crisis”?:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/critiquing-the-institute-of-medicine-report-on-cancer-care-is-the-system-in-crisis/
[11] – Burzynski: Not every cancer clinical trial taking place in the United States is listed on our NCI clinical trials database:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/burzynski-not-every-cancer-clinical-trial-taking-place-in-the-united-states-is-listed-on-our-nci-clinical-trials-database/
[12] – Burzynski Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Links:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/burzynski-securities-and-exchange-commission-sec-links/
http://www.itnonline.com/article/fda-approves-trial-radiation-therapy-brain-stem-glioma
[13] – Burzynski: Why has the FDA NOT granted Accelerated Approval for Antineoplastons A10 (Atengenal) and AS2-1 (Astugenal) ?:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/burzynski-why-has-the-fda-not-granted-accelerated-approval-for-antineoplastons-a10-astengenal-and-as2-1-astugenal/
[14] – FINALLY, one of “The Skeptics™” has the “Balls” to do what even Dr. David H. “Orac” Gorski would NOT do:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/finally-one-of-the-skeptics-has-the-balls-to-do-what-even-dr-david-h-orac-gorski-would-not-do/
[15] – The Guardian: Censorship and Bias – Six stubborn myths about cancer:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/the-guardian-censorship-and-bias-six-stubborn-myths-about-cancer/
[16] – Critiquing: Amelia’s family ‘mislead by cancer clinic’:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/critiquing-amelias-family-mislead-by-cancer-clinic/
[17] – Critiquing: Watford Observer – ‘He said he hoped to cure my daughter’:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/critiquing-watford-observer-he-said-he-hoped-to-cure-my-daughter/
[18] – Review Articles on Clinical Trials:
1. 3/2004 – The Present State of Antineoplaston Research
Integrative Cancer Therapies 2004;3:47-58
Volume 3, No. 1, March 2004
DOI: 10.1177/1534735-403261964
Volume 3 Number 1.March.2004
[19] – Antineoplastons: Adverse Effects:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/antineoplastons-adverse-effects/
[20] – Critiquing David H. Gorski, MD, PhD, FACS http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/editorial-staff/david-h-gorski-md-phd-managing-editor/
[21] – Critiquing: Dr. David H. “Orac” Gorski, M.D., Ph.D, LIAR: Stanislaw Burzynski versus the BBC:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/critiquing-dr-david-h-orac-gorski-m-d-ph-d-liar-stanislaw-burzynski-versus-the-bbc/
[22] – Critiquing: Dr. David H.
“Orac”Gorski, M.D., Ph.D, L.I.A.R.:
[23] – My Critique of Bob Blaskiewicz (Colorado Public Television – PBS CPT12):
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/my-critique-of-bob-blaskiewicz-colorado-public-television-pbs-cpt12/
[24] – Burzynski: Institutional Review Board (IRB):
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/burzynski-institutional-review-board-irb/
[25] – Critiquing https://theotherburzynskipatientgroup.wordpress.com
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/critiquing-httpstheotherburzynskipatientgroup-wordpress-com/
[26] – WHAT IS MISDIRECTION? Critiquing
“Antineoplastons: Has the FDA kept its promise to the American people ?”
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/what-is-misdirection-critiquing-antineoplastons-has-the-fda-kept-its-promise-to-the-american-people/
[27] – Burzynski: HYPERNATREMIA:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/burzynski-hypernatremia/
[28] – Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, quickly realized that David H. Gorski, MD, PhD, FACS is NOT doing something wrong when he LIES about Burzynski:
[29] – Burzynski: Egypt antineoplaston publications:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/burzynski-egypt-antineoplaston-publication/
[30] – Burzynski: Russia antineoplaston publications:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/burzynski-russia-antineoplaston-publications/
[31] – Burzynski: Poland antineoplaston publications:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/burzynski-poland-antineoplaston-publications/
[32] – Burzynski: China antineoplaston publications:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/burzynski-china-antineoplaston-publications/
[33] – Burzynski and China / Taiwan, ROC:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/burzynski-china-taiwan-roc/
[34] – Burzynski and Taiwan, ROC:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/burzynski-taiwan-roc/
[35] – Critiquing: Dr. Michael A. Friedman, Dr. Mark G. Malkin, Dr. Mario Sznol, Robert B. Lanman, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Public Health Service, Quality Assurance and Compliance Section, Regulatory Affairs Branch (RAB), Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP), Division of Cancer Treatment (DCT), National Cancer Center (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Stanislaw Burzynski: On the arrogance of ignorance about cancer and targeted therapies:
[37] – Burzynski: Japan antineoplaston publications:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/burzynski-japan/
[38] – Critiquing the #SkepticCanary: “The Skeptics™” (SkeptiCowards©) Bob Blatherskitewicz and the so-called, self-proclaimed “Cancer Researcher“:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/critiquing-the-skepticcanary-the-skeptics-skepticowards-bob-blatherskitewicz-and-the-so-called-self-proclaimed-cancer-researcher/
[39] – September 28, 2013 “The Skeptics™” Burzynski discussion: By Bob Blaskiewicz – 2:19:51:
[40] – Critiquing: In which the latest movie about Stanislaw Burzynski “cancer cure” is reviewed…with Insolence:
[41] – What to do when a Burzynski Skeptic suggests you not do it:
[42] – Critiquing “When is a skeptic not a skeptic”:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/critiquing-when-is-a-skeptic-not-a-skeptic/
[43] – Critiquing: In which Orac does Stanislaw Burzynski propagandist Eric Merola a favor…:
[44] – Galileo’s Lawyer
http://www.richardjaffe.com/jaffe/
[45] – Burzynski: The Original 72 Phase II Clinical Trials:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/burzynski-the-original-72-phase-ii-clinical-trials/
[46] – Critiquing “Burzynski: Another fact-blind troll, who predicted that?”:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/critiquing-burzynski-another-fact-blind-troll-who-predicted-that/
[47] – My review of “Burzynski: A note to the PBS ombudsman”:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-review-of-burzynski-a-note-to-the-pbs-ombudsman/
[48] – guychapman (Guy Chapman) Critiquing “The Skeptic” Burzynski Critics: A Film Producer, A Cancer Doctor, And Their Critics (page 9):
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/guychapman-guy-chapman-critiquing-the-skeptic-burzynski-critics-a-film-producer-a-cancer-doctor-and-their-critics-page-9/
[49] – I find Rhys Morgan abnormally prehensile:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/i-find-rhys-morgan-abnormally-prehensile/
[50] – josephinejones (@_JosephineJones), D Nile ist
http://josephinejones.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/happy-birthday-dr-burzynski-and-goodbye-antineoplastons/comment-page-1/#comment-8921
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/josephinejones-_josephinejones-d-nile-ist-httpjosephinejones-wordpress-com20130123happy-birthday-dr-burzynski-and-goodbye-antineoplastonscomment-page-1comment-8921/
[51] – I show JzG what a
“FACT” is: Burzynski: FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions): Clinical Trial Results:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/i-show-jzg-what-a-fact-is-burzynski-faq-frequently-asked-questions-clinical-trial-results/
[52] – Dr. Peter A. Lipson (and / or his Censor(s)) is a Coward: Critiquing “A Film Producer, A Cancer Doctor, And Their Critics”:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/dr-peter-a-lipson-and-or-his-censors-is-a-coward-critiquing-a-film-producer-a-cancer-doctor-and-their-critics/
[53] – IMPORTANT: The live “debate” that wasn’t-A Film Producer, A Cancer Doctor, And Their Critics:
[54] – “The Skeptics:” Your problem is, Wikipedia IS censored:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/the-skeptics-your-problem-is-wikipedia-is-censored/
[55] – Wikipedia, what’s your motivation?:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/wikipedia-whats-your-motivation/
[56] – WikipediA or WikipediAin’t ?:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/wikipedia-or-wikipediaint/
[57] – Wikipedia, your Burzynski BIAS is showing:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/wikipedia-your-burzynski-bias-is-showing/
[58] – Wikipedia, you’ve sprung a Wiki Leak:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/wikipedia-youve-sprung-a-wiki-leak/
[59] – On the 6th day, HE created WIKIPEDIA, and on the 7th, WikipedBiaS:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/on-the-6th-day-he-created-wikipedia-and-on-the-7th-day-wikipedbias/
[60] – Wikipedia, do you serve up Mud Pies with your Wikipedia Lies ?:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/wikipedia-do-you-serve-up-mud-pies-with-your-wikipedia-lies/
[61] – Critiquing: Wikipedia – Burzynski Clinic:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/critiquing-wikipedia-burzynski-clinic/
[62] – Critiquing Wikipedia: Burzynski Clinic, Colorado Public Television (CPT12), and Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/critiquing-wikipedia-burzynski-clinic-colorado-public-television-cpt12-and-public-broadcasting-system-pbs/
[63] – A Critical Analysis of Wikipedia’s “Failure to Communicate”
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/a-critical-analysis-of-wikipedias-failure-to-communicate/
[64] – Critiquing Wikipedia: Burzynski Clinic – 2013 BBC documentary, Curing cancer or ‘selling hope’ to the vulnerable?
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/critiquing-wikipedia-burzynski-clinic-2013-bbc-documentary-curing-cancer-or-selling-hope-to-the-vulnerable/
[65] – Josephine Jones and the Cult of Misinformation:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/josephine-jones-and-the-cult-of-misinformation/
[66] – The Burzynski Skeptics:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/the-burzynski-skeptics/
[67] – “The Skeptics” (Burzynski: Cancer is Serious Business, Part II) |:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/the-skeptics/
[68] – Critiquing the Skeptics re “Funny how you never see Orac and this person in the same place at the same time”:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/critiquing-the-skeptics-re-funny-how-you-never-see-orac-and-this-person-in-the-same-place-at-the-same-time/
[69] – “The Skeptics”-Tracking the Twits that Tweet:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/the-skeptics-tracking-the-twits-that-tweet/
[70] – Shall We Play A Game? “The Skeptics” (SkeptiCowards) vs. “The Skeptics’” Critics #Burzynski The 1st ever “LIE OFF”:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/shall-we-play-a-game-the-skeptics-skepticowards-vs-the-skeptics-critics-burzynski-the-1st-ever-lie-off/
[71] – “The Skeptics” Theme Song:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/the-skeptics-theme-song/
[72] – Thawing out “The Skeptics” @FrozenWarning (FrozenBoring):
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/thawing-out-the-skeptics-frozenwarning-frozenboring/
[73] – “The Skeptics™” Doctor David H. Gorski is one of the “SkeptiCowards©” (I kid you not): Houston, We Have a Problem:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/the-skeptics-doctor-david-h-gorski-is-one-of-the-skepticowards-i-kid-you-not-houston-we-have-a-problem/
[74] – QUESTIONS the Critics and Cynics, “The Skeptics™” do NOT want to ANSWER:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/questions-the-critics-and-cynics-the-skeptics-do-not-want-to-answer/
[76] – Critiquing: Stanislaw Burzynski comments on new cancer science, hilarity ensues because of The Skeptics™ comments:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/critiquing-stanislaw-burzynski-comments-on-new-cancer-science-hilarity-ensues-because-of-the-skeptics-comments/
[78] – The Skeptics @Majikthyse reveals madjik research skilz:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/the-skeptics-majikthyse-reveals-madjik-research-skilz/
[79] – The dishonesty of Guy Chapman, “The Skeptics” shill:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/the-dishonesty-of-guy-chapman-the-skeptics-shill/
[80] –
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D. Anderson", "major pharmaceutical companies", "makeup of his drug", "manikin world-view of black and white", "mass approval", "massive side effect", "maximum dosage is not reached for a month", "Maybe not in the next few days; I've got a lot going on but", "Mayo Clinic", "MD Anderson", "medical community", "medical doctor", "medical history", "medical specialist", "Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center", "miracle cancer cure", "Morpheus in The Matrix", "mostly scientific enthusiasts", "movie review", "My Critique of Bob Blaskiewicz (Colorado Public Television – PBS CPT12)", "My review of Burzynski: A note to the PBS ombudsman”, "National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer centers", "National Health Service (NHS)", "neither guilty or innocent", "New England Journal of Medicine", "no better rate than any previous treatment", "non-information", "Nothing of substance", "Of course it's always possible that the money launderers are appearing as themselves in the #Burzynski advertisement", "off-kilter", "Oh, "on my my show um had said things that were demonstratively untrue", "On the 6th day, "on-record", "one month of treatment", "one-sided", "open minded", "original parent antineoplastons", "orphan drug designation", "out of state", "own up", "pancreatic cancer", "Part II", "patient died", "patients believing that getting worse is getting better", "patients reporting that signs of getting worse are getting better", "patients who report symptoms of getting worse, "pay in order to get your manuscript accepted", "pay to play type publication", "pediatric patient who was dying", "People are reporting that the tumor is no longer growing, "personalized gene-targeted therapy", "personalized treatment", "Peter Bowditch", "phase 2 clinical trial publications preliminary reports", "phase 2 clinical trial publications", "phase 2 was deficient so phase 3 fails", "phase 3 trials", "phone it in", "political pressure applied", "Popehat, "positive outcomes", "preliminary trials", "pressing charges", "pro-Burzynski", "Professor Robert J. (Bob) Blaskiewicz", "progression of disease", "progression of the disease", "proposed action", "proposed by the researchers", "protect her family", "Public Library of Science", "publication in a peer-reviewed journal", "publishing stream", "Quacks Like a Duck", "quality of life", "QUESTIONS the Critics and Cynics, "radiation does seem to extend life, "reaches a point where it's a self-limited growth, "real doctor", "red flag", "red flags", "Red Herring", "Regulatory Affairs Branch (RAB)", "rejection letter", "reliable treatments", "replacement therapy", "required dosage", "respect critical thinking", "respect scientific", "respected peer-reviewed journal", "restrict the blood flow to the tumor", "Review Articles on Clinical Trials", "Ric Schiff", "Rick A. Jaffe", "Rick Jaffe", "Rick Schiff", "risks outweigh the possible benefits", "Robert B. Lanman", "Robert J. (Bob) Blaskiewicz", "run around", "Samantha T 2005", "science based medicine", "science-based medicine” “If I see you doing it again, "ScienceBasedMedicine Editorial Staff", "scientific literature", "scientific publication", "scientific publications", "screen-shots", "self-defeating", "self-proclaimed" "CANCER RESEARCHER", "September 28, "severe side effects", "Shall We Play A Game? The Skeptics (SkeptiCowards) vs. The Skeptics’ Critics #Burzynski The 1st ever LIE OFF”, "Sheila Herron", "shooting the messenger", "Showing of malice", "signs of getting worse are signs if getting better", "Simon Singh", "since you mentioned that you'd go in and look at my most recent article, "sit there and jump up and down", "Skeptic Canary Show", "Skeptic of The Skeptics", "Skeptic Skeptic", "skeptical of Skeptics", "Skeptical ofThe Skeptics", "snake oil salesmen", "so we can re debate it there", "social media", "sodium load is leading people to constantly drinking up to 12 liters of water a day", "sodium load", "SODIUM PHENYLBUTYRATE", "sole distributor of the therapy from his pharmacy", "sole manufacturer of the therapy", "sole person who identified antineoplastons as a contributor to cancer", "sole prescriber of the therapy", "Some drugs it's ethical to give something completely questionable, "source material", "space nerds, "special treatment", "spreading mis truths about Burzynski", "standard cancer research", "Stanislaw Burzynski: On the arrogance of ignorance about cancer and targeted therapies", "stop phoning stuff in", "subside within 24 to 48 hours", "suggested dosage", "support the cure not the cancer", "Supreme Court", "tax lawyer", "tax lawyers", "Thawing out “The Skeptics” @FrozenWarning (FrozenBoring)", "The Burzynski Skeptics", "The dishonesty of Guy Chapman, "the FDA are are, "The Guardian", "The Guardian: Censorship and Bias – Six stubborn myths about cancer", "The List of Dr. David H. Orac Gorski LIES", "the Merritts", "The new Doctor Who will be Stanislaw #Burzynski. He manages to continually avoid getting cornered and he gets away with murder", "The Poxes Blog", "The Present State of Antineoplaston Research", "The Skeptic Canary", "The Skeptic", "The Skeptics (Burzynski: Cancer is Serious Business, "The Skeptics @Majikthyse reveals madjik research skilz", "The Skeptics are debatable", "The Skeptics Theme Song" https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/the-skeptics-theme-song/, "The Skeptics-Tracking the Twits that Tweet", "The Skeptics: Your problem is, "The Skeptics™ Definition of Debate", "The Skeptics™ Doctor David H. Gorski is one of the SkeptiCowards© (I kid you not): Houston, "The Skeptics™ Robert J. (don’t call me Bobby) Blaskiewicz wants to Debate", "The they both go to the same place", "therapeutic dose level", "therapeutic levels", "thin publishing record as Burzynski", "this is not evidence that the treatment is working", "threats of liable suits", "top-tier", "track records", "treatment is working", "trial designs", "tumor grows exponentially while the resources are available", "Twitter I.D.", "U.S.", "University of Wisconsin", "University of Wisconsin"rbutr, "Unlike Mr. Merola, "vertically integrated", "viable drug", "violations of policies", "vision cancer", "Volume 3 Number 1.March.2004 Pg. 50", "Wayne Merritt", "Wayne State University", "we respect scientific method", "We wanna see the frickin' data", "WHAT IS MISDIRECTION? Critiquing “Antineoplastons: Has the FDA kept its promise to the American people ?", "What to do when a Burzynski Skeptic suggests you not do it", "when Laura dies #Burzynski will just move on to his next mark if she doesn't run out of money first", "white paper", "Why am I unsure?", "Why do so many phase 3 clinical trials fail ?", "Wikipedia is a joke", "WikipediA or WikipediAin’t?:", "Wikipedia rules", "Wikipedia sock-puppets", "William and Mary Law Review", "William Mitchell College of Law", "wish fulfillment", "Yes, "You are right now having a live debate in front of more than 10, "you couldn't work out your questions", "[Y]ou people always control the conversation", #FAIL, #sciencebasedmedicine, #SkepticCanary, $30, 000 dollars", 000 people, 000 some odd dollars", 2013 The Skeptics™ Burzynski discussion: By Bob Blaskiewicz – 2:19:51", 50%, @Ac2cSheila, @bbc5live, @BorisOgon, @BurzynskiMovie, @BurzynskiSaves I don't care what you think. My only concern is for the cancer patients. People like #burzynski make me sick", @DanBuzzard, @DianthusMed, @drpaulmorgan, @endless_psych, @FauxSkeptic, @frozenwarning, @gorskon, @IamBreastCancer, @medTek, @oracknows, @palMD, @RatbagsDotCom, @rjblaskiewicz, @SceptiGuy, @ScienceBasedMed, @StortSkeptic, @vGuyUK, @_JosephineJones, A Cancer Doctor, a full-time surgical oncologist and researcher", A10, absolutely, abundantly, accessible, Adam Jacobs, adverse effects, aggregate, agreeable, alright“, America, American, analogy, and Freedom of Speech", and his family", and I will respond to it once I’ve taken a look at that, and I’ll respond on your web-site“, and nothing you have presented suggests that you would be more coherent in person", and on the 7th, and Public Broadcasting System (PBS)", And Their Critics, And Their Critics (page 9)", and we will, anecdotal, anomaly, anonymity, ANP, anp4all, antagonistic, antineoplaston, antineoplastons, anything you show in there or any reply you give is going to cover, appeal, approve, approved, apropos, arbiter, arguing, argument, arguments, arranged, as if they were signs of getting better", AS2-1, assertions, assumption, attorney, authority, autopsy, availed, Avastin, “Before you dismiss it you have to look into it”, “Burzynski is a vampire”, “Everytime somebody throws uh uh something to me, “Happily promotes bogus therapies", “I do know cancer science”, “I’ve searched Burzynski’s publications", “It’s a blog, “liability is based on a showing of knowledge of falsity”, “Marc Stephens", “my last two jobs have been at NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers“, “Okay, “oncology studies”, “Our only goal is to promote high standards of science in medicine”, “Personally having pored over Burzynski’s publications”, “phase 2 trials", “positions I hold at an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center“, “Put a sock in it”, “reckless disregard for the truth”, “Stop it”, “That’s just, “The Lancet", “The OTHER Burzynski Patient Group”, “The Skeptics™” do NOT want to ANSWER:", “Uh um, “Um, “What stuff would you like me to do ?”, “which genes are targeted by antineoplastons“, “withdrawn”, “you know”, “Zip it”, back-up", bearing, befuddles, behavior, besieged, beyond, Biased, black and white version of the world", blackballed, Blatherskitewicz, block, blog, blogger, blogs, Bob Blaskiewicz, bogus, Boris Ogon, BRAINSTEM GLIOMA, breath, breathes, Britain, burned, Burzynski Clinic, BurzynskiSaves, but can #Burzynski time travel?", Cancer, cancers, Chancellor, Chemo, China, chiropractors, citation, citation(s), cited, clarify, Clinical Trials, closed, Co-Investigators, coherent, Colorado Public Television (CPT12), colossal, coma, commented, comments, completing, complication, concede, conceivable, condition, confidence, confident, confidentiality, conflict, confusion, consider, conspiracy, constantly, consulted, contradictory, controversy, conversation, convince, convincing, courtesy, courtroom, critical, criticism, criticized, critique, critiqued, Critiquing the #SkepticCanary: "The Skeptics™" (SkeptiCowards©) Bob Blatherskitewicz and the so-called, crowing, crusaders, Cult, CURE, Curing cancer or ‘selling hope’ to the vulnerable?", D Nile ist", damage, damning, DATA, David Gorski, David H. Gorski, Debate, debating, decades, Declaration of Helsinki, Defamation, defend, defending, design, designed, deteriorated, Detroit, developing, developments, diagnosing, diagnosis, dialogue, dickish, die, died, disagree, disagreements, discuss, discussion, disease, disingenuous, dismiss, disorganized, disoriented, disprove, distribute, distributing, do you serve up Mud Pies with your Wikipedia Lies ?", Doctor, doctors, DOI: 10.1177/1534735-403261964, doubt, doubted, doubting, drug, drugs, dying, ecstatic, effective, efficacious, Egypt, emotion, employers, endlessly, engaging, equating, Eric Merola, essentially, even people who support me have given me grief for this“, evidence, excuse, excuses, expert, Expose, F.D.A., Fabio, Facebook, FACS is NOT doing something wrong when he LIES about Burzynski:", FACS", fallacy, false, falsify, Fame, FDA, floating, fly, focusing, FOIA, Food and Drug Administration, Forbes, forthcoming, Free Speech, frustrating, funny, FW, gained, Galileo’s lawyer", garbage, generations, generic, Genes, Germany, GLIOMAS, god, grotesque, grow, growing, grows, Guy Chapman, guychapman, hangout, harass, harm, hashtag, have demonstrated efficacy", HE created WIKIPEDIA, he doesn't have time for that, he has to pick and choose his battles", he uh, heat, heterogenous, Hideaki Tsuda, hilarity ensues because of The Skeptics™ comments", honestly, Houston, http//www.sciencebasedmedicine.org, http://anp4all.com, http://blog.rbutr.com/, http://cancerbiologyprogram.med.wayne.edu/faculty/gorski.php, http://josephinejones.wordpress.com/, http://josephinejones.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/happy-birthday-dr-burzynski-and-goodbye-antineoplastons/comment-page-1/#comment-8921, http://lanyrd.com/2013/tam/sckkdy/, http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google#/watch?v=pa97hXMbUL0, http://medicine.cf.ac.uk/person/prof-paul-morgan/, http://necss.org/speakers/bob-blaskiewicz/, http://open.wmitchell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1070&context=facsch, http://rbutr.com/, 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Bill Maher Dumps More Hate On Tea Party, Repeats Tired Liberal Lies
I dare say that “liberal media personalities” (an oxymoron in virtually all cases for these prototypically moronic morons) such as Bill Maher and Rosie O’Donnell only have any following at all because they faithfully keep playing the game “Jump the Shark” they started with themselves. Every episode they have to be more hateful and more deceitful than they were last time – and every episode they manage to succeed.
Bill Maher had this to say recently:
“Now that they’ve finished reading the Constitution out loud,” Maher said to chuckles from the audience, “the tea baggers must call out that group of elitist liberals whose values are so antithetical to theirs. I’m talking of course about the founding fathers.”
Maher:
“Now, I want you teabaggers out there to understand one thing: while you idolize the Founding Fathers and dress up like them, and smell like them, I think it’s pretty clear that the Founding Fathers would have hated your guts. And what’s more, you would’ve hated them. They were everything you despise. They studied science, read Plato, hung out in Paris, and thought the Bible was mostly b—s—.”
Maher went on to claim that the Founding Fathers had a moral code, but it didn’t come from the Bible – ”except for the part about, ‘it’s cool to own slaves.’”
I mean, on a surface examination, I’m sure you’re right, Maher. They’d hate the people who actually care about what they wrote and what they thought; they’d love liberals like you, who demonize them as evil slaveholding bastards.
Clearly Obama’s speech wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on, when his own side didn’t bother to pay attention to him about his “let’s make Christina proud of us” calls for restraint for even five minutes.
But let’s go beyond the surface, where the founding fathers love Bill Mahr – even though Bill Maher clearly despises them – and hates the tea party. Because maybe it’s not the way Maher thinks it is.
Bill Maher reminds me of Homer Simpson; both men think their incredibly stupid and buffoonish ideas are clever. The only difference between the two cartoon characters is that Homer Simpson usually discovers that he’s an idiot by the end of the episode, whereas Bill Maher is pathologically immune from reality or truth.
And, of course, unlike Maher, at least Homer is smart enough to believe in – as he calls him – “Jeebus.”
I’ve had to respond to these atheist versions of Homer Simpsons before. Here’s a response to one such that basically confronts Bill Maher with the facts he so despises:
Whose Country Do We Want: Our Founding Fathers’ Or Our Secular Contemporaries’?
By Michael Eden, 07/26/2009
This article consists as part of a much longer discussion with a self-described “Democratic socialist” found here (with much of the rest consisting over an argument as to what is or isn’t socialism and the supposed benefits of socialism to societies). An argument over the significance of the founding fathers relative to “current Americans” provides for what I believed to be an informative article.
Poster: I profoundly disagree that Christianity has been the wellspring of America’s greatness. Christianity in American history has too often been the source of narrow-mindedness, intolerance and reaction.
I too love and revere the Constitution, and would risk my neck to defend it and the USA. But the Constitution is a living, organic document that evolves and pulsates. I agree with the late Justice Brennan that the only correct way to interpret it is as modern Americans. I don’t care about the “original intent” of the Founding Fathers.
Michael Eden: Let me start with the words and meaning of George Washington in his Farewell Address given on September 17, 1796:
What are the foundations of America? After 45 years of public service, George Washington, our greatest patriot and the father of our country, gives his farewell address. He says, ‘We need to remember what brought us here. We need to remember what made us different from all the other nations across Europe and the rest of the world. We have to remember what our foundations are.’ It was the road map, showing us how we’d become what we were, and how to preserve it. It has long been considered the most important address ever given by any US president. President Lincoln set aside an entire day for the entire Union Army and had them read and understand it. Woodrow Wilson did the same during WWI. But we haven’t studied it in schools for over 45 years, so your lack of understanding is understandable. Washington said:
“Of all the habits and dispositions which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” — George Washington, Farewell Address
If you want your politics to prosper, the two things you will not separate will be religion and morality. If you want your government to work well, if you want American exceptionalism, if you want the government to do right, if you want all this, then you won’t separate religion and morality from political life. And America’s greatest patriot gave a litmus test for patriotism. He says in the very next sentence (immediately continuing from the quote above):
“In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.” — George Washington
Washington says, Anyone who would try to remove religion and morality from public life, I won’t allow them to call themselves a patriot. Because they are trying to destroy the country.
And he wasn’t alone. I can well understand why you would throw out the wisest and most brilliant political geniuses who ever lived. I can understand because George Washington wouldn’t have even have allowed you to call yourself “a patriot” in his presence. What they wrote, what they thought, what they believed, utterly refute you. But it was THESE men, and not Marx, or Mao, or any other socialist, who devised the greatest political system the world has ever seen.
Statements by our founding fathers (who presumably understood what the Constitution that they themselves wrote and ratified meant better than Justice Brennan) announcing their religious beliefs, and stating the profound impact those beliefs had in their founding of the United States of America:
“We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams
“…And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion…reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” –- George Washington, Farewell Address, Sept 17, 1796
“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundations of public liberty and happiness.” –- Samuel Adams, Letter to John Trumbull, October 16, 1778
“The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor…and this alone, that renders us invincible.” –- Patrick Henry, Letter to Archibald Blair, January 8, 1789
“Without morals, a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion…are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.” —- Charles Carroll (signer of the Constitution), Letter to James McHenry,November 4, 1800
“Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man towards God.” –- Life of Gouverneur Morris, Vol III
“Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age, by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, of inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity…in short of leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.“ –- Samuel Adams, Letter to John Adams, October 4, 1790
“In contemplating the political institutions of the United States, I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes, and take so little pains to prevent them. We profess to be republicans and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government. That is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by the means of the Bible.” —- Benjamin Rush, “A Defense of the Use of the Bible as a School Book”, 1798
“In my view, the Christian Religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed…no truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian Religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.” – Noah Webster, Reply to David McClure, Oct. 25, 1836
“Information to those who would remove (or move) to America”: “To this may be truly added, that serious Religion under its various Denominations, is not only tolerated, but respected and practiced. Atheism is unknown there, Infidelity rare & secret, so that Persons may live to a great Age in that Country without having their Piety shock’d by meeting with either an Atheist or an Infidel. And the Divine Being seems to have manifested his Approbation of the mutual Forbearance and Kindness with which the different Sects treat each other, by the remarkable Prosperity with which he has been pleased to favour the whole Country.” —- Ben Franklin, 1787 pamphlet to Europeans
“Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion, and a people who reject its holy faith will find themselves the slaves of their own evil passions and of arbitrary power.” —- Lewis Cass, A Brigadier-General in the War of 1812, Governor of the Michigan Territory, a Secretary of War, a Senator, a Secretary of State. The State of Michigan placed his statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? That they are not to violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.” –- “Yes, we did produce a near perfect Republic. But will they keep it, or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.” —- Thomas Jefferson
“So irresistible are these evidences of an intelligent and powerful Agent that, of the infinite numbers of men who have exited thro’ all the time, they have believed, in the proportion of a million at least to Unit, in the hypothesis of an eternal pre-existence of a creator, rather than in that of a self-existent Universe.” —- Thomas Jefferson
“I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life; who has covered our infancy with His providence and our riper years with His wisdom and power, and to whose goodness I ask you to join in supplications with me that He will so enlighten the minds of your servants, guide their councils, and prosper their measures that whatsoever they do shall result in your good, and shall secure to you the peace, friendship, and approbation of all nations.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens…” — George Washington, Farewell Address, Sept 17, 1796
“Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.” — John Adams, Letter of June 21, 1776
“It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being.” —- George Washington
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.” —- Abraham Lincoln
“History will also afford the frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious character among private persons; the mischiefs of superstition, and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.” —- Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1749), p. 2
“I know, sir, how well it becomes a liberal man and a Christian to forget and forgive. As individuals professing a holy religion, it is our bounden duty to forgive injuries done us as individuals. But when the character of Christian you add the character of patriot, you are in a different situation. Our mild and holy system of religion inculcates an admirable maxim of forbearance. If your enemy smite one cheek, turn the other to him. But you must stop there. You cannot apply this to your country. As members of a social community, this maxim does not apply to you. When you consider injuries done to your country your political duty tells you of vengeance. Forgive as a private man, but never forgive public injuries. Observations of this nature are exceedingly unpleasant, but it is my duty to use them.” —- Patrick Henry, from a courtroom speech, Wirt Henry’s, Life, vol. III, pp. 606-607.
“Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of their number; and, indeed, that some good people think I am no Christian. This thought gives me much more pain than the appellation of Tory; because I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics; and I find much cause to reproach myself that I have lived so long and have given no decided and public proofs of my being a Christian. But, indeed, my dear child, this is a character which I prize far above all this world has, or can boast.” —- Patrick Henry, 1796 letter to daughter, S. G. Arnold, The Life of Patrick Henry (Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854), p. 250.
“This is all the inheritance I can give my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.” — Patrick Henry, From a copy of Henry’s Last Will and Testament obtained from Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, Red Hill, Brookneal, VA.
“It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to govern the universe without the aid of a Supreme Being.” —- George Washington, James K. Paulding, A Life of Washington (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835), Vol. II, p. 209.
“While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to them whose minds have not yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.” —- James Madison, James Madison, A Memorial and Remonstrance (Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, 1786). This can be found in numerous documentary histories and other resources.
“Waiving the rights of conscience, not included in the surrender implied by the social state, & more or less invaded by all Religious establishments, the simple question to be decided, is whether a support of the best & purest religion, the Christian religion itself ought not, so far at least as pecuniary means are involved, to be provided for by the Government, rather than be left to the voluntary provisions of those who profess it.” —- James Madison, Religion and Politics in the Early Republic: Jasper Adams and the Church-State Debate, Daniel L. Dreisbach, ed. (Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1996), p. 117.
“The hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.” —- George Washington, 1778, upon seeing the divine hand in the Revolution against the greatest military in the world.
“Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise. In this sense and to this extent, our civilizations and our institutions are emphatically Christian.” — U.S. Supreme Court in Holy Trinity v. U. S. — Richmond v. Moore, Illinois Supreme Court, 1883)
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” —- Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren dated February 12, 1779
“Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulties.” —- Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address
“I entreat you in the most earnest manner to believe in Jesus Christ, for ‘there is no salvation in any other’ (Acts 4:12). If you are not reconciled to God through Jesus Christ – if you are not clothed with the spotless robe of His righteousness – you must perish forever.” —- John Witherspoon, founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
“I am a Christian. I believe only in the Scriptures, and in Jesus Christ my Savior.” — Charles Thomson, founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence
“My only hope of salvation is in the infinite transcendent love of God manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the cross. Nothing but His blood will wash away my sins. I rely exclusively upon it. Come Lord Jesus! Come quickly!” — Dr. Benjamin Rush, founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Dr. Benjamin Rush, John Adams said, was one of the three most notable founding fathers along with George Washington and Ben Franklin. Benjamin Rush was the founder of five universities (three of which are still active today); he was the father of public schools under the American Constitution; he was also the leader of the civil rights movement, the founder of the first abolitionist society in America, the founder of the first black denomination in America, served in 3 presidential administrations, is called the father of American medicine, and 3,000 American physicians bore his signature on their diplomas, started the American College of Physicians, founded the first prison ministry, and started the Sunday School movement in America, started the very first Bible Society in America, etc.
“I rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.” —- Samuel Adams
“An eloquent preacher of your religious society, Richard Motte, in a discourse of much emotion and pathos, is said to have exclaimed aloud to his congregation, that he did not believe there was a Quaker, Presbyterian, Methodist or Baptist in heaven, having paused to give his hearers time to stare and to wonder. He added, that in heaven, God knew no distinctions, but considered all good men as his children, and as brethren of the same family. I believe, with the Quaker preacher, that he who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven, as to the dogmas in which they all differ. That on entering there, all these are left behind us, and the Aristides and Catos, the Penns and Tillotsons, Presbyterians and Baptists, will find themselves united in all principles which are in concert with the reason of the supreme mind. Of all the systems of morality, ancient and modern, which have come under my observation, none appear to me so pure as that of Jesus.” — Thomas Jefferson, “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson,” Albert Ellery Bergh, ed. (Washington, D. C.: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904), Vol. XIII, pp.377-78, letter to William Canby on September 18, 1813.
“To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others.” — Thomas Jefferson, Albert Bergh, “Writings of Jefferson,” Vol. X, p.380, letter to Benjamin Rush on April 21, 1803.
“But the greatest of all the reformers of the depraved religion of His own country, was Jesus of Nazareth.” — Thomas Jefferson, Albert Bergh, “Writings of Jefferson,” Vol. XIV, p.220, letter to William Short on October 31, 1819.
“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” —- John Quincy Adams, 1837 speech
“Why is it that, next to the birth day of the Saviour of the World, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [July 4th]? . . . Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birth-day of the Saviour? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? That it laid the corner stone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity. . ?” — John Quincy Adams, John Quincy Adams, “An Oration Delivered Before the Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport, at Their Request,” on the Sixty-first Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837 (Newburyport: Charles Whipple, 1837), p. 5.
“We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better that the builders of Babel.” —- Benjamin Franklin, appeal for prayer at Constitutional Convention, as cited by James Madison, The Papers of James Madison, Henry D. Gilpin, ed. (Washington: Langtree & O’Sullivan, 1840), Vol. II, p. 985.
“God commands all men everywhere to repent. He also commands them to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and has assured us that all who do repent and believe shall be saved.” —- Roger Sherman.
“God has promised to bestow eternal blessings on all those who are willing to accept Him on the terms of the Gospel – that is, in a way of free grace through the atonement. — Roger Sherman. Sherman was the ONLY founding father who signed all four founding documents (the Declaration, the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, and the Articles of Association). He is called “the master builder of the Constitution.” He came up with the bi-cabinal system with the House and Senate. He was a framer of the Bill of Rights. And he was also a theologian who got George Washington to announce the first federal Day of Thanksgiving proclamation, going through the Scriptures to show why we should do so. He was also a long-term member of Congress. A newspaper article on him (the Globe) dated 1837 quotes, “The volume which he consulted more than any other was the Bible. It was his custom, at the commencement of every session of Congress, to purchase a copy of the Scriptures to puruse it daily, and to present it to one of his children on his return.” He had 15 children.
“The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in His truth. Not a baptism, not a marriage, not a sacrament can be administered but by the Ghost.” —- John Adams
“There is no authority, civil or religious – there can be no legitimate government – but what is administered by the Holy Ghost.” —- John Adams
“There can be no salvation without it. All without it is rebellion and perdition, or, in more orthodox words, damnation.” — John Adams (And Abigail Adams was the REAL Bible thumper in the family, telling son John Quincy Adams, ‘You know how I’ve raised you. You know how you’ve been raised in church, how you’ve been taught the Scriptures, how you’ve been taught morality.’ She tells him that if he’s going to go to France and give up his faith, that the Lord seek him out and drown him to prevent that from happening).
“I am grateful to Almighty God for the blessings which, through Jesus Christ our Lord, He has conferred on my beloved country.” —- Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration and framer of the Bill of Rights. He was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, dying at the age of 95 years.
At the age of 89 (in 1825), he wrote, “On the mercy of my Redeemer, I rely for salvation, and on His merits; not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts.” —- Charles Carroll
“Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the Christian religion…. [T]he religion which has introduced civil liberty, is the religion of Christ and his apostles…. This is genuine Christianity, and to this we owe our free constitutions of government.” — Noah Webster, History of the United States (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1832), p. 300, Sec. 578.
And, of course, there is the assessment of the great political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville:
“Moreover, almost all the sects of the United States are comprised within the great unity of Christianity, and Christian morality is everywhere the same.
In the United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the whole world in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America, and there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity to human nature, than that its influence is most powerfully felt over the most enlightened and free nation of the earth.
The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other; and with them this conviction does not spring from that barren traditionary faith which seems to vegetate in the soul rather than to live.
There are certain populations in Europe whose unbelief is only equaled by their ignorance and their debasement, while in America one of the freest and most enlightened nations in the world fulfills all the outward duties of religion with fervor.
Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer I stayed there, the more did I perceive the great political consequences resulting from this state of things, to which I was unaccustomed. In France I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom pursuing courses diametrically opposed to each other; but in America I found that they were intimately united, and that they reigned in common over the same country.”
– Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, (New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1851), pp. 331, 332, 335, 336-7, 337, respectively.
As to your socialism, de Tocquevelle wrote:
“Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent if, like that authority, its object was to prepare men for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood; it is well content that the people should rejoice, provided they think of nothing but rejoicing. For their happiness such a government willingly labors, but it chooses to be the sole agent and the only arbiter of that happiness; it provides for their security, foresees and supplies their necessities, facilitates their pleasures, manages their principal concerns, directs their industry, regulates the descent of property, and subdivides their inheritances; what remains, but to spare them all the care of thinking and all the trouble of living?”
Poster: Whatever outstanding Americans said or believed in the 1700’s or 1800’s is no refutation of whatever I said. Big deal, so George Washington said that morality is not possible without religion. Just because I appreciate that he spearheaded the military efforts against the redcoats doesn’t mean I care for his views on religion.
Many of the Founding Fathers you constantly bring up were not even Christians. Men like Jefferson, Franklin and Tom Paine were Deists. Forget the Founding Fathers when dealing with today’s issues. The Constitution that they gave us has evolved into something quite different since then.
I care what Americans today think. I am not interested in what men who died when even my grandfather was not yet born believed.
Michael Eden: Actually, one of the quotes that you probably didn’t bother to read has Thomas Jefferson specifically declaring his Christianity. And I have numerous quotes from Thomas Jefferson on display. Quotes by Benjamin Franklin abound – clearly attesting to his FERVENT commitment to the need for not only religious but specifically Christian religion as a necessary and fundamental support for the country being founded. I would further point out to you that Thomas Paine was NOT a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and he was also not a delegate to the Constitutional convention. So that kind of blows a gigantic hole in your thesis.
You show the portrait of the Declaration of Independence signing, and it’s funny that people have been trained to be able to pick out the two least religious founding fathers (Franklin and Jefferson – notwithstanding Jefferson’s profession of Christianity he was not as devoutly Christian as the rest). And then we’re assured that the rest of them are just as irreligious. But of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 54 were confessed Christians and members of Christian churches. 29 of them had seminary degrees and were ordained ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Not bad for a bunch of atheists and deists.
No one would ever have thought this was a secular nation in the past because Americans knew their history. An 1848 book used in public school for generations entitled, “Lives of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.” And in public schools for years children learned the faith and character of their founding fathers.
And again, everything they believed was an anathema to what you believe.
And that says something. Because what you say, what you think, what you believe, fundamentally doesn’t work – and never HAS worked. And what they said, what they thought, and what they believed, has stood in irrefutable proof of their wisdom.
Your argument is this: the Constitution has “evolved” into whatever the hell anybody wants it to mean. It is intrinsically meaningless. If the Constitution truly is a living, organic document that evolves and pulsates, it “evolves” into whatever you want it to become and “pulsates” into whatever form you want it to take. We might as well have a telephone directory as our Constitution, so that scholars in voodoo-fashion could discern “penumbras and emanations” wherever they wished.
Let’s take a look at the Declaration of Independence:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Your atheistic socialism has never worked and never will work because you fundamentally deny the SOURCE of the rights you claim: an objective, transcendent Creator God who created man with these fundamental rights. You have never had, and never will have, anything concrete or objective by which to secure the rights that our founding fathers’ secured. Furthermore, you would do to any such transcendent/objective rights exactly what you want to do to the Constitution itself: make them mean whatever the hell you – or the next dictator/tyrant on the block – WANT them to mean. And that is why your God-denying socialism has produced one despot and one nightmare after another, and why it always WILL.
What socialists ultimately pursue is power over people’s lives. And so long as leftists hold such power, principles will not matter. And frankly, even if there WERE any “binding” principles they would invariably be blurred into meaninglessness by a succession of “penumbras and emanations” to suit the will of the next dictator. That ultimately becomes tyranny every single time.
And that is why George Washington would be kicking your butt across the floor as he shouted, “YOU ARE NO PATRIOT!”
You instead argue for a system of government that has NEVER worked and never will. I will tilt at the government handed down by my religious founding fathers and leave you to tilt at your godless socialist windmills.
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Michael Eden: I could begin by simply stating that the Constitution has just “evolved and pulsated” to represent “the source of narrow-mindedness, intolerance and reaction.” And now what the hell are you going to do – support the Constitution or rebel against it? What you are REALLY saying with all your self-serving hyperbole aside is that you support your secular humanist worldview and are perfectly happy to twist and distort the Constitution – regardless of what the words actually say or what they historically were clearly intended to mean – until it “evolves” or “pulsates” into whatever you want it to mean. And then you of course demand that the very “evolution” or “pulsation” you first demanded STOP so it can’t “evolve or pulsate” any further. Which is precisely the reasoning you used to “evolve and pulsate” to Roe v. Wade only to then claim that now that we have so “evolved and pulsated” it is a matter of “settled law” and therefore cannot ever be altered.
That philosophical point made, let me begin with the historical words and clear historical meaning of George Washington in his Farewell Address given on September 17, 1796:
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In 1910 at a séance in Grenoble, France the apport medium Charles Bailey produced two live birds in the séance room. Bailey was unaware that the dealer he had bought the birds from was present in the séance and he was exposed as a fraud.[111] The psychical researcher Eric Dingwall observed the medium Bert Reese in New York and claimed to have discovered his billet reading tricks.[112] The most detailed account at exposing his tricks (with diagrams) was by the magician Theodore Annemann.[113]
When she mentioned that there had been abuse, I decided I didn’t care if every love card in the deck turned up—the answer was going to be that the relationship was over. Fortunately, the reading was stink-o except for the last card, the ace of disks. That card meant the beginning of good fortune, usually related to finance or work. I told her that Tom was going to bring her nothing but misery, that she had to completely free herself from this relationship because there was a happier future for her if she did. After 10 minutes, we got the signal that her time was almost up, so Claudia re-upped for another 10. After I finished putting a stake into Tom, she asked about someone at work, “Phil,” who seemed smitten with her. That could explain the ace of disks, I realized! But I was worried that Claudia would hop into the sack with Phil if I told her things looked promising. I just said I couldn’t tell if Phil was the one, but that freeing herself from Tom would allow her to slowly find someone better.
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My first reading was via phone call—the ad said the psychic was offering free mini-readings. She asked for my full name and birthday and Emily's. I gave her the details and almost instantly, she told me Emily wanted me to know that she's in a good place and that she's watching over the family. She also wanted me to be happy too, but my happiness only seems to last temporarily (note: aren't all emotions temporary though?).
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To up the difficulty for me and to make it easier for the psychics (it's one thing to lie over an email or call, but another to lie to someone's face), I decided to see my next psychics in person—who knows, maybe getting readings via email didn't provide a strong enough spiritual connection or clues to see I was lying. I also looked for people who charged for readings (maybe you get what you pay for?) and settled on one for $20 and another for $40. Both told me to bring a photo so I pulled one off a (very much alive) friend's Facebook and, armed with Emily's backstory and a few years of high school acting/improv experience, headed out for my third reading of the day. At the point, I was almost hoping to be called out soon—it was too easy.
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I'm using this with a 2018 Mac mini to download pictures from my Sony A7R III SD cards. RAW image downloads really fast, especially if the card is UHS-II. I w I'm using this with a 2018 Mac mini to download pictures from my Sony A7R III SD cards. RAW image downloads really fast, especially if the card is UHS-II. I was able to copy 10 GB from a Sony UHS-II card to my Mac mini's internal SSD in about 40 seconds. On the card reader, there is a little mark to indicate where the top of the SD card is and you can easily tell when the card is inserted all the way. Presumably this works well with all Apple computers with USB-C and the 2018 iPad Pro. I haven't tested the card reader with an iPad Pro. More(Read full review)
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In 1925, Samuel Soal claimed to have taken part in a series of séances with the medium Blanche Cooper who contacted the spirit of a soldier Gordon Davis and revealed the house that he had lived in. Researchers later discovered fraud as the séances had taken place in 1922, not 1925. The magician and paranormal investigator Bob Couttie revealed that Davis was alive, Soal lived close to him and had altered the records of the sittings after checking out the house. Soal's co-workers knew that he had fiddled the results but were kept quiet with threats of libel suits.[142]
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In the typical deep trance, the medium may not have clear recall of all the messages conveyed while in an altered state; such people generally work with an assistant. That person selectively wrote down or otherwise recorded the medium's words. Rarely did the assistant record the responding words of the sitter and other attendants. An example of this kind of relationship can be found in the early 20th century collaboration between the trance medium Mrs. Cecil M. Cook of the William T. Stead Memorial Center in Chicago (a religious body incorporated under the statutes of the State of Illinois) and the journalist Lloyd Kenyon Jones. The latter was a non-medium Spiritualist who transcribed Cook's messages in shorthand. He edited them for publication in book and pamphlet form.[25]
Many 19th century mediums were discovered to be engaged in fraud.[61] While advocates of mediumship claim that their experiences are genuine, the Encyclopædia Britannica article on spiritualism notes in reference to a case in the 19th century that "...one by one, the Spiritualist mediums were discovered to be engaged in fraud, sometimes employing the techniques of stage magicians in their attempts to convince people of their clairvoyant powers." The article also notes that "the exposure of widespread fraud within the spiritualist movement severely damaged its reputation and pushed it to the fringes of society in the United States."[62]
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Mina Crandon claimed to materialize a "spirit hand", but when examined by biologists the hand was discovered to be made from a piece of carved animal liver.[143] The German apport medium Heinrich Melzer was discovered to be a fraud in 1926. In a séance psychical researchers found that Melzer had small stones attached to the back of his ears by flesh coloured tape.[144] Psychical researchers who investigated the mediumship of Maria Silbert revealed that she used her feet and toes to move objects in the séance room.[145]
^ Brian Righi. (2008). Ghosts, Apparitions and Poltergeists: An Exploration of the Supernatural through History. Llewellyn Publications. Llewellyn Publications. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7387-1363-2 "One medium of the 1920s, Mina Crandon, became famous for producing ectoplasm during her sittings. At the height of the séance, she was even able to produce a tiny ectoplasmic hand from her navel, which waved about in the darkness. Her career ended when Harvard biologists were able to examine the tiny hand and found it to be nothing more than a carved piece of animal liver."
In 1936, the psychical researcher Nandor Fodor tested the Hungarian apport medium Lajos Pap in London and during the séance a dead snake appeared. Pap was searched and was found to be wearing a device under his robe, where he had hidden the snake.[157] A photograph taken at a séance in 1937 in London shows the medium Colin Evans "levitating" in mid air. He claimed that spirits had lifted him. Evans was later discovered to be a fraud as a cord leading from a device in his hand has indicated that it was himself who triggered the flash-photograph and that all he had done was jump from his chair into the air and pretend he had levitated.[158]
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From its earliest beginnings to contemporary times, mediumship practices have had many instances of fraud and trickery.[52] Séances take place in darkness so the poor lighting conditions can become an easy opportunity for fraud. Physical mediumship that has been investigated by scientists has been discovered to be the result of deception and trickery.[53] Ectoplasm, a supposed paranormal substance, was revealed to have been made from cheesecloth, butter, muslin, and cloth. Mediums would also stick cut-out faces from magazines and newspapers onto cloth or on other props and use plastic dolls in their séances to pretend to their audiences spirits were contacting them.[54] Lewis Spence in his book An Encyclopaedia of Occultism (1960) wrote:
In 1970 two psychical researchers investigated the direct-voice medium Leslie Flint and found that all the "spirit" voices in his séance sounded exactly like himself and attributed his mediumship to "second-rate ventriloquism".[170] The medium Arthur Ford died leaving specific instructions that all of his files should be burned. In 1971 after his death, psychical researchers discovered his files but instead of burning them they were examined and discovered to be filled with obituaries, newspaper articles and other information, which enabled Ford to research his séance sitters backgrounds.[171]
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Protest as Event
Since the 1960s, how have artists used musical events to promote change?
“Artists write, and sing, and think, and this is how we get to put our two cents in, and we do it right in front of people, not in secret meetings behind closed doors. We let people know what we think … I don’t know if people go to musicians for their politics. I doubt that they do, you know, but you can rally people to think on serious issues together, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”
— Bruce Springsteen, August 4, 2004, Nightline, ABC Network
In August 1971, former member of the Beatles George Harrison gathered a group of musical colleagues that included Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, and many others to perform two benefit concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The so-called Concert for Bangladesh was intended to raise money for and awareness of the refugees fleeing a bloody civil war in Pakistan, a situation made even worse by a devastating cyclone earlier that year.
The concert, which was also recorded as a film and a live album, became a model for how Rock and Roll stars could marshal their celebrity in support of a particular cause. The efforts of Harrison and his friends ultimately raised millions of dollars for UNICEF and established a new precedent for how Rock and Roll could engage the public in order to promote meaningful change in the world.
The mass gatherings of the 1960s – including the March on Washington, antiwar demonstrations on college campuses, and the Woodstock festival – had clearly demonstrated the power of events to command media attention and to make voices heard. These gatherings instilled in a rising generation of young musicians a spirit of activism that continued well beyond the 1960s. Through the Concert for Bangladesh, Live Aid in 1985, and other notable benefit events, musicians have brought people together for performances that advocate for a wide range of social, political, and environmental issues.
In this lesson, students will investigate ways in which artists including George Harrison, Bob Geldof, and others drew on the experiences of the 1960s to harness the inherent power of musical performance to promote awareness and encourage activism. Students will look at the messages, methodologies, and historical contexts of both the Concert for Bangladesh and Live Aid and will refer to these events to develop a proposal for a benefit performance of their own.
How a climate of political engagement in the 1960s helped influence a generation of artists to become promoters and activists
How music festivals such as Woodstock showed how music could be a powerful tool to organize massive numbers of people
The historical circumstances and issues at the root of the Concert for Bangladesh and Live Aid
Be able to (skills):
Evaluate the message and methodology of a protest event
Make connections between musical performances and the historical contexts in which they occur
Common Core: Students will research protest concerts by exploring a variety of text and video sources as a basis to reflect on the role of a musician in civic life (CCSS Reading 7; CCSS Writing 1; CCSS Writing 9; CCSS Speaking and Listening 2)
The Role of Pop Music in Humanitarian Causes
Concert for Bangladesh Trailer
Live Aid at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA, 1985
Map of Pakistan, pre-1971
Woodstock Festival, 1969
Concert for Bangladesh album cover
March on Washington, D.C., 1963
Civil Rights March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963
Prompt students with the following scenario: You have just been put in charge of organizing a protest against an unfair policy at your school (for instance, students are being prohibited from speaking anywhere on school grounds outside the classroom). What are some actions you could take to encourage your fellow students to join your cause?
As a class, make a list on the board of different ways to organize a protest and discuss how these various strategies would work in different ways. Let the students know that this activity is meant to help them understand the possibilities of protest events.
[Note to teacher: examples you may wish to contribute may include marching, making speeches, sit-ins, boycotts, picket lines, writing letters to elected officials, petitions, wearing a t-shirt or wristband, etc.]
1. Among the most celebrated examples of protest events is the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Show clip of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering the “I Have a Dream” speech. Review with students that the March on Washington was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in the history of the United States. Estimates of the number of participants varied from 200,000 to 300,000. Discuss as a class:
Why was the March on Washington such an effective and memorable protest event? You may ask the students to consider the location, number of attendees, the featured speaker, and the mood of the event.
How do you think attending an event like this would have felt? How would it have felt watching it on television?
Do you think most of the marchers and speakers shared a similar set of values?
2. Show images of the March on Washington (1963) and the Woodstock Festival (1969). Ask students to compare images of two public gatherings in the 1960s. What do you notice about these images? What do they have in common?
3. Explain that the first photo is of the crowd at the March on Washington, looking out from the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King stood. The second photo is from the Woodstock festival, looking out from where the bands played. Explain that Woodstock was a Rock concert that was held in upstate New York in 1969. The festival was advertised as “Three Days of Peace and Music” and was considered by many to be the most significant gathering of the counterculture of the 1960s. Approximately 400,000 young people were said to have been in attendance. Discuss as a class:
What are some reasons people might have attended the March on Washington?
What are some reasons people might have attended Woodstock? How might their reasons have been different than those of the marchers?
Think back to the phrase used to advertised the festival – “Three Days of Peace and Music.” What kind of political values do you think the attendees of Woodstock might have shared?
What does the photo of the Woodstock suggest about the popularity of live Rock and Roll music in 1969?
4. Show trailer for the Concert for Bangladesh (1971). Explain that George Harrison was a former member of the Beatles. This video is from a year after the Beatles broke up at the height of their popularity in 1970. Discuss as a class:
At the beginning of the clip, how does George Harrison respond to the reporter who asks “Of all of the enormous problems in the world how did you choose this one to do something about?”
While not shown in the clip we just watched, Harrison also said the following statement at the press conference announcing the Concert for Bangladesh:
“Ravi [Shankar] came to me and he said if he was to do a concert, maybe play to so many thousand people, but to the size of the problem, the money, the funds that would be made would just be so small. So that’s where I came on. I can generate money by doing concerts and by making albums.”
As a former Beatle, why was Harrison such a valuable spokesperson?
5. Divide students into groups of 3-4. Distribute Handout 1: The Concert for Bangladesh. Groups should read aloud, alternating paragraphs.
Discuss as a group and share out answers with the class:
What did the Concert for Bangladesh borrow from both the intentions of Civil Rights demonstrations and the spirit of the Woodstock festival to create a new kind of event?
Why was it important to build awareness about Bangladesh in 1971?
How might the public demonstrations of the Civil Rights movement have inspired Harrison to become an advocate for change?
How might the Woodstock festival have suggested that there was an audience for the Concert for Bangladesh?
6. Show clip of Live Aid press conference (1985). What words does musician and organizer Bob Geldof use to describe the event?
[Note to teacher: Ask students to listen for descriptive words in Geldof’s announcement before playing the clip so the class knows what to listen for.]
7. Distribute Handout 2: Live Aid. Groups should read aloud, alternating paragraphs. Discuss as a group and share out answers with the class:
How did Live Aid use the example set by the Concert for Bangladesh and expand it?
Why was it important to build awareness about Ethiopia in 1985?
What technological advances made the Live Aid concerts possible that would not have been feasible during the 1960s and early 1970s, the time of Harrison’s event?
8. Play clip of Geldof discussing the role of pop music in humanitarian causes. Ask class: Why does Geldof think that a benefit concert is “the ultimate that pop music can do”? What point is he trying to make?
1. Read students the following quote from Bruce Springsteen:
2. Ask students to write a short paragraph that responds to the following prompt: Bob Geldof and Bruce Springsteen both agree that popular music can help make people think about serious issues. Can musicians make a greater impact than government in creating change? Why or why not?”
Distribute Handout 3: Summary Activity to each student. Instruct students to imagine that they are producing a benefit concert to raise awareness about an important issue occurring in the world today. Students should select an issue, a reason why that issue is worth advocating for, determine what type of event would work best to raise awareness (e.g. a march, a concert, a demonstration, etc.), and create a wish list of contemporary artists they think would help generate the greatest amount of public and media attention to their cause. Students should take 5 minutes to sketch out their idea using the handout. If time allows, volunteers may share proposals with the class.
Students will translate their notes on Handout 3 into essay form, writing 3-4 paragraphs illustrating their issue and a proposed protest/advocacy event in more detail. The essay should include clear detailed background research into how their issue has become a problem worthy of everyone’s attention, a step-by-step explanation of their plan to raise awareness, and how their event will help to improve the situation.
Handout 1: The Concert for Bangladesh Handout 2: Live Aid Handout 3: Protest as Event - Summary Activity
NJSLSA.R7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
NJSLSA.W1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and sufficient evidence.
NJSLSA.W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
NJSLSA.SL2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats.
Standard 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Standard 5: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Standard 2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats (including visual, quantitative, and oral).
Standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including across multiple texts.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Citizenship. The student understands efforts to expand the democratic process. The student is expected to:
Identify and analyze methods of expanding the right to participate in the democratic process, including lobbying, non-violent protesting, litigation, and amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Reading 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Writing 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Writing 9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Speaking and Listening 2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Select: Choose music appropriate for a specific purpose or context.
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Technology Android After Getting Caught Cheating Benchmark Scores, Huawei Will Let Users Access ‘Performance...
After Getting Caught Cheating Benchmark Scores, Huawei Will Let Users Access ‘Performance Mode’
Tushar Subhra Dutta
After Getting Caught Cheating Benchmark Scores, Huawei Will Let Users Access 'Performance Mode'
We all know very well that last week, information surfaced that the well-known Chinese smartphone manufacturer, of course, Huawei cheats on smartphone benchmarks such as P20, P20 Pro and Honor Play. Hence, now to remedy the situation, the company has promised to release a “performance mode” soon: it is the same feature that makes the device run optimally when performance tests run.
Last week, information surfaced that the well-known Chinese smartphone manufacturer, of course, Huawei cheats on smartphone benchmarks such as P20, P20 Pro and Honor Play. Hence, now to remedy the situation, the company has promised to release a “performance mode” soon: it is the same feature that makes the device run optimally when performance tests run.
The trick was discovered by AnandTech, who noticed that the newly released Honor Play performed worse than the P20 Pro on certain tests, although both had the same processor – the well-known Chinese smartphone manufacturer, of course, Huawei’s own Kirin 970.
By investigating the differences, AnandTech found that when certain benchmark applications are run, the processor goes into an operating mode that increases the power consumption, but allows for more performance. That’s why the test results are so positive in some models.
The well-known Chinese smartphone manufacturer, of course, Huawei had no choice but to admit that it actually implements a special power mode that optimizes smartphones for benchmarks. The company tried to minimize the problem by saying that other manufacturers follow the same practice, especially in China.
This argument had no effect, of course. If there is a specific optimization mode for testing, this means that the results are not reliable.
That is why, without delay, the well-known Chinese smartphone manufacturer, of course, Huawei released a note saying that it had discussed with UL (the company responsible for 3DMark) on best practices for benchmarks.
Based on this conversation, some measures have been taken, although there is still little information about them. The first is the release of the performance mode in the EMUI 9.0 interface, to be made available soon.
This means that the user can activate, as much as he/she wants, the same optimization that makes the smartphone perform better in tests. Note, however, that this feature consumes more power, so it can considerably degrade the battery life if it is turned on for a long time.
Moreover, the well-known Chinese smartphone manufacturer, of course, Huawei and UL have also agreed to temporarily remove the benchmark scores of the manufacturer’s various smartphones (including the P20, P20 Pro and Honor Play models) until all users of related devices can access performance mode.
Finally, the two companies have also expressed an interest in developing benchmark standards for the entire industry in order to “meet the needs of manufacturers, the press and consumers.” It was just not clear if there will be really any effort for this move or not.
So, what do you think about this? Simply share all your views and thoughts in the comment section below.
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Tushar Subhra Dutta is a content writer at Tech Viral. As, he writes about Technology, Science, Gadgets, Hacking & Security, Social Media and much more.
OMG! 25 Million Android Phones Infected By ‘Agent Smith’ Malware
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Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
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Creator: Rankin, John G.
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Creator: Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V.
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Author: Francis Anthony Boyle;Philip Berrigan
As the U.S. War on Terrorism hurtles into uncharted waters, challenging accepted norms of international law and setting a pattern for peremptory state behavior, could a nuclear strike against a non-nuclear rogue state become an American option? Could conflicts between other nuclear states such as India and Pakistan go nuclear?
The Clinton Administrations Presidential Decision Directive 60 asserted a U.S. right to target non-nuclear states with nuclear weapons in 1997. But PDD60, as well as nuclear deterrence as a whole -- both the use and threatened use of nuclear weapons -- is illegal under the international law of warfare.In fact, Francis A. Boyle argues in The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence, the Bush administrations toying with the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Afghanistan, its intent to proceed with National Missile Defense, to renew nuclear testing and develop bunker-busting nuclear weapons will have disastrous impact on existing international efforts to rein in the global nuclear arms race through the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Already, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty has fallen before its scythe.
This book provides a succinct and detailed guide to understanding the arms race from Hiroshima/ Nagasaki through the SALT I, SALT II, ABM and START efforts at arms control, to Star Wars/National Missile Defense, U.S. unilateral abrogation of the ABM Treaty, and events in Afghanistan and beyond.
It clarifies the relevant international law, from the Hague Conventions through the Nuremberg Principles to the recent World Court Advisory Opinion, as well as tracing contradictions in and contraventions of domestic guidelines established in the U.S. Army Field Manual of 1956 on The Law of Land Warfare, which remains the official primer for U.S. military personnel concerning the laws of war to which they must regard themselves as subject.
More disturbingly, Boyle reviews the intricacies of the foreign policy controversies and objectives which mark the development of American nuclear policy, often pressed forward by civilian administrations seeking to promote their geopolitical agenda over the advice and desires of the American military itself.
This book is an effective tool and a must read for the burgeoning anti-nuclear and peace movements, church groups, and lawyers defending anti-nuclear resisters. It should also prove instructive for the diplomatic community, and for civilian and military personnel who frame and carry out Americas nuclear policies, who must weigh the possibility of being summoned one day before an international war crimes tribunal.
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Joan of Arc Tour
Follow Joan's tragic journey across France, from the place of her birth to Rouen, where she was burnt at the stake.
Born a simple peasant girl, Joan claimed she had religious visions and a divine mission to drive the English out of 15th Century France and bring about the coronation of the Dauphin. Known as the Maid of Orleans, she was a great symbolic figurehead and did much for French morale, leading the French army to several victories. But after a brief truce, Joan was captured, accused of heresy, sentenced to death and then famously burnt at the stake. She was canonized in 1920 and is now one of the most well-known saints in the Roman Catholic Church.
City tour of Paris, to include famous statues of Joan of Arc and the Abbey of Saint-Denis, burial place of French monarchs and where Joan blessed her armour.
Compiegne, where Joan was captured and the Church of St Jacques where she prayed.
Reims and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, where Charles VII was crowned.
Vaucouleurs, where Joan persuaded Robert de Baudricourt, the French Captain of Vaucouleurs to support her mission.
Birthplace of Joan of Arc, her house and the church where she was baptised.
Orleans, where Joan celebrated her first great victory and inspired the French army to end the famous siege of Orleans. See the Cathedrale Ste-Croix and the stained glass windows telling the story of her life and the house where she stayed during the siege.
The picturebook castle in Sully-sur-Loire, where she was kept by Georges la Tremoille, who opposed her influence over the King.
The strategic towns of Meung and Beaugency, recaptured in a joint offensive by Joan, the Duke of Alencon and the Constable of France.
Chinon Castle, where Joan was first presented to Charles VII and the Castle of Saumur, residence of Yolande of Aragon, the King's mother-in-law.
Rouen, where Joan's trial was held in 1431. See the ruins of Chateau de Bouvreuil, where Joan was imprisoned and the Abbey of Saint-Ouen, the site of Joan's public recantation and the old market square where she was publicly burnt at the stake.
The large cross and St Joan of Arc Church marking the location of her execution.
Beautiful Chateau of Chenonceau, one of the most stunning of the famous Loire chateaux.
Slideshow: Notre Dame de Rouen Cathedral © Rene Mattes; Chenonceau Castle © Dennis Jarvis; Reims Cathedral © Kiev Victor
Photos to the right of the tour: St Denis Abbey © Nina Ra; Joan of Arc statue
Excellent organised travel and accommodation.
Richard III Tour: the King under the Car park
William the Conqueror Tour
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Home > Arts > INTERVIEW: Donald Livingston on the Twin Cities Early Music Festival
INTERVIEW: Donald Livingston on the Twin Cities Early Music Festival
by Basil Considine - August 31, 2016 August 31, 2016
The Twin Cities Early Music Festival has just wrapped up – a month-long cavalcade of concerts, workshops, master classes, and intimate recitals. The director of the festival, Donald Livingston, agreed to chat with the Twin Cities Arts Reader‘s Basil Considine about the festival’s explosive growth, wearing multiple hats as a musician-administrator, and more.
Donald Livingston, Director of the Twin Cities Early Music Festival
The Twin Cities Early Music Festival burst on the scene in 2014 as a 2-day event. Now it spans from August 5-28, with just two dark days in the middle. What’s been driving this growth and expansion?
The driving force has been mostly two things: the excitement that surrounds creating anything new has prompted some early music enthusiasts to put together projects for the festival that wouldn’t have gotten done otherwise, and I chose to to craft the schedule as a series of individual events instead of a weekend packed with events to make ticketing individual events possible. The first year’s format of a continuous slate of things happening every hour makes for more “festival” atmosphere, but it is the worst format for monetization. Without funding there was no way to get money into the hands of performers without ticketing individual concerts.
How does this year’s performance slate compare to previous years?
The number of events this year is down. This was expected and, in fact, welcomed, by me. Last year the new format was shiny and new, and I encouraged everyone who had anything to do with early music to participate. This year there were conflicts schedule-wise, but also a few groups put together projects just for the festival last year that were not interested in putting one together this year.
What is the performance curation and organization process like? Do you invite groups, solicit proposals, etc?
The first year two years I asked people to participate. This year I let them come to me, counting on the fact that most people who were really interested in participating would make themselves known. I get a number of proposals from across the country and Europe as well, but have not been in a financial situation to take advantage of that interest yet.
Training is a large part of several prominent early music festivals around the country. TCEMF has its Baroque Instrumental & Dance Program, which makes up a large part of the first half of the festival. Which came first?
The Baroque program came first, technically. It existed as the part of the summer programme at Early Music Vancouver, who decided to end the program in 2015, so we moved the faculty here and continued it under a new banner. However, it was simply a program that dropped in our laps, and was not part of the original plan for the festival.
How many students participated in BIP this year?
I think there [were] 37 students total.
You’re the director of the festival, but also wear many hats as a musician. Are you taking the stage as a performing musician during the festival?
I am a performer this year, and am trimming it back from last year. Still, I appeared too many times for comfort: in recital with Maria Jette (August 6), on harp with Sprezzatura (August 13), on organ with Bach Cantatas (August 23), with Clea Galhano and Nerea Berraondo (August 25), and finally as conductor for Acis and Galatea (August 26 & 27). Next year, I am reducing that even further by doing a solo recital and one continuo show.
Basil Considine
Basil Considine is the Performing Arts Editor and Senior Classical Music and Drama Critic at the Twin Cities Arts Reader. He was previously the Resident Classical Music and Drama Critic at the Twin Cities Daily Planet and remains an occasional contributing writer for The Boston Musical Intelligencer and The Chattanoogan. He holds a PhD in Music and Drama from Boston University, an MTS in Sacred Music from the BU School of Theology, and a BA in Music and Theatre from the University of San Diego.
Basil was named one of Musical America's 30 Professionals of the Year in 2017.
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AHL grads shine on NHL Awards night
Several American Hockey League alumni picked up hardware on Tuesday night at the National Hockey League’s awards ceremony in Las Vegas.
Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins won the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the "goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at his position." Rask posted a 36-15-6 record as the Bruins captured the Presidents’ Trophy and led the Eastern Conference in team defense.
An AHL All-Star in 2008, Rask appeared in 102 games with the Providence Bruins from 2007-09, going 60-33-6 with five shutouts.
Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks has won his second James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the defenseman demonstrating "the greatest all-around ability in the position."
Keith, who led all NHL defensemen with 55 assists and ranked second among blueliners with 61 points, also won the award in 2010.
Keith played 154 games in the AHL with the Norfolk Admirals from 2003-05 before graduating to become one of the NHL’s top defensemen in the last decade.
Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins won the Frank J. Selke Trophy in recognition of the "forward who best excels in defensive aspects of the game."
It was Bergeron’s second Selke Trophy win in the last three seasons.
Bergeron played in the AHL with the Providence Bruins in 2004-05, tallying 21 goals and 40 assists in 68 games and participating in the AHL All-Star Classic.
Dominic Moore of the New York Rangers received the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL player who "best exemplifies the qualities of preseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey."
Moore, who skated in 148 games over two seasons (2003-05) with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack, returned to the NHL this season after taking a leave of absence in the spring of 2012 in order to care for his wife, Katie, after she had been diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. Katie passed away in January of 2013, and Dominic established the Katie Moore Foundation (katiemoore.org) in her memory.
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Andrew Ference is this year’s recipient of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, awarded "to the player who best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice and who has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution to his community."
Ference, named team captain in his first season with the Oilers, played 88 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and was an AHL All-Star in 2001.
AHL alumni also accounted for 10 of the 12 spots on the NHL’s First and Second All-Star Teams, and five of the six berths on the NHL All-Rookie Team.
Rask and Keith were joined by Boston’s Zdeno Chara, Anaheim’s Corey Perry and Dallas’s Jamie Benn as First Team All-Stars. Colorado’s Semyon Varlamov, Nashville’s Shea Weber, St. Louis’s Alex Pietrangelo, Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf and San Jose’s Joe Pavelski earned Second Team All-Star nods.
Anaheim’s Frederik Andersen and Hampus Lindholm, Boston’s Torey Krug, and Tampa Bay’s Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat were named to the AHL All-Rookie Team.
More than 88 percent of all NHL players in 2013-14 were graduates of the American Hockey League, including 347 players who skated in both leagues over the course of the season.
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Teams prep for season loaded with talent
October 4, 2012 theahl
by Scott Edmonds, The Canadian Press
(CP) — After spending most of last season with the American Hockey League’s St. John’s IceCaps, defenceman Paul Postma was looking forward to some serious ice time with the Winnipeg Jets in 2012.
He’d been signed to a one-way deal and, with perhaps the best Winnipeg blue-liner out for much of the season due to wrist surgery, the cards seemed to be landing in his lap.
"Obviously, I feel extremely bad for Zach (Bogosian), he’s a good guy and heck of a player but, with saying that, it opened up a spot for me," Postma said this week as the IceCaps, the Jets farm team, opened their camp in Corner Brook, N.L.
"It kind of guaranteed me a top-six spot. I was definitely looking forward to the season and I was ready for it but this (NHL) lockout is kind of out of my control, so I’m just going to be in St. John’s for the time being and enjoy it."
Postma isn’t alone. A lot of players who were expecting to graduate this season or were still fairly new in the NHL have found themselves suiting up again in the AHL.
Centre Alex Burmistrov played full time with the Jets last season, where he had 13 goals and 15 assists. But because of the 20-year-old’s entry-level contract, he’s also heading to St. John’s rather than joining some of his teammates in the KHL or elsewhere.
Others, like Postma, were knocking on the door of the Jets, including centres Patrice Cormier and Aaron Gagnon, defenceman Derek Meech and right-winger Spencer Machacek.
"We now have the luxury of having them in the lineup for however long the lockup (lasts)," says IceCaps coach Keith McCambridge.
The same thing is happening throughout the AHL.
Edmonton Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the No. 1 draft pick in 2011, will be playing for the Oklahoma City Barons. Adam Henrique of the New Jersey Devils will be back in Albany.
Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals will be in net for the Hershey Bears and Philadelphia Flyers forward Brayden Shenn will be playing for the Adirondack Phantoms.
"The league was good to start with and it just got a whole lot better," says Postma.
It also makes things a little tougher for players looking for work in the league.
"It’s definitely very competitive," Potsma added. "Clearly there’s not enough roster spots out there."
That too has been good for the IceCaps, notes McCambridge, who have picked up veterans Derek Whitmore and Brian Sutherby on professional tryout contracts.
McCambridge, a Manitoba native, is looking to build on the IceCaps’ impressive first-season, now that the hard work of launching the team in its new home has been accomplished.
Winnipeg-based True North Sports and Entertainment owns the Jets and owned the Manitoba Moose AHL franchise, which became the IceCaps. True North leases it to former Newfoundland premier Danny Williams.
"You had the Atlanta team that was in Chicago, bringing them together with the Manitoba Moose guys that were brought into St. John’s and the free agents and draft picks all mixed in together," McCambridge said. "Our challenge as coaching staff was getting those to gel as quickly as possible and I thought we did a pretty good job of it."
Few would argue.
The IceCaps topped the AHL’s Atlantic Division and went to the Eastern Conference final, where they went down to the eventual Calder Cup winning Norfolk Admirals.
Like Postma, McCambridge says the 30-team league is benefiting from the NHL lockout.
"Alex Burmistrov is a player we would not have seen here in St. John’s," he said. "The AHL is going to be a very good league this year."
Not that McCambridge felt they personally had a lot of holes to plug.
"Any time you can push to the final four in the league, obviously there are a lot of positives," he said
McCambridge also knows well that he isn’t the only coach blessed with a talent bump this season: "The rest of the league has the same luxury … the product across the board for the league I expect is very high."
There are only four Canadian teams in the league: St. John’s, the Hamilton Bulldogs, Toronto Marlies and Abbotsford Heat. The Marlies won the Western Conference last season but, like St. John’s, were swept in four by the Admirals in the final.
As a relocated franchise, bringing the AHL back to Newfoundland after a six-year absence, the IceCaps were the hottest ticket in town with regular sellouts at Mile One Centre.
"It’s a smaller scale of what I witnessed taking place in Winnipeg," said McCambridge, referring the buzz around the return of the NHL to Manitoba’s capital.
This season he expects more of the same for the IceCaps, with a little more attention for the league in general if the NHL lockout continues.
And by setting the bar so high last year, he knows the fans will want more this season, but so does he.
"We’re not content," McCambridge said. "We always want to make sure we’re getting better."
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Archive for the ‘Production’ Category
“Blood on the Plain” Review
February 5, 2012 thomasconroy Leave a comment
I thought I’d take a break from the insanity of the awards season to provide a little spotlight on an outstanding short film to come out of the Chicago area. Having spent six years in film school, I can both understand and relate to what it’s like to be an unrecognized talent, attempting to make a standout film with practically no budget. With that being said, to this little endeavor in moviemaking, I say “bravo.”
The story is set against the backdrop of small-town life in Kansas on the day of the high school homecoming dance. A tribe of people, thought to be extinct for hundreds of years, have returned, evolved into a form of creature never before seen or imagined. Seeking revenge for the sins of the town’s ancestors, the demons strike at what is most precious to them, prompting the residents to band together and put a stop to the evil, once and for all.
Director Mac Eldridge (helmer of “Chemical 12-D,” which played at last year’s Fantasia Fest in Montreal), has gone above and beyond in crafting a fantastic, cross-genre experience: a horror-western. Imagine, if you will, the ominous, wayfaring overtones of “No Country for Old Men” meeting the gruesome action and thrills of “Predator.” The film packs some genuinely philosophical vibes that, while not reaching fruition, raise its caliber a notch or two above what a short like this could normally offer, and yet never skimps on its level of pure excitement.
For a movie in which the characters are not usually the main draw, the actors really hold their own. Otis Fine does a remarkable job of anchoring the ensemble as the thinking-man’s bartender. Richard Alpert, meanwhile, nails the film’s climax, encompassing everything you could hope for from a hard-nosed, eyepatch-wearing sheriff who can still handle a Winchester rifle. The emotional core of the film, however, is held by Joey Bicicchi and Dani Wilkin, the two star-crossed high school lovers who bear witness to the town’s tragedy. Caught in a whirlwind of horror and carnage, we see the massacre through their eyes, and it isn’t pretty.
The above-mentioned storm pertains to the horror element of the film, which will likely draw a large amount of viewers and they will not be disappointed. First off, the creature design is stellar. The makeup team created a lean, mean, savage superhuman with plenty of unique touchups and details that add a distinct element of character. They meet all the necessary criteria to be added to the long list of things you would not want to run into in a dark alley. Meanwhile, the title of the film really lives up to expectations with some outstanding gore. There’s enough stabbing, throat-cutting and general slaughter to keep any self-respecting horror fan glued to the screen.
It’s worth mentioning that much of the film’s success would not have been realized without its fabulous technical qualities. This film, which was made with a minuscule amount of money, looks, sounds and feels like a movie that should garner envy from any big-budget Hollywood producer. The cinematography, crafted by the young Chicago phenom David Wagenaar, is top notch. The film’s warm color palette help heighten the authentic western vibe, while Wagenaar’s staunch, high-contrast lighting during the massacre greatly elevates the level of terror. The film’s production design team successfully pulled off transforming suburban Chicago into rural Kansas (not an easy feat). Finally, the sound mix by Rob Davis adds a quality to the film that absolutely cannot be beaten.
Perhaps the greatest compliment one can give to “Blood on the Plain” is how well it works as a short film. Some may argue that the movie lacks a solid build-up. Yet, all in all, what more could you want for your twelve minutes? The film wastes not a second of its running time and delivers more scares, thrills and raw emotion than any other short that I’ve seen this year. The filmmakers wish to soon expand this film into a feature, and I can only hope beyond hope that it happens. When you see this short you will know what I mean, because, by the time the credits roll, the only thing you will want is more. You’ll be begging for it.
“Blood” is about to start its international festival run and is not yet available for streaming. However, you can go to the film’s website and can find all sorts of ways to see it. The DVD is on sale for ten dollars and is packed with all kinds of great extras. Or, if you’re as self-conscious about blind buys as I am, the film is also available for download in a stunning 2k (a quality higher than HD) transfer for only four dollars. Trust me, this film is worth your four dollars. Help support these phenomenal young indie filmmakers.
Below is the film’s official trailer and a link to their site:
Blood on the Plain’s Official Site
Categories: Production, Reviews Tags: angie gaffney, aric jackson, blood on the plain, chicago, creatures, david wagenaar, horror, kansas, kevin mcgrail, mac eldridge, makeup, no country for old men, predator, review, rob davis, short film, western
New “Blood on the Plain” Trailer and Poster
November 2, 2011 thomasconroy Leave a comment
This is a little film that I have been following closely over the past year. As some of you may recall, I made a few posts about the short as it was in the midst of production, and since then, it has grown by leaps and bounds. Director Mac Eldridge leads a stellar cast and crew, made up of dozens of rising stars in the Chicago film scene. Here they have crafted a visceral and entertaining short film that is about to take the world by storm.
Here’s a brief synopsis of the film, as stated by the film’s website:
Part western, part horror, “Blood on the Plain” is a self-aware pulp exploration of a small town in the wake of tragedy. Following a savage massacre at the Wadsworth High School homecoming dance, the townspeople take up arms and under the guidance of four seasoned trackers, set out in search of justice. Those who survive will be forced to square off with the assailants; a breed of man never before seen and born under a previous generation’s offense.
All in all, the concept is a virtual cross between “No Country for Old Men” and “Predator.” If you’re wondering how those two films could mesh, I believe that’s evident of the stark originality of this piece. Right now, the film exists as a short narrative that focuses on the massacre and the events that lead up to it. However, the film is now gaining a lot of traction in different film communities and is about to begin its international festival tour. From there, it will hopefully gain enough support to become to the full feature it deserves to be.
Everything I say about this exciting project could not do enough justice as the trailer below. I must warn that were it viewed by the MPAA, this preview would certainly carry a red band rating. It contains some footage of the film’s fantastic make-up and special effects which can get a little gory at moments. Yet, considering the movies I have mentioned above, that shouldn’t be unwelcome or a surprise.
Check out the trailer, along with photos, cast and crew biographies, and behind the scenes footage, at the link, below:
“BLOOD ON THE PLAIN” TRAILER AND WEBSITE!
Categories: News, Production, Trailers and Videos Tags: angel esparza, angie gaffney, aric jackson, blood on the plain, creatures, david wagenaar, gory, high school, horror, kevin mcgrail, mac eldridge, massacre, no country for old men, poster, predator, trailer, water cooler productions, website, western
My “Separation of Church and State” Montage
As I said, earlier in the year, I planned on including more than just commentary on this site. I also intend to feature content that I have created or worked on as a filmmaker, as well. I had posted the production stills and trailer for a short film that I had gotten the chance to work on in late winter, titled “Blood on the Plain.” Production of that film will be resuming soon and there will surely be some phenomenal work to be advertised. Recently, I also gripped on a short film titled “A Tribal El Community.” It’s the first student film ever to be sanctioned to shoot on the Chicago Transit Authority’s train system. Hopefully I will have some photos from that production, soon, as well.
On top of lighting work, I have also dabbled in editing from time to time. I thought I would share a montage that I made for my Editing Styles and Techniques class earlier this year. The topic of my project was the separation of church and state, an issue that I believe is burning our country alive. As some of my readers know, I am an athiest (actually borderline agnostic). While I respect other people’s decision to believe in religion, I prefer it be kept the hell away from me. Therefore, it kills me to see that our country, founded on religious freedom, has become so heavily tied in with Christian ideals and beliefs, both morally and politically.
Quite frankly, this issue is, for me, the epicenter of 90% of what’s wrong with this country. It’s why women may have to fear dying from back alley abortions. It’s why our children are growing up ignorant enough to believe that the world was created in seven days. It’s why millions of people remained plagued with horrible, debilitating illness (because God says we’re not allowed to find a cure for them). It’s why gay people cannot find there place as equal members of society (which they are; any debate on this issue is frivolous) and why humans may never find an ultimate solution to global warming. In other words, the Christian grasp of this country is what is preventing our civilization from moving forward.
Anyway, enough of my preaching. Let’s move on to the montage. This is, by standards, a found footage montage, meaning that it is assembled from dozens of different sources. Those who listen carefully will be able to tell immediately what musical choice I made for the piece. I’ve also used elements from perhaps my favorite feature documentary, “Jesus Camp,” which, to this day, remains the scariest movie I’ve ever seen in my life. The rest is assembled from various sources and websites. Hope everyone enjoys it and perhaps it might spark some debate.
Categories: Musings, Production Tags: barack obama, bill maher, church, found footage, george w. bush, jesus camp, matt damon, montage, sarah palin, separation, state, the social network music, Thomas Conroy
“Blood on the Plain” Teaser
As promised a few days ago, here is the first trailer for “Blood on the Plain.” The film is a contemporary horror-western taking place in a small Kansas town. A savage tribe of humanoid creatures emerges from underground caves to seek revenge on the town by murdering their children. After the homecoming dance is massacred, the school burned to the ground, the remaining townspeople must band together and gain retribution for these acts. They enlist the help of four hardened trackers to bring the mysterious killers to justice and return order to their town.
I had a lot of fun working on this project, even if I was out in the freezing cold for much of the day. However, the production is far from over and a lot still has to be done. In the meantime enjoy this preview of what’s to come, and then check out the production photos posted that I posted a few days ago, if you haven’t yet.
Categories: Production, Trailers and Videos Tags: aric jackson, blood on the plain, caitlin laingen, david wagenaar, horror, kevin mcgrail, mac eldridge, rob steele, stephanie clemons, teaser, tom conroy, tom dean, trailer, western
“Blood on the Plain” Production Stills
As I said, I do intend to have more of a production aspect to this blog. I love reviewing movies and hope to have a career in the commentary process, but working on the films themselves is also quite a passion of mine. Recently, I’ve been doing grip work on a student short destined to take off and potentially be turned into a feature. It’s a contemporary horror/western that takes place in a small Kansas town. A tribe of nomadic creatures, thought to have died out, emerge from their caves to wreak revenge on a small town by slaughtering the high school homecoming.
The film is a joint effort between Water Cooler Productions, Black Apple Media and Dynamite Productions. The director is Mac Eldridge who is also producing, along with Aric Jackson and Kevin McGrail. The director of photography is David Wagenaar, the editor is Tom Dean and the production designer is Caitlin Laingen. The film is being shot on the RED One Camera.
Check out more stills after the cut:
Categories: Production Tags: angel esparza, aric jackson, blood on the plain, david wagenaar, horror, kevin mcgrail, kit garchow, mac eldridge, matthew justin rivera, production stills, red one, short film, stephanie clemons, student film, the descent, western
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Tag: rough necks
Bill Ray and the Hells Angels of San Berdoo 1965
“This was a new breed of rebel,” Bill Ray told LIFE.com, recalling his time with the Angels. “They didn’t have jobs, of course. They absolutely despised everything that most Americans value and strive for — stability, security. They rode their bikes, hung out in bars for days at a time, fought with anyone who messed with them. They were self-contained, with their own set of rules, their own code of behavior. It was extraordinary to be around.”
Ray spent some of the time with the Angels on a ride from San Bernardino (about 40 miles east of Los Angeles) to Bakersfield, California, for a major motorcycle rally. The Berdoo-Bakersfield run is a trip of only about 130 miles — but in 1965, it would offer enough moments (both placid and violent) for Ray to paint a rare, revelatory portrait of the world’s most legendary motorcycle club in its early days. The way in which the story came about, meanwhile, was as dramatic and unexpected as Bill Ray’s pictures.
“It was exhilarating being around them, there’s no question about it,” Ray says. “You just never knew what they were going to do. You’re always kind of on edge, because — think about it! — these people have a lot of time to waste. They don’t punch a clock, so they fill the time drinking beer, smoking pot, screwing around. There was always a sense that anything could happen at any minute. Things could go from light-hearted to tense, and from tense to very scary, pretty goddamn quick.”
Ray and Joe Bride spent more than a month with the Angels in the spring of ’65, “mostly on weekends,” Ray remembers, “but the Bakersfield run was around the clock, three days and nights.” In Bakersfield,” remembers Ray, “I slept on the floor of the Blackboard Cafe — the bar that the Angels basically lived in while they were there.”
“There’s a romance to the idea of the biker on the open road,” Ray says. “It’s similar to the romance that people attach to cowboys and the West — which, of course, is totally out of proportion to the reality of riding fences and punching cows. But no doubt, there’s something impressive about these Harley-Davidsons and bikers heading down the highway. You see the myth played out in movies, like Easy Rider, which came out a few years after I photographed the Angels. You know, the trail never ends for the cowboy, and the open road never ends for the Angels. They just ride. Where they’re going hardly matters. It’s not an easy life, but it’s what they choose. It’s theirs. And everyone else can get out of the way or go to hell.”
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Notch in the canyon is where the Teton River turns north away from the Missouri.
A Most Explorer Place
A “V” shaped piece of land that stretches some sixty miles along the north side of the Missouri from the mouth of the Marias to the great falls of the Missouri is arguably the most explored part of the Corps of Discovery’s trail to the Pacific Ocean, excluding their winter camps. No less than five different times small parties traversed this area; twice in 1805 and three more times in 1806.
To try to determine which river to follow from the mouth of the Marias the Captains decided they would each lead a small overland party up the rivers; Lewis went up the North Fork (Marias) while Clark took his party up the South Fork (Missouri).
Clark set his route to make a series of arcs across the plain between the South Fork and the Tansey (Teton) River, starting at the river then arcing out onto the plain and returning to the river. Using this method he could ascertain the character of the South Fork and the plain to the north. After traveling about 40 miles upriver Clark became convinced by the geography he saw that the South Fork was the proper course (although he was about 10 miles below the great falls so he never saw them).
He turned his party northeast to return to the Marias camp. This course took them diagonally across the plain between the two rivers. He reached the Tansey about fifteen miles upriver from its mouth on the Marias (which is about 1 ½ miles upriver from the Marias’ mouth on the Missouri) at the place where the river makes a sharp turn to the north greatly widening the V plain. From that point he followed the Tansey to the Marias camp. Clark had traveled across the wide part of the V shaped plain. Along his route much of the plain west of him was visible. Thus he got a tolerable good reading of the geography.
Once the Captains decided the South Fork was the proper channel to follow they devised a plan where Lewis would take a small advance party overland up the Missouri to find the falls they were certain lie somewhere not too distant upriver. When Lewis and his party left the Marias on June 11 they traveled this strip of land that lie between the rivers for about ten miles until they came out on a broader plain. The South Fork turned to the southwest making the strip of land grow wider. Lewis adjusted his route to make several arcs across the land between the rivers over the next forty miles. His route resembled a large letter “M” with the bottom setting on the Missouri and the tops reaching a line of hills that afforded an undisturbed view of the prairies. Lewis could see the canyons formed by both rivers. By the time Lewis and his party reached the great falls on June 13 they too had a good evaluation of the geography of the piece of land.
As you can see during the trip upriver in 1805 each Captain explored this modest plain and developed a good understanding of the geography. On the return trip in 1806 the knowledge of this area would be utilized by Captain Lewis and Sgt Gass, who had been with Clark in 1805, as they crossed north central Montana heading to the mouth of the Marias.
When Lewis and his three companions left the great falls in 1806 to explore the upper Marias they headed north across the plain reaching the Teton (Tansey) River north of present day Carter. Lewis had traveled much of this same land the summer before. From that point he continued north to the Marias then up that river to reach Camp Disappointment, the farthest north he would go.
After the brief encounter with the Blackfeet Lewis used his acquired knowledge of the area and set a southeasterly course (across the plain between the rivers) that would take his party to the mouth of the Marias where he was to join Sgt Ordway with the canoes. In his haste to reach the Marias and warn Ordway of the large Blackfeet force he had learned of from the small party he had a chance encounter with, Lewis failed to follow the course he set and went too far south. He reached the Missouri about 20 miles upriver from the Marias. But as luck would have it when he got to the Missouri Ordway and his party was at that spot on the river.
When Ordway and his party had completed re-portaging the great falls of the Missouri they had four horses to deal with. Rather than turn them loose on the prairie, it was decided that Sgt Gass would take them overland to the Marias so they could be used by the hunters while they waited for Captain Lewis.
Sgt Gass and Pvt Willard took the horses across the river, to the north side, and followed a course very close to the course Clark had taken the year before as the Captains pondered which river to follow, the North Fork or the South Fork. Gass struck the Tansey near the spot Clark had, then followed that river to its mouth on the Marias, then to the Missouri, reaching there within minutes of when Lewis and his now large party had.
When recording his encounter with the Blackfeet party and his flight to the Marias, Lewis lamented that on the night of July 27 when his little party finally stopped to sleep they were alone on the endless prairie except for the buffalo, antelope, etc. Little did he know that camped only a few miles away on the Tansey were two other men of the Corps of Discovery.
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Tag: Sally Kohn
Catching up with Sally Kohn, consummate hater
Of all the people who make a living these days spouting opinions, perhaps none are dumber and more clueless than Sally Kohn.
Sally Kohn
We discussed Sally, a community organizer turned CNN commentator, in September of last year. Over the course of a week, we learned that she’s incredibly ignorant of a staggering range of things, from the fundamental tenets of Islam to basic facts of European history and geography. She didn’t know Amsterdam was in the Netherlands. She bragged that if she had an adopted Moroccan son, she’d raise him as a Muslim, not grasping that a devout Muslim male might disapprove of her lesbianism, her Judaism, her failure to wear a head covering and subordinate herself to men. It’s shocking to discover that she actually has a law degree, because she gives no indication of ever having studied anything. She knows nothing but politics and never has anything to say that isn’t right out of the PC handbook.
We thought we’d do an update on old Sally. First we should mention her support for sharia devotee and sham feminist Linda Sarsour, an organizer of the Women’s March on the day after this U.S. year’s presidential inauguration. In April, we included Sally on a list of Sarsour’s admirers but we didn’t quote any of her tweets in Sarsour’s defense. Here you go: “#IStandWithLinda today & always! Her every word is being picked apart and contorted. I know @lsarsour to be a defender of justice FOR ALL!” This wasn’t exactly a surprise: Sally has consistently stood up for sharia law and has refused to listen to reason about it. On some mental level she has to be aware that she’s misrepresenting it, but her determination to be foursquare PC in every possible way makes it impossible for her to criticize it.
Kurt Schlichter
One person she has been able to criticize is one Kurt Schlichter. When Schlichter tried to explain to her, via Twitter, that Sarsour is “an Islamic fanatic,” Kohn replied: “I feel sad for you and everyone who thinks like you. It must be hard having your heart filled with so much blind hatred.” Schlichter, a retired Army colonel, replied with a photograph of himself, in uniform, presumably in Iraq or Afghanistan, in the company of several Muslim youths, all of them smiling and happy. Schlichter’s comment: “Here’s me showing my ‘blind hatred’ while deployed away from my family protecting Muslims from genocide. Where’s your pic?”
Sally has also called Donald Trump a fascist and totalitarian, has charged Dana Loesch (entirely without justification) with inciting violence, and has accused Paul Ryan of murder (for supporting repeal of Obamacare). Even as she has poured out all this bile, she has repeatedly posed as a model of civility, calling on her ideological opponents to avoid name-calling and stick to respectable lines of argument. She assailed Republicans for using the so-called “nuclear option” to get Judge Neil Gorsuch onto the Supreme Court, tweeting: “Are we really surprised that after Democrats DIDN’T use #NuclearOption, Republicans DID? Perpetual high-road/low-road distinction.” In fact, the Democrats had used the “nuclear option” in 2013 to confirm several Obama judicial appointees.
Her obnoxiousness is through the roof. On the day of the presidential election, she tweeted that she’d run into former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in a CNN makeup room “and offered my condolences in advance.” A couple of weeks before the election, she published a supposed letter to her eight-year-old daughter in which she described Trump as “a mirror reflecting a dark and dangerous part of our history” and characterized Trump voters as viewing “the equal treatment of women and people of color as a bad thing.”
Linking Trump and his supporters to slavery, to lynching, and to what she described as the “genocide” of Native Americans,” Sally told her daughter: “As you grow up, it will be easier for you to get into college and get a job and buy a home than it will be for your black friends.” No, not if Affirmative Action is still in effect. Sally went on to write: “You’ve said that if Donald Trump wins, you want to move to India.” She asked her not to do that. (But how did such an idea get into the head of an eight-year-old to begin with?) No, if Trump wins, Sally asserted, “we will not only march in the streets, but we will use our bodies to stop his forces from entering mosques or raiding homes of immigrants.” If Trump symbolized the worst of America, a vote for Hillary Clinton would serve “to uplift the best of America’s values,” including “justice and inclusion and fairness and kindness and equal opportunity for all.”
According to her website, Sally is currently writing “a book about hate – why there’s so much hate in our world today, why it’s getting worse, and what we can do to stop it.” She seems totally blind to the fact that she herself is a geyser of hate, unfairly smearing as haters tens of millions of Americans who hate no one but who are justifiably weary of the obsessive identity politics that are what Sally and her ilk have in place of a mind and a moral compass.
Posted on October 16, 2017 October 8, 2017 by usefulstooges 1
Sarsour’s sham feminism
Yesterday we met Linda Sarsour, an organizer of the Women’s March on January 21 – and a devout Muslim who defends Saudi Arabia’s treatment of women and accuses the U.S. of executing Muslim children.
Not long before the Women’s March raised her profile, Sarsour deleted dozens of old tweets – which, fortunately, had already been saved by critics. In some of these tweets, she expressed her support for sharia law. For example: “You’ll know when you’re living under Sharia Law if suddenly all your loans & credit cars become interest free. Sound nice, doesn’t it?” Here’s another: “I don’t drink alcohol, don’t eat pork, I follow Islamic way of living. That’s all Sharia law is.” Then there’s this one: “shariah law is reasonable and once u read into the details it makes a lot of sense.”
The Women’s March
In fact, there’s nothing “reasonable” about sharia. It is anti-woman, anti-human, anti-freedom. It allows men to have four wives but allows women to have only one husband. It permits men to divorce at will while forcing women who want divorces to go through lengthy judicial processes that may or may not end in divorce. Under sharia, a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man. Women are required to obey their husbands and must ask permission to leave the house. A woman who claims to have been raped must produce four male witnesses, and if they cannot be found, she is considered not to have been raped but to have engaged in forbidden sex acts for which she can be executed. Sharia prescribes the death penalty for gays, for apostates, for Muslim women who marry infidel men, and for much else.
There are women with backgrounds in the Muslim world who have stood up courageously for their rights of their sisters living under sharia. One of them is Ayaan Hirsi Ali; another is Brigitte Gabriel. Sansour has viciously attacked both of these women. In one tweet she said that Hirsi Ali and Gabriel were “asking 4 an a$$ whippin’.” She added: “I wish I could take their vaginas away – they don’t deserve to be women.” In 2014 Sansour, who has called Hirsi Ali a “hatemonger,” took part in a successful campaign to get Brandeis University to cancel plans to award her an honorary degree.
When asked on Fox News about Sarsour, Hirsi Ali commented: “Ms. Sarsour is hostile to me not because she knows me but because she is a fake feminist. Ms. Sarsour is not interested in universal human rights. She is a defender of sharia law [and] there is no principle that demeans, degrades, and dehumanizes women more than the principle of sharia law.” Hirsi Ali went on to ask why, if Sarsour is so concerned about women’s rights, she never speaks up for the women imprisoned and executed in Muslim countries for such “crimes” as blasphemy. Hirsi Ali noted that when some of her own friends told her they would be participating in the Women’s March, she told them: “We have real threats to women.” She enumerated some of them: female genital mutilation; child brides; gender-selective abortion. Why, Hirsi Ali asked, weren’t American women marching against those atrocities?
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
Good questions. Clearly, Sansour has no business being viewed as a feminist heroine. And yet many leading figures on the left have declared their unconditional loyalty to her. Among those who have tweeted their support are Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Keith Ellison, TV commentators Van Jones and Sally Kohn, Amnesty International and the Southern Poverty Law Center, and celebrities Susan Sarandon, Russell Simmons, and Mark Ruffalo (who told Sansour: “You are the best of what America is”).
How can this be? How can a woman who supports sharia be embraced by self-styled progressives as “the best of what America is”? Unfortunately, many “progressive” Americans today suffer from a particularly perverse brand of cognitive dissonance when it comes to Islam. Like everyone else, they know about Islamic terrorism, and they’ve heard (they must have heard, at this point) that sharia is profoundly illiberal; and yet they’re incapable of seeing Islam as anything other than a religion of victims. They have no trouble criticizing Christianity, but they consider any criticism of Islam – up to and including criticism of even the most brutal aspects of sharia – to be beyond the pale. And so it was that we witnessed, on January 21, the obscene spectacle of an immense crowd of self-declared freedom lovers applauding a proud adherent of sharia.
Posted on April 14, 2017 July 25, 2017 by usefulstooges 2
Top ten stooges, part two
Yesterday we revisited five of our top ten useful stooges of 2016. Here are the other five, who happen to have one thing in common: a readiness to defend Islam, the premier totalitarian force of our time.
Ben Norton
He hates Israel, calls the U.S. a “rogue state,” celebrates the legacy of the Black Panthers, and reflexively responds to each new act of terrorism by fretting about anti-Muslim backlash and smearing critics of Islam. He’s boy scribe Ben Norton, who when he’s not writing for Salon – an execrable enough venue – can be found at such vile pro-jihad sites as Electronic Intifada and Middle East Monitor. Instead of condemning the murderers of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists in January 2015, Norton slammed the victims as racists. Instead of writing about the massacres in Boston, San Bernardino, and Orlando (media attention to such events, he argues, only boosts bigotry), he penned an entire article about a white lady who’d jumped a hijab-clad woman on a Washington, D.C., sidewalk.
Laurie Penny
Laurie Penny was born into a prosperous family (both her parents were lawyers), went to a posh English public school, studied at Oxford, and was soon a highly successful journalist and author. But she’s still (as she constantly whines) a victim of sexism, a member of an “oppressed class.” And every man’s an oppressor – except, note well, for those Muslim males who act on the permission their religion gives them to beat, rape, and even kill women with impunity. So it was that when gangs of “refugees” committed mass rape in Cologne last New Year’s Eve, Penny turned her ire not on the rapists, but on the “racists” who responded to this crime by criticizing Islam.
It sounds like a set-up for a bad joke: a Jewish lesbian defending sharia law. But it’s no joke – it’s Sally Kohn, who after holding a series of jobs as a sleazy political operator and PR flack is now a CNN talking head. Even worse than her utter lack of a decent education is her utter lack of embarrassment about it: when an editor commissioned her to write about Amsterdam, she admitted she didn’t even know what country it was in – but that didn’t keep her from visiting it for a few days and banging out a piece accusing the natives of (what else?) Islamophobia.
“Modern capitalism is a sham,” advises British lad Owen Jones, and “democratic socialism is our only hope.” A Guardian columnist, Oxford grad, and son of Trotskyite parents, Jones is a consistent whitewasher of Islam who turns every act of jihadist terror into an excuse to denounce critics of Islam.
Finally, there’s movie star Will Smith, who this year called for “cleans[ing]” America by eliminating Trump supporters. (He didn’t say how we should do it.) He also condemned America’s “Islamophobia” and extolled Dubai, which, he claimed, “dreams the way I dream.” Never mind that the UAE, where Dubai is located, is a sharia-ruled country where you can get stoned to death for being gay: Smith, a self-styled “student of world religion,” claimed that if Americans have a bad image of the place, it’s entirely the fault of Fox News.
Posted on January 3, 2017 December 21, 2016 by usefulstooges 0
Sally Kohn teaches you about sharia
The tweet appeared on August 16:
Hey @realDonaldTrump, many *progressive Muslims* — the ones we should support in ideological fight against extremism — believe in Sharia!!
The purpose of this tweet was clear. Trump had publicly criticized sharia; Sally Kohn was out to defend it. Yes, the Jewish lesbian CNN commentator was speaking up for a legal system that subordinates women to men, subjects Jews to Muslims, permits men to beat (and even kill) their wives and daughters, punishes rape victims, orders the execution of gays, and much else.
One of her Twitter followers asked: “@sallykohn would you like to live under Sharia law? Please. I’m waiting….” Kohn replied: “Well since NONE of the 40 Muslim majority nations in the UN have instituted ‘sharia law’ where exactly do you mean?”
Trump on the stump
On the contrary, there’s an entire Wikipedia page about the application of sharia law in today’s Muslim countries. In Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, and Mauritania, “sharia applies in full.” In several other countries, including most of the Maghreb, Levant, and east Africa, “sharia applies in personal status issues (such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and child custody).”
Sharia in the Muslim world. Green: no sharia. Yellow: marriage, divorce, inheritance, child custody, etc., governed by sharia. Purple: sharia applies in full. Orange: regional variations
Another Twitter follower asked Kohn: “When exactly did you become an expert in Islam @sallykohn?” Kohn replied: “Uh, I’m not. But I’ve taken time to understand what sharia really is – not just swallow right wing fear mongering.” In response to another challenge, Kohn insisted: “You do realize there are gay feminist Muslims who BELIEVE IN SHARIA?!????? Really.” She also tweeted a photo of two men kissing at a gay event and commented: “FYI these Muslims celebrating gay pride ALSO believe in sharia.”
Now, it may be that Kohn has been at the receiving end of a whole lot of taqiyya – in other words, Islamically sanctioned lying. There are, indeed, innocuous aspects of sharia, and when Muslims who wish to mislead ignorant left-wing infidels go about “explaining” sharia to them, they focus exclusively on those aspects, omitting all the ugly stuff. So maybe Kohn was just breathtakingly misinformed. Or else she knew better and was just plain lying. In either case, given the massive human-rights violations that have occurred around the world in recent years owing to sharia law, Kohn’s effort to whitewash it, whether out of ignorance or deceit, was inexcusable. Naturally, some of Kohn’s followers tried to correct her misperceptions (or misrepresentations):
Some of Kohn’s fellow admirers of sharia
@sallykohn As a lesbian, you would be put to death under Sharia. Why would you support such an ideology.
Liberal Muslim intellectuals focused on religious reform have been executed under Shari’a regimes. But whatevs. [sic]
Meanwhile, others served up some well-deserved mockery:
Apparently @sallykohn thinks Sharia is a progressive and forward thinking ideology. Great hire there, @CNN
I’m convinced now @sallykohn doesn’t believe what she tweets at this point because it’s so ridiculous.
How did Kohn respond to those who tried to set her straight about Islamic law? By employing a familiar left-wing dodge. She switched the topic from sharia to right-wing American homophobia:
All the right wingers freaking out about how all Muslims supposedly oppose LGBT rights have an underdeveloped sense of irony.
No, Ms. Kohn: you have an underdeveloped knowledge of history, geography, international affairs, and much else. As for Islam, whether you’re as appallingly ignorant of it as you seem to be, or are simply, like many others on the left, dedicated to covering up the horrific truth about it – and, in effect, spitting on the corpses of all the gays, Jews, women, and others who have been murdered in its name – isn’t entirely clear. But one thing’s for sure: you’re a rising star in the constellation of contemporary useful stooges.
Posted on September 23, 2016 August 23, 2016 by usefulstooges 6
The staggering ignorance of Sally Kohn
We’ve been talking this week about Sally Kohn, a grassroots community organizer turned CNN commentator who, as we’ve seen, could use a little less ideology and a little more historical perspective – plus (not to be too cruel about it) the kind of general knowledge that you need to get at least one or two $100 questions right on Jeopardy.
Yesterday we mentioned an article Kohn recently wrote after her first-ever visit to the Netherlands. As we noted, she interviewed Tofik Dibi, whom she identified as “one of the country’s leading Muslim political figures.” She quoted Dibi as telling her that Dutch tolerance is a myth, a lie, an illusion, and that he spends every day in the Netherlands feeling as if he’s the object of suspicion just because of his religion.
As it turns out, Kohn left out a few tiny details about Dibi. For one thing, he’s apparently a Muslim only by heritage. He wasn’t brought up in a religious home. His parents divorced when he was a child. He attended a Catholic school, not a madrass. As a young man, he joined the Green Party, which gave him such a great welcome that, within a very short time, his name was placed near the very top of its list of parliamentary candidates, essentially guaranteeing his election. In 2007, at age 26, he entered parliament, where he remained until 2012.
Dibi in parliament
During those years in parliament, Dibi was considered a major Dutch politician – and a major leader of the Dutch Muslim community. Last year, however, after leaving politics, he wrote a memoir in which he came out as gay, explaining that he hadn’t come out earlier because he knew that Dutch Muslims would never have considered a gay man to be a legitimate Muslim leader.
In short, Dibi, who skyrocketed to political power thanks to the support of non-Muslim Dutch politicians and voters, has little apparent reason to complain about Dutch “Islamophobia.” What he has suffered from, beyond question, is Islamic hostility toward gay people.
Now, there’s no way of knowing whether he told Kohn any of this during their conversation. But the simple fact is that every major detail of his political career is publicly available information. We can only assume either that Kohn didn’t take the trouble to look up even the most basic facts about her interviewee, or that she chose to edit the story of his career – and, perhaps, trim his personal testimony – in such a manner as to ensure that it fitted her narrative. For the unfortunate reality is that Kohn, like so many useful gay stooges on today’s left, prefers not to acknowledge the brutal reality of Islamic gay-hatred – although she’s perfectly happy, of course, to proffer the ugly lie of Dutch “Islamophobia.”
How did Kohn conclude her Amsterdam piece? “In the United States,” she wrote, “I’d come to think of tolerance as a linear progression….Here in Amsterdam, things were spun around. Or maybe just round. Openly gay politicians were rabidly anti-Muslim.…Amsterdam was neither enlightened nor close-minded but constantly shifting, not progressing along a line but simultaneously occupying multiple points on a circle. Like a wheel of cheese. Or maybe spokes on a bike. Constantly turning.”
A part of Amsterdam that Kohn apparently didn’t visit
We submit that the only spinning was going on inside Ms. Kohn’s head. A bit of unsolicited advice for Ms. Kohn: first, close your left-wing ideological prayer book and open your mind to the facts, whether you like them or not. Read up on Islamic history, theology, and law. Face up to the harsh reality of jihad, going back to the very founding of the faith and the Islamic attempts over the centuries to conquer Europe. Learn about the ways in which the current wave of Islamic immigration has replicated those efforts – and has transformed Europe in ways that threaten the very liberalism for which you claim to stand. Struggle to understand that if “very liberal” and openly gay Dutch people are exercised over Islam, it’s precisely because they’ve lived at close quarters with it long enough to know that it is, at its very roots, the very opposite of liberal, especially when it comes to gays.
Which brings us, at last, to the August tweet with which we kicked off this week. We’ll look at it tomorrow.
Longtime left-wing activist Sally Kohn, now a CNN commentator, is married to a woman named Sarah Hansen. It should be no surprise to anyone familiar with Kohn’s politically and culturally claustrophobic personal history that Hansen, too, is a left-wing activist who for several years was head of something called the Environmental Grantmakers Association and that these two gals met (what could be more romantic?) at the 2003 World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Together they have one child, a daughter who would today be about seven or eight years old. In February of last year, that child was the subject, or pretext, of an op-ed published by Kohn in the Washington Post.
Its headline: “I’m gay. And I want my kid to be gay, too.”
Yes, the headline was deliberately provocative. And just plain silly. In the piece itself, Kohn reassured readers that she’d never actually try to force gayness on her daughter. “[N]o matter what,” she maintained, “I’d want my child to be herself.” Immediately after making this claim, she offered the following example: “If I lived in, say, North Carolina, with an adopted son from Morocco, I’d like to think I would encourage him to be Muslim, if that’s what he chose. I’d do this even though his life would probably be easier if he didn’t.”
Stop and roll that around in your mind for a minute or two. Not that Kohn seems to have done so. No, it doesn’t appear to have occurred to her that if she had a son who became a devout Muslim, it might well be her life, and her spouse’s – not his – that would be made considerably more difficult, if not downright endangered, by that development. It’s hardly a public secret – although Kohn seems blissfully ignorant of it – that most young men who decide to convert to Islam, or to begin to take their Islamic faith more seriously, tend to pursue courses of study that, shall we say, inculcate in them attitudes toward homosexuality, toward Jews, and toward independent-minded women that would not make a mother like Sally Kohn feel exceedingly comfortable.
This brings us back to Kohn’s piece about Amsterdam, which we mentioned yesterday. You’ll recall that it came as news to her that Amsterdam is located in the Netherlands. Obviously she knew zilch about the Dutch. So who best to lecture us about them? In her piece, entitled “Is Amsterdam Really as Tolerant as it Seems?”, she started off by telling us that during her visit to Amsterdam, the Dutch kept telling her how tolerant they are. And yet – gasp! – a “very liberal and enlightened” person with whom she had coffee ended up “verbally bashing Muslims.”
Kohn was, needless to say, shocked.
Since she doesn’t quote her interlocutor, it’s not clear what Kohn means by “verbally bashing Muslims.” One strongly suspects that rather than “bashing Muslims” as individuals, her “very liberal” acquaintance was offering honest criticism of Islam as an ideology, a culture, a phenomenon.
Now, you might think that someone in Kohn’s position would know enough about recent European developments to at least not be shocked by the spectacle of a “very liberal” Dutch person criticizing Islam. As we’ve seen, however, Kohn can’t be counted on to be up on anything outside her own extremely narrow sphere of contemporary political commentary and ideological analysis within a U.S. context.
But you might at least expect that she’d have enough intellectual curiosity to want to understand why a “very liberal” Dutch person would have a problem with Islam. Alas, no. Kohn doesn’t think that way. Indeed, the more one reads her and listens to her, the more one suspects that, strictly speaking, she doesn’t do much thinking at all.
How did she respond, then, to the trauma of hearing a “very liberal” Dutch person criticize Islam? She reached out to Tofik Dibi, whom she described as “one of the country’s leading Muslim political figures.” Dibi gave her an earful. He told her that Dutch tolerance is “an illusion. Or a delusion. The Netherlands is not actually that tolerant.” He charged the Dutch with having become more “Islamophobic” since 9/11 and the 2004 butchery of journalist Theo van Gogh on an Amsterdam street by a Dutch-born jihadist. “Tofik,” Kohn wrote, “described feeling like a dark cloud of suspicion was always hovering above his head.”
What Kohn omitted to tell the reader about Dibi was that he’s hardly a typical “Muslim political figure.” Meaning what? Tune in tomorrow.
Amsterwhat?
“When I first found out I was going to Amsterdam, I thought I had been there before, even though I hadn’t, because I’m not very good at geography, and I thought Amsterdam was in Belgium. It’s not. It’s in the Netherlands.”
That’s a direct quote from an article that jejune CNN pundit Sally Kohn wrote last year for a travel website. Her honesty about her ignorance is almost charming. But the ignorance itself is so staggering, on the part of somebody in her position, that it totally cancels out the charm.
This is, after all, as we saw yesterday, a commentator who’s been described as one of “the 100 most influential pundits on television” and as “the 35th most influential LGBT person in the media.” Her professional background, as we further observed yesterday, has been entirely in activism and political commentary. As far as we can tell from her CV, she has spent little or no time studying such topics as history or (as she herself admitted in that travel article) geography.
The thing is this: if Kohn didn’t know that Amsterdam is in the Netherlands, imagine how much else she doesn’t know. It’s one thing not to be able to explain the difference between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, or between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. But Amsterdam and the Netherlands play a central role in modern history, in Western history, and – indeed – in American history. If she didn’t know that Amsterdam is in the Netherlands, that means that there’s a whole swath of basic Western historical fact that must be a total mystery to her.
Put it this way: if you don’t know that Amsterdam is in the Netherlands, then you can’t possibly have even a vague awareness of the crucial role of the Netherlands in the settling of the New World and the founding of the United States. You can’t possibly be aware of the place of the Dutch Republic in the rise of modern freedom, modern capitalism, and modern commerce – at least not aware enough to deserve a job spouting opinions on CNN. Because if you want to even start to try to understand how the world works today, and why some parts of it work so much better than others, and how things came to be this way, you need to know enough history to be aware, at the very least, that Amsterdam is, in fact, in the Netherlands.
Belgium?
This is not to suggest that Kohn is alone at the top in her woeful ignorance. All too many young (and not so young) reporters and pundits nowadays seem to know remarkably little about what happened in history before they were, say, in high school. (Kohn’s CNN colleague Wolf Blitzer, for example, is a certified buffoon who put in one of the most humiliating performances ever on a dumbed-down celebrity edition of Jeopardy.) But even in this crowd, Kohn seems to be a special kind of ignorant. In July, she tweeted angrily about “white guys with AK-15s conducting mass shootings.” When some of her followers pointed out that there’s no such thing as an AK-15, she insisted it was a typo and doubled down on the ranting.
In May, Kohn wrote an article for Time complaining about what she called the “Bernie Bros” – in other words, male Bernie Sanders enthusiasts who were being unruly at public events. She couldn’t figure out why Bernie boosters, most of whom by definition, in her view, have “a deep commitment to non-violence,” should be conducting themselves in such a barbaric fashion. After all, she argued, it’s the Donald Trump camp that is “not entirely but definitely largely based on implicitly violent denigration of Mexicans and Muslims.”
Kohn tweeted this picture in April when she endorsed Sanders’ White House bid
How can a person in her position be so historically unaware? Before the Sanders campaign fizzled out, Kohn was an all-out supporter of the senator from Vermont – a dyed-in-the-wool socialist who’s repeatedly praised the Castro regime in Cuba, who’s hailed the Chávez and Maduro governments (and refused to comment on their utter destruction of the Venezuelan economy), and who, so deep was his faith, even honeymooned in the Soviet Union. The nature of Sanders’s convictions is, and has been throughout his political journey, crystal clear. But instead of recognizing the simple fact that the tenets of Sanders’s ideology have always been utterly inextricable from the most monstrous kind of violence, Kohn embraced in her Time article the absurd claim – which that ideology has always made for itself – that it is ardently anti-violence.
One of the “Bernie Bros” being arrested
So ideology-bound is Kohn, in other words, that in her piece for Time she simply couldn’t put leftism and violence together and make it compute. So what did she do? She reached for the closest ideologically acceptable explanation for the violence of the “Bernie Bros,” and attributed it to that comfortable bogeyman, “white male anger.”
Here’s how she put it: “in the past and present of America it is impossible to disentangle white male anger from gender and racial bias and resentment.”
Ah, there we go. How sweet, to feel that tension dissipate! How easy, when you consistently place ideology above reality, to be able to sweep away the plain and simple facts with the same old comforting, reassuring lies!
But we’ve only begun to plumb the depths of Sally Kohn’s superficiality. More tomorrow.
Posted on September 20, 2016 October 29, 2016 by usefulstooges 2
Marinated in ideology: Sally Kohn
She’s one of America’s most prominent commentators, and in late August she lit the Twitterverse on fire with what at least one website called “the dumbest tweet ever.” The tweet in question was directed at Donald Trump, and it slammed him for criticizing sharia law. Yes, she actually defended sharia law – a system of jurisprudence under which she, a Jewish lesbian, would be subject to the death penalty for any number of reasons.
This was, to be sure, scarcely the first time Sally Kohn, now age 39, revealed her colossal ignorance of something that she, as a regular pundit on CNN, should know more about. But we’ll get around to those episodes – and, of course, to the sharia fracas itself – in good time.
First, let’s look at who this woman is – and where she came from.
Kohn’s climb up the media ladder has been swift. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, she studied psychology at George Washington University, then got a joint Master of Public Administration and JD at NYU. During her student years she was also (in turn) an intern at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation (GLAAD), a “Vaid Fellow” (named for radical lesbian activist Urvashi Vaid) at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), an intern (briefly) at the Legal Aid Society, and director (again briefly) of something called the Third Wave Foundation, which she apparently founded herself (and of which we haven’t been able to find any trace on the Internet).
Kohn on Fox News
Kohn went on to work at the Ford Foundation, the Center for Community Change (a “progressive community organizing group”), and the Movement Vision Lab (which, according to its website, “makes the world safe for radical ideas”). At these jobs, according to her own LinkedIn page, Kohn spent her time building “the capacity of grassroots organizations…to articulate their ideas and build creative strategies to advance their agendas,” leading “a grassroots think tank to articulate and enliven a bold, progressive vision,” and the like.
Five years ago she entered the public eye as a political commentator for Fox News and a contributor to the Daily Beast. Two years ago she moved from Fox to CNN. Meanwhile she’s become a sought-after speaker at colleges and elsewhere and (apparently) a successful “media and public speaking consultant.” As her website brags, the gay newsmagazine The Advocate has called her “the 35th most influential LGBT person in the media.” Mediaite named her “one of the 100 most influential pundits on television,” and in 2014 she made its list of the “Top 9 Rising Stars of Cable News.”
Kohn on CNN
She is, indeed, a star – and, yes, a remarkably influential one. Which raises a couple of questions. First, what qualifies her to occupy such a powerful position? Second, what is the nature of the views she spouts to her ever-widening audience?
In addressing the first question, what one notices, upon looking through her résumé, is that her experience has been almost entirely with hands-on social activism. She’s never pursued a remotely serious study of, well, anything, other than law. (Do we really want to count undergraduate psychology?) She’s certainly never seriously studied any kind of history – cultural history, political history, social history, whatever. She’s clearly innocent of economics. She’s never been a reporter. She’s never clerked for a judge. Perhaps most important, until she went into the pundit business, she never held anything remotely resembling a real job in a profit-making enterprise.
In short, she doesn’t have an especially clear idea of how the real world works.
No, whatever special wisdom she may have to offer is derived almost exclusively from years and years of living in a small, claustrophobic bubble of left-wing activism – years, that is, of being entirely devoted to the building of “creative strategies,” the advancing of dynamic agendas, and the articulating of “bold, progressive vision[s]” on behalf of various community groups, victim groups, interest groups, and the like.
Admittedly, there are certain skills and certain kinds of knowledge that one can develop as a result of being wholly immersed in such activities. But we’re not talking here about the sort of background that’s designed to deepen an individual’s historical knowledge or enrich her cultural perspective. On the contrary, it seems fair to say that Kohn has spent her adult life doing one thing: marinating in ideology – and learning, above all, how best to package it, promote it, and market it. As far as we can tell, she’s involved herself in absolutely nothing – zilch, zero, nada – that might have had the effect of (horrors!) challenging her ideology. For a dyed-in-the-wool ideologue like Kohn, a fact that causes one to re-examine one’s ideology isn’t something to mull over, take into account, and learn from; it’s something to ignore, reject, repel, conceal, distort.
As for the nature of her views – well, tune in tomorrow. There’s lots more to come.
Posted on September 19, 2016 September 19, 2016 by usefulstooges 5
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Brexit – What Next for UK Intellectual Property?
The recent referendum decision in the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU) will not only impact some existing rights of intellectual property owners, but will also likely affect filing strategy decisions going forward. Even so, it is important to note that the June 23rd vote has only started the EU withdrawal process and the UK remains an EU member until the exit is formally completed. Since this is an unprecedented decision, it may take years for the exit to be implemented.
On the patent front, it appears that the exit will not affect any existing rights granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) since it is not an EU body. After the exit, patents issued by the EPO will similarly be unaffected. The same holds true for new patent application filings after the exit.
In terms of trademarks, the situation is much more uncertain than with patents since the UK is covered by EU trademark system. Currently, trademarks can be protected in the UK either by a direct national UK registration or an EU registration. The exit vote will not affect national UK registrations. Once the exit is fully implemented, it is expected that the EU registrations will no longer cover the UK. It is assumed that as part of the transition from the EU, there will be a process to allow trademark owners to extend EU based trademark registration rights into the UK. However, what the ultimate shape and form of that will be is uncertain and will likely take years to workout. In the meantime, trademark owners looking for protection in the EU and UK will need to take these changes into consideration as part of their trademark filing strategies.
In summary, intellectual property owners with rights in the EU and the UK do not have to take any action at this time. As the implications of the exit become clear over the next months and years, there will likely be decisions required especially with respect to trademark rights. During that time our attorneys will keep you advised of any changes that affect your intellectual property rights in the UK and the EU. In the meantime, please contact Volpe and Koenig attorneys with any questions.
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Elaborate Holy Week and Easter Rituals in Toledo Spain: Semana Santa
English: A five-segment panorama of the Tagus River in Toledo, Spain. Taken with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm f/4L lens. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Toledo, Puerta de Bisagro (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: House of El Greco (partial view) : Toledo, Spain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Visit the historical city of Toledo Spain during Holy Week or on Easter. The charming UNESCO World Heritage City of Toledo Spain is the repository of more than 2000 years of history and architectural styles. Toletum was the capital of Roman Carpetania. It is an outstanding Vino con Vista destination, especially during Easter ceremonies. Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986. Corpus Christi Week is the most important holiday in Toledo when the ground is covered with rosemary and thyme.
The Mudejar architectural style of the Middle Ages, arose from the multi-cultural interplay of forces among the three major religious groups who lived there: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Toledo has a broad spectrum of structures from the medieval period including walls and fortified buildings like San Servando Castle. The former capital of Spain is about 42 miles southwest of Spain‘s newer capital city of Madrid. Felipe II transferred the Royal Court to Madrid in 1561.
The Assumption of the Virgin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Panorama of the Toledo skyline in Spain, at sunset. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The River Tagus loops around the historical gems of this fortified city and is crowned with gorgeous historic bridges. The Alcazar fortress occupies the highest point of the city and was used as a military base and fortress by the Romans, Arabs and Christians. Ultimately, it became the residence of King Alfonso VI and then Carlos V converted the building into a Royal Palace. Each facade of the fortress is different and reflects different architectural eras: The east facde is Medieval and the facade on the west is Renaissance. It houses the Army and Military Museum.
The Primal See in Toledo was using an old Mosque which was reconsecrated as the main church in 1086 by Alfonso VI. The Primada Cathedral was built between 1226 and 1493 on the site of a VIsigoth church. The Gothic Cathedral‘s first stone was ceremoniously laid in 1221. The Cathedral is brimming with art treasures and has a valuable collection of El Greco and Goya masterpieces. Visit the beautiful chapels and the Renaissance Choir. The cathedral that was originally started in the sixth century by San Eugenio, the first Bishop of Toledo, was converted into a mosque that became the main church before the Gothic Cathedral was built.
El Greco is one of Spain’s most revered Renaissance artists. In March of 1586 he obtained the commission for The Burial of the Count of Orgaz. In 2014, the 400th anniversary of his death was celebrated with special exhibitions in Toledo.
Detail of the painting. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
El Greco – The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (detail) – WGA10487 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
El Greco self-portrait, 1604 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
His 1586 masterpiece “El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz” (translates into the Burial of the Count of Orgaz) is located at the foot of the church of Santo Tome. The painting portrays Saint Augustine and Saint Steven in elegant golden vestments. They are preparing to carry his life-less body to his tomb. The young boy holding the torch on the bottom left of the painting is El Greco’s son. The bearded gentleman directly above Saint Stephen is a self-portrait of El Greco.
The Holy Trinity, 1577–1579, by El Greco (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
One of my favorite El Greco paintings in Toledo is “The Tears of Saint Peter” which is displayed in the Studio of his Museum in Toledo. Tour the charming House and Museum of El Greco in Toledo Spain during Semana Santa. El Greco never lived in this place, but the house has a collection of his paintings. Another one of my favorite El Greco paintings is “Jesus Carrying the Cross.”
El Greco, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Toledo, the former capital of Spain, sits majestically on a hilltop in the Castilla- La Mancha region immortalized by Miguel de Cervante’s famous “Don Quixote.”
Puerta del Sol Toledo Spain Toledo is 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital of the province of Toledo and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage as one of the former capitals of the Spanish , España Empire. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Toledo was the temporary seat of Emperor Charles V. He endowed the city with the status of an imperial, crowned city. The fervor and devotion of Holy Week traditions of Semana Santa de Toledo are reminicient of 16th century Spanish traditions. Processions with residents dressed in hooded costumes signify the death and mourning of Jesus Christ. These solemn processions throughout the town during Holy Week, tell the story of the Passion and resurrection of Christ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4FCEnOPlng.
Detalle de Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo en la pintura El entierro del conde de Orgaz de El Greco (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cambrón Gate, Toledo, Spain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Semana Santa is a very special time in Spain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yOHWjOBYJY&feature=related.
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Toledo -Guadamur -castillo_3 (Photo credit: ferlomu)
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